Remote Sensing & Geospatial Analysis Laboratory

The Research Lab of Dr. L. M. Moskal at the University of Washington

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Understanding multiscale dynamics of landscape change through the application of remote sensing & GIS

Featured project websites:

Forest Cover Change Visualization Project

Interactive Cave Animation, Visualization and Exploration (iCAVE)

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Forest Inventory of Historical Trees

James River Basin Partnership Forest Cover Change Mapping Project

Landscape Modeling and Geovisualization

Current and Past Research Projects

Spatial Analysis of Recreational Impacts in Mount Rainier National Park
Mapping Footprints of Urban Natural Resources Stewardship
Terrestrial LiDAR for above ground biomass estimation
Aerial full waveform LiDAR for urban forest above ground biomass and species identification
Spatiotemporal hetrogeneity of Wetlands
Development of a LiDAR-driven forest inventory protocol
Leaf Area Index (LAI) from aerial & terrestrial LiDAR
Estimating forest susceptibility to Pine Bark Beetle in Eastern WA
Forest fire modeling variable estimation with LiDAR
Invasive species mapping with hyperspectral & hyperspatial remote sensing
Biomass estimation from remote sensing for bioenergy
Classification & prediction of impervious surfaces
Eastern cedar encroachment in the Ozarks
Urban expansion & forest fragmentation in the Ozarks
Missouri State University Virtual Arboretum
Forest Cover Change Visualization Project
Interactive Cave Animation, Visualization and Exploration (iCAVE)
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Forest Inventory of Historical Trees
James River Basin Partnership Forest Cover Change Mapping Project
Pipestone National Park GIS mapping of park infrastructure
Geostatistical analysis of avian & vegetation community data in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Course-based Projects

Funding Sources & Support

NSF, NASA, USDA Forest Service and the PNW Research Station, National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Department of Conservation, James River Basin Partnership, Ozarks Environmental Water Resources Institute (OEWRI), Ministry of Natural Resources, Canadian Forest Service, Canadian National Science & Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the International Development Research Center (IDRC), RadarSAT International, PCI Geomatics Group, Visual Learning Systems, Itres Ltd., TerraMetric, TerraPoint, Leica, Aero-Metric & Western Air Maps.

University of Washington
College of the Environment, School of Forest Resources
Anderson Hall 302, Box 352100		Fax: 206.685.3091
Seattle, WA 98195-2100		email: lmmoskal at u.washington.edu

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