Overview

My areas of expertise are in Resource Inventory, Mapping, and Analysis; Remote Sensing; Geographic Information Systems; Environmental Information Science; Soil Survey, Interpretations, and Conservation

Research Focus

My research interests focus on advancing the development and use of spatial data for meeting the environmental information needs of society both domestically and internationally. My current work focuses on improving the resource inventory process through the use of advanced aerospace imagery; developing spatial models that incorporate multi-spectral and multi-temporal data from Earth-orbiting satellites with edaphic variables for mapping ecological communities; and integrating resource inventory data for use in spatially-explicit models of agronmic and environmental processes in mixed use landscapes.

Outreach and Extension Focus

I participate in extension and outreach programs to foster the application and evaluation of geo-spatial information science and technology for addressing environmental quality and management issues and concerns.

Instruction Focus

My teaching program includes four courses in resource inventory methods, geographic information systems, global positioning system, and spatial modeling and analysis. The curriculum is highly pragmatic to enable both undergraduate and graduate students to develop, apply, and evaluate spatial information technology skills and knowledge that will be most useful to them in academic and non-academic professional pursuits.

Additional Links

• Institute for Resource Information Sciences
• Link to CALS Research portal
• Link to CALS Impact statements

Selected Publications

• Wu, C., J. Wu, Y. Luo, L. Zhang, and S.D. DeGloria. 2009. Spatial estimation of soil total nitrogen using co-kriging with predicted soil organic matter content. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. (Accepted).
• Wu, C., J. Wu, Y. Luo, L. Zhang, and S.D. DeGloria. 2009. Spatial prediction of soil organic matter content using co-kriging with remotely sensed data. Soil Sci. Soc. Am J. (Accepted).
• Sherman R.E., P.H. Martin, T.J. Fahey, and S.D. DeGloria. 2008. Fire and vegetation dynamics in high elevation neotropical montane forests of the Dominican Republic. Ambio 37:535-541.
• Mehta, V.K., P.J. Sullivan, M.T. Walter, J. Krishnaswamy, and S.D. DeGloria. 2008. Ecosystem impacts of disturbance in a dry tropical forest in southern India. Ecohydrology 1:149-160.
• Mehta, V.K., P.J. Sullivan, M.T. Walter, J. Krishnaswamy, and S.D. DeGloria. 2008. Impacts of disturbance on soil properties in a dry tropical forest in southern India. Ecohydrology 1:161-175.
• Menete M.Z.L., H.M. van Es, R.M.L. Brito, S.D. DeGloria, and S. Famba. 2008. Evaluation of system of rice intensification (SRI) component practices and their synergies on salt-affected soils. Field Crops Research 109:34-44.
• Smith, C.R., D. deAlwis, S.D. DeGloria, S.D. Smith, and M.E. Richmond. 2008. Improving resolution and accuracy of vegetation classification to refine habitat characteristics associated with distributions and abundances of breeding birds: a science-based approach to informing bird conservation policy. Final Report. USGS/BRD NY Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Res. Unit #51. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY.
• Post, C.J., S.D. DeGloria, J.H. Cherney, and E.A.. Mikhailova. 2007. Spectral measurements of alfalfa/grass fields related to forage properties and species composition. J. Plant Nutrition 30:1778-1789.
• Lembo, A.J. Jr., L.P. Wagenet, T. Schusler, and S.D. DeGloria. 2007. Creating affordable internet map server applications for regional scale applications. J. Environmental Management 85:1120-1131
• Ross, Z, J.D. Duxbury, D.N.R. Paul, and S.D. DeGloria. 2006. Potential for Arsenic contamination of rice in Bangladesh: spatial analysis and mapping of high risk areas. Int. J. Risk Assessment and Management 6 (4-6):298-315.
• Pfeffer, M.J., J.W. Schelhas, S.D. DeGloria, and J. Gomez. 2005. Population, conservation, and land use change in Honduras. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 110:14-28.
• Ma, J., N.R. Scott, S.D.DeGloria, and A.J. Lembo, Jr. 2005. Siting analysis of farm-based centralized anaerobic digester systems for distributed generation using GIS. Biomass & Bioenergy 28:591-600.
• DeGloria, S.D., M. Laba, and J. Braden. 2005. Hudson River Valley land cover map accuracy assessment. Final Report, NYS DEC AMOU #207. Div. Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources. Institute for Resource Information Sciences, Cornell University. 35p.
• Hepner, G.F., D.J. Wright, C.J. Merry, S. Anderson, and S.D. DeGloria. 2005. Remotely-acquired data and information in GIScience. p. 351-364. In: R. McMaster,and L. Usery, L. (ed.) A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science. CRC Press. ISBN is 0-8493-2728-8.
• Sydenstricker-Neto, J., A. W. Parmenter, and S.D. DeGloria. 2004. Participatory reference data collection methods for accuracy assessment of land cover change maps. p. 75-90. In: Lunetta, R.S., and J.G. Lyon (Editors) Remote Sensing and GIS Accuracy Assessment, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
• Laba, M, S. Gregory, J. Braden, D. Ogurcak, E. Hill, E. Fegraus, J. Fiore, and S.D. DeGloria. 2002. Conventional and fuzzy accuracy assessment of the New York Gap Analysis Project land cover map. Remote Sensing of Environment 81:1-14.
• Giasson, E., R.B. Bryant, and S.D. DeGloria. 2002. GIS-based spatial indices for identification of potential phosphorus export at watershed scale. J. Soil and Water Conservation 57:373-381.
• Mikhailova, E.A., R.B. Bryant, S.D. DeGloria, C.J. Post, and I.I. Vassenev. 2000. Modeling soil organic matter dynamics after conversion of native grassland to long-term continuous fallow using the CENTURY model. Ecological Modeling 132:247-257.
• Kuo, W-L., T. S. Steenhuis, C.E. McCulloch, C.L. Mohler, D. Weinstein, S. DeGloria, and D. Swaney. 1999. Effect of grid size on runoff and soil moisture using a variable-source-area hydrology model and geographic information system. Water Resources Research 35(11):3419-3428.
• Riley, S.J., S.D. DeGloria, and R.A. Elliot. 1999. A terrain ruggedness index that quantifies topographic heterogeneity. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 5:23-27.

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