Remote Sensing

Service:  Provide expert remote sensing analysis to support conservation research
and consulting.

The Technique:  Remote sensing, using visible and multispectral images obtained
from satellite- or aircraft-mounted sensor arrays, is increasingly used to analyze
land cover and ecological processes.  Measurement and monitoring with remote
sensing has the advantage of allowing noninvasive data collection over large
spatial areas, with repeated sampling over time and ready comparison with other
geographic areas.

Our Contribution:  We commonly use remote sensing for scientific research and for
conservation projects.  We use remote sensing to quantify changes in habitat
extent and condition, as well as ecosystem-level processes such as
photosynthesis, productivity, and evapotranspiration.

More Information:  
• Wikipedia Remote Sensing article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_sensing
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Selected Publications

Breshears, D.D., N.S. Cobb, P.M. Rich, K.P. Price, C.D. Allen, R.G. Balice, W.H.
Romme, J.H. Kastens., M.L. Floyd, J. Belnap, J.J. Anderson, O.B. Myers, and C.W.
Meyer. 2005. Regional vegetation die-off in response to global-change type
drought.  
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102(42):15144-15148.  
pdf

Kettle, W.D., P.M. Rich, K. Kindscher, G.L Pittman, and P. Fu. 2000. Land–use
history considerations in ecosystem restoration: a 40–year study in the prairie–
forest ecotone.
Restoration Ecology 8(3):307-317.  pdf

Rich, P.M., D.D. Breshears, and A.B. White. 2008. Phenology of mixed woody-
herbaceous ecosystems following extreme events: net and differential responses.  
Special Feature on Phenology.
Ecology 89:342-352.  pdf

Wang, J., P.M. Rich, K.P. Price and W.D. Kettle. 2005. Relations between NDVI,
grassland production, and crop yield.
Geocarto International 20:1-7.  pdf

Wang, J.,
P.M. Rich, K.P. Price and W.D. Kettle. 2004. Relations between NDVI and
tree productivity in the central Great Plains.
International Journal of Remote Sensing
25:3127-3138.  
pdf

Wang, J., P.M. Rich, and K.P. Price. 2003. Temporal responses of NDVI to
precipitation and temperature in the central Great Plains, USA.
International Journal
of Remote Sensing
24:2345-2364.  pdf

Wang, J., K.P. Price, and P.M. Rich. 2001. Spatial patterns of NDVI in response to
precipitation and temperature in the central Great Plains.
International Journal of
Remote Sensing
22: 3827-3844.  pdf