Cassandra Runyon
Associate Professor

Education
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Ph.D. 1989
Research Interests
Remote Sensing, GIS, Geomorphology, and Planetary Geology
Courses Taught
GEOL 101/101L - Dynamic Earth
GEOL 206 - Plantery Geology
GEOL 225 - Geomorphology
GEOL 260/260L/460L - NASA Space Mission Design
GEOL 314 - Introduction to Remote Sensing
GEOL 442 - Geological Applications of Remote Sensing
GEOL 449 - Geographic Information Systems
Publications
Alsup D.L., C.R. Coombs (1998) A study of plant distribution changes in abandoned rice fields within freshwater estuaries, Georgetown-Horry Counties, South Carolina. Proceedings First International Conference on Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry. Submitted.
Coombs C.R., C.C. Allen, B.R. Hawke (1998) Evaluation of Aristarchus Plateau as a Future Lunar Base Site. Proceedings Space ë98 Conference, pp. 608-615.
Jensen J., C.R. Coombs, D.E. Porter, B. Jones, D. White (1997) Extraction of Smooth Cordgrass (Spartina Alterniflora) biomass and leaf area index parameters from high resolution imagery. Geocarto, In press.