PhD Dissertations 1991-2000

Doctoral dissertations are posted in chronological order. The list includes the graduate’s name, quarter of graduation, dissertation title, committee chair, and committee members.

2011-2020 | 2001-2010 | 1991-2000 | 1982-1990

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Degree Date	Name	Title	Chair	Committee
Winter 2000	HERMAN, Thomas (SDSU)	Full Text PDF Images of Childhood, Images of Community: Children's Everyday Geographies in a Multi-ethnic Urban Neighborhood	Aitken	Mattingly, Golledge, Proctor
Fall 1999	CHANG, Grace (MSI)	Full Text PDF Analyses of Bio-optical Variability Related to Physical Processes on the Southern New England Continental Shelf: July 1966 - June 1967	Dickey	Barbara Prezelin, Siegel, Washburn
Fall 1999	MORITZ, Max	Full Text PDF Controls on Disturbance Regime Dynamics: Fire in Los Padres National Forest	Davis	Michaelsen, Goodchild, Steven Gaines
Summer 1999	MUNROE, Scott (SDSU)	Full Text PDF The Economic and Spatial Dynamics of U.S. Metropolitan Retailing	Getis	Rey, Church, Couclelis
Summer 1999	SCOTT, Lauren (SDSU)	Full Text PDF The Accessible City: Employment Opportunities in Time and Space	Getis	Rey, Couclelis, Goodchild
Summer 1999	SUTTON, Paul	Full Text PDF Census from Heaven: Estimation of Human Population Parameters using Nighttime Satellite Imagery	Roberts	Goodchild, Tobler, Christopher Elvidge
Spring 1999	COVA, Thomas	Full Text PDF A General Framework for Optimal Site Search	Church	Couclelis, Goodchild, Jerry Weaver
Spring 1999	DAY, John	Full Text PDF Variability of Microwave Backscatter from Loblolly Pine Forest and the Implications for Forest Biomass Estimation with Imaging Radar	Davis	Melack, Roberts, Jack Paris
Spring 1999	HESS, Laura	Full Text PDF Monitoring Flooding and Vegetation on Seasonally Inundated Floodplains with Multi-Frequency Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar	Melack	Mertes, Davis, Jack Paris
Spring 1999	McELROY, Steve (SDSU)	Full Text PDF In Situ Accretion and Urban Transformation on the Periphery: Social and Physical Changes in VillaEl Salvaor, 1971-1998	Griffin	Wright, Couclelis, Proctor
Spring 1999	VERDIN, James	Full Text PDF Geospatial Climate Monitoring Products: Tools for Food Security Assessment	Estes	Roberts, Mertes, Goodchild, Compton Tucker
Fall 1998	BROWN, Christopher (SDSU)	Full Text PDF A Watershed and Bio-Regional Approach to Transboundary Wastewater Management in the Tijuana River Watershed	Pryde	Griffin, Wright, Church, Loaiciga
Fall 1998	HOLLANDER, Allan	Full Text PDF A GIS Framework for Modelling Wildlife Species Distributions	Davis	Goodchild, Michaelsen, Reginald Barrett
Spring 1998	LOVELAND, Thomas	Full Text PDF A Database Approach to a Global Land Cover Characterization: Foundations, Challenges, and Lessons	Estes	Davis, Roberts, James Merchant
Spring 1998	YING, Long Gen (SDSU)	Full Text PDF Modeling the Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Chinese Economic Growth during the Recent Reform Period	Getis	Couclelis, Church, Serge Rey
Winter 1998	EHLSCHLAEGER, Charles	Full Text PDF The Stochastic Simulation Approach: Tools for Representing Spatial Application Uncertainty	Goodchild	Michaelsen, Church, Peter Fisher
