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	Susan Benjamin
	Director, WGSC
	Menlo Park, CA
	sbenjamin@usgs.gov
	650-329-5049
Project Skills:	Ecosystem Science - Integrated Landscape Monitoring, Mojave Desert ecosystems, Arctic ecosystems
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Land Use mapping from remotely sensed images
	Cartography - cartographic feature extraction from imagery

Other Interests/Skills:	Pattern recognition, geospatial statistics, feature extraction.

Geographic Regions:	Mojave Desert, Puget Sound, Great Basin, North Slope of Alaska.

Recent Publications:	McMahon, Gerard, S.P. Benjamin, K. Clarke, J.E. Findley, R.N. Fisher, W.L. Graf, L.C. Gundersen, J.W. Jones, T.R. Loveland, K.S. Roth, E.L. Usery, and N. J. Wood, 2005, Geography for a Changing World: A Science Strategy for the Geographic Research of the U.S. Geological Survey, 2005-2015, Sioux Falls, SD: USGS Circular 1281.

Academic Background:	MA Geography, 1988, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA BA Geography and Mathematics, 1983, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA





	Richard Bernknopf
	Economist, WGSC
	Menlo Park, CA
	rbern@usgs.gov
	650-329-4951
Project Skills:	Hazards - Hazards - property valaution with and without natural hazards; effects of housing losses on lower income groups
	Ecosystem Science - valustion of ecosystem services in ecosystems and aggregated to regional scale
	Water Science - economic impacts of crop nutrients on water supplies
	Public Health - Beach closures and health risk
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - property valuation of developed and undeveleoped land use and land cover
	Tools and Techniques - benefit / cost analysis; econometrics
	GIS - spatial hedonic regression analysis; integration of natural science and socioeconomic data
	Remote Sensing - economic modeling and valuation of remotely sensed data
	Other - Environmental economics

Other Interests/Skills:	Spatial discounting, spatial indicators.

Geographic Regions:	United States, Canada.

Current/Recent Projects:	Landsat benefits study: Estimate the value of Landsat imagery in the MidWest U.S. for documenting a change to an ecosystem service such as potable groundwater that is affected by corn production. LandCarbon: Develop regional scale economic model of sequestering terrestrial carbon and other ecosystem services. Participate in the development of a national terrestrial carbon resource assessment. Upper Colorado River Basin: Develop integrated assessment model of the impacts of changes in water supply to sustain both human and natural communities resilience. Chesapeake Bay: Develop land valuation model and land portfolio approach to the evaluation of lands to be conserved to save natural resources and ecosystem services in the Chesapeake bay basin.

Collaborations:	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, University of New Mexico, U.S. Department of Interior, Resources for the Future, National Oceanagraphic and Atmospheric Administration, John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, California Seismic Safety Commission, Instituto Geologica y Minero de Espana, Geological Survey of Canada and Natural Resources Canada, Applied Technology Council, National Science Foundation

Recent Publications:	Bernknopf, R., W. Forney, R. Raunikar, and S. Mishra, 2010, A general framework for estimating the benefits of Moderate Resolution Land Imagery in environmental applications, in M. Macauley and R. Laxminarayan (eds.), Value of Information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, in press. Smith, T, R. Bernknopf, and A. Wein, A spatial modeling framework for analyzing potential earthquake damage: an application to Memphis, Risk Analysis, in review.Wein, A., L. Johnson, and R. Bernknopf, 2010, Recovering from the ShakeOut Earthquake, Earthquake Spectra, in press. Bernknopf, R., K. Gillen, S. Wachter, and A. Wein, 2010, Using econometrics and geographic information systems for property valuation: a spatial hedonic pricing model, in M. Linne (ed.), Visual Valuation: Implementing Valuation Modeling and Geographic Information Systems, The Appraisal Institute, Chicago, p.265-300. Hearn, P.P, Bernknopf, R.L., Strong, D., Luco, N., and Karaca, E., 2009, Application of the Land Use Portfolio Model for the Analysis of Long-term Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Policy in the City of Memphis, and Shelby County, TN. Proceedings of the New Madrid Seismic Zone Conference, August 12-14, 2008, Rolla, MO. USGS Open File Report. Labiosa, W. , R. Bernknopf, P. Hearn, D. Hogan, D. Strong, L. Pearlstine, A. Mathie, A. Wein, K. Gillen, and S. Wachter, 2009, The South Florida Ecosystem Portfolio Model-A Map-Based Multicriteria Ecological, Economic, and Community Land-Use Planning Tool, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5181, Reston, VA, 41p. Dinitz, L., R. Champion, A. Wein, P. Ng, and R. Bernknopf, 2009, Assessing natural-hazards risks with GIS, in C. Thomas and N Humenik-Sappington (eds.), GIS for Decision Support and Policy Making, ESRI Press, Redlands, CA, p.106-111. Lewis, J., R. Bernknopf, M. Ghilarducci, and A. Wein, 2008, The social cascade: preserving communities after a disaster, in Koshalek and M. Amatuillo, ed., The L. A. Earthquake Sourcebook, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, CA, p. 246-253. Perry, S., D. Cox, L. Jones, R. Bernknopf, J. Goltz, K. Hudnut, D. Mileti, D. Ponti, K. Porter, M. Reichle, H. Seligson, K. Shoaf, J. Treiman, and A. Wein, 2008, The ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario-A Story That Southern Californians Are Writing, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1324, USGS, Reston, VA, http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1324/], 24 p. Jones, L., R. Bernknopf, D. Cox, J. Goltz, K. Hudnut, D. Mileti, S. Perry, D. Ponti, K. Porter, M. Reichle, H. Seligson, K. Shoaf, J. Treiman, and A. Wein, 2008, The ShakeOut Scenario, USGS Open File Report 2008-1150, USGS, Reston, VA,http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1150/], 308p. Bernknopf, R., P. Hearn, A. Wein, and D. Strong, 2007, The Effect of Scientific and Socioeconomic Uncertainty on a Natural Hazards Policy Choice, Modeling and Simulation 2007, Christ Church, New Zealand, 7p. Wein, A., and R. Bernknopf, 2007, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Regional Risk Reduction Decision-making, Modeling and Simulation 2007, Christ Church, New Zealand, 7p. Wein, A., M. Journeay, and R. Bernknopf, 2007, Scenario-based Risk Analysis within an Analytic-deliberative Framework for Regional Risk Reduction Planning, Modeling and Simulation 2007, Christ Church, New Zealand, 7p. Bernknopf, R., A. Wein, S. Lucas, and M. St-Onge, 2007, Analysis of Improved Government Geological Map Information to Mineral Exploration: Incorporating Efficiency, Effectiveness and Risk Considerations, Joint USGS Professional Paper 1721 - Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 593, 45p. Shapiro, C. D., R. L. Bernknopf, and S. M. Wachter, 2007, A Roundtable on a National Framework for Natural Hazard Risk Reduction and Management: Developing a Research Agenda, USGS Open-File Report 2007-1106, 21 p. Bernknopf, R. L., D. S. Brookshire, D. R. Soller, M. J. McKee, J. F. Sutter, J. C. Matti, and R. H. Campbell, 2006, The Societal Value of Geologic Maps, in Ogasawara, M., and K. Ooi, ed., Societal Value of Geologic Maps - Japanese Translation of USGS Circular 1111 and Reviews of Studies on the Economic Evaluation of Geologic Maps in the United States, GSJ Interim Report No. 37, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, p. 5-58. Bernknopf, R., S. Rabinovici, L. Dinitz, and N. Wood, 2006, The Influence of Hazard Models on GIS-Based Regional Risk Assessments and Mitigation Policies, International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, v.6, nos. 4/5/6, p. 369-387. Bernknopf, R., 2005, Geospatial Decision Support Systems for Societal Decision Making, Boletin Geologico y Minero, v.116, no.4, p. 325-330. Ganderton, P., D. Brookshire, and R. Bernknopf, 2005, Improving the Homeland Security Advisory System: an experimental analysis of threat communication for national security, in Richardson, H., P. Gordon, and J. Moore II, ed., The Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks, Edward Elger, Cheltenham, p. 133-151. Halsing, D., K. Theissen, and R. Bernknopf, 2004, A Cost-Benefit Analysis of The National Map, USGS Circular 1271, 40p. Bernknopf, R., D. Brookshire, and M. Thayer, 2004, Earthquake and Volcano Hazard Notices: An Economic Evaluation of Changes in Risk Perceptions, in H. Kunreuther and A. Z. Rose, ed., The Economics of Natural Hazards, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, p. 141-155. Wood, A., W. Labiosa, R. Bernknopf, J. Rytuba, R. Champion, D. Singer, and R. Kapla, 2004, An Adapative Management Approach Using Offsets for Reducing Mercury Loadings to the Sacramento River Watershed, USGS Open-File Report 2004-1408, 75 p. Rabinovici, S., R. Bernknopf, A. Wein, D. Coursey, R. Whitman, 2004, The economic and health risk trade-offs of swim closures at a Lake Michigan beach, Environmental Science and Technology, v.38, no.10, p. 2737-2745. Bernknopf, R., D. Brookshire, and P. Ganderton, 2003, The role of geo-science information in reducing catastrophic loss using a web-based economics experiment, USGS Professional Paper 1683, 28p. Bernknopf, R., L. Dinitz, and K. Loague, 2001, An Interdisciplinary assessment of regional-scale nonpoint source groundwater vulnerability: theory and application, USGS Professional Paper 1645, 21p. Bernknopf, R., L. Dinitz, S. Rabinovici, and A. Evans, 2001, A portfolio approach to evaluating natural hazard mitigation policies: an application to lateral-spread ground failure in coastal California, International Geology Review, v.43, p.424-440.

Academic Background:	B.A., George Washington University, 1970 Ph.D., George Washington University, 1980





	Rian Bogle
	Computer Engineer
	Flagstaff
	rbogle@usgs.gov
	9285567212
Project Skills:	Hazards - Dust Storm Monitoring and Prediction
	Water Science - Sediment Flux
	Public Health - Dust Monitoring
	Climate Change - Dune Migration and Activation, Landscape Monitoring Technologies, Landscape Vulnerability Mapping
	Tools and Techniques - Embedded Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, Machine Vision, Image processing Algorithms, Automation and Robotics
	Remote Sensing - Sensor Development, UAV, Multi-spectral Imaging, Automated In-Situ Imaging Devices.

Geographic Regions:	Southwestern US, Arid and Semi Arid Ecosystems.

Current/Recent Projects:	Landscape Vulnerability and Climate Change on the Navajo Nation. Wireless Sensor Networks and Sensor Development for Landscape Monitoring.

Recent Publications:	Reynolds, R.L., Bogle, R., Vogel, J., Goldstein, H., and Yount, J.C., 2009, Dust emission at Franklin Lake playa, Mojave Desert (USA): Response to meteorological and hydrologic changes 2005-2008. In Oren, A., Naftz, D.L., and Wurtsbaugh, W.A. (eds.). Saline lakes around the world: unique systems with unique values. Natural Resources and Environmental Issues 15:105-116 (ISSN 1069-5370)

Academic Background:	2002 MS Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado Boulder 1994 BA Syracuse University





	Kristin Byrd
	Physical Scientist
	Menlo Park
	kbyrd@usgs.gov
	650-329-4279
Project Skills:	Hazards - Effects of development patterns on fire management, Ecological impacts of sedimentation from winter storms
	Ecosystem Science - Wetland ecology, forest ecology, plant community ecology, soil science, watersheds
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Spatial and temporal links between watershed land use and wetland disturbance/ecosystem response, Downstream effects of agricultural land use, Urban growth modeling for alternative future scenarios, Consequences of rural residential development patterns on land management
	Tools and Techniques - ArcGIS ArcMap and ModelBuilder, ERDAS Imagine, Definiens, Fragstats, GPS, Statistical modeling, Spatial statistics
	Remote Sensing - Historical wetland mapping and change detection, Riparian vegetation mapping, Rural residential development footprint mapping, Watershed land use change analysis

Geographic Regions:	Puget Sound Region, Coastal California, San Francisco Bay and Delta, Sacramento Valley, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Current/Recent Projects:	Puget Sound Ecosystem Portfolio Model, Remote Sensing of Delta Wetland Carbon

Collaborations:	University of California, Berkeley and the Randall Museum, San Francisco: Remote Sensing of Delta Wetland Carbon. Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Elkhorn Slough Foundation: Linking watershed land use and wetland vegetation response in the Elkhorn Slough watershed. The Nature Conservancy: Assessing conservation easement effectiveness for threat abatement and fire management in the Lassen Foothills.

Recent Publications:	Byrd, K. B., A. R. Rissman, and A. M. Merenlender. 2009. Impacts of conservation easements for threat abatement and fire management in a rural oak woodland landscape. Landscape and Urban Planning. 92:106-116. Byrd, K. B. 2009. Remote sensing and spatial analysis of watershed and estuarine processes for conservation planning in Elkhorn Slough, Monterey County, California, pp. 495-520 In X. Yang (ed.). Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies for Coastal Ecosystem Assessment and Management. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Byrd, K. B., N. M. Kelly and A. M. Merenlender. 2007. Temporal and spatial relationships between watershed land use and salt marsh disturbance in a Pacific estuary. Environmental Management 39(1):98-112. Byrd, K. B. and N. M. Kelly. 2006. Salt marsh vegetation response to edaphic and topographical changes from upland sedimentation in a Pacific estuary. Wetlands 26(3):813-829. Byrd, K. B., N. M. Kelly, and E. Van Dyke. 2004. Decadal changes in a Pacific estuary: a multi-source remote sensing approach for historical ecology. GIScience and Remote Sensing 41(4):347-370. Byrd, K. B., V. T. Parker, D. R. Vogler, and K. W. Cullings. 2000. The influence of clear-cutting on ectomycorrhizal fungus diversity in a lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) stand, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and Gallatin National Forest, Montana. Canadian Journal of Botany 78(2):149-156. Byrd, K. B. 2005. Temporal and Spatial Linkages Between Watershed Land Use and Wetland Vegetation Response in the Elkhorn Slough Watershed, Monterey, County, California. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley. 173 pp. Byrd, K. B. 1998. The Influence of Clear-cutting on Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Diversity in a Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) Stand, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and Gallatin National Forest, Montana. M.A. Thesis. San Francisco State University. 103 pp

Academic Background:	Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy and Management University of California, Berkeley 2005 M.A. Ecology and Systematics San Francisco State University 1998 B.S. Environmental Science Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 1993





	Jim Calzia
	Geologist
	Menlo Park, CA
	jcalzia@usgs.gov
	(650) 329-5538
Project Skills:	Hazards - Faults and earthquakes; earthquake prediction; mass wasting, especially landslides and slumps
	Regional Geology - Especially Death Valley and Mojave Desert, CA.
	Presentation/Instruction - Instructor, five day graduate-level seminar on Geologic Hazards: Origins, Occurrence, and Precautions at the University of Helsinki, Finland, in Sept 2008. Subjects covered include faults, faulting, and earthquakes, mass wasting, permafrost, and global warming.

