Mbongowo Joseph Mbuh

GEOG 121: Global Physical environment (Online and face to face)

GEOG 271: The power of maps

GEOG 274: Introduction to Geospatial Technologies

GEOG 374/575: Environmental Remote Sensing

GEOG 474: Introduction to Geographic information systems

GEOG 476: Web GIS

GEOG 378: Global positioning system (GPS)

GEOG 575: Digital Image Processing

My research focuses on the application of theories, water quality modeling, data assimilation, multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing, and GIS techniques to geomorphology, hydrology water resources. I have more than 15 years of experience working with ArcGIS software and developing GIS databases, data creation map production and creating vector property maps.

My recent research focuses particularly on flood monitoring, surface water quality modeling, remote sensing and GIS, web and mobile mapping, and visualization and numerical modeling. We also focus on integrated geospatial science for multi-scale mapping, monitoring, and modeling of spatial environmental heterogeneity, in the quantification of change in landscape pattern, investigating the linkages between pattern and processes, and understanding the pattern-process dynamic within different environmental management regimes

Mbongowo J Mbuh, Ryan Wheeler & Amanda Cook (2019) Spatiotemporal Analysis of Urban    Heat Island intensification in the city of Minneapolis -St. Paul and Chicago Metropolitan         areas using Landsat data from 1984-2016, Geocarto     International, https://doi.10.1080/10106049.2019.1655802

 Mbongowo Mbuh, Neil Vruno (2018). A habitat suitability analysis for      recolonization/reintroduction of Mountain Lions (Puma concolor) in Minnesota.       European journal of Ecology. 4(2), 28-40. doi: https://doi.org/10.2478/eje-2018-            0013

Mbongowo Mbuh, Richard Mbih, Comfort Wendi (2018). Water quality modeling and     sensitivity analysis using Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program (WASP) in        the Shenandoah River Watershed Physical Geography. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723646.2018.1507339

Mbongowo Mbuh (2018). Application of data fusion for uncertainty and sensitivity analysis         of water quality estimation in the Shenandoah River Basin, Virginia, USA. International     Journal of Applied Geospatial Research 9(3), 31-54, 2018 https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/article/204552

 Mbongowo Mbuh (2017). Optimization of Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral            Enhanced Reconnaissance(ARCHER) imagery, in-situ data with chemometrics to evaluate nutrients in the Shenandoah River, Virginia. Geocarto            International.http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10106049.2017.1343395.

Mbih, Richard A., Steven L. Driever, Stephen K. Ndzeidze, Mbongowo J. Mbuh, Carine  S.Bongadzem, Harry M. Wirngo (2017): Fulani pastoralists’ transformation process: a      sustainable development approach in the Western Highlands of Cameroon. Environment,          Development, and             Sustainability  https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10668-017-9910-3.pdf

 Mbongowo Mbuh, Paul Houser, Ako Heildari (2016): Water quality estimation using        combined   water chemistry and field spectroscopy in the Shenandoah River,  Virginia. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research 7(2) https://www.igi-    global.com/article/water-quality-estimation-using-combined-water-chemistry-and-field-     spectroscopy-in-the-shenandoah-river-virginia/146546

 Paul A. Dirmeyer,  Zaiyu Wang, Mbongowo J. Mbuh,  and Holly E. Norton (2014): Intensified    land surface control on boundary layer growth in a changing climate. Geophysical         Research Letters DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058826Lee, J.A., Baddock, M.C., Mbuh, M.J.and Gill, T.E., (2012): Geomorphic and Land Cover           Characteristics of Aeolian Dust Sources in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico, USA.Aeolian Research, v. 3.p. 459-466. doi: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2011.08.001. http://rupisciencedirect.cjb.net/science/article/pii/S1875963711000656

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Mbongowo Mbuh & Monica Slinkey (2018): Application of real-time GIS for community health resource inventory in the era of big data for a resilient and smart substance abuse management system. Poster presented at the 2018 UND-Midwest Big Data Hub "Smart, Local, Resilient" Meeting at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks

 Mbongowo Mbuh, Neil Vruno: (2017) A habitat suitability analysis for recolonization/reintroduction ofMountain Lions (Puma concolor) in Minnesota. Paper presented at the 2017 Great Plains and Rocky Mountains Association of American Geographers meeting in Grand Forks, North Dakota

 Mbongowo J Mbuh, Ryan Wheeler, Amanda Cook.(2017) Spatiotemporal variability of Urban Heat island intensification using Landsat data from 1984-2016. : Poster presented at the 2017 Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium in Bemiji, MN

