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2012

Danielson, J.J., 2012, The Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data (GMTED2010): Final Products and Accuracy Assessment [abs.], in Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 24-28 February 2012, Proceedings: Washington, D.C., Association of American Geographers, abstract ID 44667. (Also available online at http://meridian.aag.org/callforpapers/program/AbstractDetail.cfm?AbstractID=44667.)

Gesch, D.B., 2012, Elevation uncertainty in coastal inundation hazard assessments, chap. 6 of Cheval, S., ed., Natural disasters: Vukovar, Croatia, InTech, p. 121-140. (Also available online at http://www.intechopen.com/books/natural-disasters/elevation-uncertainty-in-coastal-inundation-hazard-assessments.)

Gesch, D.B., 2012, Consideration of Elevation Uncertainty in Coastal Inundation and Sea-Level Rise Assessments [abs.], in Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 24-28 February 2012, Proceedings: Washington, D.C., Association of American Geographers, abstract ID 44846. (Also available online at http://meridian.aag.org/callforpapers/program/AbstractDetail.cfm?AbstractID=44846.)

Poppenga, S.K., Thompson, R.F., and Driscoll, D.G., 2012, High-resolution hydrographic mapping using lidar-derived digital elevation models [abs.], in Western South Dakota Hydrology Conference, 10th, Rapid City, S. Dak., 19 April 2012, Program and Abstracts: Rapid City, S. Dak., U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Water Science Center, p. 58. (Also available online at http://sd.water.usgs.gov/WSDconf/2012conference.pdf.)


2011

Carabajal, C.C., Harding, D.J., Boy, J.P., Danielson, J.J., Gesch, D.B., and Suchdeo, V.P., 2011, Evaluation of the Global Multi-Resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010 (GMTED2010) using ICESat geodetic control, in Li, J., ed., International Symposium on Lidar and Radar Mapping 2011—Technologies and Applications, Nanjing, China, 26-29 May 2011, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8286: Bellingham, Wash., Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), paper number 82861Y. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Evaluation_GMTED2010_Using_ICESat_Geodetic Control.)
Copyright 2011, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.

Danielson, J.J., 2011, Creation of a topobathymetric model for the northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM) centered on Mobile Bay [abs.], in Annual Meeting, Seattle, Wash., 12-16 April 2011, Proceedings: Washington, D.C., Association of American Geographers, abstract ID 35877. (Also available online at http://meridian.aag.org/callforpapers/program/index.cfm?mtgID=56.)

Danielson, J.J., and Gesch, D.B., 2011, Global multi-resolution terrain elevation data 2010 (GMTED2010): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 2011-1073, 26 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20111073.)

Gesch, D.B., 2011, Accounting for elevation uncertainty in sea-level rise assessments—how much land is really at risk? [abs.], in Annual Meeting, Seattle, Wash., 12-16 April 2011, Proceedings: Washington, D.C., Association of American Geographers, abstract ID 37366. (Also available online at http://meridian.aag.org/callforpapers/program/index.cfm?mtgID=56.)

Heidemann, H.K., 2011, The USGS-NGP lidar guidelines and base specification [abs.], in Sieverling, J.B., and Dietterle, J., ed., Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Eighth Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop and First The National Map Users Conference, Denver, Colorado, May 10-13, 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2011-5053.

Heidemann, H.K., 2011, Lidar quality assurance challenges and solutions [abs.], in Sieverling, J.B., and Dietterle, J., ed., Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Eighth Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop and First The National Map Users Conference, Denver, Colorado, May 10-13, 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2011-5053.

Huang, S., Young, C., Feng, M., Heidemann, K., Cushing, W.M., Mushet, D.M., and Liu, S., 2011, Demonstration of a conceptual model for using lidar to improve the estimation of floodwater mitigation potential of Prairie Pothole Region wetlands: Journal of Hydrology, v. 405, no. 3-4, p. 417-426. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.040.)

Poppenga, S.K., 2011, Generating surface flow features from 1-meter lidar-derived digital elevation models [abs.], in Annual Meeting, Seattle, Wash., 12-16 April 2011, Proceedings: Washington, D.C., Association of American Geographers, abstract ID 35022. (Also available online at http://meridian.aag.org/callforpapers/program/index.cfm?mtgID=56.)

