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Master's Theses 1991 - 2000

Name Degree Date
Title
 Chair Committee Members
         
YANG, XIAO LI Winter 1991 Design and Implementation of a Spatial Data Base for a Blind and Visually Impaired Navigational System Using GIS: Components of a Visual Guidance System Golledge Goodchild, Couclelis
DUNCAN, BREAN Spring 1991 Utilizing GIS Technology to Combine Regional Physiognomic and Floristic Vegetation Maps Davis Estes, Goodchild
MOODY, AARON Spring 1991 Spatial Variability of Soil Properties Beneath Quercus Agrifolia on Santa Cruz Island, California Jones Michaelsen, Davis
         
1991-92        
BROWN, RODNEY Fall 1991 Historical Mortality of Valley Oak (Quercus lobata, Nee) in the Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County, California, 1938-1989 Davis Estes, Michaelsen
LEFEBVRE, PAUL Fall 1991 degree by examination Davis Estes, Michaelsen
SHU, SHOURONG Winter 1992 Dynamic 3D Display of the Globe Using a Hierarchical Triangular Data Model Goodchild Tobler, Estes
WALKER, RICHARD Winter 1992 Community Models of Species Richness: Regional Variation of Plant Community Species Composition on the West Slope of the Sierra Nevada Estes Davis, Haller
LOBAN, SCOTT Spring 1992 A Heuristic for an Interactive Decision Support Approach for Timber Harvest Scheduling Church Jones, Anselin
         
1992-93        
SCHWEIZER, DIANE Fall 1992 Data Quality and Choropleth Maps: An Experiment with the Use of Color Goodchild Lanter, Michaelsen
BUENO, MICHAEL Fall 1992 Quantification of Cartographic Generalization in Land Cover Maps Using Spatial Pattern Index Measurements Derived from Digital Satellite Imagery Davis Estes, Goodchild
LOMBARD, KRISTI Fall 1992 Generating Alternatives in Corridor Location Church Couclelis, Goodchild
RUGGLES, AMY Fall 1992 An Analysis of Late-Horizon Settlement Patterns in the Temascalapa-Teotihuacan Basins: The Creation of Idealized Settlement Patterns Through Location-Allocation Models and GIS Church Anselin, Goodchild
HUDAK, SHERI Fall 1992 Spatial Econometrics in Practice Anselin Goodchild, Michaelsen
MAROTTI, ANDREA Fall 1992 A Bio-Optical Model of Primary Production for Application in the Antarctic Marginal Ice-Edge Zone R. Smith Siegel, Prezelin
MOLLETT, MICHAEL Winter 1993 degree by examination Couclelis Goodchild, Ford
FRICKE, LISA Spring 1993 degree by examination Michaelsen Loaiciga, Davis
HESS, LAURA Spring 1993 L-Band Radar Detection of Standing Water in Forested Wetlands of Coastal Georgia Simonett Davis, Melack
DAY, JOHN Spring 1993 Imaging Coniferous Forest Gaps with Synthetic Aperture Radar Davis Michaelsen, Melack
ROBINSON, TIMOTHY Spring 1993 Fate and Transport of Agricultural Contaminants from Rice Paddies; Impact Sampling Strategies and the Potential Environmental Degradation to Dry Tropical Coastal Wetlands - Guanacaste, Costa Rica Loaiciga Church, Jones
BURKE, LAURETTA Spring 1993 Environmental Equity in Los Angeles Goodchild Anselin, Michaelsen
COGAN, CHRISTOPHER Summer 1993 Quantitative Analysis of Habitat Use by the California Condor Davis Goodchild, Estes
DODSON, RUSTIN Summer 1993 Integrating GIS and Spatial Analysis: An Implementation and Appraisal of Two Prototype Software Linkages Goodchild Anselin, Tobler
         
