Becker, Richard H.

Richard H. Becker
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Professor, Environmental Sciences , College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

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Richard.Becker@utoledo.edu

http://www.eeescience.utoledo.edu/Faculty/Becker/Data/Introduction.html

selected publications

Article (Faculty180)
- 2022
  
  Remote Sensing Application for Landslide Detection, Monitoring along Eastern Lake Michigan (Miami Park, MI). Remote Sensing. 14:3474.
- 2022
  
  Using a Multi‐Institutional Ensemble of Watershed Models to Assess Agricultural Conservation Effectiveness in a Future Climate. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 1-15.
- 2021
  
  Land subsidence induced by rapid urbanization in arid environments: A remote sensing–based investigation. Remote Sensing. 13.
- 2021
  
  Locating drainage tiles at a wetland restoration site within the Oak Openings region of Ohio, United States using UAV and land based geophysical techniques. Wetlands. 41:1-15.
- 2021
  
  Parallel tunnel channels of the Huron-Erie Lobe of the Laurentide Ice Sheet: a newly described landform with implications on lobe history and subglacial meltwater dynamics. Geomorphology. 385.
- 2020
  
  Evaluating management options to reduce Lake Erie algal blooms using an ensemble of watershed models . Journal of Environmental Management. 280.
- 2020
  
  The hydrologic model as a source of nutrient loading uncertainty in a future climate . Science of the Total Environment. 724.
- 2019
  
  UAS based spectrometer for monitoring HABs: A new paradigm in water quality monitoring. Journal of Great Lakes Research.
- 2019
  
  Visible derivative spectroscopy of NASA Glenn Hyperspectral Imager swaths in the western basin of Lake Erie . Journal of Great Lakes Research.
- 2018
  
  Assessing Land Deformation and Sea Encroachment in the Nile Delta: A Radar Interferometric and Inundation Modeling Approach. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
- 2018
  
  The effects of nutrients on stream invertebrates: A regional estimation by generalized propensity score. Ecological Processes.
- 2018
  
  Use of Geophysical and Remote Sensing Data for Assessment of Aquifer Depletion and Related Land Deformation. Surveys in Geophysics. 39:543-566.
- 2017
  
  Airborne Hyperspectral Sensing of Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes Region: System Calibration and Validation. NASA Technical Memorandum. 219071.
- 2017
  
  Intercomparison of Approaches to the Empirical Line Method for Vicarious Hyperspectral Reflectance Calibration. Frontiers in Marine Science. 4.
- 2017
  
  The Effect of Algal Blooms on Carbon Emissions in Western Lake Erie: An Integration of Remote Sensing and Eddy Covariance Measurements. Remote Sensing. 9.
- 2015
  
  Diurnal to annual changes in latent, sensible heat, and CO2 fluxes over a Laurentian Great Lake: A case study in Western Lake Erie. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences. 120:1587-1604.
- 2015
  
  Modeling the effects of climate change on water, sediment, and nutrient yields from the Maumee River watershed. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 4:762.
- 2014
  
  Disentangling the confounding effects of PAR and air temperature on net ecosystem exchange at multiple time scales. Ecological Complexity. 19:46-58.
- 2014
  
  Estimating the Effects of Anthropogenic Modification on Water Balance in the Aral Sea Watershed Using GRACE: 2003-12. Earth Interactions. 18.
- 2014
  
  Evaluating the sensitivity of wetlands to climate change with remote sensing techniques. Hydrological Processes. 28:1703-1712.
- 2014
  
  Net ecosystem methane and carbon dioxide exchanges in a Lake Erie coastal marsh and a nearby cropland. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences. 119:722-740.
- 2014
  
  The Stalled Recovery of the Iraqi Marshes. Remote Sensing. 6:1260-1274.
- 2013
  
  Seeing the forest for the invasives: mapping buckthorn in the Oak Openings. Biological Invasions. 15:315-326.
- 2013
  
  Vegetation response to extreme climate events on the Mongolian Plateau from 2000 to 2010. Environmental Research Letters. 8.
- 2012
  
  Integrated solutions for hydrologic investigations in arid lands. Geosphere. 8:1588-1605.
- 2011
  
  Integration of GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) data with traditional data sets for a better understanding of the timedependent water partitioning in African watersheds. Geology. 39:479-482.
- 2011
  
  Modern recharge to fossil aquifers: Geochemical, geophysical, and modeling constraints. Journal of Hydrology. 403:14-24.
- 2011
  
  Red Sea rifting controls on aquifer distribution: Constraints from geochemical, geophysical, and remote sensing data. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 123:911-924.
- 2009
  
  A remote sensing solution for estimating runoff and recharge in arid environments. Journal of Hydrology. 373:1-14.
- 2009
  
  Land subsidence in the Nile Delta: inferences from radar interferometry. Holocene. 19:949-954.
- 2009
  
  Mapping cyanobacterial blooms in the Great Lakes using MODIS. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 35:447-453.
- 2009
  
