Jonathan W. Chipman

|Adjunct Asst Professor

Academic Appointments

Director, Citrin Family GIS/Applied Spatial Analysis Laboratory

I use remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and spatial analysis to study environmental and social systems. These technologies can be applied to many types of problems. In recent years I've used them to assess changes in alpine ecosystems above treeline from satellite imagery, monitor the spatial and temporal dynamics of vegetation cover in southern Africa, and develop tools for geographic data visualization. Working with colleagues in the social sciences, I've also used spatial analysis to map the evolution of exurbia in New England, classify neighborhoods based on demographic factors, and use landscape-scale spatial phenomena as a window onto economic policies.

As director of the Citrin Family GIS/Applied Spatial Analysis Laboratory, I act as a consultant for faculty and student research involving spatial information. During the past few years I've provided this kind of consultation to faculty in Geography, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Studies, Biological Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, Anthropology, Economics, Government, Art History, Native American Studies, Sociology, Religion, and the Medical School, as well as assisting students from many departments across campus who are pursuing research projects that involve spatial analysis.

I periodically teach courses in Geovisualization, Environmental Applications of GIS, and Polar Science & Engineering. In previous years I've co-taught segments of the annual off-campus programs for the Earth Sciences department and Environmental Studies. Along with my colleagues Tom Lillesand and the late Ralph Kiefer, I am co-author of the textbook "Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation", now in its 7th edition.

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Jonathan.W.Chipman@dartmouth.edu

603-646-3321

Fairchild, Room 120

HB 6017

Department(s)

Geography, Earth Sciences

Education

A.B. Dartmouth College
M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Selected Publications

Chipman, J.W., J. Tourville, and I. Ko. 2026. Long-term trends in greenness in the alpine zone of northeastern North America from remote sensing. Ecosphere, 17(9): e70765, doi: 10.1002/ecs2.70765
Ronan A, Hawley R, Chipman JW. 2024. Impacts of differing melt regimes on satellite radar waveforms and elevation retrievals. The Cryosphere, 18(12): 5673–5683. doi: 10.5194/tc-18-5673-2024.
Shi X, Zhang F, Chipman JW, Li M, Khatchikian C, Karagas MR. 2024. Measuring greenspace in rural areas for studies of birth outcomes: a comparison of street view data and satellite data. GeoHealth, 8(4), e2024GH001012. doi: 10.1029/2024GH001012
Chipman JW, Shi X, Gilbert-Diamond D, Khatchikian C, Baker ER, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Karagas MR. 2024. Greenspace and land cover diversity during pregnancy in a rural region, and associations with birth outcomes. GeoHealth, 8(1), e2023GH000905. doi: 10.1029/2023GH000905