1993-94        
BEARDSLEY, KAREN Fall 1993 Compiling a Digital Map of Managed Areas at the National and State Levels Estes Davis, Goodchild, Star
FAIRBANKS, DEAN Fall 1993 Relationship of GIS-based Environmental and Remotely Sensed Data to Floristic Gradients within California Vegetation Communities Estes Davis, Haller, McGwire
SPRINGER, DAVID Fall 1993 Determining the Air Permeability of Porous Materials as a Function of a Variable Water Content under Controlled Laboratory Conditions Loaiciga Keller, Everett
ROSENTHAL, C. WALTER Fall 1993 Mapping Montane Snow Cover at Subpixel Resolution from the Landsat Thematic Mapper Dozier Michaelsen, Mertes
STAMMERJOHN, SHARON Fall 1993 Spatial and Temporal Variability in Southern Ocean Sea Ice Coverage R. Smith Michaelsen, Siegel, Washburn
WANG, TAO Winter 1994 Satellite-Derived Long Term Net Solar Radiation Over the Global Ocean Surface: Its Relationship to Low Frequency SST Variation and El Nino Gautier Michaelsen, Siegel
BUYAN, BRETT Winter 1994 degree by examination Davis Michaelsen, Lanter
VERNON, GREGORY Winter 1994 degree by examination Goodchild Michaelsen, Tobler
HE, GANG Winter 1994 Toward Understanding the Interactions Between the Atmospheric Radiation and Surface Vidirectional Reflectance: Snow Surface Gautier Michaelsen, R. Smith
SORENSEN, PAUL Spring 1994 Analysis and Design of Heuristics for the P-Median Location-Allocation Problem Church Goodchild, T. Smith
PETERSON, PETER Spring 1994 degree by examination R. Smith Tobler, Couclelis
VAN DEN BOSCH, J. Spring 1994 Atmospheric Corrections for Hyperspectral Airborne Imaging Spectrometer Data Davis Gautier, R. Smith
VAN KIRK, JOHN Spring 1994 An Assessment and Analysis of Air Pollution in the Czech Republic Loaiciga Michaelsen, Gautier
WHITE, LIONEL Spring 1994 A Non-relational Analysis of Buildings in the Environment and Rates of Suicide: San Diego County, California: 1990 Golledge Proctor, Hammond
SCHULMAN, JOANNA Spring 1994 A Video Tour of Santa Juanita: How Viewing Angle and Perspective Affect the Salience Attributed to Landmarks Golledge Couclelis, Aitken
PALLADINO, STEVE Summer 1994 A Role for Geographic Information Systems in the Secondary Schools: An Assessment of the Current Status and Future Possibilities Goodchild Golledge, Proctor
SVENSSON, BJORN Summer 1994 Cognitive Maps at Different Scales Golledge Montello, Lanter
         
         
1994-95        
DOUGHERTY, VALERIE Fall 1994 Spatial Familiarity and Globalness of Spatial Reference Systems in Cognitive Maps of Large-Scale Environments Golledge Couclelis, Montello
BYERS, MICHAEL Fall 1994 A Computation of Global Oceanic Net Primary Productivity from Satellite Derived Data R. Smith Gautier, Siegel
GRAY, M. VIOLET Fall 1994 A Digital Multipurpose Vegetation Map for the Colorado Desert of California Davis Goodchild, Michaelsen
CAYOCCA, KELLY Fall 1994 Map-assisted Spectral Characterization of a Community Ecotone for Long Term Monitoring Estes Davis, Proctor
LENAY, JEFFREY Fall 1994 A Preliminary Analysis of the Classification and Prediction of Regional Scale Vegetation Distribution Using Climatic Edaphic Data in a Decision Tree Model Estes Michaelsen, Roberts
HICKE, JEFFREY Fall 1994 An Analysis of Surface Solar Radiation in the Southern Ocean Computed from ISCCP Data Gautier Michaelsen, R. Smith
GIORDANO, ALBERTO Winter 1995 Understanding Cartographic Design: An Experientialist Approach Tobler Couclelis, Lanter
WANG, NAXIN Winter 1995 Retrieving Temperature and Water Vapor Profiles of the Lower Part of the Atmosphere in Thermal Infrared R. Smith Dozier, Michaelsen, Wan
SALETA, JOSE Winter 1995 Stand Discrimination in a Western Coniferous Forest Using AIRSAR Dara Davis Melack, Michaelsen
BELL, SCOTT Winter 1995 Cartographic Presentation as an Aid to Spatial Knowledge Acquisition in Unknown Environments Golledge Couclelis, Montello
NOSSE, CRAIG Winter 1995 Variations of the Optical and Physical Structure of Rainwater Layers in the Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Washburn Siegel, R. Smith
CAETANO, MARIO Winter 1995 Burned Vegetation Mapping in Mountainous Areas with Satellite Remote Sensing Mertes Davis, Goodchild, Pereira
HAWKSWORTH, JOHN Spring 1995 degree by examination Loaiciga Mertes, Ferren
SUTTON, PAUL Spring 1995 Public Opinion of Population Issues Golledge Montello, Tobler
VAN ZUYLE, PAUL Spring 1995 Modeling Schistosomiasis: Using new tools to explore the relationship between human behavior and water-borne disease Couclelis Golledge, Montello, Kloos
AURAND, MICHELE Spring 1995 An Intelligent Assistant for Processing GIS Data Lanter Couclelis, Goodchild
         
