Department of Geography & Planning
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The University of Toledo Department of Geography & Planning Locus enim est principum generationis rerum (Roger Bacon) |
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Dr. Kevin Czajkowski
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EDUCATION Ph.D . in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1995. Positions Held: 1998 to present Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, The University of Toledo.
1995 to 1998 - Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Geography, University of Maryland
1990 to 1995 Graduate Research Assistant with Dr. William Kuhn, University of Michigan.
1992 - Southern Oxidants Research Program on Ozone Non-Attainment. 1991 - Participated in the Coupled Climate System Modeling Workshop held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 7/14 to 7/26/91. Teaching Experience: The University of Toledo, Department of Geography and Planning
George Washington University, Department of Geography
University of Maryland, Department of Geography
University of Michigan, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Department
Research Experience External Grants PI -NASA, Terrestrial Environmental Variables Derived from EOS Platform Sensors, 2 ½ years, $152,847, work to be conducted in conjunction with the University of Maryland and Oklahoma State University, February 1, 1999 to July 31, 2001. PI -NASA Use of Thermal Infrared Satellite Data in Climate Change Studies, NASA New Investigator Program, $334,132, June 1, 1999 to May 31, 2002. Co-I-USGS, Developing a Statewide Monitoring Program for Environmental Change Detection Using Landsat Data, OhioView Consortium, $52,420, September 1, 1999 to August 31, 2001. PI-NSF's REU Program, Research Experience for Undergraduates: An Integrated Assessment of Physical, Ecological, and Socio-economic Aspects of a Watershed System, $170,574, April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2002. PI-NASA Glenn Research Center, Dissemination of Remote Sensing Technology in Northwest Ohio through Educational and Community Outreach, $105,000, June 1, 2000 to May 31, 2001. Co-I-Portage River Basin Council, Restoration Project of the Portage River, subcontract from Finkbeiner, Pettis and Strout, $30,000, August 1, 2000 to July 1, 2001. Co-I-Lake Erie Protection Fund, "GIS Based Water Quality Modeling in the Sandusky Watershed", subcontract to Heidelberg College, Water Quality Laboratory, $33,000, October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001. Journal Publications Czajkowski, K. P., T. Mulhern, S. N. Goward, and J. Cihlar, 1997, Validation of the geocoding and compositing system (GEOCOMP) using contextual analysis for AVHRR images, International Journal of Remote Sensing , 18 , 3055-3068. Czajkowski, K. P., Mulhern, T., Goward, S. N., Cihlar, J., Dubayah, R. O., and Prince, S. D., 1997, Biospheric environmental monitoring at BOREAS with AVHRR observations. Journal of Geophysical Research , 102 , 29 651-29 663. Prince, S. D., Goetz, S. J., Dubayah, R., Czajkowski, K., and Thawley, M., 1998, Inference of surface and air temperature, atmospheric precipitable water and vapor pressure deficit using AVHRR satellite observations: validation of algorithms. Journal of Hydrology , 213 , 230-249. Kalluri, S. N. V, R. O. Dubayah, K. P. Czajkowski, and S. J. Goetz, 1998, Response to Prata "Land surface temperatures from AVHRR: a comment", Journal of Geophysical Research , 103 , 6243-6244. Czajkowski, K. P., S. N. Goward, and H. Ourdrari, 1998, Impact of filter functions on split window estimation of land surface temperature, International Journal of Remote Sensing , 19 , 2007-2012. Czajkowski, K. P., S. N. Goward, S. Stadler, and A. Walz, 2000, Thermal remote sensing of near surface environmental variables: application over the Oklahoma Mesonet, The Professional Geographer , 52 , 345-357. O'Donnell, G.M., K.P. Czajkowski, R.O.Dubayah, and D. Lettenmaier, 2000, Macroscale hydrological modeling using remotely sensed inputs: Application to the Ohio River basin, in review, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 , 12 499-12 516. Lakshmi, V., K. P. Czajkowski, R. O. Dubayah, and J. Susskind, 2000, Surface air temperatures using AVHRR and TOVS: a comparison study, International Journal of Remote Sensing , 22 , 643-662. Prince, S. D., S. N. Goward, S. Goetz and K. Czajkowski, 2000, Inter-annual atmosphere - biosphere variation: implications for observation and modeling, Journal of Geophysical Research , 105, 20 055-20 063. Ouaidrari, H., S. N. Goward, K. P. Czajkowski, J. A. Sobrino, S. Liang, and E. Vermote, 1999, Land surface temperature estimation from AVHRR thermal