Publications



Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Siebeneck, L. K., R. M. Medina, I. Yamada, and G. F. Hepner (in press) Spatial and temporal analyses of terrorist incidents in Iraq, 2004-2006. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.

Cova, T.J., Drews, F.A., Siebeneck, L.K. and Musters, A. (in press) Protective actions in wildfires: evacuate or shelter-in-place? Natural Hazards Review.

Siebeneck, L.K. and Cova, T.J. (2008) An assessment of the return-entry process for Hurricane Rita 2005. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 26(2).

Medina, R., and G. F. Hepner. (2008) Geospatial analysis of dynamic terrorist networks. In Values and Violence: Intangible Aspects of Terrorism, eds. I. Karawan, W. McCormack and S. E. Reynolds. Berlin: Springer

Dennison, P.E., M.A. Moritz, and R.S. Taylor, 2008. Examining predictive models of chamise critical live fuel moisture in the Santa Monica Mountains, California. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 17, 18-27.

Dennison, P.E., Cova, T.J., and Moritz, M.A. (2007) WUIVAC: A wildland urban interface evacuation model applied in strategic wildfire scenarios. Natural Hazards, in press.

VanLooy, J.A., and Cova, T.J. (2007) GIS-based indices for comparing airline flight-path vulnerability to volcanoes. Professional Geographer , 59(1): 74-86.

Dennison, P.E. (2006) Fire detection in imaging spectrometer data using atmospheric carbon dioxide absorption. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27: 3049-3055.

Xu B., P. Gong, E. Seto, S. Liang, C. H. Yang, S. Wen, D. C. Qiu, X. G. Gu and R. Spear, (2006) A spatial temporal model for assessing the effects of inter-village connectivity in schistosomiasis transmission. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 96(1):31-46.

Dennison, P.E., Charoensiri K., Roberts, D.A., Peterson, S.H., and Green, R.O. (2006) Wildfire temperature and land cover modeling using hyperspectral data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 100: 212-222.

Kim, T.H., Cova, T.J., and Brunelle, A. (2006) Exploratory map animation for post-event analysis of wildfire protective action recommendations. Natural Hazards Review, 7(1): 1-11.

Dennison, P.E., Roberts, D.A., Peterson, S.H., and Rechel, J. (2005) Use of normalized difference water index for monitoring live fuel moisture. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26: 1035-1042.

Cova, T.J., Dennison, P.E., Kim, T.H., and Moritz, M.A. (2005) Setting wildfire evacuation trigger-points using fire spread modeling and GIS. Transactions in GIS, 9(4): 603-617.

Cova, T.J. (2005) Public safety in the urban-wildland interface: Should fire-prone communities have a maximum occupancy? Natural Hazards Review, 6(3): 99-108.

Xu B., P. Gong, G. Biging, S. Liang, E. Seto and R. Spear (2004) Snail density prediction for schistosomiasis control using IKONOS and ASTER images. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 70(11): 1285-1294.

Cova, T.J., Sutton, P.A, Theobald, D.M. (2004) Exurban change detection in fire-prone areas with nighttime satellite imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 70: 1249-1257.

Cova, T.J., and Conger, S. (2004) Transportation hazards. in Handbook of Transportation Engineering, M. Kutz (ed.), pp. 17.1-17.24.

Cova, T.J., and Johnson, J.P. (2003) A network flow model for lane-based evacuation routing. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 37: 579-604.

Cova, T.J. and Johnson, J.P. (2002) Microsimulation of neighborhood evacuations in the urban-wildland interface. Environment and Planning A, 34: 2211-2229.

Radke, J., Cova, T.J., Sheridan, M.F., Troy, A., Lan, M., and Johnson, R. (2000) Application challenges for GIScience: implications for research, education, and policy for risk assessment, emergency preparedness and response. Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) Journal, 12: 15-30.

Cova, T.J. (1999) GIS in emergency management. In: Geographical Information Systems: Principles, Techniques, Applications, and Management, P.A. Longley, M.F. Goodchild, D.J. Maguire, D.W. Rhind (eds.), John Wiley & Sons, New York, pp. 845-858.

Finco, M., and Hepner, G.F. (1999) Industrial location comparison using a GIS-based model of vulnerability. Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, 26(4): 243-252.

Finco, M., and Hepner, G.F. (1999) Environmental hazards on the US-Mexico border. In Geosystems Today: An Interactive Casebook, R. Ford and J. Hipple (eds.), John Wiley and Sons (New York).

Ridd, M.K. (1998) A comparison of four algorithms for change detection in an urban environment - a remote sensing perspective. Remote Sensing of Environment, 63(2): 95-100.

Finco, M., and Hepner, G.F. (1998) Modeling agricultural nonpoint source sediment yield in the Imperial Valley, California. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 64(11): 1097-1105.

Cannon, S.J., Kontuly, T., and Miller, H.J. (1998) GIS-based emergency response planning in a Mexico/U.S. border community. Applied Geographic Studies, 2(2): 111-130.

Lowry, J.H., Miller, H.J., Hepner, G.F. (1995) A GIS-based sensitivity analysis of community vulnerability to hazardous contaminants on the Mexico/U.S. border. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 61(11): 1345-1404.

