Profile: Douglas J. King
Douglas J. King - Professor
- Degrees: B.A.Sc., M.Sc.F., Ph.D. (Toronto)
- Phone: 520-2560
- Email: doug_king@carleton.ca
- Office: B350A Loeb Building
- Web link: http://www.carleton.ca/~dking
Biography
Pioneered the development of multispectral airborne video and digital camera sensors in the 1980s and 1990s for local environmental applications. Imagery of pixel sizes ranging from 2cm to 1m is analyzed for spectral, textural, image fraction, and object characteristics related to individual tree, forest canopy, or wetland type and condition. Other fields of research include high-moderate resolution satellite and environmental data analysis for regional mapping. Current and recent research projects are: Modelling and mapping forest structural complexity; Hierarchical multi-scale wetland classification and productivity mapping; Species at risk habitat mapping (e.g. Hooded Warbler; Blanding’s Turtle); Forest response to the 1998 ice storm.
Note: Chair of Geography and Environmental Studies
Co-director of the Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Research Laboratory
2012- 2013 Courses
- GEOM 3002 [Air Photo Interpretation and Remote Sensing]
Recent Publications and Graduate Supervisions