Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bejgiran – Publications
Barai, K., Wallhead, M., Hall, B., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Herrmann, I., & Zhang, Y. J. 2025. Detecting
spatial variation in wild blueberry water stress using UAV-borne thermal imagery: distinct temporal and
reference temperature effects, Precision Agriculture, 26(1), 1-24.
Khodabakhsh, Z. N., Moradi, H., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Pourmanafi, S., & Ahmadi, M. 2025. A 30-year
phenological study of mangrove forests at the species level as a function of climatic drivers using
multispectral remote sensing satellites. Ecological Indicators, 178, 114038.
Asiaee, Y., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Walker, C., Bousfield, D., & Tajvidi, M. 2025. A machine learning
approach for the prediction of cellulose nanofibril films’ mechanical properties from suspension
morphological data. Cellulose, 1-22.
2024:
Foster, A. E., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Daigneualt, A., & Weiskittel, A. 2024. Cost-effectiveness of
remote sensing technology for spruce budworm monitoring in Maine, USA. Forests Monitor, accepted.
Soucy, A. R. *, De Urioste-Stone, S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Jansujwicz, J., Eitel, K., & Brownlee, M.
(2024). Involving people in conservation: Perceptions from Maine, USA. Conservation and Society, 22(4),
168-179.
Das, P., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Livingston, W., McIntire, C. D., & Bergdahl, A. 2024. Modeling forest
canopy structure and developing a stand health index using satellite remote sensing. Ecological
Informatics, 84, 102864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102864.
Foster, A. E. *, Daigneualt, A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., & Weiskittel, A. 2024. Perceptions of Spruce
Budworm Monitoring, Management, and Remote Sensing Technology in Maine’s Forest Sector. Maine
Policy Review, 33(1), 10. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol33/iss1/10
Timalsina, S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Das, P., Meireles, J. E., & Bhattarai, R. 2024. Monitoring Eastern
White Pine Health by Using Field-Measured Foliar Traits and Hyperspectral Data. Sensors, 24(18), 6129.
Soucy, A. R., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., De Urioste-Stone, S., Eitel, K., Jansujwicz, J., & Brownlee, M.
Impact of a place-based educational approach on student and community members’ experiences
and learning within a post-secondary GIS course. Journal of Geoscience Education, 1-16.
2023:
Bhattarai, R. *, Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P. Mech, A. 2023. Estimating nutritive, non-nutritive and defense
foliar traits in spruce-fir stands using remote sensing and site data, Forest Ecology and Management,
549, 121461.
Soucy, A. R., De Urioste-Stone, S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Jansujwicz, J., Eitel, K., & Brownlee, M.
Finding hope and fulfillment in meaningful work: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of
conservation and stewardship practitioners’ experience, values, and motivations. PLOS Sustainability
and Transformation, 2(11), e0000087.
2022:
Bhattarai R.*, Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A. Multi-Source Mapping of Forest Susceptibility to Spruce Budworm Defoliation Based on Stand Age and Composition across a Complex Landscape in Maine, USA. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 48(6), 873-893.
Gara, T.W.*, Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P. and Weiskittel A. 2022. Determination of foliar traits in an ecologically distinct conifer species in Maine using Sentinel-2 imagery and site variables: Assessing the effect of leaf trait expression and upscaling approach on prediction accuracy. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 193, 150-163.
Bhattarai R., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A., Homayouni S., Gara T. W., Hanavan R. P., 2022. Estimating species-specific leaf area index and basal area using optical and SAR remote sensing data in Acadian mixed spruce-fir forests, USA. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 108, 102727.
Meneghini, A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Livingston, W. and Weiskittel, A. 2022. Detecting White Pine Needle Damage through Satellite Remote Sensing. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 1-19.
Furniss, J., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Gara, T.W., Daigle, J. and Costanza, K.K. 2022. Mapping ash species across a mixed forest using hyperspectral imagery. Remote Sensing Letters, 13(5), 441-451.
