Expertise

Research Interests:

  • Remote Sensing: Hyperspectral, LiDAR, Radar, passive microwave, thermal, and altimetry
  • Inland water quality remote sensing: lakes and rivers
  • Cryosphere studies: polar ice sheets and Arctic lakes
  • Satellite hydrography: watershed hydrologic modeling by assimilating multi-sensor remote sensing inputs , soil moisture, snow and flood mapping, lake and river water level storage
  • Riparian, coastal, and benthic habitat mapping

 


Subject areas:

  • Geospatial Analysis
    • Remote Sensing
  • Water Science

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral; LiDAR; radar; passive microwave, thermal, and altimetry; inland water quality remote sensing; lakes and rivers; satellite hydrography, watershed hydrologic modeling by assimilating multi-sensor remote sensing inputs, soil moisture, snow, and flood mapping, lake and river water level storage, riparian, coastal, and benthic habitat mapping

Affiliations

Professor, Department of Geography, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati

Professor, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama
2018

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University (past)

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University (past)

Professor, Environmental Studies, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati (past)

Communities
Geography
Degrees
PhD, Ohio State University, Geography, 1999
Master, University of Sydney, Australia, Urban Studies, 1994
MS, Peking University, China, Geography, 1985
BS, Shaanxi Normal University, China, Geography, 1982
Keywords
geography urban geography geographic information systems hydrology remote sensing