[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Position in the Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Forests at the University of Nevada, Reno
Postdoctoral Position in the Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Forests The Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory (https://naes.unr.edu/gears/) in the department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Forests with an immediate start date. The researcher will be part of a large, collaborative project with researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park, University of Edinburgh, the USDA Forest Service, and NASA JPL. The project's goal is to analyze changes in the structure of forests across the Sierra Nevada Mountains using a variety of remote sensing data and techniques including data derived from terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), airborne LiDAR, and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery. TLS, in particular, provides one of the most detailed measures of forest structure and change and can be used as the gold standard for testing larger scale measures and improving our understanding of forest processes. However, in the past, TLS has typically been collected and analyzed over a very limited number of sites. Our project covers nearly 150 individual sites across large climatic, diversity, and disturbance gradients. These measurements and analyses will allow a deeper understanding of fine scale changes in biomass accumulation and loss, particularly as it relates to fuels and fires. The postdoctoral researcher's primary responsibilities will be to develop and implement algorithms and processing chains for extracting various forest metrics from TLS point clouds in a high performance computing (HPC) environment using e.g. QSM and voxel approaches. Job requirements: a PhD in remote sensing, computer vision, computer science, engineering, physics, or a related geotechnologies field; experience with TLS applications for forestry; Linux operating systems; at least 2 years of programming. To apply: Applicants should send an email to Dr. Jonathan Greenberg (jgreenb...@unr.edu<mailto:jgreenb...@unr.edu>) with the subject line "TLS Postdoc" with a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and contact information for at least three professional references. Applications will be accepted until a suitable candidate is found. Salary will be commensurate with the applicant's qualifications. -- -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Randall Endowed Professor and Associate Professor of Remote Sensing Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Natural Resources & Environmental Science University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N Virginia St MS/0186 Reno, NV 89557 Phone: 415-763-5476 http://www.unr.edu/nres Gchat: jgrn...@gmail.com<mailto:jgrn...@gmail.com>, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Position in the Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Forests at the University of Nevada, Reno
Postdoctoral Position in the Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Forests The Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory (https://naes.unr.edu/gears/) in the department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Forests with an immediate start date. The researcher will be part of a large, collaborative project with researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park, University of Edinburgh, the USDA Forest Service, and NASA JPL. The project's goal is to analyze changes in the structure of forests across the Sierra Nevada Mountains using a variety of remote sensing data and techniques including data derived from terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), airborne LiDAR, and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery. TLS, in particular, provides one of the most detailed measures of forest structure and change and can be used as the gold standard for testing larger scale measures and improving our understanding of forest processes. However, in the past, TLS has typically been collected and analyzed over a very limited number of sites. Our project covers nearly 150 individual sites across large climatic, diversity, and disturbance gradients. These measurements and analyses will allow a deeper understanding of fine scale changes in biomass accumulation and loss, particularly as it relates to fuels and fires. The postdoctoral researcher's primary responsibilities will be to develop and implement algorithms and processing chains for extracting various forest metrics from TLS point clouds in a high performance computing (HPC) environment using e.g. QSM and voxel approaches. Job requirements: a PhD in remote sensing, computer vision, computer science, engineering, physics, or a related geotechnologies field; experience with TLS applications for forestry; Linux operating systems; at least 2 years of programming. To apply: Applicants should send an email to Dr. Jonathan Greenberg (jgreenb...@unr.edu<mailto:jgreenb...@unr.edu>) with the subject line "TLS Postdoc" with a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and contact information for at least three professional references. Applications will be accepted until a suitable candidate is found. Salary will be commensurate with the applicant's qualifications. -- -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Randall Endowed Professor and Associate Professor of Remote Sensing Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Natural Resources & Environmental Science University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N Virginia St MS/0186 Reno, NV 89557 Phone: 415-763-5476 http://www.unr.edu/nres Gchat: jgrn...@gmail.com<mailto:jgrn...@gmail.com>, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Masters/PhD in Landscape Ecology and Remote Sensing at the University of Nevada, Reno
Masters/PhD in Landscape Ecology and Remote Sensing at the University of Nevada, Reno Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and the Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno are now inviting applications for Doctoral or Master’s work that will start in Fall of 2019 for students interested in the following topics: Remote Sensing Science: Students should be interested in developing advanced remote sensing algorithms, particularly those that leverage high performance computing and machine learning algorithms. GEARS is interested in the following general topics: - Computer vision techniques applied to high spatial resolution LiDAR and optical remote sensing imagery including data collected from airborne and terrestrial laser scanners, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles. - Change detection and time series analysis of multitemporal remote sensing image datasets, particularly as it applies to multitemporal LiDAR, hyperspatial optical, and “hypertemporal” datasets such as Landsat and MODIS. Previous programming experience and a background in remote sensing, GIS, and/or computer vision is highly recommended. Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions: Students should be interested in applying remote sensing, GIS, and modeling to the following questions at local to global scales: - How do plants respond to their climate at regional to global scales scales? - What will be the future state of vegetated ecosystems under climate change? - How do non-climate factors such as natural and anthropogenic disturbance impact the past, present, and future distribution of plants? A degree or background in biogeography, environmental science, ecology, and/or biology is encouraged for applicants, as well as previous experience in remote sensing and GIS and/or ecosystem modeling. Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence. Prospective students should email a short summary of their research interests as well as a CV to Dr. Greenberg jgreenb...@unr.edu<mailto:jgreenb...@unr.edu> before applying to the program. Funding will be available from a variety of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. Prospective PhD students should apply to the Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology graduate program (http://www.unr.edu/eecb) and prospective Master’s students should apply to the Natural Resources and Environmental Science program (https://www.unr.edu/nres). -- -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Randall Endowed Professor and Associate Professor of Remote Sensing Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Natural Resources & Environmental Science University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N Virginia St MS/0186 Reno, NV 89557 Phone: 415-763-5476 http://www.unr.edu/nres Gchat: jgrn...@gmail.com<mailto:jgrn...@gmail.com>, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Masters/PhD in Landscape Ecology and Remote Sensing at the University of Nevada, Reno
Masters/PhD in Landscape Ecology and Remote Sensing at the University of Nevada, Reno Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and the Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno are now inviting applications for Doctoral or Master’s work that will start in Winter or Fall of 2019 for students interested in the following topics: Remote Sensing Science: Students should be interested in developing advanced remote sensing algorithms, particularly those that leverage high performance computing and machine learning algorithms. GEARS is interested in the following general topics: * Computer vision techniques applied to high spatial resolution LiDAR and optical remote sensing imagery including data collected from airborne and terrestrial laser scanners, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles. * Change detection and time series analysis of multitemporal remote sensing image datasets, particularly as it applies to multitemporal LiDAR, hyperspatial optical, and “hypertemporal” datasets such as Landsat and MODIS. Previous programming experience and a background in remote sensing, GIS, and/or computer vision is highly recommended. Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions: Students should be interested in applying remote sensing, GIS, and modeling to the following questions at local to global scales: * How do plants respond to their climate at regional to global scales scales? * What will be the future state of vegetated ecosystems under climate change? * How do non-climate factors such as natural and anthropogenic disturbance impact the past, present, and future distribution of plants? A degree or background in biogeography, environmental science, ecology, and/or biology is encouraged for applicants, as well as previous experience in remote sensing and GIS and/or ecosystem modeling. Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence. Prospective students should email a short summary of their research interests as well as a CV to Dr. Greenberg jgreenb...@unr.edu<mailto:jgreenb...@unr.edu> before applying to the program. Funding will be available from a variety of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. Prospective PhD students should apply to the Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology graduate program (http://www.unr.edu/eecb) and prospective Master’s students should apply to the Natural Resources and Environmental Science program (https://www.unr.edu/nres). -- -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Randall Endowed Professor and Associate Professor of Remote Sensing Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Natural Resources & Environmental Science University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N Virginia St MS/0186 Reno, NV 89557 Phone: 415-763-5476 http://www.unr.edu/nres Gchat: jgrn...@gmail.com<mailto:jgrn...@gmail.com>, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Remote Sensing Analyst at the University of Nevada, Reno
Remote Sensing Analyst at the University of Nevada, Reno The Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory ( https://naes.unr.edu/gears/) in the department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, is seeking a Remote Sensing Analyst with an immediate start date for an initial period of 1-year, with the opportunity to renew the position on an annual basis pending progress and funding. The analyst will be part of a large, collaborative project analyzing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data of forest ecosystems. The analyst's primary responsibilities will be to develop batch workflows for performing structure-from-motion (SFM) on UAV data in a high performance computing (HPC) environment as well as refining TLS data. Job requirements: at least a bachelor's degree in computer vision, computer science, engineering, physics, or a related geotechnologies field; Linux operating systems; at least 2 years of programming (R/Python/C++ preferred); experience with processing 3D point cloud data (e.g. LiDAR) via e.g. LAStools, PDAL or PCL. Preferred skills: experience with photogrammetric software such as Pix4D and/or Agisoft Photoscan; Docker/Singularity; high performance computing; RiSCAN Pro; field forestry experience; UAV pilot's license; use of a Riegl Terrestrial Laser Scanner. To apply: Applicants should send an email to Dr. Jonathan Greenberg ( jgreenb...@unr.edu) with the subject line "Remote Sensing Analyst" with a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and contact information for at least three professional references. Applications received before September 1, 2018 will receive full consideration. Salary will be commensurate with the applicant's qualifications. -- -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Randall Endowed Professor and Associate Professor of Remote Sensing Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Natural Resources & Environmental Science University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N Virginia St MS/0186 Reno, NV 89557 Phone: 415-763-5476 http://www.unr.edu/nres Gchat: jgrn...@gmail.com, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Masters/PhD in Landscape Ecology and Remote Sensing at the University of Nevada, Reno
Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and the Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno are now inviting applications for Doctoral or Master’s work that will start in Winter or Fall of 2018 for students interested in the following topics: Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions: Students should be interested in applying remote sensing, GIS, and modeling to the following questions at local to global scales: - How do plants respond to their climate at regional to global scales scales? - What will be the future state of vegetated ecosystems under climate change? - How do non-climate factors such as natural and anthropogenic disturbance impact the past, present, and future distribution of plants? A degree or background in biogeography, environmental science, ecology, and/or biology is encouraged for applicants, as well as previous experience in remote sensing and GIS and/or ecosystem modeling. Remote Sensing Science: Students should be interested in developing advanced remote sensing algorithms, particularly those that leverage high performance computing and machine learning algorithms. GEARS is interested in the following general topics: - Computer vision techniques applied to high spatial resolution LiDAR and optical remote sensing imagery including data collected from terrestrial laser scanners and unmanned aerial vehicles - Change detection and time series analysis of multitemporal remote sensing image datasets, particularly as it applies to multitemporal LiDAR, hyperspatial optical, and “hypertemporal” datasets such as Landsat and MODIS. Previous programming experience and a background in remote sensing, GIS, and/or computer vision is highly recommended. Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence. Prospective students should email a short summary of their research interests as well as a CV to Dr. Greenberg jgreenb...@unr.edu before applying to the program. Funding will be available from a variety of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. Prospective PhD students should apply to the Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology graduate program (http://www.unr.edu/eecb) and prospective Master’s students should apply to the Natural Resources and Environmental Science program (https://www.unr.edu/nres). -- -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Randall Endowed Professor and Associate Professor of Remote Sensing Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Natural Resources & Environmental Science University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N Virginia St MS/0186 Reno, NV 89557 Phone: 415-763-5476 http://www.unr.edu/nres Gchat: jgrn...@gmail.com, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Short Term Forestry Field Position in the North Sierra Nevadas for late Summer/Fall 2017
Position Description: We are looking for someone with montane forestry
experience to assist in a project doing terrestrial laser scanning ("TLS")
of Plumas National Forest and the Lake Tahoe Basin during the period of mid
August to mid/late October. The goal of the project is the remeasure plots
that were scanned in the Spring, as well as support a project estimating
surface fuels from the TLS. Most of the work will be in assisting the TLS
and fuels teams, and requires moving relatively bulky equipment into forest
plots, so ability to carry > 50 lbs is suggested (backpacking experience is
ideal). Folks working on this project will get trained in how to setup and
use a terrestrial laser scanner (a relatively rare opportunity), as well as
learn forest fuels measurements. The project is in collaboration and
funded by the USDA Forest Service. Technicians will be based out of Reno
for Tahoe work or doing overnights in Plumas National Forest. Position
covers lodging and per diem while in the field. Applicants should email
Jonathan Greenberg with a short introductory letter and an up-to-date
resume/CV to jgreenb...@unr.edu.