 Mbongowo Mbuh (2015): Optimization of spectroscopy and Hyperion data to evaluate water quality in the Shenandoah River basin: Paper presented at the 2015 Association of American Geographers meeting in Chicago, Illinois

 Mbongowo Mbuh, Paul Houser and Ronald Resmini (2014): Optimization of spectroscopy and Hyperion data to evaluate water quality in the Shenandoah River basin: Poster presented at the 2014 Association of American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco

 Mbongowo J Mbuh, Ako Heildari and Paul Houser (2014): Water quality estimation using combined water chemistry, field Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral remote sensing in the Shenandoah River Basin. Paper presented at the 2014 Association of American Geographers meeting in Tampa, Florida

 Mbongowo J Mbuh, Paul Houser, Robert Pavlowsky and Jeffery Lee (2013): Geomorphology and human drivers of dust source prediction on the southern high plains of Texas and eastern New Mexico with MODIS imagery and logistic regression models. Paper presented at the 2013 Association of American Geographers meeting in Los Angeles, California

 Mbongowo Mbuh, Robert Pavlowsky, Matthew Baddock, Jeffrey Lee, Thomas Gill (2011) Soil influence and geomorphology of dust sources on the Southern High Plains using MODIS imagery from 2001 to 2009.  Paper presented at the 2011 Association of American Geographers meeting in Seattle- Washington

 Mbongowo Mbuh, Matthew Baddock, Jeffrey Lee, Thomas Gill (2010). The spatial and temporal variability of dust sources on the Southern High Plains and eastern New Mexico from MODIS imagery. Paper presented at the Great Plains-Rocky Mountains Division of AAG in 2010 at Lawrence-Kansas

 Jeff Lee; Matthew C Braddock; Mbongowo J Mbuh; Thomas E Gill, (2010) Geomorphic Land Cover Characteristics of Aeolian Dust sources in West Texas and eastern New Mexico, USA. Paper presented at the International Conference on Aeolian Research (ICAR VII), Santa Rosa, Argentina, 5-9 July 2010.

 T.E. Gill; Mbongowo J. Mbuh; M. Dominguez Acosta; J.A. Lee; M.C. Baddock; C.E. Lee; S.C. Whitehead; N.I. Rivera Rivera; P. Peinado(2009): Geomorphology of MODIS-Visible Dust Plumes in the Chihuahuan Desert – Preliminary Results. Paper presented at the 2009 Geology Society of America meeting.

 Mbongowo Mbuh; Mathew Baddock; Jeffrey Lee; Thomas Gill; and Sam Whitehead (2009): Spatial and temporal variability of atmospheric dust sources on the Southern High Plains from 2001 to 2009 using MODIS Satellite imagery. Poster presented at the 2010 Association of American Geographers meeting in Washington DC

EDUCATION/TRAINING

George Mason University                                                                                              Fairfax, VA

Ph.D. in Earth System and Geoinformation Science                                                                 2015

Advisor: Professor Paul Houser

Dissertation: Integrating Hyperspectral remote sensing, models and in-situ observations with data merging to estimate nutrient loadings in the Shenandoah River Basin.

Missouri State University                                                                                        Springfield, MO

MS Geospatial Science                                                                                                           2011

Advisor: Professor Robert Pavlowsky

Thesis: spatiotemporal characteristics of dust sources on the Southern High Plains and Eastern New Mexico with MODIS imagery from 2001 to 2009.

University of Yaounde I                                                                                   Yaounde, Cameroon

MPhilin Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Water Resources                                                    2004

Advisor: Professor Paul Tchawa

Thesis: Natural and human processes on the Mount Cameroon coastal landscape

University of Yaounde I                                                                                 Yaounde, Cameroon

MA in Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Water Resources                                                      2001

Advisor: Professor Paul Tchawa

Thesis: The dynamics of the Mount Cameroon coastal landscape

University of Yaounde I                                                                                   Yaounde, Cameroon

BA in Physical Geography                                                                                                         1998

Skilled in the use of, ESRI ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS server manager, ArcGIS Geoevent server, Geoanalytic server, ENVI, Erdas Imagine, drone deploy and pix4D for drone data analysis, big data analytic with python using Databricks. Great working knowledge of computers and electronics allows for better project results and quick troubleshooting. Critical thinking and complex problem-solving skills aid in finding workable solutions to problems without expending unnecessary time and money.