[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Position in the Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Forests at the University of Nevada, Reno

, 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<m

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Position in the Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Forests at the University of Nevada, Reno

, 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<m

[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

[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

[ECOLOG-L] Remote Sensing Analyst at the University of Nevada, Reno

grammetric 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...@un

[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

[ECOLOG-L] Short Term Forestry Field Position in the North Sierra Nevadas for late Summer/Fall 2017

t 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. -- -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Ra

[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

[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

[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 Geogr

[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

[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 applic

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: Postdoctoral position in the remote sensing of carbon at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

, 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

[ECOLOG-L] “Remote sensing to support investigations in plant -climate interactions” at AGU

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

[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 stu

[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 foll

[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:

[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

[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 Interac

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

[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 la

[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

[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 contribut

[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 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 - c

[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 summar

[ECOLOG-L] Mobile mapping app for iPhone or Android?

Folks: I'm trying to hunt down a field-GIS software a la ArcPad that runs on an iPhone or Android phone/tablet. It needs to be able to do the following: 1) Collect point, line and polygon via on-screen digitization. 2) Allow for some level of meta-data associated with the features (a full blown

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are reviews anonymous?

ers, >> >> 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...sig

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Are reviews anonymous?

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 wrote: > Interesting -- I'm primarily interested in reviews YOU receive on your > own submitted manuscript (which, 99% of the time, you

[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

[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

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. Regardles

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

[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

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

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Plagiarizing methods...

Hamachan et al.: You are referring to the transition of something to the state of "common knowledge". Keep in mind, it NEVER hurts to cite those things -- if there is ANY doubt, you might as well just cite it. A bit of time on google scholar can help figure out the original reference. The citation

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Plagiarizing methods...

It does seem to me that this is a case of plagiarism -- the english language/standards of citations gives us a very elegant way of doing this, namely, using quotation marks. If you can't come up with your own way of saying this, then just quote! Problem solved! --j Martin Meiss wrote: I th

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

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 G

[ECOLOG-L] GIS of protected regions in North America? [Summary of responses]

’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-a

[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 Spat

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Reference for % of scientists that think climate change is caused by humans?

Its funny you should mention this -- I've been in a heated facebook argument with a former classmate over this (aren't social networking sites great?) The wikipedia entry is good (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change#Surveys_of_scientists_and_scientific_literature),

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

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

[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

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 a

Re: 'Fair tax' and the environment

Factcheck.org has a decent analysis of the fair tax: http://www.factcheck.org/taxes/unspinning_the_fairtax.html In terms of specific to environmental impacts, the fair tax is supposed to be revenue neutral compared to our current tax system, so the federal government (in theory) should have no

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.or

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 trul

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

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 Tech

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 locat

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 upgr

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

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

Plagiarism, citation requirements, and conferences...

William Silvert's story inspired me to ask a modified question on this topic -- some journals require that citations ONLY include peer-reviewed articles. I have heard horror stories (not me, fortunately) about researchers who have presented preliminary results at conferences, only to have these res

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

Re: env studies or env sciences or..

US News and World Report ranked UC Davis top Ecology/Evolution grad school, followed by UC Berkeley and then Harvard (I'm a UCD alum, so had to drop that little stat into the mix). http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/phdsci/brief/biosp5_brief.php --j On 5/19/06 3:22 PM, "Jennifer Gra

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 ArcPa

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: 415-7

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 AI

Models for calculating soil moisture: summary of responses

Thanks to everyone who emailed me! Here is my original question and the responses (names removed): 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, so

FW: Wrap-Up of Federal Funding for Environmental R&D in FY 2006

=20 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 5:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [NCSE] Wrap-Up of Federal Funding for Environmental R&D in FY = 2006 =20 Wrap-Up of

STARServ (Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing listsERV)

STARServ (Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing listsERV) is a listserv created to facilitate discussion between academics, government, industry and other interested persons concerning research and application of spatial technologies including remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS)

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 ev

Re: Questions about using teaching materials from others

m others Ecologgers, As a web content developer who posts everything for free, I am offended that any educator would suggest that "if it's online it's fair game." Intellectual property is intellectual property, not something to be stolen. Cheers, Jim -Origin

Questions about using teaching materials from others

A colleague of mine recently asked me what my thoughts were on using other people's teaching materials posted on course websites for a class he is teaching. This was a very good question, so I thought I'd send it to you all for responses. For a class, how liberal/conservative are you all about pr

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/openacces

Re: Help: great model but poor prediction

Jeff (and Ecologgers): I'm an ecologist with a specialty in remote sensing, and I wanted to find out if you had checked the accuracy of the map products you are using? A lot of people are using horribly inaccurate maps (many are released with no or buried accuracies), or maps with thematic