Other Interests/Skills:	Petrology, geochemistry.

Geographic Regions:	California, Southwest United States, Death Valley, Mojave Desert, Arizona, Nevada.

Current/Recent Projects:	InSAR and Great Earthquakes, Land Cover trends

Recent Publications:	Calzia, J.P., Ludington, S., Miller, C.F., and Römö, O.T., 2008, Miocene magmatism and coeval crustal extension in the Colorado River and Death Valley extensional terrains (IGCP-510), in Raynolds, R.G., ed., Roaming the Rocky Mountains and Environs: Geological Field Trips: Geological Society of America Field Guide 10, p. 111-138 Römö, O.T., and Calzia, J.P., 2008, Evolution of Miocene magmatism across Death Valley: Nd-Sr-Pb isotopic constraints: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, v. 40, p. 33 Calzia, J.P., 2006, InSAR and Great Earthquakes: Crustal anomaly vs satellite sensitivity: Eos Transactions AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract G53D-0923 Calzia, J.P.(ed.), 2005, Fifty years of Death Valley research: A volume in honor of Lauren A Wright and Bennie Troxel: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 73, 348 p. (Also published in book form in 2006) Calzia, J.P., and Römö, O.T., 2005, Miocene rapakivi granites in the southern Death Valley region, California, USA: in Calzia, J.P.(ed.), 2005, Fifty years of Death Valley research: A volume in honor of Lauren A Wright and Bennie Troxel: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 73, p. 221-243 Calzia, J.P., 2005, InSAR and the Hector Mine Earthquake: Crustal deformation v atmospheric anomaly: EOS Transactions AGU, (86)52, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract G51C-0849 (also presented at 16th Pecora Conference Global Priorities in Land Remote Sensing, Oct 24-26, 2005, Sioux Falls, SD Sleeter, B.M., Calzia, J.P., Walter, S.R., Wong, F.L., and Saucedo, G.J., 2004, Earthquakes and faults in the San Francisco bay area (1970-2003); U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2848, scale 1:300,000Calzia, J.P., Zhong Lu, Russell Rykhus, and Benjamin Sleeter, 2004, InSAR and the Hector Mine earthquake, southwestern Mojave Desert, CA: American Geophysical Union Abstracts with Program, v. 85, p. F582-583 Calzia, J.P., Troxel, B.W., and Raumann, C.G., 2003, Geology of the Valjean Hills Quadrangle, CA: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-096 (digital), scale 1:24,000

Academic Background:	University of California, Davis: Geology, PhD, 1990 University of Southern California: Geology, MS, 1974 California State University, Long Beach: Geology, BS, 1970





	Rick Champion
	Mathematician
	Menlo Park
	rchampio@usgs.gov
	(650) 329-4260
Project Skills:	Hazards - Statistical modeling and risk analysis for natural hazards mitigation.
	Climate Change - Mathematics for modeling climate change. Time series analysis for environmental and climate change modeling using the Hilbert Huang Transform (HHT).
	Tools and Techniques - Neural networks and pattern recognition.
	GIS - GIS for environmental and natural hazards environmental mapping and visualization.
	Remote Sensing - Measures of greenness (the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index or NDVI) that quantify the effects of climate change on the biosphere.
	Mathematical Modeling - The R statistical language, Mathematica, MatLab, and C++. Mathematics and statistics for natural hazards monitoring

Other Interests/Skills:	climate change, risk analysis, phenology..

Current/Recent Projects:	A brief introduction to the Hilbert-Huang Transform for the analysis of environmental and climate change time series. A Scientific Investigations Report on potential applications of the Hilbert- Huang Transform to time series problems of importance for environmental and climate monitoring. Preliminary results include examples from phenology, atmospheric and aquifer monitoring, and remote sensing. Multi Hazards Demonstration Project (MHDP). This project estimates the consequences on the southern California economy of a scenario earthquake of magnitude 7.8 occurring on the southernmost 300 km of the San Andreas Fault. Particular concerns are to identify populations of high economic vulnerability to the consequences of a scenario event using maps and statistics derived data from the US Census data, HAZUS, and measures of insurance coverage from the California Earthquake Authority and private insurance sources.

Recent Publications:	A pattern recognition algorithm for time series analysis: An overview of Empirical Mode Decomposition with potential applications to environmental monitoring in preparation to be published as a USGS Scientific Investigations Report. Champion, Richard, 2008, A Bernoulli Formulation of the Land-Use Portfolio Model. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2008-1310 (Version 1.0). Download (Accessed: Nov. 15, 2008) http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1310/]. Champion, Richard, 2008, Cost-Benefit Analysis of Computer Resources for Machine Learning. U.S.Geological Survey. Open-File Report 2007?1398. Download (Accessed: Nov. 15, 2008) http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1398/. Halsing, David L., Sleeter, Benjamin M., and Champion, Richard A., 2004, Detection and prediction of land-cover change in and around Cordillera Azul National Park, Peru: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Images to Decisions: Remote Sensing Foundations for GIS Applications, Proceedings, Kansas City, Mo., September 12-16, 2004, 12p. Wood, A.W., Bernknopf, R., Rytuba, J., Singer, D.A., Champion, R., and Labiosa, W.B., 2005, An adaptive management approach for mitigating mercury sources under Total Maximum Daily Load Guidelines: American Academy of Sciences, First International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Proceedings, New Orleans, La., January 23-26, 2005. Wood, A.W., Bernknopf, R., Rytuba, J., Singer, D.A., Champion, R., and Labiosa, W.B., Offset-based decision-support models for mitigating mercury sources in the Cache Creek watershed, north-central California: Water Environment Federation, 2005 TMDL Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 26-29, 2005.

Academic Background:	University of San Francisco (2008). MS in Environmental Management. Master's report on phenology and remote sensing as techniques for quantifying the effects of climate change on the Earth's biosphere, and for providing a scientific basis for managing climate change. Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), UC Berkeley (2008). Summer study in mathematics of climate change. School for Field Studies, Atenas, Costa Rica (2007). Summer study in tropical ecology. San Francisco State University (1974-1976). Clinical Laboratory Science. University of California, Berkeley (1968). BA mathematics.





	Laura Dinitz
	Operations Research Analyst
	Menlo Park, CA
	ldinitz@usgs.gov
	650-329-4953
Project Skills:	Hazards - Risk analysis of natural hazards
	Tools and Techniques - Decision-support tools, simulation, mathematical and statistical modeling, ArcGIS, Splus, Adobe Illustrator, basic software programming
	GIS - Spatial analysis and modeling for natural-hazards risk research

Current/Recent Projects:	The Land Use Portfolio Model (LUPM): A decision-support system for analyzing risk of natural- hazards and return-on-investment of alternative risk-reduction options. The Multi-Hazard Demonstration Project (MHDP): Analysis of economic consequences of the ShakeOut earthquake-hazard scenario.

Academic Background:	University of Arizona, M.S., Industrial Engineering, 1995 University of Michigan, B.A., Applied Mathematics, 1992





	Dennis G. Dye
	Research Geographer
	Flagstaff
	ddye@usgs.gov
	928-556-7029
Project Skills:	Ecosystem Science - Remote sensing-based modeling of terrestrial ecosystem processes (primary production, ecosystem- atmosphere carbon exchange); In situ and satellite-based monitoring of photosynthetically active radiation, vegetation phenology, and vegetation- climate relations.
	Climate Change - Satellite-based analysis of interannual snow-cover dynamics, photosynthetically active radiation, and vegetation-climate relations.
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Satellite-based modeling and analysis of the effects of land cover change on the terrestrial carbon budget.
	Remote Sensing - Analysis of vegetation biophysical properties and dynamics with time-series, multispectral satellite observations; Sensor development for ground-based measurement of photosynthetically active radiation. International collaboration and capacity building in remote sensing of terrestrial vegetation and ecosystem carbon dynamics. During 2008-2012 serves as Secretary for Working Group 8 (Land) of Commission VIII (Remote Sensing Applications and Policies) of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS).

Geographic Regions:	North America, East and Southeast Asia, Northern Eurasia, boreal forest, tropical forest.

Collaborations:	Various international research collaborations with groups in East Asia (Japan) and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Indonesia). Prior to joining USGS, employed in Japan as Senior Scientist and Group Leader with the Ecosystem Change Research Program of the JAMSTEC Frontier Research Center for Global Change. During 2008-2012, serves as Secretary for Working Group 8 (Land) of Commission VIII (Remote Sensing Applications and Policies) of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS).

Recent Publications:	Delbart, Nicolas, Picard, Ghislain, Le Toan, Thuy, Kergoat, Laurant, Queqan, Shaun, Woodward, Ian, Dye, Dennis, and Fedotova, Violetta, 2008. Spring Phenology in boreal Eurasia over a nearly century time scale, Global Change Biology, 14(3):603-614. Dye, D G, Kobayashi, H., Wu, P., Sulistyowati, R., Sarodja, D., Syamsudin, F., 2008. Enhanced PAR Irradiance Under Broken Cloud Fields and its Significance for Tropical Forest Photosynthesis, EOS Trans. AGU, 89(53) Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract B51A-0358. Suzuki, R., Masuda, K., and Dye, D.G., 2006. Interannual covariability between actual evapotranspiration and PAL and GIMMS NDVIs of Northern Asia. Remote Sensing of Environment, 106:387-398. Euskirchen, E.S., McGuire, A.D., Kicklighter, D.W., Zhuang, J.S., Clein, R.J., Dargaville, R.J., Dye, D.G., Kimball, J.S., McDonald, K.C., Mellillo, J., Romanovsky, V.W., and Smith, N.V., 2006. Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length, productivity, and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems, Global Change Biology, 12, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01113.x Dye, D., 2005. Timing and Statistics of Autumn and Spring Annual Snow Cover for the Northern Hemisphere, 1972 to 2000. National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, Colorado. Digital dataset and documentation published online at URL http://nsidc.org/data/g02168.html].

Academic Background:	Ph.D., Geography (remote sensing and bioclimatology), University of Maryland, College Park M.A., Geography (remote sensing and biogeography), University of Maryland, College Park B.A., Geography and Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara





	William Forney
	Environmental Geographer
	Menlo Park
	wforney@usgs.gov
	650-329-4237
Project Skills:	Ecosystem Science - Interdisciplinary ecosystem science and management. Background in resource ecology with focus on landscape ecology, hydrology, soil resources, geomorphology, fire ecology and biogeochemistry. Multi-species, habitat-based planning and modeling.
	Water Science - Hydrogeomorphic, rainfall-runoff and erosion modeling and assessments. Water resource and watershed management plans. Basic watershed delineations, water balances, and stormwater flow routing.
	Climate Change - Developing greenhouse gas emission fluxes and budgets for agricultural contexts. Contributing to hydrologic models of temperature and precipitation regime changes.
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Land use/land cover simulation modeling. Regional change assessments, analyses and master land use plans. Reserve and restoration design and landscape prioritization for multiple land use and conservation criteria. Experience designing civil engineering stormwater systems, sustainable design, and green building layouts and cost estimates.
	GIS - Multi-scaled, integrated assessments, decision support of anthropogenic and natural resources, and modeling with and agricultural, pollution, hydrologic and geohydrologic modeling extensions. Development of integrated spatial datasets and derivation of variables. Data procurement, accuracy assessment and management. Sampling designs and geodatabase development for field campaigns.
	Remote Sensing - Aerial photo interpretation, moderate and high-resolution imagery analysis and knowledge, exposure to airborne LiDAR and use of their derivatives.
	Tools and Techniques - ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, ENVI, R, Octave, Splus, FragStats, UNIX, AutoCAD, MS Office, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Global Positioning Systems, Spatial and Multivariate Statistical Analysis.

Other Interests/Skills:	Decision support systems, Value of Information studies, ecosystem services, climate change, adaptation and resilience, three-dimensional visualization, sustainable site planning and landscape design, cost benefit analysis, cost effectiveness studies, hedonic modeling, vegetation community and benthos sampling, field-based natural resource observation and interpretation, photography, international development and conservation.

Geographic Regions:	Terrestrial and montaine landscapes and watersheds, Klamath Basin, South Florida, Iowa, Lake Tahoe Basin, Rocky Mountains, Cascades, Southern California.

Current/Recent Projects:	An integrated assessment framework coupling agricultural production and groundwater vulnerability to estimate the Value of Information for remote sensing. Advancing instream flow science in the Klamath Basin and river ecosystem modeling and science for the nation. Focusing on the riverine ecohydrology and multi-scale shade modeling. Analyzing potential management strategies and land use policies in a Bayesian network decision framework for fire ignitions in Southern California. Stochastic simulation of future land use change in Lake Tahoe Basin with spatially-explicit, policy-driven, decision-rule tools, and characterizing associated natural resource linkages and impacts. Developing the South Florida Ecosystem Portfolio Model and the quality of life component for an integrated multicriteria scenario evaluation web tool for participatory land-use planning in the face of sea level rise.