1995-96        
LOSCH, CLAUDINE Fall 1995 Vegetation Change from 1973 to 1987 in the Rora Habab Plateau, Northern Eritrea, Based on Landsat MSS Imagery Jones Estes, Mertes
COVA, THOMAS Fall 1995 A Spatial Search for Neighborhoods that may be Difficult to Evacuate Church Couclelis, Goodchild
CLOUD, JOHN Fall 1995 A Splendor Which is its Own: Realizing the Potential of Space Shuttle Earth Observations Photography Couclelis Dozier, Tobler
GALINSKY, KEVIN Winter 1996 degree by examination Washburn Siegel, Michaelsen
MERCHANT, GEORGE Winter 1996 Conservation Principles and the Initiation of Channelized Surface Flows T. Smith Mertes, Siegel
FIGUEROA, MICHAEL Spring 1996 Construction of an Exploratory Modeling System for Public Sector Location-Allocation Planning Church Goodchild, Couclelis
TUCHBAND, DANA Spring 1996 Comparing Linear and Nonlinear Rainfall-Runoff Models in the Steep Mountain Catchments of Santa Barbara County, California Loaiciga Chadwick, Clark
SORENSEN, JENS Spring 1996 Variability and models of the effective quantum yield of carbon assimilation in the Sargasso Sea Seigel R. Smith, Washburn
         
1996-97        
PATTERSON, KAREN Fall 1996 Calculation of Biologically Effective UV Dose Rates for Larval Anchovies in the Southern California Bight Using PUV Data in Combination with a Simple High-Spectral Resolution Model R. Smith Siegel, Gautier
PAINTER, THOMAS Fall 1996 Improving Spectral Mixture Analysis of Snow-Covered Area from AVIRIS Data Dozier Roberts, Gautier
FELKNER, JOHN Fall 1996 An Analysis of International Data Exchange Policy Goodchild Dozier, Estes
LAWLESS, MICHAEL Fall 1996 Potential Commercial Applications of EOS Science Data Products Estes Goodchild, Roberts
VENEGAS, Juan Winter 1997 Place and Space Factors Affecting Employment Opportunities for Latinos within California Enterprise Zone Couclelis Golledge, Montello
THORNE, James Spring 1997 GAP Analysis: TheVegetation of Northwestern California Davis Goodchild, Roberts
RENEHAN, Stephen Spring 1997 Analysis of Water Demand, Supply, and Pricing: 1987-1992 Drought in Santa Barbara, California Loaiciga Church, Chadwick
NUNEZ, Alfonso Spring 1997 Mapping of Vertical Leakage in the Hueco Bolson Aquifer in El Paso County, Texas, using a Geographic Information System Loaiciga Chadwick, Arturo Keller
GARDNER, Margaret Spring 1997 Mapping Chaparral with AVIRIS Using Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques Roberts Church, Gautier, Michaelsen
MCGHIE, R. Gavin Spring 1997 Creation and Accuracy Assessment of a Comprehensive Managed Areas Spatial Database for the Conterminous United States Estes Goodchild, J. Michael Scott
RICHARDSON, Anthony Spring 1997 Spatial Knowledge Acquisition from Maps and from Navigation in Real and Virtual Environments Montello Golledge, Mary Hegarty
LOVELACE, Kristin Spring 1997 Comparing Spatial Knowledge from Two Sources and in Two Orders of Recall using Verbal Navigational Instructions Montello Golledge, Couclelis
JOHNSON, Andrea Summer 1997 20th Century Growth Trends in Pseudotsuga macrocarpa in Relation to Climate and Atmospheric CO2- Pine Mountain, CA Michaelsen Davis, Loaiciga
SHORTRIDGE, Ashton Summer 1997 Characterizing the Relationship between 7.5 and 1 Degree Digital Elevation Models Goodchild Clarke, Michaelsen
         
1997-98        
NEWTON, Bradley Fall 1997 Rainfall-Discharge Relation of a Bedrock Aquifer in the Santa Ynez Mountains and a Model for its Interpretation Loaiciga Dunne, Chadwick
ALBRIGHT, Thomas Fall 1997 Mapping Snow and Ice on the North-Slope of Mt. Everest with DEM-Corrected SIR-C/X-SAR Imagery Dozier Estes, Roberts
OKIN, William J. Fall 1997 The Biodiversity Management Area Selection Model: Constructing a Solution Approach Church Davis, Goodchild
BRODY, Eric Winter 1998 Validation and Modeling of In Situ Inherent Optical Properties in the Sargasso Sea Siegel Dickey, R. Smith, Washburn
FOHL, Peter Spring 1998 Simulating Nominal Fields Goodchild Clarke, Michaelsen
         
