David A. Mouat

Associate Research Professor

Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences

Email: David.Mouat@dri.edu

Education

Professional Interests

Dr. Mouat is an arid lands geoecologist and remote sensing specialist with over 30 years experience as a research scientist. Pioneering techniques in using terrain correlation to discriminate vegetation and habitat (the subject of his dissertation) he has applied this hypothesis to land capability and condition assessment, vegetation and habitat mapping, and land degradation assessment. He has made extensive use of remote sensing systems including Landsat TM and the Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS). Recently, he managed the interagency Biodiversity Research Consortium (BRC) investigations involving alternative futures analyses of military installations including the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and the several installations in the California Mojave Desert. He was Principal Investigator for the recently completed Alternative Futures for the Upper San Pedro River Watershed, Arizona and Sonora, which will soon be published as a book by Island Press (Steinitz, et al. 2002). He is currently Principal Investigator of an alternative futures analysis project for Southwest California, which includes the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. This project has just been expanded to include an air quality assessment. Dr. Mouat is actively involved in the development of desertification assessment techniques especially those which integrate environmental variables and remote sensing. These assessments are focused on case studies in the U.S., China, Namibia, and elsewhere. He serves on remote sensing symposia committees and is a reviewer of papers and proposals for journals and government organizations.

Selected Publications

Mouat, D. (Senior editor). 2003:

"Proceedings of Desertification 2002 Symposium: Connecting Science with Community Action." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Special Issue.

Mouat, D., J. Lancaster, and V. Ward, 2003:

Alternative Ways to Combat Desertification. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Special Issue of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. In Prep.

Steinitz, C., H. Arias, S. Bassett, M. Flaxman, T. Goode, T. Maddock III, D. Mouat, R. Peiser,

and A. Shearer, 2002:Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes: The Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora. Island Press, Covelo, CA., 200p. In Press.

Mouat, D.A. and J. Lancaster. 2002:

Desertification Impacts on Landscapes, Biodiversity and Human Populations. In: R. Lal (ed.), Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Dekker, New York, pp. 335-339.

Mouat, D., S. Bassett, and J. Lancaster, 2002:

"Water Source and Linear Oasis: Assessing Alternative Futures for the Kuiseb River Basin, Namibia," in Proceedings of Alternative Ways to Combat Desertification: Connecting Community Action with Science and Common Sense (Capetown, S.A.). Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, Windhoek, S.A.

Mouat, D.A. and J. Lancaster. 2000:

"The role of remote sensing in a strategy to monitor and mitigate societal impacts of desertification," in Proceedings: 28th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Cape Town, South Africa (27-31 March 2000). Invited keynote presentation.

Brunckhorst D. and D. Mouat (eds.). 2000:

Proceedings, International Symposium on Landscape Futures. University of New England, Armidale, Australia.

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