Matthew Clark
- Professor
- Sonoma State University
- Stevenson 3016 D
- 707-664-2558
- matthew.clark@so noma.edu
Website
- Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Analysis (sonoma.edu)
About me
Dr. Clark is an associate professor in the Geography and Global Studies Department and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Analysis (CIGA) at Sonoma State. He has expertise in remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS), and his research seeks to apply this technology to applications in terrestrial ecology, conservation science, and land-use change. His recent research activities have focused on regional- to continental-scale mapping and analysis of land change in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of a collaborative National Science Foundation grant. In this project, Dr. Clark developed a mapping methodology that allows the estimation of land change at municipality scales over the last decade. Dr. Clark and his project team have published scientific papers that use these land-cover maps to investigate the underlying drivers of change, such as economic globalization, human migration and interactions with climate and landform. Dr. Clark's other research interest involves using hyperspectral and lidar (laser scanning) sensors to map properties of natural vegetation, such as species composition and biomass, over broad spatial scales.
Featured publications (16 of 21 publications)
Bonilla-Moheno, M., D. Redo, T.M. Aide and M. Clark. 2013. Differences in vegetation change among land tenure regimes in Mexico: a country-wide analysis. Land Use Policy, 30: 355-364.
Clark, M. 2012. Identification of Canopy Species in Tropical Forests Using Hyperspectral Data. In Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation, edited by P.S. Thenkabail, J.G. Lyon and A. Huete. Boca Raton: CRC Press/Francis & Taylor.
Sánchez-Cuervo, A.M., T.M. Aide, M. Clark and A. Etter. 2012. Land cover change in Colombia: surprising forest recovery trends between 2001 and 2010. PLoS ONE 7: e43943.
Clark, M., D. Redo and T.M. Aide. 2012. The relative importance of socio-economic and environmental variables in explaining land change in Bolivia, 2001-2010. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 102: 778-807.
Redo, D., H.R. Grau, T.M. Aide and M. Clark. 2012. Asymmetric forest transition related to the interaction of socio-economic development and forest type in Central America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109: 8839–8844.
Redo, D., T.M. Aide, M. Clark and M.J. Andrade-Núñez. 2012. The impact of internal and external policies on land change in Uruguay, 2001 to 2009. Environmental Conservation 39: 122-131.
López-Carr, D., J. Davis, M. Jankowsk, L. Grant, A.C. López-Carr and M. Clark. 2012. Space versus place in complex human-natural systems: Spatial and multi-level models of tropical land use and cover change (LUCC) in Guatemala. Ecological Modeling 229: 64-75.
Izquierdo, A. and M. Clark. 2012. Spatial analysis of conservation priorities based on ecosystem services in the Atlantic Forest region of Misiones, Argentina. Forests 3: 764-786.
Clark, M. and D.A. Roberts. 2012. Species-level differences in hyperspectral metrics among tropical rainforest trees as determined by a tree-based classifier. Remote Sensing 4: 1820-1855.
Bonilla-Moheno, M., T.M. Aide and M. Clark. 2012. The influence of socioeconomic, environmental, and demographic factors on municipality-scale land-use/land-cover change in Mexico. Regional Environmental Change 12: 543-557.
Redo, D., T.M. Aide and M. Clark. 2012. Vegetation change in Brazil’s dryland ecoregions and the relationship to crop production and environmental factors: Cerrado, Caatinga and Mato Grosso, 2001-2009. Journal of Land Use Science.
Aide, T.M., M. Clark, H.R. Grau, D. López-Carr, M. Levy, D. Redo, M. Bonilla-Moheno, G. Riner, M. Andrade-Núñez and M. Muñiz. 2012. The deforestation and reforestation of Latin America and the Caribbean (2001-2010). Biotropica.
Clark, M., T.M. Aide and G. Riner. 2012. Land change for all municipalities in Latin America and the Caribbean assessed from 250-m MODIS imagery (2001-2010). Remote Sensing of Environment 126: 84-103.
Clark, M. and T.M. Aide. 2011. Virtual Interpretation of Earth Web-Interface Tool (VIEW-IT) for collecting land-use/land-cover reference data. Remote Sensing 3: 601-620.
Clark, M., D.A. Roberts, J.J. Ewel and D. Clark. 2011. Estimation of tropical rain forest aboveground biomass with small-footprint lidar and hyperspectral sensors. Remote Sensing of Environment 115: 2931-2942.
Clark, M., T.M. Aide and G. Riner. 2010. A scalable approach to mapping annual land-cover at 250 m using MODIS time-series data: A case study in the Dry Chaco ecoregion of South America. Remote Sensing of Environment 114: 2816-2832.
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Publications
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Bonilla-Moheno, M., D. Redo, T.M. Aide and M. Clark. 2013. Differences in vegetation change among land tenure regimes in Mexico: a country-wide analysis. Land Use Policy, 30: 355-364.
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Clark, M. 2012. Identification of Canopy Species in Tropical Forests Using Hyperspectral Data. In Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation, edited by P.S. Thenkabail, J.G. Lyon and A. Huete. Boca Raton: CRC Press/Francis & Taylor.
