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- Adjusting Sowing Dates Improved Potato Adaptation to Climate Change in Semiarid Region, China
- This article examines how potato production can be improved by altering planting date in China’s semiarid region, thus improving potato adaptation to climate change.
- A Comparison of Least Squares Regression and Geographically Weighted Regression Modeling of West Nile Virus Risk Based on Environmental Parameters
- This article discusses the effectiveness of utilizing local spatial variations in environmental data to uncover the statistical relationships between West Nile Virus (WNV) risk and environmental factors.
- Climate change and human infectious diseases: A synthesis of research findings from global and spatio-temporal perspectives
- This article shows that over the past few decades, the reported negative or uncertain responses of infectious diseases to climate change has been growing.
- Delta-Flux: An Eddy Covariance Network for a Climate-Smart Lower Mississippi Basin
- This article describes the rationale to create the new Delta-Flux network, which will coordinate efforts to quantify carbon and water budgets at seventeen eddy covariance flux tower sites in the Lower Mississippi River Basin.
- Monitoring Annual Urban Changes in a Rapidly Growing Portion of Northwest Arkansas with a 20-Year Landsat Record
- This article employs a time series Landsat stack covering the period from 1995 to 2015 to detect the urban dynamics in Northwest Arkansas via a two-stage classification approach.
- The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change
- This article outlines the potential indicators and indicator domains to be tracked by the Lancet Countdown working groups, with suggestions on the methodologies and datasets available to achieve this end.
- Archaeology, Heritage, and Moral Terrains: Two Cases from the Mesa Verde Region
- This article applies an environmental justice lens to two archaeological research narratives, one centering on chemical analysis of biomolecular artifact residues and the other on paleohydrology and Pueblo farming.
- Book Review: The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature
- Book Review of "The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature" written by David George Haskell.
- Biomass burning drives atmospheric nutrient redistribution within forested peatlands in Borneo
- This article quantifies the influence of fire on biogeochemical fluxes of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur in a 12 ha forested peatland in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
- Improved bore-sight calibration for airborne light detection and ranging using planar patches
- This article proposes an improved method for bore-sight calibration based on the principles of symmetry of coordinate offsets and low correlations between bore-sight angles.
- Forest above Ground Biomass Inversion by Fusing GLAS with Optical Remote Sensing Data
- This article describes a study combining Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) data with MODIS/BRDF (Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function) and ASTER GDEM data to estimate forest aboveground biomass in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China.
- Detecting Stems in Dense and Homogeneous Forest Using Single-Scan TLS
- This article presents a new method to automatically detect stems in dense and homogeneous forest using single-scan terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data.
- Validation of a Non-Targeted LC-MS Approach for Identifying Ancient Proteins: Method Development on Bone to Improve Artifact Residue Analysis
- This article discusses validation of the potential of an extraction and characterization approach via application to ancient bone proteins, as part of a larger method-development project for innovation and improvement of liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry analysis of protein residues from cooking pottery.
- Health and Climate Change: policy responses to protect public health
- This article summarizes key messages from the 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change, accompanied by ten underlying recommendations to accelerate action in the next 5 years.
- Buruli Ulcer Disease and Its Association with Land Cover in Southwestern Ghana
- This article presents the first analysis of Buruli ulcer at the village level in southwestern Ghana, where prevalence rates are among the highest globally, and explores fine and medium-scale associations with land cover by comparing patterns both within Buruli ulcer clusters and surrounding landscapes.
- The Association between Hantavirus Infection and Selenium Deficiency in Mainland China
- This article studies the role of selenium concentration in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) caused by hantaviruses, using a multidisciplinary approach combining ecological analysis with preliminary experimental data.
- Light detection and ranging and hyperspectral data for estimation of forest biomass: a review
- This review addresses the status of hyperspectral data, LiDAR data, and the fusion of these two data sources for forest biomass estimation in the last decade.
- LiDAR Data for Characterizing Linear and Planar Geomorphic Markers in Tectonic Geomorphology
- This paper provides a brief review of airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data for characterizing linear and planar geomorphic markers in tectonic geomorphology, including traces of active faults and surface deformation caused by earthquakes. Challenges and opportunities of LiDAR for the study of tectonic geomorphology and coseismic deformation are also discussed.
- Book Review: Winds from the North: Tewa Origins and Historical Anthropology
- Book Review of "Winds from the North: Tewa Origins and Historical Anthropology" written by Scott G. Ortman.
- A Low-Cost GPS-Based Protocol to Create High-Resolution Digital Elevation Models for Remote Mountain Areas
- This article describes the use of a low-cost GPS-based protocol to construct a high-resolution digital elevation model for a rugged, remote mountain site in the northern Peruvian Andes.
- Soil Diversity as Affected by Land Use in China: Consequences for Soil Protection
- This article reports the first effort to assess the impact of land-use change on soil diversity for the entire nation of China.
- Meta-discoveries from a synthesis of satellite-based land-cover mapping research
- This article provides a spatialized database of scientific literature in English about land-cover mapping.
- Mapping Mountain Pine Beetle Mortality through Growth Trend Analysis of Time-Series Landsat Data
- This article presents a forest growth trend analysis method that integrates Landsat temporal trajectories and decision tree techniques to derive annual forest disturbance maps over an 11-year period.
- Comparison of different methods for monitoring glacier changes observed by Landsat images
- This paper presents three methods for classifying glacier boundaries, compares the three methods to provide advice on how to choose an appropriate method, and analyzes the relationship between glacier change and the trends of precipitation and temperature.
- TNR and conservation on a university campus: a political ecological perspective
- Article discussing TNR and conservation on a university campus and a political ecological perspective.
