Evan Lyons

Lecturer, Earth System Science

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Email: elyons@stanford.edu

Office: Spatial Analysis Center, 366A Yang and Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building, Stanford, California 94305

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Lecturer, Earth System Science

Administrative Appointments

Manager, Spatial Analysis Center (2015 - Present)

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of California, Los Angeles Department of Geography (2014)
Graduate Student Mentorship, University of California, Los Angeles (2010)
Outstanding Student Paper Award for Hydrology, American Geophysical Union (2009)

Education

PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, Geography (2015)
MA, University of California, Los Angeles, Geography (2011)
BS, University of California, Irvine, Earth System Science (2005)

Teaching

Courses Taught

2016-17

Advanced Geographic Information Systems
ESS 165, ESS 265 (Spr)
Fundamentals of Geographic Information Science (GIS)
EARTHSYS 144, ESS 164 (Aut)
Remote Sensing of Land
EARTHSYS 142, EARTHSYS 242, ESS 162, ESS 262 (Win)

Independent Study Courses

Directed Individual Study in Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 297 (Win)

2015-16

Advanced Geographic Information Systems
ESS 165, ESS 265 (Spr)
Fundamentals of Geographic Information Science (GIS)
EARTHSYS 144, ESS 164 (Aut)
Remote Sensing of Land
EARTHSYS 142, EARTHSYS 242, ESS 162, ESS 262 (Win)

Publications

Representative lake water extent mapping at continental scales using multi-temporal Landsat-8 imagery Remote Sensing of Environment Sheng, Y., Song, C., Wang, J., Lyons, E. A., Knox, B. R., Cox, J. S., Gao, F. 2016; 185: 129–141
Quantifying sources of error in multitemporal multisensor lake mapping INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING Lyons, E. A., Sheng, Y., Smith, L. C., Li, J., Hinkel, K. M., Lenters, J. D., Wang, J. 2013; 34 (22): 7887-7905
Thermokarst Lakes on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska: Spatial and Temporal Variability in Summer Water Temperature PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES Hinkel, K. M., Lenters, J. D., Sheng, Y., Lyons, E. A., Beck, R. A., Eisner, W. R., Maurer, E. F., Wang, J., Potter, B. L. 2012; 23 (3): 207-217
Thermokarst Lakes on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska: Geomorphic Controls on Bathymetry PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES Hinkel, K. M., Sheng, Y., Lenters, J. D., Lyons, E. A., Beck, R. A., Eisner, W. R., Wang, J. 2012; 23 (3): 218-230
Drained thaw lake basin recovery on the western Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska using high-resolution digital elevation models and remote sensing imagery REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT Wang, J., Sheng, Y., Hinkel, K. M., Lyons, E. A. 2012; 119: 325-336
Regional lake ice meltout patterns near Barrow, Alaska Polar Geography Hinkel, K. M., Lin, Z., Sheng, Y., Lyons, E. A. 2012; 35 (2): 1-18
The sensitivity of CO and aerosol transport to the temporal and vertical distribution of North American boreal fire emissions ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS Chen, Y., Li, Q., Randerson, J. T., Lyons, E. A., Kahn, R. A., Nelson, D. L., Diner, D. J. 2009; 9 (17): 6559-6580
Changes in surface albedo after fire in boreal forest ecosystems of interior Alaska assessed using MODIS satellite observations JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES Lyons, E. A., Jin, Y., Randerson, J. T. 2008; 113 (G2)
The impact of boreal forest fire on climate warming SCIENCE Randerson, J. T., Liu, H., Flanner, M. G., Chambers, S. D., Jin, Y., Hess, P. G., Pfister, G., Mack, M. C., Treseder, K. K., Welp, L. R., Chapin, F. S., Harden, J. W., Goulden, M. L., Lyons, E., Neff, J. C., Schuur, E. A., Zender, C. S. 2006; 314 (5802): 1130-1132

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