GEOS 422: Past student projects
Fall 2009
  • Use of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery from ERS-2 to Examine Dynamics of Lake Ice in the interior North Slope of Alaska (Trevor Haynes)
  • Analysis of Forest Fire Re-Burn in Interior Alaska from 1999-2009 Using Landsat (Esther Horschel)
  • Remote Sensing of Corals in the Aleutian Islands (Kate Riffey)
  • Habitat Mapping of Creamer's Refuge, Fairbanks, AK: An Exploratory Study of Methods Used to Document Habitat Change Between 1978 and 2002 (Lila Tauzer)
  • Volume Change and Terminus Retreat of Yakutat Glacier, AK between 1999 and 2008 (Barbara Trussel)
Fall 2008
  • Analysis of liquefaction caused by the 2001 Bhuj Earthquake: A change detection study using MISR spectral information (Matthew Balazs)
  • Using SAR imagery to determine availability of unfrozen water in lakes on the North Slope (Celine M. van Breukelen)
  • Classification of Hydro-Geologic Boundaries using Synthetic Aperture Radar and Landsat Images (Peter Calvin)
  • Using Multitemporal SAR Data to Monitor Tidal Influence on Exposed Mudflats for River Deltas of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska (Roy Churchwell)
  • Quantifying and imaging S02 From the August 7, 2008 Eruption of Kasatochi Volcano in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska (Angela Ekstrand)
  • Mapping aquatic vegetation with aerial photography for impact assessment on space-borne SAR C-band and X-band backscatter (Melanie Engram)
  • Use of SAR and Aerial Photography to Monitor Streams Subject to Glacier Dammed Lake Releases (Alexandre Lai)
  • A remote sensing approach to map and monitor areas of open water for the Tanana River, Alaska (Lisa South)
  • Describing Prairie Pothole Emergent Wetlands Using Natural Color Aerial Photography (Valerie Steen)
  • Summer thermal conditions within near shore aquatic environments if the Beaufort Sea coast: a preliminary investigation into the biological implications of the seasonal trends (Jason Stolarski)
  • Remote Sensing and GID analysis of Morphological Changes in Thermokarst Lakes and Relationships with the Underlying Geology: Kolyma Lowlands, Northeast Siberia (Meghan Tillapaugh)
Fall 2007
  • ASTER thennal infrared mapping of the 2006 Mt. St. Augustine eruption, Alaska (Peter Rinkleff)
  • The Potential of Using Active Remote Sensing, Synthetic Aperture Radar for Estimating Methane (CH4) Ebullition in Arctic Lakes, Alaska (Dragos A. Vas)
  • Image Classification of Airborne Geophysical and Air Radiometric Data From the Salcha River- Pogo Area, Alaska (Milton Wiltse)
Fall 2006
  • The correlation between landslides caused by the 2002 November 3rd, 7.9M Denali Fault earthquake and a surge of the the SE fork of the McGinnis Peak Glacier (Jeff Benowitz)
  • TOPO maps versus U-2 infrared aerial photography: A complete stereo coverage of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Fairbanks (Paolo Greer)
  • Unidentified Features on Mars: Volcanic or Erosional? (Jena Hecker)
  • Evaluation of Coastal Erosion Cape Halkett Region of the Beufort Sea, Alaska (Robert Mikol)
  • Geological Evidence of Water on Mars (Marcus Mooers)
  • Spectral Classification of Instream Habitat Characteristics (Jeff Perschbacher)
  • Identifying Arctic Pingos with LANDSAT, Aerial Photo and SAR images- A case study at North Slope of Alaska (Sudipta Sarkar)
  • Using Remote Sensing to Identify and Distinguish Between Surficial Lithologies as Implied by Landcover and Different Types of Vegetation in the Lake George Area, East Central Alaska (Carla Susanne Tomsich)
  • Calculating Effusion Rates for Augustine Volcano Using Satellite Imagery (Rachel Wilson)
Fall 2004
Fall 2003
Fall 2002