Recent Publications
Asterisks (*) denote a student author
Cassidy, L., Pricope, N.G., Stevens, F., Salerno, J., Murray-Hudson, M., Parry, D., Hartter, J., and Gaughan, A. 2023. How has CBNRM impacted economic wellbeing and adaptive capacity in rural households in Chobe - Botswana’s flagship project area? Ecology and Society (in press).
Pricope, N.G., Halls, J.N., Minei*, A., Dalton, E.G.*, Chen, C., Wang, Y., and Weatherford, M. 2022. Fusing multi-source UAS-derived data for coastal wetlands prediction modeling. Frontiers in Remote Sensing (in review).
Stevens, F., Gaughan, A., Salerno, J., Pricope, N.G., Cassidy, L., Bailey, K., Hartter, J., Drake***, M., Kolarik, N., Maseka, H., and Mosimane, A. 2023. Empirically modelling household vulnerability and food security across a southern African land system. Journal of Land Use Science 2023, Vol. 18, No. 1, 315-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2023.2226140
J. Edwards*, G. Dogan and N.G. Pricope. 2023. Comparison of Machine and Deep Learning Models for the Prediction of Land Degradation. 2023 6th International Conference on Information and Computer Technologies (ICICT), Raleigh, NC, USA, 2023, pp. 5-12, https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICT58900.2023.00009
Lopez-Carr, D., Pricope, N.G., Mwenda, K., Daldegan, G., and Zvoleff, A. 2023. A Conceptual Approach Towards Improving Monitoring of Living Conditions for Populations Affected by Desertification, Land Degradation, and Drought. Sustainability 2023, 15(12), 9400: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129400
Hutsler*, T., Pricope, N.G.., Gao, P., and Rother, M. 2023. Detecting woody plants in southern Arizona using data from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). Remote Sensing 2023, 15(1), 98; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15010098
Pricope, N.G. and Shivers*, G. 2022. Wetland vulnerability metrics as a rapid indicator in identifying nature-based solutions to mitigate coastal flooding. Hydrology 2022, 9(12), 218: https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9120218
Govil**, S., Lee**, A., MacQueen**, A., Pricope, N.G., Minei*, A., and Chen, C. 2022. Using Hyperspatial LiDAR and Multispectral Imaging to Identify Coastal Wetlands using Gradient Boosting Methods. Remote Sensing 2022, 14(23), 6002; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14236002
Pricope, N.G., Minei*, A., Halls, J.N., Chen, C., and Wang, Y. 2022. UAS Hyperspatial LiDAR Data Performance in Delineation and Classification Across a Gradient of Wetland Types. Drones 2022, 6(10), 268; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones6100268
Pricope, N.G., Daldegan, G., Zvoleff, A., Mwenda, K., Noon, M., and Lopez-Carr, D. 2022. Operationalizing an integrative socio-ecological framework in support of global monitoring of land degradation. Land Degradation and Development, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4447
Pizzaro*, S., Pricope, N.G., Vargas, D., Huanca, O., and Naupari, J. 2022. Mapping land cover types for highland Andean ecosystems in Peru using Google Earth Engine. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(7):1562. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14071562
Gaughan, A., Kolarik*, N., Stevens, F., Pricope, N.G., Cassidy, L., Salerno, J., Bailey, K., Drake***, M., Woodward*, K., and Hartter, J. 2022. Using very high-resolution multispectral classification to estimate savanna fractional vegetation coverage. Remote Sensing 14(3):551. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030551
