Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling CD-ROM

January 21-25, 1996
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Poster Presentations

A Prototype of a Landscape Forest Ecosystem Management Tool Using a State Transition Model and a GIS
- presented by Magdiel Ablan
  Institute of Applied Sciences, University of North Texas
  Denton, TX, USA
with Susan Monteleone, Miguel F. Acevedo
email: ablan@unt.edu

Forest Fire Modeling in the Swiss National Park
- presented by Britta Allgöwer
  Department of Geography, University of Zürich
  Zürich, Switzerland
with Reto Schöning (University of Zürich)
email: britta@gis.geogr.unizh.ch

A Methodology to Build a Classification of Spatialized and Multivariate Data
- presented by Michel Arnaud
  CIRAD
  Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
with Jean Pichot
email: arnaud@cirad.fr

Problems of Multi-resolution Integration in Dynamic Simulation
- presented by George Ball
  University of Arizona, School of Renewable Natural Resources
  Tuscon, Arizona 85721
with Bernard P. Zeigler (Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona), Richard Schlichting (Computer Sciences, University of Arizona), Michael Marefat Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona), and D. Phillip Guertin (School of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Arizona)
email: gball@nexus.srnr.arizona.edu

Production of Regional Maps of Long-Term Runoff Using Simple GIS-Based Methods
- presented by Gary Bishop
  Ogden Professional Services
  Corvallis, OR, USA
with M. Robbins Church
email: bishop@mail.cor.epa.gov

System Integration of GIS and Environmental Models in the Personal Computer Environment
- presented by W. G. Booty
  National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada,
  Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7R 4A6
with D.C.L. Lam (National Water Research Institute), D.A. Swayne (Computing and Information Science, University of Guelph), C.I. Mayfield (Environmental Biology, University of Waterloo), L. Leon Vizcaino (Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo), G.S. Bowen (Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy, Toronto), I. Wong and D.F. Kay (National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada)
email: bill.booty@cciw.ca

Spatial Models Highlight Radiological Hazards
- presented by Patrick J. Bresnahan
  University of South Carolina / U.S. DOE SRTC
  Columbia, SC, USA
with Cowen/Jensen (USC), Mackey (SRTC)
email: pat@otis.cla.sc.edu

Spatially Explicit Desert Tortoise Population Model
- presented by Douglas R. Briggs
  Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Champaign, IL, USA
with James Westervelt (CERL), Shawn Levi (Dept. of Geog, UIUC), Steve Harper (Dept. of Ecology, Ethology & Evolution, UIUC)
email: douglas@gis.uiuc.edu

Generation and Utilization of DEM Data for Environmental Restoration
- presented by Greg Cole
  Earth & Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  Los Alamos, NM, USA
email: gcole@lanl.gov

Integrated Risk & Impact Assessment Modeling a Support of Sustainable Development in an Estuarine Environment
- presented by David Cowen
  Department of Geography, Uninversity of South Carolina
  Columbia, SC, USA
with Dwayne Porter (Belle Baruch Marine Lab, University of SC)
email: cowend@garnet.cla.sc.edu

Spatio-Temporal Object Handling to Model the Effects of Acid Deposition
- presented by Ferko Csillag
  Geography, University of Toronto
  Mississauga, ON, Canada
with Scott Mitchell, Rebecca Handcock (Dept. of Geography, University of Toronto)
and Charles Driscoll, Kiran Sequeira (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University)
and Hon Yau (Northeast Parallel Architecture Center, Syracuse University)
email: fcs@geog.utoronto.ca

Characterization of the recharge and discharge components of the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system using remote sensing and GIS techniques
- presented by Frank A. D'Agnese
  U.S. Geological Survey
  Denver, CO 80225
with Claudia C. Faunt (U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado) and A. Keith Turner (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado)

Quality Assurance in GIS and Environmental Modelling Applied to an Example of Phosphate Saturated Soils
- presented by Marien de Bakker
  Environmental Sciences, Van Hall Institute
  Groningen, The Netherlands
email: marien.deBakker@vhall.nl

Digital Elevation Data and GIS Projects
- presented by Robert de Sawal
  National Mapping Division, U.S. Geological Survey
  Denver, CO, USA
email: rfdesawal@usgs.gov

Application of CAD Framework Techniques to Systems Integration in Environmental Modelling
- presented by Jonathan Deckmyn
  CRS 4, Center for Advanced Studies Research and Development in Sardinia
  Cagliari, Italy
with Sally Kleinfeldt (CRS4), Claudio Paniconi (CRS4), Pieter van der Wolf (Delft University of Technology-DIMES), and Olav ten Bosch (Delft University of Technology-DIMES)
email: jdeckmyn@crs4.it

A Biogeographic Exploration of the Relationship Between Vegetation Distribution and Enviromental Variables in Wyoming, USA
- presented by Kenneth L. Driese
  Department of Botany, University of Wyoming
  Laramie, WY, USA
with William A. Reiners (Botany, UWYO)
email: gap@botsun2.uwyo.edu

