articles

Publications from Center for Research in Water Resources (CRWR) of the University of Texas at Austin,

 An Improved Anisotropic Scheme for Interpolating Scattered Bathymetric Data Points in Sinuous River Channels, Tim D. Osting, April 2004
Exploring Hydrodynamic Modeling of Texas Bays with focus on Corpus Christi Bay & Lavaca Bay, Jordan Furnans, May 2004
Spatial and Temporal Trends of the Western Arctic Ocean Benthic Community, Jonathan L. Goodall, David R. Maidment, and Kenneth H. Dunton, May 2003

Dilution Attenuation Factors in Susceptibility Assessments: A GIS Based Method, Gil Strassberg, David R. Maidment, and Lynn E. Katz, May 2003

WRAPHydro Data Model: Finding Input Parameters for the Water Rights Analysis Package, Hema Gopalan, and David R. Maidment, May 2003

Nueces Bay TMDL Project for Zinc in Oyster Tissue, Imane Mrini, May 2003

 Estimation of Fecal Coliform Loadings to Galveston Bay, Reem Jihan Zoun, May 2003

Identification of Large Woody Debris in Acoustic Bathymetry Data, Laurent White, and Ben R. Hodges, September 2003

Integrated Geospatial Database for Total Maximum Daily Load Modeling Lavaca Bay - Matagorda Bay Coastal Area, Jordan Furnans,David Maidment, and Ben Hodges, January 2002

Physical Modeling for Side-Channel Weirs, K.-L. Lee and E. R. Holley, May 2002

Side-Diversion Analysis System, John F. Burgin and E. R. Holley, May 2002

Stochastic Optimization of the Highland Lakes System in Texas, David Raymond Kracman, M.S.E. and Daene C. McKinney, May 2002

ArcBASINS: A GIS Model for the BASINS Database, Kristina Antonia Schneider, M.S.E., May 2002

A Developing Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Lago Vista, Kevin Michael Donnelly and David R. Maidment, May 2001

An Algorithm to Delineate Coastal Watersheds for TMDL Development, Victoria Ann Samuels and David R. Maidment, May 2001

Geospatial Database and Preliminary Flood Hydrology Model for the Lower Colorado Basin, Sarah Anne Stone, David R. Maidment, and Francisco Olivera, May 2001

CRWR Online Report 01-6: A Prototype Toolset for the ArcGIS Hydro Data Model, Timothy Lee Whiteaker, M.S.E. and David R. Maidment, December 2001

CRWR Online Report 01-7: GIS Algorithms for Large Watersheds with Non-contributing Areas, Melissa Jane Figurski, M.S.E and David R. Maidment, December 2001

Approaches to Continental Scale River Flow Routing, Kwabena Asante, David R. Maidment, James S. Famiglietti and Francisco Olivera, May 2000

Developronmental Models For Risk-Based Decision Making Julie Kim, M.S.E., Lesley Hay Wilson, M.S.E., and David R. Maidment , May 2000

An Analysis of a Methodology for Generating Watershed Parameters using GIS David Mason, MSE, and David R. Maidment, May 2000

Visual Floodplain Modeling with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Peter B. Andrysiak Jr., and David R. Maidment, May 2000

A GIS Based Analysis of the Benthic Community in the Western Arctic Ocean J§na Finnd¯s J§nsd§ttir and David Maidment, August 2000

Upscaling River Network Extractions from Global Digital Elevation Models Mary S. Lear, M.S.E., James S. Famiglietti, and David R. Maidment, August 2000

Object-Oriented Modeling of Rivers and Watersheds in Geographic Information Systems Kimberley M. Davis and David Maidment, August 2000

The Effect of Time-Step Length in Modeling River and Aquifer Interaction, Shiva Niazi, Randal Charbeneau, and David Maidment, August 2000

Processing a Delineated Watershed to Include Green & Ampt Soil Parameters, Jerome Richard Perales and David Maidment, August 2000

A Water Quality GIS Tool for the City of Austin Incorporating Non Point Sources and Best Management Practices, Katherine Grace Osborne, Michael Barrett and David Maidment, August 2000

GIS-Based Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling for Floodplain Delineation at Highway River Crossings, David James Anderson, B.S., December 2000.

