Mickey Campbell portrait
  • Research Assistant Professor, Geography Department

Publications

  • Campbell, M.J., Dennison, P.E., Thompson, M.P., Butler, B.W., 2022. Assessing Potential Safety Zone Suitability Using a New Online Mapping Tool. Fire 5, 5. Published, 01/07/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5010005
  • Campbell, M.J., Dennison, P.E., Kerr, K.L., Brewer, S.C., Anderegg, W.R.L., 2021. Scaled biomass estimation in woodland ecosystems: Testing the individual and combined capacities of satellite multispectral and lidar data. Remote Sensing of Environment 262, 112511. Published, 05/21/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112511
  • Sullivan, P.R., Campbell, M.J., Dennison, P.E., Brewer, S.C., Butler, B.W., 2020. Modeling Wildland Firefighter Travel Rates by Terrain Slope: Results from GPS-Tracking of Type 1 Crew Movement. Fire 3, 52. Published, 09/15/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/fire3030052
  • Campbell, M.J., Dennison, P.E., Tune, J.W., Kannenberg, S.A., Kerr, K.L., Codding, B.F., Anderegg, W.R.L., 2020. A multi-sensor, multi-scale approach to mapping tree mortality in woodland ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment 245, 111853. Published, 04/29/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111853
  • Campbell, M.J., Page, W.G., Dennison, P.E., Butler, B.W., 2019. Escape Route Index: A Spatially-Explicit Measure of Wildland Firefighter Egress Capacity. Fire 2, 40. Published, 07/08/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/fire2030040
  • Campbell, M.J., Dennison, P.E., Butler, B.W., Page, W.G., 2019. Using crowdsourced fitness tracker data to model the relationship between slope and travel rates. Applied Geography 106, 93–107. Published, 04/04/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.03.008
  • Campbell, M.J., Dennison, P.E., Hudak, A.T., Parham, L.M., Butler, B.W., 2018. Quantifying understory vegetation density using small-footprint airborne lidar. Remote Sensing of Environment 215, 330–342. Published, 06/24/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.06.023
  • Campbell, M.J., Dennison, P.E., Butler, B.W., 2017. A LiDAR-based analysis of the effects of slope, vegetation density, and ground surface roughness on travel rates for wildland firefighter escape route mapping. International Journal of Wildland Fire 26, 884–895. Published, 09/27/2017.
    https://doi.org/10.1071/WF17031
  • Campbell, M.J., Dennison, P.E., Butler, B.W., 2017. Safe separation distance score: a new metric for evaluating wildland firefighter safety zones using lidar. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 31, 1448–1466. Published, 12/28/2016.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2016.1270453
  • Campbell, M., Congalton, R.G., Hartter, J., Ducey, M., 2015. Optimal Land Cover Mapping and Change Analysis in Northeastern Oregon Using Landsat Imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 81, 37–47. Published, 01/01/2015.
    https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.81.1.37
  • MacLean, M.G., Campbell, M.J., Maynard, D.S., Ducey, M.J., Congalton, R.G., 2013. Requirements for labelling forest polygons in an object-based image analysis classification. International Journal of Remote Sensing 34, 2531–2547. Published, 12/21/2012.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2012.747017

