Free software packages
Colorado Remote Sensing
GIS
- ArcExplorer by ESRI - Lightweight GIS data viewer that offers an easy way to perform a variety of GIS functions
- DIVA-GIS - A GIS particularly useful for mapping and analyzing biodiversity data
- EasyGPS - Easy to use software for transferring data between your GPS and computer
- ENVI - (evaluation version) Software to quickly, easily, and accurately extract information from geospatial imagery
- Google Earth by Google - The universe inside your PC
- GRASS - A powerful open source GIS used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/ map production, spatial modeling, and visualization
- MapViewer by Golden Software - (demo) Software for thematic mapping and spatial analysis
- MultiSpec - A processing system for interactively analyzing Earth observational multispectral and hyperspectral image data
- ViewFinder V2.1 by EDRAS - Provides basic image viewing and manipulation capabilities
Research Highlights
Coupling crop growth models with climate models is an efficient and feasible way to assess the potential integrated impacts of enhanced UV-B levels, high temperature, water stress, and CO2 under the context of global warming. Remote sensing techniques and data are particularly useful to extend these studies to a regional or global scale.
Remote Sensing and Mapping of Tamarisk along the Colorado River, USA: A Comparative Use of Summer-Acquired Hyperion,
Thematic Mapper and QuickBird Data. Gregory A. Carter, Kelly L. Lucas, Gabriel A. Blossom, Cheryl L. Lassitter, Dan M. Holiday, David S. Mooneyhan, Danielle R. Fastring, Tracy R. Holcombe and Jerry A. Griffith Tamarisk (Tamarix spp., saltcedar) is a well-known invasive phreatophyte introduced
from Asia to North America in the 1800s.