Development and Application of Unsteady Flood Models Using Geographic Information Systems, Daniel Baldwin Snead and David R. Maidment, December 2000

A Spatial Environmental Risk Assessment Methodology for Risk-Based Decision Making at Large, Complex Facilities, Lesley Hay Wilson, Randall J. Charbeneau, and David R. Maidment, December 2000

The Effects of Time and Temperature on the Fate of Pathogens and Indicator Bacteria During Municipal Wastewater Sludge - Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion, Air-Drying, and Composting, Baltazar Lucero-Ramirez and Joseph Malina, Jr, December 2000
Floodplain Mapping Using HEC-RAS and ArcView GIS , Eric Christopher Tate, M.S.E., Francisco Olivera, PhD and David R. Maidment, May 1999

  • CRWR Online Report 96-1: A GIS Assessment of Nonpoint Source Pollution in the San Antonio - Nueces Coastal Basin, by William K. Saunders and David R. Maidment.
  • CRWR Online Report 96-2: Modeling of Dissolved Oxygen in the Houston Ship Channel using WASP5 and Geographic Information Systems, by Jennifer Benaman, Neal E. Armstrong and David R. Maidment.
  • CRWR Online Report 96-3: A Parsimonious Model for Simulation of Flow and Transport in a Karst Aquifer, by Michael E. Barrett and Randall J. Charbeneau.
  • CRWR Online Report 96-4: Spatially Distributed Modeling of Storm Runoff and Non-Point Source Pollution Using GIS, by Francisco Olivera, David R. Maidment, and Randall J. Charbeneau.
  • CRWR Online Report 96-5: Map-based Surface and Subsurface Flow Simulation Models: an object oriented and GIS Approach,, by Ye, Z., D.R. Maidment, and D.C. McKinney, August 1996.
  • CRWR Online Report 96-6: Modeling Agrichemical Transport in Midwest Rivers using Geographic Information Systems, Mizgalewicz, P.J., and D.R. Maidment, December 1996.
  • CRWR Online Report 95-1: Hydrologic Data Development System, by Peter Smith and David Maidment
  • CRWR Online Report 95-2: Water Quality and Quantity Impacts of Highway Construction and Operation: Summary and Conclusions, by Michael E. Barrett, Joseph F. Malina, Jr., Randall J. Charbeneau, and George H. Ward
  • CRWR Online Report 95-3: A GIS Procedure for Merging NEXRAD Precipitation Data and Digital Elevation Models to Determine Rainfall-Runoff Modeling Parameters, Reed, S.M., and D.R. Maidment, September 1995.
  • CRWR Online Report 95-4: A Spatial and Statistical Assessment of the Vulnerability of Texas Groundwater to Nitrate Contamination, Evans, T.A., and D.R. Maidment, November 1995.
  • CRWR Online Report 95-5: A Review and Evaluation of Literature Pertaining to the Quality and Control of Pollution from Highway Runoff and Construction, Michael E. Barrett, M.S. Robert D. Zuber, M.S. E. R. Collins, III, M.S., April 1995.
  • CRWR Online Report 95-6: An Evaluation Of The Use And Effectiveness Of Temporary Sediment Controls, Michael E. Barrett, M.S., John Edmund Kearney, M.S. Terry Glen Mccoy, M.S., August 1995.
  • CRWR Online Report 95-7: Effects Of Highway Construction And Operation On Water Quality And Quantity In An Ephemeral Stream In The Austin, Texas Area , By Michael E. Barrett, M.S., Joseph F. Malina, Jr., P.E., Randall J. Charbeneau, P.E., George H. Ward, Ph.D. , August 1995.
  • CRWR Online Report 95-8: An Evaluation Of Highway Runoff Filtration Systems , Sean Tenney, M.S., Michael E. Barrett, M.S., Joseph F. Malina, Jr., P.E., Randall J. Charbeneau, P.E., George H. Ward, Ph.D. August 1995.
  • CRWR Online Report 95-9: An Evaluation Of The Factors Affecting The Quality Of Highway Runoff In The Austin, Texas Area , By Lynton B. Irish, Jr., P.E. William G. Lesso, Ph.D. Michael E. Barrett, M.S., Joseph F. Malina, Jr., P.E., Randall J. Charbeneau, P.E., George H. Ward, Ph.D., September 1995.
  • CRWR Online Report 95-10: Characterization Of Highway Runoff In The Austin, Texas Area , Michael E. Barrett, M.S., Joseph F. Malina, Jr., P.E., Randall J. Charbeneau, P.E., George H. Ward, Ph.D., August 1995.

