Publications
Professional Publications
Huang, S., P.M. Rich, R.L. Crabtree, C.S. Potter, and P. Fu. 2008. Modeling monthly near-surface air temperature from solar radiation and lapse rate: application over complex terrain in Yellowstone National Park, USA. Physical Geography 29: 158-178. pdf
Zou, C.B., D.D. Breshears, B.D. Newman, B.P. Wilcox, M.O. Gard, and P.M. Rich. 2008. Soil water dynamics under low- versus high- ponderosa pine tree density: ecohydrological functioning and restoration implications. Ecohydrology. 1:309-315. pdf
Rich, P.M., D.D. Breshears, and A.B. White. 2008. Phenology of mixed woody-herbaceous ecosystems following extreme events: net and differential responses. Special Feature on Phenology. Ecology 89:342-352. pdf
Weiss, S.B., P.M. Rich, and A.E. Launer. 2008. San Francisquito Creek Habitat Monitoring Project Final Report. Creekside Center for Earth Observation Report. pdf (report, 1.9MB) pdf (appendix, 2.2 MB)
Bollinger, J.S., P.M. Rich, P.M., B. Bhaduri, and D.R. Bleakly. 2007. A brief history of geospatial science in the Department of Energy. Journal of Map and Geography Libraries , "Special Issue on Department of Energy (DOE) Geospatial Science Innovations" 4:5-28. pdf
Carr, T.R., P.M. Rich, and J.D. Bartley. 2007. The NATCARB geoportal: linking distributed data from the Carbon Sequestration Regional Partnerships. Journal of Map and Geography Libraries , "Special Issue on Department of Energy (DOE) Geospatial Science Innovations" 4:131-147. pdf
Rich, P.M., J.S. Bollinger, B. Bhaduri, and D.R. Bleakly. 2007. Perspective on Department of Energy geospatial science: past, present, and future. Journal of Map and Geography Libraries , "Special Issue on Department of Energy (DOE) Geospatial Science Innovations" 4:29-58. pdf
Witkowski, M.S., P.M. Rich, and G.N. Keating. 2007. Metrics of success for Enterprise GIS. Journal of Map and Geography Libraries , "Special Issue on Department of Energy (DOE) Geospatial Science Innovations" 4:59-82. pdf
Goodchild, M.F., P. Fu, and P.M. Rich . 2007. Geographic information sharing: the case of the Geospatial One-Stop portal. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 97: 250-266. pdf
Mynard, C.R., G.N. Keating, and P.M. Rich. 2007. GIS community mutualism pays off in a New Mexico fire emergency. Chapter 2. Fostering Collaboration and Communication, pp. 39-49 In: Christopher Thomas (ed). Standards for Success: GIS for Federal Progress and Accountability. ESRI Press, Redlands, CA. pdf
Breshears, D.D., N.S. Cobb, P.M. Rich, K.P. Price, C.D. Allen, R.G. Balice, W.H. Romme, J.H. Kastens., M.L. Floyd, J. Belnap, J.J. Anderson, O.B. Myers, and C.W. Meyer. 2005. Regional vegetation die-off in response to global-change type drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102(42):15144-15148. pdf
Mynard, C.R., G.N. Keating, and P.M. Rich . 2005. GIS emergency support for the May 2000 Cerro Grande Wildfire, Los Alamos, NM. Journal of Emergency Management 3:19-28. pdf
Rich, P.M., L.H.Z. Weintraub, M.E. Ewers, T.L. Riggs, and C.J. Wilson. 2005. Decision support for water planning: the ZeroNet water-energy initiative. Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers - Environmental & Water Resources Institute (ASCE-EWRI) "World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2005: Impacts of Global Climate Change", May 15-19, Anchorage, AK. LA-UR-05-1068. pdf
Wang, J., P.M. Rich, K.P. Price and W.D. Kettle. 2005. Relations between NDVI, grassland production, and crop yield. Geocarto International 20:1-7. pdf
Weintraub, L.H.Z., L. Chen, P.M. Rich, J. Herr, and R. Goldstein. 2005. Assessment of climate change and water management in the San Juan Basin. Proceedings of the AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference, Seattle, Washington, November 7-10, 2005. LA-UR-05-5610. pdf
Wang, J., P.M. Rich, K.P. Price and W.D. Kettle. 2004. Relations between NDVI and tree productivity in the central Great Plains. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25:3127-3138. pdf
Keating, G.N., P.M. Rich, and M.S. Witkowski. 2003. Challenges for enterprise GIS. URISA 15:23-36. pdf
Mynard, C.R., G.N. Keating, P.M. Rich, and D. Bleakly. 2003. GIS emergency support for the May 2000 Cerro Grande Wildfire, Los Alamos, New Mexico. LA-14007-MS. pdf
Witkowski, M.S., P.M. Rich, and G.N. Keating. 2003. A Prototype for Enterprise GIS, Los Alamos National Laboratory Report, LA-14027, Los Alamos, NM. pdf
Wang, J., P.M. Rich, and K.P. Price. 2003. Temporal responses of NDVI to precipitation and temperature in the central Great Plains, USA. International Journal of Remote Sensing 24:2345-2364. pdf
Fu, P., and P.M. Rich . 2002. A geometric solar radiation model with applications in agriculture and forestry. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 37:25-35. pdf