Poppenga, S.K., 2011, National Elevation Dataset-applications of The National Map [abs.], in Sieverling, J.B., and Dietterle, J., ed., Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Eighth Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop and First The National Map Users Conference, Denver, Colorado, May 10-13, 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2011-5053.

Poppenga, S.K., Worstell, B.B., Stoker, J.M., and Greenlee, S.K., 2011, Using selective drainage methods to hydrologically-condition and hydrologically-enforce lidar-derived surface flow, in Remote Sensing and Hydrology 2010, Jackson Hole, Wyo., 27-30 September 2010, IAHS Publication 3XX: International Commission on Remote Sensing.

Queija, V.R., 2011, Application of ground-based lidar for accuracy assessment in the creation of topobathymetric model for the Northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM) [abs.], in Annual Meeting, Seattle, Wash., 12-16 April 2011, Proceedings: Washington, D.C., Association of American Geographers, abstract ID 36209. (Also available online at http://meridian.aag.org/callforpapers/program/index.cfm?mtgID=56.)

Stoker, J.M., Turnipseed, D.P., and Wilson, K.V., 2011, Using regional scale pre- and post hurricane Katrina lidar for monitoring and modeling, chap. 30 of Lupo, A., ed., Recent hurricane research-climate, dynamics, and societal impacts: Vukovar, Croatia, InTech, p. 575-592. (Also available online at http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/using-regional-scale-pre-and-post-hurricane-katrina-lidar-for-monitoring-and-modeling.)

Vierling, L.A., Martinuzzi, S., Asner, G.P., Stoker, J.M., and Johnson, B.R., 2011, Lidar-providing structure: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, v. 9, no. 5, p. 261-262. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/lidar_providing_structure.pdf.)
Copyright 2011, Ecological Society of America. Reproduced by permission of Ecological Society of America and Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.


2010

Heidemann, H.K., 2010, The role of common standards, practices, and specifications in national Lidar [abs.], in Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 14–18 April 2010, Proceedings: Washington, D.C., Association of American Geographers, abstract ID 33495.

Poppenga, S.K., Worstell, B.B., Stoker, J.M., and Greenlee, S.K., 2010, Using selective drainage methods to extract continuous surface flow from 1-meter lidar-derived digital elevation data: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2010-5059, 12 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/sir/sir20105059.)

Poppenga, S.K., Evans, G.A., Gesch, D.B., Stoker, J.M., Queija, V., Worstell, B.B., Tyler, D., Danielson, J.J., Bliss, N.B., and Greenlee, S.K., 2010, Topographic Science: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet, 2010-3049, 4 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fs20103049.)

Queija, V.R., 2010, Mount St. Helens lidar: U.S. Geological Survey General Information Product, 116, 1 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/gip116.)

Stoker, J.M., 2010, Making lidar more photogenic—creating band combinations from lidar information: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 76, no. 3, p. 216-220. (Also available online at http://digital.ipcprintservices.com/publication/?i=32898&p=&l=&m=&ver=&pp=.)


2009

Bliss, N.B., 2009, A new method of multiscale topographic analysis—extracting landforms [abs.], in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11-14, 2008—Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009-5013, p. 3, available only online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20095013.

Gesch, D.B., 2009, Mapping and visualization of storm-surge dynamics for Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009-5230, 19 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20095230.)

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, v. 53, no. SI, p. 49-58. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/jcr_gesch_SI53.pdf.)
Copyright 2009, Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Allen Press Publishing Services. Reproduced by permission of Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Allen Press Publishing Services.

Gesch, D.B., Gutierrez, B.T., and Gill, S.K., 2009, Coastal elevations, chap. 2 of Titus, J.G., Anderson, K.E., Cahoon, D.R., Gesch, D.B., Gill, S.K., Gutierrez, B.T., Thieler, E.R., and Williams, S.J., ld. auths., 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, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.1, p. 25-42. (Also available online at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-1/final-report/sap4-1-final-report-all.pdf.)

