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Scott Powell
Assistant Research Professor Ph.D. Ph.D., November 2004, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. Master of Environmental Management, May 1997, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC. Bachelor of Arts, May 1993Biology Department, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN. Research interests include forest dynamics; integration of remote sensing data, GIS, and field data for ecological applications; modeling aboveground biomass and carbon sequestration; land cover and land use change analysis; and invasive species monitoring
Recent Publications:
- Powell, S.L., A.J. Hansen, and W.B. Cohen. In press. Mapping the extent and distribution of conifer cover increase in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. In Landscape Ecology Research Trends. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York.
- Powell, S.L., W.B. Cohen, Z. Yang, J.D. Pierce, and M. Alberti. 2008. Quantification of impervious surface in the Snohomish Water Resources Inventory Area of Western Washington from 1972-2006. Remote Sensing of Environment 112: 1895-1908.
- Goward, S.N., J.G. Masek, W. Cohen, G. Moisen, G.J. Collatz, S. Healey, R.A. Houghton, C. Huang, R. Kennedy, B. Law, S. Powell, D. Turner, and M.A. Wulder. 2008. Forest disturbance and North American Carbon Flux. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 89(11): 105-116.
- Powell, S.L., and A.J. Hansen. 2007. Conifer cover increase in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Frequency, rates, and spatial variation. Ecosystems 10(2): 204-216.
- Powell, S.L., D. Pflugmacher, A.A Kirschbaum, Y. Kim, and W.B. Cohen. 2007. Moderate resolution remote sensing alternatives: a review of Landsat-like sensors and their applications. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, doi: 10.1117/1.2819342.
- Zambon, M., R.L. Lawrence, A. Bunn, and S. Powell. 2006. Effect of alternative splitting rules on image processing using classification tree analysis. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 72(1): 25-30.
- Hansen, A.J., R.L. Knight, J. M. Marzluff, S. Powell, K. Brown, P. H. Hernandez, and K. Jones. 2005. Effects of exurban development on biodiversity: Patterns, mechanisms, and research needs. Ecological Applications 16(6): 1893-1905.
- Lawrence, R.L., A. Bunn, S. Powell, and M. Zambon. 2004. Classification of remotely sensed imagery using stochastic gradient boosting as a refinement of classification tree analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment 90: 331-336.
- Wessels, K.J., R.S. Defries, J. Dempewolf, L.O. Anderson, A.J. Hansen, S. L. Powell, and E.F. Moran. 2004. Mapping regional land cover with MODIS data for biological conservation: Examples from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, USA and Para State, Brazil. Remote Sensing of Environment 92: 67-83.
Recent Grants:
- Role of North American Forest Disturbance and Regrowth in the North American Carbon Program: Integrated Analyses of Landsat and U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Data – Phase 2. NASA Carbon Cycle Science. 2008-2010. Co-Investigator with Samuel Goward, Warren Cohen, Sean Healey, Chengquan Huang, Robert Kennedy, Jeff Masek, and Gretchen Moisen. $2,210,975.
- Mapping Urbanization in the Snohomish Watershed, WA. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2006-2007. Co-PI with Warren Cohen. $20,593.
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