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Joseph F. Knight
Assistant Professor

Geospatial Information Technology

Office: 301E Green Hall
Phone: (612) 625-5354
Fax: (612) 625-5212
E-mail: jknight@umn.edu

Areas of Interest

My research focuses on using geospatial information technologies such as remote sensing, image processing, geographic information systems (GIS), and the global positioning system (GPS) in applications such as the following:

• Identifying and characterizing natural and anthropogenic landscape change using multispectral and multitemporal image data to assess impacts on water quality and the extents of forest and agricultural lands.
• Developing methods to identify harmful algal blooms (HABs) in estuarine and riverine areas using hyperspectral image data.
• Thematic accuracy assessment methods development.
• Wetland characterization

Courses Taught

• FR 3262/5262 Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and Environment (co-taught), 4 credits
• FR 5615 Field Remote Sensing and Resource Survey (at Cloquet), 2 credits
• ESPM 1011 Issues in the Environment (co-taught), 3 credits