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2015

Evaluation of ShARP passive rainfall retrievals over snow-covered land surfaces and coastal zones, Ardeshir M. Ebtehaj, R. L. Bras, and Efi Foufoula-Georgiou; Journal of Hydrometeorology

Shrunken Locally Linear Embedding for Passive Microwave Retrieval of Precipitation, Ardeshir M. Ebtehaj, R. L. Bras, and Efi Foufoula-Georgiou; IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Compressive Earth Observatory: An Insight from AIRS/AMSU Retrievals, Ardeshir M. Ebtehaj, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, G. Lerman, and R. L. Bras; Geophysical Research Letters

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Estimating Chlorophyll with Thermal and Broadband Multispectral High Resolution Imagery from an Unmanned Aerial System Using Relevance Vector Machines for Precision Agriculture, Manal Elarab, Andres M. Ticlavilca, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Inga Maslova, and Mac McKee; International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation

Use of Aggieair UAS Remote Sensing Data to Estimate Crop ET at High Spatial Resolution, Manal Elarab, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, William Kustas, Hector Nieto, Lisheng Song, Joseph G. Alfieri, John H. Prueger, Lynn McKee, Martha Anderson, Luis Sanchez, Mima Alsina, Larry Hipps, Austin Jensen, and Mac McKee; Synergy in Science: Partnering for Solutions 2015 Annual Meeting

Use of Aggieair UAS Remote Sensing Data to Estimate Crop ET at High Spatial Resolution, Manal Elarab, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, William Kustas, Hector Nieto, Lisheng Song, Joseph G. Alfieri, John H. Prueger, Lynn McKee, Martha Anderson, Luis Sanchez, Mimar Alsina, Lawrence Hipps, Austin Jensen, and Mac McKee; Synergy in Science: Partnering for Solutions 2015 Annual Meeting

Collaborative Sharing of Multidimensional Space-tie Data Using HydroShare, Tian Gan, David G. Tarboton, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, and Pabitra Dash

Collaborative Sharing of Multidimensional Space-time Data Using HydroShare, Tian Gan, David G. Tarboton, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Pabitra Dash, R. Idaszak, H. Yi, and B. Blanton

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Investigating Differences in the Root to Shoot Transfer and Xylem Sap Solubility of Organic Compounds Between Zucchini, Squash and Soybean Using a Pressure Chamber Method, Naho Garvin, William J. Doucette, and Jason C. White; Chemosphere

Model Sharing and Collaboration using HydroShare, J. Goodall, M. Morsey, Anthony M. Castronova, B. Miles, V. Merwade, and David G. Tarboton

Stimulating Active Learning in Hydrology Using Research-Driven, Web-based Learning Modules, E. Habib, M. Bodin, David G. Tarboton, M. F. Merck, and D. J. Farnham; 122nd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition

Development of Student-Centered Modules to Support Data and Model Driven Active Learning in Hydrology, E. Habib, David G. Tarboton, and Upmanu L. Lall

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iSAW: Integrating Structure, Actors, and Water to Study Socio-Hydro-Ecological Systems, Rebecca L. Hale, Andrea Armstrong, Michelle A. Baker, Sean Bedingfield, David Betts, Caleb Buahin, Martin Buchert, Todd Crowl, Ryan Dupont, James R. Ehleringer, Joanna Endter-Wada, Susannah S. French, Jacqualine Grant, Sarah Hinners, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Douglas Jackson-Smith, Amber S. Jones, Erica S. Limb, Sarah E. Null, Augustina Odame, Diane E. Pataki, David Rosenberg, Madyln Runburg, Philip Stoker, and Courtenay Strong; Earth's Future

The Contributions of Landsat and Airborne Products in Monitoring Surface Soil Moisture, Leila Hassan-Esfahani; 10th Annual J. Paul riley AWRA-Utah Section Student Conference and Paper Competition

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Assessment of Surface Soil Moisture Using High-Resolution Multi-Spectral Imagery and Artificial Neural Networks, Leila Hassan-Esfahani, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Austin M. Jensen, and Mac McKee; Remote Sensing

High-Resolution Root-Zone Soil Water Content Estimation Using Bayesian-Based Artificial Neural Networks and, Leila Hassan-Esfahani, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Austin M. Jensen, and Mac McKee; Irrigation and Drainage

Assessment of Optimal Irrigation Water Allocation for Pressurized Irrigation System Using Water Balance Approach, Learning Machines, and Remotely Sensed Data, Leila Hassan-Esfahani, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, and Mac McKee; Agricultural Water Management

