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EnviroAtlas Publications

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Publications

Full Citation Year Keywords
Almeter, A., Tashie, A., Procter, A. McAlexander, T., Browning, D., Rudder, C., Jackson, L., Araujo, R. (2018). A Needs-Driven, Multi-Objective Approach to Allocate Urban Ecosystem Services from 10,000 Trees. Sustainability 10(12), 4488. doi:10.3390/su10124488. 2018

eco-health, green space, stormwater reduction, emissions buffering, walkability, protection of vulnerable populations, tree planting

Boryan, C., Yang, Z. W., Mueller, R., & Craig, M. (2011). Monitoring US agriculture: the US Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Cropland Data Layer Program. Geocarto International, 26(5), 341-358. doi: 10.1080/10106049.2011.562309 2011 cropland classification, agriculture, Advanced Wide Field Sensor, crop estimates,  Cropland data layer (CDL) program, CropScape, Midwestern
Boykin, K. G., Kepner, W. G., Bradford, D. F., Guy, R. K., Kopp, D. A., Leimer, A. K., . . . Gergely, K. J. (2013). A national approach for mapping and quantifying habitat-based biodiversity metrics across multiple spatial scales. Ecological Indicators, 33, 139-147. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.11.005 2013 Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Habitat maps, Terrestrial vertebrates, San Pedro River, Rio Grande River, Western United States
Burke, T. A., Cascio, W. E., Costa, D. L., Deener, K., Fontaine, T. D., Fulk, F. A., Jackson, L. E., Munns, W. R., Orme-Zavaleta, J., Slimak, M. W., & Zartarian, V. G. (2017). Rethinking Environmental Protection: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing World. Environmental health perspectives, 125(3), A43–A49. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1465 2017 Climate change, Energy, Land use, Water quantity and quality, public health, sustainable solutions
Christensen, J.R., Nash, M.S., & Neale, A. (2013). Identifying Riparian Buffer Effects on Stream Nitrogen in Southeastern Coastal Plain Watersheds. Environmental Management, 52(5), 1161-1176. doi: 10.1007/s00267-013-0151-4 2013 Agricultural drainage, Agricultural headwaters, Flow-path analyses, Riparian buffer metrics, Total nitrogen, SE Coastal Plain
Cochran, F., Jackson, L., Neale,  A.,  Lovette,  J., and Tran, L. (2019). A Community EcoHealth Index from EnviroAtlas Ecosystem Services Metrics. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(15), 2760. 2019 metro-health, greenspace, geospatial, health equity, index, Community EcoHealth Index (CEHI) 
Cochran, F., Daniel, J., Jackson, L., & Neale, A. (2020). Earth observation-based ecosystem services indicators for national and subnational reporting of the sustainable development goals. Remote Sensing of Environment, 244, 111796. doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111796  2020 Geospatial indicators, EnviroAtlas, Green space, SDG Sustainability, NLCD
Coffer, M. M., Schaeffer, B. A., Urquhart, E. A., Darling, J. A., & Salls, W. B. (2018). A method for quantifying the number of US lakes with cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms using satellite remote sensing. Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability XV, 10767, 1076709. International Society for Optics and Photonics. 2018 freshwater, environmental factors, Southeast, South regions, bloom percentage
Cox, L.M., Almeter, A.L., & Saterson, K.A. (2013). Protecting our life support systems: An inventory of U.S. federal research on ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services, 5, 163-169. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.04.006 2013 freshwater, environmental factors, Southeast, South regions, remote sensing, annual occurance of blooms
Daniel, J., Barclay, P. & Bush, K. (2016). Building a Greenway: Using EnviroAtlas in the Classroom. CASE STUDY. US EPA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-16/006. 2016 parks, green spaces, ecosystem services, map, education
Darling, J. A., Martinson, J., Gong, Y., Okum, S., Pilgrim, E., Lohan, K. M. P., ... & Ruiz, G. M. (2018). Ballast Water Exchange and Invasion Risk Posed by Intracoastal Vessel Traffic: An Evaluation Using High Throughput Sequencing. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(17), 9926-9936. 2018

 intracoastal vessel traffic, molecular methods, bioinformatic methods, Alaska, coastal taxa, biological communities