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Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD
Randall Endowed Professor and Associate Professor of Remote Sensing
Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory
Natural Resources & Environmental Science
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N Virginia St MS/0186
Reno, NV 89557
Phone: 415-763-5476
http://www.unr.edu/nres
AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Masters/PhD in Landscape Ecology and Remote Sensing
Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and the Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno are now inviting applications for Doctoral or Masters work that will start in Fall 2017 for students interested in the following topics: Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions: Students should be interested in applying remote sensing, GIS, and modeling to the following questions at local to global scales: - How do plants respond to their climate at regional to global scales scales? - What will be the future state of vegetated ecosystems under climate change? - How do non-climate factors such as natural and anthropogenic disturbance impact the past, present, and future distribution of plants? A degree or background in biogeography, environmental science, ecology, and/or biology is encouraged for applicants, as well as previous experience in remote sensing and GIS and/or ecosystem modeling. Remote Sensing Science: Students should be interested in developing advanced remote sensing algorithms, particularly those that leverage high performance computing and machine learning algorithms. GEARS is interested in the following general topics: - Computer vision techniques applied to high spatial resolution LiDAR and optical remote sensing imagery - Change detection and time series analysis of multitemporal remote sensing image datasets, particularly as it applies to multitemporal LiDAR, hyperspatial optical, and “hypertemporal” datasets such as Landsat and MODIS. Previous programming experience and a background in remote sensing and GIS is highly recommended. Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence. Prospective students should email a short summary of their research interests as well as a CV to Dr. Greenberg jgreenb...@unr.edu before applying to the program. Funding will be available from a variety of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. Prospective PhD students should apply to the Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology graduate program (http://www.unr.edu/eecb) and prospective Masters students should apply to the Natural Resources and Environmental Science program (https://www.unr.edu/nres).
[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Positions in Remote Sensing and Plant-Climate Interactions
Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and the Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory are now inviting applications for Doctoral or Master’s work that will start in Fall 2016 for students interested in the following topics: Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions: Students should be interested in applying remote sensing, GIS, and modeling to the following questions at local to global scales: - How do plants respond to their climate at regional to global scales scales? - What will be the future state of vegetated ecosystems under climate change? - How do non-climate factors such as natural and anthropogenic disturbance impact the past, present, and future distribution of plants? Students interested in this topic are encouraged to apply to either the Department of Geography and GIScience <http://www.geog.illinois.edu/grad/> and/or the Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (PEEC) <http://sib.illinois.edu/peec/>. A degree or background in biogeography, environmental science, ecology, and/or biology is encouraged for applicants, as well as previous experience in remote sensing and GIS and/or ecosystem modeling. Remote Sensing Science: Students should be interested in developing advanced remote sensing algorithms, particularly those that leverage high performance computing and machine learning algorithms. GEARS is interested in the following general topics: - Computer vision techniques applied to high spatial resolution LiDAR and optical remote sensing imagery - Change detection and time series analysis of multitemporal remote sensing image datasets, particularly as it applies to multitemporal LiDAR, hyperspatial optical, and “hypertemporal” datasets such as Landsat and MODIS. Students interested in this topic are encouraged to apply to the Department of Geography and GIScience <http://www.geog.illinois.edu/grad/>. Previous programming experience and a background in remote sensing and GIS is highly recommended. Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence. Prospective students are encouraged to review the research topics on the lab website (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/), and email a short summary of their research interests as well as a CV to Dr. Greenberg j...@illinois.edu before applying to the program. Funding will be available from a variety of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships.
[ECOLOG-L] GIS Lecturer position
Open Date: 04/07/2015 Description: The Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science in the School of Earth, Society and Environment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is looking for a Lecturer or Teaching Assistant Professor to fill a key teaching position in our Geographic Information Science curriculum. We seek a dynamic, highly motivated individual who will contribute substantively to the growth and development of our GIS programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Primary responsibilities will include teaching classroom- based and online courses in GIS at introductory and advanced levels. The opportunity to teach non-GIS courses also exists based on the hire’s expertise. Experience with curriculum development and current GIS technologies will be an asset. The position also involves teaching and administrative responsibilities associated with a new Professional Science Master’s program in GIScience. This position requires a PhD in Geography or a closely related field. Applicants with a demonstrated track record of high quality college- or university-level teaching experience, including online instruction, are favored. Excellent communication skills and a strong desire to create new and innovative course materials will enhance an application. Applicants at the Teaching Assistant Professor level must demonstrate the ability to make instructional and curricular contributions to the college, campus, and broader discipline through scholarly publications, invited talks, or other related activities involving the discipline, pedagogy and student interactions. This position is a 9-month full-time academic appointment (non-tenure track). Salary is competitive and based on experience. The desired start date is August 16, 2015, but the timing is negotiable. The appointment is renewable based on funding and strong performance reviews. To apply create your candidate profile through https://jobs.illinois.edu and submit your application materials: cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement and names of three professional references. Referees will be contacted electronically within 2-3 business days of application submission. In order to ensure full consideration, all application materials must be received by April 30, 2015 (reference letters must be received by May 7, 2015). Inquiries about the position are encouraged to contact the Search Committee Chair at jcid...@illinois.edu. Illinois is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. Illinois welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity. ( www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu).
[ECOLOG-L] Graduate research in remote sensing of vegetation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and the Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory are now inviting applications for Doctoral or Master’s work that will start in Fall 2015 for students interested in the following topics: Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions: Students should be interested in applying remote sensing, GIS, and modeling to the following questions at local to global scales: - How do plants respond to their climate at multiple scales? - What will be the future state of vegetated ecosystems under climate change? - How do non-climate factors impact the distribution of plants? Students interested in this topic are encouraged to apply to either the Department of Geography and GIScience http://www.geog.illinois.edu/grad/ and/or the Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (PEEC) http://sib.illinois.edu/peec/. A degree or background in biogeography, environmental science, ecology, and/or biology is encouraged for applicants, as well as previous experience in remote sensing and GIS. Remote Sensing Science : Students should be interested in developing advanced remote sensing algorithms, particularly those that leverage high performance computing and machine learning algorithms, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). GEARS is interested in the following general topics: - Computer vision techniques applied to high spatial resolution remote sensing imagery - The development of UAV-based technologies as it relates to the remote sensing of vegetation - Advanced techniques in hyperspectral, hyperspatial, multitemporal, thermal, and Lidar data processing Students interested in this topic are encouraged to apply to the Department of Geography and GIScience http://www.geog.illinois.edu/grad/. Previous programming experience and a background in remote sensing and GIS is highly recommended. Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence. Prospective students are encouraged to review the research topics on the lab website (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/), and email a short summary of their research interests as well as a CV to Dr. Greenberg j...@illinois.edu before applying to the program. Funding will be available from a variety of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships.
