Contact Details:
Phone: (907) 474-5553
Fax: (907) 474-6184
Location: 366 O'Neill Bldng.
http://nrm.salrm.uaf.edu/~dverbyla/
E-Mail
Curriculum Vitae:
B.S., 1979, Rutgers University
M.S., 1982, Michigan State University
Ph.D., 1988, Utah State University
Courses:
NRM338 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
NRM341 - GIS Analysis
NRM697 - GIS Programming
NRM641 - Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Resources
Research Interests: Satellite Remote Sensing, GIS Analysis of Natural Resources
Current Research Programs:
1) Alaska Land Cover Change,
2) MODIS Products Evaluation,
3) Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research
Examples of Research Support:
Alaska EOS Training (PI, 5/99 - 8/03, funding from NASA, $200,000)
The Role of Land Cover Change in High Latitude Ecosystems (Co-PI, 9/01- 9/04, funding from NASA, $600,000)
Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Project (Co-PI, 10/98 - 10/04, funding
from NSF, $4,200,000)
Examples of Publications:
Mack, M. C., Bret-Harte, M. S., Hollingsworth, T. N., Jandt, R. R., Schuur, E. A., Shaver, G. R. and Verbyla, D. 2011. Carbon loss from an unprecedented arctic tundra wildfire. Nature . 475:489-492.
Johnstone, J. F., Rupp, T. S., Olson, M. and Verbyla, D. 2011. Modeling impacts of fire severity on successional trajectories and future fire behavior in Alaskan boreal forests. Landscape Ecology. 26:487-500.
Verbyla, D. 2011. Browning boreal forests of western North America. Environmental Research Letters. 6 (2011) 041003 (3pp)
Tape, K. D., Verbyla, D. and Welker, J. M. 2011. Twentieth century erosion in Arctic Alaska foothills: The influence of shrubs, runoff, and permafrost. Journal of Geopysical Research. VOL. 116, G04024, doi:10.1029/2011JG001795
Liang, J., Zhou, M., Verbyla, D., Zhang, L., Springsteen, A. L. and T. Malone. 2011. Mapping forest dynamics under climate change: a matrix model. Forest Ecology and Management. 262:2250-2262.
Parent, M. B. and Verbyla, D. 2010. The Browning of Alaska’s Boreal Forest. Remote Sensing. 2: 2729-2747.
Joly, K. , Klein, D., Verbyla, D., Rupp. T. S. and F. S. Chapin III. 2011. Linkages between large-scale climate patterns and the dynamics of Alaskan caribou populations. Ecography 34:345-352.
