Our Group

The Remote Sensing research group uses satellite and airborne data, and ground-based measurements to study planetary processes that require spatial observation over various time scales. The group studies volcanic eruptions, sea ice, hydrology, snow, glaciers, crustal deformation, geology, ecology, impact craters and planetary processes. Ongoing projects include; monitoring of North Pacific volcanoes, Arctic environmental change assessments, geothermal exploration, electromagnetic interactions and geology. In support of these studies we are fortunate to receive satellite data in real time from AVHRR, MODIS and GOES sensors and access to high spatial resolution data. The group works in close collaboration with the Alaska Satellite Facility, the Alaska Volcano Observatory and the Arctic Observing Network.  The group is affiliated with Geology and Geophysics Department at the University of Alaska where courses on Optical, Thermal Infrared and Microwave subjects are taught, as well as specialty courses such as Remote Sensing of Volcanic Eruptions.   Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the subject, the faculty 11/1/2010 are also affiliated with other research groups.

People

Remote Sensing Group: Faculty & Staff 2009

 

 

 

Research Projects

Examples of research projects - As information comes in research examples will be linked here and in the left-hand menu.

• Cryosphere
• Geology
• Planetology
• Volcanology
  • Analysis of volcanic clouds
• SAR

Teaching

Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing courses

Department	Course No	Course Description	Credits
Geological Engineering	375	Principles of Engineering Geology and Terrain Analysis	3
	376	GIS Applications in Geological and Environmental Engineering	3
	471	Remote Sensing for Engineering	3
Geoscience	225	Field and Computer Methods in Geology	2
	378	Introduction to Geoinformatics	2
	408	Photogeology	2
	422	Geoscience Applications of Remote Sensing	3
	425	Computer Applications in Geology	2
	458	Geoscience applications of GPS and GI	3
	595	GIS/GPS for Alaska Teachers
	623	Advanced Remote Sensing	3
	654	Visible and Infrared Remote Sensing	3
	661	Microwave Active Remote Sensing	3
	662	Microwave Scattering from Land, Sea and Ice	3
	692	Image-processing Applications in the Geosciences	3
	692	Remote Sensing of Volcanic Eruptions	3
	692	Impact Cratering	3
	692	Planetary Geoscience Seminar	2
	692	Exploration of the Solar System	2
	693	SAR Interferometry	2
Natural Resource Management	338	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	3
	341	GIS Analysis	4
	438	Arc Macro Language GIS Programming	3
	641	Natural Resource Applications of Remote Sensing	4

Publication List

Selected Publication Lists for Faculty

Dean, K. and J. Dehn (eds), 2010. Monitoring of Volcanoes in the North Pacific: Observations from Space, Springer - Praxis Press, (Chapters in press).

Kearney, C. S.,  Dean, K., Realmuto, V. J., Watson, I. M.,  Dehn, J., Prata, F., 2008, Observations of SO2 production and transport from Bezymianny volcano, Kamchatka using the MODerate resolution Infrared Spectroradiometer (MODIS), International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 29, Number 22, 2008 , pp. 6647-6665(19) {{{PDF Available -- FIND AND LINK IN PDF}}}

Peterson, R., and Dean, K. G., 2008, Forecasting exposure to volcanic ash based on ash dispersion modeling: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 170, p. 230-246.

Webley, P. W., Dean, K., Bailey, J. E., Dehn, J. and R. Peterson (2008). Volcanic Ash Modeling for North Pacific Volcanoes Automated Operational Monitoring and Virtual Globes. Natural Hazards: SI Aviation Hazards from Volcanoes. doi:10.1007/s11069-008-9246-2

Sassen, K., J. Zhu, P. Webley, K. Dean, and P. Cobb, 2007, Volcanic ash plume identification using polarization lidar: Augustine eruption, Alaska, Geophy. Res. Letters, v. 34, L08803, pp. 1-4.

