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MoRAP Staff: Ronnie Lea
GIS Specialist
(573) 441-2793
lear@missouri.edu
Introduction
Ronnie started with MoRAP in the spring of 2000 as a student worker. He officially joined the MoRAP staff on a full-time basis the following year. His responsibilities have included development work on the High Resolution National Hydrography Dataset, Forest Productivity Modeling, Forest Change Detection, and Land Cover, as well as various other GIS and Remote Sensing projects.
Background
Ronnie holds an A.A. from Columbia College and a B.A. in Geography from the University of Missouri-Columbia. In December 2005, he received his M.A. in Geography from the University of Missouri-Columbia with an emphasis on using Remote Sensing and GIS to address ecological issues. His thesis is titled: "A Comparison of Forest Change Detection Methods and Implications for Forest Management."
Projects
Assessment of Natural Resources and Watershed Conditions for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways and Effigy Mounds National Monument
Contamination Characterization through Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging
Forest Change Detection
Forest Productivity Modeling
Land Cover
Missouri 1:24K National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)
Missouri Ozarks Forest Change Detection
Missouri River Floodplain Modeling
Restoration and Protection of Missouri River Wetlands
Texas Ecological Systems Classification
Publications
A Change Detection Methodology Sensitive to Subtle Variation in the Missouri Ozark Forests
An ecoregion-based conservation assessment and conservation opportunity area inventory for the Lower Midwestern USA
An ecoregion-based conservation assessment for EPA Region 7
Development of new remote sensing techniques for mapping wetlands
Ecological land type association modeling for East Texas
Evaluation of NatureServe's Conservation Effects Assessment Project
Missouri River floodplain landform modeling and ownership database development
Missouri River floodplain landform modeling and ownership database development.
Ozark National Scenic Riverways ecological condition assessment