Bourne, K., A. Curtis, J.W. Chipman, C. Chen, and M. Borsuk. 2023. Patterns of co-contamination in freshwater and marine fish of the northeastern United States. Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 2023-06-26. doi: 10.1007/s10666-023-09912-2.
Doughty, A., M. Kelly, J. Russell, M. Jackson, B. Anderson, J.W. Chipman, and B. Nakileza. 2023. Last Glacial Maximum reconstructions of Rwenzori mountain glaciers. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 38(1), p.e2022PA004527. doi: 10.1029/2022PA004527.
He, Y, J.W. Chipman, and J. Mankin. 2022. Rapid land cover and land use change in the Indo-Malaysian region over last 34 years based on AVHRR NDVI data. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 12(8), 2131-2151. doi: 10.1080/24694452.2022.2077168.
Morgan B, Chipman JW, Bolger D, Dietrich J. 2021. Spatiotemporal analysis of vegetation cover change in a large ephemeral river: multi-sensor fusion of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and Landsat imagery. Remote Sensing 13(1): 51. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13010051.
Buckman K, Mason R, Seelen E, Taylor V, Balcom P, Chipman JW, Chen C. 2021. Patterns in forage fish mercury concentrations across Northeast US estuaries. Environmental Research, 194: 110629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110629.
Webb, M., J. Winter, S. Spera, J.W. Chipman, and E. Osterberg. 2021. Water, agriculture, and climate dynamics in central Chile's Aconcagua River Basin. Physical Geography, 1790719. doi: 10.1080/02723646.2020.1790719.
Fleisch, A., L. Rokoff, E. Garshick, S. Grady, J.W. Chipman, E. Baker, P. Koutrakis, M. Karagas. 2020. Residential wood stove use and indoor exposure to PM2.5 and its components in northern New England. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 30: 350-361. doi: 10.1038/s41370-019-0151-4.
Dominy, N., S. Ikram, G. Moritz, P. Wheatley, J. Christensen, J.W. Chipman, and P. Koch. 2020. Mummified baboons reveal the far reach of early Egyptian mariners. eLife 60860. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60860.
Morgan, B., D. Bolger, J.W. Chipman, and J. Dietrich. 2020. Lateral and longitudinal distribution of riparian vegetation along an ephemeral river in Namibia using remote sensing techniques. Journal of Arid Environments, 181: 104220. doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104220.
Chipman, J.W. 2019. A multisensor approach to satellite monitoring of trends in lake area, water level, and volume. Remote Sensing, 11(2):158. doi: 10.3390/rs11020158.
Finger Higgens, R.A., J.W. Chipman, D.A. Lutz, L.E. Culler, R.A. Virginia, and L.A. Ogden. 2019. Changing lake dynamics indicate a drier Arctic in western Greenland. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, doi: 10.1029/2018JG004879.
Jackson M, Kelly M, Russell J, Doughty A, Howley J, Chipman JW, Cavagnaro D, Nakileza B, Zimmerman S. 2019. High-latitude warming initiated the onset of the last deglaciation in the tropics. Science Advances, 5(12): eaaw2610. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw2610.
Winter, J.M., F.L. Bowen, T.F. Partridge, and J.W. Chipman. 2019. Future extreme event risk in the rural northeastern United States. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. doi: 10.1080/24694452.2018.1540920.
Heindel, R.C., J.W. Chipman, J.T. Dietrich, and R.A. Virginia. 2018. Quantifying rates of soil deflation with Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry in West Greenland. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, special issue on Environmental Change and Impacts in the Kangerlussuaq Area, West Greenland, 50(1): S100012. doi: 10.1080/15230430.2017.1415852.
Spera, S., J.M. Winter, and J.W. Chipman. 2018. Evaluation of agricultural land cover representations on regional climate model simulations in the Brazilian Cerrado. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 123(10): 5163-5176. doi: 10.1029/2017JD027989.
Schild, K.M., R.L. Hawley, J.W. Chipman, and D.I. Benn. 2017. Quantifying suspended sediment concentration in subglacial sediment plumes discharging from two Svalbard tidewater glaciers using Landsat–8 and in situ measurements. International Journal of Remote Sensing 38(23): 6865-6881. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1365388.
Chipman, J., X. Shi, F. Magilligan, Y. Chen, and B. Li. 2016. Impacts of land cover change and water management practices on the Tarim and Konqi river systems, Xinjiang, China. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 0001;10(4):046020. doi:10.1117/1.JRS.10.046020.
Wallace, D., O. Prosper, J. Savos, A. Dunham, J. Chipman, X. Shi, B. Ndenga, and A. Githeko. 2016. Modeling the response of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) populations in the Kenya Highlands to a rise in mean annual temperature. Journal of Medical Entomology 54(2): 299-311. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw174.
Magilligan, F.J., B. Graber, K. H. Nislow, J. Chipman, C. S. Sneddon, and C. Fox. 2016. River restoration by dam removal: enhancing connectivity at watershed scales. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 4: 000108. doi: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000108.
Heindel, R., J. Chipman, and R. Virginia. 2015. The Spatial Distribution and Ecological Impacts of Aeolian Soil Erosion in Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, doi: 10.1080/00045608.2015.1059176.
Lillesand, T., R. Kiefer, and J. Chipman. 2015. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 7th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ. 720 p. plus online materials.
Chipman, J., L. Olmanson, and A. Gitelson. 2009. Remote sensing methods for lake management. North American Lake Management Society, Madison, WI.

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