Winter 1998	LEMBERG, David	Full Text PDF Politically Feasible Solutions for the School Districting Planning Problem: Optimizing Stability for Alternative Generation	Church	Golledge, Couclelis, Russell Rumberger
Winter 1998	WILDES, Fred (SDSU)	Full Text PDF The Influence of Ecotourism on Conservation Policy for Sustainable Development: The Case of Costa Rica	Griffin	Pryde, Loaiciga, Proctor
Fall 1997	FROHN, Robert	Full Text PDF Improved Landscape Ecology Metrics for Modeling, Monitoring, and Assessment of Ecosystems with Remote Sensing	Estes	Roberts, Michaelsen, Virginia Dale
Fall 1997	OHLMANN, J. Carter	Full Text PDF Ocean Radiant Heating	Siegel	Washburn, Gautier, Tim Liu
Summer 1997	GARVER, Sara	Full Text PDF Variability in Ocean Color Observations and Their Use in the Study of Upper Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics	Siegel	Washburn, Michaelsen, Tony Michaels
Spring 1997	PHINN, Stuart (SDSU)	Full Text PDF Remote Sensing and Spatial Analytic Techniques for Monitoring Landscape Structure in Disturbed and Restored Coastal Environments	Stow	Franklin, Mertes, Michaelsen
Winter 1997	O'HIROK, William	Full Text PDF Three-Dimensional Cloud Effects and Enhanced Atmospheric Absorption	Gautier	Dozier, Michaelsen, Richard Somerville
Spring 1996	VALERIANO, DALTON	Full Text PDF Relationships Between Tropical Forest Structure and Remotely Sensed Synthetic Aperture Radar Data	Davis	Melack, Dozier, Mertes
Winter 1996	CULLEN, STEPHEN	Field and Laboratory Investigations of Contaminant Natural Attenuation and Intrinsic Remediation in Soils and the Vadose Zone	Loaiciga	Davis, Michaelsen, Everett
Winter 1996	DEICHMANN, UWE	A Spatial Analysis of Technology Adoption in Sub-Saharan Farming Systems	Anselin	Goodchild, Tobler, Lynam
Winter 1996	GERSHUNOV, ALEXANDER	Large-Scale Variability of Tropospheric Moisture and Climatic Implications	Michaelsen	Gautier, Siegel, Leskow
Winter 1996	HENDERSON, THOMAS	An Analysis of the Effects of Ground Parameters and Multitemporal Compositing Techniques on the Passive Microwave Vegetation Index	Estes	Mertes, Lanter, Neale
Winter 1996	TAKEYAMA, MASANAO	GEO-ALGEBRA: A Mathematical Approach to Integrating Spatial Modeling and GIS	Couclelis	Goodchild, Tobler, Batty
Winter 1996	THOMAS, KATHRYN	Vegetation and Floristic Diversity in the Mojave Desert of California: A Regional Conservation Evaluation	Davis	Michaelsen, Goodchild, Mahall
Fall 1995	ODION, DENNIS	Effects of Variation in Soil Heating During Fire on Patterns of Plant Establishment and Regrowth in Maritime Chaparral	Davis	Michaelsen, Jones, Mahall
Fall 1995	TALEN, EMILY	The Achievement of Planning Goals: A Methodology for Evaluating the Success of Plans	Couclelis	Golledge, Goodchild, Hopkins
Summer 1995	ELDER, KEVIN	Snow Distribution in Alpine Watersheds	Dozier	Michaelsen, Melack, Loaiciga, Dexter
Summer 1995	GERRARD, ROSS	The Location of Service Facilities Using Modeling Sensitive to Response Distance, Facility Workload, and Demand Allocation	Church	Anselin, Goodchild, Current
Summer 1995	KATTELMANN, RICHARD	Water Movement and Ripening Processes in Snowpacks of the Sierra Nevada	Dozier	Melack, Loaiciga, Marsh
Spring 1995	MURRAY, ALAN	Modeling Adjacency Conditions in Spatial Optimization Problems	Church	Goodchild, Anselin, Cohon
