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View from the upper Baspa Valley towards the east (NW Himalaya, India)
Earth Surface Processes
This is my second year at UCSB and I'm thrilled to initiate a new geomorphology program within the Geography Department. I'm applying a combination of remote sensing, field, laboratory, and numerical methods to understand and quantify climatic and geomorphic processes. More specifically, I rely on optical, active and passive radar satellite imagery to quantify climatic parameters (precipitation, snowcover) and I identify their variability through time. In the field, I identify geomorphic processes and determine some of their rates in the laboratory through cosmogenic nuclide (10Be, 21Ne, 26Al, 36Cl) measurements. Furthermore, I rely on a terrestrial laser scanner to produce cm-scale digital elevation models (DEMs) and perfrom change-detection methods.
I am currently looking for graduate students - please email if you are interested in working with me.
New: See some terrestrial LiDAR hillshade views of 20 to 25cm DEMs from Southern California in Google Earth: Sedgwick Reserve, Santa Cruz Island (Pozo Catchment), and Parma Park (area burned during the 2008 Tea Fire).
New: See the newly established UCSB Cosmogenic RadioNuclide (CRN) Target Preparation Facility including a rate list.
New: Check out downloadable TRMM data for the Himalaya in Google Earth format.
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