[ECOLOG-L] Assistant Professor in Ecogeomorphology of River and Watershed Systems
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Assistant Professor Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science (GGIS), in the School of Earth, Society, Environment, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor in ecogeomorphology of river and watershed systems. Relevant areas of research include, but are not limited to: the structuring of river and watershed systems through interactions among plants, animals and geomorphological processes; the relevance of an integrated understanding of ecological and geomorphological dynamics to river/watershed management and restoration; and the resilience of coupled ecological and geomorphological processes within river/watershed systems to climate change and human impacts. We especially seek candidates with strong field, modeling, GIS, and/or remote sensing skills. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system and offers an extraordinary environment for ecogeomorphological research and education. GGIS has a strong, highly ranked research and education program focusing on river, watershed, and landscape dynamics. This program is connected to related campus programs on river, watershed, and ecological systems anchored in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Illinois State Water Survey, the Illinois State Geological Survey, the USGS Water Science Center, the Department of Geology, the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, the Department of Plant Biology, the Illinois Natural History Survey, and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES). The ecogemorphology position is part of a campus cluster-hire initiative on Water, Life, and Land Interactions that includes a companion position focusing on ecohydrology in NRES. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an externally funded research program and teach at undergraduate and graduate levels. A Ph.D. is required at the time of appointment. Applicants are expected to present evidence of excellence in research and teaching. The target starting date is August 16, 2015. Salary is commensurate with qualifications. To apply, create your candidate profile through http://jobs.illinois.edu and submit your application materials: Letter of application, CV, up to 3 representative publications, statement of teaching and research interests, and contact information for three professional references. Referees will be contacted electronically upon the submission of the application. Applicants are highly encouraged to submit applications early to ensure that referees have enough time to submit letters of recommendation. To ensure full consideration, all required application materials must be submitted by October 12, 2014, with interviews likely in November 2014. Letters of references should be received by October 17, 2014. Inquiries about the position are encouraged to the Ecogeomorphology Search Committee Chair at geogr...@illinois.edu. Illinois is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. Illinois welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity. (www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu). -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 259 Computing Applications Building, MC-150 605 East Springfield Avenue Champaign, IL 61820-6371 Phone: 217-300-1924 http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/ AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: Postdoctoral position in the remote sensing of carbon at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Colleagues: Please see and forward around this postdoctoral opportunity in the remote sensing of carbon. Cheers! --j *** Postdoctoral position in the remote sensing of carbon at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, full time, 100%, 3-year duration with possibility of extension, contingent upon funding, starting ASAP Summary: Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and Dr. Bo Li at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are looking for a qualified postdoctoral candidate for a three year, NASA-funded project to examine uncertainties in estimating carbon across the state of California using a variety of remote sensing techniques applied to Lidar, hyperspatial optical, and time series data. The postdoctoral candidate will work closely with Dr. Greenberg (remote sensing), Dr. Li (statistics), Mr. Carlos Ramirez (USDA Forest Service), and a graduate student (statistics) to realize the goals of the project. The start date is as soon as possible, preferably before January 2015. Responsibilities: The main responsibilities of a successful candidate will be the derivation of forest carbon estimates for the state of California using a variety of techniques applied to a large ( 100TB) collection of Lidar, hyperspatial optical, and medium resolution optical remotely sensed datasets. The candidate chosen for this project will be responsible for the analysis and management of the project, and will be expected to be on-time in terms of deliverable deadlines, and publish results in a timely fashion in peer-reviewed journals. The candidate will also be expected to present results at a major national conference in the 2nd and 3rd years of the project. The candidate must commit to the full 3-year duration of the project to be considered. Qualifications: A qualified candidate should have a recent Ph.D. in remote sensing, GIScience, computer science, computer vision, geography, or a related field. Candidates may be considered prior to graduation if they expect to graduate before the start date. Specific experience that is required includes: - Advanced programming in at least one language suitable for open source software development (e.g. R, C++, Python) - Individual tree crown recognition techniques (Lidar and/or hyperspatial optical) or object based image analysis - Working with Lidar point clouds and raster images - High-performance computing and big data analysis Secondary skills that are important include: - Time series analysis - Climate model downscaling - Species distribution models - Allometric equation development and application - Bayesian hierarchical modelling Start date: As soon as possible after the closing date of the application: August 20th, 2014. Application Process: Candidates should send a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, and contact information for three (3) references to Jonathan Greenberg ( j...@illinois.edu). Dr. Greenberg will begin reviewing applications on August 20th, 2014, and afterwards on a first-come, first-serve basis. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and relevant research. The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. The administration, faculty, and staff embrace diversity and are committed to attracting qualified candidates who also embrace and value diversity and inclusivity. Visit www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu. -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 259 Computing Applications Building, MC-150 605 East Springfield Avenue Champaign, IL 61820-6371 Phone: 217-300-1924 http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/ AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007 -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 259 Computing Applications Building, MC-150 605 East Springfield Avenue Champaign, IL 61820-6371 Phone: 217-300-1924 http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/ AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] “Remote sensing to support investigations in plant -climate interactions” at AGU
Colleagues: Please consider submitting abstracts to the session entitled “Remote sensing to support investigations in plant-climate interactions” that Shawn Serbin and I are leading at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (December 15-19 2014 in San Francisco, CA). The abstracts are due August 6th, 2014 on the AGU website (http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2014/scientific-program/). The session description is as follows: The response of terrestrial vegetation to climate change is an active area of research, and includes changes in species distributions, phenology, physiology, and carbon, water, and energy cycling. While remote sensing provides important descriptions of vegetation state and dynamics, it is also a key dataset in environmental and ecological analyses of plant-climate interactions. This session will attract papers that seek to utilize terrestrial remote sensing observations as primary datasets in analyses of plant-climate interactions, rather than focusing on the development of novel vegetation products. Sincerely, Jonathan Greenberg and Shawn Serbin -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 259 Computing Applications Building, MC-150 605 East Springfield Avenue Champaign, IL 61820-6371 Phone: 217-300-1924 http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/ AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Positions in Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions and Remote Sensing Science
(Please forward to interested parties) Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and the Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are now inviting applications for Doctoral or Master's work that will start in Fall 2014 for students interested in one or both of the following topics: Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions: Students should be interested in applying remote sensing, GIS, and modeling to the following questions at local to global scales: - How do plants respond to their climate at multiple scales? - What will be the future state of vegetated ecosystems under climate change? - How do non-climate factors impact the distribution of plants? Students interested in these topics are encouraged to apply to either the Department of Geography and GIScience (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/) and/or the Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (PEEC, http://sib.illinois.edu/peec/). A degree or background in biogeography, environmental science, ecology, and/or biology is encouraged for applicants, as well as previous experience in remote sensing and GIS. *** Remote Sensing Science: Students should be interested in developing advanced remote sensing algorithms, particularly those that leverage high performance computing and machine learning algorithms. GEARS is interested in the following general topics: - High performance computing applied to remote sensing problems - Computer vision techniques applied to high spatial resolution remote sensing imagery - Fully automated pre-processing techniques including orthorectification and atmospheric correction - Radiative transfer modeling and model inversion - Advanced techniques in hyperspectral, hyperspatial, multitemporal, thermal, and Lidar data processing Students interested in these topics are encouraged to apply to either the Department of Geography and GIScience (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/) and/or the Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (PEEC, http://sib.illinois.edu/peec/). Previous programming experience and a background in remote sensing and GIS is highly recommended. *** Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence. Prospective students are encouraged to review the research topics on the GEARS website (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/), and email a short summary of their research interests as well as a CV to Dr. Greenberg j...@illinois.edu before applying to the program. Funding will be available from a variety of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 259 Computing Applications Building, MC-150 605 East Springfield Avenue Champaign, IL 61820-6371 Phone: 217-300-1924 http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/ AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Positions in Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions and Remote Sensing Science
Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and the Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are now inviting applications for Doctoral or Master's work that will start in Fall 2014 for students interested in one or both of the following topics: Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions: Students should be interested in applying remote sensing, GIS, and modeling to the following questions at local to global scales: - How do plants respond to their climate at multiple scales? - What will be the future state of vegetated ecosystems under climate change? - How do non-climate factors impact the distribution of plants? Students interested in these topics are encouraged to apply to either the Department of Geography and GIScience (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/) and/or the Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (PEEC, http://sib.illinois.edu/peec/). A degree or background in biogeography, environmental science, ecology, and/or biology is encouraged for applicants, as well as previous experience in remote sensing and GIS. *** Remote Sensing Science: Students should be interested in developing advanced remote sensing algorithms, particularly those that leverage high performance computing and machine learning algorithms. GEARS is interested in the following general topics: - Computer vision techniques applied to high spatial resolution remote sensing imagery - Fully automated pre-processing techniques including orthorectification and atmospheric correction - Radiative transfer modeling and model inversion - Advanced techniques in hyperspectral, hyperspatial, multitemporal, thermal, and Lidar data processing Students interested in these topics are encouraged to apply to either the Department of Geography and GIScience (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/) and/or the Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (PEEC, http://sib.illinois.edu/peec/). Previous programming experience and a background in remote sensing and GIS is highly recommended. *** Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence. Prospective students are encouraged to review the research topics on the GEARS website (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/), and email a short summary of their research interests as well as a CV to Dr. Greenberg j...@illinois.edu before applying to the program. Funding will be available from a variety of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 259 Computing Applications Building, MC-150 605 East Springfield Avenue Champaign, IL 61820-6371 Phone: 217-300-1924 http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/ AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Funded, immediate opening for a PhD or MS student in the area of foreclosure effects on residential landscapes
*Funded, immediate opening for a PhD or MS student in the area of foreclosure effects on residential landscapes* Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences program (* http://nres.illinois.edu/*) *Deadline to apply*: May 15, 2013 *Start date*: August 16, 2013 *Advisor*: Dr. Bethany Cutts (*http://nres.illinois.edu/Bethany_B_Cutts *)** ** *Research area: Residential landscape change as a social-ecological process* The successful student will work with geographers, landscape ecologists, and environmental social scientist to integrate large-scale datasets to answer questions about changes in property management that occur through changes in property management, social norms, and/or policy changes.Qualified candidates could come from a variety of disciplines and departments including but not limited to: Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science, Geography, Ecology, Sociology, Landscape and Urban Planning, or Economics. ** ** *Desired qualifications*: The successful applicant must demonstrate leadership skills, the ability to develop independently, and perform quantitative analyses. The selected applicant will have demonstrated strong interest in interdisciplinary research and experience with urban social and/or ecological processes and an ability to think creatively and learn independently. He or she must meet the departmental minimums for GRE scores (http://nres.illinois.edu/future_grad/apply). Experience with statistical analyses in R and remote sensing image processing are desirable, but not necessary. The ideal candidate will possess a master’s degree by the starting date and prior research experience and/or demonstrated competency in spatial analysis, remote sensing or advanced statistical techniques. ** ** The selected candidate will be offered salaried support commensurate with degree and will be eligible for university benefits and tuition waivers. ** ** * * *Contact information*: If you are interested in developing a dissertation or thesis project in this area while being trained in a multidisciplinary academic department, please email Bethany Cutts (*bcu...@illinois.edu*) with a statement of interest and your CV as soon as possible. If no suitable candidate is identified by the May 15 application deadline for Fall 2013, the position will re-listed and applications for Spring 2014 or Fall 2014 will be invited. ** ** ** ** Bethany B. Cutts Assistant Professor, Human Dimensions Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Office: S-512 Turner Hall Phone: (+1)217.244.1921 Fax: (+1)217.244.3219 Email: bcu...@illinois.edu ** ** http://nres.illinois.edu/Bethany_B_Cutts ** ** ** ** ** ** -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 607 South Mathews Avenue, MC 150 Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: 217-300-1924 http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/ AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Phd and Master's Graduate Research in Remote Sensing and Landscape Ecology