Pricope, N.G., Hidalgo*, C., Pippin, J.S. and Evans, S. 2022. Shifting landscapes of risk: quantifying pluvial flood vulnerability beyond the regulated floodplain. Journal of Environmental Management 304 (2022) 114221: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114221
Lopez-Carr, D., Brablec, G., Mwenda, K., and Pricope, N.G. 2022. A Review of Pilot Country Workshops in Support of UNCCD Strategic Objectives (SO) 1,2 and 3: a case study testing the usefulness of the datasets and approaches suggested to monitor progress. This report (28 pages) was produced as an output of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded project 10230 “Strengthening Land Degradation Neutrality data and decision-making through free and open access platforms”. For additional information on the project see https://www.tools4ldn.org
Pricope, N.G., Halls, J., Minei*, A., Dalton*, E., and Eckhardt*, C. 2022. Fusing Multi-Source UAS-Derived Data to Improve Project Planning and the NCDOT Wetlands Prediction Model. Final report submitted to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) in response to research project RP2020-04. January 27th 2022, 102 pages. https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/research/Pages/ProjDetails.aspx?ProjectID=2020-04
Pricope, N.G., Minei*, A. and Halls, J. 2021. Constructing a Coastal Plains wetland delineation model using hyperspatial LiDAR data. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing: 5896-5898. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9555017
Salerno, J., Stevens, F., Gaughan, A., Hilton, T., Bailey, K., Bowles, T., Cassidy, L., Mupeta-Muyamwa, P., Biggs, D., Pricope, N.G., Mosimane, A.W., Henry, L.M., Drake***, M., Weaver*, A., Kosmas, S., Woodward*, K., Kolarik*, N., and Hartter, J. 2021. Wildlife impacts and changing climate pose compounding threats to human food security. Current Biology 31, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.074
Ordway, E. M., Elmore, A. J., Kolstoe, S., Quinn, J. E., Swanwick, R., Cattau, M., Taillie, D., Guinn, S. M., Chadwick, K. D., Atkins, J. W., Blake, R. E., Chapman, M., Cobourn, K., Goulden, T., Helmus, M. R., Hondula, K., Hritz, C., Jensen, J., Julian, J. P., Kuwayama, Y., Lulla, V., O’Leary, D., Nelson, D. R., Ocón, J. P., Pau, S., Ponce-Campos, G. E., Portillo-Quintero, C., Pricope, N. G., Rivero, R. G., Schneider, L., Steele, M., Tulbure, M. G., Williamson, M. A., and Wilson, C. 2021. Leveraging the NEON Airborne Observation Platform for socio-environmental systems research. Ecosphere 12 (6):e03640. 10.1002/ecs2.3640
Woodward*, K.D., Pricope, N.G., Stevens, F., Gaughan, A., Drake*, M., Bailey, K., Salerno, J., Cassidy, L., Kolarik*, N., and Hartter, J. 2021. Modeling community land use in a transboundary Southern African landscape: integrating remote sensing and participatory mapping. Remote Sensing 13 (4), 631. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040631
Pricope, N.G. and Minei*, A. 2021. Data Collection, Processing, and Modeling Guide for LiDAR Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) and In Situ Field Data in Support of Research Project 2020-04. Instructions manual produced for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) research project RP2020-04. 168 pages.
