ProfessorUniversity of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Appalachian Laboratory
301 Braddock Rd
Frostburg, Maryland 21502
Email: aelmore@umces.edu
Phone: 301-689-7124
Visit Andrew's Research Website
Research Disciplines: Research Interests:
Remote sensing, isotopic systems in ecology, socio-environmental systems, decision support for land management
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Andrew Elmore is Associate Professor of landscape ecology at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory. He works broadly across issues relevant to global environmental change, with a particular interest in ecosystem interactions with land-use and land-cover change. Recent work has focused on the effect of groundwater decline on wind erosion and air quality in deserts; the impact of urban stream burial on stream network structure and functioning; modeling coastal habitat change associate with sea level rise; and, understanding forest responses to changes in spring and autumn timing associated with climate change. He applies an array of tools to these problems, but has made the greatest impact on methods for analyzing satellite and airborne remote sensing data. Dr. Elmore received a BSc in Applied Physics from Purdue University and an MSc and PhD in Geoscience from Brown University. He worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the Carnegie Institution for Science and Dartmouth College before moving to Maryland.
Ongoing and Recent CESU Projects
Title: Dendroecologcial analysis of dominant tree species at NCRN forest monitoring plots: wood production and canopy responses to climate variability
Source: National Park Service, Interior
Award: P17AC01034/P17AC01102/Laquita Palmer, 202-619-7082/UMCES-27268
Location: UMCES Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD
Amount: $95,482 Cost Share/Match Amount: $0
Start Date: 8/1/2017 End Date: 12/31/2019
Project Role: PI Months committed per year: 0.25
Title: Conduct geospatial analyses to assess habitat connectivity throughout the length of C&O Canal National Historical Park
Award: P17AC01696/Daniel Filer, 301-689-7108/UMCES 27277
Source: National Park Service, Interior
Location: UMCES Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD
Amount: 35,000 Cost Share/Match Amount: $0
Start Date: 7/11/2017 End Date: 12/31/2018
Project Role: PI Months committed per year: 0.22
Other Research
Title: Managing forests for sustainable harvest and wildlife habitat using earth observations and modeling of forest structure and landscape connectivity
Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Award: NX17AG41G/NSSC Grants Officer, 877-677-2123/UMCES-27264
Location: UMCES Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD
Amount: 425,728 Cost Share/Match Amount: $92,657
Start Date: 10/1/2016 End Date: 9/30/2019
Project Role: PI Months committed per year: 2.0, 1.5, 1.0
Title: Spatial analysis and modeling to inform management priorities for working forests in the eastern U.S.
Source: Indiana University of PA/Pheasants Forever/Natural Resources Conservation Service
Location: UMCES Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD
Amount: $288,000 Cost Share/Match Amount: $0
Start Date: 1/1/2018 End Date: 9/30/2023
Project Role: PI Months committed per year: 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.50, 0