Jennifer Rover
Biography
Education
M.S. in Geography, South Dakota State University
B.A. in Geography, University of Northern Iowa
Peer-Reviewed Publications
2018
Schaeffer, B.A., Iiames, J., Dwyer, J., Urquhart, E., Salls, W., Rover, J. & Seegers, B., 2018, An initial validation of Landsat 5 and 7 derived surface water temperature for U.S. lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries, International Journal of Remote Sensing, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2018.1471545
Keith, D., Rover, J., Green, J., Zalewsky, B., Charpentier, M., Thursby, G., and Bishop, J., 2018, Monitoring algal blooms in drinking water reservoirs using the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39:9, 2818-2846, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2018.1430912
Bjerklie, D.M., Birkett, C.M., Jones, J.W., Carabajal, C., Rover, J.A., Fulton, J.W., Garambois, P.-A., 2018, Satellite remote sensing estimation of river discharge: Application to the Yukon River Alaska, Journal of Hydrology, 561: 1000–1018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.04.005
Manier, D.J. and Rover, J., 2018, Landsat classification of surface-water presence during multiple years to assess response of playa wetlands to climatic variability across the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative region. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1166, 20 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171166
2016
Goldhaber, M.B., Mills, C.T., Mushet, D.M., McCleskey, B.B., Rover, J., 2016, Controls on the Geochemical Evolution of Prairie Pothole Region Lakes and Wetlands Over Decadal Time Scales. Wetlands (2016) 36(Suppl 2): 255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-016-0854-4
Lewis, T.L., Heglund, P.J., Lindberg, M.S., Schmutz, J.A., Schmidt, J.S., Dubour, A.J., Rover, J., and Bertram, M.R., 2016, Trophic dynamics of shrinking Subarctic lakes: naturally eutrophic waters impart resilience to rising chemical levels. Oecologia, v. 181, no. 2, p. 583-596. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3572-y
Jepsen, S. M., Walvoord, M.A., Voss, C.I., and Rover, J., 2016, Effect of permafrost thaw on the dynamics of lakes recharged by ice-jam floods: case study of Yukon Flats, Alaska. Hydrol. Process., 30: 1782–1795. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10756
2015
Rover, J.A., and Mushet, D.M., 2015, Mapping surface water variance in the prairie potholes with Landsat data, in Tiner, R.W., Klemas, V.V., and Lang, M.W., eds., Remote sensing of wetlands—applications and advances: Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press. p. 345-365. ISBN-10: 1482237350
Ji, L., Wylie, B.K., Nossov, D.R., Peterson, B.E., Alexander, H.D., Mack, M.C., Rover, J.A., Waldrop, M.P., McFarland, J.W., Chen, X., and Pastick, N.J., 2015, Spatially explicit estimation of aboveground boreal forest biomass in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska: International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 36, no. 4, p. 939-953. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2015.1004764
2014
Lewis, T.L., Lindberg, M.S., Schmutz, J.A., Heglund, P.J., Rover, J.A., Koch, J.C., and Bertram, M.R., 2014, Pronounced chemical response of subarctic lakes to climate-driven losses in surface area: Global Change Biology, p. 0-0, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12759
Wylie, B.K., Rigge, M.B., Brisco, B., Murnaghan, K., Rover, J.A., and Long, J.B., 2014, Effects of disturbance and climate change on ecosystem performance in the Yukon River basin boreal forest: Remote Sensing, v. 6, p. 9145-9169, at http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs6109145
Ji, L., Zhang, L., Rover, J.A., Wylie, B.K., and Chen, X., 2014, Geostatistical estimation of signal-to-noise ratios for spectral vegetation indices: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, v. 96, p. 20-27, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2014.06.013
Gallant, A.L., Kaya, S., White, L., Brisco, B., Roth, M.F., Sadinski, W.J., and Rover, J.A., 2014, Detecting emergence, growth, and senescence of wetland vegetation with polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data: Water, v. 6, no. 3, p. 694-722, athttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w6030694
2013
Tan, Z., Liu, S., Wylie, B.K., Jenkerson, C.B., Oeding, J., Rover, J.A., and Young, C.J., 2013, MODIS-informed greenness responses to daytime land surface temperature fluctuations and wildfire disturbances in the Alaskan Yukon River basin: International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 34, no. 6, p. 21872199, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2012.742215
Jepsen, S.M., Voss, C.I., Walvoord, M.A., Minsley, B.J., and Rover, J.A., 2013, Linkages between lake shrinkage/expansion and sublacustrine permafrost distribution determined from remote sensing of interior Alaska, USA: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 40, no. 5, p. 882-887, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50187
Anderson, L., Birks, J., Rover, J.A., and Guldager, N., 2013, Controls on recent Alaskan lake changes identified from water isotopes and remote sensing: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 40, no. 13, p. 3413-3418, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50672
