On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred 16 miles west of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. In an effort to aid emergency management efforts, members of LESAM participated in a damage assessment. By comparing pre– and post earthquake imagery using Google Earth, members were able to classify the extent of the damage done to each building …
The project team develops a series of on-line distance learning modules for the BLM National Training Center that will be offered through the DOI LEARN Course Catalog. The series will be designed as a follow up to the already existing WEPP module offered through DOI LEARN and the one currently under development (WEPP Land Cover).
Leading Investigator Werner Kuhn, Professor (Dept. of Geography, University of Münster) Leading Collaborator at UB David Mark, Professor/Director (Dept. of Geography/NCGIA, University at Buffalo) Member Institutions University of Münster, Muenster, Germany University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany University at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA Sponsor German Research Foundation/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany Research Assistants Alexander C. Walkowski (Visiting Scientist …
Leading Collaborator at UB Michael Sheridan, Professor (Dept. of Geology, University at Buffalo) Sponsor U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), USA Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Canada Secretaria de Educacion Publica (SEP), Mexico Member Institutions Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan University at Buffalo, Buffalo New York Universidad Nacional Autonoma de …
Above is an animation of the flood event on Aug 28, 2011 in North Blenheim. In August 2011, Hurricane Irene swept through a large portion of eastern New York State, leaving many communities in shambles and hundreds of people homeless. One of the crucial aspects of flood modeling is determining a flood’s return period (i.e., 100 yr, 200 yr or …
Principal Investigator Chris S. Renschler Sponsor Environment & Society Institute (University at Buffalo) Collaborators Michael Sheridan, Director (Center for Geohazard Studies, University at Buffalo) David Palacios Estremera, Professor (Facultad de Geografia Fisica, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain) Research Assistants Jorge Bajo, Luis Miguel Tanarro Garcia, Alexandre Sorokine, Laercio Namikawa, Yuxia Huang, Esperanza Salinas Abstract (more details get …
Research Leader Chris S. Renschler Sponsor Nutrient Management Spear Program (Cornell University) Collaborator Quirine Ketterings, Associate Professor (Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University) Research Assistant Matthew Malinowski Abstract Crop farmers across the country face the task of developing nutrient management plans for their farms. Fertilizer, pesticide, and manure applications are the primary sources of …
Principal Investigator Chris S. Renschler Sponsors U.S. Dept. of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service U.S. Dept. of Agriculture – Forest Service U.S. Dept. of Interior – Bureau of Land Management Environment & Society Institute (University at Buffalo) Collaborators William Elliott, Research Leader (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture – Forest Service) Bill Ypsilantis, Soil Scientist (U.S. Dept. …
ITR-Information Processing for Integrated Observation and Simulation Based Risk Management of Geophysical Mass Flows Principal Investigator Abani Patra, Professor (Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo) GIS Project Leader Chris S. Renschler, LESAM Collaborators David Mark, Director (National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA), University at Buffalo) Michael Sheridan, Director (Center for …
LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) uses laser pulses to accurately gather horizontal and vertical positions by collecting data from instruments attached to aircraft, satellite, or leveled on a tripod for terrestrial surveys. The data can be stored as an LAS or ASCII file and then converted to a multipoint feature using a Geographical Information System …
Principal Investigator Chris S. Renschler, LESAM Sponsors U.S. Dept. of Commerce – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC Collaborators Ronald T. Eguchi, ImageCat Inc. Stephanie Chang, University of British Columbia John C. Pine, Appalachian State University Scott Miles, Western Washington University Beverley Adams, ImageCat Inc. Adam Rose, University of Southern California …
Principal Investigator David Mark, Director (National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA), University at Buffalo) Member Departments at UB Anthropology, Geography, Geology, Philosophy, Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Industrial Engineering Sponsor National Science Foundation, Division of Graduate Education IGERT LESAM Students: Amy Frazier, Mary Ellen Miller Abstract The University at Buffalo offers a doctoral degree concentration in …
Community resilience is defined as the ability to prepare for and recover from extreme events (both natural and man-made disasters). The PEOPLES Resilience Framework was designed to enable researchers from different disciplines to measure, model and describe seven different categories of community resilience indicators (http://mceer.buffalo.edu/quakesummit2011/program/presentations/08_d-Renschler.pdf). As part of Dr. Renschler’s Landscape Modeling with GIS class at …
Principal Investigators Ronald Eguchi, ImageCat Inc. Beverly Adams, ImageCat Inc. Sponsors Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) – National Science Foundation (NSF) Supervisor Chris S. Renschler Research Assistants Haifeng Yu, Heidi Perry Abstract: This project will investigate qualitative and quantitative techniques for analyzing the spatial distribution of burnt structures from the 2007 California Wildfires. …
Research Leaders Dr. Donald McKeown, Distinguished Researcher (Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology) Michael Richardson, Distinguished Researcher (Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology) Collaborator Chris S. Renschler, LESAM Research Assistant Laercio Namikawa Abstract WASP’s mission is the detection and monitoring of wildfires from an aircraft at an altitude of up to …
The annual spatial@ucsb.local2018 Poster and Plenary Session will be held on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at Corwin Pavilion, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This year’s theme for the event will be Improving Information Accuracy for Extreme Events. Keynotes will be from Chris Renschler (Dept. of Geography, University at Buffalo) and one more TBA. For …
On 8/28/2011 Eastern New York was heavily impacted by Hurricane Irene. Many areas were flooded, buildings destroyed, and travel became impossible.
About a week later, LESAM received permission to tour the area. Our interest was in mapping the extent of the damage and collecting ground truth data. Flood inundation area were modeled using HEC-RAS, and matched with aerial imagery as well as FEMA flood scenarios.