- Estimating FPAR of Maize Canopy Using Airborne Discrete-Return LiDAR Data
- This article tests a method to estimate the fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) of maize from airborne discrete-return LiDAR data.
- A rich Internet application for automated detection of road blockage in post-disaster scenarios
- This paper presents the development of a rich Internet application for automated detection of road blockage in post-disaster scenarios using volunteered geographic information from OpenStreetMap street centerlines and airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data.
- Ethics Gaming Survey Results
- Dataset generated for a National Science Foundation grant project, "EAGER: Prototyping a Virtue Ethics Game." These files contain the research results of the pre-test and post-test surveys.
- A China data set of soil properties for land surface modeling
- This article describes the use of a comprehensive 30x30 arc-second resolution gridded soil characteristics data set of China for land surface modeling.
- Ethnobiology 5: Interdisciplinarity in an Era of Rapid Environmental Change
- This article argues that ethnobiology is preadapted to be a scholarly umbrella for a number of disciplines that concern human-environment interactions, suggesting that two goals of Ethnobiology 5 are to bridge traditional academic boundaries in order to broaden the community of ethnobiologists, and to capitalize on and communicate the relevance of ethnobiological scholarship for solving problems related to contemporary environmental and cultural crises.
- Bird watching in China reveals bird distribution changes
- This article describes the development of the China Bird Watching Database and its use to understand bird distribution changes.
- Editorial: Applications of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) in Geosciences
- This article contains an editorial on applications of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) in Geosciences.
- Nitrate and Chloride Concentrations in Groundwater beneath a Portion of the Trinity Group Outcrop Zone, Texas
- This article discusses a study in which the authors evaluated spatial distributions of nitrate and chloride concentrations in groundwater in an area of north-central Texas with agricultural activity, in addition to oil and natural gas exploration and activity.
- Geographic Distribution of HIV/AIDS in Texas
- This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on HIV/AIDS. This presentation discusses the geographic distribution of HIV/AIDS in Texas and the associated factors.
- Sustainable Science? Reducing the Carbon Impact of Scientific Mega-Meetings
- This article uses 9 years of annual meeting attendance data from the Ecological Society of American and the Association of American Geographers to assess the efficacy of two additional solutions: 1) alternate large national meetings that require significant air travel with smaller regional meetings that do not; and 2) incorporate geography into the meeting location selection process.
- Potential Hazards of Wind Energy For Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Birds and Batsin Texas
- This article discusses the potential hazards of wind energy for rare, threatened, and endangered birds and bats in Texas.
- Spatial Distribution of Solutes in Aquifer Outcrop Zones along the Brazos River, East-Central Texas
- Article discussing the spatial distribution of solutes in aquifer outcrop zones along the Brazos River, East-Central Texas.
- Combining Spatial-Temporal and Phylogenetic Analysis Approaches for Improved Understanding on Global H5N1 Transmission
- This article reports an interdisciplinary effort that combines the geospatial informatics approach with a bioinformatics approach to form an improved understanding on the transmission mechanisms of H5N1 virus.
- Book Review: The Pursuit of Ecotopia: Lessons from Indigenous and Traditional Societies for the Human Ecology of Our Modern World
- Book Review of "The Pursuit of Ecotopia: Lessons from Indigenous and Traditional Societies for the Human Ecology of Our Modern World" written by Eugene N. Anderson.
- Book Review:Quantitative Paleozoology
- Book Review of "Quantitative Paleozoology" written by R. Lee Lyman.
- Nitrate, Arsenic and Selenium Concentrations in The Pecos Valley Aquifer, West Texas, USA
- This article discusses nitrate, arsenic, and selenium concentrations in the Pecos Valley Aquifer in west Texas in the context of local geology and land use.
- Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Malaria in Yunnan Province, China
- This article describes the use of GIS techniques to conduct temporal and spatial analyses of both P. vivax and P. falciparum malaria to understand the trend and dynamics of transmission, to identify risk periods and areas, and to determine environmental factors associated with increased risk of malaria.
- An Updating System for the Gridded Population Database of China Based on Remote Sensing, GIS and Spatial Database Technologies
- Describes the development of a Spatial Population Updating System (SPUS) for updating the gridded population database of China based on remote sensing, GIS and spatial database technologies, with a spatial resolution of 1 km by 1 km.
- Instrument, System and Method for Automated Low Cost Atmospheric Measurements
- Patent relating to an instrument, system and method for automated low cost atmospheric measurements.
- Evaluation Of WEPP For Runoff And Sediment Yield Prediction On Natural Gas Well Sites
- This article discusses the evaluation of Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) for runoff and sediment yield prediction on natural gas well sites, instead of focusing only on the effects on fields, rangelands, and forests.
- Performance Comparison of Passive Structures with Multiple Gates and Funnels for Capturing Contaminated Groundwater
- This article describes the evaluation of the capability of passive interceptors with multiple gates for directing the flow of contaminated groundwater.
- Using GIS technology to identify areas of tuberculosis transmission and incidence
- This article discusses using GIS technology to identify areas of tuberculosis transmission and incidence.
- A History of Geography at the University of North Texas
- This article provides a history of the Geography Department at the University of North Texas.
- Lightning, Downed Power Line Form Intriguing Rock Structure in Denton, Texas
- This article describes a vitrified soil structure, formed by atmospheric and human activity, possessing characteristics of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
- Growth dynamics of tropical savanna grasses: from individual shoots to plant models
- Paper presented at the First Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society in 2002. This paper discusses growth dynamics of tropical savanna grasses from individual shoots to plant models.