Egorov, A.I., Griffin, S.M. , Converse, R.R., Styles, J.N. , Sams, E.A., Wilson, A., Jackson, L.E., Wade, T.J. (2017). Vegetated Land Cover Near Residence is Associated with Reduced Allostatic Load and Improved Biomarkers of Neuroendocrine, Metabolic and Immune Functions. Environmental Research, 158, 508-521. 2017 Allostatic load, Green space, Health effect biomarkers, Chronic stress, Depression, physical health
Fry, J. A., Xian, G., Jin, S., Dewitz, J. A., Homer, C. G., Yang, L., . . . Wickham, J. D. (2012). Completion of the 2006 National Land Cover Database Update for the Conterminous United States. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 77, 858-864. 2012 databases, ground cover, image analysis, land use, landsat, mapping, remote sensing, satellite imagery, temporal variation, thematic mapper
Garcia, V., Cooter, E., Crooks, J., Hinckley, B., Murphy, M., & Xing, X. (2017). Examining the impacts of increased corn production on groundwater quality using a coupled modeling system.  Science of the Total Environment, 586 (2017), 16-24. 2017 Agricultural impacts, Biosphere modeling, Regression modeling, nitrogen, fertilizer
Goodrich, D. C., Kepner, W. G., Levick, L. R., & Wigington Jr, P. J. (2018). Southwestern Intermittent and Ephemeral Stream Connectivity. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 54(2), 400-422. 2018 surface water hydrology, arid lands, rivers/streams, ephemeral streams, connectivity, surface water/groundwater interactions, recharge
Hassett, E. M., Stehman, S. V., & Wickham, J. D. (2012). Estimating landscape pattern metrics from a sample of land cover. Landscape Ecology, 27(1), 133-149. doi: 10.1007/s10980-011-9657-4 2012 Probability sampling, Design-based inference, Horvitz–Thompson estimator, Stratified sampling, Land-cover change 
Hartley, J. M. (2017). EnviroAtlas Educational Curriculum: Connecting Ecosystems and Human Health. US EPA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-17/310. 2017

environment, interdependence, biodiversity, recreation, conservation, aesthetics, mitigation

Hartley, J. M. (2019) EnviroAtlas Educational Curriculum: Introduction to Ecosystem Services. US EPA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-18/231. 2019
water quality, air quality, engagement with nature, forests, pollinator, physical activity, respiratory symptoms, coastal wetlands 
Hartley, J. M., Pugh, C., Stevenson, K. T., Daniel, J. (2019). Using EnviroAtlas to Build K-12 Environmental Literacy. The Solutions Journal, 10(2). https://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/article/using-enviroatlas-build-k-12-environmental-literacy/ 2019 scientific literacy, digital skills, STEM, outdoor activities, hands-on
Homer, C., Dewitz, J., Yang, L., Jin, S., Danielson, P., Xian, G., . . . Megown, K. (2015). Completion of the 2011 National Land Cover Database for the conterminous United States – representing a decade of land cover change information. Photogramm. Eng. Remote Sensing, 81(5), 345-354. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70146301 2015 tree canopy cover, urban impervious estimation, land cover change, urban growth
Jackson, L. E., Daniel, J., McCorkle, B., Sears, A., & Bush, K. F. (2013). Linking ecosystem services and human health: the Eco-Health Relationship Browser. Int J Public Health, 58(5), 747-755. doi: 10.1007/s00038-013-0482-1 2013 Human health, Ecosystem services, Green space, Systematic review, Urban ecosystem, Well-being 
Jiang, Y., Yuan, Y., Neale, A., Jackson, L., & Mehaffey, M. (2016). Association between Natural Resources for Outdoor Activities and Physical Inactivity: Results from the Contiguous United States. International journal of environmental research and public health, 13(8), 830. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080830 2016 protected areas, community health, physical inactivity, spatial autocorrelation, spatial lag model
Johnson, D. M., & Mueller, R. (2010). The 2009 Cropland Data Layer. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 76(11), 1201-1205. 2010 agriculture, AWIFS Imagery time series, MODIS Imagery, water use mapping, habitat monitoring, acreage estimates, corn, soyabean
Kepner, W. G., Ramsey, M. M., Brown, E. S., Jarchow, M. E., Dickinson, K. J. M., & Mark, A. F. (2012). Hydrologic futures: using scenario analysis to evaluate impacts of forecasted land use change on hydrologic services. Ecosphere, 3(7). doi: 10.1890/Es11-00367.1 2012 alternative futures, Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment, ecosystem services, Generalized Watershed Loading Function, hydrologic modeling, Moodna Creek Watershed