Lopez-Carr, D., Mwenda, K., Mapes, K., Sokolow, S. and Pricope, N.G. 2021. A Review of Publicly Available Datasets in Support of Monitoring Progress Toward Strategic Objective 2 of the UNCCD Sustainable Development Goals: to improve living conditions of affected populations. This report (68 pages) was produced as an output of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded project 10230 “Strengthening Land Degradation Neutrality data and decision-making through free and open access platforms”. For additional information on the project see https://www.tools4ldn.org (peer-reviewed report)
Pricope, N.G. Mapes, K., Mwenda, K., Sokolow, S. and Lopez-Carr, D. 2021. A Review of Publicly Available Geospatial Datasets and Indicators in Support of Drought Monitoring. Tools4LDN Technical Report on Monitoring Progress Towards UNCCD Strategic Objective 3. Pp. 94. This report was produced as an output of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded project 10230 “Strengthening Land Degradation Neutrality data and decision-making through free and open access platforms”. For additional information on the project see https://www.tools4ldn.org (peer-reviewed report)
Drake*, M., Salerno, J., Langendorf, R., Cassidy, l., Gaughan, A., Stevens, F., Pricope, N.G., and Hartter, J. 2020. The cost of elephant exceeds the benefits of hunting in a community-based conservation area of Namibia. Conservation Science and Practice 2020; e345, https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.345
Bailey, K., Drake*, M., Salerno, J., Cassidy, L., Gaughan, A., Stevens, F., Pricope, N.G., Woodward*, K.D., Luwaya, H.M. and Hartter, J. 2020. Mapping Natural Resource Collection Areas from Household Survey Data in Southern Africa. Applied Geography Vol. 125, December 2020, 102326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102326
Pricope, N.G.; Halls, J.N.; Mapes, K.L.; Baxley*, J.B.; Wu*, J.J. Quantitative Comparison of UAS-Borne LiDAR Systems for High-Resolution Forested Wetland Mapping. Sensors 2020, 20(16), 4453; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20164453
Mapes, K.L.; Pricope, N.G.; Baxley, J.B.; Schaale, L.E.; Danner, R.M. 2020. Thermal Imaging of Beach-Nesting Bird Habitat with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Considerations for Reducing Disturbance and Enhanced Image Accuracy. Drones 2020,4, 12.
Pricope, N.G., Smith, N.D., and Divakaran, D. 2020. Empowering innovations, solutions and the GEOINT workforce through university, industry and government partnerships. In The 2020 State & Future of GEOINT Report, published by the The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation; pp. 34-37 https://usgif.org/system/uploads/6904/original/2020-SaFoG.pdf
Mapes*, K.L. and Pricope, N.G. 2020. Evaluating SWAT model performance for runoff, percolation, and sediment loss estimation in low-gradient watersheds of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Hydrology 7,21.
Kolarik, N., Gaughan, A., Stevens, F., Pricope, N.G., Woodward, K., Cassidy, L., Salerno, J., and Hartter, J. 2020. A multi-plot assessment of vegetation structure using a micro-unmanned aerial system (UAS) in a semi-arid savanna environment. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 164, 84-96.
Salerno, J., Gaughan, A., Stevens, F., Drake, M., Cassidy, L., Pricope, N.G., and Hartter, J. 2020. Wildlife impacts and vulnerable livelihoods in a transfrontier conservation landscape. Conservation Biology DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13480.
Pricope, N.G., Mapes*, K.L. and Woodward*, K.D. 2019. Remote sensing of human-environment interactions in global change research: a review of advances, challenges and future directions. Remote Sensing 2019, 11, 2783.
Pricope, N.G., Cassidy, L., Gaughan, A., Salerno, J., Stevens, F. Hartter, J., Drake*, M. and Mupeta-Muywama, P. 2019. Addressing integration challenges of interdisciplinary research in social-ecological systems. Society and Natural Resources DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2019.1680783
Pricope, N.G., Mapes, K., Woodward*, K., Olsen, S. and Baxley*, B. 2019. Multi-sensor assessment of the effects of varying processing parameters on UAS product accuracy and quality. Drones 2019, 3, 63.
Gaughan, A., Stevens, F., Pricope, N.G., Hartter, J., Cassidy, L. and Salerno, J. 2019. Operationalizing vulnerability: land systems dynamics in a transfrontier conservation area. Land 2019, 8, 111.
Pricope, N.G., Halls, J., Rosul*, L., and Hidalgo*, C. 2019. Residential flood vulnerability along the developed North Carolina, USA coast: high resolution social and physical data for decision support. Data in Brief 24 (2019) 103975: 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.103975
Pricope, N.G., Halls, J. and Rosul*, L. 2019. Modeling residential coastal flood vulnerability using finished-floor elevation and socio-economic characteristics. Journal of Environmental Management 237, 387-398.