infrared measurements: an assessment for the AVHRR land Pathfinder II data set. International Journal of Remote Sensing , (submitted). Goward, S. N., Y. Xue, and K. P. Czajkowski, 1999, Evaluating land surface moisture conditions from the remotely sensed temperature/vegetation index measurements: an exploration employing the Simplified Simple Biosphere Model, Remote Sensing of Environment , (submitted). Czajkowski, K. P., S. N. Goward, D. Shirey, and A. Walz, 2000, Thermal remote sensing of near surface water vapor, Remote Sensing of Environment , (accepted). Book Chapters Dubayah, R. O., E. F. Wood, T. E. Engman, K. P. Czajkowski, and M. Zion, 2000, A remote sensing approach to macroscale hydrological modeling, Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Water Management , Ed. G. Schultz and E. Engman, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 85-102. Czajkowski, K. P., S. N. Goward, T. Mulhern, S. J. Goetz, A. Walz, D. Shirey, S. Stadler, S. Prince, and R. O. Dubayah, 1998, Recovery of environmental variables from thermal remote sensing, in Thermal Remote Sensing in Land Surface Processes, Ed. J. Luvall and D. Quattrochi, (submitted). Recent Publications/Professional Conferences 2000 Fournier, K. and K. P. Czajkowski, Utilizing Landsat-7 Satellite Imagery & GIS to Determine Current Agricultural Use Valuation Compliance, 10 th Annual Ohio GIS Conference, Columbus, Ohio, September 26-28, 2000. 2000 Fournier, K. and K. P. Czajkowski, Utilizing Landsat-7 Satellite Imagery & GIS to Determine Current Agricultural Use Valuation Compliance, URISA (Urban & Regional Information Systems Association) 2000 Annual Conference, Aug. 19-23, 2000, Orlando, Florida. 2000 Czajkowski, K. P., Dissemination of Remote Sensing Technology in Northwest Ohio Through OhioView, Gateway to the Earth Conference, Aug. 7-9, 2000, Eros Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 2000 Czajkowski, K. P. and J. Struble, "Observing Earth's Changes from Space"-The University of Toledo, National Council for Geographic Education, Aug. 2-5, 2000, Chicago, Illinois. 2000 Moebius, E. Czajkowski, K. P., and Mulhern T., Monitoring of Farmland Loss and Its Impacts on Flooding in Allen County Ohio Using Remotely Sensed Data, Association of American Geographers 96 th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, April 4-8, 2000. 2000 Czajkowski, K. P., J. Coss, and E. Nowaczyk, Remote Sensing of Land Surface Temperature: Validation Field Studies and Educational Outreach, Association of American Geographers 96 th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, April 4-8, 2000. 2000 Czajkowski, K. P., J. Coss, T. Mulhern, and V. Lakshmi, Field Experiment Design for Land Surface Temperature Validation, Hydrology and Remote Sensing 2000 Conference, International Committee on Remote Sensing, Santa Fe, NM, April 2-7, 2000. 1999 Czajkowski, K. P., J. Coss, T. Mulhern, and V. Lakshmi, Surface Temperature Observations at SGP 99 for Satellite Validation, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Dec. 13-17, 1999, EOS Supplement , Vol. 80(46), p. F388. 1999 Ouaidrari, H., S. N. Goward, J. Menglin, Y. Xue, E. Peters, K.P. Czajkowski, and S. Stadler, NOAA-AVHRR Surface Temperature Algorithm for Highly Humid Atmospheres, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Dec. 13-17, 1999, EOS Supplement , Vol. 80(46), p. F451. 1999 Czajkowski, K., J. Coss, and J. Struble, K-12 Educational Outreach Through Summer Teacher Workshops and Student Participation in Remote Sensing Field Studies, East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers (ELDAAG), Mohican Resort, Ohio, November 5-6, 1999. 1999 Moebius, E. A., K. P. Czajkowski and T. Mulhern, Monitoring Farmland Loss and its Impacts on Flooding in Allen County Ohio Using Remotely Sensed Data, East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers (ELDAAG), Mohican Resort, Ohio, November 5-6, 1999. 1999 Coss, J., K. Czajkowski, P. Lindquist, and E. Nowaczyk, Introduction to interdisciplinary remote sensing applications at the Lake Erie Research and Education Center, The International Association for Great Lakes Research 1999 Conference, Cleveland, OH, May 27, 1999. 1999 Czajkowski, K., H. Ouaidrari, S. Goward, R. Dubayah, and J. Rhoads, Potential Use of Thermal Infrared Satellite Data for Climate Change Studies, the American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, Mar. 27, 1998. 1998 Czajkowski, K., Application of Remotely Sensed Thermal Data in Climate Change Studies, East Lake Division of the American Association of Geographers Conference in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1998. 