Collaborations:	PUBLIC: US Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. US Army Corps of Engineers. Bureau of Reclamation. National Park Service. US Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Geologic Survey of Canada. California Department of Fish and Game. California Department of Transportation. California Tahoe Conservancy. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Iowa Department of Natural Resources. San Francisco Public Utility Commission. Sonoma County Water Agency. San Francisco, Central Valley and Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Boards. Montana Department of Environmental Quality. Planning Department, South Walton County, FL. City of Livermore, CA. ACADEMIC: California Coop Fish Research Unit, Humboldt State University. Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington. School of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida Atlantic Univeristy. Urban Spatial Analytics, University of Pennsylvania. Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada at Reno. Tahoe Environmental Research Center, University of California at Davis. Iowa State University. PRIVATE: Jones and Stokes. HT Harvey and Associates. Sherwood Design Engineers. St. Joe Company. Hart Howerton. Cliff Lowe Associates. Yeager Skanska. Zohouri Group. Cerulean Properties.

Recent Publications:	PUBLICATIONS and REPORTS Forney, W.M., and I.B., Oldham, 2011, The Lake Tahoe Basin Land Use Simulation Model, USGS OFR 2011-1275, Menlo Park, CA, 63 p., available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1275/. Bernknopf, R., W. Forney, R. Raunikar, and S. Mishra, in press, A general framework for estimating the benefits of Moderate Resolution Land Imagery in environmental applications, in M. Macauley and R. Laxminarayan (eds.), Value of Information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications, Springer, Washington, DC, in press. Dinitz, L., W. Forney, and K. Byrd, 2011, Decision-support systems for natural-hazards and land-management issues, USGS Fact Sheet, 2 p. Forney, W., 2010, "Method development to modeling the shading provided to the Klamath River and its tributaries by vegetation and geomorphology," in Thorsteinson, L.,S. VanderKooi, and W. Duffy (eds.), Proceedings of the Klamath Basin Science Conference, Medford, Oregon, February 15, 2010: USGS OFR 2011-1196, pp. 216 - 217. Zhu, Z. (ed.), B. Bergamaschi, R. Bernknopf, D. Clow, D. Dye, S. Faulkner, W. Forney, R. Gleason, T. Hawbaker, J. Liu, S. Liu, S. Prisley, B. Reed, M. Reeves, M. Rollins, B. Sleeter, T. Sohl, S. Stackpoole, S. Stehman, R. Striegl, and A. Wein, 2010, A method for assessing carbon stocks, carbon sequestration and greenhouse-gas fluxes in ecosystems of the United States under present conditions and future scenarios, USGS SIR, 2010-5233, 188 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5233/. Esnard, A-M, H. Gladwin, W. Labiosa, and W. Forney, 2010, Developing a sea level rise vulnerability framework for South Florida: indicators, metrics and models, Workshop report, 21 p., http://www.vptlab.fau.edu/research/projects/FINAL_WORKSHOP_REPORT.pdf Norton, B. and W. Forney, Jones and Stokes, 2007, Habitat Reserve Program Project Description, Prepared for San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, 139 p. Forney, W. and C. Corzine, Jones and Stokes, 2006, Bascom Pacific LLC Pondosa Realty Tract Constraints Analysis, Prepared for State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, 82 p. Jones and Stokes (W. Forney, Consumptive Uses, Socioeconomics and Vessel Traffic), 2006, Draft EIR California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Central Coast Marine Protected Areas Project, State Clearinghouse #2006072060, Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game, www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/impact.asp Schwarz, K. and W. Forney, Jones and Stokes, 2006, Hydrogeomorphic Report for Violin Canyon, Prepared for Caltrans and Yeager Skanska, 33 p. Forney, W., C. Raumann, T. Minor, J.L. Smith, J. Vogel, and R. Vitales, 2002, Land Use Change and Effects on Water Quality and Ecosystem Health in the Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada and California: Year 1 Progress, USGS OFR #02-014, USGS, Menlo Park, CA, 18 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-014/ Forney, W., L. Richards, K. D. Adams, T. B. Minor, T. G. Rowe, J. L. Smith, C. G. Raumann, 2001, Land Use Change and Effects on Water Quality and Ecosystem Health in the Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada and California USGS OFR # 01-418, USGS, Menlo Park, CA, 29 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-418/ Bernknopf, R. L., W. Forney, M. St-Onge, S. Lucas, L. Dinitz, and D. Halsing, 2001, The value of the Geologic Survey of Canada's bedrock mapping program, a joint publication between the USGS's Center for Science Policy, Menlo Park, California and the Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, pp. 51. Tracy, J., R. L. Bernknopf, W. Forney, and K. Hill, 2000, A prototype for understanding the effects of TMDL standards: tying property values to sediment loads in the Lake Tahoe Basin, in Watershed Management Conference Proceedings, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 9. PLANS Forney, W. and P. Glendening, Jones and Stokes, 2007, Redwood Grove Site Analysis and Construction Details, Prepared for Friends of Sausal Creek, 5 p. Mackay, K., W. Forney and P. Glendening, Jones and Stokes, 2007, El Charro Conceptual Restoration Plan, Prepared for City of Livermore, 12 p. Forney, W. and J. Leys, Sherwood Design Engineers, 2005, Watershed Management and Green Building Plan: Draper Lake, Florida, Prepared for Zohouri Group, 12 p. Forney, W. M. and B. Sarté, Sherwood Design Engineers, 2005, Butterfly Bay Ecological Master Plan and Real Estate Program, Prepared for Cerulean Properties, 9 p. Sarté, B., W. M. Forney, and J. Leys, Sherwood Design Engineers, 2005, Montana Department of Environmental Quality Stormwater Design and Permit Submittal for the Core Area of the Spanish Peaks Ski Resort.

Academic Background:	Duke University, Master of Environmental Management, Nicholas School of the Environment. 1999. Major: Resource Ecology with a concentration in landscape ecology and physical sciences. Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts, 1993. Major: American politics; minor: Domestic economics. University of Colorado at Boulder and Tufts University, Post-Baccalaureate Studies, 1996-1997. Coursework in: physics, biology, evolutionary ecology, chemistry, environmental geology, and water resource modeling.





	Leila Gass
	Physical Scientist/Biogeographer
	Tucson, AZ
	lgass@usgs.gov

Project Skills:	GIS - mapping and analyzing spatial patterns and relationships in ecological systems, with a focus on species distribution models
	Remote Sensing - modeling land cover change based on Landsat imagery

Geographic Regions:	Western United States.

Current/Recent Projects:	Species distribution model for the Mojave desert tortoise 2001 National Land Cover Data(NLCD)accuracy assessment 2006 NLCD change analysis Predicting climatic niche of southwest plants under current and future climates

Recent Publications:	Thomas, K.A., P. Guertin, and L. Gass. 2010. What can predictive modeling tell us about plant vulnerability to climate change in the Southwest? Poster presentation. A workshop on: Natural resource needs related to climate change in the Great Basin and Mojave Desert: research, adaptation, mitigation. 20 22 April. Las Vegas, Nevada. Nussear, K.E., Esque, T.C., Inman, R.D., Gass, Leila, Thomas, K.A., Wallace, C.S.A., Blainey, J.B., Miller, D.M., and Webb, R.H. 2009. Modeling habitat of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mojave and parts of the Sonoran Deserts of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. U.S.Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1102, 18 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1102/]. Wallace, C.S.A., and L. Gass. 2008. Elevation derivatives for Mojave Desert Tortoise Habitat models. U.S. GeologicalSurvey Open-File Report 2008-1283, 7 p.[http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1283/]. Thomas, K.A., L. Gass, K. Nussear, and T. Esque. 2008. Predictive models of suitable habitat for the Mojave desert tortoise: "Truthiness" in pseudo-absence. Abstract and poster. 2nd USGS Modeling Conference. 11 ? 15 February. Orange Beach, AL. Norman, L.M., M. Gishey, L. Gass, B. Yanites, E. Pfeifer, R. Simms, and R. Ahlbrant. 2006. Processed 1938 aerial photography for selected areas of the lower Colorado River, southwestern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1141 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1141/]. Ladd, C. and L. Gass. 1999. Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia). In The Birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The American Ornithologist' Union, Washington, D.C.

Academic Background:	MA: Biology (Minor: Geography), Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos BA: Psychobiology, University of California, Santa Cruz





	Michael Gishey
	Information Technology Specialist
	Tucson
	mgishey@usgs.gov
	520-670-5517
Project Skills:	Tools and Techniques - ArcGIS, ERDAS, Web site development, Oracle DB support; computer programming-Perl, Javascript, CSS, HTML
	GIS - Data generation, integration, and analysis in support of the National Geologic Map Database.

Current/Recent Projects:	Web site developer and Oracle DB support for the National Geologic Map Database

Academic Background:	BS, Geography, Arizona State University





	Mike Gould
	Geographer
	Menlo Park
	mgould@usgs.gov
	650-329-4336
Project Skills:	Tools and Techniques - ArcGIS, Web site development, computer programming - TAL, LISP, COBOL, C, C++, PHP, Javascript, CSS, HTML

Other Interests/Skills:	ArcGIS Server, Google Maps Mashups, Data Base server, Photoshop.

Current/Recent Projects:	Western Geographic Science Center internal and external web site development, Land Cover Trends web site development, Puget Sound web site development, Dasymetric mapping tools development

Academic Background:	Graduate Certificate in GIS, 2006 San Jose State University AS Electronic Technology, 1981 Foothill College BA, Geography, 1974 San Jose State University





	Glenn Griffith
	Physical Scientist
	Corvallis, OR
	ggriffith@usgs.gov
	541-754-4465
Project Skills:	Ecosystem Science - ecosystem regionalization and mapping
	Water Science - regional and national patterns of water quality, stream reference sites, lake regions
	Tools and Techniques - Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, ArcGIS
	Cartography - Map production and design

Other Interests/Skills:	Watershed management, Ecosystem management.

Geographic Regions:	North America..

Current/Recent Projects:	California ecoregions, Arizona ecoregions

Collaborations:	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory - Western Ecology Division. Multiple state and federal agencies in state ecoregion projects. Commission for Environmental Cooperation.

Recent Publications:	Bryce, S.A., Griffith, G.E., Omernik, J.M., Edinger, G., Indrick, S., Vargas, O., and Carlson, D., 2010, Ecoregions of New York (color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs): Reston, Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey (map scale 1:1,250,000). Griffith, G.E., Omernik, J.M., Bryce, S.A., Royte, J., Hoar, W.D., Homer, J., Keirstead, D., Metzler, K.J., and Hellyer, G., 2009, Ecoregions of New England (color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs): Reston, Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey (map scale 1:1,325,000). Griffith, G.E., Omernik, J.M., McGraw, M.M., Jacobi, G.Z., Canavan, C.M., Schrader, T.S., Mercer, D., Hill, R., and Moran, B.C., 2006, Ecoregions of New Mexico (color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs): Reston, Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey (map scale 1:1,400,000). Daigle, J.J., Griffith, G.E., Omernik, J.M., Faulkner, P., McCulloh, R.P., Handley, L.R., and Chapman, S.S., 2006, Ecoregions of Louisiana (color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs): Reston, Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey (map scale 1:1,000,000). Chapman, S.S., Griffith, G.E., Omernik, J.M., Price, A.B., Freeouf, J., and Schrupp, D.L., 2006, Ecoregions of Colorado (2 sided color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs): Reston, Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey, (map scale 1:1,200,000).

Academic Background:	MS, Resource Geography, Minor: Water Resources, 1983, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR BS, Geography, 1979, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR





	Jeanne Jones
	Geographer
	Menlo Park, CA
	jmjones@usgs.gov
	650-329-5635
Project Skills:	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Data management and statistical analysis of land cover data
	Tools and Techniques - custom geospatial software tools and applications, R software and statistics
	GIS - ArcGIS, ArcGIS Server, spatial analysis, Python, geodatabases

Other Interests/Skills:	historical GIS, fuzzy measures, multi-criteria decision analysis.

Geographic Regions:	California.

Current/Recent Projects:	Land Cover Trends: focuses on understanding the rates, trends, causes, and consequences of contemporary U.S. land use and land cover change. Tsunami Evacuation Potential Assessment: determines inundation zones and evacuation travel times to safety. Benefits Estimation for a Future Land Imaging Program: examines benefits of moderate resolution land imagery in environmental applications.

Academic Background:	San Jose State University, M.A., Geography, 2010 Santa Clara University, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, 1982-1986 Boston University, B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1980





	Jason Kreitler
	Research Geographer
	Boise, ID
	jkreitler@usgs.gov
	office(208) 426-5217, (cell) (208) 854-9440
Project Skills:	Hazards - Wildfire risk and vulnerability
	Ecosystem Science - Ecosystem services
	Climate Change - Geography of climate change; Climate gap analysis; Connectivity
	Tools and Techniques - Spatial analysis for conservation and resource issues
	GIS - Spatial decision support for conservation resource allocation; Spatial cost modeling for conservation planning

Geographic Regions:	California, Puget Sound, Western United States.

Current/Recent Projects:	The Puget Sound Ecosystem Portfolio Model: Research investigating ecosystem service demand by looking at variation in recreational behavior, and how it relates to environmental condition, travel costs, and amenities. Evaluating the potential climate connectivity of wildlife corridors Cumulative Biological Impacts Framework for Solar Energy Projects in the California Desert:

Collaborations:	The Biogeography Lab at UCSB; UC Berkeley; Washington State Dept. of Ecology; Washington State Parks; Forest Service; Fish and Wildlife Service;

Recent Publications:	Stoms, D.M., Kreitler, J., and F.W. Davis. (2010). The power of information for cost-effective conservation. Environmental Modeling and Software. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.03.008 Borchert, M., F. W. Davis, and J. Kreitler. (2007). Carnivore use of an avocado orchard in Southern California. California Fish and Game 94, (2) 61-74. Machado, E. A., D. M. Stoms, F. W. Davis, and J. Kreitler. (2006). Prioritizing farmland preservation cost-effectively for multiple objectives. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 61, (6) 250-258.

