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Faculty in the Department of Geography are at the forefront of the discipline's future with projects that literally encompass the whole Earth. By dissolving the boundary between social and physical science we are exploring the human dimensions of global change. Our goal is to better understand the Earth's land surface and the way humans interact with it.

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Three Faculty Positions (Open Rank) In Human Dimensions of Global Change
Department maintains outstanding research grant record
Modis map of Burmese flooding receives praise from CIA
Graduate student awarded highly competitive NASA fellowship
Summer Research Institute intern completes project on Zimbabwe
UMD & NASA’s Sensor Web 2.0 Selected as a 2008 R&D 100 Award Winner

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Featured Department Projects
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Lidar Waveform Correlation
This research further develops and demonstrates the accuracy and precision of vertical surface change measurements using lidar return waveforms.
Watershed Surface Hydrology
Despite a great deal of effort, much of the progress that has been made in restoring the health of the nation's waterways has been offset by continued development.
VIIRS Environment Data
Researchers assess the suitability of the NPP VIIRS implementation of heritage algorithms and the stability of the resulting EDRs for the long term climate data record.
Uganda 1963
A photographic catalog showing rural settlements and crops in Uganda.

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