Papp. K.R., K.G. Dean and J. Dehn, 2005, Predicting regions susceptible to high concentrations airborne volcanic ash in the North Pacific region,  Jour. Volc. and Geophy. Res., v. 148, pp. 295-315.  PDF Available {{{PDF Available -- FIND AND LINK IN PDF}}}

Dean, K.G., J. Dehn, K.R. Papp, S. Smith, P. Izbekov, R. Peterson, C. Kearney, and A. Steffke, 2004. Integrated satellite observations of the 2001 eruption of Mt. Cleveland, Alaska, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 135, doi10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2003.12.013 PDF Available {{{PDF Available -- FIND AND LINK IN PDF}}}

Dean, K.G., K. Engle, K. Partington, J. Groves, and J. Dehn, 2002, Analysis of surface processes using SAR data:Westdahl Volcano, Alaska, Int. J. Remote Sens., 23(21), 4529-4550. PDF Available

Searcy, C., K. Dean, and B Stringer, 1998, PUFF: A volcanic ash tracking and prediction model, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research., 80(1-2), 1-16.

Dean, K.G., S.A. Bowling, G.E. Shaw, and H. Tanaka, 1994, Satellite analyses of movement and characteristics of the Redoubt Volcano plume, Jan. 8, 1990., J. Vol. Geotherm. Res., 62(1-4), 339-352.

Browne, B.L., P. Izbekov, J. Eichelberger, T. Churikova (2010) Constraints on the Pre-Eruptive Storage Conditions of the Holocene-Aged KZI Dacite Magma Erupted from Kizimen Volcano, Kamchatka. International Geology Review 52, issue 12, p. 95-110.

Bindeman, I.N., V.L.  Leonov, P.E.  Izbekov, V.V.  Ponomareva, K.E. Watts, A.B. Perepelov, L.I. Bazanova, B.S. Singer, B.  Jicha, A.K. Schmitt, C.H. Chen (2010) Large-volume silicic volcanism in Kamchatka: Ar-Ar, U-Pb ages and geochemical characteristics of major pre-Holocene caldera-forming eruptions.  Journal of Volcanological and Geothermal Research, Vol. 189, No 1-2, pages 57-80.

Neal, C., O. Girina, S. Senyukov, A. Rybin, J. Osiensky, P. Izbekov,  G. Ferguson (2009) Russian eruption warning systems for aviation. Natural Hazards, Vol. 51, No 2, p. 245-262.

Eichelberger, J., E. Gordeev, M. Kasahara, P. Izbekov, J. Lees, Editors (2007) Volcanism and Subduction: The Kamchatka Region. Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 172, 350 pages, ISBN: 978-0-87590-436-8.

Eichelberger, J.C., P.E. Izbekov, B.L. Browne (2006). Bulk chemical trends at arc volcanoes are not liquid lines of descent. Lithos, 87, No 1-2, p. 135-154.

Izbekov, P.E., J.C. Eichelberger, B.V.  Ivanov  (2004) The 1996 eruption of Karymsky volcano, Kamchatka: Historical record of basaltic replenishment of an andesite reservoir. Journal of Petrology, Vol. 45, No 11, p. 2325–2345.

Rybin, A.V., Y.V. Karagusov, P.E. Izbekov, N.S. Terentyev, V.B.  Guryanov, C. Neal, K. Dean (2004)  Status of monitoring active volcanoes of the Kurile Islands: Present and future.  Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety, November 2004, Washington DC, p. 61-66.

Izbekov, P.E., J.E. Gardner, J.C.  Eichelberger (2004) Comagmatic granophyre and dacite from Karymsky volcanic center, Kamchatka: Experimental constraints for magma storage conditions. Journal of Volcanological and Geothermal Research, Vol. 131, p. 1-18.

Izbekov, P.E. (2002) The 1996 eruption of Karymsky Volcano, Kamchatka: Detailed petrological study of a single basalt-triggered eruption cycle. Doctoral dissertation from University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 220 pages. ISBN: 0-493-91113-8.