Academic Background:	Ph.D., Environmental Science and Management, UCSB (Winter, 2010) M.E.S.M, Environmental Science and Management, UCSB, 2005 B.A., Biology, Colorado College, 2001





	William (Bill) Labiosa
	Research Physical Scientist
	Seattle, WA
	blabiosa@usgs.gov
	206-220-4563
Project Skills:	Ecosystem Science - Ecosystem assessments and mapping
	Water Science - Water quality modeling, watershed-scale decision support
	Climate Change - Impact modeling for regional climate change
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Impact modeling for land use/cover change
	Tools and Techniques - Bayesian network models, probabilistic water quality models, decision sciences, decision analysis, multi-attribute utility models, watershed and land use decision support
	Other - Background in environmental engineering and water chemistry

Other Interests/Skills:	Watershed and ecosystems management problems.

Geographic Regions:	South Florida, Puget Sound.

Current/Recent Projects:	Modeler for mercury Total Maximum Daily Load decision analysis project for Sulphur Creek, CA Co-PI and project manager for South Florida Ecosystem Portfolio Model (land use decision support) Team member for Large River Deltas task of the Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (CHIPS) project PI and project manager for Puget Sound Ecosystem Portfolio Model (ecological restoration scenario evaluation and decision support) Co-PI for the Santa Cruz Watershed Ecosystem Portfolio Model (watershed management decision support) [http://lcat.usgs.gov/sflorida/sflorida.html]

Collaborations:	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Everglades National Park Biscayne National Park South Florida Water Management District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Stanford University Florida International University Florida Atlantic University University of Pennsylvania Wharton School University of Washington Puget Sound Partnership Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project (PSNERP) Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Recent Publications:	Labiosa, William, Leckie, James, Shachter, Ross, Freyberg, David, and Rytuba, James, 2005. Incorporating Uncertainty in Watershed Management Decision-Making: A Mercury TMDL Case Study. ASCE Conf. Proc., Vol. 178, p. 125. William B. Labiosa, 2005. A Probabilistic Decision Analytical Approach for Watershed Planning: A Mercury Total Maximum DailyLoad Case Study. Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University. Labiosa, William B., Leckie, James O., Shachter, Ross, Freyberg, David, and Rytuba, James, 2005. Modeling Source/Linkage Analysis Uncertainty Using Simulation and Bayesian Networks for a Mercury TMDL in Northern California, Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, 1415-1433(19). Wood, Alexander W., Bernknopf, Richard, Rytuba, James, Singer, Donald A., Champion, Richard, and Labiosa, William, 2005. Offset-Based Decision Support Models for Mitigating Mercury Sources in the Cache Creek Watershed, North Central California, Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, 1496-1516(21). Cullen, A.C., Labiosa, W., Levin, P., and Grossman, E., 2006, ?Integrating the Sciences: Natural and Social Science Support for Decision-Making,? In Mary Ruckelshaus and Michelle McClure, eds., Sound Science: Synthesizing Ecological and Socio-economic Information about the Puget Sound Ecosystem, ed. Northwest Science Fisheries Center, NOAA Fisheries Service. Grossman, E E, Rosenbauer, R J, Takesue, R K, Gelfenbaum, G, Reisenbichler, R, Paulson, A, Sexton, N R, Labiosa, B, Beamer, E M, Hood, G, and Wyllie-Echeverria, SE, 2006. Estuarine Science and Decision-Support Tools to Restore Puget Sound Delta and Estuarine Ecosystems: The Skagit River Delta. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 87, no. 52, Suppl. 26 Dec. 2006. Labiosa, William B, Rytuba, James J, Bernknopf, Richard, and Wood, Alex, 2006. A Decision Analytical Model for Environmental Management Decisions; A Mercury Total Maximum Daily Load Example. In Proceedings of the First All-USGS Modeling Conference, A. Frondorf, ed. USGS Scientific Investigations Report, Report: SIR 2006-5308, pp.14, 2006. William Labiosa, Ross Shachter, James Leckie, James Rytuba, and Alexander Wood, 2007. Modeling Uncertainty by Using Bayesian Networks for Mercury-Mitigation Decisions. In Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey 2004 Mercury Workshop: Mercury Research and its Relation to Department of the Interior Resource Management, J. Coleman, ed. USGS OpenFile Report 2007-1026. Maier, H.R., Ascough II, J.C., Wattenbach, M., Renschler, C.S., Labiosa, W.B., Ravalico, J.K., 2008. Uncertainty in Environmental Decision-Making: Issues, Challenges and Future Directions. Book chapter in A.J. Jakeman, ed., Developments in Integrated Environmental Assessment, Elsevier. Labiosa, William B., Bernknopf, Richard, Hearn, Paul, Hogan, Dianna, Strong, David, Pearlstine, Leonard, Mathie, Amy M., Wein, Anne M., Gillen, Kevin, and Wachter, Susan, 2009, The South Florida Ecosystem Portfolio Model; a map-based multicriteria ecological, economic, and community land-use planning tool: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5181, 41 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5181/].

Academic Background:	Ph.D., Stanford University, Civil&Environmental Engineering, with minor in Probabilistic Decision Analysis, 2006 M.S., Stanford University, Geological&Environmental Sciences, 1996 M.S., Duke University, Civil&Environmental Engineering, 1993 B.S., Davidson College, Chemistry, 1990





	Amy Mathie
	Physical Scientist
	Vancouver, WA
	amathie@usgs.gov
	360-993-7799
Project Skills:	Hazards - Community hazard vulnerability analysis; Relating spatial distribution of population (estimated using Dasymetric Mapping techniques) to hazards and vulnerability research
	Ecosystem Science - Mapping phreatophytic land-cover in Great Basin; Effects of off-highway vehicle use in desert ecosystems
	Climate Change - Coastal change mapping of Antarctic peninsula
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Time series land-cover change analysis in Western United States
	Cartography - Map production and design; Data editing and imagery retouching for production graphics
	Tools and Techniques - ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, Spatial Statistics, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Fragstats
	GIS - Spatial analysis for hazards and vulnerability research; GIS techniques for data generation and analysis (raster and vector)
	Remote Sensing - LandSat image interpretation for land-cover change detection
	Other - Science Education/Outreach - Previous experience as instructor of Introductory Geology and Oceanography courses at Foothill College (Los Altos, CA), Participated in planning and leading USGS Open House events

Other Interests/Skills:	Renewable energy related cartography for decision-making.

Geographic Regions:	Western United States, California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Montana, Antarctica.

Current/Recent Projects:	Assessment of community vulnerability in Clackamas County, Oregon, to multiple Mount Hood related hazards for better emergency management preparedness and response planning: Research focuses on assessing variations of societal vulnerability to hazards such as volcanic activity, flooding, wildfire, and heavy snow. Dasymetric population modeling is being applied to the area of interest since it refines coarse areal population data (such as census block groups) into more spatially relevant map units for better precision in the spatial analysis of population exposure to hazards. Land Cover Trends in the Conterminous United States: Rates, Consequences of land cover change between 1973 and 2000. The research is supported by the Geographic Analysis and Monitoring Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and is a collaborative effort with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Benjamin Sleeter is the project lead.

Collaborations:	Clackamas County Emergency Management Ongoing collaboration; US Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US National Parks Service, USDA Forest Service collaboration on Southern Nevada Agency Partnership GIS Assessment (2007-2009); US Bureau of Land Management, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Naval Air Systems Command, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy - Collaboration to create poster series of Nevada sources of renewable energy (2007)

Recent Publications:	Mathie, A. M. and Sleeter, B., 2009, Comparison of Land-use/Land-cover Change in the California Central Valley and Oak Woodlands Ecoregions: Annual Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting [illustrated poster], Las Vegas, NV, March 23rd Mathie, A.M., 2008, Coastal Change and Glaciological Map of the Larsen Ice Shelf Area, Antarctica: 19402005: ESRI Map Book Volume 23, http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume23/environmental.html] Ferrigno, Jane G., Cook, Alison J., Mathie, Amy M., Williams, Richard S. Jr., Swithinbank, Charles; Foley, Kevin M., Fox, Adrian J., Thomson, Janet W., and Sievers, Jörn. Coastal-change and glaciological map of the Larsen Ice Shelf area, Antarctica: 1940-2005. 1:1,000,000. Map 1-2600-B. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2008. Labiosa, William B., Bernknopf, Richard, Hearn, Paul, Hogan, Dianna, Strong, David, Pearlstine, Leonard, Mathie, Amy M., Wein, Anne M., Gillen, Kevin, and Wachter, Susan, 2009, The South Florida Ecosystem Portfolio Model; a map-based multicriteria ecological, economic, and community land-use planning tool: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5181, 41 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5181/ Mathie, A.M., Gass, L., and Matchett, J.R., 2005, Evaluating Off-Highway Vehicle Effects on Public Desert Lands with GIS: GeoTec Annual Meeting [abstract], Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, February 1316. Raumann, C.G., Mathie, A.M., Vitales, R.D., and Adams, K.D., 2004, Development and Applications of Historical Digital Orthophotos: Technical Paper, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Annual Conference, Denver, May 2328, 2004. Matchett, J.R., Gass, L., Brooks, M., Mathie, A.M., Vitales, R., and Campagna, M., 2004, Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Off-Highway Vehicle Use at the Dove Springs OHV Open Area, California: USGS Report prepared for Bureau of Land ManagementCalifornia State Office (February 11, 2004). Mathie, A.M., and Gass, L., 2003, Applying GIS and aerial photo interpretation to analyze landscape change: Dove Spring Canyon, Mojave Desert, CA: ASPRS Annual Meeting Abstract and Poster, Anchorage, AK, May 59. Gass, L., Vogel, J., Wallace, C.S.A., Mathie, A.M., and Riffe, J.P., 2002, Developing a Land Use History for the Mojave National Preserve, CA [poster]: 22nd ESRI International Users Conference, San Diego, CA, July 812. Mathie, A.M., Gass, L. and Vogel, J., 2002, Developing Techniques to Monitor Landscape Change: Dove Spring Canyon, Mojave Desert, CA [poster]: 22nd ESRI International Users Conference, San Diego, CA, July 812, 2002.

Academic Background:	Certificate of Advanced Achievement in GIS, Foothill College (Los Altos Hills, CA) 2004. Post-graduate studies in sedimentary geology, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) 1998-2001. Master of Science Degree in Geology, University of Montana (Missoula, MT) 1998. Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology, James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA) 1992.





	Dennis McMacken
	Computer Scientist
	Tucson
	dmcmacke@usgs.gov
	520 670-5568
Project Skills:	Tools and Techniques - Web site development; Oracle DBA; computer programming - C, PERL, Javascript, CSS, HTML.

Current/Recent Projects:	Web site developer and DBA for the National Geologic Map Database.

Collaborations:	American Association of State Geologists and individual State Geological Surveys: National Geologic Map Database.

Academic Background:	MA, Mathematics, University of Illinois BA, Mathematics, Washington State University





	Barry Middleton
	Geographer
	Flagstaff, AZ
	bmddleton@usgs.gov
	928-556-7465
Project Skills:	Climate Change - Glacial Change mapping
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Landcover mapping, grassland condition monitoring, annual/invasive plant mapping and monitoring
	Tools and Techniques - ERDAS Imagine, Adobe Photoshop, ArcMap/ArcScene, satellite image data calibration techniques, scientific photography
	Remote Sensing - Landsat, MODIS, Quickbird satellite imagery, aerial photography mosaics, remote sensing/software training

Other Interests/Skills:	Landscape and astrophotography.

Geographic Regions:	Southwestern US, Pacific coastal forests.

Current/Recent Projects:	Tribal Lands Project chief (monitoring grassland condition)

Collaborations:	Working with BIA and San Carlos Apache Tribe, Museum of Northern Arizona, PBS Frontline World

Academic Background:	University of Arizona and New Mexico State Univ.





	Peter Ng
	Computer Scientist
	Menlo Park, CA
	png@usgs.gov
	650-329-5541
Project Skills:	Hazards - Land Use Portfolio Model (LUPM) software development; Lake Tahoe Decision Support System.
	Cartography - Previous work on tools and Applications development to support cartographic product production, which included the Digital Orthophoto Quadrangel (DOQ) program.
	GIS - ArcGIS desktop application development using ArcEngine; ArcGIS extensions and tools development using ArcObjects libraries; other GIS programming using Carbon Tools, MS Virtual Earth, Google Maps, and Google Earth.
	Tools and Techniques - Database modeling, design, and development using Oracle, Access, SQL Server, and MySQL; programming using Microsoft's .NET framework and Java J2SE platform; programming experience using C#, Basic, C/C++, Java, Javascript, Perl, and XML; Oracle programming using Oracle Pro*C/C++, PL/SQL, Designer and Developer IDEs.

Other Interests/Skills:	Software applications and tools..

Current/Recent Projects:	LUPM Software Development. Develop software to implement the LUPM, which is a methodology for estimating the economic impact of hazard mitigation investment decisions. Several packages of the software are available, enabling the software to be deployed and used in several ways: 1) within the ArcMap desktop application, 2) as a stand-alone application, 3) as a plug-in inside another application, and 4) as geoprocessing tools employed in ArcGIS ModelBuilder.

Academic Background:	M.B.A., Telecommunications, 1997 University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California B.S., Computer Science, 1990 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California





	Laura Norman
	en Español Research Physical Scientist
	Tucson, AZ
	lnorman@usgs.gov
	520-670-5510
Detailed Professional Page:	https://profile.usgs.gov/lnorman

Geographic Regions:	US-Mexico Border, Arizona-Sonora region, Ambos Nogales, Patagonia Mountains, Naco/Naco, Bisbee, Douglas, Agua Prieta, Lower Colorado River, Cibola, Imperial National Wildlife Refuges.