Colleagues: would you mind forwarding this graduate announcement around to any interested parties? Cheers! *** Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and the Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is currently inviting applications for Doctoral or Master's work starting in Fall 2013 for students interested in one or both of the following topics: *Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions*: Students should be interested in applying remote sensing, GIS, and modeling to the following questions at local to global scales: - How do plants respond to their climate at multiple scales? - What will be the future state of vegetated ecosystems under climate change? - How do non-climate factors impact the distribution of plants? Students interested in this topic are encouraged to apply to either the Department of Geography and GISciencehttp://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geog.illinois.edu%2Fgrad%2Fsa=Dsntz=1usg=AFrqEzeHiC6zNk9RPTLUif1B4TNElZicCw (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/grad/app/) and/or the Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (PEEC)http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fsib.illinois.edu%2Fpeec%2Fsa=Dsntz=1usg=AFrqEzfuDnGvQShSPoZkr0OQiNiCrGWBWg (http://sib.illinois.edu/peec/admissio.htm). A degree or background in biogeography, environmental science, ecology, and/or biology is encouraged for applicants, as well as previous experience in remote sensing and GIS. *Remote Sensing Science*: Students should be interested in developing advanced remote sensing algorithms, particularly those that leverage high performance computing and machine learning algorithms. GEARS is interested in the following general topics: - Computer vision techniques applied to high spatial resolution remote sensing imagery - Fully automated pre-processing techniques including orthorectification and atmospheric correction - Radiative transfer modeling and model inversion - Advanced techniques in hyperspectral, hyperspatial, multitemporal, thermal, and Lidar data processing Students interested in this topic are encouraged to apply to the Department of Geography and GISciencehttp://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geog.illinois.edu%2Fgrad%2Fsa=Dsntz=1usg=AFrqEzeHiC6zNk9RPTLUif1B4TNElZicCw (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/grad/app/). Previous programming experience and a background in remote sensing and GIS is highly recommended. Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence. Prospective students are encouraged to review the research program of Dr. Greenberg at http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/jgrn, and email a short summary of their research interests as well as a CV to Dr. Greenberg (j...@illinois.edu) before applying to the program. Applications to the Department of Geography and GISciencehttp://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geog.illinois.edu%2Fgrad%2Fapp%2Fsa=Dsntz=1usg=AFrqEzdfuTNY9Lc4A6VXrZx-sRMIxOm36Q are due *January 13*. Applications to the Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biologyhttp://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fsib.illinois.edu%2Fpeec%2Fadmissio.htmsa=Dsntz=1usg=AFrqEzcdNRQBM8M4sck6gZKOIeT5ciWjZw (PEEC) are due *January 1, 2013*. Funding will be available from a variety of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. Sincerely, Jonathan Greenberg -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 607 South Mathews Avenue, MC 150 Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: 217-300-1924 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Phd and Master's Graduate Research in Remote Sensing and Landscape Ecology
Dr. Jonathan Greenberg and the Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory is currently inviting applications for Doctoral or Master's work starting in Fall 2013 for students interested in one or both of the following topics: *Landscape Level Plant-Climate Interactions*: Students should be interested in applying remote sensing, GIS, and modeling to the following questions at local to global scales: - How do plants respond to their climate at multiple scales? - What will be the future state of vegetated ecosystems under climate change? - How do non-climate factors impact the distribution of plants? Students interested in this topic are encouraged to apply to either the Department of Geography and GISciencehttp://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geog.illinois.edu%2Fgrad%2Fsa=Dsntz=1usg=AFrqEzeHiC6zNk9RPTLUif1B4TNElZicCw (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/grad/app/) and/or the Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (PEEC)http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fsib.illinois.edu%2Fpeec%2Fsa=Dsntz=1usg=AFrqEzfuDnGvQShSPoZkr0OQiNiCrGWBWg (http://sib.illinois.edu/peec/admissio.htm). A degree or background in biogeography, environmental science, ecology, and/or biology is encouraged for applicants, as well as previous experience in remote sensing and GIS. *Remote Sensing Science*: Students should be interested in developing advanced remote sensing algorithms, particularly those that leverage high performance computing and machine learning algorithms. GEARS is interested in the following general topics: - Computer vision techniques applied to high spatial resolution remote sensing imagery - Fully automated pre-processing techniques including orthorectification and atmospheric correction - Radiative transfer modeling and model inversion - Advanced techniques in hyperspectral, hyperspatial, multitemporal, thermal, and Lidar data processing Students interested in this topic are encouraged to apply to the Department of Geography and GISciencehttp://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geog.illinois.edu%2Fgrad%2Fsa=Dsntz=1usg=AFrqEzeHiC6zNk9RPTLUif1B4TNElZicCw (http://www.geog.illinois.edu/grad/app/). Previous programming experience and a background in remote sensing and GIS is highly recommended. Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence. Prospective students are encouraged to review the research program of Dr. Greenberg at http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/jgrn, and email a short summary of their research interests as well as a CV to Dr. Greenberg (j...@illinois.edu) before applying to the program. Applications to the Department of Geography and GISciencehttp://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geog.illinois.edu%2Fgrad%2Fapp%2Fsa=Dsntz=1usg=AFrqEzdfuTNY9Lc4A6VXrZx-sRMIxOm36Q are due *January 13*. Applications to the Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biologyhttp://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fsib.illinois.edu%2Fpeec%2Fadmissio.htmsa=Dsntz=1usg=AFrqEzcdNRQBM8M4sck6gZKOIeT5ciWjZw (PEEC) are due *January 1, 2013*. Funding will be available from a variety of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. Sincerely, Jonathan Greenberg -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 607 South Mathews Avenue, MC 150 Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: 217-300-1924 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007
[ECOLOG-L] Phd Opportunity in Remote Sensing and Landscape Ecology at UIUC
Phd Opportunity in Remote Sensing and Landscape Ecology at UIUC I am inviting students for doctoral work in the Department of Geography at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) beginning Fall 2012. My research centers on addressing questions of the impacts of climate change and land use/land cover change on vegetated ecosystems using remote sensing data. My research ranges across scales from individual plants to the globe, across many terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and utilizes state-of-the-art remote sensing imagery including hyperspectral, hyperspatial, multitemporal, thermal, and Lidar data. Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence. Previous research experience, programming, as well as some background or coursework in remote sensing and GIS is highly recommended. Prospective students are encouraged to visit my lab’s website: http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/JonathanGreenberg.html and email a short summary of their research interests as well as a CV to j...@illinois.edu before applying to the program. Formal applications to the Geography Department at UIUC are due February 15, but applicants who wish to be considered for financial assistance are strongly encouraged to apply by January 15. Funding is available from a variety of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. For more information on the application process and requirements, please visit: http://www.geog.illinois.edu/students/grad/phdprogram/index.html. Sincerely, Jonathan A. Greenberg -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Geography University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 607 South Mathews Avenue, MC 150 Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: 415-763-5476 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007 http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/JonathanGreenberg.html
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Band Ratio
Chris: A landcover map, typically, is not going to have any spectral information (if it did, it would appear as extra bands in the data, which I have NEVER seen done). I would recommend trying to get in contact with whoever made it and ask them what imagery they used. Most of the NASA images are free, and many times even if the data was acquired commercially, the person who paid for it can redistribute it. Good luck! --j On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Chris cbob...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello all, I have a 16 class landcover map, which I did not create, but would like to derive spectral band ratios from it. Is this possible and how would I go about doing this? Is there a method using NASA or USGS spectral libraries? Any suggestions, methods, or literature would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. Chris -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Geography University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 607 South Mathews Avenue, MC 150 Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: 415-763-5476 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007 http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/JonathanGreenberg.html
[ECOLOG-L] Phd Opportunity in Remote Sensing and Landscape Ecology at UIUC
Colleagues, please forward this PhD opportunity to any interested parties. *** Phd Opportunity in Remote Sensing and Landscape Ecology at UIUC I am inviting students for doctoral work in the Department of Geography at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) beginning Fall 2012. My research centers on addressing questions of the impacts of climate change and land use/land cover change on vegetated ecosystems using remote sensing data. My research ranges across scales from individual plants to the globe, across many terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and utilizes state-of-the-art remote sensing imagery including hyperspectral, hyperspatial, multitemporal, thermal, and Lidar data. Prospective graduate students will be expected to develop their own research goals, and should have curiosity, motivation, and independence. Previous research experience, programming, as well as some background or coursework in remote sensing and GIS is highly recommended. Prospective students are encouraged to visit my lab’s website: http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/JonathanGreenberg.html and email a short summary of their research interests as well as a CV to j...@illinois.edu before applying to the program. Formal applications to the Geography Department at UIUC are due February 15, but applicants who wish to be considered for financial assistance are strongly encouraged to apply by January 15. Funding is available from a variety of sources, including fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. For more information on the application process and requirements, please visit: http://www.geog.illinois.edu/students/grad/phdprogram/index.html. Sincerely, Jonathan A. Greenberg -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Geography University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 607 South Mathews Avenue, MC 150 Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: 415-763-5476 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007 http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/JonathanGreenberg.html
[ECOLOG-L] GIS Lecturer position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Department of Geography in the School of Earth, Society and Environment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is looking for a Lecturer to fill a key teaching position in our Geographic Information Science curriculum. We seek a dynamic, highly motivated individual who will contribute substantively to the growth and development of our GIS programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Primary responsibilities will include teaching classroom-based and online courses in GIS at introductory and advanced levels and developing and teaching new online courses for an undergraduate GIS certificate program. The opportunity to teach non-GIS courses also exists based on the Lecturer's expertise. Experience with curriculum development and current GIS technologies will be an asset. This position requires a PhD degree in Geography or a closely related field: Applicants with a demonstrated track record of high quality college- or university-level teaching experience, including online instruction, are favored. Excellent communication skills and a strong desire to create new and innovative course materials will enhance an application. This position is a 9-month full-time academic appointment (non-tenure track). Salary is competitive and based on experience. The desired start date is January 1, 2012, but the timing is negotiable. The appointment will initially be for three years, reviewable each year, and renewable thereafter contingent on funding and strong performance reviews. To apply, create your candidate profile through http://jobs.illinois.edu and upload your application materials: a letter of application, including a concise statement of curriculum development and teaching experience; CV (including phone number); contact information for three professional references; and teaching evaluations, if available. Referees will be contacted electronically upon submission of the application. In order to ensure full consideration, applications must be received by October 15, 2011. The department highly recommends that complete applications be submitted early to ensure that letter of recommendation writers have enough time to submit their letters by the letter of reference deadline of October 22, 2011. Only electronic applications will be accepted. Applicants may be interviewed before the closing date; however, no hiring decision will be made until after that date. Please contact Susan Etter, ett...@illinois.edu or 217-333-1880 if you have questions. Illinois is an Affirmative Action /Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity. (www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu)
[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: FW: Remote Sensing/Geospatial Analysis Specialist, GS-0401/1301-12, Information Management Staff, Pacific Southwest Region, Region 5, Forest Service - Vacancy Announcements opened June
-- Forwarded message -- From: Ramirez, Carlos carlosrami...@fs.fed.us Date: Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:25 PM Subject: FW: Remote Sensing/Geospatial Analysis Specialist, GS-0401/1301-12, Information Management Staff, Pacific Southwest Region, Region 5, Forest Service - Vacancy Announcements opened June 27 - close July 6 To: Cc: Ramirez, Carlos carlosrami...@fs.fed.us The position is advertised Government-wide and demo. Please share with colleagues and interested parties. Vacancy announcements for a Remote Sensing/Geospatial Analyst Specialist position have been posted (see instructions below). This position serves as a subject-matter expert on the use of remote sensing and other geospatial technologies to assess and monitor vegetation dynamics. This specialist will analyze large RS datasets (multi-temporal, large project areas and LiDAR) to address natural resource issues; utilize existing datasets and landscape ecology theory to analyze spatial patterns of ecological condition and risk; use advanced quantitative methods to analyze spatially-explicit datasets; program in one or more scientific programming languages (R, Python, IDL, MatLab, etc.); examine dynamic vegetation-disturbance interactions and linkages with climate change and ecosystem function at multiple scales; develop or refine modeling approaches using plot-based measurements in conjunction with remotely sensed data to derive estimates of forest biophysical characteristics; fuse new or novel ecological modeling approaches with image classification techniques to refine existing vegetation layers; automate image processing steps for preprocessing, change detection and classification. Carlos Ramirez Vegetation Mapping and Inventory Group Leader USDA Forest Service, Information Management Region 5 Remote Sensing Laboratory 3237 Peacekeeper Way, Suite 209 McClellan, CA 95652 (v) (916) 640-1275 carlosrami...@fs.fed.us From: Koroknay, Karen Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 5:03 AM To: Handley, Jayne; Ramirez, Carlos Cc: Deep, Stephen; Rodieck, Richard; Delos-Santos, Annette; Johnson, Monica; _rccmeu...@fire.ca.gov Subject: Remote Sensing/Geospatial Analysis Specialist, GS-0401/1301-12, Information Management Staff, Pacific Southwest Region, Region 5, Forest Service - Vacancy Announcements opened June 27 - close July 6 Importance: High The vacancy announcements for a Biological/Physical Scientist, GS-0401/1301-12, Information Management Staff, Pacific Southwest Region, opened June 27 with a closing date of July 6. Position is with the Region 5 Remote Sensing Lab Vegetation Mapping and Inventory Program with duty location in McClellan, CA. Serves as a Remote Sensing/Geospatial Analysis Specialist as a member of a team charged with inventorying and monitoring the multi-resources of the National Forests in Region 5 and serves as a subject-matter expert to Region 5 staffs. There are four vacancy announcements for the position, however, only one position will be filled. Vacancy anouncement #s are 11-R5-RO5IM-08665G (Merit Promotion under both 0401 and 1301 series - internal open to status eligibles) and 11-R5-RO5IM-08665DP (Demonstration Project under both 0401 and 1301 series - external open to U.S. Citizens) and can be viewed on the AVUE web site listed below with instructions on how to search. Please continue to outreach this important vacancy throughout the announcement period. Applicants should print/review the announcement carefully and ensure that their application is filed on or before the closing date of July 6. http://www.avuecentral.com Click on Applicants Search for Jobs on log-in page Click on Search for Jobs Click on Search by Filters Announcement#: 11-R5-RO5IM-08665G (click add) 11-R5-RO5IM-08665DP (click add) Series: 0401 (click add) and/or 1301 (click add) Grade Range: from 12 to 12 (click add) Agency: USDA Forest Service (click on box which appears) Scroll up; click on Find Jobs in the filter box; vacancy announcements should appear VR, Karen Koroknay Supervisory HR Specialist RF Team (GS-13s and above; and all R5 Line Officers) USDA - Forest Service, Region 5 Human Resources Service Team 1323 Club Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592 (707) 562-8732 desk (707) 315-1379 cell (707) 562-9147 fax (9211) alternate fax kekorok...@fs.fed.us -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Project Scientist Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) Department of Land, Air and Water Resources University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 Phone: 415-763-5476 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307
[ECOLOG-L] Best source for gridded radiation data?
