Raymond Kokaly
Raymond Kokaly is an expert on the application of remote sensing and spectroscopy for vegetation and mineral characterization. His peer-reviewed publications on the use of spectroscopy include: quantifying biochemical content in leaf spectra, discriminating conifer species, examining post-fire surface cover, and characterizing the impact of oil contamination from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
His research has used multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing data from AVHRR, Landsat, Hyperion, AVIRIS, HyMap, and MODIS. Raymond created the PRISM software, a framework for archiving and analyzing spectroscopic data collected in the laboratory and the field and from remote sensing platforms. PRISM was applied to map surficial minerals across most of Afghanistan, covering more than 480,000 sq. km. an area about the size of the state of California.
Professional Experience
Research Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey, 1996–present
Education and Certifications
University of Colorado at Boulder, M.S. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 1993
Science and Products
Characterizing canopy biochemistry from imaging spectroscopy and its application to ecosystem studies
Airborne Hyperspectral Survey of Afghanistan 2007: Flight Line Planning and HyMap Data Collection
Hyperspectral remote sensing data were acquired over Afghanistan with the HyMap imaging spectrometer (Cocks and others, 1998) operating on the WB-57 high altitude NASA research aircraft (http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/wb57/index.html). These data were acquired during the interval of August 22, 2007 to October 2, 2007, as part of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project 'Oil and Gas
View_SPECPR: Software for Plotting Spectra (Installation Manual and User's Guide, Version 1.2)
Preliminary analytical results for ash and burned soils from the October 2007 southern California wildfires
USGS Digital Spectral Library splib06a
Postfire soil burn severity mapping with hyperspectral image unmixing
Characterization of post-fire surface cover, soils, and burn severity at the Cerro Grande Fire, New Mexico, using hyperspectral and multispectral remote sensing
Evaluating minerals of environmental concern using spectroscopy
The future of imaging spectroscopy - Prospective technologies and applications
Classification of leafy spurge with earth observing-1 advanced land imager
View_SPECPR Software, Installation Procedure, and User's Guide (Version 1.1)
Preliminary report on using imaging spectroscopy to map ultramafic rocks, serpentinites, and tremolite-actinolite-bearing rocks in California
Science and Products
Characterizing canopy biochemistry from imaging spectroscopy and its application to ecosystem studies
Airborne Hyperspectral Survey of Afghanistan 2007: Flight Line Planning and HyMap Data Collection
Hyperspectral remote sensing data were acquired over Afghanistan with the HyMap imaging spectrometer (Cocks and others, 1998) operating on the WB-57 high altitude NASA research aircraft (http://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/wb57/index.html). These data were acquired during the interval of August 22, 2007 to October 2, 2007, as part of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project 'Oil and Gas