Mainali*, J. and Pricope, N.G. 2018. Mapping the need for adaptation: assessing drought vulnerability using the livelihood vulnerability index approach in a mid-hill region of Nepal. Climate and Development, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2018.1521329.Pricope, N.G., Pardo-Rodriguez*, L., Lopez-Carr, D.,
Williams*, E., Zorich*, L. 2018. “Geographic Vulnerability to Climate Change.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Geography. Ed. Barney Warf. New York: Oxford University Press, 22 February 2018.
Kantor, C., Pricope, N.G., and Wang, S. 2018. Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) – a new approach to teaching and learning in Geospatial Intelligence. In The State & Future of the GEOINT 2018, The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. Print. Available online here.
Pricope, N.G. and Halls, J. 2017. Enhancing applied learning opportunities in the geosciences using geospatial mapping, analysis and modeling tools. Applied Learning in Higher Education. Salena Rabidoux et al. (editors). Pp: 23-29.
Mainali*, J. and Pricope, N.G. 2017b. Geospatial datasets in support of high-resolution spatial assessment of population vulnerability to climate change in Nepal. Data in Brief 12: 459-462.
Mainali*, J. and Pricope, N.G. 2017a. High-resolution spatial assessment of population vulnerability to climate change in Nepal. Applied Geography 82: 66-82.
Le*, A.M. and Pricope, N.G. 2017. Increasing the Accuracy of Runoff and Streamflow Simulation in the Nzoia Basin, Western Kenya, through the Incorporation of Satellite-Derived CHIRPS Data. Water: 9, 114.
Aukema JE, Pricope NG, Husak GJ, Lopez-Carr D. 2017. Biodiversity Areas under Threat: Overlap of Climate Change and Population Pressures on the World’s Biodiversity Priorities. PLOS ONE 12(1): e0170615.
Burke*, J.J., Pricope, N.G., and Blum, J. 2016. Thermal Imagery-Derived Surface Inundation Modeling to Assess Flood Risk in a Flood-Pulsed Savannah Watershed in Botswana and Namibia. Remote Sensing 2016, 8, 676; doi:10.3390/rs8080676
Lopez-Carr, D., Mwenda*, K., Pricope, N. G., Kyriakidis, P., Funk, C.,Husak, G., Jankowska, M., Weeks, J., and Michaelson, J. 2016. Climate-Related Child Undernutrition: an Integrated Spatial Analysis of Health Surveys, NDVI, and Precipitation Data in the Lake Victoria Basin. Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 9(6): 2830-2835.
Pricope, N.G., Gaughan, A.E., All, J.D., Binford, M.W. and Rutina, L.P. 2015. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Vegetation Dynamics in Relation to Shifting Inundation and Fire Regimes: Disentangling Environmental Variability from Land Management Decisions in a Southern African Transboundary Watershed. Land 4, 627-655.
Pricope, N.G., All, J.D. and Miles, L. 2015. Anthropogenic and environmental disturbance factors in the Annapurna Conservation Area of Nepal.In Human and Environmental Changes in South-East Asia. R.B. Singh and P. Prokop (editors), Springer Inc.
Pricope, N.G., Binford, M., and All, J. 2014. Disentangling environmental variability from land management decisions in changing semi-arid savannas of Africa. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS) 80(11): 1005-1013.
All, J., Pricope, N.G., and Humagain, K. 2014. Connecting pixels with people to examine environmental changes in the Mt. Everest region of Nepal. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS) 80(7): 600-604. July 2014 Cover page article.
Pricope, N.G., Caplow, S. and Gaughan, A. 2014. Community-Based Management and Conservation in Africa: Trade-offs and synergies in land-use decisions in local villages in Namibia. [Peer-reviewed Case Study]. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY.
López-Carr, D. and N. G. Pricope (co-first authors), M. M. Jankowska, J. Aukema, C. Funk, G. Husak, and J. Michaelsen. 2014. A spatial analysis of population dynamics and climate change in Africa: Potential vulnerability hot spots emerge where precipitation declines and demographic pressures coincide. Special issue entitled Understanding the Links between Population Dynamics and Climate Change, Population and Environment Journal 35: 323–339.
