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Use of Google Earth in Emergency Response
Yarbrough, L.D. and G. Easson, 2005. Eye of the Storm—Google Earth Assists Katrina Response and Recovery, GeoWorld, 18 (11), pp. 24–27.
 The article discusses the use of Google Earth in the emergency response efforts of Hurricane Katrina. The UMGC sent equipment and personel to the State of Mississippi Emergency Operation Command (EOC) in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Integration of High Resoution Remote Sensing and the Weather RADAR Data for Overland Flow Modeling and Flood Prediction
Patrick Jackson and Greg Easson
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Building Extraction Using Neuro-Fuzzy Pattern Recognition with Feature Detecting Structures
Patrick Jackson, Greg Easson and Dawn Wilkins |
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GIS Development in a Small Mississippi Town
DeLozier, Yarbrough and Easson (2004). GIS in a Small Town. GeoWorld, 12 (3), pp. 42-45
 Small towns without a GIS staff normally don't have the ability or resources to construct and maintain a municipal GIS. The University of Mississippi GeoInformatics Center (UMGC) worked with the city of Long Beach, Miss., and Long Beach High School students to test a potential solution. Long Beach, with a population of 17,320, is a rapidly growing coastal town on the Gulf of Mexico that was in need of a GIS.
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 Conceptual
Hydrogeologic Models for the Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho
Objectives
of Research
Calibrate
a distributed parameter groundwater flow and transport model to
all available data can reveal preferential flow paths. By incorporating
the distribution of 87Sr/86Sr and 238U/234U isotopes into a groundwater parameter estimation model,
we may be able to identify preferential flow paths in the Eastern
Snake River Plain aquifer.
Location Map
Uranium Concentration
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Site Geologic
Map
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 Application of Remote Sensing for Mapping Surface Geology in
Heavily Vegetated Cover in North Mississippi
Objectives
of Research
Remote sensing and GIS techniques were used
to investigate the geology in the heavily vegetated terrain of
north Mississippi. The study area includes the recharge zone of
the Tertiary age Memphis Sand Aquifer, the principal source of
groundwater for northern Mississippi and western Tennessee, including
the city of Memphis, Tennessee. This investigation incorporates
Landsat 7 imagery, National Elevation Dataset (NED) data at 30-meter
and 125-meter resolution, and field data in a geologic assessment
of a portion of north Mississippi.
Geologic Cross
Section
DEMs of Selected
Locations
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Stephen L. Ingram
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Greg Easson
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 Providing all the 30-meter DEM data for each county in Mississippi - From USGS's National Elevation Dataset
Provided in MSTM and Geographic Projection
These files are now available courtesy of MARIS. MARIS has agreed to serve the data. |
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 Detection & Prediction of Surficial Failures in High Plasticity, Compacted Clay Slopes Using Remote Sensing.
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An improved understanding of the aging process and progression to slough failures
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An improved understanding of the value of remote sensing in assessing the properties of clayey soils
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The best possible predictive tool that uses remote sensing and GIS to estimate when and where slough slides are likely to occur
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 Validation and Verification of STAR-3i Elevation Data. Long Beach, Mississippi
Objectives of Research
This project was designed to evaluate the accuracy of an interferometric synthetic aperture radar (IFSAR) digital elevation model (DEM) created using the STAR-3i system from Intermap Technologies Incorporated. The objectives will be accomplished by comparing the STAR-3i data with Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) data of the Long Beach area. This investigation will also attempt to locate the source and the regularity of the error and to improve the DEM to make it more accurate.
Preliminary Data Validation Graphic |
Julie Sappington
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Greg Easson
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 Digitizing Merrill, 1988 Geologic Map of Tishomingo County, Mississippi and performing a analysis of influence of structural geology on topography.
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Masters of Engineering Science Thesis by James Alan Barck.
TBA
May 2002 |
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Masters of Engineering Science Thesis by Lance D. Yarbrough.
Channel Bank Stability Analysis and Design - Considering the Effects of Riparian Vegetation and Root Reinforcement
May 2000 |
Lance Yarbrough
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