Folks: I'm trying to hunt down daily or monthly gridded radiation data at 4km or better resolution for North America (and, preferably, the world). At least a 10 year record would be preferable (the longer the better). What products would you all suggest (and why?) Any responses I get I'll summarize and repost. Thanks! --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Project Scientist Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) Department of Land, Air and Water Resources University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 Phone: 415-763-5476 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are reviews anonymous?
with Kevin that reviewers should sign their review. That's what I started to do and I will not make any reviews for journals that insist that I stay anonymous. From my point of view the problem is that some colleagues hide in anonymity and provide reviews that are not adequate (e.g. impolite, unsubstantiated criticism). Another problem in this context are the editors. I think it is their responsibility to check if a review is adequate. However, my experience is rather that most editors just pass the review to me and I just wonder what kind of reviews I receive. In many cases there is absolutely no quality control regarding the reviews. From many journals I also never get a feedback about my review, nor do I receive the reports of the other reviewers. This makes it impossible for me to evaluate if my review was in concordance with the other reviewers. Regarding the anonymity of the author, I think both sides (author and reviewer) should be named, the system should be as transparent as possible. Unfortunately, it is currently not transparent at all. Cheers, Marc Kevin Murray wrote: Off the point here, but I think that the anonymity should be reversed. Authors should be anonymous and reviewers should be named. Start a peer review revolution...sign all of your reviews!!! Regarding YOUR own reviews. It seems that, if they are anonymous, then posting should be ok. If the reviewer is named, however, you should not post. No laws or moral values were consulted in regards to this email. KLM On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Jonathan Greenberg greenb...@ucdavis.edu wrote: Interesting -- I'm primarily interested in reviews YOU receive on your own submitted manuscript (which, 99% of the time, you don't know who they are from) -- are you allowed to post these in any public forum? Since the reviews cannot be linked back to an individual (unless that individual steps forward and takes credit for it), and it is a criticism of your own work, it seems like one should feel free to post these if you want. I was interested in compiling the types of reviews people get on manuscripts for teaching purposes, so I'm trying to find out if its legit for people to share these reviews with me if they end up going out into the public (e.g. on a website)? --j On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Jonathan Greenberg jgrn...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting -- I'm primarily interested in reviews YOU receive on your own submitted manuscript (which, 99% of the time, you don't know who they are from) -- are you allowed to post these in any public forum? Since the reviews cannot be linked back to an individual (unless that individual steps forward and takes credit for it), and it is a criticism of your own work, it seems like one should feel free to post these if you want. I was interested in compiling the types of reviews people get on manuscripts for teaching purposes, so I'm trying to find out if its legit for people to share these reviews with me if they end up going out into the public (e.g. on a website)? --j On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Christopher Brown cabr...@tntech.edu wrote: Jonathan, As it so happens, a message close to yours in my email folder was from a review I did for American Naturalist. As part of the message from the editor is the line Please keep all reviews, including your own, confidential. Thus, at least for Am Nat, it appears that the reviews should remain unpublished in any form. CAB Chris Brown Associate Professor Dept. of Biology, Box 5063 Tennessee Tech University Cookeville, TN 38505 email: cabr...@tntech.edu website: iweb.tntech.edu/cabrown -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Greenberg Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:48 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Are reviews anonymous? Quick question that came up recently that I was curious about -- I know REVIEWERS are anonymous, but are the reviews you get supposed to be anonymous, or can they be posted in a public forum? --j
[ECOLOG-L] Are reviews anonymous?
Quick question that came up recently that I was curious about -- I know REVIEWERS are anonymous, but are the reviews you get supposed to be anonymous, or can they be posted in a public forum? --j
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are reviews anonymous?
Interesting -- I'm primarily interested in reviews YOU receive on your own submitted manuscript (which, 99% of the time, you don't know who they are from) -- are you allowed to post these in any public forum? Since the reviews cannot be linked back to an individual (unless that individual steps forward and takes credit for it), and it is a criticism of your own work, it seems like one should feel free to post these if you want. I was interested in compiling the types of reviews people get on manuscripts for teaching purposes, so I'm trying to find out if its legit for people to share these reviews with me if they end up going out into the public (e.g. on a website)? --j On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Jonathan Greenberg jgrn...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting -- I'm primarily interested in reviews YOU receive on your own submitted manuscript (which, 99% of the time, you don't know who they are from) -- are you allowed to post these in any public forum? Since the reviews cannot be linked back to an individual (unless that individual steps forward and takes credit for it), and it is a criticism of your own work, it seems like one should feel free to post these if you want. I was interested in compiling the types of reviews people get on manuscripts for teaching purposes, so I'm trying to find out if its legit for people to share these reviews with me if they end up going out into the public (e.g. on a website)? --j On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Christopher Brown cabr...@tntech.edu wrote: Jonathan, As it so happens, a message close to yours in my email folder was from a review I did for American Naturalist. As part of the message from the editor is the line Please keep all reviews, including your own, confidential. Thus, at least for Am Nat, it appears that the reviews should remain unpublished in any form. CAB Chris Brown Associate Professor Dept. of Biology, Box 5063 Tennessee Tech University Cookeville, TN 38505 email: cabr...@tntech.edu website: iweb.tntech.edu/cabrown -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Greenberg Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:48 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Are reviews anonymous? Quick question that came up recently that I was curious about -- I know REVIEWERS are anonymous, but are the reviews you get supposed to be anonymous, or can they be posted in a public forum? --j
[ECOLOG-L] Organizing publications for a website?
ECOLOGGERS: I'm curious if anyone has found a decent way to keep an individual or lab's publications organized and easily updatable for a website, short of keeping a giant endnote DB someplace and constantly exporting it. We're starting to use Wordpress for the lab website, but I haven't found a decent plugin yet which does what we need... --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Phone: 415-763-5476 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307
[ECOLOG-L] Research grade GPS software on a smartphone?
ECOLOGGERS: Does anyone know of any research-grade GPS software (software that allows for points, lines and polys to be collected, and data dictionaries of varying complexity to be used) on some type of smartphone (e.g. iPhone)? I'm interested in having access to, for instance, the Google Earth maps no matter where I am and to be able to collect field data referenced to these maps. Thanks! --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Listserv posting and email subject line additions Ecolog
Ecologgers: There's also a technological reason to not changing the subject line -- it allows those of us with thread-ready email programs (gmail, thunderbird, listserv aggregators, many others) to collapse or expand threads at will. If the thread's subject substantially changes, then its fine to change the subject, but if its not really fundamentally different, then all that ends up happening is we see two threads that are difficult to parse together. IMHO, listserv etiquette should be NOT to change the subject line unless absolutely neccessary. Wayne, I always enjoy reading your posts but I have to agree that I see you change the subject line frequently without much reason to, and it often splits conversations in two for no good reason. Also, Bill, I agree with the reply-to situation, but perhaps the moderator should change the listserv settings such that the reply-to is by default the listserv, not the sender. I always have to click reply-all, and then go back and delete the sender's email address (I suspect this second step is often skipped). My two cents, kaching, kaching. --j P.S. I'm glad this is about the most contentious issue we have on this listserv -- anyone out there ever use the R-help listserv (the main R-stats listserv)? For giggles, everyone should try asking some question like how do I read in a CSV file there sometime and watch the fury a noob question like that evokes from their members... William Silvert wrote: Although I can understand the potential for people who only follow a couple of topics with threaded readers to miss some posts with modified subject lines, I really don't see this as a big issue. Most threads dominate the postings for their lifetime, but threads evolve too, and after a while the original subject line is no longer fully descriptive. As for tracing back to the original posting, if the post includes just the relevant part that should be sufficient. And in keeping with the evolutionary nature of threads, I would add my own mild complaint - replying not only to the list, but to the poster as well. This means that the person who posts gets two copies of every reply, but this can lead to confusion for everyone, since it unsyncs the postings. Suppose that you reply to this post with messages to both me and the list. I get the personal reply first, and respond to both you and the list. Unlss David is very diligent about the order that items go out, list members may receive a response before they see the message to which the response is sent. This happens sometimes on this list, but it is quite common on unmoderated lists where longer messages may take longer to get circulated. Since presumably the people who post to the list also read the list, there is no need to include them in the reply, just send it to the list please. Bill Silvert - Original Message - From: Wayne Tyson landr...@cox.net To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 9:32 PM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Listserv posting and email subject line additions Ecolog Ecolog: I received the following message from a listserv subscriber who wishes to remain anonymous: I know people have asked before and you have dismissed it, but I find your changing of seemingly every subject line annoying and presumptuous. In this case, what was gained by changing the subject line? It made referencing back the original email more difficult. . . . and in later message: PS This is a personal message and I would appreciate it not being forwarded to the whole list. Thanks, [Name withheld at sender's request]] -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Non-PI status of grants on a CV?
