Our Company

We would like to help you get the job done. We formed this company to combine our academic and consulting backgrounds to provide scientific services. We offer expertise in environmental technology and we share a commitment to a practical and quality product.


Dr. Peng Gong - Consulting Environmental Scientist (Partner)

Leader in remote sensing image processing and geographic information science. Dr. Gong is currently a teaching and research professor at the University of California at Berkeley. He is developing the field of “photo ecometrics” for forest inventory.

Education:

  • Ph.D., Geography, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, 1990
  • M.Sc., Geography, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 1986
  • B.Sc., Geography, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 1984

Dr. Gong's academic homepage includes an updated list of publications.


James Scarborough - Consulting Air Quality Scientist (Managing Partner)

In the field of environmental science for over ten years.  James brings a geographic information science expertise, environmental regulation experience, and computing ingenuity to fulfill client needs.  James has ten years of GIS experience and five years of consulting experience in fire emissions and industrial source permitting.

Education:

  • Masters of Landscape Architecture in Environmental Planning, University of California at Berkeley, 1999
  • B.A., Geography, University of California at Berkeley, 1996


Dr. Nicholas Clinton - Remote Sensing and Environmental Scientist (Partner)

Accomplished in image processing, GIS software engineering, and in-the-field forest management. Nick is a registered Professional Forester (#2722) in the State of California.

Education:

  • Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California at Berkeley, 2008
  • Masters of Forestry, University of California at Berkeley, 2000
  • B.Sc., Resource Management, University of California at Berkeley, 1995 (Graduation with Honors)

Publications, Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings:

Clinton, Nicholas E., Peng Gong, Zhenyu Jin, Bing Xu, Zhiliang Zhu. forthcoming. Meta-Prediction of Bromus tectorum Invasion in Central Utah, U.S.A. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing.

Huang Hua Bing, Peng Gong, Feng Ming Hui, N. Clinton. In press. Reduction of atmospheric and topographic effect on Landsat TM data for forest classification. International Journal of Remote Sensing.

Scott L. Stephens , Robert E. Martin and Nicholas E. Clinton. 2007. Prehistoric fire area and emissions from California's forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands. Forest Ecology and Management. Volume 251, Issue 3, Pages 205-216

Clinton, Nicholas E., Peng Gong, Klaus Scott. 2006. Quantification of Pollutants emitted from very large wildland fires in Southern California, USA. Atmospheric Environment. 40:3686-3695

Yu, Qian, Peng Gong, Nick Clinton, Greg Biging, Maggi Kelly, and Dave Schirokauer. 2006. Object-based Detailed Vegetation Classification with Airborne High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 72(7). July 2006.

Gong, Peng, Ruiliang Pu, Zhanqing Li, James Scarborough, Nicholas Clinton, and Lisa M. Levien. 2006. An Integrated Approach to Wildland Fire Mapping of California, USA Using NOAA/AVHRR Data. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 72(2). February 2006.

Yin, Y.Y., Clinton, N., Luo, B. and Song, L.C. 2006. Resource System Vulnerability to Climate Stresses in the Heihe River Basin of Western China. In: Neil Leary, Cecilia Conde, Jyoti Kulkarni, Anthony Nyong, Juan Pulhin (eds.) “Climate Change and Vulnerability.” Earthscan, UK.

Tian, Yongzhong, Tianxiang Yue, Lifen Zhuc, Nicholas Clinton. 2005. Modeling population density using land cover data. Ecological Modelling. 189:72–88.

Clinton, Nicholas E., Peng Gong, Ruiliang Pu. 2004. Evaluation of Wildfire Mapping with NOAA/AVHRR Data by Land Cover Types and Eco-Regions in California. Geographic Information Sciences. 10(1). June 2004.

Clinton, Nicholas E., James Scarborough, Yong Tian, Peng Gong. 2003. A GIS Based Emissions Estimation System For Wildfire And Prescribed Burning. Proceedings: International Emission Inventory Conference "Emission Inventories - Applying New Technologies," San Diego, CA, April 28 - May 1, 2003.