HydroShare: Sharing Diverse Hydrologic Data Types and Models as Social Objects within a Hydrologic Information System, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, M. Morsey, Anthony M. Castronova, J. L. Goodall, Tian Gan, H. Yi, M. Stealey, and David G. Tarboton

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HydroShare: Sharing Diverse Environmental Data Types and Models as Social Objects with Application to the Hydrology Domain, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Mohamed M. Morsy, Anthony M. Castronova, Jonathan L. Goodall, Tian Gan, Hong Yi, Michael J. Stealey, and David G. Tarboton; Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Open source software for visualization and quality control of continuous hydrologic and water quality sensor data, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Stephanie L. Reeder, Amber Spackman Jones, and Jacob Meline; Environmental Modeling & Software

Climate change impacts on water sustainability in the Nam Ngum River Basin of Laos, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management, D. Jayasekara and Jagath J. Kaluarachchi

Equipment management for sensor networks: Linking physical infrastructure and actions to observational data, Amber Spackman Jones, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, M. Matos, and Juan Caraballo

A data management and publication workflow for a large-scale, heterogeneous sensor network, Amber Spackman Jones, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Stephanie L. Reeder, Maurier Ramírez, and Juan Caraballo; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil using hemoglobin-catalytic mechanism, Guyoung Kang, Kapsung Park, Jaechang Cho, David King Stevens, and Namhyun Chung; Journal of Environmental Engineering

Accumulation and release of trace inorganic contaminants from biofilm matrice produced and challenged under drinking water conditions, W. Kent, Joan E. McLean, Laurie S. McNeill, and David King Stevens

Development of a decision-making methodology to design a water quality monitoring network, J. Keum and Jagath J. Kaluarachchi; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

WDCloud: An end to end system for large-scale watershed delineation on cloud, Kee Kim, Jacob Steele, Anthony M. Castronova, and Jonathan L. Goodall; IEEE International Conference on Big Data

High Resolution Channel Geometry from Repeat Aerial Imagery, Tyler V. King, William J. Rahmeyer, Austin M. Jensen, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Mark Winkelaar, and Mitchell T. Rasmussen; American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015

Evaluation of a new test design for the determination of a substance specific plant uptake factor (PUF) for use in regulatory fate modeling, M. Lamshoeft, H. Resseler, G. Reinken, C. Schriever, S. Schubert, J. Webb, S. Webb, B. Zillgens, D. Keenan, William J. Doucette, G. Fent, V. Gourlay, K. Malekani, S. McLaughlin, P. Rooney, W. van Beinum, B. Rieder, M. Traub, S. Swales, Karl-Heinz Weinfurtner, K. Derz, Karin M. Kettenring, M. Letourneau, J. Martin, and N. Marchessault; 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC EUROPE)

Soil Moisture Background Error Covariance and Data Assimilation in a Coupled Land-Atmosphere Model, L. Lin, Ardeshir M. Ebtehaj, J. Wang, and R. L. Bras; Water Resources Research

An Architectural Overviwew of HydroShare, A Next-Generation Hydrologic Information System, David R. Maidment, Stephen Jackson, Jefferson Heard, Tian Gan, Daniel Ames, Stephanie Mills, Anthony M. Castronova, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Jeff Sadler, David Valentine, Ray Idaszak, Cuyler Frisby, David G. Tarboton, Alex Bedig, Pabitra Dash, Shaun Livingston, Alva Couch, Lan Zhao, Jonathan L. Goodall, and Nick Martin

Using an Autologic 5-Gas Analyzer for Assessing Automobile Cold Start, Hot Start, and Idle Emissions, Randy S. Martin and J. Thomas; the 5th Portable Emissions Monitoring Systems (PEMS) Conference and orkshop

Measurement of the relative automotive emissions during cold starts, hot starts, and idling for a vehicle fleet typical of urban and rural Utah, Randy S. Martin, C. Woods, and J. Thomas; the 2015 International Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association

Adjusting wavelet-based multiresolution analysis boundary conditions for long-term streamflow forecasting, I. Maslova, Andres M. Ticlavilca, and Mac McKee; Hydrological Processes

50 Years of History at the Utah Water Research Laboratory, Mac McKee; American Water Works Association Water Quality Technology Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City

Agricultural Applications of the AggieAir UAV Platform, Mac McKee; Texas A&M University Precision Agriculture Workshop