Izbekov, P.E., J.C. Eichelberger, L.C.  Patino, T.A.  Vogel, B.V.  Ivanov (2002) Calcic cores of plagioclase phenocrysts in andesite from Karymsky Volcano: Evidence for rapid introduction by basaltic replenishment. Geology, Vol. 30, No. 9, p. 799–802.
 
Eichelberger, J.C., P.E. Izbekov (2000) Eruption of andesite triggered by dike injection: Contrasting cases at Karymsky Volcano, Kamchatka and Mount Katmai, Alaska. Philosophical Transactions - Royal Society. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 358, No. 1770, p. 1465-1485.

Jeffries, M. O., K. Morris and C. R. Duguay. Lake Ice and River Ice. In, State of the Earth's Cryosphere at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Glaciers, Global Snow Cover, Floating Ice, and Permafrost and Periglacial Environments. Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World, Introduction and Synthesis, Volume 1386-A, U.S. Geological Survey, in press.
 
Walter, K. M., M. Engram, C. R. Duguay, M. O. Jeffries and F. S. Chapin III. 2008. The potential use of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for estimating methane ebullition from arctic lakes. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 44(2), 305-315.

Jeffries, M. O., K. Morris and N. Kozlenko. 2005. Ice characteristics & processes, and remote sensing of frozen rivers and lakes. In Remote Sensing in Northern Hydrology: Measuring Environmental Change, C. R. Duguay and A. Pietroniro (Eds.), Geophysical Monograph 163, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 63-90.

Jeffries, M. O. 2002. Ellesmere Island Ice Shelves and Ice Islands. In, R. S. Williams, Jr. and J. G. Ferrigno (editors), Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World: Glaciers of North America, U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386-J-1, J147-J164.
 
Kozlenko, N. and M. O. Jeffries. 2000. Bathymetric mapping of shallow water in thaw lakes on the North Slope of Alaska with spaceborne imaging radar. Arctic, 53(3), 306-316.

Wakabayashi, H., F. Nishio and M. O. Jeffries. 2000. C-band backscattering characteristics of lake ice in northern Alaska during spring thaw period. Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, 19(4), 31-39.

Jeffries, M. O., T. Zhang, K. Frey and N. Kozlenko. 1999. Estimating late winter heat flow to the atmosphere from the lake-dominated Alaskan North Slope. Journal of Glaciology, 45(150), 315-324.
Jeffries, M. O., K. Morris and G. E. Liston. 1996. A method to determine lake depth and water availability on the North Slope of Alaska with spaceborne imaging radar and numerical ice growth modelling. Arctic, 49(4), 367-374.

Jeffries, M. O., K. Morris and G. E. Liston. 1996. Using spaceborne imaging radar to identify lake water resources on the Alaskan North Slope. In, R. F. Carlson (editor), Cold Regions Engineering—The Cold Regions Infrastructure: An International Imperative for the 21st Century, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, 12-16 August, 1996, University of Alaska Fairbanks, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 855-865.

Morris, K., M. O. Jeffries and W. F. Weeks. 1995. Ice processes and growth history on arctic and sub-arctic lakes using ERS-1 SAR data. Polar Record, 31(177), 115-128.

Jeffries, M. O., K. Morris, W. F. Weeks and H. Wakabayashi. 1994. Structural-stratigraphic features and ERS-1 SAR backscatter characteristics of ice growing on shallow lakes in N.W. Alaska, winter 1991-92. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99(C11), 22459-22471.

Wakabayashi, H., M. O. Jeffries and W. F. Weeks. 1994. C band backscatter variation and modelling for lake ice in northern Alaska. Journal of the Japanese Remote Sensing Society, 14(3), 18-27.