Posting the replies I got on- and off-list (names removed): *** I was in a similar situation and didn't think twice about listing myself as a Co-Investigator on my CV in cases where my advisor and I did the grant writing. In cases where I did the grant writing, I listed myself as PI. Regardless of what title the University or the granting agency thinks you deserve, the purpose of the CV is to convey your abilities and achievements to prospective employers; if you use the terminology that best serves that purpose, you are not being deceitful, you are being open. That's my opinion. *** I don't know if it's the right thing to do but I put the title of the grant and funding agency and then put with my coauthors. I too was not technically on the grant but wrote 90-95% of it including all original ideas and research. My take is I don't care if it's right or not. Grad students should be on the grant. It's ridiculous that they are not included. If someone wants to call me on it I'll just tell them the score. *** I think this is an ethical issue. At the very beginning, her professor SOULD put her name somewhere in the proposal. To solve the problem, the professor should write a letter to declare that she served as PI. *** I think it's too bad. I was almost in that same situation, but didn't get the grant! The issue can be completely resolved, I believe, in the mentor's letter, which would likely be part of a job app. If, however, the mentor is not a letter writer then the effort may be lost. *** This is a tricky situation that I was also in. I spoke with our nsf panel chair and he said that I could, with my advisor's consent, change my status with nsf to pi even though the university didn't allow that in their internal workings (supposedly this was something to do with intellectual property rights). however, he said that would be kind of a hassle, and advised me that what he would do is just list it on my cv without the official change (which is what I do). However, this can be a problem in applying to some postdoc fellwships, particularly nsf ones, which often require that you have not been a pi on a major grant. So I have taken it off my cv for those. good luck to your friend, *** Your post to Ecolog caught my eye because I've been struggling with the same thing. If you don't mind sharing, I'd like to hear what folks have to say to you about the subject. I find myself in the same position; I'm a grad student at UCSB... one way I've tried to get around it on a CV is by providing a brief summary of my activities on the grant, including crafting it, submitting it, managing $, filing reports, etc. It goes like this: Year. Grant title. Award $. My activities list. (PI: enter name). Another way (in addition to the above method) is to insert an * before Year on all grants where the grad student is the unofficial PI, then provide a footnote within the Grants Fellowships section that says although grads can't technically be a PI or Co-I, this grad actually did the lion's share of the work (something more professional though). Please let me know what you come up with! *** What I did in grad school was list the grant, PIs, money, etc., and under list where I contributed (writing, developing hypotheses, original idea creation, etc). It may be a bit lengthy but when it comes to getting a job, who cares? On one interview they brought up an NSF grant I had worked on (and written parts of the renewal) and didn't seem to care what my role on the project was, only that I was involved and therefore garnered the experience. JMO. *** I had the same problem while completing my doctorate. My institute allowed me to be Co-PI towards the end of my time, but not at the begining (I ended up bringing in ~750K while a student). On my CV, I separate Awards and Honors from a Funded Research section. At the begining of the Funded Research section I used to have a short sentence in bold that stated something along the lines that the following all represent successful grants written/prepared and managed by me. I then listed the grants with the official PI's name. I think that for one application that had a please list your funding section, I added a sentence at the beginning stating clearly my institute's policies and noting that the PI on most grants was my major advisor. I also made sure that I mentioned in cover letters (or application essays) for various jobs or fellowships that as a graduate student I wrote, subnitted and managed all of my research grants. I've never had any potential employer or award committee question my funding record (it's made me more marketable). It also helps that my old advisor would mention this in letters of recommendation. I've had to toot my horn a bit more (which isn't always a comfortable thing to do) since it isn't otherwise obvious that I was the unofficial PI/Co- PI, but it certainly hasn't hurt me. I hope this helps! Cheers, *** My answer comes from my
[ECOLOG-L] Non-PI status of grants on a CV?
Ecologgers: I colleague of mine who is a grad student, and thereby ineligible to be a PI (or even CO-I) on a grant, *wrote* a grant that her major professor served as the PI on. She has managed the grant (including the funding), performs all the duties of the grant, essentially acts as the PI. The question is this: since she does not appear on the official grant paperwork ANYWHERE, how can she include this in her CV (preferably in a GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS section), e.g., what language would be appropriate so her role on the grant is clear, and she can demonstrate her ability to, for all intents and purposes, bring in money. I presume this is common with a lot of grad students, where school or grant regulations do not allow grads to be officially on the grant, but they act as PIs nontheless. --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307
Re: [ECOLOG-L] real versus fake peer-reviewed journals
Martin: I certainly hope most scientists don't rely on faith in the peer review process to determine if a paper is valid or not. I've always treated peer-review as just setting a low-end of reliability -- e.g. the paper isn't AWFUL if it made it into this journal, and is at least worthy of me reading it -- the better the journal, typically, the higher the bar, but no journal comes close to being infallible. If you've reviewed for mid to upper tier journals, you'll know that the vast majority of submissions are terrible -- we throw out a LOT of bad research. Since science requires repeatability of results, if a paper is absolutely novel and brand new, I will ALWAYS spend a LOT more time reading through it than if its basically confirming what a lot of other papers have confirmed -- peer review + repetition of results = higher reliability. Personally, I disagree with the statement The problem is that no individual has enough time, knowledge, and background to know if the scientific method is being properly by all those who claim to be doing so. If you are citing a paper or using a paper to guide your own research, as a scientist you should be reading the paper carefully enough to decide whether or not it is scientifically grounded -- if you are just pulling out facts from the abstract and discussion, you aren't really doing your job. This type of behavior WILL catch up with you, eventually -- if you are basing your own research on an assumption of validity of someone else's work simply because that work made it into a journal, and that work proves to be in error, you are essentially shooting yourself in the foot down the road. --j Martin Meiss wrote: I find this exchange very interesting, and it points up a major problem caused by the burgeoning of scientific knowledge and the limitations of the individual. As scientists, we believe (have faith) that the scientific method is the best means of arriving at truth about the natural world. Even if the method is error-prone in some ways, and is subject to various forms of manipulation, it is historically self-correcting. The problem is that no individual has enough time, knowledge, and background to know if the scientific method is being properly by all those who claim to be doing so. We hear someone cite a suspicious-sounding fact (i.e., a fact that doesn't correspond to our perhaps-erroneous understanding), and we want to know if it is based on real science or pseudo-science. So what to we do? We ask if the supporting research appeared in a peer-reviewed journal (i.e., has this been vetted by the old-boys network?). This sounds a little like the response of the people who first heard the teachings of Jesus. They didn't ask How do we know this is true? They asked By whose authority do you speak? These two questions should never be confused, yet the questions Did it appear in a peer-reviewed journal and Is that journal REALLY a peer-reviewed journal? skate perilously close to this confusion. We are looking for a short-cut, for something we can trust so we don't have to be experts in every branch of science and read every journal ourselves. I don't know the answer to this dilemma, and perhaps there is none, but we should be looking for something better than Does this have the stamp of approval of people who think like I do? We should be looking for something that is not just an encodement of Does this violate the doctrine of my faith? The pragmatic necessity of letting others decide whether certain research is valid should be no excuse for relaxing our personal vigilance and skepticism. Otherwise, we fall into the same trap that ensnares the religionists who are trying to undermine science because it threatens their faith. Martin M. Meiss 2009/7/8 Kerry Griffis-Kyle kerr...@yahoo.com I am teaching a Sophomore/Junior level evolution course at Texas Tech (where a significant proportion of my students believe evolution is anti-God). One of the activities I have them do is take three creationist claims about science and use the peer-reviewed scientific literature to find evidence to support or refute the claim. It makes them really think about the issues; and if they follow the directions, it does a better job than any of my classroom activities convincing them that the claims against evolution are just a bunch of hooey. Unfortunately, there are journals claiming peer-review status that are not. It can be very frustrating. Like Raphael, I also wonder if there is a good source the students can use as a rubric for telling if a journal article is peer-reviewed. * Kerry Griffis-Kyle Assistant Professor Department of Natural Resources Management Texas Tech University --- On Tue, 7/7/09, Raphael Mazor rapha...@sccwrp.org wrote: From: Raphael Mazor rapha...@sccwrp.org Subject: [ECOLOG-L] real versus fake peer-reviewed journals To:
Re: [ECOLOG-L] MODIS tools in ArcGIS
As a rule, ArcGIS is not a particularly good raster processor, particularly for remotely sensed data. You might want to look into either one of the many good commercial packages for manipulating remote sensing data (ENVI is my program of choice) or into one of the open source programs (GRASS GIS and/or QGIS). Arc has a tendency to break down on large, multi-band files, and the types of analyses you get built-in are pretty rudimentary. --j Jose Gómez-Dans wrote: On Friday 29 May 2009 20:28:44 Phil Morefield wrote: I did just a small amount of work with MODIS data, and never got around to writing scripts. But I found the HDF-EOS to GIS (HEG) tool to be very useful for converting MODIS data to GeoTIFFs. http://newsroom.gsfc.nasa.gov/sdptoolkit/HEG/HEGDownload.html You can also use GDAL http://gdal.org to extract, reproject, crop and analyse the rasters. It has python bindings, so I guess it would fit nicely with whatever ESRI offers. I do all my work with python and gdal, with a bit of C thrown in for the parts that are slower to run. All of these are free software tools (meaning that you can install them wherever you want, however you want J -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Statistic program question
I'd be willing to bet R has it: http://cran.r-project.org/ --j AdRiAnA HuMaNeS wrote: Dear Listers: I am writing to ask if anyone knows a statistical program besides PERMANOVA that can do ANOVAS of mixed designs with four factors (two orthogonals and two nested) and unbalanced data, Best Regards Adriana Humanes ¡Obtén la mejor experiencia en la web! Descarga gratis el nuevo Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/ieak8/?l=e1
[ECOLOG-L] GIS of protected regions in North America? [Summary of responses]
ECOLOGGERS: Thanks for the TON of responses I got to my question about GIS layers that contains coverages for all protected regions in North America. Below are the responses I got: *** Hi Jonathan - funny you should ask! We just finished our second draft of the North American Protected Areas Atlas. The shapefile is available on the CEC (Commission for Environmental Cooperation) website. But, we just had a meeting of all the players here and have made a few changes. V3 should be out in a couple of months. You've probably come accross the CBI PAD3; they are about to release PADUS, which is a much more comprehensive database, that we will integrate into V3 of the NAPAA. NAPAA also includes an integration of WDPA data (much coarser in scale). Let us know how we can assist. Also, if you don't mind, I'm curious as to what you'd be using it for. Thanks - Rob *** You might want to try asking around within the USGS GAP program. They maintain a variety of GIS layers, from vegetation, to wildlife, to protected areas... called the 'stewardship layer'. I'm not sure what the status is on the California map, but someone in that region ought to know when they last updated that particular piece of information. Best of luck, Emilie Grossmann *** Jonathan, The World Database of Protected Areas might cover it: http://www.wdpa.org/Default.aspx Mark *** Jonathan, Try the GAP program of USGS - they've assembled maps of protected areas across the nation. You might have to get individual state or regions' data and put it together, but hopefully national GAP has something already combined. Cheers, Stacy McNulty *** The Conservation Biology Institute has a Protected Areas Database that shows the GAP status for nationally protected areas in federal, state, local, and private land protection categories. Its available at http://www.consbio.org/what-we-do/protected-areas-database-pad-version-4 and uses data from 2006 I think. Alternately, many state agencies such as the VA DCR and Florida FWC have protected area GIS files so its worth checking for state based records as well. *** For national parks you can go to http://www.nps.gov/gis/data_info/index.html Select National Data from under the map. They have a shapefile with the Current Administrative Boundaries of National Park System Units. Jeffrey Dahlin *** Dear Jonathan, If you haven't already, you might look at the sources that LandScope America (NatureServe) used for their protected areas layer (although it only covers the continental US). It does not appear that the compiled data set is being distributed, but the sources are provided in the map key credits (first link below). Perhaps it may be of some use to you. http://www.landscope.org/map_descriptions/protected_lands/18236/ http://www.landscope.org/map/ Sincerely, *** CBI has the Protected Areas Database (PAD) here: http://www.consbio.org/what-we-do/protected-areas-database-pad-version-4 Nancy *** This was done for siting green energy: http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2009/04/02/new-google-earth-maps-show-where-renewable-energy-projects-can-be-built/ Natalie Dubois *** You can get the data for the protected areas in Mexico using this sites: http://sig.conanp.gob.mx/website/anph/viewer.htm http://sig.conanp.gob.mx/website/ramsar/viewer.htm http://conabioweb.conabio.gob.mx/metacarto/metadatos.pl They are in Spanish but I'm sure you can figure it out. Best, Charlotte *** Jonathan – I’m new to Ecolog and don’t really know how to reply to the list, and there was some problem withyour email in the Ecolog post, so I hope this is the correct email for you (or that you are the correct Jonathan Greenberg…) You might want to check out http://www.consbio.org/what-we-do/protected-areas-database-pad-version-4 there is also a global edition, about which I know nothing (see below) . The ConservationBiology Database has been under development for several years and I believe has benefited from collaboration and work across multiple agencies and states. My understanding is that this is the best there is; probably not100% perfect, but pretty dam good. http://www.landcover.org/data/wdpa/ ROBIN *** Marc - yes, we're very aware of CBI. Their PAD is older data, long since superceded by CPAD. CBI has been working on edits to CPAD dealing with Gap scores, and is part of the national inventory effort I'm coordinating - www.protectedlands.net for some more info.. Larry *** Aloha, I am not sure that you were interested in marine protected areas. If you are, my workplace has created gis data of oceanic reserves in the pacific. http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/ Veronica Gibson *** Thanks to everyone who responded! --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM
[ECOLOG-L] GIS of protected regions in North America?