Keating, G.N., P.M. Rich, and M.S. Witkowski. 2002. Challenges for enterprise GIS in post-wildfire hazard mitigation and emergency response. Los Alamos National Laboratory Report, LA-13930-MS, Los Alamos, NM. pdf
Wang, J., K.P. Price, and P.M. Rich . 2001. Spatial patterns of NDVI in response to precipitation and temperature in the central Great Plains. International Journal of Remote Sensing 22: 3827-3844. pdf
Rich, P.M. and P. Fu. 2000. Enlightenment for mapping systems: solar radiation models look to the sun for answers. Resource Magazine 6(2):7-8. pdf
Rich, P.M. and P. Fu. 2000. Topoclimatic habitat models. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling. pdf
Fu, P., P.M. Rich, and J. Wang. 2000. Integration of GIS with user models. Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual ESRI User Conference. pdf
Fu, P. and P.M. Rich . 2000. The Solar Analyst user manual. Helios Environmental Modeling Institute, USA. pdf
Fu, P. and P.M. Rich . 2000. A geometric solar radiation model and its applications in agriculture and forestry. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry. I-357-364. pdf
Kettle, W.D., P.M. Rich, K. Kindscher, G.L Pittman, and P. Fu. 2000. Land-use history considerations in ecosystem restoration: a 40-year study in the prairie-forest ecotone. Restoration Ecology 8(3):307-317. pdf
Rich, P.M., J. Wood, D.A. Vieglais, K. Burek, and N. Webb. 1999. Guide to HemiView: software for analysis of hemispherical photography. Delta-T Devices, Ltd. , Cambridge, England. pdf
Fu, P. and P.M. Rich. 1999. TopoView user manual. Helios Environmental Modeling Institute, USA. pdf
Fu, P. and P.M. Rich. 1999. Design and implementation of the Solar Analyst: an ArcView extension for modeling solar radiation at landscape scales. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual ESRI User Conference. pdf
Yao, J., R.D. Holt, P.M. Rich, and W.S. Marshall. 1999. Woody plant colonization in an experimentally fragmented habitat. Ecography 22:715-728. pdf
Sanchez, A., P.M. Rich, T. Peterson, J. Jimenez, and M. Anthony. 1998. Proceedings of the Costa Rica Workshop on Management of Geospatial Metadata, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Breshears, D.D., P.M. Rich, F.J. Barnes, and K. Campbell. 1997. Overstory-imposed heterogeneity in solar radiation and soil moisture in a semiarid woodland. Ecological Applications 7:1201-1215. pdf
Chen, J.M., P.M. Rich, S.T. Gower, J.M. Norman, and S. Plummer. 1997. Leaf area index of boreal forests: theory, techniques, and measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, BOREAS Special Issue 102(D24):29429-29444. pdf
Fournier, R.A., P.M. Rich, and R. Landry. 1997. Hierarchical characterization of canopy architecture for boreal forest. Journal of Geophysical Research, BOREAS Special Issue 102(D24):29445-29454. pdf
Bellingham, P.J., E.V.J. Tanner, P.M. Rich, and T.C.R. Goodland. 1996. Changes in light below the canopy of a Jamaican montane rain forest after a hurricane. Journal of Tropical Ecology 12:699-722. pdf
Clark, D.B., D.A. Clark, P.M. Rich, S.B. Weiss , and S.F. Oberbauer. 1996. Landscape-scale evaluation of understory light and canopy structure: methods and application in a neotropical lowland rain forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 26:747-757. pdf
Dubayah, R. and P.M. Rich . 1996. GIS-based solar radiation modeling. pp 129-134 In: M.F. Goodchild, L.T. Steyaert, B.O. Parks. C. Johnston, D. Maidment, M. Crane, and S. Glendinning (eds). GIS and environmental modeling: progress and research issues. GIS World Books. Fort Collins, CO. pdf
Rich, P.M., N.M. Holbrook, and N. Luttinger. 1995. Leaf development and crown geometry of two iriarteoid palms. American Journal of Botany 82:328-336. pdf
Rich, P.M., W.A. Hetrick, S.C. Saving. 1995. Modeling topographic influences on solar radiation: a manual for the SOLARFLUX model. Los Alamos National Laboratory Report LA-12989M. pdf
Rich, P.M., J. Chen, S.J. Sulatycki, R. Vashisht, and W.S. Wachspress. 1995. Calculation of leaf area index and other canopy indices from gap fraction: a manual for the LAICALC software. Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program Open File Report. Univ of Kansas. Lawrence, KS. pdf
Dubayah, R. and P.M. Rich . 1995. Topographic solar radiation models for GIS. International Journal of Geographic Information Systems 9:405-419. pdf
Fournier, R.A., P.M. Rich, Y.R. Alger, V.L. Peterson, R. Landry, and N.M. August. 1995. Canopy architecture of boreal forests: links between remote sensing and ecology. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Technical Papers, Vol. 2. pp 225-235.