Bailey, J. E., Dean, K., Prata, A. J., Dehn, J. and Webley, P. W., 2009. Integrated Satellite Observations of the 2006 Eruption of Augustine Volcano. USGS Professional Paper: Augustine Volcano 2006 eruption, In Press.

Peterson, R., Webley, P.W., D’Amours R., Servranckx, R., Stunder, R. and Papp, K., 2009. Volcanic Ash Cloud Dispersion Models. Chapter 7: Volcanoes of the North Pacific: Observations from Space. In Press

Webley, P. W., Dean, K. G., Dehn, J. Bailey, J. E. and Peterson, R., 2009. Volcanic Ash Dispersion Modeling of the 2006 Eruption of Augustine Volcano USGS Professional Paper: Augustine Volcano 2006 eruption, In Press.

Webley, P. W., Dehn, J., Lovick, J., Dean, K. G., Bailey, J. E. and Valcic, L., 2009. Near Real Time Volcanic Ash Cloud Detection: Experiences from the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research: Special Issue on Volcanic Ash Clouds, eds. Larry Mastin and Peter Webley, 186 (1 – 2), 79 - 90.  doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.02.010   

Webley, P.W., Stunder, B.J.B., and Dean, K. G., 2009. Significant eruption source parameter(s) for operational ash cloud transport and dispersion models. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research: Special Issue on Volcanic Ash Clouds, eds. Larry Mastin and Peter Webley, 186 (1 – 2), 108 - 119. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.02.012   

Mastin, L.G., Guffanti, M., Servranckx, R., Webley, P. W., Barsotti, S., Dean, K., Denlinger, R., Durant, A., Ewert, J. W., Gardner, C. A., Holliday, A. C., Neri, A., Rose, W. I., Schneider, D., Siebert, L., Stunder, B., Swanson, G., Tupper, A., Volentik, A. and Waythomas, C. F., 2009. A multidisciplinary effort to assign realistic source parameters to model of volcanic ash-cloud transport and dispersion during eruptions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research: Special Issue on Volcanic Ash Clouds, eds. Larry Mastin and Peter Webley, 186 (1 – 2), 10 – 21. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.01.008   

Webley, P.W. and Mastin, L. G., 2009. Improved prediction and tracking of volcanic ash clouds. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research: Special Issue on Volcanic Ash Clouds, eds. Larry Mastin and Peter Webley. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.10.022

Webley P. W., Dean K., Collins, R., Fochesatto, J., Sassen, K., Atkinson, D., Cahill, C. and Prata, A., 2008.Validation of a Volcanic Ash Dispersion Model During Late January/Early February 2006 Eruption of Mount Augustine Volcano. Bulletin of American Meteorological Society. doi: 10.1175/2008BAMS2579.1

Webley, P. W., Dean, K., Bailey, J. E., Dehn, J. and R. Peterson, R., 2008. Volcanic Ash Modeling for North Pacific Volcanoes Automated Operational Monitoring and Virtual Globes. Natural Hazards: SI Aviation Hazards from Volcanoes. doi:10.1007/s11069-008-9246-2

Sassen, K., Zhu, J., Webley, P. W., Dean, K. and Cobb, P., 2007. Volcanic Ash Plume Identification Using Polarization Lidar: Augustine Eruption, Alaska. Geophysical Research Letters. 34, (8). doi: 10.1029/2006GL027237

Associated Groups

Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) at UAF: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/

Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) at USGS: http://avo.images.alaska.edu/

Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys: http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/

Arctic Region Supercomputer (ARSC): http://www.arsc.edu/

Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF): http://www.asf.alaska.edu/

GeoData Center:  http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/services/geodata/

Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA): http://www.gina.alaska.edu/

Sea Ice Observatories: http://seaice.alaska.edu/gi/observatories

University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF): http://www.uaf.edu

Geology & Geophysics Department:  http://www.uaf.edu/geology/

Graduate Program: http://www.uaf.edu/geology/graduate-program/

University of Alaska Geography Program:  http://www.geographyua.org/index.cfm

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