Gesch, D.B., Evans, G.A., Mauck, J., Hutchinson, J.A., and Carswell Jr., W.J., 2009, The National Map—Elevation: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet, 2009-3053, 4 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fs20093053.)

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., available only online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20095065.

Poppenga, S.K., Worstell, B.B., Stoker, J.M., and Greenlee, S.K., 2009, Generating surface flow features from 1-meter lidar-derived digital elevation models [poster]. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/3292-SIR-LR.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. (Also available online at http://www.asprs.org/a/publications/pers/2009journal/february/highlight2.pdf.)

Stoker, J.M., Tyler, D.J., Turnipseed, D.P., Van Wilson Jr., K., and Oimoen, M.J., 2009, Integrating disparate lidar datasets for a regional storm tide inundation—analysis of Hurricane Katrina: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 53, no. SI, p. 66-72. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Journal_of_coastal_research_stoker.pdf.)
Copyright 2009, The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Inc.. Reproduced by permission of The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Inc.

Titus, J.G., Anderson, K.E., Cahoon, D.R., Gesch, D.B., Gill, S.K., Gutierrez, B.T., Thieler, E.R., and Williams, S.J., ld. auths., 2009, 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, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.1, 320 p. (Also available online at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-1/final-report/sap4-1-final-report-all.pdf.)


2008

Danielson, J.J., and Gesch, D.B., 2008, An enhanced global elevation model generalized from multiple higher resolution source datasets, in Silk road for information from imagery, Congress, 21st, Beijing, China, 3-11 July 2008, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Spatial Information Sciences, XXXVII, pt. B4: China, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p. 1857-1863. (Also available online at http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVII/congress/4_pdf/324.pdf.)

Gesch, D.B., 2008, Elevation uncertainty in sea-level rise assessments—how much land is really at risk? [abs.], in Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif, 15-19 December 2008, Eos Transactions, Suppl., v. 89, no. 53: Washington, D.C., American Geophysical Union, abstract number OS23C-1273. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/3065-postersession_AGU_Gesch.pdf.)

Menig, J.C., and Stoker, J.M., 2008, CLICK—the USGS Center for Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) Information Coordination and Knowledge [abs.], in Helterbrand, W.S., and Sieverling, J.B., eds., Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Seventh Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado, May 12-16, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2008-5074, p. 44-45. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20085074.)

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, 29 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20085153.)

Queija, V.R., Worstell, B.B., and Greenlee, S.K., 2008, Elevation derivatives for modeling post-wildfire debris flows [poster], presentation at Painting the big picture, All USGS Modeling Conference, 2nd, Orange Beach, Ala., 11-14 February 2008: U.S. Geological Survey.

Stoker, J.M., Harding, D., and Parrish, J., 2008, The need for a National lidar dataset: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 74, no. 9, p. 1066-1068. (Also available online at http://www.asprs.org/a/publications/pers/2008journal/september/highlight.pdf.)

Verdin, K.L., and Worstell, B.B., 2008, A fully distributed implementation of mean annual streamflow regional regression equations: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 44, no. 6, p. 1537-1547. (Also available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00258.x/abstract.)


2007

Gesch, D.B., 2007, The National Elevation Dataset, chap. 4 of Maune, D., ed., Digital elevation model technologies and applications—the DEM users manual, 2nd ed.: Bethesda, Md., American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p. 99-118. (Also available online at 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., 2007, Topography-based analysis of Hurricane Katrina inundation of New Orleans, in Farris, G.S., Smith, G.J., Crane, M.P., Demas, C.R., Robbins, L.L., and Lavoie, D.L., eds., Science and the storms—the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Circular, 1306, p. 53-57. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir1306.)

Stoker, J.M., Parrish, J., Gisclair, D., Harding, D., Haugerud, R., Flood, M., Andersen, H.-E., Schuckman, K., Maune, D., Rooney, P., Waters, K., Habib, A., Wiggins, E., Ellingson, B., Jones, B., Nechero, S., Nayegandhi, A., Saultz, T., and Lee, G., 2007, Report of the First National lidar Initiative Meeting, February 14-16, 2007, Reston, Va.: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 2007-1189, 69 p. (Also available online at http://lidar.cr.usgs.gov/presentations/NLImeetingReport-final.pdf.)