1998 Czajkowski, K., J. Rhoads and R. Dubayah, The Application of Satellite Data in Hydrologic Modeling of the Red and Arkansas River Basins, GCIP Mississippi River Climate Conference, June 7-12, 1998, Saint Louis, MO. 1997 Czajkowski, K. P., S. N. Goward, R. O. Dubayah, D. Shirey, and A. Walz, Thermal Remote Sensing of Near Surface Water Vapor with AVHRR Observations, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Dec. 8-12, 1997, EOS Supplement, Vol. 78(46), p. F265. 1997 Mulhern, T., K. P. Czajkowski, D. Shirey, and S. N. Goward, Scaling environmental indices in northern high latitude ecosystems, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Dec. 8-12, 1997, EOS Supplement, Vol. 78(46), p. F195. 1997 Czajkowski, K. P., S. N. Goward, R. O. Dubayah, S. Prince, Emissivity and Land Surface Temperature in Hydrologic and Biospheric Modeling, First JPL Workshop of Remote Sensing of Land Surface Emissivity, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, May 6-8, 1997. 1997 Czajkowski, K. P., S. N. Goward, R. O. Dubayah, Validation of Land Surface Temperature with Large Field Studies, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD. May 27-30, 1997, EOS Supplement , Vol. 78(17), p. S129. 1997 Dubayah, R., D. Lettenmaier, K. P. Czajkowski, and G. O'Donnell, The use of remote sensing in land surface modeling, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD. May 27-30, 1997, EOS Supplement , Vol. 78(17), p. S156. 1997 Prince, S. D., S. J. Goetz, R. O. Dubayah, K. P. Czajkowski, and M. Thawley, Inference of surface and air temperature, atmospheric precipitable water and vapor pressure deficit using AVHRR satellite observations: comparison with field observations, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD. May 27-30, 1997, EOS Supplement , Vol. 78(17), p. S62. 1996 Goward, S. N., R. O. Dubayah, K. P. Czajkowski, A. Walz, and S. Liang, Validation of the Split-Window Land Surface Temperature Algorithms, International Land Surface Temperature Workshop, University of California, Santa Barbara, Sept. 16-19, 1996. 1996 Czajkowski, K. P., S. N. Goward, J. Cihlar, and T. Mulhern, A Physical Relationship for Determining Air Temperature from Satellite Observations, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD. May 20-25, 1996, EOS Supplement , Vol. 77(17), p. S63. Invited Presentations 2000 Friends of Pearson, 9 th Annual March Sunday Series, Global Warming, Vanishing Lake, March 12, 2000. 2000 Ohio University, Department of Geography, OhioView: Bringing Remote Sensing into the Future, May 5, 2000. 1999 The University of Michigan, Remote Sensing Applications: Past, Present and Future, November 9, 1999. 1998 The Use of Satellite Images and Aerial Photographs to Study Rivers and Erosion, Maumee River Project Student Congress, December 4, 1998, Owens Community College. 1998 Global Warming: One Year After Kyoto, Geographically Speaking, Theta Gamma Upsilon, The University of Toledo, Nov. 12, 1998. Academic Honors 1993 to 1995 NASA Graduate Student Fellowship in Global Change Research. 1993 NASA scholarship to attend the Fourth Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Anaheim, CA. 1989 Earth Sciences Award for outstanding graduating senior, Department of Earth Sciences, State University of New York at Oneonta. Professional Associations 1996 to present Association of American Geographers 1999 to present National Council for Geographic Education 1985 to present American Meteorological Society 1989 to present American Geophysical Union Service 1998-2000 Chair of search committee for new faculty in Department of Geography and Planning, The University of Toledo. 1999 Organized departmental display at Welloween Extravaganza, October 29, 1999. 1999 Presentation to gifted high school students about Geography and Planning, October 10, 1999. 1998-present Member of awards committee for the East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers. 1997-present Member of the Remote Sensing Committee of the American Geophysical Union. 1997 Chaired special session entitled, "BOREAS: Results from Remote Sensing." American Geophysical Union Meeting in San Francisco, CA, Fall 1997. 1997 Research Advisory Committee, Geography Department, University of Maryland. 1997 Remote sensing and hydrology committee of AGU. 1997 Organized NASA Interannual Variability of the Biosphere Workshop, Tucson, AZ. 1996-1997 Chaired new hire search committees, Geography Department, University of Maryland. 1996 Chaired Sessions and judged student presentations at American Geophysical Union Meeting in Baltimore, MD, Spring 1996. 1996 Research Merit Committee, Geography Department, University of Maryland. 1995 Building Committee, Geography Department, University of Maryland. Personal I enjoy playing ice hockey and volleyball. |
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