 

 

Annotated Bibliography of Nonpoint Source Literature  provided by NCSU Water Quality Group, great place for water quality, hydrology modeling and GIS related publications. 
An Analysis of Volunteer Water Quality Data by Charles Kaough, M.S. EHE. and Dr. David R. Maidment
Archeological Remote Sensing
A Structure for Organizing Metadata Collection
A GIS-based Hydrological/Hydraulic Modeling Approach for Floodplain Mapping
An Object-oriented Framework for Geostatistical Modeling in S+
A GIS Assessment of the Total Loads and Water Quality in the Corpus Christi Bay System   by  Ann Marie Quenzer   and David R. Maidment
A GIS Procedure for Merging NEXRAD Precipitation Data and Digital Elevation Models to Determine Rainfall-Runoff Modeling Parameters  by  Reed, S.M., and D.R. Maidment
A project for sustainable management of natural resources in fast growing areas of Thailand
A Composite Likelihood Approach to Semivariogram Estimation
A Soil Water Balance and Continuous Streamflow Simulation Model  by Seann Reed describing the development of a Soil Water Balance Modeling System and its use in studying the effect of spatial complexity on modeling accuracy.
A Spatial and Statistical Assessment of the Vulnerability of Texas Groundwater to Nitrate Contamination  by  Evans, T.A., and D.R. Maidment
A Look at AutoCAD Map 2000  Review from March 2000 looking at the fourth release of AutoCAD Map:2000. Article published by Cadence Magazine and written by William P. Wittreich. new23x11.jpg (576 bytes)
Adding dimensions to GIS with VRML  by Bill Huber of Quantitative Decisions on how to create three-dimensional visualizations using commonly available and inexpensive tools. Article published by Direction Magazine.new23x11.jpg (576 bytes)
AWRA Publications

ARCVIEW APPLICATIONS IN STORMWATER AND WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT Uzair M.
Shamsi and Bruce A. Fletcher
ADAPTIVE SHORT-TERM WATER QUALITY FORECASTS USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
Ming-Der Yang, Carolyn J. Merry, and Robert M. Sykes
DEVELOPMENT OF A GIS DATABASE FOR LAKE ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   Weihe Guan and Leslie Moore
GIS/WATER RESOURCES TOOLS FOR PERFORMING FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT MODELING ANALYSIS   Clarence Robbins and Stephen P. Phipps
GIDM: A GIS-BASED MODEL FOR DAIRY WASTE MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS   C. W. Fraisse, K. L. Campbell, J. W. Jones, and W. G. Boggess
LINKING GIS AND GEOMORPHOLOGIC FIELD RESEARCH AT WALNUT GULCH EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHED   Scott N. Miller, D. Phillip Guertin, and David C. Goodrich
MAPPING SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WITH COLOR INFRARED AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS Ashok Verma, Richard Cooke, and Leon Wendte
Physical Characterization of the Navarro Watershed for Hydrologic Simulation  Jeffrey D. Colby
USING GIS AND REGRESSION TO ESTIMATE ANNUAL HERBICIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN OUTFLOW FROM RESERVOIRS IN THE MIDWESTERN USA, 1992-93   William A. Battaglin and Donald A. Goolsby
Watershed-Scale Nonpoint Source Pollution Modeling and Decision Support System Based on a
Model-GIS-RDBMS Linkage Jaewan Yoon

 

Building the Foundation for Environmental Risk Assessment at the Marcus Hook Refinery Using Geographic Information Systems  by Andrew Paul Romanek, M.S.E, Lesley Hay Wilson, and David R. Maidmend
Biophysical data integration for terrestrial ecosystem simulation from watershed to basin scales  paper from the NCGIA Conference


Complexity, Uncertainty, and Systematic Error in Hydrologic Models
Calculation of Hydrologic Parameters Using CRWR_PrePro by Francisco Olivera. Presented at the CE394-K3 GIS in Water Resources class at the University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas, October 1998. [PowerPoint Presentation
CRWR-Prepro by Francisco Olivera. Presented at the 1998 ESRI User's Conference. San Diego, California, July 1998. [PowerPoint Presentation]
CRWR-PrePro Workshop by Francisco Olivera. Presented at the CRWR-PrePro Workshop organized by the Center for Research in Water Resources (CRWR). Austin, Texas, May 1998.
Creating Coarse Resolution Flow direction Grids from Fine Resolution DEMs by Mary Lear. A term paper describing efforts to derive information from one kilometer DEMs for use in coarser resolution hydrologic models
CONSTRUCTING DETAILED VEGETATION DATABASES FROM FIELD DATA AND AIRBORNE VIDEOGRAPHY
COMBINING GIS BASED ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING AND VISUALIZATION ANOTHER WINDOW ON THE MODELING PROCESS(paper from the NCGIA Conference)
CONVERTING ADMINISTRATIVE DATA TO A CONTINUOUS FIELD ON A SPHERE
Client-Server Approaches to Model Integration within GIS paper from the NCGIA Conference

Development of a GIS Database for Estimating Biogenic Hydrocarbon Emissions in North Central Texas   by  Irvin Wade Strange
Data Availability for Hydrologic Modeling in the United States and Mexico
Distributed Hydrologic Modeling using GIS and Topmodel
Dynamic Flood Routing Using the EXTRAN Module of the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM)
DTM-Based Model for Global-Scale Runoff Routing by Francisco Olivera, James Famiglietti, Kwabena Asante and David Maidment. Presented at the AGU 1998 Fall Meeting, H51C: The Role of Digital Terrain Modeling and Analysis in Hydrological Modeling. San Francisco, CA, December 6, 1998.