Korgaonkar, Y., Guertin, D. P., Goodrich, D. C., Unkrich, C., Kepner, W. G., & Burns, I. S. (2018). Modeling Urban Hydrology and Green Infrastructure Using the AGWA Urban Tool and the KINEROS2 Model. Frontiers in built environment, 4(58), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2018.00058 

2018 rainwater, hydrological model, watershed, Sierra Vista, roof runoff
Loperfido, J. V., Noe, Gregory B., Jarnagin, S. Taylor, & Hogan, Dianna M. (2014). Effects of distributed and centralized stormwater best management practices and land cover on urban stream hydrology at the catchment scale. Journal of Hydrology, 519 (C), 2584-2595. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.07.007 2014 Low impact development, Distributed treatment systems,  Land cover, Chesapeake Bay, Urban stormwater runoff, stream discharge, precipitation
Macpherson, A. J., Principe, P. P., & Mehaffey, M. (2013). Using Malmquist Indices to evaluate environmental impacts of alternative land development scenarios. Ecological Indicators, 34, 296-303. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.05.009 2013 Data envelopment analysis (DEA), Environmental impact assessment, Environmental performance, Environmental planning, Malmquist Index, Charlotte
Mangiante, M. J., Davis, A. J., Panlasigui, S., Neilson, M. E., Pfingsten, I., Fuller, P. L., & Darling, J. A. (2018). Trends in nonindigenous aquatic species richness in the United States reveal shifting spatial and temporal patterns of species introductions. Aquatic Invasions, 13(3), 323-338. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2018.13.3.02 2018 invasive species, aquatic, freshwater, sampling effort, temporal trend, watersheds, California
Mbonimpa, E.G., Yuan, Y., Mehaffey, M.H., & Jackson, M.A. (2012). SWAT Model Application to Assess the Impact of Intensive Corn-farming on Runoff, Sediments and Phosphorous loss from an Agricultural Watershed in Wisconsin. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 4(07), 423-431. doi: 10.4236/jwarp.2012.47049 2012 Watershed Modeling,  SWAT, Runoff,  Sediment Yield, Phosphorus Loss, BMPs, nutrient, soybean, fertilizer
Mehaffey, M., Smith, E. , & Van Remortel, R . (2012). Midwest U.S. landscape change to 2020 driven by biofuel mandates. Ecol Appl, 22(1), 8-19. 2019
agriculture, biofuels, corn ethanol, future scenarios, landscape change, Midwest
Myer, M. H., Fizer, C. M., Mcpherson, K. R., Neale, A. C., Pilant, A. N., Rodriguez, A., Whung, P. Y., & Johnston, J. M. (2020). Mapping Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes albopictus Vector Mosquito Distribution in Brownsville, TX. Journal of medical entomology57(1), 231–240. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz132 2019 Bayesian, statistical model, weather, mosquito control, Vector-Borne Diseases, Surveillance, Prevention, humidity, temperature
Nash, M.S. & Christensen, J.R. (2017) Description of Changes in Climatic Indices in USA over 25 Years (1989-2013). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Report EPA/600/S-17/256 . Open report. 2017 Climatic indices, vegetation cover, human health, hydrology, Ecological Condition of Streams, Nevada
Nie, W., Yuan, Y., Kepner, W., Erickson, C., & Jackson, M. (2012). Hydrological impacts of mesquite encroachment in the upper San Pedro watershed. Journal of Arid Environments, 82, 147-155. doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.02.008 2012 evapotranspiration (ET), Hydrological response, Landscape change, Mesquite encroachment, encroachment, Runoff, San Pedro River, SWAT, Watershed modeling
Norman, Laura M., Villarreal, Miguel L., Lara-Valencia, Francisco, Yuan, Yongping, Nie, Wenming, Wilson, Sylvia, . . . Sleeter, Rachel. (2012). Mapping socio-environmentally vulnerable populations access and exposure to ecosystem services at the U.S.–Mexico borderlands. Applied Geography, 34, 413-424. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.01.006 2012 Human well-being, Vulnerability, Sustainability, Equity, Environmental justice, Modified Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Index (M-SEVI), Soil and Water Assessment Tool
Nowak, D.J., Hirabayashi, S., Bodine, A., & Greenfield, E. (2014). Tree and forest effects on air quality and human health in the United States. Environmental Pollution, 193, 119-129. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.05.028 2014 Air pollution removal, Ecosystem services, Human mortality, Urban forests, respiratory, pollutant concentration, pollution removal