Current/Recent Projects:	According to a climate-change-model consensus, the most severely affected region of the United States will stretch across the Southwest from southern California to west Texas and intensifies even more over northern Sonora, Mexico. Limited rainfall, reliance on ground water, high rates of population growth and poverty combine with a complex binational, bicultural environment to place unique pressures on human and ecosystem health in the US-Mexico border Surface water is scarce and unreliable, making ground-water the primary?and in some areas the only?water source. Declining water tables and increasing use of border ground-water resources by municipal and other water users have raised serious concerns about the long-term quality and availability of this supply. Managing shared water resources requires cooperation in assessing and understanding these resources and their impact on human and ecosystem health. Urban development, mineral contamination, irrigation, sewage effluent, and even global climate change all have the potential to alter the stability of the fragile systems in the borderland region. Inequitable distributions of environmental burdens including pollution and industrial facilities have been identified along the U.S.-Mexico border. Environmental goods like nutritious food, clean air and water, parks, recreation, health care, education, and transportation are not always available to borderland residents. Measurements and predictions of the impacts of climate change on ecosystem services and the magnitude and distribution of those impacts can be made by physical scientists. Social science can provide an understanding of how people are affected by climate change and urban development. An application of the knowledge generated by both physical and social sciences can benefit effective public decision making. Participation in the decision-making processes is a key component of environmental justice that can be addressed using a decision support tool and an ecosystem services approach. In 1994, Executive Order 12898 mandated that federal agencies make environmental justice part of their mission, by focusing on the human health and environment relationship that exists in lower socio-economic and high minority communities. The focus of my future work with environmental issues has shifted from investigations of environmental effects to strategical planning for sustainable development. I am currently Project Chief for three related projects in the USGS: In cooperation with the US EPA, Southwest Ecosystem Services Project, the USGS developing a Santa Cruz Watershed Ecosystem Portfolio Model (SCWEPM). The SCWEPM tool will help to formalize and broaden the scope of the decision-making process by representing ecosystems services equally via economic valuation to be considered more readily in scenario and trade-off analyses in this crossborder watershed(http://geography.wr.usgs.gov/science/ecoSevicesSCWatershed.html). Developing appropriate land-use, watershed-management, and flood-attenuation plans are critical in the cross-border environment I have derived results from coupling urban growth, hydrological, and nonpoint source pollution models in the Ambos Nogales binational watershed to make estimates of current, future, and hypothetical conditions using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, and a watershed approach. Products from this research are being used in a comprehensive plan for sustainable development (http://geography.wr.usgs.gov/science/us_mexicoBorder.html) The U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Health Initiative (BEHI) have developed transboundary datasets, standards, and web mapping services (http://borderhealth.cr.usgs.gov/IMS.html) in close collaboration with the Mexican Geography and Census Bureau (INEGI) and the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC). I am part of a multidisciplinary team of scientists leading the next four years of the BEHI research and monitoring program within the Upper Santa Cruz Watershed, located at the Arizona and Sonora, Mexico border. The objective of this program is to understand and document the complex movement of natural and anthropogenic contaminants through the Upper Santa Cruz River Watershed (http://borderhealth.cr.usgs.gov/PDFs/WR-website.pdf). Click here to see the students who work in Laura's projects.

Collaborations:	My research is in collaboration and consideration of many partners including the Arizona Department Emergency and Military Affairs (ADEMA), Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) Arizona Land and Water Trust (ALWT), Arizona State University (ASU), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), City of Nogales-Sonora, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF), Friends of the Santa Cruz River (FOSCR), Global Community, Instituto Municipal de Investigación y Planeacíon (IMIP-Nogales, Sonora),the Instituto Tecnológico de Nogales(ITN), International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas (CILA), Organismo Operador Municipal de Agua Potable, Alcantarillado y Saneamiento de Nogales, Sonora. (OOMAPAS-NS), Santa Cruz County Flood Control, Sonoran Institute (SI), Sustainable Santa Cruz, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), University of Arizona- Bureau of Applied Research and Anthropology (UA-BARA), University of Arizona-Geography, University of Arizona-Hydrology and Water Resources, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Station (USDA-ARS), US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US Geological Survey (USGS), and Watershed Management Group (WMG). .

Recent Publications:	Norman, Laura M., Miguel L. Villarreal, Francisco Lara-Valencia, Yongping Yuan, Wenming Nie, Sylvia Wilson, Gladys Amaya, and Rachel Sleeter. "Mapping Socio-environmentally Vulnerable Populations Access and Exposure to Ecosystem Services at the U.S.Mexico Borderlands." Applied Geography 34, no. 0 (May 2012): 413424. [doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.01.006]http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622812000082 Norman, Laura M., Felipe Caldeira, James Callegary, Floyd Gray, Mary Kay O' Rourke, Veronica Meranza, and Saskia Van Rijn. "Socio-Environmental Health Analysis in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico." Water Quality, Exposure and Health (April 12, 2012). http://www.springerlink.com/content/qvg46056w43j81p2/ Norman, Laura M., Feller, Mark and Villarreal, Miguel L., 2012 In Press, "Developing Spatially Explicit Footprints of Plausible Land-Use Scenarios in the Santa Cruz Watershed", Arizona and Sonora, Landscape and Urban Planning. Norman, Laura, 2010, Urbanization and Environmental Health in Arizona Colonias; In The Colonias Reader; Economy, Housing, and Public Health in U.S.-Mexico Border Colonias, ed.s Angela J. Donelson and Adrian X. Esparza, published by University of Arizona Press, Tucson Norman, Laura M., Callegary, James, van Riper, Charles, III, and Gray, Floyd, 2010, The Border Environmental Health Initiative; investigating the transboundary Santa Cruz watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2010-3097, 2 p.[http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2010/3097/] Norman, Laura M., Huth, Hans, Levick, Lainie, Burns, I. Shea, Guertin, D. Phillip, Lara-Valencia, Francisco, and Semmens, Darius, 2010, Flood Hazard Awareness and Hydrologic Modeling at Ambos Nogales, US-Mexico Border, Journal of Flood Risk Management, Volume 3: Issue 2, 15 p. Norman, L.M., Levick, L., Guertin, D.P., Callegary, J., Quintanar Guadarrama, J., Zulema Gil Anaya, C., Prichard, A., Gray, F., Castellanos, E., Tepezano, E., Huth, H., Vandervoet, P., Rodriguez, S., Nunez, J., Atwood, D., Patricio Olivero Granillo, G., and Octavio Gastelum Ceballos, F., 2010, Nogales flood detention study: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1262, 112 p.[http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1262/] Norman , Laura, Tallent-Halsell, Nita, Labiosa, William, Weber, Matt, McCoy , Amy, Hirschboeck, Katie, Callegary, James, van Riper III, Charles, and Gray, Floyd, 2010, Developing an Ecosystem Services Online Decision Support Tool to Assess the Impacts of Climate Change and Urban Growth in the Santa Cruz Watershed; Where We Live, Work, and Play: Advanced Forum for Sustainability Development.http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/2/7/2044/

Academic Background:	Ph.D. Watershed Resources, Minor in Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., December 2005. M.S., Watershed Management, Advanced Resource Technology Option, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., August 2000. B.S., Forestry, Minor in Cultural Anthropology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, December 1994. Computer Programming Specialist Certificate for Direct Employment: Programming in Visual Basic, Pima Community College, Tucson, Ariz., December 2002.





	Ed Pfeifer
	Team Chief, Southwest Geographic Science Team
	Flagstaff/Tucson AZ
	epfeifer@usgs.gov
	928-556-7105/520-670-5019
Project Skills:	Ecosystem Science - Wild Sheep Habitat Studies
	Climate Change -
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Tribal Lands and Assessment of Desertification Processes and Grazing Conditions using Remotely Sensed imagery.
	Remote Sensing - Tribal Lands and Assessment of Desertification Processes and Grazing Conditions using Remotely Sensed imagery.
	Other - Project Management,

Geographic Regions:	Southwestern US, Colorado Plateau, Alaska.

Recent Publications:	USGS Open File Report (URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1135/index.html) Dall's Sheep Project Website: http://sgst.wr.usgs.gov/alaska





	Jamie Ratliff
	Student Geographer

	jratliff@usgs.gov

Project Skills:	Hazards - Sensitivity and vulnerability to natural hazards, hazard mapping
	GIS - Data processing and analysis

Current/Recent Projects:	Community Vulnerability and Sensitivity: analysis of the exposure and sensitivity of communities and counties in Washington State to a series of earthquake scenarios. Multi-Hazard Mapping: preparation and presentation of hazard and risk maps (as part of the Multi- Hazards Demonstration Project) for Southern California, specifically the Los Angeles County region, in both a static form and an Internet-based interface.

Academic Background:	San Jose State University, B.A., Geography, 2007





	Ron Raunikar
	Economist
	Menlo Park
	rraunikar@usgs.gov
	(650)329-4261

Other Interests/Skills:	Landscape Economics, Forest Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Environmental Amenity Valuation.

Academic Background:	Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Forest Economics M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Economics, 1997 B.S., University of Utah, Economics, 1996 M.S., University of Oklahoma, chemical Engineering, 1985 B.S. with Honors, University of Oklahoma, Metallurgical Engineering, 1983





	Joel Sankey
	Mendenhall Fellow Research Physical Scientist
	Tucson, AZ
	jsankey@usgs.gov
	520-670-6671 ext. 232
Project Skills:	Ecosystem Science - resistance and resilience of soil and vegetation to disturbance
	Climate Change - response of bio-geomorphic processes and patterns to contemporary climate change
	Hazards - wildfires, wind erosion and dust
	Water Science - hydroclimatological controls on post-fire response of soil and vegetation
	Remote Sensing - LiDAR (airborne and terrestrial), multispectral/multitemporal (satellite), hyperspectral (field and laboratory)

Geographic Regions:	Western United States, Great Basin, Columbia Plateau.

Current/Recent Projects:	Post-wildfire phenology: biogeomorphic implications for the Great Basin

Collaborations:	USA - National Phenology Network USGS - FRESC Idaho State University - Boise Center Aerospace Lab

Recent Publications:	Sankey, JB, Eitel J.U.H., Germino, M.J., Glenn, N.F., Vierling, L.A., 2011. Quantifying relationships of burning, roughness, and potential dust emission with laser altimetry of soil surfaces at submeter scales. Geomorphology doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.016 Sankey, J.B., Glenn, N.F., Germino, M.J., Gironella, A.I.N., Thackray, G. D., 2010. Relationships of aeolian erosion and deposition with LiDAR-derived landscape surface roughness following wildfire. Geomorphology 119, 135-145. Sankey, J.B., Germino, M.J., Glenn, N.F., 2009. Relationships of post-fire aeolian transport to soil and atmospheric conditions. Journal of Aeolian Research 1, 75-85. Sankey, T.T., Sankey, J.B., Weber, K.T., Montagne, C. 2009. Geospatial assessment of grazing regime shifts and socio-political changes in a Mongolian rangeland. Rangeland Ecology and Management 52, 522-530. Sankey, J.B., Germino, M.J., Glenn, N.F., 2009. Aeolian sediment transport following wildfire in sagebrush steppe. Journal of Arid Environments 73, 912-919. Sankey, J.B., Brown, D.J., Bernard, M.L., Lawrence, R.L. 2008. Comparing local vs. global visible and near-infrared (VisNIR) diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) calibrations for the prediction of soil clay, organic C and inorganic C. Geoderma 148, 149-158 Sankey, J.B., Lawrence, R.L., Wraith, J.M., 2008. Ad hoc modeling of root zone soil water with Landsat imagery and terrain and soils data. Sensors 8, 314-326.

Academic Background:	Ph.D. - Engineering and Applied Science, Idaho State University (December 2009) M.S. - Abused Land Rehabilitation, Montana State University (2005) B.S. - Environmental Science Soil and Water, Montana State University (2001)





	Benjamin M. Sleeter
	Geographer
	Menlo Park
	bsleeter@usgs.gov
	(650) 329-4350
Project Skills:	Climate Change - The role of land cover and land use in reigonal climate chaneg studies.
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Land cover change in the Western United States, change detection using remotely sensed data, image interpretation, statistical methods to derive estimates of change, urbanization and agricultural change in California
	Cartography - Map production and design
	Tools and Techniques - GISand remote sensing applications: ArcGIS, Erdas Imagine, ENVI Graphics and cartographic design: Adobe CS
	GIS - Spatial analysis and raster data processing
	Remote Sensing - Digital image procesing, change detection, image classification techniques

Geographic Regions:	Western United States, California, Ecoregions.

Current/Recent Projects:	Land Cover Trends in the Conterminous United States: Rates, Consequences of land cover change between 1973 and 2000

Academic Background:	MA Geography California State University Hayward 2001 BS Geography California State University Hayward 1998





	Rachel Sleeter
	Geographer
	Menlo Park, CA.
	rsleeter@usgs.gov
	650-329-4373
Project Skills:	Hazards - Using Dasymetric Mapping techniques to map population in relation to Hazard- prone regions, community vulnerability
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Multi-temporal change studies, Land Use Land Cover modeling
	Cartography - Thematic Mapping, Cartographic Integrity, Layout Design
	Tools and Techniques - Photogrammetry for Ortho-rectification, DTM generation, Image processing with Adobe Products
	GIS - Spatial and 3D analysis, Geoprocessing, Geocoding, Areal Interpolation, Dasymetric Mapping
	Remote Sensing - Image interpretaion (supervised and unsupervised classification), photogrammetry, feature extraction, understanding of multiple sensors (radar, LIDAR, Landsat, Sonar)

Geographic Regions:	San Francisco Bay Area, Pacific Northwest.

Current/Recent Projects:	Dasymetric Mapping Techniques applied to the San Francisco Bay Area and the Oregon Coast. Dasymetric Mapping takes standardized, demographic, census data and redistributes population values to more meaningful zones. These zones are defined by land use/land cover data, portraying the actual changing densities within census units. A refined census map is useful for the spatial analysis of population vulnerability.