Exercise on Agrichemical Transport in the Midwest Rivers
EPA's Surf Your Watershed
Estimated semivariogram models of NZ bird diversity
Evaluation of North and South America AVHRR 1-km Data for global environmental modeling paper from the NCGIA Conference
Ecosystem Management: A Landscape Ecology Perspective by Mark E. Jensen, Patrick Bourgeron, Richard Everett, and Iris Goodman  in JAWRA, April, 1996.

Flow and hydrochemical patterns along the bank of Dean Creek, Sapelo Island GA 
From a Grid or Coverage to a Hydrograph: Unlocking Your GIS Data for Hydrologic Applications
Floodplain Mapping Using HEC-RAS and ArcView GIS   by  Eric Christopher Tate, M.S.E. and David R. Maidmen
From GIS to HMS by Francisco Olivera, Aubrey Dugger, David Maidment and Edward Holley. Presented at the GIS and Hydrology Workshop organized by the CRWR for the HEC. Austin, Texas, September 1997.
Forest Fire Modelling with GIS in the Swiss National Park paper from the NCGIA Conference
Facilitating High Performance, Collaborative Spatial Modeling paper from the NCGIA Conference
Facilitating Mobile Objects within the Context of Simulated Landscape Processes paper from the NCGIA Conference

GIS for Watershed Assessment  Integrating Spatial and Tabular Data to Derive Parameters for a Hydrologic Simulation Model (ARDBSN)
GIS Literature Database
GIS and Hydrologic Modeling an Assessment of Progress
GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing
GIS Meteorology
Global Positioning System Overview
Global Positioning System (GPS) Notes
GIS-based Land Surface/Subsurface Modeling New Potential for New Models?
GIS, Spatial Statistical Graphics, and Forest Health
GIS Literature Database by University of Maine/NCGIA search engine
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY of Israel Catalog of publications(December 1999)
GIS and Geostatistics: Spatial Analysis of Chernobyl’s Consequences in Belarus
A GEOMETRIC SOLAR RADIATION MODEL AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
GIS Does the Weather by Scott T. Shipley, Ira A. Graffman, and David P. Beddoe
GIS and Hydrologic Modeling - an Assessment of Progress by David R. Maidment
GIS-Based Continental-Scale Flow Routing Algorithm for Climate System Models  by Francisco Olivera, James Famiglietti, and David Maidment. Presented at the AGU 1998 Spring Meeting, U31A: Geographic Information Systems in Earth Science. Boston, MA, May 27, 1998.
Geotimes (Published by the American Geological Institute)

INSIDE ROCKS  The tools of physics are also tools for earth scientists who want to study rocks from the inside out — starting with their atoms. Robert Astheimer et al.
MAPPING THE OUTCROP  Who better to try out digital field mapping than undergraduate students? J. Douglas Walker and Ross A. Black
REMOTE SENSING FOR ACID MINE SITES   Looking at Earth from above can reveal the mineralogical details for monitoring acid mine sites and their surroundings.Frederick B. Henderson III

Geospatial solutions publications

Flaming to the Scene Routing and Locating to Get There Faster  by Roberto Figueroa and Michael Kartusch
Census Sense, Part 3 Enabling an Annual Census by Nancy Torrieri and Jennifer Holland
Management Strategies Merge Ahead GIS on the IT Route by Rebecca Somers NetResults An Internet Safari Through the Geography Network by Jonathan W. Lowe FirstImpressions Putting Cartography Before the Horse ArcView, Maptitude, MapInfo by Joshua Comenetz San Diego Maps Tomorrow's Traffic by Andrew G. Abouna