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Sánchez-Cuervo, A.M., T.M. Aide, M. Clark and A. Etter. 2012. Land cover change in Colombia: surprising forest recovery trends between 2001 and 2010. PLoS ONE 7: e43943.
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Clark, M., D. Redo and T.M. Aide. 2012. The relative importance of socio-economic and environmental variables in explaining land change in Bolivia, 2001-2010. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 102: 778-807.
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Redo, D., H.R. Grau, T.M. Aide and M. Clark. 2012. Asymmetric forest transition related to the interaction of socio-economic development and forest type in Central America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109: 8839–8844.
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Redo, D., T.M. Aide, M. Clark and M.J. Andrade-Núñez. 2012. The impact of internal and external policies on land change in Uruguay, 2001 to 2009. Environmental Conservation 39: 122-131.
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López-Carr, D., J. Davis, M. Jankowsk, L. Grant, A.C. López-Carr and M. Clark. 2012. Space versus place in complex human-natural systems: Spatial and multi-level models of tropical land use and cover change (LUCC) in Guatemala. Ecological Modeling 229: 64-75.
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Izquierdo, A. and M. Clark. 2012. Spatial analysis of conservation priorities based on ecosystem services in the Atlantic Forest region of Misiones, Argentina. Forests 3: 764-786.
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Clark, M. and D.A. Roberts. 2012. Species-level differences in hyperspectral metrics among tropical rainforest trees as determined by a tree-based classifier. Remote Sensing 4: 1820-1855.
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Bonilla-Moheno, M., T.M. Aide and M. Clark. 2012. The influence of socioeconomic, environmental, and demographic factors on municipality-scale land-use/land-cover change in Mexico. Regional Environmental Change 12: 543-557.
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Redo, D., T.M. Aide and M. Clark. 2012. Vegetation change in Brazil’s dryland ecoregions and the relationship to crop production and environmental factors: Cerrado, Caatinga and Mato Grosso, 2001-2009. Journal of Land Use Science.
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Aide, T.M., M. Clark, H.R. Grau, D. López-Carr, M. Levy, D. Redo, M. Bonilla-Moheno, G. Riner, M. Andrade-Núñez and M. Muñiz. 2012. The deforestation and reforestation of Latin America and the Caribbean (2001-2010). Biotropica.
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Clark, M., T.M. Aide and G. Riner. 2012. Land change for all municipalities in Latin America and the Caribbean assessed from 250-m MODIS imagery (2001-2010). Remote Sensing of Environment 126: 84-103.
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Clark, M. and T.M. Aide. 2011. Virtual Interpretation of Earth Web-Interface Tool (VIEW-IT) for collecting land-use/land-cover reference data. Remote Sensing 3: 601-620.
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Clark, M., D.A. Roberts, J.J. Ewel and D. Clark. 2011. Estimation of tropical rain forest aboveground biomass with small-footprint lidar and hyperspectral sensors. Remote Sensing of Environment 115: 2931-2942.
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Clark, M., T.M. Aide and G. Riner. 2010. A scalable approach to mapping annual land-cover at 250 m using MODIS time-series data: A case study in the Dry Chaco ecoregion of South America. Remote Sensing of Environment 114: 2816-2832.
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Helmer, E., T. Kennaway, D. Pedreros, M. Clark, L. Tieszen, R. Ruzycki, H. Marcano, S. Schill and C. Carrington. 2008. Land cover and forest formation distributions for St. Kitts, Nevis, St. Eustatius, Grenada and Barbados from decision tree classification of cloud-cleared satellite imagery. Caribbean Journal of Science 44: 175–198.
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Clark, M., D.A. Roberts and D. Clark. 2005. Hyperspectral discrimination of tropical rain forest tree species at leaf to crown scales. Remote Sensing of Environment 96: 375-398.
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Clark, D.B., J. Reed, M. Clark, A. Murillo Cruz, M. Fallas Dotti and D.A. Clark. 2004. Application of 1-m and 4-m resolution satellite data to studies of tree demography, stand structure and land-use classification in tropical rain forest landscapes. Ecological Applications 14: 61–74.
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Clark, M., R. Powell, N. Matzke, C. de Souza, I. Numata, L. Hess and D.A. Roberts. 2004. Sources of error in accuracy assessment of thematic land-cover maps in the Brazilian Amazon. Remote Sensing of Environment 90: 221-234.
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Clark, M., D. Clark and D.A. Roberts. 2004. Small-footprint lidar estimation of sub-canopy elevation and tree height in a tropical rain forest landscape. Remote Sensing of Environment 91: 68-89.
Educational Background
2005 – Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (Geography)
1998 – Masters of Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (Ecosystem Analysis and Conservation)
1993 – Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, CA (Environmental Science)
1993 – Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, CA (Integrative Biology)
Grants
The impact of economic globalization on human demography, land use, and natural systems in Latin America and Caribbean
Spectral and temporal discrimination of vegetation cover across California with simulated HyspIRI imagery
Positions & Honors
2012 – Editorial Board member, Remote Sensing of Environment (Elsevier)
Collaborators, Advisors & Advisees
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Aide, T – University of Puerto Rico
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Grau, H – Universidad de Tucuman, Argentina
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Roberts, D – University of California, Santa Barbara