Dr. Louis Scuderi
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1984.

Associate Professor, Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
Principal Investigator and Director of CREATE

Research and Academic Interests:

Paleoclimatic reconstructions utilizing dendrochronology; Climatology -- solar variability, effects of volcanic eruptions; Geographic Information Systems -- especially the representation of time within GIS databases; Image Processing; Global Positioning Systems (GPS); Creation and analysis of computer based historical and paleoclimatic databases.

Associate Professor, Earth & Planetary Sciences

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

Paleoclimate Research:
"Evaluation of Historic and Pre-historic Eruptions Using Dendrochronology,” Scuderi, L.A., Meier, V., Cities on Volcanoes 2006, Quito, Ecuador. January 2006. Abstract PDF

Remote Sensing Research:
“Algorithm Development for Vegetation Change Detection and Environmental Monitoring,” Scuderi, L.A., Watson, R. P., Ellwein, A., and Montano, E., International EOS/NPP Direct Readout Meeting 2005, Benevento, Italy, October 3-6, 2005. (Poster) Website

“Daily Evapotranspiration Estimates using MODIS and TeraScan in a Coupled Balance Model,” Scuderi, L.A., 15th International TeraScan Users Conference, Austin, TX, April 12-14, 2005. (Poster) Web-site

PRESENTATIONS:

“Rapid Response for Grassland Management: Capturing Localized Greenup through MODIS and NEXRAD Fusion,” Scuderi, L.A. and Watson, R.P. CEOS Workshop on Rapid Response Information Systems, Wuhan, China. May 2004. Presention made by R. Watson. Web-site