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Jeffrey D. Spooner
Jeffrey D. Spooner, Ph.D.
Geographer
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USGS Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center
1400 Independence Road
Rolla, Missouri 65401
Phone: (573) 308-3526
Fax: (573) 308-3794
Email: jspooner@usgs.gov
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Research Interests:
- The geology of ecosystems
- The application of GIScience to earth surface processes
Current Projects:
I am using various resolutions and sources of digital elevation data to:
- estimate the volume of channelized debris flows
- derive landforms for terrestrial ecosystem mapping, and
- map sinkholes
Education:
- Ph.D., Geology and Geophysics, University of Missouri
– Rolla (2002)
- M.A., Geography, University of Missouri – Columbia
(1991)
- B.A., Geology, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
(1982)
Professional Experience:
- 2005-present: Geographer, USGS Mid-Continent Geographic
Science Center, Rolla, Mo.
- 2003-present: Lecturer, University of Missouri –
Rolla
- 1994-2005: Geographer, USGS Mid-Continent Mapping Center,
Rolla, Mo.
Professional Affiliations:
- American Geophysical Union
- American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- Association of Missouri Geologists
- Geological Society of America
- Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society
Selected Publications:
- Spooner, J.D., Landgraf, K.F., 2006, Retrospective analysis of land
cover at Overton Bottoms North, Missouri, chap. 4 of Jacobson, R.B.,
ed., Science to support adaptive habitat management - Overton Bottoms
North Unit, Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Missouri: U.S.
Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5086, p. 69-90.
- Michael P. Finn, J.D. Spooner, D.K. Shaver, and E.L. Usery, 2004, The
National Map: An Agent for Environmental Modeling using the World
Wide Web. 12th International Conference on Geoinformatics, Gavale, Sweden,
June 7-9, 2004.
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