David e. tenenbaum, Ph.D.

Research Affiliate
Assistant Professor of Geographic Information Science
Department of Environmental, Earth and Ocean Science
University of Massachusetts Boston

Tel: 617-287-7396
Fax: 617-287-7474
Email: david.tenenbaum@umb.edu
Web:  http://www.es.umb.edu/facstaff/tenenbaum.htm

Information

Education:

• Hon. B.Sc., Double Majors in Physical and Environmental Geography and Environment in Society, University of Toronto
• M.Sc., Graduate Department of Geography, University of Toronto
• Ph.D., Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Expertise:

• Watershed hydrology, focussing upon the spatial distribution of hydrological processes and hydroecological simulation
• Geographic infomation science, including digital terrain analysis, code development and application customization, integration of remotely sensed data
• Remote sensing of vegetation properties for assessing surface moisture condition
• Development of landscape representations for spatially-distributed models of ecosystem processes
• Assessment of drought conditions using indicators derived from moderate resolution imagery
• Instream flow needs

Publications

• Complete list

Ongoing Research Activities

• Development of ecohydrology (instream flow needs) standards for agricultural watersheds in Canada
• Analysis of soil moisture dynamics in urbanizing catchments using high-resolution LIDAR digital elevation datasets
• Characterization of controls on surface moisture conditions in mixed land use landscapes using moderate resolution multispectral imagery

Affiliations and Memberships:

• American Association of Geographers (AAG)
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Affilate, Department of Geography, University of Victoria

Honours and Awards:

• Canadian Government Laboratory Visiting Fellowship
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth System Science Fellowship
• National Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship B
• National Sciences and Engineering Research Council Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship
• Honours Bachelor of Science conferred with Distinction