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Rick L. Lawrence

Associate Professor, Director Spatial Sciences Center; Ph.D. 1998, M.S. 1995, Oregon State University; J.D. 1979, Columbia; B.A. 1976, Claremont McKenna College.  Teaching and research programs in the use and application of remote sensing technologies in managed and natural ecosystems.

Recent Publications:

• Landenburger, L., R.L. Lawrence, S. Podruzny, and C.C. Schwartz, 2008. Mapping regional distribution of a single tree species: Whitebark pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Sensors 8:4983-4994.

• Sankey, J.B., R.L. Lawrence, and J.M. Wraith, 2008.  Ad hoc modeling of root zone soil water with Landsat imagery and terrain and soils data.  Sensors 8:314-326.

• Baker, C., R. Lawrence, C. Montagne, and D. Patten, 2007.  Change detection of wetland and riparian ecosystems using change vector analysis.  Wetlands 27:610-619.

• Maynard, C.L., R.L. Lawrence, G.A. Nielsen, and G. Decker, 2007.  Ecological site descriptions and remotely sensed imagery as a tool for rangeland evaluation.  Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 33:109-115.

• Maynard, C.L., R.L. Lawrence, G.A. Nielsen, and G. Decker, 2007.  Modeling vegetation amount using bandwise regression and ecological range units as an alternative to vegetation indices.  GIScience & Remote Sensing 44:68-81.

• Bricklemyer, R.S., R.L. Lawrence, P.R. Miller, and N. Battogtokh, 2007.  Monitoring and verifying agricultural practices related to soil carbon sequestration. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 118:201-210.

   

Recent Grants:

• Northern Great Plains Center for People and the Environment. NASA. 2005-2008. $300,000.
• AgCam Science Applications Team. NASA. 2007-2008. $500,000.
• Big Sky Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership PHASE II. DOE. 2006-2008. $179,923
• Change Detection of Yellowstone Radiateive ThermalFlux. National Park Service.2005-2008. $120,000.
• StateView Program for the State of Montana. USGS. 2005-2008. $230,000
• UAV Deployment of Hyperspctral Imaging Spectometers for Noxious Weed Mapping. MBRCT. 2007-2009. $136,740.

Current Instructional Responsibilities:

• LRES 426 - Remote Sensing & Digital Image Processing (Fall)
• LRES 430/530 - Natural Resource Law (Spring, even years)
• LRES 525 - Applied Remote Sensing (Spring)

Other Links:

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