People : Faculty
Dr. Douglas A. Stow
Professor of Geography
Doctoral Program Advisor
Department of Geography
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-4493
Office: Geography Annex 115
Phone: (619) 594-5498
e-mail: stow@mail.sdsu.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1985,
Doctoral Intercampus Transfer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University
of California, San Diego
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1978
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1976
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Geographic Information Science
- Introductory Remote Sensing of Environment
- Intermediate Remote Sensing of Environment
- Advanced Remote Sensing
- Advanced Remote Sensing Lab
- Seminar in Methods of Geographic Analysis
Research Interests
- Remote sensing and image processing
- Land-cover and land-use change analyses
- Arctic tundra, Mediterranean and urban ecosystems
Current Projects
- Health, Poverty and Place: Modeling Inequalities in Accra Using Remote Sensing and GIS, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, John Weeks, P.I.
- Department of Homeland Security, Spatial-temporal Patterns of Smuggling and Migration, National Center for Border Security and Immigration, University of Arizona
- Department of Homeland Security, Spatial-temporal Patterns of Smuggling and Migration, High Spatial Resolution Image Assessment of Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment.
- US Forest Service: Airborne Remote Sensing to Enable Hazardous Fuels Reduction, Forest Health Protection, Rehabilitation and Hazard Mitigation Activities on Federal Lands
Graduate Student Advisees
Doctoral:
- Mary Freeman:
Spatial-temporal patterns of conifer tree mortality in island forests of southern California - Caitlin Lippitt:
Remote sensing of native and non-native grass cover in Coastal Sage Scrub vegetation communities - Christopher Lippitt:
Time sensitive remote sensing for emergency response to natural hazards events - Kellie Uyeda:
Spatial patterns of chaparral fuel accumulation based on remote sensing and ecosystem modeling
Master's:
- Diane Rachel:
High spatial resolution image analysis of post-fire recovery of chaparral vegetation - Timothy Tidwell:
Mapping Arundo donax distributions using an UAV-CIR imaging system
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