Soucy A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., De Urioste-Stone S., Weiskittel A., Duveneck M., and Mcgreavy, B. 2022. A Comprehensive and Spatially Explicit Regional Vulnerability Assessment of the Forest Industry to Climate Change. Journal of Forestry, 120 (2), 170-185. DOI: 10.1093/jofore/fvab057.
2021:
Barai K., Tasnim R., Hall B., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Zhang Y. J. 2021. Is Drought Increasing in Maine and Hurting Wild Blueberry Production? Climate, 9(12), 178.
Soucy A.R., Urioste-Stone D., Fernandez I.J., Weiskittel A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Doak T. 2021. Forest Policies and Adaptation to Climate Change in Maine: Stakeholder Perceptions and Recommendations. Maine Policy Review, 30(1), 66-77.
Gara T.W. , Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., and Darvishzadeh, R. 2021. Forest Leaf Mass per Area (LMA) through the Eye of Optical Remote Sensing: A Review and Future Outlook. Remote Sensing, 13(17), p.3352.
Soucy A., De Urioste-Stone S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A. 2021. Drivers of Climate Change Risk Perceptions among Diverse Forest Stakeholders in Maine, USA. Society & Natural Resources, 1-20. DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2021.1991066
Chen C., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A. 2021. Assessing spatial and temporal dynamics of a spruce budworm outbreak across the complex forested landscape of Maine, USA. Annals of Forest Science, 78 (2), 1-14.
Bhattarai R., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A., Menehgini A., and Maclean D. 2021. Spruce budworm host species distribution and abundance mapping using multi-temporal Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 172, 28-40.
Horne L., De Urioste-Stone S., Seekamp, E., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Rickard, L., 2021. Determinants of visitor climate change risk perceptions in Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 35: 100401.
2020:
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Hennigar C., Weiskittel A. and Lamb S. 2020. Forest potential productivity mapping by linking remote-sensing derived metrics to site variables, Remote Sens, 2020, 12(12), 2056; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12122056
Bhattarai R., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A. and Maclean D., 2020, Sentinel-2 based prediction of spruce budworm defoliation using red-edge spectral vegetation indices. Remote Sensing Letters, 11, 777-786.
Soucy A., De Urioste-Stone S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A. and Mcgreavy, B. 2020. Understanding Characteristics of Forest Land Managers and Small Woodlot Owners for Communicating Climate Change Adaptation, Trees, Forests and People, 2, 100036.
Soucy A., De Urioste-Stone S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A. and Mcgreavy, B. 2020. Forestry professionals’ perceptions of climate change impacts on the forest industry in Maine, U.S., Journal of Sustainable Forestry, DOI: 1080/10549811.2020.1803919
Shrestha S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P. and De Urioste-Stone S. 2020. Probing recent environmental changes and resident perceptions in Upper Himalaya, Nepal. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, p.100315.
Ghasemi Sh., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Tajvidi M. and Shaler S.M., 2020. Birefringence-based Orientation Mapping of Cellulose Nanofibrils in Thin Films, Cellulose, 27(2), 677-692.
2019 and earlier:
Beitl, C.M., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Bravo, M., Ortega-Pacheco, D. and Bird, K., 2019. New valuation for defying degradation: Visualizing mangrove forest dynamics and local stewardship with remote sensing in coastal Ecuador. Geoforum, 98:123-132.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Weiskittel, A., Kneeshaw, D. and MacLean, D. 2018. Detection of annual spruce budworm defoliation and severity classification using Landsat imagery. Forests, 9(6), p.357.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Tubuxin, B., and Omasa K. 2017. Estimating Chlorophyll Fluorescence Parameters Using the Joint Fraunhofer Line Depth and Laser-Induced Saturation Pulse (FLD-LISP) Method in Different Plant Species, Remote Sensing, 9(6), p.599.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Berg, A. 2016. Soil moisture retrievals using optical/TIR methods (Chapter Three). Srivastava, P.K., Petropoulos, G. and Kerr Y.H. (Eds), Satellite Soil Moisture Retrieval: Techniques and Applications, Elsevier Science, ISBN-13:9780128033883.
