RESEARCH PROJECTS

Spatial analysis

1. USFS Southern Forest Futures Project (2009)
2. LiDAR data analysis tool (GeoLiTE) (2007), GeoTREE, UNI http://www.geotree.uni.edu/GeoLITE.aspx

Spatial decision support system (SDSS)

1. Watershed Management Assistant development for Iowa DNR (2009)
2. Spatial decision support system for Forest Harvest Scheduling, part of dissertation
3. Spatial decision support system for forest road management, part of dissertatio
4. Watershed Management Priority Index (WMPI) development, part of dissertation
   
   

GIS application in environment management

1. Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation (MUSLE) tool development (2007-2008), GeoTREE, UNI.
2. Source Water Stewardship Project (2001-2004)[USFS, TPL, UMass], funded by U.S. EPA
   

Web GIS

1. Iowa LiDAR Mapping project (2007), GeoTREE, UNI http://geotree2.geog.uni.edu/lidar/
2. Web-based Watershed Management Priority Index (WMPI), GeoTREE, UNI http://itt240-08.geog.uni.edu/WebWMPI/.

 

JOURNAL PAPERS

• Zhang, Y., J. DeGroote, C. Wolter, R. Sugumaran, 2009. Integration of Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation (MUSLE) into a GIS Framework to assess Soil Erosion Risk. Land Degradation & Development, 20: 84-91 DOI: 10.1002/ldr.893
  

 

• Zhang, Y., P. K. Barten, 2009. Watershed Forest Management Information System (WFMIS), Environmental Modeling and Software, 24(4):569-575 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.10.006
  

 

• Zhang, Y., P. K. Barten, R. Sugumaran, J. DeGroote, 2008, Evaluating Forest Harvesting to Reduce its Hydrologic Impact with a Spatial Decision Support System. Applied GIS, 4(1): 1-16