BU Geography & Environment

Faculty

Alan H. Strahler

Director of Graduate Studies, Geography and Environment
Professor, Geography and Environment & Center for Remote Sensing
PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1969
Areas of interest: Biogeography, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS)
Phone: 617-353-5984
Fax: 617-353-8399
E-mail: alan@bu.edu
Website: http://www.bu.edu/remotesensing/Faculty/Strahler/Strahler.html
Office: CAS 434, Department of Geography and Environment
675 Commonwealth Ave., 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02215

Current Research

Professor Strahler's research interests include bidirectional reflectance and albedo of land surfaces; global land cover and land cover change mapping; spatial modeling and spatial statistics as applied to image understanding; multivariate statistical methods in geography and remote sensing.

Courses Taught

  • GG 448 Remote Sensing of Plants
  • GG 502 Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing
  • GG 648 Remote Sensing of Plants