UC Santa Barbara Geography / Graduates / Ph.D. Dissertations
1991-2000
| Name | Degree Date | Title | Chair | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUBAYAH, RALPH | Winter 1991 | The Topographic Variability of Solar Radiation | Dozier | Davis, Simonett, T. Smith |
| WOO, DAVID | Winter 1991 | A Feasibility Study of Using Landsat MSS Data to Map Tropical Rice Fields in Ifugao, Philippines | Estes | Simonett, Davis, Morris |
| HUDAK, PAUL | Fall 1991 | Analytical Methods for Regional-Scale Ground Water Monitoring Network Design and Numerical Verification | Loaiciga | Church, Michaelsen, Keller |
| STOMS, DAVID | Fall 1991 | Mapping and Monitoring Regional Patterns of Species Richness from Geographic Information | Estes | Davis, Goodchild, Scott |
| GAYDOS, LEONARD | Fall 1991 | Scale Dependent Measurement of Vegetation in Urban Areas | Estes | Goodchild, Davis, Rowntree |
| VEREGIN. HOWARD | Fall 1991 | The Role of Uncertainty in Nuclear Winter Modeling | Couclelis | Goodchild, Lanter, Eardley |
| SHI, JIANCHENG | Winter 1992 | Radar Polarimetric Modeling and Observations of Snow-Covered Terrain | Dozier | R. Smith, Davis, Zebker, R. Davis |
| HASTON, LAURA | Spring 1992 | Reconstruction of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Precipitation Variability in Southern California Using Tree-Ring Chronologies | Michaelsen | Dozier, Loaiciga, Keller |
| KUMLER, MARK | Summer 1992 | An Intensive Comparison of TINs and DEMs | Goodchild | Tobler, Church, Mark |
| PAINHO, MARCO | Summer 1992 | Modeling Errors in Digital Landuse/Landcover Maps | Davis | Goodchild, Estes, Haller |
| EHRLICH, DANIELE | Summer 1992 | Multi-Temporal Satellite Image Analysis for Crop Inventories in the Po River Valley (Italy) | Estes | Davis, Jones, Hall |
| WANG, YONG | Fall 1992 | Radar Backscatter Modeling and Applications in Forested Environments | Davis/Melack | Dozier, Freeman, Paris |
| MCGWIRE, KENNETH | Fall 1992 | Comparison of Standard Multispectral and Map Assisted Classification Methods with a New Layered Approach | Estes | Davis, Goodchild, Star, Botkin |
| KEMP, KAREN | Fall 1992 | Environmental Modeling with GIS: A Strategy for Dealing with Spatial Continuity | Goodchild | T. Smith, Tobler, Haymon |
| KENNEDY, SUSAN | Fall 1992 | An Investigation into the Geography of Breast Cancer: The Small Number Problem in Small Areas | Tobler | Anselin, Couclelis, Williams |
| FRIEDL, MARK | Fall 1993 | Correspondence Between Remotely Sensed Data and Land Surface Energy Balance Over a Tallgrass Prairie | Davis | Dozier, Gautier, Michaelsen, Price |
| NOLIN, ANNE | Fall 1993 | Radiative Heating in Alpine Snow | Dozier | Mertes, Michaelsen, R. Davis, Matson |
| WATERS, KIRK | Winter 1994 | Monte Carlo Modeling of the Open Ocean Light Field | R. Smith | Siegel, Michaelsen, Dozier, Prezelin |
| REY, SERGIO | Summer 1994 | Integrated Multiregional Model for Systems of Small Regions | Anselin | Couclelis, Golledge, Madden |
| KWAN, MEI-PO | Fall 1994 | GISICAS: A GIS-Interfaced Computational-Process Model for Activity Scheduling in Advanced Traveler Information Systems | Golledge | Church, Goodchild, McNally |
| WRIGHT, DAWN | Fall 1994 | From Pattern to Process on the Deep Ocean Floor: A Geographic Information System Approach (Interdisciplinary Program) | R. Smith | Goodchild, Macdonald, Haymon, Krause |
| LEIPNIK, MARK | Winter 1995 | A Spatial Decision Support System for Management of Subsurface Contamination: A Case Study of SDSS Development, Implementation and Evaluation at Vandenberg AFB, California | Loaiciga | Church, Goodchild, Pritchard |
| MURRAY, ALAN | Spring 1995 | Modeling Adjacency Conditions in Spatial Optimization Problems | Church | Goodchild, Anselin, Cohon |
| STINE, PETER | Spring 1995 | A Multi-Scale Conservation Assessment of Plant Communities in Southern California | Davis | Goodchild, Estes, Franklin, Gilpin |