Hepner, G.F. (1995) Modeling dense gaseous contaminant pathways over complex terrain using a geographic information system. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 42(2): 187-199.

Ridd, M. (1995) Exploring a V-I-S (vegetation-impervious surface-soil) model for urban ecosystem analysis through remote sensing: comparative anatomy for cities. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16(12):2165-2185.

Emmi, P.C., and Horton, C.A. (1995)A monte-carlo simulation of error propagation in a GIS-based assessment of siesmic risk. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, 9(4): 447-461.

Bowen, M., Kontuly, T., and Hepner, G.F. (1995) Estimating maquiladora hazardous waste generation on the U.S./Mexico border. Journal of Environmental Management, 19(2):281-296.

Fisher, A. L. (1985) Voluntary labor, Utah, the L.D.S. church, and the floods of 1983: A case study. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 33(3):53-74.

Theses

Naisbitt, Adam (2008) Avalanche frequency and magnitude: using power-law exponents to investigate snow-avalanche size proportions through time and space, M.S. Thesis (R.R. Forster, Chair).

Siebeneck, L.K. (2007) An assessment of the return-entry process for Hurricane Rita, 2005. M.S. Thesis (T.J. Cova, Chair).

Johnson, J.P. (2007) Microsimulation of neighborhood-scale evacuations. M.S. Thesis (T.J. Cova, Chair).

Minton White, D. (2006) Chronic technological hazard: the case of agricultural pesticides in the Imperial Valley, California. Ph.D. dissertation (G.F. Hepner, Chair).

Atwood, G. (2006) Shoreline superelevation: evidence of coastal processes of Great Salt Lake, Utah. Ph.D. Disseration (K.A. Moser, Chair).

Chang, W. (2004) An activity-based approach for modeling evacuation under wildfires. M.S. Thesis (T.J. Cova, Chair).

Bolser, J. (2004) A Development Response to Santaquin City's Natural Disasters. M.S. Technical Report (G.F. Hepner, Chair).

Hernandez, M.W. (2004) A Procedural Model for Developing a GIS-Based Multiple Natural Hazard Assessment: Case Study-Southern Davis County, Utah. Ph.D. Dissertation (M.K. Ridd, Chair).

Pratt, T. (2001) Predicting Pinyon-Juniper woodland fire intensity using Landsat thematic mapper. M.S. Thesis (M.K. Ridd, chair).

White, S.W. (2001) Geographic visualization of surficial hydrologic processes during the 1993 Midwest floods. Ph.D. Dissertation (M.K. Ridd, Chair).

McNeally, P.B. (2000) Avalanche slide path stability modeling. M.S. Thesis, (H.J. Miller, Chair).

Swartling, E.K. (1997) Bilingual GIS: An industrial hazards interface for the US/Mexico border. M.S. Technical Report (G.F. Hepner, Chair).

Bishop, E.J. (1997) Application of GIS to estimate losses from surface fault rupture Salt Lake County, Utah. M.S. Thesis (P.C. Emmi, Chair).

Cannon, S.J. (1996) Emergency response planning along the U.S.-Mexico border using a GIS. M.S. Thesis (T. Kontuly, Chair).

Romney, J.A. (1996) Detection of abandoned mines utilizing multitiered remote sensing. M.A. Thesis (M.K. Ridd, Chair).

Borgione, J.V. (1995) Network analysis and dam safety inspections in Utah. M.S. Thesis.

Bowen, M.M. (1995) Estimating maquiladora hazardous waste generation. M.S. Thesis (T. Kontuly, Chair).

Lowry, J.H. (1994) An assessment of community vulnerability to hazardous contaminants using a GIS. M.S. Thesis (H.J. Miller, Chair).

Horton, C.A. (1993) Earthquake risk: a GIS-based model and sensitivity analysis, Salt Lake County, Utah. Ph.D. Dissertation (P.C. Emmi, Chair).

Poreda, S. (1992) Vegetation recovery and dynamics following the Wasatch Mountain Fire (1990) Midway, Utah. M.S. Thesis (L. Wullstein, Chair).

Birch, T.C. (1991) Proposed seismic multi-hazard reduction plan for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints educational system's released time seminaries in the Salt Lake Valley. M.A. Thesis (F. May, Chair).

Keate, N.S. (1991) Debris flows in southern Davis County, Utah. M.S. Thesis (F. May, Chair).

Barnes, B.S. (1991) Hazard analysis for wildlife in the urban/wildland interface of Emigration Canyon, Utah. M.S. Thesis (M.K. Ridd, Chair).

McCurdy, K.D. (1990) Human adjustments to snow avalanche hazards in upper Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah 1870-1990. M.S. Thesis.

McCandless, A.G. (1986) Natural hazard assessment of Sandy City and vicinity: a study in applied geomorphology. M.S. Thesis (M.K. Ridd, Chair).

Williams, G.W. (1981) Geomorphic and geotechnical considerations relating to foothill development in Davis County, Utah. M.S. Thesis (M.K. Ridd, Chair).