GEOWorld publications

Autodesk's Astroth Sees Sweeping Changes in the Geotechnology Market
Business Is Blooming--Imagery Vendors Expand into New Markets  by James Black
Capture "Where" and "When" on Video-Based GIS by Joseph K. Berry
Digital Photogrammetry Unleash the Power of 3-D GIS
Enterprisewide Solutions Alter the CAD/GIS Landscape by Adena Schutzberg
Garbage In, Garbage Out--Learn to Control GIS Data Quality
Geospatial Interoperability: The Holy Grail of GIS  by Allan Levinsohn
Have You Seen the Light? LIDAR Technology Is Creating Believers
How Will SA Removal Affect GPS/GIS Integration?   by Andrew Harrington
Information Is Power!  by Kevin P. Corbley
LIDAR Technology Reaches New Heights from the editor
Making a Pipe Dream a Reality
Mobile Technology Takes GIS to the Field  by J.D. Wilson
Put the "Fizz" into Data "Viz" by W. Fredrick Limp
Passing the Open GIS Baton in a Wireless World  by Lance McKee
Standards Drive the Spatial Web Worldwide  by Louis Hecht
Technology's Tangled Web--Internet Mapping Lures Local Governments   by Robert Hoch
Take Advantage of That Spatial Database!   by Dale Lutz
Triangulate T-Rex! Modern Mapping Enters Jurassic Park  by T.W. Landis
"Thin" Is" In"  by Hal Reid and Joe Francica
Visualization Software Bring GIS Applications to Life  by Stephen R.J. Sheppard, associate professor, Faculty of Forestry/Landscape Architecture Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canadanew23x11.jpg (576 bytes)
What Can You Do When Real-Time DGPS Doesn't Work  by Andrew Harrington
What's the Difference Between Accuracy and Precision?  by Andrew Harrington
Will GE Bring Good Things to GIS?  by J. D. Wilson

Hydrologic Modeling for Acid Mine Drainage in West Virginia
HEC-PREPRO: A GIS Preprocessor for Lumped Parameter Hydrologic Modeling Programs  by  Ferdinand Hellweger, M.S.E. and David R. Maidment
Hydrologic Data Development System  by Peter Smith and David Maidmen
HEC-PrePro v. 2.0: An ArcView Pre-Processor for HEC's Hydrologic Modeling System  by Francisco Olivera, David Maidment and Seann Reed. Presented at the 1998 ESRI User's Conference. San Diego, California, July 1998.

Introduction to Data Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems by Daniel L. Falbo, Lloyd P. Queen, and Charles R. Blinn

Influence of GIS-based watershed characterization on the prediction of runoff from Southwest rangelands
Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources for the Edwards Aquifer by Kris Martinez describing a GIS based analysis of long term water levels in the a major aquifer in Texas.
Imaging NOTES publications

A Cornucopia of Agricultural Applications   advances in Remote Sensing technology are changing the way we look at Agriculture
Antarctica  Satellite images are helping scientists unlock frozen secrets about Earth's least understood continent.

 

Kriging Example  by The Applied Mathematics Groundwater Modelling Group, Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Adelaide, South Australia

 

Linking GIS and Geomorphologic Field Research at Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed
Land and Water Publications Series  (FAO)
Linking GIS with Models of Ecological Risk Assessment for Endangered Species
Linking GIS with Models of Ecological Risk Assessment for Endangered Species paper from the NCGIA Conference
Landscape Visualization using DEM data derived from Digital Photogrammetry  paper from the NCGIA Conference
LANDSCAPE-LEVEL MODELING OF SPRUCE SEEDFALL USING A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM paper from the NCGIA Conference


Modeling of Dissolved Oxygen in the Houston Ship Channel using WASP5 and Geographic Information Systems  by Jennifer Benaman, Neal E. Armstrong and David R. Maidment
Map-based Surface and Subsurface Flow Simulation Models: an object oriented and GIS Approach  by Ye, Z., D.R. Maidment, and D.C. McKinney
Modeling Agrichemical Transport in Midwest Rivers using Geographic Information Systems  by Mizgalewicz, P.J., and D.R. Maidment
Martinez, K.L., and D.R. Maidment, (1998), Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources for the Edwards Aquifer. It describes Kris' research into the effects of climate change on the Edward's Aquifer in Central Texas. In this study, a simple soil water balance model is linked to a recharge and groundwater model of the aquifer.
5-Minute, 1/2º , and 1º Data Sets of Continental Watersheds and River Networks  by Graham , S. T., J. S. Famiglietti, and D. R. Maidment. Images and description of a delineation of 19 global drainage basins for incorporation into global climate models.

Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses  SwRI Publications (publish technical papers and promotional brochures)
NATURAL RESOURCE MAPPING USING GIS: COASTAL AND WATERSHED APPLICATIONS
New Directions in Floodplain Management by Gerald E. Galloway, Jr. in JAWRA, June1995.
NCGIA Conference :

Following are from the NCGIA Conference: (on GIS and Environmental Modeling, January 21-24, 1996, Santa Fe, New Mexico)
A Structure for Organizing Metadata Collection
A Desert Tortoise Spatially Explicit Population Model
Agent Mediated Consensus-Building for Environmental Problems: A Genetic Algorithm Approach
AN INTEGRATED INTERFACE SYSTEM TO COUPLE THE SWAT MODEL AND ARC/INFO
Automated Grid Generation From Models of Complex Geologic Structure and Stratigraphy
A Cognitively-based Approach for Hydrogeomorphic Land Classification using Digital Terrain Models
An GIS-based Many-Region Disaster Preparedness Model for the United States
A Comparison of Spatial Interpolation Techniques in Temperature Estimation
Application of GIS Linked Environment Models over a Large Area
A LOCALLY ADAPTIVE APPROACH TO THE INTERPOLATION OF DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS
A Framework for Integrating Environmental Models to Simulate Forest Ecosystem Dynamics
Agent-Based Modeling of Prehistoric Settlement Systems in the Northern American Southwest
Applications of 3D Delaunay triangulation algorithms in geoscientific modelling.
A Federation Architecture for an Environmental Info. System incorporating GIS, the www, and CORBA
A Forest Ecosystem Dynamics Model Integrated within a GIS.
Assessing uncertainty in catchment boundary delimitation
A spatial modelling language that unifies dynamic environmental models and GIS
An Integration of a Surface Energy Balance Climate Model with TIN and GRID in GIS
An Alternate Paradigm for Representing Soils Data and Data Quality Information
Approaches to Automated Water Table Mapping
Assessing Pollutant Loading to Bayou Chico, Florida by Integrating an Urban Stormwater Runoff and Fate Model with GIS
Animation Query Language for the Visualization of Temporal Data
A Network-Accessible Repository for the Characterization Of Spatial Ecosystem Components
Development of Continental Scale Digital Elevation Models and Extraction of Hydrographic Features   paper from the NCGIA Conference
Developing Internet-based user interfaces for improving spatial data access and usability.
Directions in GIS paper from the NCGIA Conference
Dispersal and mortality in a heterogeneous landscape matrix paper from the NCGIA Conference
Development and Application of Neural Network Interface for GRASS GIS paper from the NCGIA Conference
Dynamic Finite Difference Grid Generation for Environmental Decision Support Systems
DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA AND GIS PROJECT paper from the NCGIA Conference
DEFORESTATION IN TWO BRAZILIAN AMAZON COLONIES: ANALYSIS COMBINING FARMER INTERVIEWS AND GIS paper from the NCGIA Conference
Design and Documentation of a Baltimore-Washington Regional Spatial Database Testbed for Environmental Model Calibration and Verification
Environmental Data Access in New Zealand 1985 - 1995: user-pays to open-access and the WWW
Environmental Modeling and Collaborative Spatial Decision-Making Some Thoughts and Experiences Arising from the I-17 Meeting
EOSDIS Data Models and Example of Implementations
EOS Potential User Model Development
Ecological modelling in GIS
Easing environmental models into GIS
Ecosystem Modeling of Spatially Explicit Land Surface Changes for Climate and Global Change Analysis
Efficient Data Exchange: Integrating a Vector GIS with an Object-Oriented, 3-D Visualization System
Effect of Spatial Variability on Basin Scale Modeling
GENERIC DATA EXCHANGE - INTEGRATING MODELS AND DATA PROVIDERS
GIS approaches to targeted siting of riparian buffer strips: trade-offs between realism and complexity
GIS Applications For Watershed Management.
Geologic Modeling for Landfill Screening: Integrating GIS with Geospatial Modeling
GIS and Hydrologic Modeling - an Assessment of Progress
GIS, spatial statistical graphics, and forest health.
GIS-based Land Surface/Subsurface Modeling: New Potential for New Models?
Integrating spatial models into local land-use decision making
Image Rectification with Radial Basis Functions: Application to RS/GIS Data Integration
Integrating GIS and remote sensing to produce regional vegetation databases attributes related to environmental modeling
Image Navigation for Wildland Fire Location Mapping
IMPROVING THE SPATIAL EXTENSION OF POINT DATA BY CHANGING THE DATA MODEL
INTEGRATION OF GIS WITH OTHER SOFTWARE SYSTEMS: Integration versus Interconnection
Issues Linked to Geographical Information Systems in Global Environmental Research very large data bases access and visualization