| KATTELMANN, RICHARD | Summer 1995 | Water Movement and Ripening Processes in Snowpacks of the Sierra Nevada | Dozier | Melack, Loaiciga, Marsh |
| GERRARD, ROSS | Summer 1995 | The Location of Service Facilities Using Modeling Sensitive to Response Distance, Facility Workload, and Demand Allocation | Church | Anselin, Goodchild, Current |
| ELDER, KEVIN | Summer 1995 | Snow Distribution in Alpine Watersheds | Dozier | Michaelsen, Melack, Loaiciga, Dexter |
| ODION, DENNIS | Fall 1995 | Effects of Variation in Soil Heating During Fire on Patterns of Plant Establishment and Regrowth in Maritime Chaparral | Davis | Michaelsen, Jones, Mahall |
| TALEN, EMILY | Fall 1995 | The Achievement of Planning Goals: A Methodology for Evaluating the Success of Plans | Couclelis | Golledge, Goodchild, Hopkins |
| HENDERSON, THOMAS | Winter 1996 | An Analysis of the Effects of Ground Parameters and Multitemporal Compositing Techniques on the Passive Microwave Vegetation Index | Estes | Mertes, Lanter, Neale |
| DEICHMANN, UWE | Winter 1996 | A Spatial Analysis of Technology Adoption in Sub-Saharan Farming Systems | Anselin | Goodchild, Tobler, Lynam |
| TAKEYAMA, MASANAO | Winter 1996 | GEO-ALGEBRA: A Mathematical Approach to Integrating Spatial Modeling and GIS | Couclelis | Goodchild, Tobler, Batty |
| CULLEN, STEPHEN | Winter 1996 | Field and Laboratory Investigations of Contaminant Natural Attenuation and Intrinsic Remediation in Soils and the Vadose Zone | Loaiciga | Davis, Michaelsen, Everett |
| THOMAS, KATHRYN | Winter 1996 | Vegetation and Floristic Diversity in the Mojave Desert of California: A Regional Conservation Evaluation | Davis | Michaelsen, Goodchild, Mahall |
| GERSHUNOV, ALEXANDER | Winter 1996 | Large-Scale Variability of Tropospheric Moisture and Climatic Implications |
Michaelsen | Gautier, Siegel, Leskow |
| VALERIANO, DALTON | Spring 1996 | Relationships Between Tropical Forest Structure and Remotely Sensed Synthetic Aperture Radar Data |
Davis | Melack, Dozier, Mertes |
| O'HIROK, William | Winter 1997 | Three-Dimensional Cloud Effects and Enhanced Atmospheric Absorption |
Gautier | Dozier, Michaelsen, Richard Somerville |
| PHINN, Stuart (SDSU) | Spring 1997 | Remote Sensing and Spatial Analytic Techniques for Monitoring Landscape Structure in Disturbed and Restored Coastal Environments |
Stow | Franklin, Mertes, Michaelsen |
| GARVER, Sara | Summer 1997 | Variability in Ocean Color Observations and Their Use in the Study of Upper Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics |
Siegel | Washburn, Michaelsen, Tony Michaels |
| FROHN, Robert | Fall 1997 | Improved Landscape Ecology Metrics for Modeling, Monitoring, and Assessment of Ecosystems with Remote Sensing |
Estes | Roberts, Michaelsen, Virginia Dale |
| OHLMANN, J. Carter | Fall 1997 | Ocean Radiant Heating |
Siegel | Washburn, Gautier, Tim Liu |
| EHLSCHLAEGER, Charles | Winter 1998 | The Stochastic Simulation Approach: Tools for Representing Spatial Application Uncertainty |
Goodchild | Michaelsen, Church, Peter Fisher |
| WILDES, Fred (SDSU) | Winter 1998 | The Influence of Ecotourism on Conservation Policy for Sustainable Development: The Case of Costa Rica |
Griffin | Pryde, Loaiciga, Proctor |
| LEMBERG, David | Winter 1998 | Politically Feasible Solutions for the School Districting Planning Problem: Optimizing Stability for Alternative Generation |
Church | Golledge, Couclelis, Russell Rumberger |
| YING, Long Gen (SDSU) | Spring 1998 | Modeling the Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Chinese Economic Growth during the Recent Reform Period |
Getis | Couclelis, Church, Serge Rey |
| LOVELAND, Thomas | Spring 1998 | A Database Approach to a Global Land Cover Characterization: Foundations, Challenges, and Lessons |
Estes | Davis, Roberts, James Merchant |
