Jennifer Dieck
Education:
1998 M.S., Biology (emphasis in GIS), University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
1996 B.S., Biology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Primary Responsibilities/Activities:
As Chief of the Geospatial Sciences & Technologies Branch, I oversee the overall science direction and work of 12-15 Branch employees. The Branch consists of two teams, the Resource Mapping & Spatial Analysis Team and the Geospatial Sciences Team. Their work focuses mainly on geospatial analysis, model development, decision support systems, data management, cartography, vegetation/resource mapping, and processing of elevation data (lidar and bathymetry). I work closely with scientists and natural resource partners to identify pressing issues, define high priority research needs for conservation, conduct effective research, and deliver timely results and technical assistance for natural resource management and decision making.
Research Interests:
- Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology
- Aerial Image Acquisition/Processing/Analysis (i.e. 4-band, thermal, lidar)
- Image Interpretation Techniques
- Vegetation Classification/Mapping
- Accuracy Assessment Techniques
- Elevation Data Collection and Processing
- Decision Support Tools
- Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
- Data Management
Important Links:
NPS Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program
Long Term Resource Monitoring (LTRM)
LTRM Land Cover/Use Data
LTRM Bathymetry and Elevation
Decision Support Systems – Tools and Applications
Science and Products
2020 Systemic Land Cover/Land Use Aerial Imagery Acquisition, Image Interpretation, and Spatial Data Products for the Upper Mississippi River System
Decision Support Systems
Vegetation Mapping at National Parks
Science and Products
- Science
2020 Systemic Land Cover/Land Use Aerial Imagery Acquisition, Image Interpretation, and Spatial Data Products for the Upper Mississippi River System
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) program, through its Long Term Resource Monitoring (UMRR-LTRM) element, will once again collect systemic imagery of the entire Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) in the summer of 2020. Development of the 2020 Land Cover/Land Use (LCU) database will provide a fourth systemic dataset to compare to the 1989, 2000...Decision Support Systems
A Decision Support System (DSS) can be defined in many ways. The working definition the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) uses is, "A spatially based computer application or data that assists a researcher or manager in making decisions." This is quite a broad definition and it needs to be, as the possibilities for types of DSS are limited only by the user group and the developer...Vegetation Mapping at National Parks
Impact of UMESC ScienceTo provide a research tool enabling the National Park Service to better manage their resources for the betterment of the American public. Data sets developed by this program provide a structure for framing and answering critical scientific, planning, and management questions about vegetation communities and park natural resources and their relation to environmental processes... - Publications