Pickard, B.R., Baynes, J., Mehaffey, M., & Neale, A. (2015). Translating Big Data into Big Climate Ideas. The Solutions Journal, 6(1), 64-73. https://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/article/translating-big-data-into-big-climate-ideas/ 2015 climate change, environmental, mitigation, precipitation, geospatial, ecosystem, crop, impact
Pickard, B.R., Daniel, J., Mehaffey, M., Jackson, L.E., & Neale, A. (2015). EnviroAtlas: A new geospatial tool to foster ecosystem services science and resource management. Ecosystem Services, 14(0), 45-55. 2015 geospatial, mapping, web-services, conservation, environmental, climate, air, community, health
Pilant A., Endres K., Rosenbaum D., Gundersen G. (2020) US EPA EnviroAtlas Meter-Scale Urban Land Cover (MULC): 1-m Pixel Land Cover Class Definitions and Guidance. Remote Sensing. 12(12):1909. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12121909 2020 high spatial resolution land cover, remote sensing, Ecosystem services, decision support, land cover data, image classification, machine learning
Pugh, C., Hartley, J. M., Daniel, J. (2019). Using EnviroAtlas to Empower Decision-Makers of Today and Tomorrow. em: The Magazine for Environmental Managers, Air and Waste Management Association. https://pubs.awma.org/flip/EM-Feb-2019/epareshighlights.pdf 2019 educators, environment, human, air, outdoor, teacher
Qaiser, K., Yuan, Y., & Lopez, R. D. (2012). Urbanization Impacts on Flooding in the Kansas River Basin and Evaluation of Wetlands as a Mitigation Measure. Transactions of the Asabe, 55(3), 849-859. 2012 HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, Urbanization, flood analysis, peak discharge
Ramsey, K., & Bell, A. (2014). A Nationwide Data Resource Characterizing the Built Environment and Destination Accessibility at the Neighborhood Scale. Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, 16(2), 145-162. 2014 transportation, smart location database, density, accessibility, diversity
Riitters, K. H., Coulston, J. W., & Wickham, J. D. (2012). Fragmentation of forest communities in the eastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management, 263, 85-93. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.022 2012 Sustainability, Edge effects, Intact forest, Indicators, communities
Riitters, K. H., & Wickham, J. D. (2012). Decline of forest interior conditions in the conterminous United States. Scientific Reports, 2, 653. doi: 10.1038/srep00653 2012 ecological, forest area, map, land cover, spatial
Riitters, K. H., Wickham, J. D., Wade, T. G., & Vogt, P. (2012). Global survey of anthropogenic neighborhood threats to conservation of grass-shrub and forest vegetation. J Environ Manage, 97, 116-121. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.11.009 2012 Vulnerability assessment, land cover, vegetation, Edge effects, Matrix effects, Anthropogenic effects
Sallam, M., Fizer, C., Pilant, A., & Whung, P. Y. (2017). Systematic review: Land cover, meteorological, and socioeconomic determinants of Aedes mosquito habitat for risk mapping. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(10), 1230. 2017 dengue, ecological modeling, physical systems, Zika, environmental 
Sanders, E. C., Yuan, Y. P., & Pitchford, A. (2013). Fecal Coliform and E. coli Concentrations in Effluent-Dominated Streams of the Upper Santa Cruz Watershed. Water, 5(1), 243-261. doi: 10.3390/W5010243 2013 fecal indicator bacteria, Escherichia coli, water reuse, Santa Cruz River, effluent-dominated
Samson, E., Boykin, K., Kepner, W., Andersen, M., & Fernald, A. (2018). Evaluating Biodiversity Metric Response to Forecasted Land Use Change in the Northern Rio Grande Basin. Environments, 5(8), 91. 2018 ecosystem services; wildlife species urban growth deductive habitat models wildlife habitat biodiversity metrics
Smith, E.R., Neale, A.C., Ziegler, C. R., & Jackson, L.E. (2014). New Interoperable Web Tools to Facilitate Decision-making to Support Community Sustainability. In M. P. Mueller, Tippins, Deborah J., Stewart, Arthur J. (Ed.), Assessing Schools for Generation R (Responsibility) (pp. 201-214). Springer. 2014 Ecosystem Service, ReVA Program, restoration, environmental decision toolkit (EDT), education
Tashie, A., & Ringold, P. (2019). A critical assessment of available ecosystem services data according to the Final Ecosystem Goods and Services framework. Ecosphere, 10(3), e02665. 2019 classification system, land use, landcover, data layers, Final Ecosystem Goods and Services (FEGS)