2012
Striegl, R.G., Dornblaser, M.M., McDonald, C.P., Rover, J.A., and Stets, E.G., 2012, Carbon dioxide and methane emissions from the Yukon River system: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 26, citation number GB0E05, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012GB004306
Rover, J.A., Ji, L., Wylie, B.K., and Tieszen, L.L., 2012, Establishing water body areal extent trends in interior Alaska from multi-temporal Landsat data: Remote Sensing Letters, v. 3, no. 4, p. 595-604, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2011.643507
McDonald, C.P., Rover, J.A., Stets, E.G., and Striegl, R.G., 2012, The regional abundance and size distribution of lakes and reservoirs in the United States and implications for estimates of global lake extent: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 57, no. 2, p. 597-606, athttp://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2012.57.2.0597
Ji, L., Wylie, B.K., Nossov, D.R., Peterson, B.E., Waldrop, M.P., McFarland, J.W., Rover, J.A., and Hollingsworth, T.N., 2012, Estimating aboveground biomass in interior Alaska with Landsat data and field measurements: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, v. 18, p. 451-461, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2012.03.019
2011
Rover, J.A., Wright, C.K., Euliss Jr., N.H., Mushet, D.M., and Wylie, B.K., 2011, Classifying the hydrologic function of prairie potholes with remote sensing and GIS: Wetlands, v. 31, no. 2, p. 319-327, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13157-011-0146-y
Ji, L., Zhang, L., Wylie, B.K., and Rover, J.A., 2011, On the terminology of the spectral vegetation index (NIR – SWIR)/(NIR + SWIR)—Technical Note: International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 32, no. 21, p. 6901-6909, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2010.510811
2010
Rover, J.A., Wylie, B.K., and Ji, L., 2010, A self-trained classification technique for producing 30-m percent-water maps from Landsat data: International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 31, no. 8, p. 2197-2203, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161003667455
Science and Products
Inland Lakes, Rivers and Streams
Water bodies surrounded by land serve as sources of fresh drinking water, play host to millions of species of fish, underwater vegetation and wildlife and maintain the vibrancy of surrounding ecosystems. These water bodies can also be hubs for recreational activities such as boating, fishing, waterskiing, swimming that boost local economies.
Wetland Landscape Characterization
Wetlands purify and store our water, process carbon and nutrients and serve a crucial role in the life cycle of a wide range of flora and fauna. Wetland disturbance from urban development or agriculture can alter the natural flow of runoff and increase the risk for flooding.
Investigating lake-area dynamics across a permafrost-thaw spectrum using airborne electromagnetic surveys and remote sensing time-series data in Yukon Flats, Alaska
Lakes in boreal lowlands cycle carbon and supply an important source of freshwater for wildlife and migratory waterfowl. The abundance and distribution of these lakes are supported, in part, by permafrost distribution, which is subject to change. Relationships between permafrost thaw and lake dynamics remain poorly known in most boreal regions....
Rey, David; Walvoord, Michelle Ann; Minsley, Burke; Rover, Jennifer; Singha, Kamini An initial validation of Landsat 5 and 7 derived surface water temperature for U.S. lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries
The United States Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research Control Act of 2014 identified the need for forecasting and monitoring harmful algal blooms (HAB) in lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries across the nation. Temperature is a driver in HAB forecasting models that affects both HAB growth rates and toxin production. Therefore, temperature data...
Schaeffer, Blake A.; Iiames, John; Dwyer, John L.; Urquhart, Erin; Salls, Wilson; Rover, Jennifer; Seegers, Bridget
Landsat classification of surface-water presence during multiple years to assess response of playa wetlands to climatic variability across the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative region
To improve understanding of the distribution of ecologically important, ephemeral wetland habitats across the Great Plains, the occurrence and distribution of surface water in playa wetland complexes were documented for four different years across the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GPLCC) region. This information is important...
Manier, Daniel J.; Rover, Jennifer R. Monitoring algal blooms in drinking water reservoirs using the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager
In this study, we demonstrated that the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) sensor is a powerful tool that can provide periodic and system-wide information on the condition of drinking water reservoirs. The OLI is a multispectral radiometer (30 m spatial resolution) that allows ecosystem observations at spatial and temporal scales that...