Recent Publications:	Sleeter, Rachel, A New Method for Mapping Population Distribution: U. S. Geological Survey Factsheet 2008-3010 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3010/] Sleeter, Rachel, and Gould, Michael, 2007,Geographic information system software to remodel population data using dasymetric mapping methods: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 11-C2, 15 p. Sleeter, R., N. Wood, 2006, Estimating daytime and nighttime population density for coastal communites in Oregon: Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Annual Conference, Proceedings, Vancouver, BC, September 26-29, 2006. Sleeter, R. 2006, Dasymetric mapping for estimating exposed populations to natural disasters [abs]: Association of American Geographers conference, San Francisco, CA, April 17-21, 2007. Sleeter, R., 2004,Dasymetric mapping techniques for the San Francisco Bay region, California: Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Annual Conference, Proceedings, Reno, Nev., November 7?10, 2004. Trusty, Rachel, 2004, 0.3-Meter Resolution Orthoimagery, Using Softcopy Photogrammetry Techniques Becomes a Component of The National Map, Through Multi-Agency Collaboration: American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Conference Proceedings, Denver , Colo. , May 24-28, 2004.

Academic Background:	M.A., Geography, San Jose State University, 2004 B.S., Geography, University of Oregon, 2000 Certificate in European Cultural Studies, University of Aalborg, Denmark, 1999





	Christopher E. Soulard
	Geographer
	Menlo Park, CA
	csoulard@usgs.gov
	650-329-4317
Project Skills:	Hazards - Community vulnerability assessments to tsunamis and volcanic lahars in the Pacific Northwest
	Water Science - Snowmelt discharge characteristics in the Sierra Nevada for historical climate change assessment
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Multi-temporal change analysis using Landsat imagery and aerial photography
	Tools and Techniques - Field operation of handheld GPS and Tripod LiDAR
	GIS - Spatial analysis for vulnerability research. Cartography for reporting of analysis across projects. Proficient in ESRI software.
	Remote Sensing - Aerial photo interpretation and digital archiving. Extensive classification experience with moderate and high- resolution imagery. Proficient in ERDAS Imagine and ENVI software.

Geographic Regions:	Western United States, Great Basin, Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Current/Recent Projects:	Land Cover Trends: Land Cover Trends is a research project focused on understanding the rates, trends, causes, and consequences of contemporary U.S. land use and land cover change. The research is supported by the Geographic Analysis and Monitoring Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and is a collaborative effort with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Benjamin Sleeter is the project lead. National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC) Project: The NCCWSC Project is focused on coupling remote sensing data, climate data, and mammal information to determine how mammals mediate climatically-induced vegetation transitions in alpine ecosystems of the western United States. Rob Klinger of the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is the project lead. Community vulnerability to volcano hazards: Research focuses on assessing variations in community vulnerability to lahar hazards related to Mount Rainier, Washington. Nathan Wood is the project lead.

Collaborations:	National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center Project: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Community vulnerability to volcano hazards: Washington State Emergency Management Division LiDAR and Quickbird collection for the Lake Tahoe Basin: Nevada Water Science Center, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board Terrain models of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta Region: USGS Water Resources Western Branch of Regional Research

Recent Publications:	Sleeter, B., Wilson, T., and Soulard, C., 2010, Estimation of Late 20th Century Landscape Change in California, Environmental Management (accepted for publication). Wood, N., and Soulard, C., 2009, Variations in population exposure and sensitivity to lahar hazards from Mount Rainier, Washington, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 188, 367?378. Wood, Nathan, and Soulard, Christopher, 2009, Community exposure to lahar hazards from Mount Rainier, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5211, 26 p. [ http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5211/ ]. Soulard, Christopher E., and Raumann, Christian G., 2008, Historical orthoimagery of the Lake Tahoe Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 376 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/376/]. Coons, Tom, Soulard, Christopher E., and Knowles, Noah, 2008, High-resolution digital terrain models of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta Region, California: U.S. Geological Survey, Data Series 359 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/359/]. Wood, Nathan, and Soulard, Christopher, 2008, Variations in community exposure and sensitivity to tsunami hazards on the open-ocean and Strait of Juan de Fuca coasts of Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5004 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5004/]. Soulard, Christopher E., Raumann, Christian G., and Wilson, Tamara S., 2007, Land-cover trends of the Southern California Mountains ecoregion: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5235 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5235/]. Raumann, Christian G., and Soulard, Christopher E., 2007, Land-cover trends of the Sierra Nevada Ecoregion, 1973-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5011 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5011/]. Soulard, Christopher E., 2006, Land-cover trends of the Central Basin and Range ecoregion: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5288 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5288/]. Peterson, David, Smith, Richard, Stewart, Iris, Knowles, Noah, Soulard, Chris, and Hager, Stephen, 2005, Snowmelt discharge characteristics Sierra Nevada, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5056 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5056/].

Academic Background:	M.A., Geography, San Jose State University, 2005 Concentrations: Remote Sensing, Land-Cover Change Thesis: The Impact of Dam Construction on Land-Cover: New Melones Dam, 1972-2001 B.A., Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 2003 B.A., Environmental Studies, , University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 2003





	Prasad S. Thenkabail
	Research Geographer-14
	Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
	pthenkabail@usgs.gov
	928-556-7221
Detailed Professional Page:	https://profile.usgs.gov/pthenkabail
Project Skills:	Hyperspectral remote sensing - Hyperspectral remote sensing of natural vegetation and agricultural crops. Study of hyperspectral remote sensing for biophysical and biochemical properties of vegetation. Developing perspectives on "curse" of data volumes and Hughes phenomenon. Study of optimal wavebands in study of vegetation.
	Global croplands - Studying global croplands using multi-resolution remote sensing. Development of methods, approaches, and algorithms. Developing Knowledge-based Algorithms for automated Agricultural Cropland Mapping Using Fusion of Landsat, MODIS, Secondary, and in-situ Data.
	Water Science - Linking global croplands to their water use. Assessment of green water (from rainfed croplands) and blue water (form irrigated croplands). Surface energy balance modeling.
	Food security - Linking global croplands and their water use to food security issues.
	Climate Change and carbon - Carbon flux estimates from biomass in rainforests and and other natural vegetation using advanced remote sensing.
	Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) - Uncertainties in ECVs.
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Drought monitoring using remote sensing. Agricultural cropland studies using hyperspectral, hyperspatial, and advanced multispectral data.
	GIS - Spatial modeling for decision making
	Remote Sensing - Methods and approaches of using hyperspectral, hyperspatial, and advanced multispectral data in natural resources assessment and management of Planet Earth.

Other Interests/Skills:	International Development and Conservation, Committee for Earth Observation Systems (CEOS), Agriculture Societal Beneficial Area (SBA), Water for the World, Lands surface imaging..

Geographic Regions:	Africa, Asia, Middle-East, United States.

Current/Recent Projects:	Current: Hyperspectral remote sensing of vegetation: comprehensive state-of-artGlobal cropland mapping methods: Methodology development for global cropland mapping through development of automated algorithms Recent past: Global irrigated area map (GIAM) and Global map of rainfed cropland areas (GMRCA)

Collaborations:	Coordinator (2010-present): Committee for Earth Observation Systems (CEOS) Agriculture Societal Beneficial Area (SBA); USGS Science Advisor (2010-present): for Land Surface Imaging Virtual Constellation Team Co-Lead (2010-present): Water for the World Project of IEEE Adjunct Professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science (SWES), University of Arizona (UoA) Member (2007-2011): Landsat Science Team Work experience spans over 25+ Countries spread across West and Central Africa, Southern Africa, South Asia, Middle-East, Hindu-Kush Himalayas, and the United States of America. Currently employed with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) based in Flagstaff, Arizona. Earlier, lead remote sensing programs in 3 International centers: (1) International Water Management Institute (IWMI): Principal Researcher, Head of remote sensing and GIS,, and one of the 3 group heads of the global research division with the IWMI based in Sri Lanka with global mandate for water; (2) International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD): Remote sensing expert, based in ICIMOD Nepal with mandate to work in Hindu-Kush Himalayas; (3) International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA): Remote sensing expert, based in Nigeria with mandate to work in sub-Saharan Africa. He also worked as research scientist with: (4) Yale Center for Earth Observation (YCEO): Associate research scientists, YCEO, Yale University, USA; (5) National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA): Scientist, NRSA, Indian Space Research Organization, India.

Recent Publications:	1 book and 70+ peer-reviewed articles published. See professional page for more information 1.1 Book Thenkabail. P., Lyon, G.J., Turral, H., and Biradar, C.M. 2009. Book entitled:Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security (CRC Press- Taylor and Francis group, Boca Raton, London, New York. Pp. 556 (48 pages in color). Published in June, 2009. 1.2 Peer-reviewed papers Thenkabail, P.S. 2010. Guest Editor: Special issue on "Global Croplands" for Journal Remote Sensing. Total: 15 papers. http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/croplands . 21 articles published including: Thenkabail P.S., Hanjra M.A., Dheeravath V., Gumma M. A. 2010. A Holistic View of Global Croplands and Their Water Use for Ensuring Global Food Security in the 21st Century through Advanced Remote Sensing and Non-remote Sensing Approaches. Journal Remote Sensing. 2(1):211-261. doi:10.3390/rs2010211. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/2/1/211. Thenkabail, P.S., Biradar C.M., Noojipady, P., Dheeravath, V., Li, Y.J., Velpuri, M., Gumma, M., Reddy, G.P.O., Turral, H., Cai, X. L., Vithanage, J., Schull, M., and Dutta, R. 2009. Global irrigated area map (GIAM), derived from remote sensing, for the end of the last millennium. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 30(14): 3679-3733. July, 20, 2009. Thenkabail, P.S., GangadharaRao, P., Biggs, T., Krishna, M., and Turral, H., 2007. Spectral Matching Techniques to Determine Historical Land use/Land cover (LULC) and Irrigated Areas using Time-series AVHRR Pathfinder Datasets in the Krishna River Basin, India. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 73(9): 1029-1040. (Second Place Recipients of the 2008 John I. Davidson ASPRS Presidents Award for Practical papers). Thenkabail, P.S., Schull, M., Turral, H. 2005. Ganges and Indus River Basin Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) and Irrigated Area Mapping using Continuous Streams of MODIS Data. Remote Sensing of Environment. Remote Sensing of Environment, 95(3): 317-341.

Academic Background:	1992 Ph.D. Agricultural Engineering (remote sensing: dissertation and specialization), Ohio State University (USA). 1984 M.E. Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, Mysore University (India). 1981 Civil Engineering, Mysore University (India).





	Alicia Torregrosa
	Physical Scientist
	Menlo Park
	atorregrosa@usgs.gov
	650-329-4091
Project Skills:	Hazards - mapping dynamic riparian and coastal systems
	Ecosystem Science - ecossytem models to guide land management activities
	Water Science - watershed analysis
	Climate Change - thermochron network design and implementation
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - deriving metrics to quantify secondary effects from human footprint
	Tools and Techniques - geospatial statistics, knowledge management systems, collaborative decision support,
	GIS - mapping, analysis, and web server
	Remote Sensing - land cover classification, deriving phenolgical metrics,
	Additional Language Fluency - French and Spanish

Other Interests/Skills:	Transdisciplinary science, epistemology, science as art..

Geographic Regions:	San Francisco Bay Area, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Great Basin, Pacific coastal margin..

Current/Recent Projects:	Resource Management Assessment and Tools (9848 CAF) Objective: Develop analytical methods to expand the use of existing and future remote sensing data to accurately measure and map the land-cover attributes needed by resource managers. Great Basin Multi-disciplinary Information for Adaptive Management (9183BOX) Objective: Derive and investigate the use of phenological metrics as landscape indicators of ecosystem function. Participate in interdisciplinary team effort to understand the ecological relationships and stressors in the Owyhee Plateau. Integrated Landscape Monitoring, Great Basin and Puget Sound Pilots (9861CV0 and 9861CXA) Objective: Develop conceptual models and knowledge management systems to guide indicator development and monitoring strategies.

Collaborations:	National Park Service, San Francisco and Klamath Networks, Inventory and Monitoring Program: analyzing and synthesizing vital signs indicator data. Southern Nevada Agency Partnership: geospatial infrastructure review -policy and implementation. Bureau of Land Mangement, California and Nevada State and Field Offices: Greater Sage Grouse knowledge management pilot. US Forest Service and NatureServe: biodiversity land use planning software design. US Fish and Wildlife Service: awarded Certificate of Merit (1997) for work on habitat conservation planning for old growth forest species.

Recent Publications:	MacMillan, R.A., Torregrosa, A., Moon D., Coupe R., and Phillips, N., 2008, Automated Predictive Mapping of Ecological Entities, in Geomorphology: Concepts, Software, Applications, Developments in Soil Science Vol 33, eds. Hengl, T. and Reuter, H.I., Elsevier, 796 pp. Torregrosa, A and N. Devoe. 2008. Urbanization and changing land use in the Great Basin. in Chambers, Jeanne C.; Devoe, Nora; Evenden, Angela, eds. Collaborative management and research in the Great Basin—examining the issues and developing a framework for action. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-204. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 66 p.

Academic Background:	San Francisco State University, MA, Ecology and Systematics 2000. University of California, Berkeley, BA, Biology with Field Ecology Emphasis, 1978.





	Miguel Velasco
	Geographer
	Flagstaff, Arizona
	mvelasco@usgs.gov
	928-556-7224
Project Skills:	Hazards - Dust storms
	Public Health - Dust monitoring
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Landscape vulnerability using remotely sensed images
	Tools and Techniques - ArcGIS, IMAGINE, ENVI, Definiens, Terrestrial LiDAR
	Remote Sensing - Digital image processing, change detection, photogrammetry

Geographic Regions:	Southwestern U.S..