Ecologgers: Does anyone know if there is a GIS layer that contains coverages for all protected regions in North America (e.g. national, state and local parks, private and non-profit wildlife preserves, etc.)? Thanks! --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Mapping software for mac
QGIS would be a good choice or, if you are more adventurous (and have more time on your hands) GRASS GIS. I think the latest QGIS release will install GRASS, so you'll have access to both! http://www.qgis.org/ --j Jocelyn Akins wrote: Hi, I am looking for some basic mapping freeware for mac where I can overlay a grid layer onto a study area map to choose station locations based on minimum home range. Any ideas? Cheers, Jocelyn
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Mapping software for mac
QGIS would be a good choice or, if you are more adventurous (and have more time on your hand) GRASS GIS. I think the latest QGIS release will install GRASS, so you'll have access to both! http://www.qgis.org/ --j Jocelyn Akins wrote: Hi, I am looking for some basic mapping freeware for mac where I can overlay a grid layer onto a study area map to choose station locations based on minimum home range. Any ideas? Cheers, Jocelyn
[ECOLOG-L] [GRASS-user] Open Source Remote Sensing at AGU
Posted on behalf of H. Mitasova / D. Pilant -- Dear Open Source Remote Sensing and Geospatial Colleagues, Please consider submitting an abstract for this open source remote sensing session at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting December 15-19, 2008 in San Francisco. It will be a great opportunity to promote and learn about open source remote sensing in a vibrant international earth science community (estimated 15,000 attendees). Session Name: IN24: Open Source Remote Sensing for Environmental Mapping and Analysis Session URL: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/? content=searchshow=detailsessid=586 AGU Abstract Submission URL: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/ (Please reference session IN24, and note the abstract submission deadline: September 10, 2008) Session Abstract: Anthropogenic and natural pressures on ecosystems and environments threaten human and ecological health at many levels. Remote sensing analysis of aerial photography and satellite imagery provides views of the environment necessary for sound environmental stewardship. Unprecedented amounts of earth imagery are now available on our desktops through data portals and virtual earths, and many open source geographic information system (GIS) applications are available. However, there is a great need for free or low cost, easy to use remote sensing software tools to help non-geospatial-experts make better use of these image resources to enhance environmental mapping and analysis. The goal of this session is to highlight open source remote sensing tools and applications in environmental analysis. How are open source remote sensing tools being used in environmental analysis (e.g., land cover mapping; change detection; disaster recovery; habitat analysis; impervious surface mapping)? Are remote sensing mapping algorithms incorporated in virtual earths to expand their analytical capability? Can we develop easy to use open source decision support tools to help guide environmental decision making at the national, regional, local and citizen levels? How can we better harness the observations of citizens informed about their local environments in a geospatially- enabled manner? Thank you for your kind attention, and please forward this announcement to any interested colleagues. Sincerely, Drew Pilant, Ph.D. US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development Landscape Characterization Branch tel: 919.541.0648 fax: 919.541.9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ grass-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [ECOLOG-L] GPS with datalogging capabilities
Fabrice: Check out Terrasync, Solo Field and ArcPad -- all of those do what you are talking about. Rumor has it there may be an open source/freeware GPS + field data software out there, anyone know if these rumors are true? --j Fabrice De Clerck wrote: Hi All, A quick question, does anyone know of a good field GPS which permits you to easily enter field data associated with a GPS point? For example, we're interested in spatial arrangement of trees at the pasture level and thus will be conducting a census of trees including their GPS coordinates, DBH, crown measurements and a couple of other measures. I was wondering if there was a machine with good positional accuracy (4 m) and that capability. Any suggestions are helpful. Cheers, Fabrice * Fabrice De Clerck PhD Landscape Ecologist/Ecologo de Paisaje Dept. Agricultura y Agroforesteria CATIE 7170, Turrialba, Costa Rica Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (506) 2558-2596 Fax: (506) 2558-2046 Web: www.catie.ac.cr Adjunct Associate Tropical Agriculture Program The Earth Institute at Columbia University Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: fadeclerck Web:www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/mvp/ *** Everything not given is lost -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307, MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gchat: jgrn307
Remote Sensing/GIS Job Postings [summary of responses]
I want to thank everyone who responded to my email asking about listservs and websites which post remote sensing and GIS jobs. Here is the compiled list: USIALE-L (http://www.cof.orst.edu/org/usiale/listserv.htm) CLIMLIST (http://meta1.srcc.lsu.edu/climlist/index.html) AGU EOS ( http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/membership_services/joblistings.cgi -- requires membership) AAG's Jobs in Geography (http://www.aag.org/) Science Careers (http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/) Canadian Association of Geographers (http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept/cag/jobs.htm) CONSGIS (http://listserv.uri.edu/archives/consgis.html) http://chronicle.com/jobs/ http://www.gjc.org/ http://www.scgis.org/Lev3Page.aspx?Page3ID=20 http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/index.shtml Cheers! --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Evolution (Was: Christianity survey)
I'm curious -- are there any lines of Christian philosophical thought which address the (in my eyes) issue that those Christians who argue evolution using (pseudo)scientific approaches are basically stating to the world I have no real faith in my God, and I need proof that He exists? If one truly has faith in their god(s), then why be threatened by what is essentially a different philosophical model (i.e. Empirical thought)? My two cents... Kaching, kaching... --j On 8/27/07 9:26 AM, David M. Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two further problems with this thread. First -- and this may be my weakest argument -- I think Shipman overestimates the chances for the four domains of TPA to come together. Without being sure of the formula she used to get to 30,000^4, but I suspect there is a fatal flaw in the assumptions. Namely, I'll bet there is an assumption of starting from scratch for each of the four domains. Evolution never starts from scratch. It always works on material already available -- proteins, etc., that have already been filtered through the process of selection. The range of modifications that can be performed on an existing work are far more limited than the range of possibilities that can be produced from a blank slate, so to speak. Second -- the lightning argument offered has no merit whatsoever. One cannot compare what happens at the surface of the Earth today with what happened more than 4 billion years ago, if for no other reason that the chemical and physcial characteristics of the surface of the Earth -- especially that of the atmosphere -- are so dissimilar. The early Earth had a reducing atmosphere with very little of the oxygen that makes most life possible today. But as early life evolved, it produced oxygen, driving the evolution of the atmosphere into the oxygen-rich environment we depend on today. Later, Dave -- David M. Lawrence| Home: (804) 559-9786 7471 Brook Way Court | Fax: (804) 559-9787 Mechanicsville, VA 23111 | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] USA | http: http://fuzzo.com -- We have met the enemy and he is us. -- Pogo No trespassing 4/17 of a haiku -- Richard Brautigan -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carissa Shipman Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 10:09 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: Christianity survey I am a biology student at Temple University and I have conducted an NSF funded systematics project for the order Hymenoptera at the American Museum of Natural History. My question is why is the scientific community so convinced of evolution? There are very few publications concerning evolution at the molecular or biochemical level. Most scientists are baffled at how such molecular systems such as blood clotting actual evolved in a step by step manner. It looks to me like many of the molecular inter workings all needed to be there simultaneously for the end product to function properly. The biosynthesis of AMP is just as baffling. How could that have happened in a step by step fashion? You can speculate, but no evolutionist has the answer. So if you can not explain how the most nitty gritty machines of life molecules learned to function in the intricate ways that they do why are you so certain that everything evolved? Science is looking at the details. All science textbooks I have read have relayed very little evidence of evolution at the molecular level. They just say it happened. Since Darwinian evolution has published very few papers concerning molecular evolution it should perish. Systematics addresses genetic similarities between species, but it does not address exactly how those genetic differences and similarities came to be. There maybe fossils and genes, but you need more than this. I am not convinced of evolution, but still choose to educate myself in what it teaches and believes. How do scientists explain how even the slightest mutation in the human genome is highly detrimental most of the time? If even the slightest change occurs in our genome it is oftentimes fatal. Believing that this mechanism lead to all the species we see today takes a great deal of faith.For instance if even one step of the blood clotting process were disturbed the effects would be disastrous. Also, why does evolution leave out mathematical statistics of how each mutation arose. TPA a component of blood clotting has 4 domains. If we attempted to shuffle the genes for these four domains the odds of getting all four domains together is 30,000 to the fourth power, and that is just for TPA! Calculating mutation rates and the odds of getting certain genes to match up perfectly for the ultimate function shows us that it takes more faith to believe
Number of times cited in a CV?