Tubuxin, B., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Ginnan, Y., Hosoi, F., and Omasa K. 2015. Estimating chlorophyll content and photochemical yield of photosystem II (ΦPSII) using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence measurements at different growing stages of attached leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66(18):5595-5603.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Berg, A., Champagne, C. and Omasa K. 2013. Estimation of soil moisture using optical/thermal infrared remote sensing in Canadian Prairies. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 83: 94-103.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Omasa, K. and Shimizu, Y. 2012. Comparative evaluation of the Vegetation Dryness Index (VDI), the Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI) and the improved TVDI (iTVDI) for water stress detection in semi-arid regions of Iran, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 68:1-12.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Munehiro, M. and Omasa, K. 2012. Relationships between the Photochemical Reflectance Index (PRI) and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and plant pigment indices in different leaf growth stages, Photosynthesis Research, 113(1-3): 261-271.
Naito H., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Shimizu Y., Hosoi, F. and Omasa K. 2012. Summer-season differences in NDVI and iTVDI among vegetation cover types in Lake Mashu, Hokkaido, Japan using Landsat TM data, Environment Control in Biology, 50: 163-171.
Ishimura, A., Shimizu, Y., Rahimzadeh Bajgiran, P. and Omasa, K., 2011. Remote sensing of Japanese beech forest decline using improved Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index. iForest, 4:128-135.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Shimizu Y., Hosoi, F. and Omasa K., 2009. MODIS vegetation and water indices for drought assessment in semi-arid ecosystems in Iran. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, 65(4): 349-355.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Darvishsefat, A.A., Khalili, A. and Makhdoum, M. F., 2008. Using AVHRR- based vegetation indices for drought monitoring in the Northwest of Iran. Journal of Arid Environments, 72:1086–1096.
Conference Presentations:
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P. Progress in remote sensing technology and products for spruce budworm
monitoring: a 10-year overview, 2025 Northeast Forest Pest Council Annual Meeting, Middlebury, VT,
March 10-11, 2025.
Yadav G., and Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P. Automating eastern white pine health assessment through
modeling canopy structural parameters, 2025 Northeast Forest Pest Council Annual Meeting,
Middlebury, VT, March 10-11, 2025.
Najar Khodabakhsh Z. and Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P. Mapping black ash and detecting stands impacted by
emerald ash borer using geospatial techniques for effective management, 2025 Northeast Forest Pest
Council Annual Meeting, Middlebury, VT, March 10-11, 2025.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Innovations in remote sensing of forest health, Maine Division of Society of
American Foresters Annual Meeting, Brewer, Maine, October 10, 2024.
Barai K., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., and Zhang Y.J. Using historical remote sensing data to reveal factors
determining wild blueberry productivity, 13th International Vaccinium Symposium, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
August 24-29, 2024.
Barai K., Wallhead M., Hall B., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Meireles J., Herrmann I., and Zhang Y.J.
Detecting spatial variation in wild blueberry water stress using UAV-Borne Thermal imagery, 2024 IEEE
Systems and Technologies for Remote sensing Applications Through Unmanned aerial Systems
(STRATUS) Conference, Syracuse, NY, May 20-22, 2024.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Bridging the gap between research and forest community data needs, Forest
Health Committee Meeting, Northeast-Midwest Foresters Alliance, Bangor, Maine, March 26-28, 2024.
Das P. * and Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Remotely sensed estimation of live crown ratio (LCR) for eastern
white pine (EWP) health assessment. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
Annual Conference at Geo Week, Denver, CO, USA, February 11-13, 2024.
Bhattarai R. and Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Mech, A. 2023. Estimating nutritive, non-nutritive and defense
foliar traits in spruce-fir stands, 2024. ASPRS Annual Conference at Geo Week, Denver, CO, February 11-
13, 2024.
