Publications
Danielson, J.J., and Gesch, D.B., 2008, "An enhanced global elevation model generalized from multiple higher resolution source datasets": The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol. XXXVII, Part B4, Beijing 2008, p. 1857-1863. http://www.isprs.org/congresses/beijing2008/proceedings/4_pdf/324.pdf
Franken, Sandra K., Dean J. Tyler, and Kristine L. Verdin, 2001, "Development of a National seamless database of topography and hydrologic derivatives", Proceedings of the 21st ESRI User’s Conference, July 9-13, 2001, San Diego. http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc01/professional/papers/pap730/p730.htm
Gesch, D. B., 1994,
"Identification of requirements and sources for global digital topographic data", in Proceedings, Pecora 12 Symposium, Land Information from Space Based Systems, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, August 24-26, 1993,
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Falls Church, Virginia, p. 35-44.
http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_Identification_of_Requirements.pdf
Reprinted with permission from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Gesch, D.B., 1994, "Topographic data requirements for EOS global change research": U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-626, 60 p. http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Topo_data_requirements_1994.pdf
Gesch, D.B., 1998, "Accuracy assessment of a global elevation model using Shuttle Laser Altimeter data, in Proceedings", 1998 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Seattle, Washington, July 6-10, 1998 (CD-ROM), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., Piscataway, New Jersey. http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_IGARSS_98.pdf
Gesch, D.B., 1999, "Chapter 31 – The effects of DEM generalization methods on derived hydrologic features", in Kim Lowell, and Annick Jaton, eds., Spatial Accuracy Assessment: Land Information Uncertainty in Natural Resources: Chelsea, Michigan, Ann Arbor Press, p. 255-262. http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_Effects_of_DEM.pdf
Gesch, D.B., 2005,
"Analysis of multi-temporal geospatial data sets to assess the landscape effects of surface mining",
in R.I. Barnhisel, ed.,
Proceedings, 22nd Annual National Conference of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Breckenridge, Colorado, June 19-23, 2005 (CD-ROM), ASMR, Lexington, Kentucky, p. 415-432.
http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/analysis_multi_temp_geospatial_gesch_pub.pdf
This paper was published in the Proceedings, 22nd Annual National Conference of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Breckenridge, Colorado, June 19-23, 2005. The entire proceedings is available from ASMR, 3134 Montavesta Rd., Lexington, KY 20502.
Gesch, D., 2007, "Topography-based analysis of Hurricane Katrina inundation of New Orleans", in G.S. Farris, G.J. Smith, M.P. Crane, C.R. Demas, L.L. Robbins, and D.L. Lavoie, eds., Science and the Storms: the USGS Response to the Hurricanes of 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1306, p. 53-56. http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1306/pdf/c1306_ch3_g.pdf
Gesch, D.B., 2007,
"Chapter 4 – The National Elevation Dataset", in Maune, D., ed.,
Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications: The DEM Users Manual, 2nd Edition: Bethesda, Maryland, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p. 99-118.
http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_Chp_4_Nat_Elev_Data_2007.pdf
Reprinted with permission from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Gesch, D.B., 2009, "Analysis of lidar elevation data for improved identification and delineation of lands vulnerable to sea level rise", Journal of Coastal Research (in press).
Gesch, D.B., B.T. Gutierrez, and S.K. Gill, 2009, "Coastal elevations. In: Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region.", A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. [J.G. Titus (coordinating lead author), K.E. Anderson, D.R. Cahoon, D.B. Gesch, S.K. Gill, B.T. Gutierrez, E.R. Thieler, and S.J. Williams (lead authors)]. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, pp. 25-42. http://downloads.climatescience.gov/sap/sap4-1/sap4-1-final-report-all.pdf
Gesch, Dean, Jason Williams, Wayne Miller, 2001, "A Comparison of U.S. Geological Survey Seamless Elevation Models with Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Data", Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001, IGARSS, IEEE 2001 International, vol. 2, pp 754-75 http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_et_al_IGARSS_01.pdf
Gesch, D.B., J.P. Muller, and T.G. Farr, 2006, "Special Issue Foreword: The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission—Data Validation and Applications": Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v.72, no. 3, p. 233-235. http://www.asprs.org/publications/pers/2006journal/march/foreword.pdf
Gesch, D.B., K.L. Verdin, and S.K. Greenlee, 1999,
"New land surface digital elevation model covers the earth":
Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 80, no. 6, p. 69-70.
http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_Eos_1999.pdf
Reproduced by permission of American Geophysical Union.
Gesch, D.B., and K.S. Larson, 1998,
"Techniques for development of global 1-kilometer digital elevation models", in Proceedings, Pecora Thirteen, Human Interactions with the Environment--Perspectives from Space, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, August 20-22, 1996 (CD-ROM),
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland, p. 568-572.
http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_Larson_Pecora_96.pdf
Reprinted with permission from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Gesch, Dean, M. Oimoen, S. Greenlee, C. Nelson, M. Steuck, and D. Tyler, 2002, "The National Elevation Dataset", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Vol. 68, No. 1, January 2002. http://www.asprs.org/publications/pers/2002journal/january/highlight.html
Gesch, D., T. Farr, J. Slater, J.P. Muller, S. and Cook, 2006,
"New products from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission":
Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 87, no. 18, p. 174.
http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_Eos_2006.pdf
Reproduced by permission of American Geophysical Union.
