SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE
Arthur C.B. Roberts
Department of Geography
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B. C. V5A 1S6
Canada
CONTACT:
email: aroberts@sfu.ca
tel: 604-291-3365/3321
FAX: 604-291-5841
Web Site: www.sfu.ca/rs
CITIZENSHIP:
Canadian
HIGHER EDUCATION:
1971 B.A.: Toronto
1977 M.A.: Waterloo
1982 Ph.D.: York
PRESENT POSITION:
Professor, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University
APPOINTMENTS:
Editor, International Journal of Remote Sensing
Executive Member, SFU Institute for Quaternary Research
Research Associate,New World Archaeology:Royal Ontario Museum
GRADUATE SUPERVISION:
Senior Supervisor 21 students
Committee Member 15 students
Examiner 10 students
PUBLICATIONS (1994-2000):
1994 Marsh, P., L. Lesack and A. Roberts; "The Environmental Effects of Ice Jam Flooding on Lakes in the Mackenzie Delta", Environmental Aspects of River Ice, T.D. Prowse (ed), National Hydrology Research Institute, Symposium Series No. 12, Minister of Supply and Services Canada, Ottawa, p. 359-381.
1995 Roberts, A.; "Integrated MSV Airborne Remote Sensing", Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 214-224.
1995 Roberts, A.; "MSV Airborne Remote Sensing", ACSM/ASPRS Annual Convention Exposition Technical Papers, Bethesda: ASCM/ASPRS, 1995. 3:649-655.
1995 Roberts, A., K. Bach, C. Kirman, L. Lesack, and P. Marsh; "MULTITEMPORAL AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING OF FLOODING IN THE MACKENZIE DELTA FROM MSV AND SAP IMAGERY", Radar Remote Sensing: A Tool for Real-time Land Cover Monitoring and GIS Integration, Symposium Technical Digest, 17th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Canada Remote Sensing Society, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, Ottawa, pp. 29-32.
1995 Roberts, A., K. Bach, C. Kirman, L. Lesack, and P. Marsh; "Multitemporal Classification of Flood Parameters in the Mackenzie Delta from Airborne MSV and SAP Imagery", Application of Remote Sensing in Hydrology, Kite, Pietroniro and Pultz (eds), National Hydrology Research Institute, Symposium No. 14, Minister of Supply and Services Canada, Ottawa, pp. 127-135.
1995 Roberts, A., C. Kirman and L. Lesack; "Suspended Sediment Concentration Estimation from Multispectral Video Imagery", International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 16, No. 13, pp. 2439-2455.
1995 Liedtke, J., A. Roberts and J. Luternauer; "Practical Remote Sensing of Suspended Sediment Concentration", Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 167-175.
1995 Roberts, A., K. Bach and I. Williams; "DIGITAL MSV AND SAP REMOTE SENSING OF SHALLOW WATER BATHYMETRY", Colour Photography and Videography in Resource Assessment, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland, pp. 224-230.
1996 Roberts, A., R. Atkins and J.P. MacDonald; "Remote Sensing of Water Quality: Shallow Water Bathymetry", The Determination of Geophysical Parameters from Space, N.E. Fancy, I.D. Gardiner and R.A. Vaughan eds., SUSSP Publications, Edinburgh and Institute of Physics Publishing, London, pp. 171-207.
1996 Roberts, A., K. Bach, M. Häfele and I. Williams; "Inferential Procedures for Spawning Habitat Evaluation", Information Tools for Sustainable Development, Proceedings 26th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 18th Annual Symposium of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society, Vancouver, BC, March 25-29, 1996, pp. 246-249.
1996 Roberts, A., K. Bach and M. Häfele; "Multispectral Remote Sensing: Ground Truth and Horrible Truth", Information Tools for Sustainable Development, Proceedings 26th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 18th Annual Symposium of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society, Vancouver, BC, March 25-29, 1996, pp. 379-382.
1996 Roberts, A., K. Bach, M. Häfele, H Sandmann and J. Anderson; "Airborne Integrated Multispectral Remote Sensing", Proceedings, Second International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference, San Francisco, CA, 24-27 June, 1996, pp. II-343 - II-352
1997 Roberts, A.; "Bridging the gap: resource management to heavy iron", Technical Papers, Vol. 3, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, 1997 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, Bethesda, Maryland, pp.681-687.
1997 Milton, E.J., K.P. Lawless, A. Roberts, and S.E. Franklin; "The effect of unresolved scene elements on the spectral response of calibration targets: an example", Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol 23, No. 3, pp. 252-256.
1998 Roberts, A., K. Bach, C. Coburn and M. Haefele; "Airborne remote sensing of fish habitat, channel morphology and riparian conditions", Physical Processes in the Coastal Zone, A. P. Cracknell and E. S. Rowan (eds), SUSSP Publications, J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd., Bristol, pp. 121-148.
1998 Gerylo1, R. J. Hall, S. E. Franklin, A. Roberts, E. J. Milton; "Hierarchical image classification and extraction of forest species composition and crown closure from airborne multispectral images", Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 219-232.
1999 Roberts, A.C.B. and J.M. Anderson; "Shallow water bathymetry using integrated airborne multi-spectral remote sensing", International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 497-510.
1999 Roberts, A., K. Bach, C. Coburn, M. Haefele and F. Walter; "Inversion of shallow water bathymetry for the determination of suspended sediment concentrations", Proceedings, Fourth International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and 21st Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, 21-24 June, Ottawa, Canada, pp. I-138 - I-145.