Dynamic Linkages of GIS and a Coupled Hydro-Geomorphic Model CLAWS
- presented by Jinfan Duan
  Oregon State University
  Corvallis, OR, USA
with Gordon E. Grant and Chaur-Fong Chen
email: duan@fsl.orst.edu

The Tyranny of Scale and the Multifractal Paradigm
- presented by Ralph Dubayah
  Geography, University of Maryland
  College Park, MD, USA
email: rdubayah@geog.umd.edu

Protection Afforded Land-Cover and Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity in Utah
- presented by Thomas C. Edwards, Jr.
  Utah Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, National Biological Service
  Logan, UT, USA
with Scott D. Bassett
email: tce@nr.usu.edu

A GIS Decision Support System for Fire and Alien Weed Management for the Nature Reserves of South Africa: Spatial Simulation to Application
- presented by Dean Fairbanks
  Natural Resources and Development Program
  Division of Water, Environment and Forestry (Environmentek) CSIR
  Pretoria, South Africa
with Brian W. Van Wilger, David H. McKelly, Katherine Reast, David H. Le Maitre
email: dfairban@csir.co.za

Natural Resources Planning by Way of a Geographic Spreadsheet Modeling Approach
- presented by Dean Fairbanks
  Natural Resources and Development Program
  Division of Water, Environment and Forestry (Environmentek) CSIR
  Pretoria, South Africa
with Mike P. Adam
email: dfairban@csir.co.za

The Response of Vegetation to Change of Annual Rainfall in the Sahel Region of Africa, and Its Dependence on Soil Type
- presented by George W. Fisher
  Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, MD, USA
with Elissa Levine (NASA GSFC Code 923)
email: gfisher@jhu.edu

GIS Approaches to Targeted Siting of Riparian Buffer Strips: Trade-offs Between Realism and Complexity
- presented by Jeremy Fried
  Department of Forestry
  Michigan State University
  126 Natural Resources
  East Lansing, MI, USA
with Mark Zweifler, Michael Gold, Daniel Brown
email: jeremy@msu.edu

Using Remote Sensing Analysis of Landsat Data to Evaluate an Integrated Socio-Economic Model of Deforestation in the Amazon
- presented by Robert Frohn
  Geography, Remote Sensing Research Unit, UCSB
  Santa Barbara, CA, USA
with Ken McGwire (Desert Research Institute), John E. Estes (RSRU), Virginia H. Dale (Oak Ridge Natl. Lab)
email: frohn@geog.ucsb.edu

Watershed Management Division Support System
- presented by Chris Fulcher
  Agriculture Economy, CARES
  Columbia, MO, USA
with Yan Zhan, Tony Prato
email: fulcher@cares.missouri.edu

Metadata and Standards - Communicating Between Disciplines in the Encounter of GIS and Environmental Modeling
- presented by David T. Hansen
  MPGIS, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation U.S. Department of the Interior
  Sacramento, CA, USA
email: dhansen@mpgis7.mp.usbr.gov

The Building of a GIS Interface to Modflow Utilizing ARC/INFO GRID 7.0 and Its Application to a USGS Groundwater Model in California's San Joaquin Valley
- presented by Tom Heinzer
  U.S.B.R. MPGIS Service Center
  Sacramento, CA, USA
with Mike Sebhat (GIS Analyst), William Greer (Hydrologist)
email: msebhat@mpgis1.mp.usbr.gov

Incorporating Expert Opinion in Modelling Wildlife Species Distributions
- presented by Allan D. Hollander
  Dept. of Geography, Biogeography Lab, UCSB
  Santa Barbara, CA, USA
email: adh@geog.ucsb.edu

Modeling Present and Potential Future Tree Importance Values in the Eastern United States
- presented by Louis R. Iverson
  Northeastern Forest Experiment Station
  359 Main Road
  Delaware, Ohio 43015
  Voice: 614-368-0097
  Fax: 614-368-0152
with Anantha M. Prasad
email: iverson@trees.neusfs4153.gov

A GIS Database and Its Use to Quantify Nitrogen Retention by Natural Wetlands
- presented by Asa Jansson
  Department of Systems Ecology
  The Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics / Stockholm University
  Stockholm, Sweden
with Carl Folke, Sindre Langaas (UNEP/Grid Arendal, c/o Dept. of Systems Ecology)
email: asaa@beijer.kv.se

What are the Educational Requirements for Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling?
- presented by Steve Kessell
  Department of GIS, School of Computing, Curtin University of Technology
  Perth, Western Australia
email: kessell@cs.curtin.edu.au

