Associate Professor of Spatial Ecology and Remote Sensing

Co-Director, Geospatial Laboratory for Environmental Dynamics

E-mail: leev@uidaho.edu
Web: www.cnrhome.uidaho.edu/remotesensing
Office: College of Natural Resources Building, Room 17E
Phone: (208) 885-5743

Education:

Ph.D. Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1999
B.A. with Distinction and magna cum laude, Geology, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 1992

Professional Experience:

Harold Heady Associate Professor, Spatial Ecology and Remote Sensing, University of Idaho, Moscow, 2008-present.
Assistant Professor, Spatial Ecology and Remote Sensing, University of Idaho, Moscow, 2004-2008.
Assistant Professor, Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Ecology, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, 1999-2004.
Director, Remote Sensing and Ecology Laboratory, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City,
1999-2004.
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1994-1999.
Research Assistant, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 1992-1997

Areas of Interest:

    Remote sensing of ecological phenomena
    Landscape ecology
    Biogeochemistry
    Global environmental change
    Interdisciplinary science education

Courses Taught:

     Landscape Ecology
     Landscape Genetics
     Global Environmental Change
     Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing
     Current Global Change Research
     Advanced Methods for Landscape Ecology and Conservation

Refereed Publications:

(asterisks denote student co-authors)

Strand, E.K.**, Vierling, L., Bunting, S.C., and Gessler, P.E. Landscape composition in aspen woodlands under various modeled management scenarios. Forest Ecology and Management, accepted.

Falkowski, M.J.*, A.M.S. Smith, P.E. Gessler, A.T. Hudak, L.A. Vierling, and J.S. Evans. The influence of conifer forest canopy cover on the accuracy of two individual tree measurement algorithms using LiDAR data. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, accepted.

Garrity, S.R.**, Vierling, L.A., Smith, A.M.S., Falkowski, M.J., and Hann, D.B. Automatic detection of individual shrub location, crown area, and cover using spatial wavelet analysis (SWA) of high spatial resolution aerial photography. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, accepted.

Jensen, J.R.*, Humes, K.S., Vierling, L.A., and Hudak, A.T. (2008). Discrete return lidar-based prediction of leaf area index in two conifer forests. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 3947-3957.

Smith, A.M.S., Greenberg, J. A., and Vierling, L.A. (2008). Introduction to Special Section: The Remote Characterization of Vegetation Structure: New methods and applications to landscape-regional-global scale processes. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 113, G03S91, doi: 10.1029/2008JG000748.

Strand, E.K.**, Vierling, L.A., and Bunting, S.C. (2008). A quantitative approach for development of a state-and-transition model for aspen/conifer woodlands on the Owyhee Plateau, Idaho. Ecological Modelling, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.09.010.

Clawges, R.**, Vierling, K. T., Vierling, L. A., Rowell, E. M.** (2008). The use of lidar remote sensing to estimate avian species diversity, density, and occurrence in a pine/aspen forest. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(5): 2064-2073, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.08.023.

Strand, E. K.**, L. A. Vierling, A. M. S. Smith, and S. C. Bunting (2008), Net changes in aboveground woody carbon stock in western juniper woodlands, 1946-1998, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 113, G01013, doi:10.1029/2007JG000544.

Pocewicz, A.*, Nielson-Pincus, M.*, Goldberg, C.*, Johnson, M.**, Morgan, P., Force, J., Waits, L. P., Vierling, L. A. (2008). Predicting land use change: comparison of models based on landowner surveys and historical land cover trends. Landscape Ecology, 23:195–210. doi: 10.1007/s10980-007-9159-6.

Vierling, K. T., Vierling, L. A., Gould, W., Martinuzzi, S.**, Clawges, R.** (2008). Lidar: Shedding new light on habitat characterization and modeling. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 6(2): 90-98. doi: 10.1890/070001.

Lewis, J. S.*, Rachlow, J. L., Garton, E. O., Vierling, L. A. (2007). Effects of habitat on GPS collar performance: using data screening to reduce location errors. Journal of Applied Ecology, 44: 663-671. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01286.x.

