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66
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15341
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1323
National Ranking
593

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Alan R. Gillespie is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, focusing primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Medicine. Within these broader domains, their work includes subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Surgery, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's publication record includes contributions to several research topics. These topics cover:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Gillespie has authored papers published in notable venues, with multiple works appearing in Remote Sensing and Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. Other frequent publication venues include Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Annals of Emergency Medicine, and Quaternary Research. Examples of recent publications include:

  • Toward the Detection of Permafrost Using Land-Surface Temperature Mapping, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Validation of ASTER Emissivity Retrieval Using the Mako Airborne TIR Imaging Spectrometer at the Algodones Dune Field in Southern California, USA, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Point-of-Care Ultrasound Fracture-Physis Distance Association with Salter-Harris II Fractures of the Distal Radius in Children: The "POCUS 1-cm Rule", 2022, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
  • Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Versus Radiographic Imaging for Pediatric Distal Forearm Fractures: A Randomized Controlled Trial, 2023, Annals of Emergency Medicine
  • Ultrasound Secondary Signs for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Distal Forearm Fractures: A Diagnostic Study, 2024, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

Coauthorship collaborations are present with several researchers including Jigjidsurengiin Batbaatar, Amit Mushkin, Peter J. Snelling, Philip G. Jones, and David Bade. Each has collaborated on multiple publications with Gillespie.

In addition to journal articles, Gillespie has contributed to book publications. One such book is published by the Geological Society of America titled Untangling the Quaternary Period-A Legacy of Stephen C. Porter from 2020.

Recognition includes being named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • A temperature and emissivity separation algorithm for Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) images

    A. Gillespie;S. Rokugawa;T. Matsunaga;J.S. Cothern

  • Vegetation in deserts: I. A regional measure of abundance from multispectral images

    Milton O. Smith;Susan L. Ustin;John B. Adams;Alan R. Gillespie

  • Color enhancement of highly correlated images. II. Channel ratio and “chromaticity” transformation techniques

    Alan R Gillespie;Anne B Kahle;Richard E Walker

  • Color enhancement of highly correlated images. I. Decorrelation and HSI contrast stretches

    Alan R Gillespie;Anne B Kahle;Richard E Walker

  • Red River and associated faults, Yunnan Province, China: Quaternary geology, slip rates, and seismic hazard

    C. R. Allen;A. R. Gillespie;Han Yuan;K. E. Sieh

  • Topographic Normalization of Landsat TM Images of Forest Based on Subpixel Sun–Canopy–Sensor Geometry

    Degui Gu;Alan Gillespie

  • ASYNCHRONOUS MAXIMUM ADVANCES OF MOUNTAIN AND CONTINENTAL GLACIERS

    Alan Gillespie;Peter Molnar

  • Remote Sensing of Landscapes with Spectral Images: A Physical Modeling Approach

    John B. Adams;Alan R. Gillespie

  • The Quaternary Period in the United States

    Alan R. Gillespie;Stephen C. Porter;B. F Atwater

  • Remote Sensing in Geology

    Barry S. Siegal;Alan R. Gillespie

  • Lithologic mapping of silicate rocks using TIMS

    A. R. Gillespie

  • Improved land surface emissivities over agricultural areas using ASTER NDVI

    Juan C. Jiménez-Muñoz;José A. Sobrino;Alan Gillespie;Donald Sabol

  • Simple Models For Complex Natural Surfaces: A Strategy For The Hyperspectral Era Of Remote Sensing

    J.B. Adams;M.O. Smith;A.R. Gillespie

  • Evidence for Holocene megafloods down the Tsangpo River gorge, southeastern Tibet

    David R. Montgomery;Bernard Hallet;Liu Yuping;Noah Finnegan

  • Debris-Covered Glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, California, and Their Implications for Snowline Reconstructions

    Douglas H. Clark;Malcolm M. Clark;Alan R. Gillespie

  • Timing and significance of Late-glacial and Holocene cirque glaciation in the Sierra Nevada, California

    Douglas H. Clark;Alan R. Gillespie

  • Spectral mixture analysis of multispectral thermal infrared images

    Alan R. Gillespie

  • Physical weathering in arid landscapes due to diurnal variation in the direction of solar heating

    L.D. McFadden;M.C. Eppes;A.R. Gillespie;B. Hallet

  • Accuracy and uncertainty of thermal-infrared remote sensing of stream temperatures at multiple spatial scales

    R.N. Handcock;A.R. Gillespie;K.A. Cherkauer;J.E. Kay

  • A New Approach to Change Vector Analysis Using Distance and Similarity Measures

    Osmar Abílio de Carvalho Júnior;Renato Fontes Guimarães;Alan R. Gillespie;Nilton Correia da Silva

  • Vegetation in deserts. I - A regional measure of abundance from multispectral images. II - Environmental influences on regional abundance

    Milton O. Smith;Susan L. Ustin;John B. Adams;Alan R. Gillespie

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Montgomery
David R. Montgomery University of Washington
John B. Adams
John B. Adams University of Washington
Paul R. Bierman
Paul R. Bierman University of Vermont
Rivka Amit
Rivka Amit Geological Survey of Israel
Jennifer E. Kay
Jennifer E. Kay University of Colorado Boulder
Michael Abrams
Michael Abrams California Institute of Technology
Yehouda Enzel
Yehouda Enzel Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Stephanie K. Kampf
Stephanie K. Kampf Colorado State University
José A. Sobrino
José A. Sobrino University of Valencia
Derek B. Booth
Derek B. Booth University of California, Santa Barbara

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