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ArcFootprint
ArcFootprint

A custom-built ArcToolbox tool for estimating gas flux footprints directly within ArcMap.

arcgispythontrace gases

Yale MESc thesis
Yale MESc thesis

A pilot study (no pun intended) of an airborne instrument for estimating carbon dioxide flux in cities.

trace gasespythonruav

Photogrammetry of Fissure 8, Mount Kilauea, Hawai’i
Photogrammetry of Fissure 8, Mount Kilauea, Hawai’i

Using drone imagery collected during the 2018 Kilauea eruption, I built a 3D model of a volcanic fissure and quantified changes in the fissure's morphology and volume.

agisoft photoscandata analysisremote sensinguav

Humanitarian Spending on Climate Change
Humanitarian Spending on Climate Change

Using UN funding data, my research team attempts to answer the question, "How much money do humanitarian aid agencies spend explicitly on climate change?"

data analysishumanitarianspeakingwriting

Historical Image Analysis of Tree Mortality at Horseshoe Lake
Historical Image Analysis of Tree Mortality at Horseshoe Lake

I conducted supervised image classification of aerial photos (1951-2014) to quantify deforestation on Mammoth Mountain, CA.

arcgisdata analysisgeoprocessingphotogrammetrypythonremote sensing

Tutorial - Geologic Mapping with ArcGIS
Tutorial - Geologic Mapping with ArcGIS

A guide for creating geologic maps using the USGS NCGMP09 cartographic standards.

arcgisearth sciencetutorialwriting

Tutorial - Historical Web Mapping
Tutorial - Historical Web Mapping

A guide teaching novices in the digital humanities how to use maps from the David Rumsey collection in web applications.

arcgis onlinegeoreferencertutorialwriting

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