Use of UAS to Support Management in Precision Agriculture: The AggieAir Experience, Mac McKee, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Manal Al-Arab, Leila Hassan-Esfahani, and Austin M. Jensen; American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015

Biostimulation and Bioaugmentation to Enhance Reductive Dechlorination of TCE In a Long-Term Flow Through Column Study, Joan E. McLean, Jared Ervin, Jing Zhou, Darwin L. Sorensen, and Ryan Dupont

Mineralogy and geochemistry affecting arsenic solubility in sediment profiles from the shallow basin-fill aquifer of Cache Valley Basin, Utah, X. Meng, Joan E. McLean, A. Jacobson, Darwin L. Sorensen, and Ryan Dupont; Applied Geochemistry

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ZnO Nanoparticles and Root Colonization by a Beneficial Pseudomonad Influences Essential Metal Responses in Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), Babur S. Mirza, Joan E. McLean, S. Muruganandam, and Darwin L. Sorensen; Nanotoxicology

Dehalococcoides abundance and alternate electron acceptor effects on large, flow-through trichloroethene dechlorinating columns, Babur S. Mirza, Darwin L. Sorensen, Ryan Dupont, and Joan E. McLean

A Bias-corrected Data set of Climate Model Outputs at Uniform Space-Time Resolution for Land Surface Modeling over Amazonia, Sanaz Moghim, Shawna L. McKnight, Ke Zhang, Ardeshir M. Ebtehaj, and R. L. Bras; International Journal of Climatology

Particulate-matter emission estimates from agricultural spring-tillage operations using LIDAR and inverse modeling, Kori D. Moore, Michael D. Wojcik, Randy S. Martin, Christian C. Marchant, D. S. Jones, W. J. Bradford, G. E. Bingham, R L. Pfeiffer, J. H. Prueger, and J. L. Hatfield; Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Application of a Modified Lagrangian Stochastic Model to Estimate Particulate Matter Emissions from a Dairy, Kori D. Moore, Michael D. Wojcik, Randy S. Martin, J. H. Prueger, and J. L. Hatfield; the 2015 International Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association

Development of a Pedestrian Demand Estimation Tool: A Destination Choice Model, Christopher D. Muhs, Patrick A. Singleton, Kelly J. Clifton, and Robert J. Schneider; Portland State University Transportation Research and Education Center Transportation Seminar Series

Development of a Pedestrian Demand Estimation Tool: A Destination Choice Model, Christopher D. Muhs, Patrick A. Singleton, Kelly J. Clifton, and Robert J. Schneider; 15th Transportation Research Board National Transportation Planning Applications Conference

Computer Simulations Using Pattern Specific Loss Coefficients for Cross Junctions, Koorosh Nikfetrat, Michael C. Johnson, and Zachary B. Sharp; Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Analyzing High Resolution Topography for Advancing the Understanding of Mass and Energy Transfer Through Landscapes: A Review, Paola Passalacqua, Patrick Belmont, Dennis M. Staley, Jeffrey D. Simley, J. Ramon Arrowsmith, Collin A. Bode, Christopher Crosby, Stephen B. DeLong, Nancy F. Glenn, Sara A. Kelly, Dimitri Lague, Harish Sangireddy, Keelin Schaffrath, David G. Tarboton, Thad Wasklewicz, and Joseph Michael Wheaton; Earth-Science Reviews

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Effects of Pipe Wall Offsets on Differential Pressure Meter Accuracy, Jesse M. Pope, Steven L. Barfuss, Michael C. Johnson, and Zachary B. Sharp; Journal of American Water Works Association

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Differential Pressure Meter Accuracy, J. M. Pope, Steven L. Barfuss, Michael C. Johnson, and Zachary B. Sharp; Journal AWWA

Submerged Operation of a Fixed-Cone valve with Baffled Hood, Barry Jacob Prettyman, Michael C. Johnson, and Zachary B. Sharp; International Water Power & Dam Construction

Impact of organic matter from stormwater on water quality in an urban river, Jacob Richardson, Joan E. McLean, and Ryan Dupont

Differences among three plant species in citric acid induced phytoextraction of metals from stormwater in a field-based experiment, Margie Rycewicz-Borecki, Joan E. McLean, and Ryan Dupont

Effect of plant species on accumulation and removal potential of copper, zinc and lead from stormwater bioretention systems, Margie Rycewicz-Borecki, Joan E. McLean, and Ryan Dupont