Price, K.P., P.M. Rich, and R.L. O'Neal. 1995. Deriving high resolution canopy digital elevation models. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Technical Papers, Vol. 2. pp 281-289.
Rich, P.M., R. Dubayah, W.A. Hetrick, and S.C. Saving. 1994. Using viewshed models to calculate intercepted solar radiation: applications in ecology. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Technical Papers. pp 524-529. pdf
Saving, S.C., W.A. Hetrick, P.M. Rich, A.D. Weiss, S.B. Weiss . 1994. Physiographic inventory methodology. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual ESRI User Conference.
Rich, P.M., D.A. Clark, D.B. Clark, and S.F. Oberbauer. 1993. Long-term study of solar radiation regimes in a tropical wet forest using quantum sensors and hemispherical photography. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 65:107-127. pdf
Rich, P.M., G.S. Hughes, and F.J. Barnes. 1993. Using GIS to reconstruct canopy architecture and model ecological processes in pinyon-juniper woodlands. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual ESRI User Conference, Volume 2. pp 435-445. pdf
Chapman, S.B., W.D. Kettle, and P.M. Rich . 1993. Assessing shrub distribution and impact in tallgrass prairie using aerial and ground-based mapping. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Technical Papers, Vol 2, Remote Sensing. pp 13-20. pdf
Clark, D.B., D.A. Clark, and P.M. Rich . 1993. Comparative analysis of microhabitat utilization by saplings of nine tree species in neotropical rain forest. Biotropica 25:397-407. pdf
Hetrick, W.A., P.M. Rich, and F.J. Barnes, and S.B. Weiss . 1993. GIS-based solar radiation flux models. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Technical Papers, Vol 3 GIS Photogrammetry and Modeling. pp 132-143. pdf
Hetrick, W.A., P.M. Rich, and S.B. Weiss . 1993. Modeling insolation on complex surfaces. Thirteenth Annual ESRI User Conference, Volume 2. pp 447-458. pdf
Oberbauer, S.F., D.B. Clark, D.A. Clark, P.M. Rich, and G. Vega. 1993. Light environment, gas exchange, and annual growth of saplings of three species of rain forest trees in Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Ecology 9:511-523. pdf
Saving, S.C., P.M. Rich, S.B. Weiss , and J.T. Smiley. 1993. GIS-based microclimate models for assessment of habitat quality in natural reserves. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Technical Papers, Vol 3 GIS Photogrammetry and Modeling. pp 319-330.