  RESDEM, a tool for integrating temporal remote sensing data for use in hydrogeologic investigations. Computers and Geosciences. 35:2001-2010.
- 2008
  
  An integrated approach for identifying aquifers in transcurrent fault systems: The Najd shear system of the Arabian Nubian shield. Journal of Hydrology. 349:475-488.
- 2008
  
  Geochemical, isotopic, and remote sensing constraints on the origin and evolution of the Rub Al Khali aquifer system, Arabian Peninsula. Journal of Hydrology. 356:70-83.
- 2008
  
  Hydrologic impacts of engineering projects on the Tigris-Euphrates system and its marshlands. Journal of Hydrology. 353:59-75.
- 2008
  
  The twentieth-century migration of parabolic dunes and wetland formation at Cape Cod National Sea Shore, Massachusetts, USA: landscape response to a legacy of environmental disturbance. HOLOCENE. 18:765-774.
- 2007
  
  Natural discharge: A key to sustainable utilization of fossil groundwater. Journal of Hydrology. 335:25-36.
- 2004
  
  One million year old groundwater in the Sahara revealed by krypton-81 and chlorine-36. Geophysical Research Letters. 31.
- 2003
  
  Water, agriculture and land cover: Lessons for the postwar era. Geotimes. 48:22-24.
- 1999
  
  Monitoring the urbanization of the Nile Delta, Egypt. AMBIO. 28:628-631.
- 1997
  
  Ground-water sapping processes, Western Desert, Egypt. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 109:43-62.
- 1994
  
  ATMUR-DELGO SUTURE - A NEOPROTEROZOIC OCEANIC BASIN EXTENDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF NORTHEAST AFRICA. Geology. 22:563-566.
- 1994
  
  CLIMATIC, EUSTATIC, AND TECTONIC CONTROLS ON QUATERNARY DEPOSITS AND LANDFORMS, RED-SEA COAST, EGYPT. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 99:12175-12190.
- 1993
  
  NATURE OF THE RED-SEA CRUST - A CONTROVERSY REVISITED - REPLY. Geology. 21:575-576.
- 1993
  
  NEW CONSTRAINTS ON RED-SEA RIFTING FROM CORRELATIONS OF ARABIAN AND NUBIAN NEOPROTEROZOIC OUTCROPS. Tectonics. 12:1303-&.
- 1992
  
  NATURE OF THE RED-SEA CRUST - A CONTROVERSY REVISITED. Geology. 20:593-596.
Article (Web of Science)
- 2021
  
  Parallel tunnel channels of the Huron-Erie Lobe of the Laurentide Ice Sheet: A variation of tunnel channels with implications on lobe history and subglacial meltwater dynamics. GEOMORPHOLOGY. 385.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107726
- 2021
  
  Land Subsidence Induced by Rapid Urbanization in Arid Environments: A Remote Sensing-Based Investigation. REMOTE SENSING. 13.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/rs13061109
- 2021
  
  Evaluating management options to reduce Lake Erie algal blooms using an ensemble of watershed models. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 280.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111710 PMID: 33308931
- 2020
  
  The hydrologic model as a source of nutrient loading uncertainty in a future climate. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 724.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138004 PMID: 32408425
- 2019
  
  Evaluating visible derivative spectroscopy by varimax-rotated, principal component analysis of aerial hyperspectral images from the western basin of Lake Erie. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH. 45:522-535.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2019.03.005
- 2019
  
  Unmanned aerial system based spectroradiometer for monitoring harmful algal blooms: A new paradigm in water quality monitoring. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH. 45:444-453.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2019.03.006
- 2018
  
  The effects of nutrients on stream invertebrates: a regional estimation by generalized propensity score. ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES. 7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s13717-018-0132-x PMID: 30997316
- 2018
  
  Assessing Land Deformation and Sea Encroachment in the Nile Delta: A Radar Interferometric and Inundation Modeling Approach. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH. 123:3208-3224.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2017jb015084
- 2017
  
  Intercomparison of Approaches to the Empirical Line Method for Vicarious Hyperspectral Reflectance Calibration. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE. 4.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00296
- 2017
  
  The Effect of Algal Blooms on Carbon Emissions in Western Lake Erie: An Integration of Remote Sensing and Eddy Covariance Measurements. REMOTE SENSING. 9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/rs9010044
- 2015
  
  Diurnal to annual changes in latent, sensible heat, and CO 2 fluxes over a Laurentian Great Lake: A case study in Western Lake Erie. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES. 120:1587-1604.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2015jg003025
- 2015
  
  Modeling the effects of climate change on water, sediment, and nutrient yields from the Maumee River watershed. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 4:762-775.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.06.017
- 2014
  
  Disentangling the confounding effects of PAR and air temperature on net ecosystem exchange at multiple time scales. ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY. 19:46-58.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.04.005
- 2014
  