Integrating ecological tools with remotely sensed data modeling animal dispersal on complex landscapes
Integration of Satellite Data and Model Simulations in a GIS for Monitoring Regional Evaporation and Biomass Production
Integrated Approach to Land Use Analyses
Interacting fields approach for evolving spatial phenomena: application to erosion simulation for optimized land use
Identification and Assessment of Natural Disturbances in Forested Ecosystems: The Role of GIS and Remote Sensing
MODELING SPATIAL AFFECTS OF LANDSCAPE PATTERN ON THE SPREAD OF AIRBORNE FUNGAL DISEASE IN SIMULATED AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES
Modelling and Supporting Multi-Actor Spatial Planning Using Multi-Agents Systems
Modelling Environmental Cognition of the View With GIS
Methods And Techniques for Rigorous Calibration of a Cellular Automaton Model of Urban Growth
Mirror-Image Round Robin Spatial Data Partitioning: a Case Study With Parallel SEUS
Metadata and Standards - Communicating between Disciplines in the Encounter between GIS and Environmental Modeling
Mapping for Germplasm Collections: Site Selection and Attribution
Modeling Present and Potential Future Tree Importance Values in the Eastern United States
Macroecological studies of species composition, habitat and biodiversity using GIS and canonical correspondence analysis
Modeling Land-Cover Change From Measures of Spatial Landscape Structure
Mesoscale Integrated Modelling of Hydrology and Water Quality with GIS Interface
MODELING WISTER LAKE WATERSHED USING A GIS-LINKED BASIN-SCALE HYDROLOGIC/WATER QUALITY MODEL
Modeling Resuspension of River Sediments using ARC/INFO
Mapping CO2 Surface Flux in an Irrigated Agricultural Area
Predicting Plant Growth: Where will it grow? How well will it grow?
Problems of Multi-resolution Integration in Dynamic Simulation
Potential for Integrated GIS-Agriculture Models for Precision Farming System
Progress in Soil-landscape Modelling and Spatial Prediction of Soil Attributes for Environmental Models
Plant genetic resource collections: an opportunity for the evolution of global data sets
Predicting Spatial Distributions of Vulnerability of Indiana State Aquifer Systems to Nitrate Leaching using a GIS
Spatial Reasoning for Environmental Impact Assessment
Serving GIS Data Through the World Wide Web
SELES: A Spatially Explicit Landscape Event Simulator
SPATIO-TEMPORAL OBJECT HANDLING FOR MODELING THE EFFECTS OF ACID DEPOSITION
Spatial Distribution of Snow Water Equivalent Observations in Mountainous Terrain
Snow Estimation and Updating System (SEUS)
Spatial Modeling of Aquatic Habitat From a Fish's Perspective
SPATIAL MODELLING OF CLIMATIC VARIABLES ON A CONTINENTAL SCALE
Solving the Clear-Cut Scheduling Problem with Geographical Information Technology and Constraint Reasoning
SPATIO-TEMPORAL INTERPOLATION IN FOUR DIMENSIONAL COASTAL PROCESS MODELS
Some Guidelines For Implementing Spatially Explicit, Individual-Based Ecological Models Within Location-Based Raster GIS
THE ROLE OF GIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING IN THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
TOWARDS A VIRTUAL REALITY INTERFACE FOR LANDSCAPE VISUALIZATION
Tools for Browsing Environmental Data: The Alexandria Digital Library Interface
THE POTENTIAL OF GIS AND COUPLED GIS/CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS TO MODEL ACID DEPOSITION OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE
The changing face of agroecosystem characterization Models and Spatial Data, the Basis for Robust Agroecosytem Characterization
The application of machine learning techniques to erosion modelling
Towards an Understanding of Landscape Scale and Structure
Towards a Methodology for Selecting a "Characteristic" Sample from an Existing Database An Evolutionary Approach
The Open GIS Approach to Distributed Geodata and Geoprocessing
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TOPOGRAPHIC AND CLIMATE DATABASE FOR AFRICA
Temporal GIS and Spatio-Temporal Modeling
The Effects of Elevation Data Representation on Mesoscale Atmospheric Model Simulations  
Temporal and Spatial Aggregation of NEXRAD Rainfall Estimates on Distributed Storm Runoff Simulation
The "Clear Box" Image Processing Simulator A Physical Device for Demonstrating Digital Image Processing Functions
Topography-based hydrological modelling in the Elbe drainage basin
The U.S. Geological Survey's Land Cover Characterization Program
Visualization of Historical Wildfire Data: Application of a DX-Oracle Interface
Visualization Strategies for Exploratory Spatial Analysis
Visual representation and analysis of the climatic data using GIS
Virtual Data Sets - Smart Data for Environmental Applications

