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Kenneth L. Driese Remote Sensing Scientist
Office: Room 330, Agriculture C
Phone: (307) 766-3975
FAX: (307) 766-2744
Email: kdriese@uwyo.edu
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Education
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- Ph.D., University of Wyoming, Botany
- MS, University of Wyoming, Botany
- BA, University of Virginia, Environmental Science
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Research Interests
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- The use of remote sensing and GIS as tools for natural resource
management, ecological research and simulation modeling of
ecological processes.
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Recent Projects
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- WyomingView: Promoting
the use of remote sensing in Wyoming.
- SE Wyoming Cumulative Impacts Project: Mapping land cover and land
cover change in SE Wyoming
- SW Wyoming Land and Snow Cover Assessment: Mapping land cover and
snow extent in SW Wyoming (Wyoming Game and Fish Dept.)
- Kazakhstan Locust Habitat mapping: Mapping potential locust habitat
in Central Asia using satellite data (UMAC)
- Modeling Consumptive Water Use in the Green River Basin, Wyoming
Using Remotely Sensed Data and the METRIC Model
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Recent Publications
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Books |
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- Reiners, William A. and Kenneth L. Driese. 2004. Transport
Processes in Nature. Cambridge University Press.
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Refereed Journal Articles |
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- Driese, Kenneth L., William A. Reiners, Gary M. Lovett and
Samuel M. Simkin. 2004. A vegetation map for the Catskill Park, NY
derived from multi-temporal Landsat imagery and GIS data.
Northeastern Naturalist 11(4):421-442.
- Reiners, William A. and Kenneth L. Driese. 2003. Transport of
energy, information, and material through the biosphere. Annual
Review of Environment and Resources 28:107-135.
- Reiners, William A. and Kenneth L. Driese. 2001. The propagation
of ecological influences through heterogeneous environmental space.
Bioscience 51(11):939-950.
- Driese, Kenneth L., William A. Reiners and Robert C. Thurston.
2001. Rule-based integration of GIS and remote sensing for land
cover
mapping in NE Costa Rica. Geocarto International 16(1):35-44.
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Other Professional Activities
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- American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
- Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium
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Classes Taught
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- BOT/G&R 4140: Remote Sensing for Natural Resource Management
- BOT/G&R 4111/5111: Remote Sensing of the Environment
- BOT/G&R 4112/5112: Remote Sensing Laboratory: Application for Vegetation
- Numerous Professional Workshops on Remote Sensing and GPS Technology
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Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center
1000 University Avenue, Department 4008
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming 82071-4008 USA
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