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Andrea S. Laliberte

Remote Sensing Scientist, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico  88003-0003
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Geography, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems, geospatial analysis, use of unmanned aerial vehicles for rangeland monitoring, object-oriented image classification, high-resolution imagery, scaling issues, spatial heterogeneity, landscape change analysis, landscape ecology, rangeland ecology/management/modeling, human impacts on ecological pattern and process.

• Refine workflow for acquisition, processing and analysis of very high-resolution images acquired with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
• Remote sensing research with high-resolution satellite imagery and aerial photography for mapping vegetation in arid ecosystems at multiple scales
• Remote sensing procedures for scaling rangeland monitoring from plot to landscape level scale
• Develop object-oriented, hierarchical image analysis techniques for mapping rangeland vegetation

• Adjunct Faculty, Department of Geography, New Mexico State University; teach two graduate classes (Object-oriented Image Analysis, and Seminar in Geospatial Analysis); serve on several graduate student committees, mentor students, collaborate with department faculty; 2005 - present
• Board Member, Rio Grande Chapter of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; 2004 - present
• Organizer and instructor of workshop on object-oriented image analysis, Technical Vocational Institute, Albuquerque, NM, 2006

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Laliberte, A.S., D.E. Johnson, N.R. Harris, and G.M. Casady. 2001. Stream change analysis using remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS). Journal of Range Management Electronic Section 54(2): March 2001.
2. Laliberte, A.S., and W.J. Ripple. 2003. Wildlife encounters by Lewis and Clark: a spatial analysis of interactions between Native Americans and wildlife. BioScience 53(10):994-1003.
3. Laliberte, A.S., A. Rango, K.M. Havstad, J.F. Paris, R.F. Beck, R. McNeely, A.L. Gonzalez. 2004. Object-oriented image analysis for mapping shrub encroachment from 1937-2003 in southern New Mexico. Remote Sensing of Environment 93(1-2):198-210.
4. Laliberte, A.S., and W.J. Ripple. 2004. Range contractions of North American carnivores and ungulates. BioScience 54(2):123-138.
5. Petersen, S.L., T.K. Stringham, and A.S. Laliberte. 2005. Classification of willow species using large-scale aerial photography. Rangeland Ecology and Management 58:582-587.
6. Chopping, M.J., L. Su, A.S. Laliberte, A. Rango, D.P.C. Peters, N.P. Kollikkathara. 2006. Mapping shrub abundance in desert grasslands using geometric-optical modeling and multiangle remote sensing with CHRIS/Proba. Remote Sensing of Environment 104:62-73.
7. Fredrickson, E.L., R.E. Estell, A.S. Laliberte, and D.M. Anderson. 2006. Mesquite recruitment in the Chihuahuan Desert: historic and prehistoric patterns with long-term impacts. Journal of Arid Environments 65:285-295.
8. Rango, A., A.S. Laliberte, C.M. Steele, J. Herrick, B. Bestelmeyer, T. Schmugge, A. Roanhorse, and V. Jenkins. 2006. Using unmanned aerial vehicles for rangelands: current applications and future potentials. Environmental Practice 8:159-168.
9. Rango, A., S.L. Tartowski, A.S. Laliberte, J. Wainwright, and A. Parsons. 2006. Islands of hydrologically enhanced biotic productivity in natural and managed arid ecosystems. Journal of Arid Environments 65:235-252.
10. Laliberte, A.S., E.L. Fredrickson, and A. Rango. 2007. Combining decision trees with hierarchical object-oriented image analysis for mapping arid rangelands. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 73(2):197-207.
11. Laliberte, A.S., A. Rango, J.E. Herrick, and E.L. Fredrickson. 2007. An object-based image analysis approach for determining fractional cover of senescent and green vegetation with digital plot photography. Journal of Arid Environments 69:1-14.

 

