Thomas R. Jordan

NAME:                  Jordan, Thomas R.
RANK:                   Project Coordinator
DEPARTMENT:  Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science, Geography
SCHOOL/COLLEGE: College of Arts and Sciences

EDUCATION:                      

B.S      1979    University of Georgia, Athens, Geography
M.A.    1981    University of Georgia, Athens, Geography, Photogrammetry
Ph.D.   2002    University of Georgia, Athens, Geography, Softcopy Photogrammetry

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: 

1979-1981       Technician, U.S. Dept of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Southern Piedmont Conservation Research Station, Watkinsville, GA

1981-1985       Research Coordinator I, CRMS, Department of Geography, University of Georgia

1985-1989       Research Coordinator II, CRMS, Department of Geography, University of Georgia

1989-1993       Information Analyst II, CRMS, Department of Geography, University of Georgia

1993-1995       Project Coordinator, CRMS, Department of Geography, University of Georgia

1995-2003       Associate Director for Geoinformatics, CRMS, Department of Geography, University of Georgia  

2003-present   Associate Director, CRMS, Department of Geography, University of Georgia

2004-present   Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia

RESEARCH INTERESTS:  Use of satellite and aerial photographs in digital formats for mapping and map revision tasks, softcopy photogrammetry, software development related to mapping, integration of GIS and remote sensing techniques for natural resource monitoring, digital elevation model generation and analysis techniques.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Sigma Xi Research Award for the outstanding Master's Thesis in Science at The University of Georgia, "Close Range Non-Metric Photogrammetry for Monitoring Stream Channel Erosion," 1982.

Secretary, Commission IV Working Group 6 - Landscape Modelling and Visualization, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, (2000-2004).

SELECTED RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:

Welch, R., M. Madden and T. Jordan, 2002.  Photogrammetric and GIS techniques for the development of vegetation databases of mountainous areas: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 57(1-2): 53-68.

Madden, M. and T. Jordan, 2001.  Spatiotemporal analysis and visualization in environmental studies, International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. 34, Part 4/W5: 71-72.

Welch, R., T. Jordan and M. Madden, 2000. GPS surveys, DEMs and scanned aerial photographs for GIS database construction and thematic mapping of Great Smoky Mountains National Park , International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. 33, Part B4/3: 1181-1183.

Welch R., T.R. Jordan, H. Lang and H. Murakami, 1998.  ASTER as a Source for Topographic Data in the Late 1990s, IEEE Transactions in Remote Sensing, Vol. 36, No. 4 (July), pp. 1282-1289.

Welch, R. and T.R. Jordan, 1997.  Comparative Mapping from High Resolution Satellite Images and Scanned Aerial Photographs.  Technical Papers of 1997 ACSM/ASPRS Annual Convention and Exposition, Seattle, April 7-10, Vol. 3, pp.483-484.

Welch, R. and T.R. Jordan, 1996a.  Digital Orthophoto Production in a Desktop Environment.  GIM Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 7 (July), pp. 26-27.

Welch, R. and T.R. Jordan, 1996b.  Using Scanned Air Photographs.  In Raster Imagery in Geographic Information Systems, ( S. Morain and S.L. Baros, eds), Onward Press, pp. 55-69.

Welch. R, A.W. Thomas, S.S. Fung and T.R. Jordan, 1995.  Photogrammetric Measurement of Ephemeral Gully Erosion.  ARS Publication #131, Agricultural Research Service, 78 pp.

Welch, R., T.R. Jordan and M. Ehlers, 1985. Comparative evaluations of the geodetic accuracy and cartographic potential of Landsat-4 and Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 51, No. 9, pp. 1249-1262.