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Frank Witmer

Associate Professor

University of Alaska Anchorage

Affiliations

College of Engineering

Department Of Electrical Engineering

Department Of Mechanical Engineering

Department Of Environmental Quality Engineering

School Of Engineering

University of Alaska Anchorage

Frank Witmer is currently serving as a College Of Engineering Associate Professor at University of Alaska Anchorage.

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Frank Witmer

University of Alaska Anchorage

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geography environmental science earth science conflict climate change political geography drought geoscientific model development remote sensing geopolitics climate variability geopolitical conflict spatial politics north caucasus forecasting violent behavior geographical information science political conflict drought resilience environmental change political science climate dynamics geographic information systems climatology peace research conflict resolution climatic change urban geography interpersonal violence african development bayesian analysis regional relevance sub-saharan africa digital earth aquatic conservation fish biology sustainable development civil conflict international conflict conflict management conflict studies social geography critical geography fishery management sustainable future sustainable fisheries marine management optical remote sensing disaster detection societal influence remote sensing sensor land cover map land cover terrestrial sensing precision soil mapping human mobility climate resilience population displacement forced migration climate modelling community-based conservation earth observation data earth observation conflict risk east africa precipitation variability climate-sensitive models localized geographies productive salmon regions pacific salmon caucasus regions rural kenya rainfall variability local institutions local institutional contexts agricultural land human geography environmental research applied geography learning sciences engineering education stem education environmental education physical geography higher education academic librarianship science and technology studies education regional studies human impacts on the environment data and information visualization spatial analysis undergraduate research scientific communication

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Detecting Aquatic Plant Transmission on Floatplanes Using Computer Vision. Biological Invasions (2025)

environmental engineeringunderwater imagingocean monitoringwater qualitywater scienceenvironmental scienceenvironmental monitoringaquatic plant transmissionimage analysis

Bias Estimation and Downscaling for Regional Climate Models Using Gaussian Process Regression. IEEE Access (2024)

climatologygeographygeoscientific model developmentbayesian analysisstatisticsbias estimationearth scienceregional climate responsedata assimilationclimate models

Modeling Geographic Uncertainty in Current and Future Habitat for Potential Populations of Ixodes Pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Alaska. Journal of Medical Entomology (2022)

Frank D W WitmerTimm W NawrockiMicah Hahn

spatial uncertaintygeographygeographic uncertaintyclimate changemedical entomology

Weather Variability and Conflict Forecasts: Dynamic Human-Environment Interactions in Kenya. Political Geography (2021)

Andrew M. LinkeFrank D.W. WitmerJohn O'Loughlin

political geographyhuman-environment interactionsgeographyenvironmental scienceconflict forecastsclimate variabilityearth scienceweather variabilityclimate changedynamic human-environment interactions

Do People Accurately Report Droughts? Comparison of Instrument-Measured and National Survey Data in Kenya. Climatic Change (2020)

Andrew M. LinkeFrank D. W. WitmerJohn O’Loughlin

droughtclimatologydrought managementclimate dynamicsglobal changeclimatic changeclimate policyenvironmental sciencegeographydrought risk managementgeoscientific model developmentdrought resilienceclimate variabilityearth scienceclimate changedrought forecasting

Establishing a Baseline for Tick Surveillance in Alaska: Tick Collection Records From 1909-2019. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (2020)

Micah B. HahnGale DislerLance A. DurdenSarah CoburnFrank WitmerWilliam GeorgeKimberlee BeckmenRobert Gerlach

public healthtick surveillancetick collection records

Regional Mapping of Species‐Level Continuous Foliar Cover: Beyond Categorical Vegetation Mapping. Ecological Applications (2020)

Timm W. NawrockiMatthew L. CarlsonJeanne L. D. OsnasE. Jamie TrammellFrank D. W. Witmer

biogeographyvegetation scienceplant ecologycategorical vegetation mappingregional mappingecology

The Decline and Shifting Geography of Violence in Russia’s North Caucasus, 2010-2016. Routledge eBooks (2020)

