Dr. Richard P. Watson
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1982.
Research Associate Professor
Department of Geography, University of New Mexico
Retired
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Dr. Richard P. Watson Research Associate Professor
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Dr. Richard P. Watson is a former Research Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, now retired from the University. Dr. Watson has been working with HydroBio ARS, a remote sensing consulting firm that uses satellite imagery, airborne spectrometry, and GIS for environmental analysis. Prior to retiring from the University, he worked at The Earth Data Analysis Center as Senior Research Scientist, contributing to many projects in the field of Remote Sensing research including remote sensing and transportation, and the effects for environmental changes on Native peoples. He then moved on to help set up a new center on campus. He served as Associate Director for the Center for Rapid Environmental Assessment and Terrain Evaluation (CREATE) at the University of New Mexico from 2003 to June 2006. During this period, Dr. Watson was instrumental in the startup and formation of CREATE. He wrote most of the proposals and all of the budgets for CREATE's funding, and directed the installation of the antennas and processing systems for the center. He also worked closely with SeaSpace, the ground station equipment manufacturer and software distributor, to make products usable for land-based research.
Research Interests and Academic Background: Dr. Watson holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.S. degree from Iowa State University. He has over 20 years of experience in remote sensing and GIS applications in natural and cultural resource management and has conducted research on arid land adaptations in Peru, the American Southwest, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Dr. Watson’s research and experience span a broad range of geographic interests and his recent papers and presentations illustrate that range including: eight papers and publications on research conducted in Jordan, as well as a paper and article on Anasazi archaeoastronomy, and three professional presentations and two articles on data fusion of MODIS and NEXRAD imagery for rangeland monitoring. Over his career, Dr. Watson has made over 40 presentations to professional organizations and published 29 articles and papers in a variety of venues ranging from national and international professional journals to local and regional newsletters. He is recognized in the State of New Mexico as a leader in GIS and Remote Sensing and serves in an advisory capacity to the GIS programs at San Juan College and the Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Watson’s teaching experience also spans multiple areas of interest which is reflected in the number and variety of courses he has taught ranging from graduate level courses in geography and remote sensing, and international training programs in remote sensing of natural resources, to undergraduate geography, anthropology and computer science courses as well as field courses in archaeology and remote sensing. In addition to teaching the Introduction to Physical Geography 101 course, and graduate level remote-sensing related courses, Dr. Watson also supervises five Geography MA students and is a member of three Ph.D. committees in the Department of Anthropology. Dr. Watson is actively involved in professional societies and is a member of the Association of American Geographers, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, the American Geophysical Union, American Schools of Oriental Research, and Sigma Xi and has served as the Secretary for the ISPRS Commission I, Working Group 6- Airborne Optical Sensor Systems. He has also previously served asVice President and Member of the Board of Directors for the New Mexico Geographic Information Council. |
RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Watson, R.P. and T.R. Watson. 2007. Flash Flood Event Assessment (FFEA): Terrestrial and Satellite Remote Sensing for Flash Flood Assessment. 5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing and Disaster Response. Washington, D.C., September 10-12, 2007. Krause, C.M., R.P. Watson, and T.R. Watson. 2007. Remote Sensing for Biodiversity and Habitat Change Detection in the West Coast Migratory Pollinator Corridor of North America. International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, June 25-29, San Jose, Costa Rica. "Chapter 12: New and Emerging Instruments and Some Emerging Trends for Remote Sensing of Human Settlements," with Manfred Ehlers in The Manual of Remote Sensing, Vol. 5: Remote Sensing of Human Settlements, Merrill Ridd, Ed., American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), 2006. “Moderate- and Low-resolution Imagery for Data Integration in Post-disaster Assessment: The Wildfire Case,” with Kota Prasad. Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Remote Sensing for Post-Disaster Response. Newport Beach, CA October 2004. “Data Fusion for Environmental Assessment: Integrating MODIS Imagery and NEXRAD Weather Radar,” with L. A. Scuderi, K. K. Benedict, T. R. Kuntz. ISPRS Proceedings of the 20th International Congress, Istanbul, June 2004. |  |