On-Line publications (FAO)
Operational Processing of Multi-Source Snow Data paper from the NCGIA Conference

Procedures for Indexing Monthly NPS Pollution Loads from Agricultural and Urban Fringe Watersheds

Quality Assurance in GIS and environmental modelling, applied to an example of phosphate-saturated soils paper from the NCGIA Conference
Quality, Visualization, and Use of Terrain Models in Physical System Modelling paper from the NCGIA Conference


Rainfall-Runoff Model Calibration
Recent advances in remote sensing in hydrology
Remotely Sensing Water Quality provides information on application of Multispectral and hyperspectral images that can be used to derive very useful information about water quality.
REMOTE SENSING AND GIS APPLICATIONS FOR FOREST ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS
Remote Sensing and Human Health: New Sensors and New Opportunities
Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology for Field Implementation in Malaysian Agriculture
Reed, S.M., and D.R. Maidment, Use of Digital Soil Maps in a Rainfall-Runoff Model, CRWR Online Report 98-8 December 1998. This is a documentation of Seann Reed's PhD dissertation research into the development and testing of a methodology for continuous soil moisture accounting over large areas. The model uses soil parameters derived from standard USDA soils databases, and climatic data from NWS NEXRAD precipitation data and NASA surface radiation budget data.
Reed, S.M., D.R. Maidment and J. Patoux, Spatial Water Balance of Texas, CRWR Online Report 97-1  February 1997. This report details the use GIS for a statewide water balance study. Chapter 4 of this report details the methodology used for the soil water balance component of the study.
Reed, S.M., and D.R. Maidment , A GIS Procedure for Merging NEXRAD Precipitation Data and Digital Elevation Models to Determine Rainfall-Runoff Modeling Parameters, CRWR Online Report 95-3   September 1995. This report details a GIS based procedure for transforming NEXRAD precipitation data from to runoff at a watershed outlet. It also describes the issues involved in transforming inputs from the spherical datum used by NEXRAD cell to the ellipsoidal datum used in DEMs.
Resolution Dependence of Cell-to-Cell Runoff Routing Models by Francisco Olivera, James Famiglietti and Marcia Branstetter. Presented at the AGU 1999 Spring Meeting, H71D: Scientific Principles in Distributed Hydrologic Process Modeling: "Is More Complexity Better?", Boston, MA, June 4, 1999.
Redefining the spatial support of environmental data in the Regional HydroEcological Simulation System paper from the NCGIA Conference
RAPID APPRAISAL OF GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE USING FUZZY LOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHY paper from the NCGIA Conference


Scaling Up Spatially Distributed Hydrologic Models of Semi-Arid Watersheds
SURFACE HYDROLOGIC MODELING AND GIS  A case study of the Kaimai Hydropower Project Catchment, New Zealand
Spatial Snow Cover Processes at Kühtai and Reynolds Creek 
Subgrid Parameterization Of Snow Distribution For An Energy And Mass Balance Snow Cover Model
Spatial Analysis of the Hydrologic Properties of the Landscape
Simple Spatial Analysis of Complex Multivariate Airborne Geophysical Data  by Ann-Marie Anderson-Mayes
Department of Geographical Sciences and Planning, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Spatially Distributed Modeling of Storm Runoff and Non-Point Source Pollution Using GIS  by Francisco Olivera, David R. Maidment, and Randall J. Charbeneau.
Surface Water Availability in Large Hydrologic Systems presented by Francisco Olivera at the Millennium Assessment of the State of the World's Ecosystem Ecosystem Expert Meeting sponsored by World Resources Institute (WRI), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and World Bank, Washington DC, February 10-11, 1999. 

The GIS Primer  provides an overview of issues and requirements for implementing and applying geographic information systems technology.
Testing a Blowing Snow Model Against Distributed Snow Measurements at Upper Sheep Creek, Idaho, USA  
The GIS Awareness Booklet
The Impacts of Data Resolution on Simulation of Water Quality Using the Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution - Model and a Geographic Information System
The SINMAP Approach to Terrain Stability Mapping
The ABC's of Snowmelt: A Topographically Factorized Energy Component Snowmelt Model
Terrain Analysis for Global Runoff Routing by Kwabena Asante, Francisco Olivera, James Famiglietti  and David Maidment. An html document describing the delineation process, the inland catchments identified and the outputs from the process.
The Digital Atlas of the World Water Balance The latest version of the Atlas containing processed terrain data for hydrologic modeling.
Terrain Analysis of the Iberian Peninsula Using HEC-PrePro v. 2.0 by Francisco Olivera. Austin, Texas, May 1998.

Using high-resolution synthetic aperture radar for terrain mapping influences on hydrologic and geomorphic investigation
USGS Ground Water Atlas of the United States
University of Maine, Spatial Information Science and Engineering
University of Stuttgart, Institute for Photogrammetry
USING GIS AND THE INTERNET FOR WATE