Research

This page contains a set of links for remote-sensing related research, with a particular focus on activities in Michigan.

Michigan Technological University / Michigan Tech Research Institute

Great Lakes Productivity Estimates from SeaWIFS and MODIS Satellite Observations
Michigan Tech Physics Hyperspectral Imaging Laboratory
Multi-temporal and Multi-platform Agricultural Land Cover Classification in Southeastern Michigan
Improving the Prediction of Wildfire Potential in Boreal Alaska with Satellite Imaging Radar

Great Lakes ecosystem
atmospheric chemistry
applications in forestry, geology, geophysics, electrical engineering, biomedical imaging
hyperspectral remote sensing
signal processing
image analysis
astronomy, astrophysics, radio astronomy
optical instrument design and fabrication
satellite limnology
volcanology

University of Michigan / Environmental Spatial Analysis Laboratory

Land Use and Vulnerability to Flooding at Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China (2005-2008)
Program in Human and Environmental Systems Interactions (2005-2008)
Predicting Black Bear Habitat in Michigan's Lower Peninsula (2006-2007)
Spatial Neighborhood Analyses in Support of Understanding Health Risks (2003-2009)
Project SLUCE: Spatial Land Use Change and Ecological Effects at the Rural-Urban Interface: Agent-Based Modeling and Evaluation of Alternative Policies and Interventions (2001-2007)
Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Upper Midwest (on-going)

Research on Process and Pattern at Alpine Treeline
Modeling Siberian Boreal Forest Land-Cover Land-Use Change and Carbon under Changing Economic Paradigms
Landscape Change in the Upper Midwest
Aspen Ecosystem Dynamics
Influence of Humans, Climate, and Fire on Forest Ecosystems and Carbon Dynamics in Indonesian Borneo

Michigan Department of Information Technology / Center for Geographic Information*