  Evaluating the sensitivity of wetlands to climate change with remote sensing techniques. HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES. 28:1703-1712.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9685
- 2014
  
  The Stalled Recovery of the Iraqi Marshes. REMOTE SENSING. 6:1260-1274.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/rs6021260
- 2014
  
  Estimating the Effects of Anthropogenic Modification on Water Balance in the Aral Sea Watershed Using GRACE: 2003–12. EARTH INTERACTIONS. 18:1-16.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1175/2013ei000537.1
- 2014
  
  Net ecosystem methane and carbon dioxide exchanges in a Lake Erie coastal marsh and a nearby cropland. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES. 119:722-740.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2013jg002520
- 2013
  
  Vegetation response to extreme climate events on the Mongolian Plateau from 2000 to 2010. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS. 8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035033
- 2013
  
  Seeing the forest for the invasives: mapping buckthorn in the Oak Openings. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS. 15:315-326.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0288-8
- 2012
  
  Integrated solutions for hydrologic investigations in arid lands. GEOSPHERE. 8:1588-1605.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/ges00777.1
- 2011
  
  Integration of GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) data with traditional data sets for a better understanding of the time-dependent water partitioning in African watersheds. GEOLOGY. 39:479-482.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/g31812.1
- 2011
  
  Modern recharge to fossil aquifers: Geochemical, geophysical, and modeling constraints. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. 403:14-24.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.036
- 2011
  
  Red Sea rifting controls on aquifer distribution: Constraints from geochemical, geophysical, and remote sensing data. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN. 123:911-924.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/b30146.1
- 2009
  
  A remote sensing solution for estimating runoff and recharge in arid environments. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. 373:1-14.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.04.002
- 2009
  
  Land subsidence in the Nile Delta: inferences from radar interferometry. HOLOCENE. 19:949-954.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0959683609336558
- 2009
  
  Mapping cyanobacterial blooms in the Great Lakes using MODIS. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH. 35:447-453.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.05.007
- 2009
  
  RESDEM, a tool for integrating temporal remote sensing data for use in hydrogeologic investigations. Computers & Geosciences. 35:2001-2010.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.02.010
- 2008
  
  An integrated approach for identifying aquifers in transcurrent fault systems: The Najd shear system of the Arabian Nubian shield. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. 349:475-488.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.11.029
- 2008
  
  Geochemical, isotopic, and remote sensing constraints on the origin and evolution of the Rub Al Khali aquifer system, Arabian Peninsula. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. 356:70-83.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.04.001
- 2008
  
  Hydrologic impacts of engineering projects on the Tigris–Euphrates system and its marshlands. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. 353:59-75.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.01.029
- 2008
  
  The twentieth-century migration of parabolic dunes and wetland formation at Cape Cod National Sea Shore, Massachusetts, USA: landscape response to a legacy of environmental disturbance. HOLOCENE. 18:765-774.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0959683608091796
Book Chapter (Web of Science)
- 2014
  
  Elucidating paleo dune activity and timing from wetlands in the lee of coastal sand dunes, Grand Mere Lakes, Michigan, USA. Coastline and Dune Evolution along the Great Lakes.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/2014.2508(08)
Chapter (Faculty180)
- 2014
  
  Elucidating paleo dune activity and timing from wetlands in the lee of coastal sand dunes, Grand Mere Lakes, Michigan, USA. Geological Society of America Special Papers. Geological Society of America Special Papers. 133.
Lecture or Panel Discussion (Faculty180)
- 2020
  
  Great Lakes water quality and coastline failures from remote sensing. Texas Christian University Geology Seminar Series.
- 2019
  
  Great Lakes water quality and coastline failures from remote sensing. Kent State Palmer Geology Lecture Series.
- 2019
  
  Using Drones to Answer Questions in Environmental Science . National Museum of the Great Lakes Lecture Series.
- 2018
  
  UAVs in Environmental Science Panel Presentation. 2018 Eastern Great Lakes Division of the AAG Regional Meeting.
- 2017
  
  UAV Applications in Environmental Sciences. Western Michigan University.
- 2016
  
  Hydrology from Space . Pittsburgh Geological Society.
- 2014
  
  Hydrology From Space. University of Geogia Geology Seminar.
- 2014
  
  Hydrology From Space. University of Akron Geology Seminar.
- 2014
  
  Hydrology from Space with Gravity: The Sudd, The Iraqi Marshes and the Aral Sea. Northern Illinois University Geography Seminar.
- 2014
  
  Hydrology from Space with Gravity: The Sudd, The Iraqi Marshes and the Aral Sea. Michigan State University Geology Seminar.
Presentation (Faculty180)
Proceedings (Faculty180)
Review Article (Web of Science)
- 2018
  
  Use of Geophysical and Remote Sensing Data for Assessment of Aquifer Depletion and Related Land Deformation. SURVEYS IN GEOPHYSICS. 543-566.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10712-017-9458-7

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