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  • Environmental Remote Sensing with Unmanned Aircraft Systems

    Creator:
    Burnett, Jonathan D.
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    Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUASs) equipped with optical sensors are capableof remotely sensing landscapes and wildlife at spatial and temporal resolutions that werepreviously inaccessible due to technical and budgetary limitations. Conventional remotesensing and photogrammetric workflows can be applied to the resulting high resolution imageryto facilitate new types of scientific inquiry....
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    . Title: Environmental Remote Sensing with Unmanned Aircraft Systems Abstract approved: Michael G. Wing

  • Using a geographic information system (GIS) to monitor recreation impacts in a forested setting

    Creator:
    Wing, Michael
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    With a growing population and increasing demand for recreation resources, managers of public lands face unique challenges in allocating and overseeing resource use. One of the most reliable methods for gathering information from resource users involves surveying. Summaries and applications of survey results typically have not fully addressed the spatial...
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  • Unoccupied aircraft systems in forest monitoring applications

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    Barker, Matthew I.
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    In recent years, unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) have become increasingly affordable and straightforward to incorporate in monitoring applications of forested ecosystems. This shift has facilitated interest in using these tools to monitor aspects of forest ecosystems including vegetation health, forest structure and composition, and potential habitat provided by these systems....
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    approved: ___________________________________________ Michael G. Wing Abstract In recent

  • Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) : what we can and cannot see in the forest for the trees

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    Edson, Curtis B.
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    Recently concerns over anthropogenic carbon pollution have received increased global attention and research in forest biomass and carbon sequestration has gained momentum. Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) remote sensing has in the last decade demonstrated forest measurement and biomass estimation potential. The project objective was to compare LiDAR forest biomass...
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    . Michael Wing for pulling my application out of the illusory cylindrical file and inviting me to study in

  • Examination of airborne discrete-return lidar in prediction and identification of unique forest attributes

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    Wing, Brian M.
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    Airborne discrete-return lidar is an active remote sensing technology capable of obtaining accurate, fine-resolution three-dimensional measurements over large areas. Discrete-return lidar data produce three-dimensional object characterizations in the form of point clouds defined by precise x, y and z coordinates. The data also provide intensity values for each point that...
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    2 AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Brian M. Wing for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Advancing Spatial Data Engineering and Analysis: Integrative Approaches with GIS, Statistical Modelling, and Deep Learning

    Creator:
    Krivova, Maria
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    Geospatial data analysis is a multifaceted discipline encompassing the collection, processing, and visualization of diverse datasets. It models and delineates the interactions of people, objects, and phenomena within geographical spaces and predicts patterns based on the relationships between different locations. Despite significant advancements in geospatial data engineering and analytics over...
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    members: Mike Bailey, Chris Parrish, and Michael Wing, for supporting me in completing the PhD program

  • Modeling, control, and estimation of flexible, aerodynamic structures

    Creator:
    Ray, Cody W.
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    Engineers have long been inspired by nature's flyers. Such animals navigate complex environments gracefully and efficiently by using a variety of evolutionary adaptations for high-performance flight. Biologists have discovered a variety of sensory adaptations that provide flow state feedback and allow flying animals to feel their way through flight. A...
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    flying animals to feel their way through flight. A specialized skeletal wing structure and plethora of

  • Comparison and analysis of small area estimation methods for improving estimates of selected forest attributes

    Creator:
    Goerndt, Michael E.
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    One of the most common practices regarding estimation of forest attributes is the partitioning of large forested subpopulations into smaller areas of interest to coincide with specific objectives of present and future forest management. New estimators are needed to improve estimation of selected forest attributes in small areas where the...
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    DISSERTATION OF Michael E. Goerndt for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Resources presented

  • Patterns of tree establishment and vegetation composition in relation to climate and topography of a subalpine meadow landscape, Jefferson Park, Oregon, USA

    Creator:
    Zald, Harold S. J.
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    The forest alpine tundra ecotone (FTE, also known as alpine treeline or subalpine parkland), is a conspicuous feature of mountain landscapes throughout the world. Climate change-driven increases in temperature are believed to result in FTE movement and tree invasion of subalpine meadows, which have been documented throughout the Northern Hemisphere...
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    members, Andy Gray, Bruce McCune, Michael Wing, and Arthur Sleight. Andy deserves special thanks, in

  • Assessment of the Vegetation Changes using High-Resolution 4-Band Imagery

    Creator:
    Galapita Pallayapelage, Sudeera Wickramarathna
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    Natural resources are essential to humanity. With the increase in global development in recent decades, people must monitor the state of the environment, whose disturbance has a more significant impact on society than before. However, conventional environmental monitoring is challenged in highly dynamic ecosystems and large areas. As a solution,...
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    maintaining a work-life balance. I am grateful to my committee members, Drs. Michael Wing, Julia Jones