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Reconstruction Of Daily 30 M Data From Hj Ccd, Gf-1 Wfv, Landsat, And Modis Data For Crop Monitoring, Mingquan Wu, Xiaoyang Zhang, Wenjiang Huang, Zheng Niu, Changyao Wang, Wang Li, Pengyu Hao

GSCE Faculty Publications

With the recent launch of new satellites and the developments of spatiotemporal data fusion methods, we are entering an era of high spatiotemporal resolution remote-sensing analysis. This study proposed a method to reconstruct daily 30 m remote-sensing data for monitoring crop types and phenology in two study areas located in Xinjiang Province, China. First, the Spatial and Temporal Data Fusion Approach (STDFA) was used to reconstruct the time series high spatiotemporal resolution data from the Huanjing satellite charge coupled device (HJ CCD), Gaofen satellite no. 1 wide field-of-view camera (GF-1 WFV), Landsat, and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data. Then, …

Farmland Use Decisions In The Dakota's: Key Results From The 2015 Producer Survey, Larry Janssen, Moses Luri, Md. Chowdhury, Hongli Feng, David Hennessy

Economics Commentator

This newsletter is written to summarize the major findings from the 2015 survey on farmland use decisions in the Dakotas which was completed by 1,026 producers located across 57 counties in South Dakota and North Dakota. We wish to thank each person that completed this survey in March or April of 2015. We are sending this newsletter to their household as our “thank you” for participating. The key findings should be of general interest to a wider audience and the following content is written for this purpose.

Exploring South Dakota Data Online, Mary Killsahundred

South Dakota Demography Conference

Explore South Dakota data tools focusing on the Census’ interactive population feature On The Map and fun tips on how to use on the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the American Indian Labor Force Report online tool.

Understanding Census Data For Rural Areas, Kim Davis

South Dakota Demography Conference

ow is data for the American Community Survey collected and applied to rural places like South Dakota? Participants will be shown how to access multiple levels of ACS data.

Sd Kids Count, Carole Cochran

South Dakota Demography Conference

Discussion on the collection, display, and dissemination of South Dakota Kids Count Data and how it helps measure the opportunities and challenges facing children and youth in the state.

The Changing Demography Of South Dakota, Weiwei Zhang

South Dakota Demography Conference

Dr. Zhang talks about the latest research on population composition and diversity in South Dakota with an eye to emerging trends.

The Power To Change Projections: A New Resident Recruitment Process, Sdsu Extension

South Dakota Demography Conference

Marketing Hometown America provides communities with a proactive process to reverse population decline and to recruit new residents.

Understanding Relative Incomes And Wages, Mark Boehm

South Dakota Demography Conference

Making the case for South Dakota gets easier with GOED’s national wage calculator.

Business Builder: The Newest Tool From The Us Census, Weiwei Zhang

South Dakota Demography Conference

With this new tool from the Census, business owners and entrepreneurs can design strategies for success.

Our Cities As Economic Engines, Sid Gross, Ryan Sougstad, Eric John Abrahamson

South Dakota Demography Conference

Focusing on newly released data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Sougstad and Abrahamson unpack the trends and look at Rapid City and Sioux Falls in the context of the northern Great Plains region.

Research: South Dakota State University, Fall 2015, Christie Delfanian, Emily Weber

Research: South Dakota State University

CONTENTS:

Pine Ridge Elders to educate peers about wills, advanced care planning [Page] 2
Diversity: Teaching diverse learners requires responsiveness to students' needs [Page] 3
Renaissance writers address social values still relevant today [Page] 5
Forest fire expert helps Indonesians assess carbon emissions [Page] 7
Diagnostic tests key to controlling swine virus [Page] 9
Experience, networking fuel wastewater filtration research [Page] 9
Breast-feeding friendly climate benefits businesses, communities [Page] 10
Dairy scientist harness power of milk protein [Page] 11
Pharmacists' study helps prevent antibiotic-induced kidney failure [Page] 11
Plants exchange carbohydrates for nitrogen, phosphorus from mycorrhizal fungi [Page] 12

A Life-Changing Gift: The Impact Of Classroom Climate And Community Building, Joshua Westwick, Kelli J. Chromey

Communication Studies Publications

The study of classroom climate and community has been a hallmark of communication education research for several decades (Dwyer et al., 2004). This wealth of meaningful research has provided scholars and instructors an abundance of practical strategies and knowledge to help develop and strengthen classroom climate and community. Moreover, this research has illustrated the relevance and need for a positive classroom climate and community within our educational institutions. The impact of creating a community-oriented classroom climate was documented by Dwyer et al. (2004), who found that, “Fostering a positive climate and sense of community for students in educational settings has …

Price Discovery And Local Information In Cattle On Feed Reports, Matthew Diersen, Scott Fausti

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Projections Of The First-Year Full-Time Undergraduate Enrollment At South Dakota State University To 2020, Census Data Center