Spring 1995	STINE, PETER	A Multi-Scale Conservation Assessment of Plant Communities in Southern California	Davis	Goodchild, Estes, Franklin, Gilpin
Winter 1995	LEIPNIK, MARK	A Spatial Decision Support System for Management of Subsurface Contamination: A Case Study of SDSS Development, Implementation and Evaluation at Vandenberg AFB, California	Loaiciga	Church, Goodchild, Pritchard
Fall 1994	KWAN, MEI-PO	GISICAS: A GIS-Interfaced Computational-Process Model for Activity Scheduling in Advanced Traveler Information Systems	Golledge	Church, Goodchild, McNally
Fall 1994	WRIGHT, DAWN	From Pattern to Process on the Deep Ocean Floor: A Geographic Information System Approach (Interdisciplinary Program)	R. Smith	Goodchild, Macdonald, Haymon, Krause
Summer 1994	REY, SERGIO	Integrated Multiregional Model for Systems of Small Regions	Anselin	Couclelis, Golledge, Madden
Winter 1994	WATERS, KIRK	Monte Carlo Modeling of the Open Ocean Light Field	R. Smith	Siegel, Michaelsen, Dozier, Prezelin
Fall 1993	FRIEDL, MARK	Correspondence Between Remotely Sensed Data and Land Surface Energy Balance Over a Tallgrass Prairie	Davis	Dozier, Gautier, Michaelsen, Price
Fall 1993	NOLIN, ANNE	Radiative Heating in Alpine Snow	Dozier	Mertes, Michaelsen, R. Davis, Matson
Fall 1992	MCGWIRE, KENNETH	Comparison of Standard Multispectral and Map Assisted Classification Methods with a New Layered Approach	Estes	Davis, Goodchild, Star, Botkin
Fall 1992	KEMP, KAREN	Environmental Modeling with GIS: A Strategy for Dealing with Spatial Continuity	Goodchild	T. Smith, Tobler, Haymon
Fall 1992	KENNEDY, SUSAN	An Investigation into the Geography of Breast Cancer: The Small Number Problem in Small Areas	Tobler	Anselin, Couclelis, Williams
Fall 1992	WANG, YONG	Radar Backscatter Modeling and Applications in Forested Environments	Davis/Melack	Dozier, Freeman, Paris
Summer 1992	EHRLICH, DANIELE	Multi-Temporal Satellite Image Analysis for Crop Inventories in the Po River Valley (Italy)	Estes	Davis, Jones, Hall
Summer 1992	KUMLER, MARK	An Intensive Comparison of TINs and DEMs	Goodchild	Tobler, Church, Mark
Summer 1992	PAINHO, MARCO	Modeling Errors in Digital Landuse/Landcover Maps	Davis	Goodchild, Estes, Haller
Spring 1992	HASTON, LAURA	Reconstruction of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Precipitation Variability in Southern California Using Tree-Ring Chronologies	Michaelsen	Dozier, Loaiciga, Keller
Winter 1992	SHI, JIANCHENG	Radar Polarimetric Modeling and Observations of Snow-Covered Terrain	Dozier	R. Smith, Davis, Zebker, R. Davis
Winter 1991	DUBAYAH, RALPH	The Topographic Variability of Solar Radiation	Dozier	Davis, Simonett, T. Smith
Fall 1991	GAYDOS, LEONARD	Scale Dependent Measurement of Vegetation in Urban Areas	Estes	Goodchild, Davis, Rowntree
Fall 1991	HUDAK, PAUL	Analytical Methods for Regional-Scale Ground Water Monitoring Network Design and Numerical Verification	Loaiciga	Church, Michaelsen, Keller
Fall 1991	STOMS, DAVID	Mapping and Monitoring Regional Patterns of Species Richness from Geographic Information	Estes	Davis, Goodchild, Scott
Fall 1991	VEREGIN. HOWARD	The Role of Uncertainty in Nuclear Winter Modeling	Couclelis	Goodchild, Lanter, Eardley
Winter 1991	WOO, DAVID	A Feasibility Study of Using Landsat MSS Data to Map Tropical Rice Fields in Ifugao, Philippines	Estes	Simonett, Davis, Morris