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Robert Treuhaft

Researcher

About

Education

  • B. S., Physics, Yale University (1976)
  • M.S., Physics, University of California at Berkeley (1978)
  • Ph.D., Physics, University of California at Berkeley (1982)

Research Interests

  • Remote sensing of forests to evaluate their function in the global carbon cycle
  • Electromagnetic modeling applied to the science of terrestrial remote sensing
  • Global forest biomass measurement from interferometric SAR and lidar
  • Quantum computing
  • Tropical forest field ecosystem measurements
  • Polarimetric scattering of electromagnetic waves from ocean surfaces for GNSS remote sensing
  • Relativistic Planetary Deflection
  • Tropospheric propagation

Experience

Professional Experience

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California-Principal Member Technical Staff, 1982-present
  • Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California-Adjunct Professor of Physics, 2007-2009

Achievements

Awards & Recognitions

Publications

  1. Y. Lei , R. Treuhaft , F. Gonçalves, “Automated estimation of forest height and underlying topography over a Brazilian tropical forest with single-baseline single-polarization TanDEM-X SAR interferometry,” Remote Sensing of Environment, 252, 112132, 2021.
  2. Y. Lei, R. Treuhaft, M. Keller, M. dos Santos, F. Gonçalves, M. Neumann, “Quantification of selective logging in tropical forest with spaceborne interferometry,” Remote Sensing of Environment, 211, 167-183, 2018.
  3. R. N. Treuhaft, Y. Lei, F. G. Gonçalves, M. Keller, J. R. dos Santos, M. Neumann, and A. Almeida, Tropical-Forest Structure and Biomass Dynamics from TanDEM-X Radar Interferometry, Forests 8(8), 277, doi: 10.3390/f8080277, 2017.
  4. R. N. Treuhaft, F. G. Gonçalves, J. R. dos Santos, M. Keller, M. Palace, S. N. Madsen, F. Sullivan, and P. M. L. A. Graça, Tropical-Forest Biomass Estimation at X-band from the Spaceborne TanDEM-X Interferometer, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 12, 239-243, 2015.
  5. R. N. Treuhaft, F. G. Gonçalves, B. D. Chapman, M. Neumann, J. R. dos Santos, and P. M. L. A.Graça, Relationships between remotely sensed forest structure and biomass: Fourier structure from lidar and InSAR and penetration at microwave frequencies, Revista Brasileira de Cartografia 65/4, 747-755, 2013.
  6. R. N. Treuhaft, S. T. Lowe, and E. Cardellach, Formulating a vector wave expression for polarimetric GNSS surface scattering, Progress in Electromganetics Research B, 33, 257-276, 2011.
  7. R. N. Treuhaft, F. G. Gonçalves, J. B. Drake, B. D. Chapman, J. R. dos Santos, L. V. Dutra, P. M. L. A. Graça, and G. H. Purcell, Biomass estimation in a tropical wet forest using Fourier transforms of profiles from lidar or interferometric SAR, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L23403, doi:10.1029/2010GL045608, 2010.
  8. R.N. Treuhaft, B. D. Chapman, J. R. dos Santos, F. G. Gonçalves, L. V. Dutra, P. M. L. A. Graça, and J. B. Drake, Vegetation profiles in tropical forests from multibaseline interferometric synthetic aperture radar, field, and lidar measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D23110, 2009.
  9. S.V . Ollinger, R. N. Treuhaft, B. H. Braswell, J. E. Anderson, M. E. Martin, M-L. Smith, “The Role of Remote Sensing in the Study of Terrestrial Net Primary Production,” Chapter in book, Methods of NPP Measurement, Oxford Press, in press.
  10. R. N. Treuhaft and P. R. Siqueira, “The Calculated Performance of Forest Structure and Biomass from Interferometric Radar,” Waves in Random Media, 14, S345-S358, 2004, invited.
  11. R. N. Treuhaft, B. E. Law, and G. P. Asner, “ Forest attributes from radar interferometric structure and its fusion with optical remote sensing,” BioScience, 54 , 561-571, 2004, invited.
  12. R. N. Treuhaft, G. P. Asner , B. E. Law, “Structure-based forest biomass from fusion of radar and hyperspectral observations,” Geophysical Research Letters30, 1472-1475, 2003.
  13. R. N. Treuhaft, Asner, G. P., Law, B. E., and van Tuyl, S. “Forest leaf area density profiles from the quantitative fusion of radar and hyperspectral data,” J. Geophys. Res., 107(D12): 4568-4580, 2002.
  14. R. N. Treuhaft, S. T. Lowe, C. Zuffada, and Y. Chao, “2-cm GPS altimetry over Crater Lake,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 23, December 2001.
  15. R. N. Treuhaft and P. R. Siqueira, “Vertical Structure of Vegetated Land Surfaces from Interferometric and Polarimetric Radar,” Radio Science, 35, p. 141-177, 2000.
  16. R. N. Treuhaft, S. N. Madsen, M. Moghaddam, and J. J. van Zyl, "Vegetation Characteristics and Surface Topography from Interferometric Radar," Radio Science, 31, p. 1449-1485, 1996.
  17. R. N. Treuhaft and S. T. Lowe, "A Measurement of Planetary Relativistic Deflection," Astronomical Journal,102, p. 1879-1888, November 1991. (Reviewed in Science News, November 9, 1991 and in Nature, November 21, 1991).
  18. R. N. Treuhaft and G. E. Lanyi, "The Effect of the Dynamic Wet Troposphere on Radio Interferometric Measurements," Radio Science, 22, p. 251-265, 1987.