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Sarah Harris

Education

Ph.D. in Geography, Monash University, Australia (2008)
B.Sc(Env). in Geography and Atmospheric Science, Australia (2001)

Research Interests

Remote Sensing – Applications for improving fire and vegetation mapping
Fire Science – Characterizing fire severity, spatial and temporal distribution of burnt areas and fire recovery
Climate Science – Climate dynamics, interannual and intraseasonal variability, and climate and fire relationships, particularly the influence of ENSO.

Professional Experience

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (2009 – present)

Postdoctoral Scholar

Department of Sustainability and Environment, Land and Fire – Planning and Knowledge section (2008-2009)

Remote Sensing Technician

Monash University, Australia (2004-2008)

Casual Lecturer
Demonstrator and Tutor
Research Assistant
Teaching Assistant

Selected Awards

Dean’s Sessional Teaching Award, Monash University (2008)
PhD Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate and Global Change Program (2005-2008)
Travel grants from the School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash Research Graduate School, Monash Arts Faculty, and ARCNESS (Australian Research Council Research Network for Earth System Science) (2006-2008)

Selected Publications

Harris, S., Tapper, N., Orlove, B. and Packham, D. (2009) Exploring spatial non-stationary relationships between fire activity and environmental and human-related variables. In preparation for Ecological Modeling.
Harris, S., Tapper, N., Orlove, B. and Packham, D. (2009) Characterizing the spatial and temporal distribution of burnt area in remote communities of northern Australia. In preparation for Applied GIS
Packham, D., Tapper, N., Griepsma, D., Friedli, H., Hellings, J. and Harris, S. (2009) Mercury in the Environment: A preliminary investigation of biomatter and soils. Air Quality and Climate Change, 43 (1), in press.
Harris, S., Tapper, N., Packham, D., Orlove, B. and Nicholls, N. (2008) The relationship between the monsoonal summer rain and dry season fire activity of northern Australia. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 17, 674 – 684.
Burns, S., Tapper, N., Packham, D., Orlove, B. (2007) The environmental and human factors influencing fire activity under inter-annual climate variability in northern Australia (Poster) 6th International NCCR Climate Summer School, 26th-31st August 2007 Grindelwald, Switzerland.
Burns, S., Tapper, N., Packham, D., Orlove, B. (2006) The El Niño-Southern Oscillation influence on fire activity of northern Australia. International Geographical Union Conference, 3rd – 7th July 2006. Brisbane, Queensland.
Burns, S., Tapper, N. J. & Packham, D. (2005) The spatial and temporal distribution of dry season fires on Indigenous lands of North-Central Arnhem Land: A feasibility study using MODIS satellite imagery. Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial Conference, Melbourne. 12th – 16th September 2005, p89-98.

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