Edward C. HollandFrank D.W. WitmerJohn O’Loughlin

political geographyhuman geographygeopolitical conflictspatial politicsnorth caucasushistorical geographyapplied geographysocial changegeographyeurasian geographyinternational relationsdemographygeopoliticsintergroup conflictconflictspatial demographyintegrated geography

Gaussian Process Regression for Arctic Coastal Erosion Forecasting. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2018)

coastal processenvironmental modellinggeographygeoscientific model developmentgeomorphologygaussian processcoastal researchgaussian process regressionearth scienceerosion predictionforecasting

Mountainous Terrain and Civil Wars: Geospatial Analysis of Conflict Dynamics in the Post-Soviet Caucasus. Routledge eBooks (2018)

Andrew M. LinkeFrank D. W. WitmerEdward C. HollandJohn O’Loughlin

political geographyspatial politicshistorical geographypost-soviet caucasusgeographygeospatial analysisgeomorphologyinternational relationsgeopoliticsearth scienceconflict dynamicscivil warsmountainous terrain

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Frank Witmer

Associate Professor

University of Alaska Anchorage

Affiliations

College of Engineering

Department Of Electrical Engineering

Department Of Mechanical Engineering

Department Of Environmental Quality Engineering

School Of Engineering

University of Alaska Anchorage

Frank Witmer is currently serving as a College Of Engineering Associate Professor at University of Alaska Anchorage.

Honors

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Experiences

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Frank Witmer

University of Alaska Anchorage

Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Detecting Aquatic Plant Transmission on Floatplanes Using Computer Vision. Biological Invasions (2025)

environmental engineeringunderwater imagingocean monitoringwater qualitywater scienceenvironmental scienceenvironmental monitoringaquatic plant transmissionimage analysis

Bias Estimation and Downscaling for Regional Climate Models Using Gaussian Process Regression. IEEE Access (2024)

climatologygeographygeoscientific model developmentbayesian analysisstatisticsbias estimationearth scienceregional climate responsedata assimilationclimate models

Modeling Geographic Uncertainty in Current and Future Habitat for Potential Populations of Ixodes Pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Alaska. Journal of Medical Entomology (2022)

Frank D W WitmerTimm W NawrockiMicah Hahn

spatial uncertaintygeographygeographic uncertaintyclimate changemedical entomology

Weather Variability and Conflict Forecasts: Dynamic Human-Environment Interactions in Kenya. Political Geography (2021)

Andrew M. LinkeFrank D.W. WitmerJohn O'Loughlin

Do People Accurately Report Droughts? Comparison of Instrument-Measured and National Survey Data in Kenya. Climatic Change (2020)

Andrew M. LinkeFrank D. W. WitmerJohn O’Loughlin

Establishing a Baseline for Tick Surveillance in Alaska: Tick Collection Records From 1909-2019. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (2020)

Micah B. HahnGale DislerLance A. DurdenSarah CoburnFrank WitmerWilliam GeorgeKimberlee BeckmenRobert Gerlach

public healthtick surveillancetick collection records

Regional Mapping of Species‐Level Continuous Foliar Cover: Beyond Categorical Vegetation Mapping. Ecological Applications (2020)

Timm W. NawrockiMatthew L. CarlsonJeanne L. D. OsnasE. Jamie TrammellFrank D. W. Witmer

biogeographyvegetation scienceplant ecologycategorical vegetation mappingregional mappingecology

The Decline and Shifting Geography of Violence in Russia’s North Caucasus, 2010-2016. Routledge eBooks (2020)

Edward C. HollandFrank D.W. WitmerJohn O’Loughlin

Gaussian Process Regression for Arctic Coastal Erosion Forecasting. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2018)

coastal processenvironmental modellinggeographygeoscientific model developmentgeomorphologygaussian processcoastal researchgaussian process regressionearth scienceerosion predictionforecasting

Mountainous Terrain and Civil Wars: Geospatial Analysis of Conflict Dynamics in the Post-Soviet Caucasus. Routledge eBooks (2018)

Andrew M. LinkeFrank D. W. WitmerEdward C. HollandJohn O’Loughlin

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