Jason M Stoker, Ph.D.
Dr. Jason Stoker oversees strategic planning, development and coordination of the 3D Elevation Program and science and application related data, tools, and services. Jason provides technical expertise, prepares roadmaps, and plans for elevation products and services, and helps determine the long-term vision for 3DEP products and services.
Professional Experience
Elevation Science and Applications Lead, USGS National Geospatial Program
FGDC National Geospatial Data Asset Data Manager, 5 National Elevation Theme Datasets
Project Manager, Lidar Science Project, USGS EROS
Supervisor of USGS EROS Topographic Science Team
Former Director, USGS Center for Lidar Information Coordination and Knowledge (CLICK)
Lidar Lead, NASA Surface Topography and Vegetation Study Team
Past Member of the NSF OpenTopography Facility Advisory Committee
Biological Scientist, US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., South Dakota State University
M.S., Colorado State University
B.S., Colorado State University
Affiliations and Memberships*
ASPRS
AGU
Science and Products
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Let’s agree on the casing of Lidar
Is it lidar, Lidar, LiDAR, LIDAR, LiDar, LiDaR, or liDAR? A comprehensive review of the scientific/technical literature reveals seven different casings of this short form for light detection and ranging. And there could be more.
Authors
Carol Deering, Jason M. Stoker
A conceptual prototype for the next-generation national elevation dataset
In 2012 the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geospatial Program (NGP) funded a study to develop a conceptual prototype for a new National Elevation Dataset (NED) design with expanded capabilities to generate and deliver a suite of bare earth and above ground feature information over the United States. This report details the research on identifying operational requirements based...
Authors
Jason M. Stoker, Hans Karl Heidemann, Gayla A. Evans, Susan K. Greenlee
Are we moving past the pixel? The growth of the third dimension in national landscape mapping
No abstract available.
Authors
Jason M. Stoker
Quantifying landscape change in an arctic coastal lowland using repeat airborne LiDAR
Increases in air, permafrost, and sea surface temperature, loss of sea ice, the potential for increased wave energy, and higher river discharge may all be interacting to escalate erosion of arctic coastal lowland landscapes. Here we use airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data acquired in 2006 and 2010 to detect landscape change in a 100 km2 study area on the Beaufort Sea...
Authors
Benjamin M. Jones, Jason M. Stoker, Ann Gibbs, Guido Grosse, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Thomas A. Douglas, Nichole E.M. Kinsman, Bruce M. Richmond
LiDAR - An emerging tool for geological applications
Over the past five to ten years the use and applicability of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology has increased dramatically. As a result, more and more LiDAR data now are being collected across the country for a wide range of applications, and LiDAR currently is the technology of choice for high resolution terrain model creation, 3-D city and infrastructure modeling, forestry...
Authors
Jason M. Stoker
Using regional-scale pre- and post Hurricane Katrina lidar for monitoring and modeling: Chapter 30
Hurricane Katrina was one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. Due to the sheer size of the affected areas, an unprecedented regional analysis at very high resolution and accuracy was needed to properly quantify and understand the effects of the hurricane and the storm tide. Many disparate sources of lidar data were acquired and processed for varying environmental reasons by...
Authors
Jason M. Stoker, D. Phil Turnipseed, Kenneth V. Wilson
LiDAR: Providing structure
Since the days of MacArthur, three-dimensional (3-D) structural information on the environment has fundamentally transformed scientific understanding of ecological phenomena (MacArthur and MacArthur 1961). Early data on ecosystem structure were painstakingly laborious to collect. However, as reviewed and reported in recent volumes of Frontiers(eg Vierling et al. 2008; Asner et al.2011)...
Authors
Lee A. Vierling, Sebastián Martinuzzi, Gregory P. Asner, Jason M. Stoker, Brian R. Johnson
Using selective drainage methods to hydrologically-condition and hydrologically-enforce lidar-derived surface flow
The methods to extract surface flow from coarse elevation data are well documented; however, the methods to extract surface flow from high-resolution, high-vertical accuracy digital elevation models (DEMs) derived from light detection and ranging (lidar) are less documented, but yet more complex. As lidar data are increasingly used to generate DEMS, the demand for lidar-derived surface...
Authors
Sandra K. Poppenga, Bruce B. Worstell, Jason M. Stoker, Susan K. Greenlee
Topographic Science
The mission of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Topographic Science is to establish partnerships and conduct research and applications that facilitate the development and use of integrated national and global topographic datasets. Topographic Science includes a wide range of research and applications that result in improved seamless...
