Victoria leads geospatial and earth observation method development on interdisciplinary geoscience teams collaborating across USGS science centers, mission areas, and interagency efforts.
Education and Certifications
MS in Geography, Texas State University, May 2014. Victoria's graduate work focused in Geocomputation, LiDAR, multispectral remote sensing, and watershed scale surface hydrology modeling
BS in Geography-Geographic Information Science, with a minor in Business Administration, Texas State University, Cum laude, Gamma Theta Upsilon and Alpha Chi honor societies
Texas State University Certificate in Water Resource Policy
Science and Products
Remote Sensing Techniques for Characterizing Energy Resources in Waste
Funded by the USGS Energy Resource Program “Shark Tank” grant. The goal of this project is to develop a method to use remotely collected satellite and airborne data to ascertain the quantity and quality of waste at abandoned uranium mines to better estimate the resource potential, identify abandoned mines and explore potential applications to other energy resources. This is a collaborative effort...
Mapping Conservation Management Efforts to Increase Coordination in the Rio Grande Basin
The Rio Grande provides drinking water for more than six million people, irrigation water for two million acres of land in the United States and Mexico, and supports riparian ecosystems that are home to endangered species like the ocelot and Rio Grande silvery minnow. Climate variability and anthropogenic activities continue to stress this already limited water resource. This project was developed
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Remote Sensing Techniques for Characterizing Energy Resources in Waste
Funded by the USGS Energy Resource Program “Shark Tank” grant. The goal of this project is to develop a method to use remotely collected satellite and airborne data to ascertain the quantity and quality of waste at abandoned uranium mines to better estimate the resource potential, identify abandoned mines and explore potential applications to other energy resources. This is a collaborative effort...Mapping Conservation Management Efforts to Increase Coordination in the Rio Grande Basin
The Rio Grande provides drinking water for more than six million people, irrigation water for two million acres of land in the United States and Mexico, and supports riparian ecosystems that are home to endangered species like the ocelot and Rio Grande silvery minnow. Climate variability and anthropogenic activities continue to stress this already limited water resource. This project was developed - Data
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