COLIN JOSEPH GLEASON
E-mail: cjgleaso@ucla.edu
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EDUCATION

M.S., Geospatial Engineering,(2011)State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
B.S., Forest Engineering (2009)State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

SUBFIELDS

Remote Sensing

RESEARCH

I am interested in using remotely sensed data to help solve problems of sustainability and climate change. Currently, I am working with digital photography and satellite imagery to assess glacial melt water runoff in western Greenland.

PUBLICATIONS

Gleason, C.J., & J. Im, (2011), A review of remote sensing of forest biomass and biofuel: options for small scale applications. GISRS 48 (2), 141-170

Gleason, C.J. & J. Im, (2012), Determining tree crown dimensions from airborne LiDAR data using a modified hill climbing algorithm and object recognition. PE&RS 78 (7)679-692

Gleason, C.J., & J. Im, (2012)Quantifying forest biomass for biofuel production from airborne LiDAR data using a transferrable model. In Press, RSE

GRANTS AND AWARDS

NASA ESS Fellow
UCLA Chancellor's Fellow
SUNY ESF Presidential Scholar

ADVISORS

Larry Smith