Dr. Richard L. Thompson authored and collaborated on at least thirty professional papers and other works. The majority were published in peer reviewed mathematics and science journals, reflecting a mature level of methodological proficiency.

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(1970). "Open mappings and the fundamental theorem of algebra." Mathematics Magazine 42(1), 39-40.

(1974). "Equilibrium states of thin energy shells." Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society 150.

(1980). "A measure of shared information in classes of patterns." Pattern Recognition 12(6), 369-379.

(1984). "Inversion of vegetation canopy reflectance models for estimating agronomic variables. II. Use of angle transforms and error analysis as illustrated by Suits' model." Remote Sensing of Environment 14(1), 77-111.

(1984). "Inversion of canopy reflectance models for estimating agronomic variables. III. Estimation using only canopy reflectance data as illustrated by the Suits model." Remote Sensing of Environment 15(3), 223-236.

(1984). "Inversion of vegetation canopy reflectance models for estimating agronomic variables. IV. Total inversion of the SAIL model." Remote Sensing of Environment 15(3), 237-253.

(1984). "Inversion of vegetation canopy reflectance models for estimating agronomic variables. V. Estimation of leaf area index and average leaf angle using measured canopy reflectances." Remote Sensing of Environment 16(1), 69-85.

(1984). "Estimation of agronomic variables using spectral signatures." 2nd International Colloquium Spectral signatures of objects in remote sensing, 12-16 September 1983, Bordeaux, France.

(1984). "A stochastic model of sedimentation." Journal of the International Association for Mathematical Geology 16(8), 753-778.

(1985). "A simulation of T4 bacteriophage assembly and operation." BioSystems 18(1), 23-45.

(1985). "Optimal solar/viewing geometry for an accurate estimation of leaf area index and leaf angle distribution from bidirectional canopy reflectance data." International Journal of Remote Sensing 6(9), 1493-1520.

(1986). "Organization of Biological Systems - Some Principles and Models." International Review of Cytology 103, 1-88.

(1986). "Simulation of cellular compaction and internalization in mammalian embryo development [I] as driven by minimization of surface energy." Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 48(2), 167-187.

(1987). "Microcomputer modeling of biological systems." The World & I (July 1987), 162-173.

(1988). "Simulation of cellular compaction and internalization in mammalian embryo development—II. Models for spherical embryos." Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 50(2), 121-142.

(1988). "Movable finite automata (MFA) models for biological systems I: Bacteriophage assembly and operation." Journal of Theoretical Biology 131(3), 351-385.

(1988). "Movable finite automata (MFA) models for biological systems II: Protein biosynthesis." Journal of Theoretical Biology 134(1), 9-49.

(1988). Computer Simulations of Self-Organization in Biological Systems. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

(1989). "Microcomputer modeling of self-organization in biological systems," in Biomedical Modeling and Simulation, J.C. Baltzer A.G. Scientific Publishing Co., IMACS, pp. 65-67.

(1989). "Movable Finite Automata (MFA): A New Tool for Computer Modeling of Living Systems," in Artificial Life : the Proceedings of an Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.

(1990). "Biological automata models and evolution I: The role of computer modelling in theories of evolution and the origin of life," in Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution. Manchester University Press.

(1990). "Biological automata models and evolution II: The evolution of macromolecular machinery," in Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution. Manchester University Press.

(1991). "Vegetation Canopies and Objects of Arbitrary Shapes: Computer Generation and Bidirectional Reflection Calculations." Proc. 5th Int. Colloq. Phys. Measurements & Signatures in Remote Sensing v1, 14-18 Jan 1991, Courchevel, France.

(1991). "A computer graphics based model for scattering from objects of arbitrary shapes in the optical region." Remote Sensing of Environment 36(2), 73-104.

(1998). "Two models for rapidly calculating bidirectional reflectance of complex vegetation scenes: Photon spread (PS) model and statistical photon spread (SPS) model." Remote Sensing Reviews 16(3), 157-207.

(2000). "A snapshot of canopy reflectance models and a universal model for the radiation regime." Remote Sensing Reviews 18(2-4), 197-225.

(2001). "Radiation transfer model intercomparison (RAMI) exercise." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 106(D11), 11937-11956.

(2004). "Radiation transfer model intercomparison (RAMI) exercise: Results from the second phase." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 109(D6), pp. D06210:1-19.

(2007). "Third Radiation Transfer Model Intercomparison (RAMI) exercise: Documenting progress in canopy reflectance models." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 112(D9), pp. D09111:1-28.

(2008). "The RAMI On-line Model Checker (ROMC): A web-based benchmarking facility for canopy reflectance models." Remote Sensing of Environment 112(3), 1144-1150.