Presentations

  • Campbell MJ, Dennison PE, Thompson MP, Butler BW. Safe Separation Distance Evaluator (SSDE): A new online mapping tool for assessing firefighter safety zone suitability. IAWF Fire & Climate: Impacts, Issues, & Futures, Pasadena, CA. Presentation, Accepted, 03/18/2022.
  • Dunn CJ, O’Connor CD, Campbell MJ. The Responder Exposure Index: Co-producing analytics to assess hazards to fire responders. IAWF Safety Summit, International Association of Wildland Fire, virtual. Panel, Presented, 05/24/2021.
  • Campbell MJ, Dennison PE, Mistick K, Sullivan PR, Monedero S, Ramirez S. Geospatial modeling of wildland firefighter evacuation. IAWF Safety Summit, International Association of Wildland Fire, virtual. Presentation, Presented, 05/24/2021.
  • Campbell MJ, Dennison PE, Codding BF, Kerr KL, Kannenberg SA, Anderegg WRL. Using multi-scale remote sensing to map piñon-juniper woodland biomass: A comparison between Landsat and GEDI. AGU Fall Meeting, virtual. Presentation, Presented, 12/01/2020.
  • Campbell MJ. Mapping Woodland Tree Mortality using Multi-Scale Remote Sensing. Invited talk – NASA Student Airborne Research Program, virtual. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/22/2020.
  • Campbell MJ, Dennison PE, Kerr KL, Kannenberg SA, Anderegg WRL. Mapping the extent and severity of drought-induced tree mortality in pinyon-juniper woodlands. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Presentation, Presented, 12/09/2019.
  • Campbell MJ. Escape Route Index: A new geospatial measure of wildland firefighter evacuation potential. GIS in the Rockies, Denver, CO. Presentation, Presented, 09/17/2019.
  • Campbell MJ. How fast can you get to the safety zone? Crowdsourcing fitness tracker data to improve travel rate estimates. IAWF Safety Summit, International Association of Wildland Fire, Asheville, NC. Presentation, Presented, 12/10/2018.
  • Campbell MJ, Dennison PE, Hudak AT, Parham LM, Butler BW. Mapping the density of forest understory vegetation using discrete return airborne lidar. GIS in the Rockies, Denver, CO. Presentation, Presented, 09/19/2018.
  • Campbell MJ. Image regression and classification workshop. Durango Area GIS User Group, Durango, CO. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/13/2018.
  • Campbell MJ. An overview of lidar technology and LAStools workshop. Durango Area GIS User Group, Durango, CO. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/14/2018.
  • Campbell MJ, Dennison PE, Butler BW. Mapping travel rates along firefighter escape routes using LiDAR data. 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, Association for Fire Ecology, Orlando, FL. Presentation, Presented, 11/28/2017.
  • Campbell MJ, Dennison PE, Butler BW. Mapping travel rates along firefighter escape routes using LiDAR data. 7th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, Association for Fire Ecology, Orlando, FL. Presentation, Presented, 11/28/2017.
  • Campbell MJ, Dennison PE, Butler BW. Using lidar to map wildland firefighter escape routes. SLUG Quarterly Meeting, Salt Lake Area GIS Users Group, Salt Lake City, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/15/2016.
  • Campbell MJ. Wildland firefighter safety: Incorporating GIS and remote sensing into safety zone and escape route mapping. Department of Earth Sciences Seminar Series, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/27/2016.
  • Campbell MJ, Dennison PE, Butler BW. Using lidar to determine firefighter safety zone size in Tahoe National Forest. 6th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, Association for Fire Ecology, San Antonio, TX. Presentation, Presented, 11/16/2015.
  • Campbell MJ, Dennison PE, Butler BW. Wildland firefighter safety zone suitability analysis. IAWF Safety Summit, International Association of Wildland Fire, Boise, ID. Presentation, Presented, 04/20/2015.
  • Campbell MJ, Dennison PE, Butler BW. Mapping wildland firefighter safety zones using lidar. SLUG Quarterly Meeting, Salt Lake Area GIS Users Group, Salt Lake City, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/20/2014.

Grants, Contracts & Research Gifts

  • Improving wildland firefighter safety through geospatial modeling of lookouts, communications, escape routes, and safety zones. PI: Michael Campbell. Co-PI(s): Philip Dennison. National Science Foundation, 09/01/2021 - 02/28/2025. Total project budget to date: $392,554.00
  • Lookouts, Communication, Escape Routes, and Safety Zones (LCES): Developing geospatial analytics to improve LCES implementation and enhance wildland firefighter safety. PI: Philip Dennison. Co-PI(s): Michael Campbell. USDA Forest Service, 07/01/2021 - 12/31/2024. Total project budget to date: $500,151.00
  • Mapping the extent and severity of balsam woolly adelgid infestation in subalpine fir stands of Northern Utah over time. PI: Michael Campbell. USDA Forest Service, 06/24/2021 - 06/23/2023. Total project budget to date: $107,049.00
  • PiƱon-juniper biomass over space and time. PI: Michael Campbell. NASA, 04/21/2021 - 04/20/2024. Total project budget to date: $300,568.00