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Our terrestrial remote sensing program is oriented toward theoretical and practical studies of using satellite and aerial remote sensing in natural resources management, landscape patterns and change analyses, environmental studies, as well as conservation biology and biodiversity applications.
A major research focus is to develop modeling mechanisms that link driving forces from both socioeconomic and natural factors and the land-cover changes. The research is targeted at understanding the relations between driving forces and landscape dynamics so that human impacts on the ecosystems can be effectively modeled. One of our current projects is to develop multiple innovative models for regional land-cover change studies. The Chicago metropolitain region in the Mid-West and the State of Rhode Island in the Northeast are two primary study areas.
Our other research projects include the identification of natural communities and monitoring the condition of forest ecosystems using multispectral, multitemporal, multisensor remote sensing data, in situ data, and multisource GIS/GPS data.
University of Rhode Island
1 Greenhouse Road
Kingston, RI 02881