Timalsina S. and Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Detecting white pine needle damage (WPND) in eastern
white pine (EWP) using foliar traits and hyperspectral data, 2024 ASPRS Annual Conference at Geo
Week, Denver, CO, February 11-13, 2024.
Soucy A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P. et al., Exploring the impacts of a place-based teaching approach on
students and community members’ experiences and learning within a college-level GIS course, GIS
Educators day, Northeast Arc Users Group (NEARC) conference, New Haven, CT, Oct. 15, 2023.
Soucy A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Urioste-Stone, S., Eitel, K., Jansujwicz, J. and Brownlee M. Exploring
the impacts of a place-based approach on students and community members within a college-level GIS
course, Maine GIS User Groups (MEGUG), Augusta, Maine, May 24, 2023.
Bhattarai R. and Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P. Remote sensing sensors for the welfare of forests; working together against the imminent spruce budworm outbreak in Maine, the joint New England Forest Pest Council (NEFC)/NESAF annual meeting, Portland, Maine, March 23, 2022.
Soucy A., De Urioste-Stone S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Jansujwicz J., Brownlee M., Eitel K. A phenomenological analysis of conservation practitioners’ experiences in decision-making, Maine Sustainability & Water Conference, March 31, 2022.
Bhattarai R., and Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P. Spruce budworm host species composition and abundance modelling in Maine, USA. USFS FHP Forest Health Remote Sensing Technical Working Group. February 10, 2022, virtual.
Bhattarai R. and Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P. Estimating forest inventory attributes in spruce-fir forest of northeastern USA using remote sensing data, Society of American Foresters (SAF) National Convention. Nov. 3-5, 2021, virtual.
Bhattarai R., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P. 83rd Northeast Forest Pest Council Annual Meeting, Spruce budworm outbreak in the Northeast: What remote sensing can offer?, March 10-11, 2021, virtual.
Meneghini A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P. 83rd Northeast Forest Pest Council Annual Meeting, Detecting white pine needle damage through satellite remote sensing, March 10-11, 2021, virtual (Received the second-place Gerald N. Lanier student presentation award).
Bhattarai R., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A. and Maclean D. Spruce budworm tree host Species mapping using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Satellite imagery, Society of American Foresters (SAF) National Convention, October 28-30, 2020, virtual.
Furniss, J., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A., Daigle J., Costanza K. Identification of ash trees in Maine using hyper- and multi- spectral imagery, Society of American Foresters (SAF) National Convention, October 28-30, 2020, virtual.
Meneghini A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A., White pine needle damage detection and quantification through satellite remote sensing, Society of American Foresters (SAF) National Convention, October 28-30, 2020, virtual.
Soucy A., De Urioste-Stone, S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Weiskittel A. Perceptions of climate change adaptation among forest land managers and small woodlot owners, Society of American Foresters (SAF) National Convention, October 28-30, 2020, virtual (Received the third-place SAF student presentation award).
Bhattarai R., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P. Spruce Budworm Defoliation Detection and Host species mapping using Sentinel satellite imagery, USDA FHP Remote Sensing Technical Working Group, January 29, 2021.
Soucy A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., De Urioste-Stone, S. (joint presentation). Vulnerability of Maine’s forest industry to climate change, Forest Climate Change Initiative (FCCI) webinar, Feb. 3rd, 2021.
Bhattarai R., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A. and Maclean D. Detection and severity classification of spruce budworm defoliation using Sentine-2 imagery, The joint meeting of the 21st William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (Pecora 21) and the 38th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE 38), Baltimore, Maryland, USA from October 6-11, 2019 (oral presentation).
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Hennigar C. and Weiskittel A. Developing a refined forest site productivity map by linking biomass growth index to remotely sensed variables for Acadian Forests, The joint meeting of the 21st William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (Pecora 21) and the 38th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE 38), Baltimore, Maryland, USA from October 6-11, 2019.
Soucy A., De Urioste-Stone, S., Weiskittel A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P. and Daigneault, A., Forest Stakeholders Perceptions of Climate Change Risks in Maine, International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA June 2-7, 2019.