Tsai W.L., Davis, A.J.S., Jackson, L.E. (2019). Associations between types of greenery along neighborhood roads and weight status in different climates. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 41, 104-117.

2019 Street greenery, Obesity, Eco-health, Urban green space, vegetation

Tsai W.L., Silva R.A., Nash M.S., Cochran F.V., Prince S.E., Rosenbaum D.J., D'Aloisio A.A., Jackson L.E., Mehaffey M.H., Neale A.C., Buckley, T.J. (2020). How do natural features in the residential environment influence women's self-reported general health? Results from cross-sectional analyses of a U.S. national cohort. Environ Res,109176.

2020 Eco-health, women's health, environment, green space
Tsai, W.L., Yngve,  L., Zhou, Y., Beyer, K.M.M., Bersch, A, Malecki, K.M., & Jackson, L.E. (2019). Street-level neighborhood greenery linked to active transportation: A case study in Milwaukee and Green Bay, WI, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning, 191, 103619. 2019 Eco-health, Urban greenspace, environment, aesthetics, greenery
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2015). Health Impact Assessment & EnviroAtlas: Integrating Ecosystem Services into the Decision Making Process. Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC. EPA/600/RR-15/128. 2015 Ecosystem Service, eco-health, fact sheets, environmental, tools 
Van Berkel, D. B., Tabrizian, P., Dorning, M. A., Smart, L., Newcomb, D., Mehaffey, M., ... & Meentemeyer, R. K. (2018). Quantifying the visual-sensory landscape qualities that contribute to cultural ecosystem services using social media and LiDAR. Ecosystem Services, 31, 326-335. 2018 Cultural ecosystem services, Spatial analysis, Coastal, geographic, landscapes
Weltz, M. A., Jolley, L., Goodrich, D., Boykin, K., Nearing, M., Stone, J., . . . Kepner, B. (2011). Techniques for assessing the environmental outcomes of conservation practices applied to rangeland watersheds. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 66(5), 154a-162a. doi: 10.2489/jswc.66.5.154A 2011 CEAP (Conservation Effects Assessment Project), NRCS (National Resource Conservation Service), environmental, agricultural, monitoring
Wickham, J., Stehman, S.V. , Neale, A.C., Mehaffey, M. (2020). Accuracy assessment of NLCD 2011 percent impervious cover for selected USA metropolitan areas. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 84, 101955. 2020 Continuous fields, NAIP, Land cover, Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD), MAUP
Wickham, J., Homer, C., Vogelmann, J., McKerrow, A., Mueller, R., Herold, N., & Coulston, J. (2014). The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium-20 Years of Development and Integration of USA National Land Cover Data. Remote Sensing, 6(8), 7424-7441. doi: 10.3390/Rs6087424 2014 C-CAP, change detection, Cropland Data Layer (CDL), GAP, LANDFIRE
Wickham, J., Wood, P. B., Nicholson, M. C., Jenkins, W., Druckenbrod, D., Suter, G. W., . . . Amos, J. (2013). The Overlooked Terrestrial Impacts of Mountaintop Mining. Bioscience, 63(5), 335-348. doi: 10.1525/bio.2013.63.5.7 2013 environmental, terrestrial, conservation, landscape, human health, well-being
Wickham, J. D., & Flather, C. H. (2013). Integrating biodiversity and drinking water protection goals through geographic analysis. Diversity and Distributions, 19(9), 1198-1207. doi: 10.1111/Ddi.12103 2013 At‐risk species, conservation planning, ecosystem services, geographic information system, protected lands, urbanization
Wickham, J. D., Stehman, S. V., Gass, L., Dewitz, J., Fry, J. A., & Wade, T. G. (2013). Accuracy assessment of NLCD 2006 land cover and impervious surface. Remote Sensing of Environment, 130, 294-304. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.12.001 2013 Impervious surface, Forest loss, Land-cover change accuracy assessment, MRLC, Stratified sampling, Urbanization
