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NCALM Announces 2021 Seed Proposal Winners

2021 Student Seed Proposal Winners Selected

The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping surveys multiple projects each year for graduate student PIs whose research would be enhanced by airborne lidar data. Students write and submit a two- to three-page proposal to be considered for an award (ncalm.cive.uh.edu/seed/about). The applications are reviewed by the NCALM Steering Committee, who select winners based on intellectual merit and broader impact.

NCALM would like to announce that the 2021 seed proposal winners have been awarded. Nine projects were selected to receive lidar data this year. Congratulations to the following students and their advisors:

Caroline Brisbois (Jason Geck)
Alaska Pacific University
Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (ALSM) vs Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry comparison for monitoring Eklutna Glacier geodetic mass balance

Anna Marshall (Ellen Wohl)
Colorado State University
Using lidar to understand sources and functions of spatial heterogeneity in determining channel evolution of large mountain river

M. Colin Marvin (Mathieu Lapotre)
Stanford University
Quantitative characterization of dune-dune interactions from high-resolution topography

Chelsea Moran (Jill Marshall)
University of Arkansas
The spatial and temporal distribution of large rock blocks and control on landscape evolution in the Ozarks

Mariel Nelson (Timothy Goudge, David Mohrig)
University of Texas at Austin
Characterizing alluvial channel bank erosion with time-lapse airborne and UAV lidar

Telemak Olsen (Allison Pfeiffer)
Western Washington University
Quantifying channel change in response to a post-fire debris flow in a steep, coastal stream in Big Sur, California

Christian Roumelis (Audrey Sawyer)
Ohio State University
Log jams, stream morphology, and groundwater interactions in a partially burned mountain watershed

Jonathan Sheppard (Joshua Roering)
University of Oregon
Using lidar and multispectral imagery to map changes in vegetation after deep-seated landslides

Zachary Smith (Michael Manga)
University of California, Berkeley
Volcanic and climate controls on the growth and collapse of Paoha Island, Mono Lake, Eastern California