I was chatting with a colleague of mine who was having a bit of trouble getting jobs because rather than having a lot of minor publications, he has a few HEAVILY cited papers -- I was wondering if any of you either put a Cited X times next to each article in your CV's publication section, or have seen people doing this? Would those of you who are reading CVs for potential applicants be interested in seeing these sort of statistics (derived from google scholar or science citation)? Thanks! --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Remote Sensing/GIS Job Postings?
ECOLOGGERs: I was hoping to get some leads on what other listservs/websites are good locations to be searching for Remote Sensing and GIS academic positions? I'll post the responses back to the listserv. Cheers! --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kriging software/algorithms which do not require x,y
Question for you geostatisticians out there: is anyone aware of a kriging software package (command line or otherwise) which can generate kriging models from *precomputed* distances between known locations (e.g. I would feed the algorithm an N x N grid of distances, if N = the number of known locations I have). Every kriging algorithm I've come across (R addons, GS+, ArcMap, etc...) performs this calculation internally after providing the toolset with x,y,z information, but I'm using a distance calculation that is not available in any kriging package. Let me know! --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Error and 97 Pathfinder Office
Daniel: We typically take 10-100 points per location (Pathfinder will average them all together), and also make sure you run the differential correction algorithm. Granted, 1997 is a bit old so I'm not entirely sure the capabilities of the software back then -- you might want to consider upgrading! Also, is your GPS also that old? It might not have enough channels or receive the differential signal to post-process it much better than about 10m. --j On 4/22/07 12:17 PM, Daniel Murphy-Cairns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just started using the 1997 Trimble Pathfinder Office software, and I'm looking for ways to minimize error. I've been collecting points with the Trimble Asset Surveyor v4.01. I've taken two sets of points for the same location, and the some of the corrected points for the same location are still up to 13 meters away from each other. Are there any ways to determine which set of corrected points has the least error or to minimize error for both sets? Daniel Murphy-Cairns -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: looking for aerial photographs of Costa Rica
Unless someone happened to have flown it in 1975, your best bet is the declassified CORONA imagery: http://www.nro.gov/corona/facts.html You can get it from: http://edc.usgs.gov/products/satellite.html (scroll down to the CORONA section). This black and white photographic imagery spans 1960 to 1972, and is high enough resolution to make out individual trees. The neat part of this is that it was SPACEBORNE photographic imagery, which would drop the film canister from orbit and an intercept airplane would do a mid-air capture of the data. Very cool. Good luck! --j -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maya Kapoor Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:39 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: looking for aerial photographs of Costa Rica Hello All, I am looking for aerial photographs of Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula. I need images from before Corcovado National Park was created in 1975 and some more recent images. Does anyone have any suggestions for possible sources? You can email me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! Maya
Re: satellite imagines
Natalia: What applications are you interested in? Depending on what you are planning on doing will help us direct you towards the appropriate vendors -- while much of the existing satellite imagery is government, and much of that is free, some sources of imagery are commercial (e.g. IKONOS or Quickbird), some might require hiring an airplane instead of getting data from a spaceborne system (e.g. Small footprint lidar, high resolution hyperspectral). --j On 3/20/07 10:31 AM, Natalia Quinteros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, I need to buy some satellite imagines and I would like to know if any of you knows a webpage where I can purchased them. Many thanks for your time. N. -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue The Barn, Room 250N Davis, CA 95616 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MTCLIM help
Hi there, if you have used MTCLIM before, can you kick me an email? I am trying to figure out what format the input data needs to be in to get the most recent software working (I can't tell from the documentation or the example database). Thanks! --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD NRC Research Associate NASA Ames Research Center MS 242-4 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 Phone: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn3007 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Forest plot accuracies
Does anyone know of papers which examine how accurate forestry measurements are in various ecosystems (e.g. DBH, species IDing, stem plots, tree density, etc.)? --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD NRC Research Associate NASA Ames Research Center MS 242-4 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 Phone: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn3007 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GPS units and accuracy data and more on the project...
One capability that is relatively new that I don't think anyone mentioned is the ability to display previously uploaded imagery and vectors: depending on your goal, using the imagery, manual location selection (which is a capability of TDS's Solo Field, but not, as far as I know, Terrasync or ArcPad), and GPS as a navigation tool can allow you to get extremely accurate positions without the need for expensive GPSs (the dataloggers need to be Windows CE, but you can use most cheapo GPS cards). We used this successfully to map individual trees in Sierra Forests by displaying Quickbird satellite data. Particularly for high spatial resolution mapping projects, no matter how good your GPS is, if your image orthorectification is off (which it will be), it won't matter much that your point is accurate to within a millimeter. --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD NRC Research Associate NASA Ames Research Center MS 242-4 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 Phone: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn3007 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lichti, Nathanael I Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:35 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: GPS units and accuracy data and more on the project... This has been a useful discussion, at least for a relative novice like = me. Can anyone recommend a good book or web page that covers base = stations, post-correction, and other GPS techniques in more detail? = Thanks, =20 Nate=20 =20 --=20 Nathan Lichti=20 Graduate Research Assistant=20 Forestry and Natural Resources=20 Purdue University=20 715 W State Street=20 West Lafayette IN 47907-2061=20 (765) 494-9597=20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news on behalf of = Malcolm McCallum Sent: Tue 3/28/2006 3:04 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: GPS units and accuracy data and more on the project... If using WAAS real time correction, you may be able to get by without = =3D base station corrections. In the midwest there are base stations within = =3D a reasonable distance of most universities (and at most universities). = =3D20 =3D20 Malcolm L. McCallum Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences Texas AM University Texarkana 2600 Robison Rd. Texarkana, TX 75501 O: 1-903-233-3134 H: 1-903-791-3843 Homepage: https://www.eagle.tamut.edu/faculty/mmccallum/index.html =3D20 From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news on behalf of =3D Pete Rissler Sent: Tue 3/28/2006 1:00 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: GPS units and accuracy data and more on the project... Just a simple question, will you have access to a base station to post process your data with? If not, you'll need a second unit to act as the base station. Pete
Climate modelling listserv?
I was wondering if anyone knows of a climate modeling/science listserv with a significant user base (the climate modeling equivalent of ECOLOG). Thanks! --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD NRC Research Associate NASA Ames Research Center MS 242-4 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 Phone: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn3007 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Models for calculating soil moisture
I was hoping to get some advice on models which can be used to calculate soil moisture and runoff as a function of space and time at a small scale (30m or so), given inputs such as precipitation, soil water holding capacity, and topography, and potentially allow for losses through soil and plant evaporation (given windspeed, humidity and temperature). Note that I'm talking about dynamic models, not hydrological indices such as TCI and flow accumulation that are common in GIS packages. Any suggestions? Any review articles? Thanks! --j -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD NRC Research Associate NASA Ames Research Center MS 242-4 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 Office: 650-604-5896 Cell: 415-794-5043 AIM: jgrn307 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Copyright Law and Science
I think a far better idea than a privately run journal is the PLOS series of journals, which run an open access policy (the success of this has seen PLOS Biology's impact factor hit 13.9 -- this is higher than almost every journal except for Science and Nature): http://www.plos.org/about/openaccess.html Does anyone know if there is some sort of a database which tracks the access/copyright policy of journals? --j On 11/20/05 2:51 AM, Yaron Ziv [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear ecologists, Due to the copyright issue, as well as due to unrealistically high (and unfair, in most cases) rate of journal subscription, Michael Rosenzweig (University of Arizona) has established his privately-run journal: Evolutionary Ecology Research. According to the journal policy: âEER maintains a pioneering and enlightened copyright policy. It is designed to help your work obtain the widest possible use and influence. Authors keep their copyright but give EER the exclusive right to distribute their paper for one year. Authors also agree not to charge for non-commercial use of their work by educational and research institutions. Consult our copyright policy and advise your society to adopt a similar one.â° (http://www.evolutionary-ecology.com/) The journalâs Board of Editors includes: Anthony Barnosky, Gary Belovsky, Tim Blackburn, Francisco Bozinovic, James Brown, Thomas Caraco, Peter Chesson, Robert Colwell, Lynda Delph, Michael Doebeli, Steve Ellner, Mikael Fortelius, Charles Fox, Gordon Fox, Paul Harvey, Andrew Hendry, Raymond Huey, Yoh Iwasa, David Jablonski, John Jaenike, Eva Kisdi , Andrew Knoll, Bill Kunin, Jesus Leon, Bruce Levin, Curt Lively, Adam Lomnicki, Marc Mangel, Brian Maurer, Mike McKinney, Lauri Oksanen, Stuart Pimm, Derek Roff, Daniel Rubenstein, Beryl Simpson, Lawrence Slobodkin, Peter Taylor, Scott Wing, and Helmut Zwolfer.  So, I guess it does not suffer from a reduction in its quality of science. Following the previous e-mail by Bill Silvert, I believe that if we favor and encourage journals with a similar policy as that of EER, we may be moving towards getting the copyright of our works (as well as getting lower subscription rates . . .). I think it is also the interest of the chief editors and associate editors of the other journals, who serve as an important group of the scientific community. -- Yaron Ziv On 19 Nov 2005, at 07:53, Bill Silvert wrote: The recent discussion of copyright law seems to have managed to bypass the key issues in a very disappointing way. One set of postings comes from people who are confused because they don't see what is wrong with copying a book that is out of print and totally unavailable, while the other set comes from legal scholars who write things like I love to see discussios over copyright lead by people who don't know what they are talking about. Debate about copyright tend to focus on the right of creators of intellectual property to receive fair compensation for their labours, and I have never heard copyright defended on the grounds that it is a mechanism for the suppression of ideas - but this often happens. Sometimes copyright is used to deliberate material intentionally. Hollywood will sometime buy the rights to a film, withdraw it from circulation, and replace it with a remake. Some very important films, such as the Marcel Pagnol Fanny trilogy, were suppressed in this way, although many continued to circulate in bootleg versions and are again available. Rich companies and individuals have often tried to buy the rights to unfavourable books so that they can suppress them. More often works are suppressed through a combination of negligence and greed, such as when a company drops a CD, book or video game from its catalogue but will not release it into the public domain. While the loss of an art work in this way is sad, in science it is totally unacceptable. Scientific progress requires the open exchange of ideas, and withdrawing books and journals from the scientific community is tantamount to burning them. Suppose that the Vatican, instead of issuing bodily threats against Galileo and Copernicus and actually burning Bruno at the stake had simply been able to buy up their copyrights? Or that Hitler had been able to withdraw from circulation all the German journals where Einstein and others published their results? Although these examples are exaggerated, copyright law is a serious problem for modern scientists. If you want to publish you have to transfer the copyright to the publisher, giving up even your own rights to what you wrote. Your work may simply vanish into limbo - the publisher declares bankruptcy, the book never gets printed, the journal becomes defunct - but the copyright never reverts to you. Maybe the publisher decides to drop the book because it serves a market where books favourable to evoloution are not selling well!
