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Using a combination of Landsat imagery and field data, map spatio-temporal change over the mudflats of Roebuck Bay, Western Australia. Topic may include a field sampling expedition to Australia.
- Estimate the impact smoking has on atmospheric carbon dioxide. Not just from the smoke, but from the environmental costs of growing, harvesting, processing, and transporting tobacco.
- Life maps using Google Earth. The idea is to build an animated map showing someone's travels during their life - with text and photo highlights.
- Estimating environmental resiliency for Kittitas County (particular regions) as it relates to recreational use. For a similar project, see Arrowsmith and Inbakaran, 2002, Estimating environmental resiliency for the Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia: a quantitative approach. Tourism Management, 23: 295-309.
- Examine whether or not the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project has influenced summer precipitation levels in central-eastern Washington. For a similar project, see Diem and Brown, 2003, Anthropogenic impacts on summer precipitation in Central Arizona, USA. The Professional Geographer, v. 55. no. 3, pp. 343-355.
- As the resolution of DEMs increases, the question comes to play: at what resolution are you mapping surface texture and not landscape form? This project will involve surveying a couple of hillslopes, generating a couple of DEMs (digital photogrammetry), and comparing results at different scales.
- Compare and contrast the available slope length algorithms (as they would affect erosion models).
- Develop a website entitled "Weather and Everyday Life" for use in introductory physical geography classes.
- Any other GIS/remote sensing/cartography projects suggested by students will be considered - particularly those involving either environmental work or geologic exploration.
Note - these projects run the gamut from undergrad - MS.
Visit my current and completed projects pages for more ideas.
last modified: 10 July, 2008