Enhancements to TauDEM to support Rapid Watershed Delineation Services, Nazmus S. Sazib and David G. Tarboton

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Integration of an Energy Balance Snowmelt Model into an Open Source Modeling Framework, A. Sen Gupta, David G. Tarboton, P. Hummel, M. E. Brown, and S. Habib; Environmental Modelling & Software

Health in Regional Long-Range Transportation Planning: Guidance Statements and Performance Measures, Patrick A. Singleton; 3rd Annual Portland State University Student Research Symposium

Determinants of Active Travel: A Conceptual Framework, Patrick A. Singleton and Kelly J. Clifton; 14th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research

Exploring the Positive Utility of Travel Through Theory and Simulation, Patrick A. Singleton and Kelly J. Clifton; 55th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning

Exploring the Positive Utility of Travel Through Theory and Simulation, Patrick A. Singleton and Kelly J. Clifton; 14th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research

Exploring the Positive Utility of Travel through Theory and Simulation, Patrick A. Singleton and Kelly J. Clifton; 62nd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Sciences Association International

Incorporating Public Health in US Long-Range Metropolitan Transportation Planning: A Review of Guidance Statements and Performance Measures, Patrick A. Singleton and Kelly J. Clifton; 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

The Theory of Travel Decision-Making: A Conceptual Framework of Active Travel Behavior, Patrick A. Singleton and Kelly J. Clifton; Portland State University Transportation Research and Education Center Transportation Seminar Series

The Theory of Travel Decision-Making: A Conceptual Framework of Active Travel Behavior, Patrick A. Singleton and Kelly J. Clifton; 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Changing the Scope and Scale of Regional Travel Models to Better Estimate Pedestrian Activity: Applications for Public Health, Patrick A. Singleton, Kelly J. Clifton, Christopher D. Muhs, and Robert J. Schneider; Moving Active Transportation to Higher Ground Conference

Development of Destination Choice Models for Pedestrian Travel, Patrick A. Singleton, Kelly J. Clifton, Christopher D. Muhs, and Robert J. Schneider; 1st Annual Transportation and Communities Summit

Advances in the Two Source Energy Balance (TSEB) model using very high resolution remote sensing data in vineyards, H. N.ieto Solana, W. P. Kustas, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Manal Al-Arab, L. Song, J. G. Alfieri, J. Prueger, L. McKee, M. C. Anderson, M. Alsina, Austin M. Jensen, and Mac McKee; Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA

Oneida Narrows dam - hydro power vs. competing environmental goals or. When is a dam not just a dam?, David King Stevens

Is this a worthwhile pursuit for water pollution control?, David King Stevens, T. Glover, and Bethany T. Neilson

Desorption of trace inorganic contaminants from drinking water distribution systems solids, David King Stevens, Joan E. McLean, T. Hammer, and Laurie S. McNeill

Salts affect the interaction of ZnO or CuO nanoparticles with wheat, J. Stewart, Joan E. McLean, T. Hansen, and P. McManus; Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

A Conceptual Framework for the National Flood Interoperability Experiment (NFIE), David G. Tarboton

HydroShare: Advancing Collaboration through Hydrologic Data and Model Sharing, David G. Tarboton

Terrain Based Flood Inundation Mapping, David G. Tarboton

What makes the Great Salt Lake go up and down. Examining the sensitivity of the Great Salt Lake to changes in inputs, David G. Tarboton

HydroShare: Advancing Hydrology through Collaborative Data and Model Sharing, David G. Tarboton and R. Idaszak

Advancing Collaboration through Hydrologic Data and Model Sharing, David G. Tarboton, R. Idaszak, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Daniel Ames, J. Goodall, L. Band, V. Merwade, A. Couch, R. Hooper, D. Maidment, Pabitra Dash, M. Stealey, H. Yi, Tian Gan, Anthony M. Castronova, B. Miles, Z. Li, and M. Morsy

Clearing your Desk! Software and Data Services for Collaborative Web Based GIS Analysis, David G. Tarboton, R. Idaszak, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Daniel Ames, J. Goodall, L. Band, V. Merwade, A. Couch, R. Hooper, D. Maidment, Pabitra Dash, M. Stealey, H. Yi, Tian Gan, T. Gichamo, A. Yildirim, and Y. Liu; Fall Meeting, AGU

HydroShare: Advancing Hydrology through Collaborative Data and Model Sharing, David G. Tarboton, R. Idaszak, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Daniel Ames, J. L. Goodall, L. Band, V. Merwade, A. Couch, R. Hooper, D. Valentine, D. Maidment, M. Stealey, and H. Yi

Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Use in Precision Agriculture: The AggieAir Experience, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, Manal Al-Arab, Leila Hassan-Esfahani, Austin M. Jensen, and Mac McKee; 2015 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech)

Developing an Approach to Prioritize River Restoration using Data Extracted from Flood Risk Information System Databases, S. Vimal, David G. Tarboton, L. Band, J. Duncan, J. Lovette, and G. Corzo

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Long-Term Winter Inversion Properties in a Mountain Valley of the Western United States and Implications on Air Quality, Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang, Lawrence E. Hipps, Oi-Yu Chung, Robert R. Gillies, and Randy S. Martin; Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

The phytotoxicity of ZnO nanoparticles on wheat varies with soil properties, J. L. Watson, Joan E. McLean, T. Fang, and C. O. Dimpkpa; Biometals

Plant leaves as indoor air passive samplers for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), T. A. Wetzel and William J. Doucette; Chemosphere

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How Do Changes to the Railroad Causeway in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Affect Water and Salt Flow?, James S. White, Sarah E. Null, and David G. Tarboton; PLoS ONE

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A Virtual Tile Approach to Rastel-based Calculations of Large Digital Elevation Models in a Shared-Memory System, Ahmet Artu Yildirim, Daniel W. Watson, David G. Tarboton, and Robert M. Wallace; Computers & Geosciences

Pesticidal activity of metal oxide nanoparticles on plant pathogenic isolates of Pythium, Z. Zabrieski, Joan E. McLean, E. Morrell, and J. Horton; Ecotoxicology

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Development and evaluation of a physically based multiscalar drought index: The Standardized Moisture Anomaly Index, B. Zhang, X. Zhao, Jiming Jin, and P. Wu; Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

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Heterogeneous Residential Water and Energy Linkages and Implications for Conservation and Management, Adel M. Abdallah and David E. Rosenberg; ASCE-Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Mapping ET at High Resolution Using AggieAir Airborne Multispectral Imagery, Manal Al-Arab, Alfonso F. Torres-Rua, and Mac McKee; American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International Symposium on Evapotranspiration Challenges in Measurement and Modeling From Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond

A hydrologic-economic model for sustainable water resources in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, A. E. Al-Juaidy and Jagath J. Kaluarachchi; Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

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Improving the Complementary Methods to Estimate Evapotranspiration Under Diverse Climatic and Physical Conditions, Fathi Anayah and Jagath J. Kaluarachchi; Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Exploring Irrigation Decision Behavior at Delta, Utah using Hidden Markov Models, S. Andriyas and Mac McKee; Agricultural Water Management

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Estimation of Spatially Distributed Evapotranspiration using Remote Sensing and a Relevance Vector Machine, Roula Bachour, Wynn R. Walker, Andres M. Ticlavilca, Mac McKee, and I. Maslova; Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

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Virgin River multi-objective optimization: maximizing endangered fish habitat and minimizing costs, L. Basdekas, L. A. Bastidas, T. B. Hardy, Arthur J. Caplan, and Mac McKee; International Journal of River Basin Management

How To Utilize Relevance Vectors To Collect Required Data For Modeling Water Quality Constitu-ents, And Fine Sediment In Natural Systems? Case Study: Mud Lake, Idaho, Hussein Aly Batt and David King Stevens; Journal of Environmental Engineering

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An Integrated Modeling System for Estimating Glacier and Snow Melt Driven Streamflow from Remote Sensing and Earth System Data Products in the Himalayas, M. E. Brown, A. E. Racoviteanu, David G. Tarboton, A. Sen Gupta, J. Nigro, F. Policelli, S. Habib, M. Tokay, M. S. Shrestha, S. Bajracharya, P. Hummel, M. Gray, P. Duda, B. Zaitchik, Vinod Mahat, G. Artan, and S. Tokar; Journal of Hydrology

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Range Resolution Improvement of Eyesafe Ladar Testbed (ELT) Measurements Using Sparse Signal Deconvolution, Scott E. Budge and Jacob H. Gunther

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Improved registration for 3D image creation using multiple texel images and incorporating low-cost GPS/INS measurements, Scott E. Budge and Xuan Xie

Enhancing Decision Modeling through Integrating Functional Ontologies with GIS Data, A. Byrd, David G. Tarboton, and N. R. Pradhan; AWRA Spring Specialty Conference Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Water Resources VIII