| Name: |
Rick Rupp |
| Position |
Information Technology Coordinator |
| Department |
Crop and Soil Sciences |
| College |
Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences |
| Campus |
Pullman |
| Address |
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| Phone |
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| Email |
richard_rupp@wsu.edu |
| Web |
http://remotesens.css.wsu.edu |
| CEREO Theme |
Sustainability and the Environment |
| Specialty |
geographic information systems |
| Env Courses |
SoilS 368 Introduction to ArcGIS; Soils 468 ArcGIS and Geospatial Analysis; LA 525 Landscape Analysis |
| Env Research |
I use remote sensing and GIS technologies to model soils in wilderness areas. I use remote sensing to develop indices to determine the level of vegetative cover in agricultural fields. I am developing an online Weeds database & mapping application for Washington State. |
| Env Outreach |
I give presentations around campus on GIS. I advise 4H clubs on the use of GIS and GPS. |
| Keywords |
conservation/erosion, education, farms/small acreage, land/land use, modeling, soil, weeds/weed issues |