Wickham, J. D., Wade, T. G., & Norton, D. J. (2014). Spatial patterns of watershed impervious cover relative to stream location. Ecological Indicators, 40, 109-116. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.013 2014 Change detection, Clean Water Act (CWA), NLCD, Roads, Urbanization, Water quality
Wickham, J. D., Wade, T. G., & Riitters, K. H. (2012). Comparison of cropland and forest surface temperatures across the conterminous United States. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 166, 137-143. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.07.002 2012 Albedo, Climate change, DTR, Land cover, MODIS, NLCD
Wickham, J. D., Wade, T. G., & Riitters, K. H. (2013). Empirical analysis of the influence of forest extent on annual and seasonal surface temperatures for the continental United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22(5), 620-629. doi: 10.1111/Geb.12013 2013
ecosystem services, land cover, scale, sustainability, Albedo, climate
Wickham, J., Herold, N., Stehman, S. V., Homer, C. G., Xian, G., & Claggett, P. (2018). Accuracy assessment of NLCD 2011 impervious cover data for the Chesapeake Bay region, USA. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 146, 151-160. 2018 MAUP, Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD), Mean Deviation (MD), Regression, Water quality
Woznicki, S. A., Baynes, J., Panlasigui, S., Mehaffey, M., & Neale, A. (2019). Development of a spatially complete floodplain map of the conterminous United States using random forest. Science of The Total Environment, 647, 942-953. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.353 2019 CONUS, Ecosystem services, Flood, Geographic information systems, Machine learning

Woznicki, S. A., Cada, P., Wickham, J., Schmidt, M., Baynes, J., Mehaffey, M., & Neale, A. (2020). Sediment retention by natural landscapes in the conterminous United States. Science of The Total Environment, 745, 140972. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140972

2020 Sediment, erosion, natural land cover
Wu, J., Rappazzo, K. M., Simpson Jr, R. J., Joodi, G., Pursell, I. W., Mounsey, J. P., ... & Jackson, L. E. (2018). Exploring links between greenspace and sudden unexpected death: a spatial analysis. Environment international, 113, 114-121. 2018 Eco-health, Ecosystem services, GIS, Bayesian spatial model, SUD (sudden unexpected death), wake county
Wu, J. and Jackson, L. (2016). Association of land use and its change with beach closure in the United States, 2004–2013. Science of The Total Environment571, 67-76. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.116 2016 Beach water quality, Land cover, Land use change, Urbanization, Ecosystem health
Wu J., Jackson, L.E. (2017). Inverse Relationship between Urban Green Space and Childhood Autism in California Elementary School Districts. Environment International, 107, 140-146. 2017 autism spectrum disorder, greenness, near-road tree canopy, air pollution, school children
Xian, G., Homer, C., Demitz, J., Fry, J., Hossain, N., & Wickham, J. (2011). Change of Impervious Surface Area Between 2001 and 2006 in the Conterminous United States. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 77(8), 758-762. 2011 land cover, urban, NLCD, impervious, ISA
Yuan, Y. P., Locke, M. A., Bingner, R. L., & Rebich, R. A. (2013). Phosphorus losses from agricultural watersheds in the Mississippi Delta. Journal of Environmental Management, 115, 14-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.028 2013 Rainfall, Runoff, Sediment loss, Ortho-P loss, TP loss, Soil P, Agricultural management practices, Tillage