Gesch, D., and R. Wilson, 2002, "Development of a seamless multisource topographic/ bathymetric elevation model of Tampa Bay": Marine Technology Society Journal, v. 35, no. 4, p. 58-64.
Harding, D.J., D.B. Gesch, C.C. Carabajal, and S.B. Luthcke, 1999, "Application of the Shuttle Laser Altimeter in an accuracy assessment of GTOPO30, a global 1-kilometer digital elevation model": International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, v. 32, part 3W14, p. 81-85. http://www.isprs.org/commission3/lajolla/pdf/p81.pdf
Jenson, S.K. and Domingue, J.O., 1988, "Extracting Topographic Structure from Digital Elevation Data for Geographic Information System Analysis": Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 54, p. 1,593-1,600. http://www.asprs.org/publications/pers/scans/1988journal/nov/1988_nov_1593-1600.pdf
Osborn, K., J. List, D. Gesch, J. Crowe, G. Merrill, E. Constance, J. Mauck, C. Lund, V. Caruso, and J. Kosovich, 2001,
"Chapter 4 – National digital elevation program (NDEP)",
in D. Maune, ed.,
Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications: The DEM Users Manual: Bethesda, Maryland, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p. 83-120.
Reprinted with permission from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Oimoen, M.J., 2000, "An effective filter for removal of production artifacts in U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute digital elevation models" Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, November 6-8, 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada. http://edna.usgs.gov/Edna/pubs/artifacts.pdf
Oimoen, M.J., 2004, "The Effects of Wavelet Compression on Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)", International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004, IGARSS, IEEE 2004 International, vol. 1, pp-293-296. http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Oimoen_IGARSS_2004.pdf
Poppenga, S.K., Worstell, B.B., Stoker, J.M., and Greenlee, S.K., 2009, "Comparison of surface flow features from lidar-derived digital elevation models with historical elevation and hydrography data for Minnehaha County, South Dakota", U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5065, 24 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5065/
Poppenga, S.K., and Worstell, B.B., 2008, "Elevation-Derived Watershed Basins and Characteristics for Major Rivers of the Conterminous United States": U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5153, 27 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5153/
Queija, Vivian R, Jason M. Stoker, and John J. Kosovich, 2005, "Recent U.S. Geological Survey Applications of Lidar", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Vol. 71, No. 1, January, 2005 http://www.asprs.org/publications/pers/2005journal/january/highlight.pdf
Stoker, Jason, Jay Parrish, David Gisclair, David Harding, Ralph Haugerud, Martin Flood, Hans-Erik Andersen, Karen Schuckman, David Maune, Paul Rooney, Kirk Waters, Ayman Habib, Eddie Wiggins, Bryon Ellingson, Benjamin Jones, Steve Nechero, Amar Nayegandhi, Tim Saultz, and George Lee, 2007, "Report of the First National Lidar Initiative Meeting", February 14-16, 2007, Reston, VA, hosted by the USGS Land Remote Sensing Program, Geography Discipline, U.S. Geological Survey Report Series of 2007-1189, 64 p. http://lidar.cr.usgs.gov/presentations/NLImeetingReport-final.pdf
Stoker, J.M., 2009, "Volumetric visualization of multiple-return Lidar data–using voxels", Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 75, no. 2, p. 109-112. http://www.asprs.org/publications/pers/2009journal/february/highlight2.pdf
Stoker, J.M., S.K. Greenlee, D.B. Gesch, E.J. Hubl, and R.N. Axmann, 2005, "Collection and analysis of high-resolution elevation data for the Lincoln lidar project, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2004": U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1049, 37 p. http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Stoker_OFR_2005-1049.pdf
Stoker, Jason M., Susan K. Greenlee, Dean B. Gesch, and Jordan C. Menig, 2006, "CLICK: The New USGS Center for Lidar Information Coordination and Knowledge", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Vol. 72, No. 6, 613-616, June http://www.asprs.org/publications/pers/2006journal/june/highlight.pdf
Stoker, Jason, David Harding, and Jay Parrish, 2008, "The Need for a National Lidar Dataset", Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Vol. 74, No. 9, September 2008 http://www.asprs.org/publications/pers/2008journal/september/highlight.pdf
Tyler, D., Zawada, D.G., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Crane, M.P., Yates, K.K., and Smith, K.E.L., 2007, "Topobathymetric Data for Tampa Bay, Florida": U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1051 (revised). http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1051/
Verdin, K.L., Godt, J.W., Funk, C., Pedreros, D., Worstell, B., Verdin, J., 2007, "Development of a Global Slope Dataset for Estimation of Landslide Occurrence Resulting from Earthquakes": Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2007-1188, 25 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1188/pdf/OF07-1188_508.pdf
Verdin, Kristine L., and Bruce Worstell, 2008, "A Fully Distributed Implementation of Mean Annual Streamflow Regional Regression Equations", Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 44, No. 6. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/search/allsearch?mode=viewselected&product=journal&ID=121494521&view_selected.x=84&view_selected.y=10&view_selected=view_selected
Posters
Sandra K. Poppenga, Bruce B. Worstell, Jason M. Stoker, and Susan K. Greenlee, 2009, "Generating Surface Flow Features from 1-meter Lidar-Derived Digital Elevation Models", http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/3292-SIR-LR.pdf