Census Data Center Project Reports

This report has three parts. The first section provides a brief description of the full-time first-year (FYFT) undergraduate cohort enrolled at South Dakota State University (SDSU) from 2005 to 2014. The second section provides projections by year for the FYFT enrollment to the year 2020. The third section provides project changes between 2014 and 2020 in public high school graduates in South Dakota by school district. Three datasets are utilized for this report. The FYFT undergraduate enrollment data from 2005 to 2014 are provided by the Institutional Research Office at SDSU. These data are used for preparing descriptive statistics and …

Evapotranspiration In The Nile Basin: Identifying Dynamics, Trends, And Drivers 2002-2011, H. Alemu, A. T. Kaptué, G. B. Senay, M. C. Wimberly, Geoffrey Henebry

Natural Resource Management Faculty Publications

Analysis of the relationship between evapotranspiration (ET) and its natural and anthropogenic drivers is critical in water-limited basins such as the Nile. The spatiotemporal relationships of ET with rainfall and vegetation dynamics in the Nile Basin during 2002–2011 were analyzed using satellite-derived data. Non-parametric statistics were used to quantify ET-rainfall interactions and trends across land cover types and subbasins. We found that 65% of the study area (2.5 million km2) showed significant (p < 0.05) positive correlations between monthly ET and rainfall, whereas 7% showed significant negative correlations. As expected, positive ET-rainfall correlations were observed over natural vegetation, mixed croplands/natural vegetation, and croplands, with a few subbasin-specific exceptions. In particular, irrigated croplands, wetlands and some forests exhibited negative correlations. Trend tests revealed spatial clusters of statistically significant trends in ET (6% of study area was negative; 12% positive), vegetation greenness (24% negative; 12% positive) and rainfall (11% negative; 1% positive) during 2002–2011. The Nile Delta, Ethiopian highlands and central Uganda regions showed decline in ET while central parts of Sudan, South Sudan, southwestern Ethiopia and northeastern Uganda showed increases. Except for a decline in ET in central Uganda, the detected changes in ET (both positive and negative) were not associated with corresponding changes in rainfall. Detected declines in ET in the Nile delta and Ethiopian highlands were found to be attributable to anthropogenic land degradation, while the ET decline in central Uganda is likely caused by rainfall reduction.

Making Spaces: Resolving Use And Usability Issues Of The Modern Library, Melissa Clark, Jeanne R. Davidson, Kristi Tornquist

Library Conference Presentations and Posters

As library spaces are re-envisioned to meet new institutional goals and user expectations, careful planning is necessary to ensure that internal and external stakeholders are included in the planning process and that resources are used to a maximum benefit. Presenters will share the planning and decision processes used in restructuring three floors at their library.

Economic Impact Of The Dairy Industy In South Dakota, Gary Taylor

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Quantifying Undisturbed Land In Minnesota's Prairie Coteau And Lac Qui Parle Valley Regions, Pete Bauman, Ben Carlson, Tanner Butler

Quantifying Undisturbed Lands in MInnesota's Prairie Coteau and Lac qui Parle Valley Regions

We employed simple GIS methods utilizing the Minnesota Farm Service Agency’s Common Land Unit (CLU) cropland data layer from 2013, along with 2013 USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) county mosaic aerial imagery, to evaluate over 5 million acres of land in 14 southwest Minnesota counties, including all or portions of 10 counties within the Minnesota portion of the Prairie Coteau region and the entirety of four counties in the Lac qui Parle region. We utilized the CLU cropland layer to first identify and remove any areas with a cropping history, regardless of current land use. We then analyzed the …

Risk Management Considerations For Camelina And Carinata, Matthew Diersen, Sumaiya Saleh

Economics Staff Paper Series

Relatively new crops pose a challenge to growers and agribusinesses. While they would explore returns from new crops, adoption may mean giving up risk management tools inherent with growing established crops. The oilseed crops camelina and carinata are discussed in the context of the ability to insure them in South Dakota. Camelina (Camelina sativa) is currently insurable in portions of Montana and North Dakota. While carinata (Brassica carinata) is not insurable with a stand-alone policy, coverage was available in Montana and North Dakota in 2015 under the canola policy as a rapeseed type. Processor contracts are often a necessary condition …

Agriculture's Role In The South Dakota Economy, Tyler Holmquist, Matthew Diersen

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Image Interpretation-Guided Supervised Classification Using Nested Segmentation, A. V. Egorov, M. C. Hanson, David P. Roy, A. Kommareddy, P. V. Patapov

GSCE Faculty Publications

We present a new binary (two-class) supervised non-parametric classification approach that is based on iterative partitioning of multidimensional feature space into variably-sized and nested hyper-cubes (partitions). The proposed method contains elements of active learning and includes classifier to analyst queries. The spectral transition zone between two thematic classes (i.e., where training labels of different classes overlap in feature space) is targeted through iterative training derivation. Three partition categories are defined: pure, indivisible and unlabeled. Pure partitions contain training labels from only one class, indivisible partitions contain training data from different classes, and unlabeled partitions do not contain training …

