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Richard G. Lathrop Jr.
Professor of Environmental Monitoring
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources
phone: (732)932-1580 fax:(732)932-2587
EMAIL: lathrop@crssa.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Monitoring and modeling terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and landscape dynamics using remote sensing and geographic information systems.
Education:
1988 Ph.D. Environmental Monitoring University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thesis: The Integration of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
for
Water Quality Monitoring
1986
1985 M.S. Environmental Monitoring University of Wisconsin-Madison
1981
Selected Recent Publications (last 5 years):
Lathrop, R.G., D. Tulloch, C. Hatfield. 2007. Consequences of Land Use Change in the New York-New
and Urban Planning 79(2):150-159.
Lathrop, R.G. 2006. The application of a ratio estimator to determine confidence limits on land use
change mapping. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 27(10):2033-2038.
Lee, S. and R. G. Lathrop. 2006. Sub-pixel analysis of Landsat ETM using Self-Organizing Map (SOM)
neural networks. IEEE
GeoScience and Remote Sensing 44(6):1642-1654.
Lathrop, R.G., M. Cole, N. Senyk and B. Butman. 2006. Seafloor habitat mapping of the New York Bight incorporating
sidescan sonar data. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 68:221-230.
Lathrop, R.G., P. Montesano, and S. Haag. 2006. A multi-scale segmentation approach to mapping seagrass habitats
using airborne digital camera imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 72(6):665-675.
Lathrop,
R.G. and J.Hasse.
2006. Tracking
Past, Present, and Future. Ed: N. Maher.
Lee, S. and R. G. Lathrop. 2005. Sub-pixel estimation of urban land cover components with linear mixture model analysis and
Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26(22):4885-4905.
R.G. Lathrop, P. Montesano, J. Tesauro,
and B. Zarate. 2005. Statewide mapping and assessment of
vernal pools: A
Conway, T. and R.G.Lathrop. 2005. Modeling the Future Ecological Consequences of Land Use Policies in an
Urbanizing
Region. Environmental Management 35(3): 278-291.
Conway, T. and R.G.Lathrop. 2005.
Future Pathways for a Suburbanizing Coastal Watershed. Landscape and Urban Planning 71(1):1-15.
Downes Gastrich, M., R.G. Lathrop, S. Haag, M.P. Weinstein, M. Danko, D.A. Caron, and R. Schaffner. 2004.
Assessment of brown tide blooms, caused by Aureococcus anophagefferens, and contributing factors in
Lathrop, R.G., and D. Tulloch, C. Hatfield, P. Parks, C. Phillipuk, J. Bognar, R. Pirani, M. Phelps and M. Hoppe.
2004. GIS-based Conservation Values
Assessment of the New York-New Jersey Highlands. In: Message
from the Tatra: Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing
in Mountain Environmental
Research. Ed. W. Widacki, A. Bytnerowicz and A. Riebau..
pp. 201-216.
Hasse, J. and R.G. Lathrop. 2003. A Housing-Unit
Level Approach to Characterizing Residential Sprawl.
Photogrammetric
Engineering and Remote Sensing 69(9):1021-1030.
Bunnell, J.F., R.A. Zampella, R.G. Lathrop and J.A. Bognar. 2003. Landscape Changes in the
Basin of the Pinelands National Reserve,
Lathrop,
R.G., L. Windham and P. Montesano. 2003. Does Phragmites
Expansion Alter the Structure and
Function of Marsh Landscapes? Patterns and Processes Revisited. Estuaries
28(2B):423-435.
Tulloch, D. L.,
J. Hasse*, J. Myers*, P. Parks, and R. Lathrop. 2003. The Challenge Of Automating Public
Farmland Preservation Techniques.
Landscape and Urban Planning, 63:33-48.
Royle, D.D. and R.G. Lathrop. 2002. Discriminating Tsuga canadensis
Hemlock Forest Defoliation Using
Remotely Sensed Change Detection. Journal of Nematology
34(3):213-221.
Liu, X. and R.G. Lathrop. 2002. Urban Change Detection based on an Artificial Neural Network. International
Journal of Remote Sensing 23:2513-2518.
Lathrop, R.G., R. Styles, S. Seitzinger, and J. Bognar. 2001. Use of GIS Mapping and Modeling Approaches to
Examine the Spatial Distribution of
Seagrasses in
Lathrop, R.G. and J.A. Bognar. 2001. Habitat Loss and Alteration in the
Research Special Issue 32:212-228.
Ongoing Research Projects:
Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer Assessment Project, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 9/1/2003-9/1/2006.
GIS Development &
Modeling to Support the Eastern LANDFIRE Prototype, Northern Global Change Program,
Examination and Transfer of Hydrologic and Hydraulic Data
Collected in
Maintaining Ecologically Sustainable Electric Transmission
Right-of-Ways,
GIS-based Tool for Riparian Zone Health Assessment, US EPA-Barnegat Bay Estuary Program. 6/15/2005-3/31/2007.
Professional Service:
Associate Editor, Forest Science (3/2004 – present)
Chair, New Jersey Pinelands Commission Science Advisory Board (4/00 – present)
Member, Science and Technical Advisory Committee, Barnegat Bay National Estuary Program (1/1996- present)
Member, New Jersey Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Advisory Committee (4/1998 – present)
Member, Science Advisory Committee of the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (1/1998- present)
Member, New Jersey Water Resources Institute Advisory Board (6/1996 to present)
Trustee, American Littoral Society (12/2002 – present)
Trustee, The Nature Conservancy, New Jersey Chapter (9/03-present)
TEACHING
CPE Fundamentals
of Remote Sensing Course - Fall 2005
Introduction to
Aerial Photo Interpretation - Fall 2005
Digital Image
Analysis - Spring 2006
Advanced
Environmental Geomatics
PROJECTS
New Jersey Landscape Change
New York-New Jersey
Highlands Regional Study
Mapping New Jersey's Critical
Wildlife Habitat
Monitoring Habitat
Loss and Alteration in the Barnegat Bay Region
Jacques Cousteau National
Estuarine Research Reserve
Monitoring
Hemlock Forest Decline in New Jersey
Last updated July 25, 2006