Clawges, R.**, Vierling, L. A., Calhoon, M.**, Toomey, M. P.** (2007). Use of a ground-based scanning lidar for estimation of biophysical properties of western larch (Larix occidentalis). International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28(19): 4331 - 4344. doi: 10.1080/01431160701243460.

Pocewicz, A.**, Vierling, L. A., Lentile, L., Smith, R.** (2007). View angle effects on relationships among MISR vegetation indices, leaf area index, and burn severity in a ponderosa pine forest. Remote Sensing of Environment, 107: 322-333.

Storfer, A., Murphy, M. A.*, Evans, J. S., Goldberg, C. S.*, Robinson, S.*, Spear, S.F.*, Dezzani, R., Delmelle, E., Vierling, L. A., Waits, L. (2007). Putting the "landscape" in landscape genetics. Heredity, 98: 128-142.

Vierling, L. A., Vierling, K. T. (2006). Creating Undergraduate Community Ambassadors of Earth System Science. Journal of Geoscience Education, 54(3), 283-286.

Vierling, L. A., Frykholm, J. A., Glasson, G. (2006). Learning mathematics and earth system science: via satellite. Journal of Geoscience Education, 54(3), 262-271.

Falkowski, M.*, Smith, A. M., Hudak, A. T., Gessler, P. E., Vierling, L. A., Crookston, N. (2006). Automated estimation of individual conifer tree height and crown diameter via two-dimensional wavelet analysis of lidar data. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 32(2), 153-161.

Chen, X.**, Vierling, L. A. (2006). Spectral mixture analyses of hyperspectral data acquired using a tethered balloon. Remote Sensing of Environment, 103, 338-350.

Vierling, L. A., Fersdahl, M.**, Chen, X.**, Li, Z.**, Zimmerman, P. R. (2006). The Short Wave Aerostat-Mounted Imager (SWAMI): A novel platform for acquiring remotely sensed data from a tethered balloon. Remote Sensing of Environment, 103, 255-264.

Rowell, E.**, Seielstad, C., Vierling, L. A., Queen, L., Shepperd, W. (2006). Using laser altimetry-based segmentation to refine automated tree identification in managed forests of the Black Hills, South Dakota. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 72(12), 1379-1388.

Strand, E. K.**, Smith, A.M.S., Bunting, S.C., Vierling, L. A., Hann, D. B., Gessler, P. E. (2006). Wavelet estimation of plant spatial patterns in multi-temporal aerial photography. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(10), 2049-2054.

Toomey, M. P.**, Vierling, L. A. (2006). Estimating equivalent water thickness in a conifer forest using Landsat TM and ASTER data: a comparison study. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 32(4), 288-299.

Chen, X.**, Vierling, L.A., and Deering, D.W. 2005 A simple and effective radiometeric correction method to improve landscape change detection across sensors and across time. Remote Sensing of Environment, 98, 63-79. (PDF)

Zimmerman, P.R., Price, M., Peng, C., Capehart, W.J., Updegraff, K., Kozak, P., Vierling, L., Baker, E., Kopp, F., Duke, G., and Das, C. 2005. C-Lock (patent pending): a system for estimating and certifying carbon emission reduction credits for the sequestration of soil carbon on agricultural land. Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Global Change, 10: 307-331 (PDF)

Chen, X.**, Vierling, L., Rowell, E.**, and DeFelice, T. 2004. Using lidar and effective LAI data to evaluate IKONOS and Landsat 7 ETM+ vegetation cover estimates in a ponderosa pine forest. Remote Sensing of Environment, 91(1): 14-26. (PDF)

Vierling, L., Frykholm, J., and Glasson, G. 2004. The Earth Systems Connections Elementary Curriculum. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA publication number EC-2004-03-004-HQ. (PDF)

Harley, P., Vasconcellos, P., Vierling, L., Cleomir de S. Pinheiro, C., Greenberg, J., Guenther, A., Klinger, L., Soares de Almeida, S., Neill, D., Baker, T., Phillips, O., and Malhi, Y.R. 2004. Variation in potential for isoprene emissions among Neotropical forest sites. Global Change Biology, 10: 1–21. (PDF)

Serça, D., A. Guenther, L. Klinger, L. Vierling, P. Harley, A. Druilhet, J. Greenberg, B. Baker, W. Baugh, C. Bouka-Biona, and J. Loemba-Ndembi. 2001. EXPRESSO flux measurements at upland and lowland Congo tropical forest site. Tellus, 53B(3): 220-234.

