GIS for Science, Volume 3

Esri Chief Scientist Dawn J. Wright is a professor of geography and oceanography at Oregon State University. In 2007, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education named her US Professor of the Year for the State of Oregon. She is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a new fellow of Stanford University's Aldo Leopold Leadership Program in science communication. Her research interests include geographic information science; ocean informatics and cyberinfrastructure; benthic terrain and habitat characterization; and the processing and interpretation of high-resolution bathymetry, video, and underwater photographic images. Wright received a PhD in physical geography and marine geology from the University of California, Santa Barbara; an MS in oceanography from Texas A&M University; and a BS with honors from Wheaton College in Illinois. She is also certified by the GIS Certification Institute as a GIS professional (GISP). She coauthored several books for Esri Press, including Ocean Solutions, Earth Solutions, second edition (2016).Christian Harder is a technology writer and information designer at Esri. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books on GIS, including Understand GIS, The ArcGIS Book (Esri Press, 2017) and The ArcGIS Imagery Book (Esri Press, 2016).Pulitzer Prize winner

• INTRODUCTIONGIS for Science: A Framework and a ProcessIntroduction by the EditorsForewordPART 1: How Earth WorksEarth’s CoastlinesPreventing Species ExtinctionsMapping Half-EarthPART 2: How Earth LooksFrom Plots to PixelsBlueprint for a Better FutureConserving the Last Ocean FrontiersPART 3: How We Look at EarthAI for Geospatial AnalysisMapping Extreme Events from SpaceThe Science of Ocean AcousticsPART 4: Training Future Generations of ScientistsSpatial Thinking Effects on the Human BrainFueling Curiosity to Foster a Healthy PlanetTeaching Spatial Data Science and Deep LearningPART 5: Technology ShowcaseDrone Data Automation with Site Scan for ArcGISMapping BiodiversityModeling Global StreamflowClimate Data for the GIS CommunityVisualizing Vessel TrafficRevealing Sunken Ships with GeoAIThe Art of Frequency and PredominanceUnderstanding the Patterns of COVID-19Monitoring Global Snow CoverPeople for the PeopleAnalyzing Global Water Quality over TimeGrowing Degree Day ModelsInteractive Suitability ModelingInside Submarine Volcanic EruptionsSpatiotemporal Machine Learning

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