Presentations

Full Citation Year Keywords
Barclay P, Yngve L, Jackson L. Integrating Ecosystem Services into Health Impact Assessment. Poster presentated at A Community on Ecosystem Services Conference. December 2014. 2014 December public health, HIA, ecosystem, eco-health, community 
Baynes J, Dannenberg M, Pilant AN. Hierarchical, Machine Learning Approach to Meter-scale Urban Land Cover Mapping. Poster presented at Esri International User Conference. July 2013. 2013 July land cover, meter-scale, urban, machine learning, NAIP, NLCD, Genie Pro
Bush, KF, Jackson LE, Alexandra Sears A, McAlexander T, Maxson P, Edwards SE, Miranda ML. Applying EnviroAtlas to Public Health: Investigating the association between green space and birth outcomes in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC. Poster presented at Esri International User Conference. July 2013. 2013 July green space, forest, near road, low birth weight, pre-term birth, birth weight
Hartley, J. M. Teaching with Technology: Using EPA’s EnviroAtlas in the classroom to empower tomorrow’s decision-makers, NAAEE, October 2018. Poster Presentation. North American Association of Environmental Educators (NAAEE) Annual Conference. Spokane, WA. 2018 October EnviroAtlas tools, interactive map, ecosystems, education, science
Horvath E, Mehaffey M, Neale A, Browning D. Water Supply and Demand by Watershed for the Contiguous U.S. Poster presented at Esri International User Conference. July 2013. 2013 July water supply, water demand, industrial water demand, thermoelectric water demand, domestic water demand, agricultural water demand, precipitation
Horvath E, Christensen J, Mehaffey M, Neale A. Potentially Restorable Wetlands in the Contiguous U.S. Poster presented at Esri International User Conference. July 2013. 2013 July wetlands, restoration, agriculture, SSURGO, PVP
Jackson LE, Daniel J, McCorkle  B, Sears A, Bush KF. Linking Ecosystem Services and Human Health: The Eco-Health Relationship Browser. Poster presented at the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology Conference, August 2013. 2013 Aug nature-based goods and services, ecosystems, buffering services, health promotional services, systematic review, mechanistic theories
Jahre J, Neale A, Jackson LE, Mehaffey M. EnviroAtlas: Connecting Ecosystems, People, and Well-being. Poster presented at Esri International User Conference. July 2013. 2013 July ecosystem services, human health, environment, fact sheets, communities
Mehaffey M, Daniel J, Morgan M, McDonald M. U.S. EPA National Pet Health Survey. Poster presented at Citizen Science Festival. March 2019. 2019 March pet health, pet diseases, One Health, cats, dogs
Sears A, Jackson LE, Wade T. Near Road Tree Cover in the Portland, ME EnviroAtlas Community Area. Poster presented at Esri International User Conference. July 2013. 2013 July
air pollution, tree buffer, community, population, census
Sears A, Jackson LE. Proximity to Parks in the Durham, NC EnviroAtlas Community Area. Poster presented at Esri International User Conference. July 2013. 2013 July green space, walkablity, census block, proximity, distance
Walton BT, Perla D, Smith ER. Sustainability Assessment of a National Bioeconomy: Approaches and Tools to Evaluate Emergent Properties. Poster presented at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting. November 2015. 2015 November biomass, environmental, community, economic, resources
Yngve L, Beyer K, Malecki K, Jackson L. Street-scale Green Infrastructure and Physical Activity. Poster presented at the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Annual Conference. September 2016. 2016 September walkability, built environment, ecosystem services, urban nature, street trees
Yngve L, Jackson L. Integrating Local "Green" Assets into Brownfields Redevelopment: Tools and Examples. Poster presented at National Brownfields Training Conference. September 2015. 2015 September Ecosystem Services, Public Health, green infrastructure, land, human health
Yngve L, Jackson L. Neighborhood Indicators of Walkability using Fine-Scale Land Cover. Poster presented at Esri Health and Human Services GIS Conference. September 2015. 2015 September
built environment, ecosystem services, urban nature, street trees, intersection density