Department of Botany, 3165
Aven Nelson Room 114
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 1-307-766-4207
Fax: 1-307-766-2851
Email: botany@uwyo.edu
B Sc: Physics, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, India, 1987
RNEW 4990: Digital Image Processing for Natural Resource Management
Use of remotely sensed data collected from aerial and satellite platforms for mapping and monitoring natural resources.
Mapping Wyoming shrublands with aerial and satellite imagery
Mapping locust habitats in Central Asia with satellite imagery
Monitoring crop growth using high resolution aerial imagery
Mapping and monitoring water bodies using satellite imagery and data fusion methods.
Sivanpillai, R., Claypool, D.A., Siloju, R., 2012. Relating AEROCam-derived NDVI to apparent soil electrical conductivity (ECa) for corn fields in Wyoming, USA. Remote Sensing Letters 3(1):49-56
Edmunds, J., Tootle, G., Kerr, G., Sivanpillai, R., Pochop, L., 2012. Glacier variability (1967-2006) in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (Article in press: DOI: 10.1111 ⁄ j.1752-1688.2011.00607.x)
Zhang, X., Kim, H., Streeter, C., Claypool D.A., Sivanpillai, R., Seelan, S. Near Real-Time Meter-Resolution Airborne Imagery for Precision Agriculture: AEROCam. GeoCarto International (Article in press: DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2011.600463)
Sivanpillai, R., Miller, S.N., 2010. Improvements in mapping water bodies using ASTER satellite data. Ecological informatics 5(1):73-78
Sivanpillai, R., Prager, S.D., Storey, T.O., 2009. Estimating sagebrush cover in semi-arid environments using Landsat data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 11(2):102-106
Department of Botany, 3165
Aven Nelson Room 114
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 1-307-766-4207
Fax: 1-307-766-2851
Email: botany@uwyo.edu