The Report On Agricultural Heritage Museum -- A Survey Of Students And Faculty At South Dakota State University And Members Of The Museum, Census Data Center, Mary Emery

Census Data Center Project Reports

The Agricultural Heritage Museum (Ag Museum), located on the SDSU campus, has been in business since 1884.1 The Ag Museum started as a zoological collection and has grown into a comprehensive museum with incomparable collections of Agricultural history in South Dakota. In the museum visitors can explore the infinite richness and complexity of the past and learn about the technology of farming in the Northern Great Plains. Recently, the Ag Museum is in the process of composing a strategic plan to address the new challenges and opportunities for the future development. The Board and staff of the Ag Museum want …

Economic Impact Of The Pork Industry On South Dakota, Gary Taylor

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Economic Impact Of The Beef Industry On South Dakota, Gary Taylor

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Research: South Dakota State University, Spring 2015, Christie Delfanian

Research: South Dakota State University

CONTENTS:

Cyanide: Prototype detects cyanide poisoning in 70 seconds [Page] 2
Grapes: Plant scientists help improve cold-hardy grape varieties, develop local wine industry [Page] 3
Plant-derived compound may reduce cancer recurrence, spread [Page] 5
Imagining tool targets degenerative diseases [Page] 5
Nutrient-gene interaction research inspires Nelson Scholarship winner [Page] 6
Bridge girder: Improved bridge girder design can save taxpayers money [Page] 7
Microgrids help integrate renewables, maintain power flow [Page] 9
Tobacco: Nursing researchers document positive effects of tobacco-free policies [Page] 10
Rehab Counseling: rehabilitation counselors improve lives of disabled clients [Page] 11
Vocational rehab support puts asthmatic on university …

A Contemporary Decennial Examination Of Changing Agricultural Field Sizes Using Landsat Time Series Data, Emma V. White, David P. Roy

GSCE Faculty Publications

Field size distributions and their changes have not been studied over large areas as field size change datasets are not available. This study quantifies agricultural field size changes in a consistent manner using Landsat satellite data that also provide geographic context for the observed decadal scale changes. Growing season cloud-free Landsat 30 m resolution images acquired from 9 to 25 years apart were used to extract field object classifications at seven sites located by examination of a global agricultural yield map, agricultural production statistics, literature review, and analysis of the imagery in the US Landsat archive. High spatial resolution data …

Acrl Environmental Scan 2015 Presentation, Jeanne R. Davidson, Wayne Bivens-Tatum, Michelle Leonard

Library Conference Presentations and Posters

Every two years, the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee releases an environmental scan of higher education, including developments with the potential for continuing impact on academic libraries. The 2015 environmental scan provides a broad review of the current higher education landscape, with special focus on the state of academic and research libraries. The document builds on earlier ACRL reports, including the Top Trends in Academic Libraries. The 2015 environmental scan is freely available on the ACRL website (PDF). This presentation highlights key elements of the 2015 environmental scan.

Corn Use In South Dakota, Henry Brown, Matthew Diersen

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Spatial And Seasonal Responses Of Precipitation In The Ganges And Brahmaputra River Basins To Enso And Indian Ocean Dipole Modes: Implications For Flooding And Drought, M. S. Pervez, G. M. Henebry

Natural Resource Management Faculty Publications

We evaluated the spatial and seasonal responses of precipitation in the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins as modulated by the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) modes using Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) full data reanalysis of monthly global land-surface precipitation data from 1901 to 2010 with a spatial resolution of 0.5° × 0.5°. The GPCC monthly total precipitation climatology targeting the period 1951–2000 was used to compute gridded monthly anomalies for the entire time period. The gridded monthly anomalies were averaged for the years influenced by combinations of climate modes. Occurrences of El Niño alone significantly …

Triennial Report: 2012-2014, Geospatial Sciences Center Of Excellence

GSCE Triennial Reports

Triennial Report Purpose [Page] 3

Geographical Information Science Center of Excellence [Page] 5

SDSU Faculty [Page] 6

EROS Faculty [Page] 13

Research Professors [Page] 19

Postdoctoral Fellows [Page] 24

GSE Ph.D Program [Page] 36

Ph.D. Fellowships [Page] 37

Ph.D. Students [Page] 38

Recent Ph.D. Graduates [Page] 46

Masters Students [Page] 56

Previous Ph.D. Students [Page] 58

Center Scholars Program [Page] 59

Research Staff [Page] 60

Administrative and Information Technology Staff [Page] 62

Computer Resources [Page] 66

Research Funding [Page] 67

Glancing Back, Looking Forward [Page] 68

Appendix I Alumni Faculty and Staff

Appendix II Cool Faculty Research and Locations

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