Keith, Darryl; Rover, Jennifer; Green, Jason; Zalewsky, Brian; Charpentier, Mike; Hursby, Glen; Bishop, Joseph Controls on the geochemical evolution of Prairie Pothole Region lakes and wetlands over decadal time scales
One hundred sixty-seven Prairie Pothole lakes, ponds and wetlands (largely lakes) previously analyzed chemically during the late 1960’s and early to mid-1970’s were resampled and reanalyzed in 2011–2012. The two sampling periods differed climatically. The earlier sampling took place during normal to slightly dry conditions, whereas the latter...
Goldhaber, Martin B.; Mills, Christopher T.; Mushet, David M.; McCleskey, R. Blaine; Rover, Jennifer Trophic dynamics of shrinking Subarctic lakes: naturally eutrophic waters impart resilience to rising nutrient and major ion concentrations
Shrinking lakes were recently observed for several Arctic and Subarctic regions due to increased evaporation and permafrost degradation. Along with lake drawdown, these processes often boost aquatic chemical concentrations, potentially impacting trophic dynamics. In particular, elevated chemical levels may impact primary productivity, which may in...
Lewis, Tyler; Lindberg, Mark S.; Heglund, Patricia J.; Schmutz, Joel A.; Schmidt, Joshua H.; Dubour, Adam J.; Rover, Jennifer R.; Bertram, Mark R. Effect of permafrost thaw on the dynamics of lakes recharged by ice-jam floods: case study in Yukon Flats, Alaska
Large river floods are a key water source for many lakes in fluvial periglacial settings. Where permeable sediments occur, the distribution of permafrost may play an important role in the routing of floodwaters across a floodplain. This relationship is explored for lakes in the discontinuous permafrost of Yukon Flats, interior Alaska, using an...
Steve M. Jepsen; Walvoord, Michelle Ann; Voss, Clifford I.; Rover, Jennifer R. Mapping wetlands and surface water in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America: Chapter 16
The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) is one of the most highly productive wetland regions in the world. Prairie Pothole wetlands serve as a primary feeding and breeding habitat for more than one-half of North America’s waterfowl population, as well as a variety of songbirds, waterbirds, shorebirds, and other wildlife. During the last century,...
Rover, Jennifer R.; Mushet, David M. Spatially explicit estimation of aboveground boreal forest biomass in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska
Quantification of aboveground biomass (AGB) in Alaska’s boreal forest is essential to the accurate evaluation of terrestrial carbon stocks and dynamics in northern high-latitude ecosystems. Our goal was to map AGB at 30 m resolution for the boreal forest in the Yukon River Basin of Alaska using Landsat data and ground measurements. We...
Ji, Lei; Wylie, Bruce K.; Brown, Dana R. N.; Peterson, Birgit E.; Alexander, Heather D.; Mack, Michelle C.; Rover, Jennifer R.; Waldrop, Mark P.; McFarland, Jack W.; Chen, Xuexia; Pastick, Neal J. Pronounced chemical response of Subarctic lakes to climate-driven losses in surface area
Losses in lake area have been observed for several Arctic and Subarctic regions in recent decades, with unknown consequences for lake ecosystems. These reductions are primarily attributed to two climate-sensitive mechanisms, both of which may also cause changes in water chemistry: (i) increased imbalance of evaporation relative to inflow, whereby...
Lewis, Tyler L.; Lindberg, Mark S.; Schmutz, Joel A.; Heglund, Patricia J.; Rover, Jennifer R.; Koch, Joshua C.; Bertram, Mark R. Effects of disturbance and climate change on ecosystem performance in the Yukon River Basin boreal forest
A warming climate influences boreal forest productivity, dynamics, and disturbance regimes. We used ecosystem models and 250 m satellite Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data averaged over the growing season (GSN) to model current, and estimate future, ecosystem performance. We modeled Expected Ecosystem Performance (EEP), or...
Wylie, Bruce K.; Rigge, Matthew B.; Brisco, Brian; Mrnaghan, Kevin; Rover, Jennifer R.; Long, Jordan Geostatistical estimation of signal-to-noise ratios for spectral vegetation indices
In the past 40 years, many spectral vegetation indices have been developed to quantify vegetation biophysical parameters. An ideal vegetation index should contain the maximum level of signal related to specific biophysical characteristics and the minimum level of noise such as background soil influences and atmospheric effects. However, accurate...
Ji, Lei; Zhang, Li; Rover, Jennifer R.; Wylie, Bruce K.; Chen, Xuexia
Landsat, Permafrost Data Offer Insight into Arctic Lake Dynamics
Lakes don’t always behave as they’re expected to. Especially lakes in remote Arctic locales like Alaska’s Yukon Flats, where permafrost plays heavily into their behavior.