| HOLLANDER, Allan | Fall 1998 | A GIS Framework for Modelling Wildlife Species Distributions |
Davis | Goodchild, Michaelsen, Reginald Barrett |
| BROWN, Christopher (SDSU) | Fall 1998 | A Watershed and Bio-Regional Approach to Transboundary Wastewater Management in the Tijuana River Watershed |
Pryde | Griffin, Wright, Church, Loaiciga |
| DAY, John | Spring 1999 | Variability of Microwave Backscatter from Loblolly Pine Forest and the Implications for Forest Biomass Estimation with Imaging Radar |
Davis | Melack, Roberts, Jack Paris |
| VERDIN, James | Spring 1999 | Geospatial Climate Monitoring Products: Tools for Food Security Assessment |
Estes | Roberts, Mertes, Goodchild, Compton Tucker |
| COVA, Thomas | Spring 1999 | A General Framework for Optimal Site Search |
Church | Couclelis, Goodchild, Jerry Weaver |
| McELROY, Steve (SDSU) | Spring 1999 | In Situ Accretion and Urban Transformation on the Periphery: Social and Physical Changes in VillaEl Salvaor, 1971-1998 |
Griffin | Wright, Couclelis, Proctor |
| HESS, Laura | Spring 1999 | Monitoring Flooding and Vegetation on Seasonally Inundated Floodplains with Multi-Frequency Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar |
Melack | Mertes, Davis, Jack Paris |
| MUNROE, Scott (SDSU) | Summer 1999 | The Economic and Spatial Dynamics of U.S. Metropolitan Retailing |
Getis | Rey, Church, Couclelis |
| SCOTT, Lauren (SDSU) | Summer 1999 | The Accessible City: Employment Opportunities in Time and Space |
Getis | Rey, Couclelis, Goodchild |
| SUTTON, Paul | Summer 1999 | Census from Heaven: Estimation of Human Population Parameters using Nighttime Satellite Imagery |
Roberts | Goodchild, Tobler, Christopher Elvidge |
| MORITZ, Max | Fall 1999 | Controls on Disturbance Regime Dynamics: Fire in Los Padres National Forest |
Davis | Michaelsen, Goodchild, Steven Gaines |
| CHANG, Grace (MSI) | Fall 1999 | Analyses of Bio-optical Variability Related to Physical Processes on the Southern New England Continental Shelf: July 1966 - June 1967 |
Dickey | Barbara Prezelin, Siegel, Washburn |
| HERMAN, Thomas (SDSU) | Winter 2000 | Images of Childhood, Images of Community: Children's Everyday Geographies in a Multi-ethnic Urban Neighborhood |
Aitken | Mattingly, Golledge, Proctor |
| WALKER, Richard | Winter 2000 | Investigations in Vegetation Map Rectification, and the Remotely Sensed Detection and Measurement of Natural Vegetation Changes |
Davis | Michaelsen, Goodchild, Robert Haller, Jan van Wagtendonk |
| PATTERSON, Karen (MSI) | Winter 2000 | Contribution of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter to Attenuation of Ultraviolet Radiation in Three Contrasting Coastal Areas |
R. Smith | Washburn, Dickey |
| MERCHANT, George | Spring 2000 | An Elementary Theory of Drainage Basin Evolution |
T. Smith | Dunne, Loaiciga, Bjorn Birnir |
| LUKINBEAL, Chris (SDSU) | Spring 2000 | On Location in San Diego: Film, Television and Urban Thirdspace |
Aitken | Ford, Proctor, Clarke |
| CLOUD, John | Summer 2000 | Hidden in Plain Sight: CORONA and the Clandestine Geography of the Cold War |
Clarke | Estes, R. Smith, Constance Penley |
| DIERSSEN, Heidi | Summer 2000 | Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll and Primary Production West of Antarctic Peninsula |
R. Smith | Gautier, Siegel, Maria Vernet |
| BELL, Scott | Fall 2000 | Comprehension of Location in Large and Small Spaces by Children and Adults |
Golledge | Couclelis, Montello, Michael Gerber |
| AL-SAHHAF, Nasr | Fall 2000 | The use of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Technologies to Detect , Monitor, and Model Urban Change in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Estes | Couclelis, Clarke, James Wise |
| SHORTRIDGE, Ashton | Fall 2000 | Uncertainty in Spatial Data Measures, Models, and Structures |
Goodchild | Clarke, Michaelsen, Wendy Meiring |
