Research

Links to Publications 

Detecting historic tar kilns and tar production sites using high-resolution, aerial LiDAR-derived digital elevation models: Introducing the Tar Kiln Feature Detection workflow (TKFD) using open-access R and FIJI software. Snitker, G., Moser, J.D., Southerlin, B., Stewart, C., 2022. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 41, 103340.

Semantic segmentation of archaeological features on public lands – Case study of historical cotton terraces within the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge, GA, USA. Gravel-Miguel, C., Snitker, G., Hirniak, J., Peck, K., Fetterhoff, A. 2024. Manuscript in revision at Advances in Archaeological Practice.

Traditional field metrics and terrestrial LiDAR predict plant richness in southern pine forests.  C.T. Anderson, S.L. Dietz, S.M. Pokswinski, A.M. Jenkins, M.J. Kaeser, J.K. Hiers, B.D. Pelc, Forest Ecology and Management, 2021.

A simplified and affordable approach to forest monitoring using single terrestrial laser scans and transect sampling Scott Pokswinski, Michael R. Gallagher, Nicholas S. Skowronski, E. Louise Loudermilk, Christie Hawley, Derek Wallace, Alexis Everland, Jon Wallace, J. Kevin Hiers, MethodsX, 2021.

Estimation of Plot-Level Burn Severity Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning Michael R. Gallagher, Aaron E. Maxwell, Luis Andrés Guillén, Alexis Everland, E. Louise Loudermilk, Nicholas S. Skowronski, MDPI, 2021

Terrestrial laser scan metrics predict surface vegetation biomass and consumption in a frequently burned southeastern U.S. ecosystem E. Louise Loudermilk, Scott Pokswinski, Christie M. Hawley, Aaron Maxwell, Michael Gallagher, Nicholas Skowronski, Andrew T. Hudak, Chad Hoffman, J. Kevin Hiers, bioRxiv, 2023