Grants and Awards
L. Morrissey, Monitoring Development using High Resolution
Satellite and Aircraft Data, City of South Burlington, VT, 2007.
D. Rizzo and L. Morrissey, co-PIs, An Adaptive Management System using Hierarchical
Artificial Neural Networks and Remote Sensing for Fluvial Hazard Mitigation,
VT ANR in collaboration with Vermont Water Resources and Lake Studies Center,
U.S. Geological Survey, 2006-2008.
L. A. Morrissey, Mapping Impervious Surface Areas in Vermont’s Impaired
Watersheds, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental
Conservation, 2005-2008.
L. Morrissey, A Comparison of Bacterial Concentrations in Streams: A Paired
Watershed Study, U.S. Geological Survey, 2004-2006.
David F. Brotzman, Pam Brangan, and Leslie A. Morrissey (PIs) with co-investigator’s
Michele Maresca and Juli Beth Hoover, Using High Resolution Multi-Spectral
Imagery in the Identification of Impervious Surfaces, Institute for the Application
of Geospatial Technology (NASA), 2003-2004.
S. Levine, L. Morrissey and G. Livingston, Detection of cyanobacterial blooms
using remote sensing, Vermont Water Resources and Lake Studies Center, U.S.
Geological Survey, 2003-2005.
L.A. Morrissey, PI (with co-investigators J. Yu and G. Livingston), Advanced
Remote Sensing Technologies for Monitoring Indicators of Global Climate Change,
NASA EPSCoR, 2000-2004.
L. Morrissey, P. I. with co-investigator G. Livingston, Estimating Carbon
Exchange in Northern Ecosystems using ENVISAT, submitted to the European
Space Agency, International Investigators Science Team, 2000-2005.
L. Morrissey, Principal Investigator, Identification of Candidate Parcels
for Riparian Buffer: Reducing Fecal Contamination of Vermont Surface Waters,
Vermont Water Resources and Lake Studies Center, U.S. Geological Survey,
2000-2004.
L. Morrissey, co-PI with G. Livingston, Monitoring Seasonal Inundation in
Northern Wetlands with ALOS PALSAR, National Space Development Agency of
Japan (NASDA), 2000-2006.
Morrissey, Principal Investigator (with co-investigators N. Mitchell and
K. Jones), Computer-based Methodologies for Investigating the History of
Significant Landscapes, Preservation, Technology, and Training Program, National
Park Service, 2000-2002.
L. Morrissey, Principal Investigator, Forest Management Plan for the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, National Park Service, 1999-2002.
L. Morrissey, Principal Investigator, Methane Exchange in Northern Wetlands, Vermont NSF EPSCoR, 2000-2002.
L. Morrissey, Principal Investigator, Identification of Candidate Parcels for Riparian Buffer: Reducing Fecal Contamination of Vermont Surface Waters, Vermont Water Resources and Lake Studies Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 2000-2001.
L. Morrissey, Co-Investigator (with V. Vanderbilt, P.I., NASA ARC, G. Livingston, SNR, and S. Ustin, UC Davis), Mapping Northern Ecosystems with POLDER: Applications for Circumpolar Methane Exchange, joint international AO by National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), funded by NASA Terrestrial Ecology Program, 1998-2000.
L. Morrissey (co-Principal Investigator with R. Manning), Conservation Studies Institute Development Project for Management of the Marsh-Billings National Historical Park, funded by National Park Service, 1998-1999.
L. Morrissey, Wetlands Database Development, funded by the Town of Charlotte, 1998, September 1998.
L. Morrissey, Principal Investigator with co-investigators G. Livingston (SNR) and S. Durden (JPL/California Institute of Technology), RADARSAT International Investigator Award, joint international NRA by Canadian Space Agency, Radarsat International and NASA, Mapping Northern Methane Sources and Sinks using RADARSAT, funded by NASA Polar Programs, 1996-2000.
L. Morrissey, Co-Investigator (with V. Vanderbilt, P.I., at NASA ARC, G. Livingston, SNR, and S. Ustin, UC Davis), Land Use Characterization in Boreal Regions with ADEOS POLDER, international AO by National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) and NASA, funded by NASA Terrestrial Ecology Program, 1995-1997.
L. Morrissey, Principal Investigator (with G. Livingston, SNR and S. Durden, JPL) on NASA research program Characterization of Methane Source Areas in Northern Ecosystems Using SAR NASA Terrestrial Ecology Program, 1994-1996.
L. Morrissey, Principal Investigator, international AO, European Space Agency (ESA) International Investigator Award, Mapping Northern Wetlands with SAR Data, European Remote Sensing Satellites ERS-1 and ERS-2, 1994-1996.
Recognition Award for Outstanding Performance, Johnson Controls, Inc., 1994.
Principal Investigator (with co-investigators S. Durden and G. Livingston) on NASA research program (655-35-04-10) entitled "ERS-1 SAR Investigations of Methane Emissions in Northern Wetlands", three year program initiated in April, 1991.
Co-Principal Investigator (with G. Livingston and D. DesMarais) as part of NASA Interdisciplinary Research Program (RTOP 677-21-22-10) entitled "Regional Methane Emissions from Tundra and Taiga Ecosystems", four year program initiated in July, 1989.
Graduate Student Researchers Program, NASA, 1987-1990.
Recognition Award for Outstanding Performance as Project Manager, TGS Technology, Inc., 1987 (only Project Manager in company to receive an award from the President of TGS).
Principal Investigator (with co-Principal Investigators G. Livingston, D. Card, and J. Kasting) on NASA RTOP 677-21-22-01 entitled "Estimation of Methane Flux in High Latitude Ecosystems", three year program initiated October, 1986.
Principal Investigator (with co-investigator K. Dean) for NASA project entitled "Multisensor Analysis of Environmental Factors (Permafrost) in Alaska", three year project initiated in October, 1983.
Co-Investigator (with D. Mouat), NASA Geology Program, Geobotanical Discrimination of Ultramafics with Thematic Mapper Data, two-year funding initiated in 1981.
Technical Manager (with D. Wilson), NASA Western Regional Applications Program, Alaska Remote Sensing Demonstration Project, initiated in 1978.
