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remote sensing

Habitat Quality, Dispersal Behavior, and Distribution of Pygmy-Owls in Sonora, Mexico

Wim van Leeuwen (leeuw@ag.arizona.edu), Kyle Hartfield (kylehartfield@gmail.com), Aaron D. Flesch (aaron.flesch@umconnect.umt.edu)

 

Short Description: 
Assessing the impacts of disturbance upon the dispersal patterns of juvenile Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls through remote sensing.

Remotely Sensed Vegetation Mapping of Woody Cover in Semi-Desert Grasslands of the Cienega Creek Basin and Sonoita Plain

 

Short Description: 
Monitoring and measurement of woody cover encroachment on semi-desert grasslands within the Los Cienegas National Conservation Area through high resolution remote sensing

Adjunct Professor Julio Betancourt awarded Farouk El-Baz Award for Desert Research

The Geological Society of America has honored USGS Senior Scientist and University of Arizona Adjunct Professor Julio Betancourt with the Farouk El-Baz Award for Desert Research, named after Dr. Farouk El-Baz, Research Professor and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University. Among his many accomplishments, Dr.


Charles Hutchinson

Area of Expertise: 
Geography, remote sensing and arid lands, monitoring techniques for agriculture and natural resources using satellite and aerial video systems.
Professor
Director

 


Jake Weltzin

Title: 
Executive Director, USA National Phenology Network
Area of Expertise: 
Ecology, environmental biology, plant community ecology, ecosystem ecology, manipulative experiments
Director

 


Kyle Hartfield

Title: 
Research Specialist, Senior
Area of Expertise: 
Remote Sensing, GIS, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Cartography, MODIS, Landsat, LiDAR, Timesat, Definiens, SEE5
 
 
Current Work:
My current research involves the collection and processing of 10 years of MODIS data for the complete continental United States. Acquiring this data will allow the lab to perform multiple research projects focusing on changes in phenology due to clima

Willem van Leeuwen

Wim
Area of Expertise: 
Land Surface Phenology; Biogeography; Remote Sensing Science and Applications of Coupled Natural and Human Systems; Geospatial & Temporal Decision Support Systems and Tools for Land and Water management; Assessing Impact of Fire and Drought on Vegetation Response and Drylands around the World.
Associate Professor

Wim is an Associate Professor with joint appointments in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment - Office of Arid Lands Studies & the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, Tucson, where he is teaching:


Learning the rhythm of the seasons in the face of global change: phenological research in the 21st Century

Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  In Press
Authors  Morisette, J. T.; Richardson, A.D.; Knapp, A. K.; Fisher, J. I.; Graham, E.; Abatzoglou, J.; Wilson, B. E.; Breshears, D. D.; Henebry, G. M.; Hanes, J. M.; Liang, L.
Journal Title  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Publication Keywords  phenology; NPN; remote sensing; vegetation change

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