Pricope, N.G. and Gaughan, A.E. 2014. Terrestrial Ecosystems: conflicts and opportunities. Ch. 8 in Southern African Systems: coupling humans and environment in Southern Africa. Brown, Mark (editor).
Gaughan, A.E., Pricope, N.G., Venne, L. 2014. Biophysical drivers of ecosystem variability in southern Africa. Ch. 5 in Southern African Systems: coupling humans and environment in Southern Africa. Brown, Mark (editor).
Pricope, N.G., Michaelsen, J., Lopez-Carr, D., Funk, C., and Husak, G. 2013. The climate-population nexus in the East African Horn: emerging degradation trends in rangeland and pastoral livelihood zones. Global Environmental Change, 23, 1525-1541.
Bremner, J., López-Carr, D., A. Zvoleff, N. G. Pricope. 2013. Using new methods and data to assess and address population, fertility, and environment links in the Lake Victoria Basin. (PDF) Proceedings of the 2013 International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). Busan, Korea, August, 2013. Pp. 15.
López-Carr, D. and N. G. Pricope (co-first authors), M. M. Jankowska, C. Funk, G. Husak, and J. Michaelsen. 2013. Mapping population vulnerability to climate change in Africa. Proceedings of the International Seminar on Population Dynamics and the Human Dimensions of Climate Change. Canberra, Australia, 27-29 November 2012.
Pricope, N.G., Pardo, L. and Lopez-Carr, D. 2013. Vulnerability to Climate Change. Oxford Bibliographies in "Geography". Ed. Barney Warf. New York: Oxford University Press, Entry Launch Date: March 2013. http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199874002/obo-9780199874002-0040.xml
Pricope, N.G. 2013. Variable-source flood pulsing in a semi-arid transboundary watershed: The Chobe River, Botswana and Namibia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 185: 1883-1906 (featured as a key research article in Environment Progress, March 2013 issue).
Coordinating lead authors: T. Evans, C. Hunsberger; Lead authors: T. M. Aide, J. Albaladejo Montoro, S. M. Borras Jr., H. F. del Valle, T. Devisscher, J. Jabbour, S. Kant, D. Lopez-Carr, H. Masundire, N. G. Pricope (GEO Fellow) and R. Sanchez-Rodriguez; Contributing authors: M. T. Abdelhamid, B. Alfthan, F. Ayache, A. A. Berhe, C. Chinweze, J. Frelichova, L. Hislop, W. K. Pan, B.Schulte-Herbruggen, J. Smith, C. Souza Jr.,T. L. Timmins (GEO Fellow) and L. C. Zulu. 2012. Part I: Assessment of the State and Trends of the Global Environment. Chapter 3: Land. Fifth Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-5). Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Pages: 65-96.
Pricope, N.G. and Binford, M.W. 2012. A spatio-temporal analysis of fire recurrence and extent for semi-arid savanna ecosystems using moderate resolution satellite imagery. Journal of Environmental Management 100: 72-85.
Pricope, N.G. 2010. Resilience. In Encyclopedia of Geography, Ed. Barney Warf. Vol. 5, pages 2437-2441 SAGE Publications Inc. (Recipient of the "Outstanding Reference Source" award at the American Library Association ALA 2011).
Pricope, N.G. 2010. International watershed management. In Encyclopedia of Geography, Ed. Barney Warf. Vol. 3, pages 1618-1620. SAGE Publications Inc. ("Outstanding Reference Source" award ALA 2011).
Pricope, N.G. 2009. Assessment of Spatial Patterns of Sediment Transport and Delivery for Soil and Water Conservation Programs. Journal of Spatial Hydrology 9(1) Spring 2009, 21-46.
All, J. and Pricope, N. G. 2008. How can sustainable land management contribute to mitigating climate change? Natural Resources Forum 32: 251-255.