Matthew Garcia, Ph.D.

Research Scientist 1, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Remote Sensing, Forest Phenology + Disturbances
     Atmospheric Science, Hydrology, Modeling
          Research Software Development


Garcia, M., B.R. Sturtevant, Y. Boulanger, and J. Régnière, 2024: "Modeling weather-driven long-distance dispersal of spruce budworm moths (Choristoneura fumiferana). Part 2: Flight model calibration using radar data." Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, in press.

Garcia, M., B.R. Sturtevant, R. Saint-Amant, J.J. Charney, J. Delisle, Y. Boulanger, P.A. Townsend, and J. Régnière, 2022: Modeling weather-driven long-distance dispersal of spruce budworm moths (Choristoneura fumiferana). Part 1: Model description. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 315, paper no. 108815, doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108815.

Liu, N., M. Garcia, A. Singh, J.D.J. Clare, J.L. Stenglein, B. Zuckerberg, E.L. Kruger, and P.A. Townsend, 2021: Trail camera networks provide insights into satellite-derived phenology for ecological studies. International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 97, paper no. 102291, doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2020.102291.

Garcia, M., B. Zuckerberg, J.M. LaMontagne, and P.A. Townsend, 2021: Landsat-based detection of mast events in white spruce (Picea glauca) forests. Remote Sensing of Environment, 254, paper no. 112278, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.112278.

Régnière, J., M. Garcia, and R. Saint-Amant, 2019: Modeling migratory flight in the spruce budworm: Circadian rhythm. Forests, 10, 877, doi: 10.3390/f10100877.

Régnière, J., J. Delisle, B.R. Sturtevant, M. Garcia, and R. Saint-Amant, 2019: Modeling migratory flight in the spruce budworm: Temperature constraints. Forests, 10, 802, doi: 10.3390/f10090802.

Garcia, M., and P.A. Townsend, 2016: Recent climatological trends and potential influences on forest phenology around western Lake Superior, USA. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 121, 13,364-13,391, doi: 10.1002/2016JD025190.

Garcia, M., M. Ozdogan, and P.A. Townsend, 2014: Impacts of forest harvest on cold season land surface conditions and land-atmosphere interactions in northern Great Lakes states. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 6, 923-937, doi: 10.1002/2014MS000317.

Tian, Y., C.D. Peters-Lidard, J.B. Eylander, R.J. Joyce, G.J. Huffman, R.F. Adler, K.-L. Hsu, F.J. Turk, M. Garcia, and J. Zeng, 2009: Component analysis of errors in satellite-based precipitation estimates. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 114, paper no. D24101, doi: 10.1029/2009JD011949.

Garcia, M., C.D. Peters-Lidard, and D.C. Goodrich, 2008: Spatial interpolation of precipitation in a dense gauge network for monsoon storm events in the southwestern U.S. Water Resources Research, 44, paper no. W05S13, doi: 10.1029/2006WR005788.

Peters-Lidard, C.D., D.M. Mocko, M. Garcia, J.A. Santanello, Jr., M. Tischler, M.S. Moran, and Y. Wu, 2008: The role of precipitation uncertainty in the estimation of hydrologic soil properties using remotely-sensed soil moisture in a semi-arid environment. Water Resources Research, 44, paper no. W05S18, doi: 10.1029/2007WR005884.

Tian, Y., C.D. Peters-Lidard, B. Choudhury, and M. Garcia, 2007: Multitemporal analysis of TRMM-based satellite precipitation products for land data assimilation applications. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8, 1165-1183, doi: 10.1175/2007JHM859.1.

Santanello, J.A., Jr., C. Peters-Lidard, M.E. Garcia, D. Mocko, M. Tischler, M.S. Moran, and D.P. Thoma, 2007: Using remotely-sensed estimates of soil moisture to infer soil texture and hydraulic properties across a semi-arid watershed. Remote Sensing of Environment, 110, 79-97, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.02.007.

Tischler, M., M. Garcia, C. Peters-Lidard, M.S. Moran, S. Miller, D. Thoma, S. Kumar, and J. Geiger, 2007: A GIS framework for surface-layer soil moisture estimation combining satellite radar measurements and land surface modeling with soil physical property estimation. Environmental Modelling and Software, 22, 891-898, doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.05.022.

Schubert, W.H., S.A. Hausman, M. Garcia, K.V. Ooyama, and H.-C. Kuo, 2002: Potential vorticity in a moist atmosphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 58, pp. 3148-3157, doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<3148:PVIAMA>2.0.CO;2.