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Tasseled cap greenness transformation derived from Landsat 8 imagery over lodgepole pine forest in the Intermountain West study area
Completed Projects
Brandy Nisbet-Wilcox
Team: Ford Freyberg (Project Lead), Carson Schuetze, Jessica Hiatt, Brenner Burkholder
Summary: Escalating severity and frequency of drought and wildfire call for effective and cost-efficient mitigation planning and monitoring protocols. The Palouse ecoregion, an agricultural epicenter in North-central Idaho, is of...
Caroline Williams
Team: Katherine Hahn, Julia Atayi, Julia Portmann, Abigail Sgan
Summary: An increase in total suspended sediment (TSS) concentrations and turbidity have contributed to poor water quality in the Chesapeake Bay since the 1970s. Although turbidity and TSS have been...
Kathleen Lange
Team: Max Rock (Project Lead), Elijah Dalton, Aidan Harvey, Kate Reynolds
Summary: Ranked as the fourth largest food producer in the world, Brazil is an agricultural powerhouse. Agricultural production at this scale warrants accurate crop monitoring and classification, however, this...
Paxton LaJoie
Team: Wangdrak Dorji (Project Co-Lead), Tenzin Wangmo (Project Co-Lead), Karma Dorjee, Sonam S Tshering
Summary: Agriculture is an essential sector in Bhutan, accounting for 19.2% of Bhutan’s GDP in 2020 while providing livelihoods for approximately 57% of the population. The...
Paxton LaJoie
Team: Brianne Kendall (Project Lead), Laramie Plott, Ian Turner, Aaron Carr
Summary: Lake Champlain provides clean drinking water for 35% of the surrounding watershed and offers recreational opportunities to millions of tourists. However, current levels of cyanobacteria and phosphorus...
Tyler Pantle
Team: Yuhe Chang (Project Lead), Virgil Alfred, Ethan McIntosh, Catherine Shea
Summary: Indigenous communities around the Great Slave Lake (GSL) in Canada’s Northwest Territories have observed long-term changes in water levels within the Slave River Delta (SRD), causing...
Adriana Le Compte
Team: Jack Mezger (Project Lead), Mark Bossinger, Gillian McNamara, Quinn Heiser
Summary: The Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks, located in the Delaware Basin in the southwestern United States, observed both a decrease in precipitation and an increase...
Adriana Le Compte
Team: Chris Matechik (Project Lead), Reuben Alter, Jennifer Ruiz, Stephen Sene
Summary: In recent years, Central Chile has experienced wildfires of increasing frequency and intensity, which threaten natural resources and communities. The Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF) responds to wildfires caused by...
Erica Carcelen
Team: Brenna Hatch (Project Lead), Kenya Creer, Jennifer Sobolewski, Nicole Roberts
Summary: Wildfire season in the western USA is starting earlier and gaining in intensity. The Bootleg Fire in Southern Oregon began on July 6th, 2021, and burned over 1675 km2...
Erica Carcelen
Team: Vanessa Machuca (Project Lead), Dana Myers, Hannah Rigdon, Christiana Saldana
Summary: The Lower Illinois River Valley (LIRV) is home to some of the richest agricultural lands in the United States and its wetlands provide key ecosystem...