Current/Recent Projects:	Landscape Vulnerability on the Navajo Nation, Dust Monitoring in the Southwest

Academic Background:	B.S., 1992, Northern Arizona University





	Miguel Villarreal
	Mendenhall Fellow, Research Geographer
	Tucson, AZ
	mvillarreal@usgs.gov
	520-670-5567
Project Skills:	Ecosystem Science - Historical vegetation change; Natural disturbances; Wildfire; Riparian systems; Rangelands; Ecosystem services; Biodiversity
	Climate Change - Ecosystem monitoring and intervention, Modeling grassland responses to coupled climate and land use changes, Climate and vegetation change scenarios
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Change detection, Landscape ecology, Fragmentation, Land cover change scenario development, Urban growth
	GIS - Species niche modeling, Wildlife Habitat Relation models, Fragstats
	Remote Sensing - Mulitemporal image analysis, Landsat, Classification and Regression Tree models, Burn severity mapping, Spectral unmixing, LiDAR, Vegetation mapping

Geographic Regions:	Southwest and Western United States, Northern Mexico, Sonoran Desert, Apache Highlands, Colorado Plateau.

Current/Recent Projects:	Mapping and modeling effects of disturbance, climate and land use on grasslands and riparian zones of the Sonoran Desert and Apache Highlands. Modeling past and future vertebrate biodiversity in the US/Mexico border region related to climate and land use. Santa Cruz Watershed Ecosystem Portfolio Model. Landscape-scale monitoring of wildlife responses to habitat phenology and wildfire. Yellow-billed cuckoo habitat modeling.

Collaborations:	National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program and Vegetation Mapping Program, NPS Sonoran Desert Network I and M. Department of Defense, U.S. Marine Corps, Barry M. Goldwater Range - Inventory and Monitoring. School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Affiliate.

Recent Publications:	Villarreal, M.L., W.J.D. van Leeuwen, and J.R. Leon-Romo. 2012. Mapping and monitoring riparian vegetation distribution, structure and composition with regression tree models and post-classification change metrics. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 33:13, 4266-4290. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2011.644594]. Villarreal, M.L., Drake, S., Marsh, S.E and A.L. McCoy. 2012. The influence of wastewater subsidy, flood disturbance and neighbouring land use on current and historical patterns of riparian vegetation in a semi-arid watershed. River Research and Applications. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.1510]. Norman, L.M., Villarreal, M.L., Lara-Valencia, F., Wilson, S., Yuan, Y., Nie, W., Amaya, G., and R. Sleeter, 2012. Mapping Socio-Environmentally Vulnerable Populations Access and Exposure to Ecosystem Services at the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. Applied Geography 34:413-424. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.01.006]. Villarreal, M.L., Norman, L.M., C.S.A. Wallace, and K.G. Boykin, K.G. Evaluating long-term biodiversity changes across a heterogeneous land use mosaic. 2012 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New York, New York. Villarreal, M.L., Norman, L.M., C.S.A. Wallace, and K.G. Boykin, K.G. Land use matters: Private and public land stewardship efforts moderate the effects of drought and resource consumption on watershed habitat loss. Developing Ecologically-Based Conservation Targets Under Global Change: The 2nd Emerging Issues Conference of the Ecological Society of America, February 27-March 1, 2012, Shepherdstown, WV. Villarreal, M.L., L.M. Norman, R.H. Webb, D.E. Boyer and R.M. Turner. 2011. Unravelling long-term vegetation change patterns in a binational watershed using multitemporal land cover data and historical repeat photography. Proceedings of MULTITEMP 2011, 6th International Workshop on the Analysis of Multitemporal Remote Sensing Images. Bruzzone, L. and F. Bovolo (Eds.). IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, IEEE Xplore, p. 101-104. [10.1109/Multi-Temp.2011.6005058]. Villarreal, M.L., van Riper, C., Lovich, Robert E., Palmer, Robert L., Nauman, T., Studd, S., Drake, S., Malusa, J. Rosenberg, A. and Ronald L. Pearce. 2011. An Inventory and Monitoring Plan for a Sonoran Desert Ecosystem: Barry M. Goldwater Range West. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1232, 103 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1232/]. Villarreal, M. L., W. van Leeuwen, R. Romo, and J. A. Hubbard. 2011. Assessing landscape dynamics using multitemporal remotely sensed imagery in the Sonoran Desert Network. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/SODN/NRTR-2011/494. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. [https://irma.nps.gov/App/Reference/DownloadDigitalFile?code=442962&file=SODNLandscapeDymanicsImagery_NRTR2011513_2176700.pdf-]. Villarreal, M.L., L. M. Norman, C. S. A. Wallace, and C. van Riper III. 2011. A Multi-temporal (1979-2009) Land Use/Land Cover Data Set of the Bi-National Upper Santa Cruz Watershed. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1131, 26 p. and database [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1131/]. Wallace, C.S.A., Villarreal, M.L., and Norman, L.M., 2011. Development of a high-resolution binational vegetation map of the Santa Cruz River riparian corridor and surrounding watershed, southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1143, 22 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1143/].

Academic Background:	Ph.D. University of Arizona, 2009 M.A. University of Arizona, 2003 B.A. University of California, Davis, 1994





	John Vogel
	Geographer
	Flagstaff, Arizona
	jvogel@usgs.gov
	928 556-7114
Project Skills:	Hazards - Dust monitoring
	Ecosystem Science - Ecosystem restoration
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Land cover analysis, vegetation mapping
	Tools and Techniques - ArcGIS, IMAGINE

Geographic Regions:	Mojave Desert, Channel Islands (California), Aleutian Islands.

Current/Recent Projects:	Dust monitoring in the Mojave Desert and Colorado Plateau, Ecosystem restoration in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Collaborations:	US Fish&Wildlife and Island Conservation: Ecosystem restoration in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Recent Publications:	R.L. Reynolds, G.N. Breit, H. Goldstein, S. Morman, M.C. Reheis, J.C. Yount, R. Bogle, and John Vogel, 2008, Evaporite-mineral Dusts From a Dry Saline Playa in the Mojave Desert and Bioaccessibility of Their Trace Metals, AGU, (86)52, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract A43A-0280

Academic Background:	BA, Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara





	Cynthia SA Wallace
	Research Geographer
	Tucson, Arizona
	cwallace@usgs.gov
	520-670-5589
Project Skills:	Ecosystem Science - Extracting temporal and spatial information from remotely sensed data for mapping wildlife habitat.
	Climate Change - Satellite-based analysis of trends in observed phenology of ecosystems and land cover types.
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Vegetation, invasive species, land cover and habitat mapping using satellite data coupled with field data
	Tools and Techniques - Arc-GIS, Erdas Imagine, Matlab, S-PLUS
	Remote Sensing - Analysis of spatial structure in satellite images using geostatistical techniques for habitat and land cover mapping. Analysis of multi-temporal multi-spectral satellite data to extract characteristic phenologies of vegetation communities, preferred species habitat and invasive species.

Other Interests/Skills:	Geostatistics.

Geographic Regions:	Southwest United States, Arizona, California.

Current/Recent Projects:	Southern California Multi-hazards demonstration project (MHDP): As a part of the wildfire and debris flow hazards assessment for the Southern California MHDP, this research will characterize the impact of past management activities on loss of native plant communities and replacement by functionally different non-native assemblages. In collaboration with Jon Keeley (USGS-WERC, adjunct at UCLA), I am using satellite data to regionally map occurrences of alien-invasive grasses and forbs in the chaparral communities of Southern California. Based on the distinctive phenology of the alien-invasives, I am selecting a suite of Landsat images to model their current regional distribution. Using historical Landsat data I will extrapolate these results both temporally and spatially to compile a record of vegetation-conversion change across the southern California region back to the 1970s. Phenology and Land Cover Change: Phenology, the study of the timing of biological events, is increasingly regarded as a key to understanding many phenomena that are related to land cover and land use change, global scale climatic change, and human health. Remote sensing of phenology provides a mechanism to move from plant-specific to regional and continental scale studies of phenology. Changing land use has an important impact on surface characteristics that subsequently affect land/atmosphere interactions (e.g., albedo, water, carbon). This project will develop methodologies for summarizing phenological impacts of land cover change by coupling satellite phenology with detailed land cover change information. Regionally-mapped environmental variables for the Mojave Desert: Total cover of perennial and annual vegetation are important measures of a number of processes in the Mojave Desert, including soil-moisture availability, stability of biological soil crusts, and the ability of disturbed areas to recover. Perennial vegetation was derived using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) data coupled with pre-existing field transect data and applying step-wise linear regression techniques. Potential annual vegetation was derived using data mining and exploration techniques to reveal appropriate multi-image calculations applied to MODIS-EVI data that correlate with field data collected 2003 and 2005 at 50 plots. These maps are being used in the Mojave Desert tortoise habitat models and in Mojave Desert dust emissions studies.

Recent Publications:	Wallace, C.S.A. and K.A. Thomas, 2008. An Annual Plant Growth Proxy in the Mojave Desert using MODIS-EVI data, Sensors 2008, 8(12), 7792-7808; DOI: 10.3390/s8127792 Wallace, C.S.A. and L. Gass, 2008, Elevation derivatives for Mojave Desert Tortoise Habitat models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1283, 7 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1283/]. Wallace, C.S.A., R.H. Webb, and K.A. Thomas, 2008. Estimation of perennial vegetation cover in the Mojave Desert using MODIS-EVI data and pre-existing field data. GIScience and Remote Sensing. 45-2, 167-187 Norman, L.M., and Wallace, C.S.A., 2008, Mapping land use/land cover in the Ambos Nogales study area: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1378, 38 p Webb, R.H., Griffiths, P.G., Wallace, C.S.A., and Boyer, D.E., 2007. Channel response to low-elevation desert fire: the King Valley Fire of 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Data Report DS 275, 52 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2007/275/] Wallace, C.S.A., and Marsh, S.E., 2005. Characterizing the Spatial Structure of Endangered Species Habitat Using Geostatistical Analysis of IKONOS Imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 26, no. 12, pp. 2607-2629. Brooks, M.L., J.R. Matchett, C. Wallace, and T. Esque. 2004. Fuels and fire hazard assessment in a desert ecosystem. Arid Lands Newsletter, Vol. 55. Wallace, C.S.A., 2002. Extracting temporal and spatial information from remotely sensed data for mapping wildlife habitat: Tucson, University of Arizona, Ph.D. Dissertation, 198pp. Hutchinson, C.F., S.E. Marsh, C.S.A. Wallace, J.J. Walker, K. Mauz, P.R. Krausman, H. Boyd, R. M. Enns, H. Salazar, L.D. Howery, and E. Trobia, 2000. Informing the Elk Debate: Applying NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Data to Natural Resource Management Conflicts in the Western States, Tucson: University of Arizona Wallace, Cynthia S.A., J. M. Watts, and S. R. Yool, 2000. Characterizing the Landscape Structure of Vegetation Communities in the Mojave Desert Using Geostatistical Techniques. Computers and Geosciences. v. 26, no. 4, pp. 397-410.

Academic Background:	University of Arizona, Ph.D., Geography; Spatial Analysis&Remote Sensing University of Arizona, M.A., Geography University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.S., Geology University of Minnesota-Duluth, B.S., Geology and Mathematics





	Anne Wein
	Operations Research Analyst
	Menlo Park, CA
	awein@usgs.gov
	650-329-4263
Project Skills:	Hazards - Multiple hazard Risk Analysis; Economic consequences and recovery from earthquake, winter storm and tsunami scenarios scenario for decision making
	Ecosystem Science - National assessment of carbon sequestration potential, Status and trends of environmental thresholds for Lake Tahoe
	Water Science -
	Public Health - Beach closures and health risk
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - National assessment of carbon sequestration potential, Hedonic analysis of land values
	Tools and Techniques - Quantitative methods and analyses
	GIS - Spatial analysis for economic consequences of natural hazards, Spatial analysis for value of geoscience information

Other Interests/Skills:	Hazard Strategic Science Planning Team, Learning from Earthquakes (Christchurch) team, Serious (computer) games.

Geographic Regions:	The Nation, California, Southern California, Everglades, Lake Tahoe region.

Current/Recent Projects:	As part of the USGS Multiple Hazard Demonstration Project (MHDP) the ShakeOut scenario earthquake and winter storm scenarios for Southern and all of California were produced by an interdisciplinary team, involving many partners and stakeholders. As a coordinator of the economic consequences, Anne managed the highway-bridge system damage and restoration study, addressed the interface between the building and lifeline damage estimates and the regional economic model, lead efforts to analyze goods movement, economic impacts, community focus studies, and regional recovery, evacuation, and agricultural damages and losses. A tsunami scenario is now underway. Recently, Anne participated in a Learning From Earthquakes team in Christchurch, New Zealand. For the LandCarbon national assessment of ecological carbon sequestration potential: methodology and implementation. Anne contributed broadly to the methodology with specific responsibility for mitigation scenarios and the policy interface. She is currently coordinating mitigation analysis for the on-going assessment.

