Dr Cristina Gómez

Dr Cristina Gómez
Dr Cristina Gómez
Dr Cristina Gómez

Honorary Research Fellow

About
Email Address
c.gomez@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

Geography and Environment School of Geosciences University of Aberdeen St. Mary's Elphinstone Road Aberdeen AB24 3UF Scotland

School/Department
School of Geosciences

Biography

Honorary research fellow since 2014

Research

Research Overview

  • Remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), spatial statistics, change detection. Optical, hyperspectral, and Lidar (laser altimetry)
  • Monitoring forest structure, biomass and carbon dynamics
  • Landscape patterns of change
  • Process modeling
  • Time series analysis for assessment of historical ecosystem development
  • Coastal geomorphology and change

Current Research

Past, present and future of mountain forests: monitoring and modelling the effects of climate change and management on forest dynamics (GESCLIMFOR). Red de Parques Nacionales, Spain. 2013-2015

 

Using time-series approaches to improve Landsat’s characterization of land surface dynamics. USGS sponsored project for the Landsat Science Team, USA. 2012-2017

 

Investigating the use of spatio-temporal segmentation and annual Landsat composites to characterize landscape-level forest change and revise composite values. Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Canada. 2013-2014