Additional Publications

12. Laliberte, A.S. and W.J. Ripple. 2002. Automated wildlife counts from remotely sensed imagery. Proceedings of the ASPRS Annual Conference, April 19-26, Washington, DC.
13. Laliberte, A.S., and W.J. Ripple. 2003. Automated wildlife counts from remotely sensed imagery. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31(2):362-371.
14. Laliberte, A.S. and W.J. Ripple. 2003. A spatial analysis of human-wildlife interactions along the Lewis & Clark trail. Proceedings of the ASPRS Annual Conference, May 5-9, Anchorage, AK.
15. Rango, A., A.S. Laliberte, S. Tartowski, K. Havstad, R. Gibbens, J. Brown, and R. Beck. 2003. The progression of shrub encroachment into a desert grassland in southern New Mexico from 1936-2003. EOS Transactions AGU, 84(46) Fall Meeting Supplement.
16. Chopping, M, A.S. Laliberte, and A. Rango. 2004. Exploitation of multi-angle data from CHRIS on Proba: first results from the Jornada Experimental Range. Proceedings of the 2nd European Space Agency Workshop on CHRIS/Proba, Apr. 28-30, 2004, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA Special Publication SP-578.
17. Chopping, M., A.S. Laliberte, and A. Rango. 2004. Multi-angle data from CHRIS/Proba for determination of canopy structure in desert rangelands. Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Sept. 20-24, Anchorage, AK, VII:4742-4745.
18. Chopping, M., C. Snyder, A.S. Laliberte, A. Rango, and C. Maxwell. 2004. Differences in grass-shrub transition zone canopy composition from CHRIS/Proba multi-angle data. Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Sept. 20-24, Anchorage, AK, VII:4746-4749.
19. Laliberte, A.S. and A. Rango. 2004. Mapping shrub encroachment from 1937-2003 in the Jornada Basin of southern New Mexico. Proceedings of the ASPRS Annual Conference, May 24-28, Denver, CO.
20. Laliberte, A.S. and W.J. Ripple. 2004. Lewis and Clark’s encounters with wildlife and Native Americans: a GIS analysis. Ecological Society of America 89th Annual Meeting, Aug. 1-6, 2004, Portland, OR.
21. Rango, A., J. Ritchie, T. Schmugge, W. Kustas, K. Havstad, M. Chopping, A.S. Laliberte, C. Steele. 2004. Repetitive Remote Sensing over southwestern US rangeland undergoing vegetation change, JORNEX 1995-2004. EOS Transactions AGU, 85(28), Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting Supplement.
22. Chopping, M.J., J.V. Martonchi, A. Rango, D.P.C. Peters, L. Su, and A.S. Laliberte. 2005. Geometric-optical modeling of desert grassland canopy structure with MISR. The 9the International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS), Oct. 17-19, 2005, Beijing, China.
23. Laliberte, A.S., A. Rango, and E.L. Fredrickson. 2005. Classification of arid rangelands using an object-oriented and multi-scale approach with QuickBird imagery. Proceedings of the ASPRS Annual Conference, March 7-11, Baltimore, MD.
24. Laliberte, A.S., A. Rango, Ed L. Fredrickson. 2005. Multi-scale, object-oriented analysis of QuickBird imagery for determining percent cover in arid land vegetation. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Workshop on Aerial Photography, Videography, and High Resolution Digital Imagery for Resource Assessment, Oct. 4-6, 2005, Weslaco, TX.
25. Rango, A., S. Tartowski, A.S. Laliberte, A. Parsons, and J. Wainwright. 2005. Natural and managed islands of hydrologically enhanced biotic productivity in arid zones. EOS Transactions AGU, 86(18), Joint Assembly Supplement, Abstract A33A-02.
26. Steele, C.M., A.S. Laliberte, B. Bestelmeyer, J. Herrick, and A. Rango. 2005. Current and future options for the use of remote sensing for rangeland management and monitoring. II Simposio Internacional de Manejo de Pastizales, Apr. 20-23, Zacatecas, Mexico.
27. Chopping, M.J., L. Su, A S. Laliberte, A. Rango, D.P.C. Peters, and J.V. Martonchik. 2006. Mapping woody plant cover in desert grasslands using canopy reflectance modeling and MISR data. Geophysical Research Letters 33, L17402, 5 pp.
28. Herrick, J., E. Courtright, B. Bestelmeyer, L. Burkett, K.Havstad, A.S. Laliberte, A. Rango, J. Repp, and J. Van Zee. 2006. New tools for rangeland and pasture monitoring. Proceedings of the Third National Conference on Grazing Lands, Dec. 10-13, 2006, St. Louis, MO.
29. Laliberte, A.S., J. Koppa, E.L. Fredrickson, and Albert Rango. 2006. Comparison of nearest neighbor and rule-based decision tree classification in an object-oriented environment. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium and 27th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, July 31 – Aug. 4, 2006, Denver, CO.
30. Laliberte, A.S., A. Rango, and E.L. Fredrickson. 2006. Separating green and senescent vegetation in very high resolution photography using an intensity-hue-saturation transformation and object-based classification. Proceedings of the ASPRS Annual Conference, May 1-5, Reno, NV.
31. Laliberte, A.S., A. Rango, and E.L. Fredrickson. 2006. Multi-scale, object-oriented image analysis and decision trees for mapping arid land vegetation. Proceedings of the ASPRS Annual Conference, May 1-5, Reno, NV.
32. Rango, A., A.S. Laliberte, and J. Herrick. 2006. Development of a UAV Rangeland Remote Sensing Capability. Proceedings of the Third National Conference on Grazing Lands, Dec. 10-13, 2006, St. Louis, MO.
33. Steele, C.M., B.T. Bestelmeyer, A.S. Laliberte, A. Rango, K.M. Havstad, P. Smith, et al. 2006. Incorporating multiscale, multisource data in a decision-tree classifier for mapping vegetation states in arid rangelands. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Ecological Informatics, Dec. 4-7, 2006, Santa Barbara, CA.
34. Laliberte, A.S. 2007. Approaches for mapping and monitoring arid rangelands with object-based image analysis and hyperspatial imagery. Object-based Image Analysis Symposium, Geospatial Imaging and Informatics Facility, UC Berkeley, June 7-8, 2007.
35. Laliberte, A.S., A. Rango, and J.E. Herrick. 2007. Unmanned aerial vehicles for rangeland mapping and monitoring. Proceedings of the ASPRS Annual Conference, May 7-11, Tampa, FL.