Miami University

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Dr. Mary C. Henry

I came to Miami in Fall 2002, after finishing my Ph.D. at the University of Arizona. My past research (as a graduate student) used remote sensing to study to fire in chaparral (Southern California) and pine-oak forests (Southern Arizona). I am currently doing research on wildfires in Ocala National Forest, Florida (pine and scrub) and completing some dissertation follow-up study. My interests include landscape ecology, vegetation disturbance and dynamics, remote sensing, and human impacts on ecosystems. I hope to do some work here in the Midwest, as well.

 

Education:
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2002

Teaching Responsibilities
- Earth's Physical Environments - Natural Hazards - Techniques & Applications of Remote Sensing - Landscape Ecology

Selected Publications

  • Resasco, J., A. N. Maye, M.C. Henry, and D.L. Gorchov (In press) "Detecting an invasive shrub in a deciduous forest understory using late-fall Landsat sensor imagery" in International Journal of Remote Sensing.
  • Henry, M.C. (In press) "Comparison of sing- and multi-date Landsat data for mapping wildfire scars in Ocala National Forest, Florida" in Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing.
  • Maingi, J.K. & M.C. Henry, (2007). "Factors influencing wildfire occurrence and distribution in eastern Kentucky, USA" in International Journal of Wildland Fire, 16(1):23-33.
  • Henry, M.C. and S.R. Yool, (2005). "The Sensitivity of SIR-C Backscatter to Fire-Related Forest Spatial Patterns", GIScience and Remote Sensing, 42, No. 1, pp. 19-43.
  • Henry, M.C. and S.R. Yool, (2004). "Assessing relationships between forest spatial patterns and fire history with fusion of optical and microwave remote sensing, Geocarto International, 19 (2):25-37.
  • Henry, M.C. and S.R. Yool, (2002). "Characterizing Fire-Related Spatial Patterns in the Arizona Sky Islands Using Landsat TM Data, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 68 (10):1011-1019.
  • Maingi, J.K., M.C. Henry, W.M. Luhn (2001). "Assessing Forest Damage by the Southern Pine Beetle in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky" pp. 27-34 in Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences, Volume 24, Fort Worth, Texas, November 14-17.
  • Henry, M.C. and A.S. Hope (1998). "Monitoring Post-Burn Recovery of Chaparral Vegetation in Southern California using Multi-Temporal Satellite Date", International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19:3097-3107.