“Assessing Vegetation Response to Local Rainfall Events Using NEXRAD Weather Radar and MODIS Imagery,” with Louis A. Scuderi, Theresa Runge Kuntz, and Karl K. Benedict. Mountains of Data Peak Decisions - Conference Proceedings of the ASPRS 2004 70th Annual Conference, Denver, Co, May 2004. “Monitoring Weather Hazards on Rural Roads using Remote Sensing and GIS,” with Karl K. Benedict and Theresa R. Kuntz, Papers and Proceedings of Applied Geography Conference. 26:266-275, Colorado Springs, CO, November 2003. “AIRSTEP: An Evaluation of Alternative Remote Sensing Technologies in Meeting Federal Requirements for Airfield Obstruction Identification,” with Theresa R. Kuntz, and Karl Benedict. Proceedings of Transportation Research Bureau Remote Sensing in Transportation Conference. Denver, Co. November. 2002. “The Airfield Initiative Remote Sensing Technology Evaluation Project: Applications of LiDAR and Photogrammetry to Airfield Safety, Security, and Management,” with Theresa R. Kuntz and Karl K. Benedict, Proceedings: ISPRS 2002, Commission VII, Hyderabad, India, December 2002. “Remote Sensing Applications for Airfield Safety, Security, and Management,” with Theresa R. Kuntz, and Karl Benedict. Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences. 25:214-222. 2002. “Rural Trafficability Enhancement: An Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Technologies,” with Karl K. Benedict and Nathaniel Todea, Pecora15/TRB Proceedings, Denver, CO, November 2002. “On the Origins of Azraq’s ‘Roman Wall’,” with G.W. Burnett. Near Eastern Archaeology. 64(1/2). 2001. "The Application of TM Imagery and GIS Data in the Assessment of Arid Lands Water and Land Resources in West Texas," With Paul Neville, Robert I. Coward, Michael Inglis, and Stan Morain. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 66(11): 1373-1379. 2000. | |
| PRESENTATIONS: Watson, R.P. and T.R. Watson. 2007. Flash Flood Event Assessment (FFEA): Terrestrial and Satellite Remote Sensing for Flash Flood Assessment. 5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing and Disaster Response. Washington, D.C., September 10-12, 2007. “The Center for Rapid Environmental Assessment & Terrain Evaluation (CREATE) at the University of New Mexico, an Overview,” Watson, R. P., Watson, T. R., Scuderi, L.A., International EOS/NPP Direct Readout Meeting 2005, Benevento, Italy, October 3-6, 2005. Website. "Katrina's Fury: An Assessment of Environmental Data Fusion for Rapid Large Scale Hurricane Damage Assessment Using Moderate Resolution Imagery," Watson, Richard P., with Krause, C.M., and Watson, T. R. at the 3rd International Workshop on Remote Sensing for Post-Disaster Response, Chiba, Japan. September 12-13, 2005. Web-site. "Research Needs for Disaster Response," Group Discussion/Workshop Host, 3rd International Workshop on Remote Sensing for Post-Disaster Response, Chiba, Japan. September 12-13, 2005. “Natural Resources Monitoring and Management Using Near Real-Time Environmental Satellites,” Watson, R. P., and Watson, T. R., New Mexico Bureau of Land Management sponsored - Resource Management Tools and Geospatial Conference: Envisioning Information, April 18-22, 2005. Web-site “Monitoring of Grassland Health and Condition Using TeraScan: Fusion of MODIS and NEXRAD Data for Rangeland Monitoring & Assessment,” Watson, R. P. and Watson, T. R., 15th International TeraScan Users Conference, Austin, TX, April 12-14, 2005. Web-site “Moderate- and Low-resolution Imagery for Data Integration in Post-disaster Assessment: The Wildfire Case,” with Kota Prasad. 2nd International Workshop on Remote Sensing for Post-Disaster Response. Newport Beach, CA October 2004. Web-site. "Research and Applications Using Real-Time Direct Broadcast Imagery, Weather Radar and LiDAR in Disaster Response and Preparadness," the Application of Remote Sensing Technologies for Disaster Response, Irvine, CA. September 12, 2003.Web-site.
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