Vierling, L.A. and Wessman, C.A. 2000. Photosynthetically active radiation dynamics within a monodominant Congolese rain forest canopy. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,103(3): 265-278. (PDF)

Guenther, A., B. Baugh, G. Brasseur, J. Greenberg, P. Harley, L. Klinger, D. Serca, and L. Vierling, 1999. Isoprene emission estimates and uncertainties for the Central African EXPRESSO study domain. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 104(D23): 30,625-30,639. (PDF)

Guenther, A., Archer, S., Greenberg, J., Harley, P., Helmig, D., Klinger, L., Vierling, L., Wildermuth, M., Zimmerman, P., and Zitzer, S., 1999. Biogenic hydrocarbon emissions and landcover/climate change in a subtropical savanna. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 24(6): 659-667. (PDF)

Helmig, D., Klinger, L.F., Guenther, A.B., Vierling, L.A., Zimmerman, P.R., and Geron, C. 1999. Biogenic volatile compound emissions. I. Identifications from three sites in the U.S. Chemosphere 38: 2163-2187. (PDF)

Helmig, D., Klinger, L.F., Guenther, A.B., Vierling, L.A., Zimmerman, P.R., and Geron, C. 1999. Biogenic volatile compound emissions. 2. Flux potentials from three sites in the U.S. Chemosphere 38: 2189-2204. (PDF)

Isebrands, J.G., A.B. Guenther, P. Harley, D. Helmig, L. Klinger, L. Vierling, P. Zimmerman, and C. Geron, 1999: Volatile organic compound emission rates from mixed deciduous and coniferous forests in Northern Wisconsin, USA. Atmospheric Environment, 33, 2527-2536. (PDF)

Vierling, L.A. 1998. Palynological evidence for late- and postglacial environmental change in central Colorado. Quaternary Research, 49: 222-232. (PDF)

Eck, T.F., Deering, D.W., and Vierling, L.A. 1997. Estimation of total albedo from spectral hemispheric reflectance for arctic tundra. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 18(17): 3535-3549. (PDF)

Vierling, L.A., Deering, D.W., and Eck, T.F. 1997. Differences in arctic tundra vegetation type and phenology as seen using bidirectional radiometry in the early growing season. Remote Sensing of Environment, 60(1): 71-82. (PDF)

Guenther, A., Baugh, W., Davis, K., Hampton, G., Harley, P., Klinger, L., Vierling, L., Zimmerman, P., Allwine, E., Dilts, S., Lamb, B., Westberg, H., Baldocchi, D., Geron, C., and Pierce, T. 1996. Isoprene fluxes measured by enclosure, relaxed eddy accumulation, surface-layer gradient, and mixed layer mass balance techniques. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101: 18,555-18,567. (PDF)

Guenther, A., Greenberg, J., Harley, P., Helmig, D., Klinger, L., Vierling, L., Zimmerman, P., and Geron, C. 1996. Leaf, branch, stand and landscape scale measurements of volatile organic compound fluxes from US woodlands. Tree Physiology, 16: 17-24. (PDF)

Helmig, D and Vierling, L. 1995. Water adsorption capacity of the solid adsorbents Tenax TA, Tenax GR, Carbotrap, Carbotrap C, Carbosieve SIII, and Carboxen 569 and water management techniques for the atmospheric sampling of volatile organic trace gases. Analytical Chemistry, 67(23): 4380-4386. (PDF)

Professional Organizations:

American Geophysical Union
Ecological Society of America
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Society for Range Management

Moscow, ID 83844

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