Galo, A.T., P.M. Rich, and J.J. Ewel. 1992. Effects of forest edges on the solar radiation regime in a series of reconstructed tropical ecosystems. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Technical Papers. pp 98-108. pdf
Lerdau, M.T., Holbrook, N.M., H.A. Mooney, P.M. Rich, and J.L. Whitbeck. 1992. Seasonal patterns of acid fluctuations and resource storage in the arborescent cactus Opuntia excelsa in relation to light availability and size. Oecologia 92:166-171. pdf
Lin, T., P.M. Rich, D.A. Heisler, and F.J. Barnes. 1992. Influences of canopy geometry on near-ground solar radiation and water balances of pinyon-juniper and ponderosa pine woodlands. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Technical Papers. pp 285-294. pdf
McLaughlin, J.F., S.B. Weiss , Rich, P.M., and D.A. Debinski. 1992. Roles of GIS in conservation. Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual ESRI User Conference. pp 237-247. pdf
Rich, P.M., S.B. Weiss , D.A. Debinski, and J.F. McLaughlin. 1992. Physiographic inventory of a tropical reserve. Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual ESRI User Conference. pp 197-208. pdf
Rich, P.M. and S.B. Weiss . 1991. Spatial models of microclimate and habitat suitability: lessons from threatened species. Proceedings of the 11th Annual ESRI User Conference. pp 95-99. pdf
Weiss, S.B., P.M. Rich, D.D. Murphy, W.H. Calvert, P.R. Ehrlich. 1991. Forest canopy structure at overwintering monarch butterfly sites: measurements with hemispherical photography. Conservation Biology 5:165-175. pdf
Rich, P.M. 1990. Characterizing plant canopies with hemispherical photographs. In: N.S. Goel and J.M. Norman (eds). Instrumentation for studying vegetation canopies for remote sensing in optical and thermal infrared regions. Remote Sensing Reviews 5:13-29. pdf
Larkin, T.H., P. A. Johnson, P.M. Rich, G. Eisheid, and W.S. Phillips. 1990. Cross-borehole elastic wave imaging of sediments. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 28:922-931. pdf
Rich, P.M. 1989. A manual for analysis of hemispherical canopy photography. Los Alamos National Laboratory Report LA-11733-M. pdf
Rich, P.M., D.M. Ranken, and J.G. George. 1989. A manual for microcomputer image analysis. Los Alamos National Laboratory Report LA-11732-M. pdf
Neufeld, H.S., D.T. Tingey, P.M. Rich, and D. Durall. 1989. A rootbox for quantitative observations on intact entire root systems. Plant and Soil 117:295-298. pdf
Rich, P.M. 1988. Video image analysis of hemispherical canopy photography. pp 84-95 In: P.W. Mausel (ed). First Special Workshop on Videography, Terre Haute, Indiana, May 19-20, 1988. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Rich, P.M. 1987. Mechanical structure of the stem of arborescent palms. Botanical Gazette 148:42-50. pdf
Rich, P.M. 1987. Developmental anatomy of the stem of Welfia georgii , Iriartea gigantea , and other arborescent rainforest palms: implications for mechanical support. American Journal of Botany 74:792-802. pdf
Rich, P.M., S. Lum, L. Muñoz, and M. Quesada. 1987. Shedding of vines by the palms Welfia georgii and Iriartea gigantea. Principes 31:31-40. pdf
Rich, P.M. 1986. Mechanical architecture of arborescent rainforest palms. Principes 30:117-131. pdf
Rich, P.M., K. Helenurm, D. Kearns, S. Morse, M. Palmer, L. Short. 1986. Height and stem diameter relationships for dicotyledonous trees and arborescent palms of Costa Rican tropical wet forest. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 113:241-246. pdf
Rich, P.M. 1985. Mechanical architecture of arborescent rain forest palms in Costa Rica. Ph.D. Dissertation. Harvard University.
Bickford, C. and P.M. Rich. 1979. Vegetation and flora of the Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, California. Environmental Field Program Publication 2. UCSC. pdf
Book Reviews
Rich, P.M. 1995. Plant scaling analysis -- book review of Plant allometry: the scaling of form and process, by Karl J. Niklas (1994). Ecology 76:2342. pdf
Rich, P.M. and P.D. Shemitz. 1992. Book review -- the subsidy from nature: palm forests, peasantry, and development of an Amazon frontier, by A.B. Anderson, P.H. May, and M.J. Balick. Plant Science Bulletin 38:17-18.
Textbook
Miller, G.T. and P.M. Rich. 1999. Ecology, ecosystems, and food webs. Chapters 4-10, pp. 80-250, Chapters 23-26, pp. 610-748 In: Living in the Environment (11th ed.). Brooks/Cole , Pacific Grove, CA. (the most widely used Environmental Studies text)
Popular Articles
Fu, P., and P.M. Rich. 2007. "Geoportal". Initial Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia article. link
Rich, P.M. and S.B. Weiss . 2007. "Hemispherical photography". Initial Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia article. link
Rich, P.M. 2005. "The basics of biodiversity", "Why should we care about biodiversity?", "Teaching about biodiversity". Articles in Special Issue on Biodiversity. Climate Education Update Newsletter , January 2005 Special Issue. pdf
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