1998/99        
JOHNSON, Tammy Fall 1998 Climate Change and Sierra Nevada Snowpack Dozier Michaelsen, David Hinkley
BENISON, Sean Fall 1998 Field GIS Goodchild Clarke, Chadwick
KEIGHTLEY, Keir Winter 1999 Mapping Productivity and Boundary Layer Conditions Using the Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Roberts Gautier, Michaelsen
KIEDMAN, Charles Winter 1999 Assessment of Land Cover Change and Regeneration in a Northern California Forested Ecosystem using Historical Landsat and GIS Roberts Goodchild, Michaelsen
TOOLE, Dierdre Winter 1999 Remote Sensing Reflectance Determinations in Coastal Environments - Impacts of Instrumental Characteristics and Environmental Variability Siegel Dickey, Washburn
PYKE, Christopher Spring 1999 Floristic composition across a climatic gradient in a neotropical forest Davis Chadwick, Michaelsen
HOLMES, Karen Spring 1999 Calculation of Error in a USGS 30-meter Digital Elevation Model and its Effects on Terrain Attributes and Environmental Modeling Chadwick Clarke, Michaelsen
FUNK, Christopher Spring 1999 The VDELB Model of Orographic Rain Michaelsen Clarke, Roberts
MILLER, Aaron Spring 1999 Redox Control of Phosphorus Dynamics in Montane Forest Soils in Hawaii Chadwick Melack, Schimel
COBB, Michelle Summer 1999 Mapping Gradients on Santa Cruz Island, California from Remotely Sensed and Ground Sample Data Mertes Davis, Goodchild
       
1999/00        
WALLER, Eric Fall 1999 A Comparison of Landsat Multispectral Scanner Imagery and Aerial Photography for Identifying Land Cover Change in Coastal Southern California Roberts Davis, Michaelsen
JONES, David R. Fall 1999 Landsat Commercialization and its Impact on Remote Sensing Research and Education at Colleges and Universities in the Unitd States Estes R. Smith, Couclelis
BIRCHLER, James Fall 1999 The Nature of Intervention: General Environmental Attitudes as Predictors of Attitudes in Specific Cases of Biodiversity Conservation Mangement Proctor Clarke, Bruce Bimber
McFARLAND, Chris Fall 1999 Numerical Modeling of the Santa Barbara Sundowners of 27 June, 1990 Michaelsen Roberts, Charles Jones
DENNISON, Phil Fall 1999 An Examination of the Relationship Between Chaparral Biomass and Radar Backscatter Roberts Church, Clarke
ZEDLER, Sarah Fall 1999 Observations and Modeling of the Ocean's Response to Hurricane Felix at the Bermuda Testbed Mooring Dickey Siegel, Washburn, Scott Doney, Jim Price
HUSAK, Greg Fall 1999 The Impact of Landsat Thematic Mapper Positional Accuracy on the Validation of the DISCover Global Land Cover Database. Estes Roberts, Clarke
KELLY, Melissa Winter 2000 Image Interpretation Keys for Validation of Global Land Cover Data Sets Estes Clarke, Strahler, Tom Loveland
KLINE, Karen Spring 2000 History of Global Mapping: Lessons, Issues and Challenges for National Mapping Organizations Estes Clarke, Goodchild
ALAGONA, Peter Spring 2000 Working Together, Thinking Apart: Collaborative Planning, Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Attitudes in Biodiversity Conservation Montello Davis, Sweeney,
CHAMRAN, Faraneh Spring 2000 An Explicit Treatment of Topography in Measurement and Modeling of Hydrological Processes on a Small Hillslope Chadwick Loaciga, Josh Schimel
ZHOU, Jainyu Fall 2000 Analysis of Variability of Weekly Travel Behavior Using GPS-Recorded Data Golledge Clarke, Church
GOLDSTEIN, Noah Fall 2000 The Predictive Modeling of Endangered Plant Species in the Santa Monica Mountains Using a Knowledge Base Approach Davis Clarke, Goodchild
BIGGS, Trent Fall 2000 Tropical Land Use Change Effects on Stream Flow Chemistry at the Regional Scale: A Deforestation Signal in the Southwestern Brazilian Amazon Dunne Chadwick, John Melack
COLEE, Michael Fall 2000 A High-Resolution Distributed Snowmelt Model in an Alpine Catchment Jeff Dozier Frank Davis, Roberts, Bert Davis

 

 

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