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Don Rundquist

Donald C. Rundquist


Hi, I’m Don Rundquist, professor with the School of Natural Resources and Conservation and Survey Division and director of the Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT).

I’ve been involved in research and teaching of remote sensing at the university level since the early 1970s. My special interests are in high resolution (spatial and spectral) remote sensing of surface waters and vegetation, field procedures and technologies and remote sensing as it relates to agriculture.

My recent research involves airborne remote sensing (using CALMIT’s state-of-the-art “AISA” hyperspectral imager) of cropland agriculture and surface waters; close-range sensing of cropland vegetation and surface waters; and remote sensing (via aircraft and satellite) as well as close-range sensing of coral-reef and sea-grass communities.

Through this work we hope to improve the utility of remote sensing in monitoring crops, lakes and ponds, and coastal systems. I would like to see even further implementation of remote sensing as a practical tool. In the future, I expect that we will see continued improvements in the spatial and spectral resolutions of satellite sensors, timeliness and delivery of satellite data, locational accuracy of images and sensitivity of sensors.

I have a bachelor’s degree in geography from the University of Wisconsin in Whitewater, a master’s degree in geography from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Personnel Information

Name Donald C. Rundquist
University Title Professor
SNR Title Promotion and Tenure Committee, Chair
Additional Title Director of Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT)
Address 307 Hardin Hall, Lincoln NE 68583-0973
Affiliation (index) CALMIT
Phone 402-472-7536
Fax 402-472-2946
Email drundquist1@unl.edu
Related Websites http://www.calmit.unl.edu/rundquist/rundquist.html
http://www.calmit.unl.edu/opportunities.htm

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Key Publications

  • Mishra, D. R., S. Narumalani, R. Bahl, D. Rundquist, and M. Lawson, 2006, Predicting the percent live cover of corals: An in situ remote sensing approach, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L06603, doi:10.1029/2005GL025056.
  • Gitelson, A. A., A. Via, S. B. Verma, D. C. Rundquist, T. J. Arkebauer, G. Keydan, B. Leavitt, V. Ciganda, G. G. Burba, and A. E. Suyker ,2006. Relationship between gross primary production and chlorophyll content in crops: Implications for the synoptic monitoring of vegetation productivity, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D08S11, doi:10.1029/2005JD006017.
  • Dall'Olmo, G., A. Gitelson, D. Rundquist, B. Leavitt, T. Barrow, and J. Holz, 2005. Estimation of chlorophyll concentration in case-2 productive waters using existing ocean color sensors: calibration, validation, and radiometric considerations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 96:176-187.
  • Mishra, D., S. Narumalani, D. Rundquist, and M. Lawson, 2005. High resolution ocean color remote sensing of benthic habitats: a case study at Roatan Island, Honduras. IEEE Transactions in Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 43(7):1592-1604.
  • Rundquist, D., R. Perk, B. Leavitt, G. Keydan, and A. Gitelson, 2004. Collecting spectral data over cropland vegetation using machine positioning versus hand-held positioning of the sensor. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 43, 173-178.

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