Recent Publications

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Owen, T.W., T.N. Carlson, and R.R.. Gillies. 1998. An Assessment of Remotely Sensed Land Cover Parameters in Quantitatively Describing the Climatic Effect of Urbanization, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 19(9) pp 1663 1681.
Ricotta, C., G.C. Avena, E.R. Olsen, D. Ramsey and D.S. Winn. 1998. Monitoring the Landscape Stability of editerranean Vegetation in Relation to Fire with a Fractal Algorithm, Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 19(5), pp871-881.
Patraw, K., A. Falconer, R.. Ramsey, D. Roberts. 1998. Modeling Vegetation Cover Types using Multi-Seasonal Remotely Sensed Data to Compare Ecotones at Multiple Spatial and Spectral Resolutions. ASPRS Annual Convention Proceedings, March 30 -April 3, 1998. Tampa, FL.
Falconer, A. and C.G. Homer. 1998. Down to Earth Remote Sensing. Proceedings of the Remote Sensing Applications Workshop, Utah State University, May 29-30, 1997.
Gillies, R.R., T.N. Carlson, J. Cui, W.P. Kustas, K.S. Humes. 1997. A Verification of the 'Triangle' Method for Obtaining
Surface Soil Water Content and Energy Fluxes from Remote Measurements of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Surface Radiant Temperature. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 18(15) pp 3145-3166.
Ricotta, C., E.R. Olsen, R.D. Ramsey, and D.S.. Winn. 1997. A Generalized Non-Regression Technique for Evaluating the Fractal Dimension of Raster GIS Layers Consisting of Non-Square Cells. COENOSES Vol. 12(1):23-26
Ramsey, R.D., A. Falconer, and J.S. Hansen. 1997. Collaborative Project Between the Geography Department and the Space Dynamics Laboratory to Develop an Animated Video Flyover of Utah. Utah Geographic Information Council's Conference '97. October 7Ð8, 1997. Provo, UT.
Ramsey, R.D, T. Tilton. 1997. Development of a Biophysical Database to Help Manage Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Species Habitats in the Great Basin Region of Utah. Utah Geographic Information Council's Conference '97. Provo, UT.
Patraw, K., A. Falconer. 1997. Modeling Cover Types using Multi-Seasonal Remote Sensing to Compare Ecotones. The Association of American Geographers 93R.D. Annual Meeting, 1-5 April, Fort Worth, TX.
VanNiel, T.G., K. Patraw, J. Long, A. Falconer. 1997. Comparison of Land Condition Trends from Ground and Remotely-Sensed Data. The Association of American Geographers 93R.D. Annual Meeting, 1-5 April, Fort Worth, TX.
Ramsey, R.D., K. Macey, and A. Falconer. 1997. Developing Multi-Scene Landsat Mosaics for Change Detection and cosystem Mapping. The Association of American Geographers 93R.D. Annual Meeting, 1-5 April, Fort Worth, TX.
Tagestad, J., R.D. Ramsey, and A. Falconer. 1997. Using Solar Data to Increase Classification Accuracy of Desert Vegetation. The Association of American Geographers 93R.D. Annual Meeting, 1-5 April, Fort Worth, TX.
Macey, K., J.J. Nelson, F.J. McCarthy, R.D. Ramsey. 1997. Developing the Mojave Desert Ecosystem Initiative (MDEI) Internet Distribution Interface. The Association of American Geographers 93R.D. Annual Meeting, 1-5 April, Fort Worth, TX.
Wight, D., K. Patraw, T.G. VanNiel, A. Falconer, R.D. Ramsey, and B. Royer. 1997. A GIS-Based Decision Making Tool for Land Managers. The Association of American Geographers 93R.D. Annual Meeting, 1-5 April, Fort Worth, TX.
Homer, C.G. 1997. Remote Sensing of Nevada Vegetation. Invited paper, Remote Sensing Conference, Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Reno, March 1997.
Homer, C.G., R.D.... Ramsey, T.C. Edwards Jr. and A. Falconer. 1997. Landscape Cover-Type Modeling Using a
Multi-Scene Thematic Mapper Mosaic. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. Vol. 63, (1):59-67.
Bosakowski, T. R., R.D. Ramsey, and D.G. Smith. 1996. Habitat and Spatial Relationships of Nesting Swainson's Hawks (Buteo swainsonii) and Red-tailed Hawks (B. Jamaicensis) in Northern Utah. The Great Basin Naturalist Vol.56(4): 341-347.
Patraw, K., F. Dougher. 1996. The Effect of Scale on Multi-Temporal Vegetation Classification. The American Association of Geographers 92nd Annual Meeting, 9-13 April. Charlotte, NC.Second place winner in the Remote Sensing Specialty Group.
Biggs, B., T. VanNiel, C. Homer, R.D. Ramsey. 1996. A comparison of Camp W. G. Williams and GAP Analysis Vegetation Classifications. The American Association of Geographers 92nd Annual Meeting, 9-13 April. Charlotte, NC.
Tilton, T.K., R.D. Ramsey. 1996. An Examination of Spectral Signatures and Environmental Variables Associated with the Location of Late-Prehistoric/Fremont Period Archeological Sites. The American Association of Geographers 92nd Annual Meeting, 9-13 April. Charlotte, NC.
Halinsky, M.G., A. Falconer, R.D. Ramsey. 1996. Using a Multi-Platform Approach to Produce a Vegetation Classification of Orchard Training Area, ID. The American Association of Geographers 92nd Annual Meeting, 9-13 April. Charlotte, NC. First place award winner in the Remote Sensing Specialty Group.
Biggs, B., A. Falconer. 1996. Improving Field Data Collection Through the Integration of ArcView 2.1 and GPS technology. ESRI 16th Annual User Conference. May. Palm Springs, CA.
Falconer, A.F., D.W. Wight, R.D. Ramsey, T.C. Edwards, Jr., S.D. Bassett, and C.G. Homer. 1996. Issues of GIS: "database thinking" and database structure. Pages 259-268 in J.M. Scott, T.H. Tear, and F.W. Davis, editors. Gap Analysis: a landscape approach to biodiversity planning, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Rodemaker, E. 1995. Map Products for an Ecological Preserve on the South Shore of the Great Salt Lake. ERDAS 1995 User Group Meeting Proceedings, pp10-13, 19-22 March. Atlanta, GA.
Ramsey, R.D., A.F. Falconer, and J.R. Jensen. 1995. A comparison of NOAA-AVHRR NDVI Estimates to Omernick Ecoregions in Utah. Remote Sensing of Environment. 53(3):188-198.
Olsen, E.R., R.D. Ramsey, and D.S.. Winn. 1993. A Modified Fractal Dimension as a Measure of Landscape Diversity. Photogrammetric Engineering. Vol. 59(10):1517-1520.
Patraw, K., F. Dougher, R.D. Ramsey. 1995. An Examination of Scale Dependency for Vegetation Indices and Related Variables. AAAS Pacific Division Conference, June. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.