Directory Information for Robert Austin

Department of Soil Science
North Carolina State University
PO Box 7619
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7619

Room: 3404B
Office Phone: 919.513.0255
Email rob_austin@ncsu.edu

 

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Specialty: Geographic Information Systems Specialist

Rob is a GIS specialist and application developer with areas of expertise in relational database management, dynamic web-based database and modeling systems, general programming (C, C++, perl, JPython and others) and geographic information science. His current interests involve the distribution of spatial data through TCP/IP based technologies and the real-time display of geographic data via the Internet.

Publications:

  1. Extension
    1. Publications
      1. Bulletins
        1. Septic Systems and Soil Properties
  2. Research
    1. Publications
      1. Refereed Journals
        • Vepraskas, M.J., J.L. Heitman, and R.E. Austin. 2009. Future Directions for Hydropedology: Quantifying Impacts of Global Change on Land Use. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 13:1427-1438.
        • Anderson, E.S., J.A. Thompson, D.A. Crouse, and R.E. Austin. 2006. Horizontal resolution and data density effects on remotely sensed LIDAR-based DEM. Geoderma, 132, 406-415.
        • Anderson, E., Austin. R., Thompson, J., LiDAR Data Density and Linear Interpolator Influence On Elevation Prediction Estimates, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, in review.
        • Anderson, E., Austin. R., Thompson, J., Crouse, D., Compilation and Error Analysis of a LiDAR-based Digital Elevation Model for the Hofmann Forest, American Society of Agronomy Poster, Denver, Colorado, Nov. 2 - 6, 2003.
        • Austin, R., The Spatial Information Research Laboratory at North Carolina State University, Presentation, Soils Science Seminar, December 3, 2003.
        • Thompson, J., Austin. R., Terrain Analysis at Multiple Scales: Effects on Terrain Attribute Calculation and Soil-Landscape, American Society of Agronomy Poster, Denver, Colorado, Nov. 2 - 6, 2003.
      2. Peer Reviewed Proceedings
        • R.E. Austin, D.A. Crouse, J.L. Havlin, and S.C. Hodges, THE SPATIAL INFORMATION RESEARCH LABORATORY AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, Precision Agricultural Proceedings of the 7 International Conference, July 2000.
    2. Posters
      • Pradham, Austin, Hoover, Using Geographic Information Systems to Estimate Nitrogen Loads in Costal Plain Watersheds. Soil Science Society of North Carolina poster presentation.