1999 Bach, K and A. Roberts; "Adaptation of Land's retinex algorithm to digital image processing", Proceedings, Fourth International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and 21st Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, 21-24 June, Ottawa, Canada, pp. II-573 - II-580.
1999 Coburn, C., A. Roberts, K. Bach and M Haefele; "A supervised approach for texture segmentation", Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, Proceedings, 13th International Conference, ERIM, Ann Arbor, MI, pp. II-305 - II-312.
1999 Haefele M. and A. Roberts; "Towards spawning salmon population estimates from airborne imagery", Proceedings, Fourth International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and 21st Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, 21-24 June, Ottawa, Canada, pp. II-407 - II-414.
1999 Haefele, M., A. Roberts, K. Bach and C. Coburn; "Sediment monitoring in remote streams", Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, Proceedings, Thirteenth International Conference, ERIM International Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, pp. II-117 - II-124.
1999 Hall, R. J., S. E. Franklin, G.R. Gerylo and A. Roberts; Estimation of Crown Closure and Species Composition from High Resolution Multispectral Imagery", Automated Interpretation of High Spatial Resolution Digital Imagery for Forestry, Hill and Leckie (eds), Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, pp.309-320.
2000 Marsh, P., L.F.W. Lesack and A. Roberts; "Lake sedimentation in the Mackenzie Delta, NWT", Hydrological Processes (in press).
2000 Bach, K and A. Roberts; "Adaptive thresholding for texture corrections in reflectance normalization", International Journal of Remote Sensing (in press).
RESEARCH PROJECTS (1994-2000):
1993/94 "Evaluation of Horsefly River Salmon Spawning Habitat using Airborne Multispectral Imaging", Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
1994 "Remote Sensing Estimation of Spring Flooding and Shallow Water Bathymetry, Horsefly River", Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
1995 "Spatial Information Systems Laboratory Project: Phase I", MST Innovation Fund, Province of British Columbia.
1995 "Evaluation of Horsefly River Salmon Spawning Habitat using Airborne Multispectral Imaging", Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
1995 "Airborne Imagery of Keatley Creek Vicinity Archaeological Sites", BC Archaeological Branch
1995-96 "Nicola River Drainage Riparian Condition Survey and Mapping", with Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
1996 "Spatial Information Systems Laboratory Project: Phase II", MST Innovation Fund, Province of British Columbia.
1997-98 "Evaluation of Riparian Environments using Airborne Remote Sensing", BC Ministry of Environment.
1996-00 "Airborne Remote Sensing of Suspended Sediment in Streams", FRBC/SCBC, Province of British Columbia.
1996-00 "Estimating Forest Patterns and Structures from Airborne Digital Remote Sensing Imagery", FRBC/SCBC, Province of British Columbia.
1992-00 "Rockey Mountain Nomenclature: An evaluation of the western boundary of Treaty 8", McLeod Lake Indian Band, British Columbia.
2000-01 "Photogrammetric evaluation of profiling Lidar in aquatic environments", BC Hydro, British Columbia.
2000-01 "Multispectral remote sensing of aquatic habitats in the Athabaska Delta", BC Hydro, British Columbia.
2000-01 "Multispectral remote sensing of ducks for census and habitat evaluations in the Athabaska Delta", Ducks Unlimited, Canada.
REMOTE SENSING LABORATORY FACILITIES:
Cessna 185C (turbo photo conversion) aircraft for aerial survey complete with optical port glass, 24 volt electrics and camera port modifications.
International Imaging Systems 24cm 4 band multispectral camera with 4 matched 152mm f 2.8 Schnieder lenses.
Fairchild T-11 category A mapping camera with Metrogon II 6" lens and suitable filters for panchromatic, infrared and colour infrared film.
Vinten 70mm motor driven cameras (4) for reconnaissance aerial photography (with matched 90mm and 150mm lenses).
Nikon F-250 motor driven cameras (2) for reconnaissance aerial photography (with matched 24mm and 50mm lenses).
Sony C.C.D. (XC-7500) progressive scan CCD cameras (3) with extended infrared senstivity and matched variable focal length lenses and Matrox PC digital conversion for airborne digital frame imaging and processing.
Sony XC-75 CCD VIFIS imaging spectrometers (2) for hyperspectral imaging in the visible and near infrared with focal length lens.
RCA Newvicon video camera (1) with ultraviolet sensitivity (12 volt).
900nm eyesafe Lidar for low altitude vertical profiles in forest and aquatic environments.
Zeiss G-3 analytical stereoplotter.
4 DiAP ISM digital photogrammetry ("softcopy") workstations.
Bausch and Lomb Zoom 240 stereoscope and high intensity light table for direct stereoscopic viewing of aerial diapositives (all formats, uncut).
Bausch and Lomb Zoom Transfer Scope for transfer of interpretive detail.
EarthProbe-1, EarthScope, ER Mapper and PCI remote sensing software for digital image processing and analysis of satellite imagery, colour and multispectral aerial photography and multispectral video imagery.
ArcInfo/Terrasoft/Eidetic/ER Mapper/dBase SIS multiple licence teaching and research software.
26 station SIS (GIS, RS, Spatial Statistics) teaching laboratory with digitizing tablets, printers, plotter, matrix camera.
6 station PC remote sensing data processing facility.
Xybion/Imaging Technology image processing system.
MacIntosh and Pentium microprocessors with word processing, graphics and statistical analysis software.
Wild ST-4 mirror stereoscopes (14) complete with occulars and parallax bars (also includes mount and transillumination carriage) and 14 station lab.
ESECO reflection-transmission densitometer.
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