Tan, S., Stoker, J.M., and Greenlee, S.K., 2007, Detection of foliage-obscured vehicle using a multiwavelength polarimetric lidar, in Sensing and understanding our planet, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, 23-27 July 2007, Proceedings: Piscataway, N.J., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 2503-2506. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423352.)

Tyler, D.J., 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), 1 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20071051.)


2006

Gesch, D.B., 2006, An inventory and assessment of significant topographic changes in the United States, Ph.D. Dissertation: South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. Dak., 234 p. (Also available online at http://gradworks.umi.com/32/77/3277166.html.)

Gesch, D.B., Muller, J.-P., and Farr, T.G., 2006, The shuttle radar topography mission—data validation and applications—Special Issue, Foreword: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 72, no. 3, p. 233-235. (Also available online at http://www.asprs.org/a/publications/pers/2006journal/march/foreword.pdf.)

Gesch, D.B., Farr, T.G., Slater, J., Muller, J.-P., and Cook, S., 2006, New products from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 87, no. 18, p. 174-175. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_Eos_2006.pdf.)
Reproduced by permission of American Geophysical Union.

Greenlee, S.K., Verdin, K.L., and Worstell, B.B., 2006, Elevation Derivatives for National Applications—past, present and future [abs.], in Brakebill, J.W., Sieverling, J.B., and Chirico, P.G., eds., Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Sixth Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado, April 24-28, 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2006-5094, p. 44-45, available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5094/.

Menig, J.C., 2006, CLICK—the new USGS Center for lidar Information Coordination and Knowledge [abs.], in Brakebill, J.W., Sieverling, J.B., and Chirico, P.G., eds., Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Sixth Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado, April 24-28, 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2006-5094, p. 29, available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5094/.

Menig, J.C., and Stoker, J.M., 2006, CLICK—the USGS Center for lidar Information Coordination and Knowledge: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet, 2006-3024, 2 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fs20063024.)

Stoker, J.M., Greenlee, S.K., Gesch, D.B., and Menig, J.C., 2006, CLICK—the new USGS center for lidar information coordination and knowledge: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 72, no. 6, p. 613-616. (Also available online at http://www.asprs.org/a/publications/pers/2006journal/june/highlight.pdf.)

Verdin, K.L., Franken, S., and Worstell, B.B., 2006, A geospatial approach for fully distributed implementation of mean annual stream flow regressions [abs.], in Frondorf, A., ed., Proceedings of the First All-USGS Modeling Conference, November 14-17, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2006-5308, p. 24, available only online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20065308.


2005

Gesch, D.B., 2005, Analysis of multi-temporal geospatial data sets to assess the landscape effects of surface mining, in Barnhisel, R.I., ed., Annual National Conference, 22nd, Breckenridge, Colo., 19-23 June 2005, Proceedings: Lexington, Ky., American Society of Mining and Reclamation, p. 415-432. (Also available online at 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.

Hall, S.A., Burke, I.C., Box, D.O., Kaufmann, M.R., and Stoker, J.M., 2005, Estimating stand structure using discrete-return lidar—an example from low density, fire prone ponderosa pine forests: Forest Ecology and Management, v. 208, no. 1-3, p. 189-209. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2004.12.001.)

Queija, V.R., Stoker, J.M., and Kosovich, J.J., 2005, Recent U.S. Geological Survey applications of lidar: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 71, no. 1, p. 5-9. (Also available online at http://www.asprs.org/a/publications/pers/2005journal/january/highlight.pdf.)

Stoker, J.M., 2005, Volume visualization of lidar data for The National Map [abs.], in Char, S.J., and Sieverling, J.B., eds., Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Fifth Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop, March 1-5, 2004, Denver, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2005-5236, p. 36, available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5236/.

Stoker, J.M., Greenlee, S.K., Gesch, D.B., Hubl, E.J., and Axmann, R.N., 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, 41 p. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Stoker_OFR_2005-1049.pdf.)

