Y.Q. (Yeqiao) Wang
yqwang@uri.edu
University of Rhode Island
Dept. of Natural Resources Science
Coastal Institute in Kingston, 027
1 Greenhouse Road
Kingston, RI 02881
Voice: (401) 874-4345
Fax: (401) 874-4561
Professor of Terrestrial Remote Sensing
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1995
Dr. Wang's research interests are in terrestrial remote sensing and quantitative methods in natural resources mapping. Particular areas of interest include remote sensing of the dynamics of landscape and land-use/land-cover change. Main research focus is in developing modeling mechanisms to bridge driving forces (both socioeconomic and natural factors) and the consequences of land-cover changes so that the human impacts on ecosystems can be effectively modeled. His research projects have addressed identification of natural communities and regional vegetation mapping for biodiversity conservation by integration of multispectral, multitemporal, multisensor remote sensing data, in situ observations, and GIS/GPS data. His projects have been funded by NASA, USAID, USDA, National Park Service, and his study areas include selected regions in the United States, East Africa, and China. Dr. Wang teaches classes in terrestrial remote sensing. His Laboratory for Terrestrial Remote Sensing possesses the capacity to process and analyze digital airborne and space-borne remote sensing data.
Representative Publications:
Wang, Y. 2012. Remote Sensing of Protected Lands (Editor), A Taylor & Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications, CRC Press, Boca Raton, London, New York, 604 p.
Wang, Y. 2009. Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments (Editor), A Taylor & Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications, CRC Press, Boca Raton, London, New York, 457 p.
Wang, Y., B.R. Mitchell, J. Nugranad-Marzilli, G. Bonynge, Y. Zhou, G. Shriver, 2009. Remote sensing of land-cover change and landscape context of the National Parks: A case study of the Northeast Temperate Network, Remote Sensing of Environment. 113: 1453-1461.
Wang, Y., M. Traber, B. Milestead, and S. Stevens, 2007. Terrestrial and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Mapping in Fire Island National Seashore Using High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing Data, Marine Geodesy, 30:1, 77-95.
Wang, Y., J. Tobey, G. Bonynge, J. Nugranad, V. Makota, A. Ngusaru, M. Traber, 2005. Involving Geospatial Information in the Analysis of Land Cover Change along Tanzania Coast, Coastal Management, 33(1):89-101.
Wang, Y., A. Ngusaru, J. Tobey, V. Makota, G. Bonynge, J. Nugranad, M. Traber, L. Hale, and R. Bowen. 2003. Remote sensing of mangrove change along the Tanzania coast. Marine Geodesy 26: 35-48.
Wang, Y., and X. Zhang. 2001. Dynamic modeling approach to simulating socioeconomic effects on landscape change. Ecological Modelling 140: 141-162.
Wang, Y., and D.K. Moskovits. 2001. Tracking fragmentation of natural communities and changes in land cover: Applications of Landsat data for conservation in an urban landscape (Chicago Wilderness). Conservation Biology 15: 835-843.
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