Environmental Modeling and Prognosis System as a Functional Subsystem of Ecological Information Management System of the Republic of Bashkortostan
- presented by Rustem Z. Khamitov
 Ministry of Emergency Situations and Environmental Safety
 12/1, 3 Marta St.
 450005, Ufa, Bashkortostan
 Tel(fax): (3472)28-75-90 with Vladimir E. Gvosdev, Sergei V. Pavlov, and Andrei N. Yasiliev (Institute for Problems of Applied Ecology and Natural Resources Use)
email: root@ippeprb.bashkiria.su

Using GIS and Coupled Models for Understanding Forest Ecosystem Dynamics
- presented by Elissa R. Levine
  Biospheric Sciences Branch, NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center
  Greenbelt, MD, USA
with R. G. Knox, K. J. Ranson, J. A. Smith, N. Chauhan (GWU, NASA Goddard), D. L. Williams, J. F. Weishanpel (Univ. of Central Florida), G. Sun (SSAI, NASA), A. D. Friend (IVE-Edinburgh Research Station, Peniwik, Scotland), S. Fifer (Hughes STX, NASA)
email: elissa@lichen.gsfc.nasa.gov

GISMO: On Linking the EPIC Simulation Model with GIS
- presented by Tim Martin
  Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
  Edmonton, AB, Canada
with H. Neiman
email: tim.martin@ualberta.ca

Creation of a Managed Areas GIS Database of the Conterminous United States for use in Ecosystem Analysis of Managed Versus Unmanaged Areas
- presented by R. Gavin McGhie
  Geography, Remote Sensing Research Unit (RSRU), UCSB
  Santa Barbara, CA, USA
with Karen Kline, John E. Estes
email: gavin@geog.ucsb.edu

Analyzing Thematic Map Accuracy Using Generalized Linear Mixed Models
- presented by Gretchen G. Moisen
  USDA Forest Service Intermountain Research Station
  Ogden, UT, USA
with D. Richard Cutler (Utah State, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics), Thomas C. Edwards, Jr. (USDI National Biological Service)
email: moisen@edumath.math.usu.edu

Dynamic-Stochastic Model of Ground Water Balance for River Basins
- presented by Igor S. Pashkovsky
  Department of Hydrogeology
  Moscow State University
  Moscow, 119899 RUSSIA
  Phone: 095/115-9986
  FAX: 095/115-9992
with Egenea Yu. Potapova and Boris A. Shmagin
email: shmag@hydro.geol.msu.su (Shmagin's)

The Clear Box Image Processing Simulator
- presented by Micha Pazner
  Geography, University of Western Ontario
  London, ON, Canada
with Brian Reynolds (student, U. of Western Ontario)
email: pazner@ssol.uwo.ca

Natural Resources Research Institute & Brimson Laboratories
- presented by Jim Sales
  CWE, NRRI
  Duluth, MN, USA
email: jsales@sparkie.nrri.umn.edu

Exploratory Visualization of Environmental Data
- presented by Eva-Maria Stephan
  Department of Geography, University of Zürich
  Zürich, Switzerland
email: stephan@gis.geogr.unizh.ch

Selecting Biodiversity Management Areas in the Sierra Nevada Region
- presented by David M. Stoms
  Biogeography Lab, Institute for Computational Earth System Science, UCSB
  Santa Barbara, CA, USA
with Frank Davis, Richard Church (Geog, UCSB), B. J. Okin (Geog, UCSB), Joe Walsh
email: stoms@geog.ucsb.edu

Integrating Novel Applications Into a GIS Framework: Some Examples
- presented by Dave Swayne
  Computer and Information Science, University of Guelph
  Guelph, ON, Canada
with D.C.L Lam, J.D. MacNeil, Adrian Harding, Mark Mayo, Alex Storey, Ken Brown, and Doug Kay
email: dswayne@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca

Merging Two Large Mineral Location Databases Using Logistic Regression
- presented by Stella W. Todd
  Management Assistance Corporation of America
  Ft. Collins, CO, USA
with Deborah J. Shields, Douglas D. Brown
email: stellat@lamar.colostate.edu

GIS-Based Modeling of Desert Tortoise Habitat in the Mojave Desert
- presented by Joseph M. Watts
  Remote Sensing Technology Division, U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center
  Alexandria, VA, USA
email: watts@tec.army.mil

Visual Representation and Analysis of the Climatic Data Using GIS
- presented by Harumi Kitajima Yanagimachi
  Faculty of Economics, Shinshu University
  3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390 Japan
  Phone: +81-263-35-4600 ex.3335
  Fax: +81-263-36-7220
with Kazutaka Iwasaki (Shizuoka University) and Kenji Sato (Pasco Corp.)
email: yanagi@econ.shinshu-u.ac.jp

Creation of a 3D Perspective Classified Forest Map Using Geographic Information and Remote Sensing Integration
- presented by H. Yildirim
  TÜBİTAK-MAM Space Technologies Department
  P.O. Box 21 41470 Gebze-Kocaeli/TURKEY
with E. Alparslan, B. Bilge, H. Kurar, O. Divan, and S. Elitaş

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