Stoker, J.M., Gesch, D.B., Nelson, C., Oimoen, M.J., and Greenlee, S.K., 2005, Integration of high-resolution lidar elevation data into The National Map [abs.], in Char, S.J., and Sieverling, J.B., eds., Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Fifth Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop, March 1-5, 2004, Denver, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2005-5236, p. 35-36, available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5236/.

Verdin, K.L., 2005, Elevation Derivatives for National Applications: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet, 2005-3049, 2 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fs20053049.)


2004

Crane, M.P., Clayton, T., Raabe, E.S., Jason M., Handley, L., Bawden, G., Morgan, K., and Queija, V., 2004, Report of the U.S. Geological Survey lidar workshop sponsored by the Land Remote Sensing Program and held in St. Petersburg, FL, November 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 2004-1456, 72 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr20041456.)

Franken, S.K., 2004, The USGS/EROS Data Center produces seamless hydrologic derivatives with GIS: ArcNews Online, no. Fall, p. 8, 13-14. (Also available online at http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall04articles/usgs-eros.html.)

Oimoen, M.J., 2004, The effects of wavelet compression on digital elevation models (DEMs), in Science for society—exploring and managing a changing planet, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, 20-24 September 2004, Proceedings: Piscataway, N.J., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 293-296. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Oimoen_IGARSS_2004.pdf.)


2002

Gesch, D.B., and Wilson, R., 2002, Development of a seamless multisource topographic/bathymetric elevation model of Tampa Bay: Marine Technology Society Journal, v. 35, no. 4, p. 58-64. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.4031/002533201788058062.)
Copyright 2001, Marine Technology Society. This article is for personal use only, and is not to be distributed in any format.

Gesch, D.B., Oimoen, M., Greenlee, S.K., Nelson, C.A., Steuck, M., and Tyler, D., 2002, The National Elevation Dataset: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 68, no. 1, p. 5-11. (Also available online at http://www.asprs.org/a/publications/pers/2002journal/january/highlight.html.)


2001

Crane, M.P., Yates, K.K., Clark, R., Gesch, D.B., Hess, K., Koehmstedt, J., Milbert, D., Parker, B., Sechrist, D., Tilley, J., and Wilson, R., 2001, Tampa Bay Integrated Science Pilot Study—baseline mapping, land surface dynamics and projective modeling, and hazards vulnerability studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 2001-398, 2 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr01398.)

Franken, S.K., Tyler, D.J., and Verdin, K.L., 2001, Development of a National seamless database of topography and hydrologic derivatives, in Users Conference, 21st, San Diego, Calif., 9-13 July 2001, Proceedings: Redlands, Calif., Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), paper 730. (Also available online at http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc01/professional/papers/pap730/p730.htm.)

Gesch, D.B., Williams, J., and Miller, W.A., 2001, A comparison of U.S. Geological Survey seamless elevation models with Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, in Scanning the present and resolving the future, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 9-13 July 2001, Proceedings: Piscataway, N.J., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 754-756. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_et_al_IGARSS_01.pdf.)

Osborn, K., List, J., Gesch, D.B., Crowe, J., Merrill, G., Constance, E., Mauck, J., Lund, C., Caruso, V., and Kosovich, J., 2001, National Digital Elevation Program (NDEP), chap. 4 of Maune, D., ed., Digital elevation model technologies and applications—the DEM users manual: Bethesda, Md., American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p. 83-120. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/osb_eros-pub-bkc_asprs.2001.pdf.)
Reprinted with permission from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

Parker, B., Milbert, D., Wilson, R., Bailey, J., Gesch, D.B., and Berry, R., 2001, Blending bathymetry with topography—the Tampa Bay demonstration project, in U.S. Hydrographic Conference, 21-24 May 2001, Norfolk, Va.: Rockville, Md., Hydrographic Society of America, unpaged.


2000

Oimoen, M.J., 2000, An effective filter for removal of production artifacts in U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute digital elevation models, in International Conference on Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, 14th, Las Vegas, Nev., 6-8 November 2000, Proceedings: Ann Arbor, Mich., Veridian ERIM International, p. 311-319. (Also available online at http://edna.usgs.gov/Edna/pubs/artifacts.pdf.)