Horne, L., De Urioste-Stone, S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Rickard, L., McGreavy, B., and Seekamp, E. Assessing Physical and Social Climate Change Vulnerability Across Three Coastal Tourism Destinations Tourism Naturally (TNC), Buxton, UK, June 4-6, 2019.
Shrestha S., De Urioste-Stone, S., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Beitl C. and Sherchan S. Mountain livelihood strategies in a time of change: A case study of Upper Mustang in Nepal, International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA June 2-7, 2019.
Soucy A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., De Urioste-Stone S., Weiskittel A., and McGreavy B. Mapping Maine’s Forest Industry Vulnerability to Climate Change, Northeast Arc User groups (NEARC) Conference, , October 20-23, 2019, Newry, Maine.
Beitl C.M., Leslie H. M. and Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Integrative and ethnographic methods for understanding the ecology of fishing decisions and feedback in mangrove social-ecological systems, Third International Symposium on Mangroves as Fish Habitat (MAFH3 2018), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Nov 12-15, 2018.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Weiskittel, A., Kneeshaw, D., MacLean, D.A. A multi-index Landsat-derived model for spruce budworm defoliation detection and quantification: Examples of past and current outbreaks (1970s and 2000s). ASPRS-Pecora 20 Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium, Sioux Falls, SD, U.S.A, Nov. 13-16, 2017.
Beitl, C.M., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., “Cultural Continuity and Resilient Resources: Ecuador’s Co-management Approach to Mangrove Conservation and Restoration.” Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF). Providence, RI. Nov. 5-9, 2017.
Beitl C.M., and Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., 2016. Decelerating Deforestation: Social Processes and Policies Explaining Mangrove Landscape Mosaics in Coastal Ecuador. 115th American Anthropological Associatiom meeting, Nov. 2016, Minneapolis, MN.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Weiskittel, A. R., Kneeshaw D., and MacLean D., 2016. A model for spruce budworm defoliation detection and quantification using Landsat imagery. SFR-UMain/MSG/NASA planning workshop, Nov. 2016, Portland, ME.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Berg A., Chasmer L., Roshani E., 2013. Satellite-based Change Detection over Southern Parts of the Taiga Plains, Northwest Territories (NWT). The 1st Joint Scientific Congress of the CMOS, CGU and CWRA, May 2013, Saskatoon, Canada.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Berg, A., Champagne, C. and Omasa K., 2012. Toward soil moisture estimation using optical/thermal infrared remote sensing in Canadian prairies. 33rd Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS), June 2012, Ottawa, Canada.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Shimizu, Y. and Omasa, K. 2011. Comparing the performance of Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI) and improved TVDI for water stress detection, Proceedings of Japanese Society of Agricultural Informatics (JSAI) Conference, May 2011, Tokyo, Japan: 109-110.
Ishimura, A., Shimizu, Y., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P. and Omasa, K. 2010. Remote sensing of Japanese beech forest decline using water deficit index (WDI), Proceedings of the International Conference on research, monitoring and modeling in the study of climate change and air pollution impacts on forest ecosystems, October 2010, Rome, Italy: 23.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Shimizu, Y. and Omasa, K. 2010. Detecting vegetation and soil water stress based on Land Surface Temperature and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Proceedings of Japanese Society of Agricultural Informatics (JSAI) Conference, May 2010, Tokyo, Japan: 39-40.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Shimizu, Y., Hosoi, F. and Omasa K. 2009. MODIS vegetation and water indices for drought assessment in semi-arid ecosystems. Proceedings of International Symposium on Agricultural Meteorology (ISAM), March 2009, Fukushima, Japan: 86.
Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Darvishsefat, A.A., Khalili, A. and Makhdoum, M. F. 2005. Drought monitoring using NOAA-AVHRR based NDVI in the northwest of Iran, Proceedings of MAPASIA 2005, Jakarta, Indonesia (awarded the Best Technical Paper Award).