Harry Berquist

Geodetic and Remote Sensing Analyst

Certificate, State University of New York

Licensed Surveyor, retired

Email
harry@vims.edu
Office
CCI 106
Phone
(804) 684-7189

Research Interests

Development, analysis, and integration of GPS surveying, remote sensing, and image processing techniques as related to coastal and wetland mapping activities.

Current Projects

Development of Shoreline Situation Reports for Tidewater Maryland and Tidewater Virginia

Land use and land cover classification of satellite imagery using remote sensing

HGM development of hydro-geomorphic model for hardwood mineral flats

Status and trends of Phragmites australis invasion within constructed wetlands in Virginia

Distribution of mussels in natural marshes

Development of new percent cover and canopy closure calculations methodology using digital photography and image processing

Selected Publications

Havens, Kirk J., Berquist, Harry, Priest, Walter I., 2003, Common Reed Grass, Phragmites australis, Expansion into Constructed Wetlands: Are We Mortgaging Our Wetland Future?, Estuaries 26(2B):417-422.

Kirk J. Havens, Harry Berquist, and Walter I. Priest, III, 2002, Status and Trends of Phragmites australis invasion within constructed wetlands in Virginia. Final report submitted to EPA.

Berman, Marcia, Harry Berquist, and Carl Hershner. 1998. Quantitative Evaluation of the Regulatory Process and Its Impacts to Tidal Wetlands. Final report submitted to EPA.

Berquist, H. E. 1998 Quick Shoreline Coverages From Landsat TM Scenes. Abstract for Annual ESRI User’s Conference.

Berquist, H. E., and M. R. Berman. 1994. GIS/GPS Applications An Integrated Approach to Shoreline Studies. Abstract for Annual Convention of the ASPRS/ACSM.

Havens, K. J., W. I. Priest III, and H. Berquist. 1997. The Investigation of Phragmites australis within Virginia’s constructed wetland sites. Environmental Management 21(4): 599-605.