Collaborations:	Numerous partners involved in the Shakeout scenario(e.g., California Geological Survey, CALTRANS, Southern California Association of Governments, East valley Water District, Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles) MHDP shakeout scenario products produced with Laurie Johnson Consulting (Recovery), Adam Z. Rose and Associates LL and Ian Sue Wing (BU) (economic impacts and resilience), Seismic Systems&Engineering Consultants (Highway-bridge system damages and traffic impacts), and ImageCat (economic impacts of transportation disruption), David Mithcell of M-Cubed (agricultural damages and losses), Allan Baez of A.B. Risk Management (evacuation) Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)regarding multiple hazard risk and value of geological maps Tahoe Regional Planning Authority (TRPA)regardinga Tahoe Decision Support System

Recent Publications:	Wein, A. and L. Johnson and R. Bernknopf, 2011. Recovering from the ShakeOut Earthquake, Economic Resilience Lessons from the ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario, , Earthquake Spectra 27, pp. 521-538 (2011). Wein, A. and A. Rose, 2011. Economic Resilience Lessons from the ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario, Earthquake Spectra 27, pp. 559-573 (2011). Rose, A., D. Wei and A. Wein, 2011. Economic Impacts of the ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario, Earthquake Spectra 27, pp. 521-538 (2011). EERI, 2011. The M 6.3 Christchurch, New Zealand, Earthquake of February 22, 2011, Learning from Earthquakes, EERI Special Earthquake Report May 2011, http://www.mssanz.org.au/MODSIM07/papers/26_s32/TheEffectOfScie_s32_Bernknopf_.pdf(last accessed July 11, 2011); Porter, Keith, Wein, Anne, Alpers, Charles, Baez, Allan, Barnard, Patrick, Carter, James, Corsi, Alessandra, Costner, James, Cox, Dale, Das, Tapash, Dettinger, Michael, Done, James, Eadie, Charles, Eymann, Marcia, Ferris, Justin, Gunturi, Prasad, Hughes, Mimi, Jarrett, Robert, Johnson, Laurie, Dam Le-Griffin, Hanh, Mitchell, David, Morman, Suzette, Neiman, Paul, Olsen, Anna, Perry, Suzanne, Plumlee, Geoffrey, Ralph, Martin, Reynolds, David, Rose, Adam, Schaefer, Kathleen, Serakos, Julie, Siembieda, William, Stock, Jonathan, Strong, David, Sue Wing, Ian, Tang, Alex, Thomas, Pete, Topping, Ken, and Wills, Chris; Jones, Lucile, Chief Scientist, Cox, Dale, Project Manager, 2011, Overview of the ARkStorm scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1312, 183 p. and appendices. Zhu, Zhiliang, ed., Bergamaschi, B., Bernknopf, R., Clow, D., Dye, D., Faulkner, S., Forney, W., Gleason, R., Hawbaker, T., Liu, J., Liu, S., Prisley, S., Reed, B., Reeves, M., Rollins, M., Sleeter, B., Sohl, T., Stackpoole, S., Stehman, S., Striegl, R., Wein, A., and Zhu, Z., A method for assessing carbon stocks, carbon sequestration, and greenhouse gas fluxes in ecosystems of the United States under present conditions and future scenarios: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 20101144. Bernknopf, R., K. Gillen, S. Wachter, and A. Wein, 2010, A Spatial Hedonic Pricing Model: Using Econometrics and Geographic Information Systems for Property Valuation, in Linne, M., and M. Thompson, eds., Visual Valuation: Practical Applications in Property Analysis and Valuation, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, in press. Wein, A., 2010. Six Tips for Building an Earthquake Scenario: Lessons Learned from coordinating the economic consequences of the Southern California ShakeOut Scenario. Available at http://www.nehrpscenario.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Building-Scenarios_rev.pdf. Suzanne Perry et al., 2008. The ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario - A Story That Southern Californians Are Writing (with Suzanne Perry et al.), U.S. Geological Survey Circular 2008-132, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/cir/cir1324. Lucile Jones et al., 2008. The ShakeOut Scenario, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2008- 1150, California Geological Survey Preliminary Report 25, version 1.0, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1150/. Ben Sherrouse, David Hester, and Anne Wein, 2008. Potential Effects of a Scenario Earthquake on the Economy of Southern California: Labor Market Exposure and Sensitivity Analysis to a Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR 2008-1211. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1211/. This publication is online only. Ben Sherrouse, David Hester, and Anne Wein, 2008. Potential Effects of a Scenario Earthquake on the Economy of Southern California: Small Business Exposure and Sensitivity Analysis to a Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR 2008-1222, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1222/. This publication is online only Richard Champion and Anne Wein, 2008. Characterizing a regional economy: Bureau of Labor Statistics Location Quotients for Industrial Sectors in Southern California, The ShakeOut Scenario, Appendix I. Wein, A.M. and Bernknopf, R.L., 2007, Interdisciplinary approaches to regional risk reduction decision-making in Oxley, L., and Kulasiri, D. (eds.) MODSIM 2007: International Congress on Modeling and Simulation, Modeling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2007, p. 1660-1666. http://www.mssanz.org.au/MODSIM07/papers/26_s32/Interdeciplinery_s32_Wein_.pdf, last accessed July 1, 2008]. Wein, A.M., Journeay, M. and Bernknopf, R.L., 2007, Scenario-based risk analysis within an analytic- deliberative framework for regional risk reduction planning in Oxley, L., and Kulasiri, D. (eds.) MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modeling and Simulation: Modeling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, p. 1688-1695. http://www.mssanz.org.au/MODSIM07/papers/26_s32/Scenario-Based_s32_Wein_.pdf, last accessed July 7, 2008]. Bernknopf, R.L., Hearn P.P., Wein A.M., and Strong D., 2007, The effect of scientific and socioeconomic uncertainty on a natural-hazards policy choice in Oxley, L. and Kulasiri, D. (eds.) MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modeling and Simulation,Modeling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, p. 1702-1708. http://www.mssanz.org.au/MODSIM07/papers/26_s32/TheEffectOfScie_s32_Bernknopf_.pdf, last accessed July 7, 2008]. Richard Bernknopf, Anne Wein, Marc St.Onge, Steven Lucas, 2008. Analysis of Improved Government Geological Map Information for Mineral exploration: incorporating Efficiency, Productivity, Effectiveness and Risk Considerations, Joint USGS-GSC Professional Paper 1721-GSC Bulletin 59. David Halsing, Mark Hessenflow, and Anne Wein, 2005. The No-project Alternative Analysis: An Early Product of the Tahoe Decision Support System, Journal of the Nevada Water Resource Association, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 15-27. Elizabeth Schwerer Duffie, Mark Hessenflow, Anne Wein, David Halsing, Anne Jeton, Kathy Schulz, 2004. Tahoe Decision Support System No-project alternative analysis, submitted to Tahoe regiaonl Planning Agency,237 pages, http://www.tiims.org//Data-Repository/Documents/Lake-Tahoe-Basin/Science- and-Reporting/Data-Synthesis,-Reporting,-and-Management/Management/Pathway/Tahoe-Decision-Support- System-No-Project-Alternati.aspx. Sharyl Rabinovici, Richard Bernknopf, Anne Wein, Don Coursey, and Richard Whitma, 2004. The Economic and Health Risk Trade-Offs of Swim Closures at a Lake Michigan Beach, Environmental Science&Technology, v.38 pp. 2737-2745.

Academic Background:	Stanford University, Ph.D. Decision Sciences, June 1988 Stanford University, M.S. Operations Research, June 1985 University of Canterbury, New Zealand, B.S.Hons, Operations Research, May 1983 Christchurch Primary Teachers College, New Zealand, 1978-79





	Tamara S. Wilson
	Geographer
	Menlo Park, CA
	tswilson@usgs.gov
	650-329-4247
Project Skills:	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Land Use Land Cover of the Willamette Valley and North Cascades. Late 20thCentury Landcover Analysis of California.
	Tools and Techniques - Terrestrial LiDAR collection and processing for landscape morphology, habitat condition, and change detection.
	GIS - ArcGIS
	Remote Sensing - Land Cover Trends Project - analyzing, classifying and characterizing Landsat imagery for landcover and landcover change.
	Other - Biogeography, climatology, paleoclimatology, climate change, usability of scientific information

Other Interests/Skills:	Drought, extreme climatic events, Pacific northwest forests.

Geographic Regions:	Climate of the southwest, northern Baja, California.

Recent Publications:	Wilson, T.S. (2009, in preparation), The North Cascades Ecoregion Summary. U.S. Geological Survey. Sleeter, B.M, T.S. Wilson, and C.S. Soulard (2009, submitted to Journal of Land Use Science), Measurement of Late 20thy Century Landscape Change in California. Wilson, T.S. and D.G. Sorenson (2008). The Willamette Valley Ecoregion Summary. U.S. Geological Survey. http://landcovertrends.usgs.gov/west/eco3Report.html. Soulard, C.E., Raumann, C.G., and T.S. Wilson (2007). Land-Cover Trends of the Southern California Mountains Ecoregion. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5235. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5235/. Wilson, T.S. (2001). Seasonal and decadal precipitation variability and regionalization for Baja California, Mexico. Masters thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Academic Background:	2002: MA, Geography, University of Arizona 1997: BA, Environmental Studies, California State University East Bay





	Nathan Wood
	Research Geographer
	Vancouver, WA
	nwood@usgs.gov
	360-993-8951
Project Skills:	Hazards - Community vulnerability assessments to tsunamis, volcanic lahars, hurricane storm surge, coastal storms, and sea level rise
	Climate Change - Assessing future community vulnerability to climate-change-enhanced natural hazards (e.g., storm surge, erosion)
	Land Use/Land Cover Studies - Use of landcover data for approximating community vulnerabilityto natural hazards
	Tools and Techniques - Statistical approaches for summarizing data
	GIS - Spatial analysis for vulnerability research

Geographic Regions:	Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Florida.

Current/Recent Projects:	Detailed project information can be found at [http://geography.wr.usgs.gov/science/vulnerability/index.htm]. 1) Community vulnerability to tsunamis: Past research has included USGS reports summarizing variations in community exposure to tsunamis in Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington and journal articles describing various geospatial techniques to assess societal vulnerability to tsunamis. Wood was also a committee member for a National Research Council review of the nation's tsunami warning system and national preparedness for tsunamis. Current research focuses on developing geospatial approaches to characterize pedestrian evacuations from tsunamis and to develop societal-risk metrics for tsunamis. 2) Community vulnerability to climate change and coastal storms: Research focuses on assessing current and future community vulnerability to coastal storms, sea level rise due to climate change, and increasing urbanization of hazard-prone areas. Past research has focused on Sarasota County (Florida) and Kauai Island (Hawaii). Current research focuses on community vulnerability on the Oregon and Washington coast to climate-change-enhanced coastal erosion in collaboration with Oregon State University, via a grant from the NOAA Climate Change Program. 3) Community vulnerability to volcano hazards: Research focuses on assessing community vulnerability to volcanic hazards, such as lahars, in the Cascade Range. Research efforts also include development of societal-exposure metrics for national volcano monitoring and preparation of a textbook on volcano-hydrologic processes with USGS colleagues in the Volcano Hazards Program

Collaborations:	Community vulnerability to tsunamis: Hawaii State Civil Defense, Hawaii Office of Planning, Pacific Disaster Center, The Pennsylvania State University, the University of Oregon, and the University of South Carolina, Washington State Emergency Management Division, Washington State/Local Tsunami Working Group, Hawaii Tsunami Technical Review Committee, National Research Council, Oregon Sea Grant, Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup, Pacific Risk Management 'Ohana Community vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal storms: The Pennsylvania State University, Oregon State University, Oregon Sea Grant, NOAA Climate Change Program Community vulnerability to volcano hazards: Washington State Emergency Management

Recent Publications:	Frazier, T. G., Wood, N., Yarnal, B., Stakeholder perspectives on land-use strategies for adapting to climate-change-enhanced coastal hazards: Sarasota, Florida, Applied Geography (2010), doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.05.007 Frazier, T., Wood, N., Yarnal, B., Bauer, D., Influence of potential sea level rise on societal vulnerability to hurricane storm-surge hazards, Sarasota County, Florida, Applied Geography (2010), doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.05.005 Baron, H., Wood, N., Ruggiero, P., Allan, J., and Corcoran, P., 2010, Assessing societal vulnerability of U.S. Pacific Northwest communities to storm-induced coastal change, Proceedings of The Coastal Society Annual Meeting, June 7-11, 2010, Wilmington, NC, 5 p. Wood, N., Burton, C., and Cutter, S., 2010, Community variations in social vulnerability to Cascadia-related tsunamis in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, Natural Hazards, 52(2), 369-389 Frazier, T., Wood, N., and Yarnal, B., 2009, A framework for using GIS and stakeholder input to assess vulnerability to coastal-inundation hazards: a case study from Sarasota County, Florida, In U. Paleo (ed.), Building safer communitiesrisk governance, spatial planning and responses to natural hazards, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series, 58, Amsterdam: IOS Press, pp. 226-245. Wood, N., and Soulard, C., 2009, Community exposure to lahar hazards from Mount Rainier, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5211, 26 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5211/]. Wood, N., and Soulard, C., 2009, Variations in population exposure and sensitivity to lahar hazards from Mount Rainier, Washington, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 188, 367378. Wood, N., 2009, Tsunami exposure estimation with land-cover data: Oregon and the Cascadia subduction zone, Applied Geography 29, 158-170. Wood, N., and Soulard, C., 2008, Variations in community exposure and sensitivity to tsunami hazards on the open-ocean and Strait of Juan de Fuca coasts of Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5004, 34 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5004/]. Wood, N., 2007, Variations in community exposure and sensitivity to tsunami hazards in Oregon: Reston, Va., USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5283, 43 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5283/]. Wood, N., Church, A., Frazier, T., and B. Yarnal, 2007, Variations in community exposure and sensitivity to tsunami hazards in the State of Hawai`i: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2007-5208, 42 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5208/] [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5208/]. Wood, N., and Hine, A., 2007, Spatial trends in marsh sediment deposition within a microtidal creek system, Waccasassa Bay, Florida, Journal of Coastal Research, 23 (4): p. 823 ? 833. Bernknopf, R., Rabinovici, S., Wood, N. and Dinitz, L., 2006, The influence of hazard models on GIS-based regional risk assessments and mitigation policies, International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 6 (4/5/6), 369 ? 387. Wood, N., and Good, J., 2005, Perceptions of earthquake and tsunami issues in U.S. Pacific Northwest port and harbor communities, International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 23 (3), 103?138. Wood, N., and Good, J., 2004, Vulnerability of a port and harbor community to earthquake and tsunami hazards: the use of GIS incommunity hazard planning, Coastal Management, 32 (3), 243-269. Wood, N., and Hine, A., 2003, Sediment dynamics of a sediment-starved, open-marine marsh embayment: Waccasassa Bay, Florida, Journal of Coastal Research, 19 (3), 574?583. Wood, N., Good, J., and Goodwin, B., 2002, Vulnerability assessment of a port and harbor community to earthquake and tsunami hazards: integrating technical expert and stakeholder input,, Natural Hazards Review, 3 (4), 148-157.

Academic Background:	Oregon State University, Geography, Ph.D., 2002 University of South Florida, Marine Science, M.S., 1996 Duke University, Geology, B.S., 1992

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