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Center for
Health Applications of Aerospace Related Technologies (CHAART)
JCWS, MS 242-4
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035
Tel: 415-604-5896
Email: lrbeck@gaia.arc.nasa.gov
Vitae
Education
University of California, Berkeley MA 1986 Environmental Planning
University of California, Berkeley AB 1975 Physical Geography
Professional Experience
Jan 1990 - JCWS, NASA Ames Research Center, Research Scientist
Dec 1986-Dec 1989 Arizona Remote Sensing Center, Univ. Of Arizona, Research Associate
Jan 1977-Nov 1986 Remote Sensing Research Program, Univ of California, Associate
Specialist
Research Interests
Resarch and applications of remote sensing and geographical information system
technologies to characterize and model environmental changes associated with emerging and
re-emerging diseases
Previous Research
Use of multi-resolution, multispectral remote sensing data for monitoring
riverine recessional agriculture in Senegal and Mauritania
Analysis of land surface parameter variability and climate in southwestern North America
Analysis of airborne and laboratory spectral data for determining the effects of trace
element stress on wetland plant spectral response
Development and testing of a small grains acreage estimation technique in support of a
multi-agency consortium; specified non-parametric procedures for spectral discrimination
of agricultural crops
 | Selected Publications
 | Beck, L.R., B.L. Wood and S.W. Dister (1995). Remote sensing and GIS: New tools
for mapping human health, GeoInfo Systems, 5(9), 32-37. |
| Rodriguez, A.D., M.H. Rodriguez, J.E. Hernandez, S.W. Dister, L.R. Beck, E.
Rejmankova, and D.R. Roberts (in press). Landscape surrounding human settlements and
malaria mosquito abundance in southern Chiapas, Mexico, J. Med Ent. |
| Beck, L.R., M.H. Rodriguez, S.W. Dister, A.D. Rodriguez, E. Rejmankova, A. Ulloa,
R.A. Meza, D.R. Roberts, J.F. Paris, M.A. Spanner, R.K. Washino, C. Hacker and L.J.
Legters (1994). Remote sensing as a landscape epidemiologic tool to identify villages at
high risk for malaria transmission, Am J Trop Med Hyg, 51(3), 271-280. |
| Lawless, J.G., B.L. Wood, L.R. Beck and S.W. Dister (1994). Remote sensing: An
innovative tool for public health, Space Times, 33(1), 3-5. |
| Rossi, R.E., J.L. Dungan and L.R. Beck (1994). Kriging in the shadows:
Geostatistical interpolation for remote sensing, Remote Sensing Environment, 49, 32-40. |
| Wood, B.L., L.R> Beck, S.W. Dister and M.A. Spanner (1994). The global
monitoring and disease prediction program, Sistema Terra, 6, 38-39. |
| Marsh, S.E., J.L. Walsh, C.T. Lee, L.R. Beck and C.F. Hutchinson (1992).
Comparison of multi-temporal NOAA-AVHRR and SPOT-XS satellite data for mapping land cover
dynamics in the West African Sahel, Int J Remote Sensing, 13(16), 2997-3016. |
| Wood, B.L., L.R. Beck, J.G. Lawless and J.F. Vesecky (1992). Preliminary
considerations for a small satellite to monitor environmental change associated with
vector-borne disease, J Imaging Science and Technol, 36(5), 431-439. |
| Wood, B.L., L.R. Beck, R.K. Washino, K. Hibbard and J.S. Salute (1992).
Estimating high mosquito-producing rice fields using spectral and spatial data, Int J
Remote Sensing, 13(15), 2813-2826. |
| Wood, B.L., L.R. Beck, R. Washino, S. Palchick and P. Sebesta (1991). Spectral
and spatial characterization of rice field mosquito habitat, Int J Remote Sensing, 12(3),
621-626.
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