1999

Gesch, D.B., 1999, The effects of DEM generalization methods on derived hydrologic features, chap. 31 of Lowell, K., and Jaton, A., eds., Spatial accuracy assessment-land information uncertainty in natural resources: Chelsea, Mich., CRC Press, p. 255-262. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_Effects_of_DEM.pdf.)

Gesch, D.B., Verdin, K.L., and Greenlee, S.K., 1999, New land surface digital elevation model covers the Earth: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 80, no. 6, p. 69-70. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_Eos_1999.pdf.)
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Harding, D.J., Gesch, D.B., Carabajal, C.C., and Luthcke, S.B., 1999, Application of the Shuttle Laser Altimeter in an accuracy assessment of GTOPO30, a global 1-kilometer digital elevation model, in Csatho, B.M., ed., Mapping surface structure and topography by airborne and spaceborne lasers, Proceedings of the ISPRS workshop, La Jolla, Calif., 9-11 November 1999, International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, v. XXXII-3/W14: International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, unpaged. (Also available online at http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXII/3-W14/pdf/p81.pdf.)


1998

Gesch, D.B., 1998, Accuracy assessment of a global elevation model using Shuttle Laser Altimeter data, in Remote sensing for a sustainable future, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Seattle, Wash., 6-10 July 1998, Proceedings: Piscataway, N.J., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), p. 840-842. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_IGARSS_98.pdf.)


1996

Gesch, D.B., and Larson, K.S., 1996, Techniques for development of global 1-kilometer digital elevation models, in Human interactions with the environment—perspectives from space, William T. Pecora Memorial Symposium on Remote Sensing, 13th, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., 20-22 August 1996, Proceedings: Bethesda, Md., American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p. 568-572. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_Larson_Pecora_96.pdf.)
Reprinted with permission from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.


1995

Farr, T., Evans, D., Zebker, H., Harding, D., Bufton, J., Dixon, T., Vetrella, S., and Gesch, D.B., 1995, The Global Topography Mission gains momentum: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 76, no. 21, p. 213-216. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/95EO00128.)

Farr, T., Evans, D., Zebker, H., Harding, D., Bufton, J., Dixon, T., Vetrella, S., and Gesch, D.B., 1995, Mission in the works promises precise global topographic data: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 76, no. 22, p. 225, 228-229. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/95EO00129.)


1994

Gesch, D.B., 1994, Topographic data requirements for EOS global change research: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 1994-0626, 60 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1994/0626/report.pdf.)

Gesch, D.B., 1994, Identification of requirements and sources for global digital topographic data, in Land information from space-based systems, William T. Pecora Memorial Symposium on Remote Sensing, 12th, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., 24-26 August 1993, Proceedings: Bethesda, Md., American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p. 35-44. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/Gesch_Identification_of_Requirements.pdf.)
Reprinted with permission from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.


1991

Jenson, S.K., 1991, Applications of hydrologic information automatically extracted from digital elevation models: Hydrological Processes, v. 5, no. 1, p. 31-44. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/jenson_hydro_proc_1991.pdf.)


1988

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, no. 11, p. 1593-1600. (Also available online at https://eserv.asprs.org/PERS/1988journal/nov/1988_nov_1593-1600.pdf.)


1987

Jenson, S.K., and Trautwein, C.M., 1987, Methods and applications in surface depression analysis, in Chrisman, N.R., ed., International Symposium on Computer-Assisted Cartography, 8th (Auto-Carto 8), Baltimore, Md., 30 March-2 April 1987, Proceedings: Falls Church, Va., American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, p. 137-144. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/methods_applications_surface_depression_analysis.pdf.)
Reprinted with permission from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.


1985

Jenson, S.K., 1985, Automated derivation of hydrologic basin characteristics from digital elevation model data., in Digital representations of spatial knowledge, 7th (Auto-Carto 7), Washington, D.C., 11-14 March 1985, Proceedings: Falls Church, Va., American Society for Photogrammetry and American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, p. 301-310. (Also available online at http://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/pdfs/automated-derivation-of-hydrologic-basin-characteristics-from-digital-elevatioin-model-data.pdf.)
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