Authors
Sandra K. Poppenga, Gayla A. Evans, Dean B. Gesch, Jason M. Stoker, Vivian R. Queija, Bruce B. Worstell, Dean J. Tyler, Jeffrey J. Danielson, Norman B. Bliss, Susan K. Greenlee
Using Selective Drainage Methods to Extract Continuous Surface Flow from 1-Meter Lidar-Derived Digital Elevation Data
Digital elevation data commonly are used to extract surface flow features. One source for high-resolution elevation data is light detection and ranging (lidar). Lidar can capture a vast amount of topographic detail because of its fine-scale ability to digitally capture the surface of the earth. Because elevation is a key factor in extracting surface flow features, high-resolution lidar...
Authors
Sandra K. Poppenga, Bruce B. Worstell, Jason M. Stoker, Susan K. Greenlee
Making lidar more photogenic: creating band combinations from lidar information
Over the past five to ten years the use and applicability of light detection and ranging (lidar) technology has increased dramatically. As a result, an almost exponential amount of lidar data is being collected across the country for a wide range of applications, and it is currently the technology of choice for high resolution terrain model creation, 3-dimensional city and infrastructure...
Authors
Jason M. Stoker
Non-USGS Publications**
Deering, C. A. and Stoker, J.M., (2014). Let's agree on the casing of lidar. LIDAR News Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 6:
Stoker, J. (2009). Visualization of Multiple-return Lidar Data: Using Voxels. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 75(2), 109-112.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 51
Let’s agree on the casing of Lidar
Is it lidar, Lidar, LiDAR, LIDAR, LiDar, LiDaR, or liDAR? A comprehensive review of the scientific/technical literature reveals seven different casings of this short form for light detection and ranging. And there could be more.
Authors
Carol Deering, Jason M. Stoker
A conceptual prototype for the next-generation national elevation dataset
In 2012 the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geospatial Program (NGP) funded a study to develop a conceptual prototype for a new National Elevation Dataset (NED) design with expanded capabilities to generate and deliver a suite of bare earth and above ground feature information over the United States. This report details the research on identifying operational requirements based...
Authors
Jason M. Stoker, Hans Karl Heidemann, Gayla A. Evans, Susan K. Greenlee
Are we moving past the pixel? The growth of the third dimension in national landscape mapping
No abstract available.
Authors
Jason M. Stoker
Quantifying landscape change in an arctic coastal lowland using repeat airborne LiDAR
Increases in air, permafrost, and sea surface temperature, loss of sea ice, the potential for increased wave energy, and higher river discharge may all be interacting to escalate erosion of arctic coastal lowland landscapes. Here we use airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data acquired in 2006 and 2010 to detect landscape change in a 100 km2 study area on the Beaufort Sea...
Authors
Benjamin M. Jones, Jason M. Stoker, Ann Gibbs, Guido Grosse, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Thomas A. Douglas, Nichole E.M. Kinsman, Bruce M. Richmond
LiDAR - An emerging tool for geological applications
Over the past five to ten years the use and applicability of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology has increased dramatically. As a result, more and more LiDAR data now are being collected across the country for a wide range of applications, and LiDAR currently is the technology of choice for high resolution terrain model creation, 3-D city and infrastructure modeling, forestry...
Authors
Jason M. Stoker
Using regional-scale pre- and post Hurricane Katrina lidar for monitoring and modeling: Chapter 30
Hurricane Katrina was one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. Due to the sheer size of the affected areas, an unprecedented regional analysis at very high resolution and accuracy was needed to properly quantify and understand the effects of the hurricane and the storm tide. Many disparate sources of lidar data were acquired and processed for varying environmental reasons by...
Authors
Jason M. Stoker, D. Phil Turnipseed, Kenneth V. Wilson
LiDAR: Providing structure
Since the days of MacArthur, three-dimensional (3-D) structural information on the environment has fundamentally transformed scientific understanding of ecological phenomena (MacArthur and MacArthur 1961). Early data on ecosystem structure were painstakingly laborious to collect. However, as reviewed and reported in recent volumes of Frontiers(eg Vierling et al. 2008; Asner et al.2011)...
Authors
Lee A. Vierling, Sebastián Martinuzzi, Gregory P. Asner, Jason M. Stoker, Brian R. Johnson
Using selective drainage methods to hydrologically-condition and hydrologically-enforce lidar-derived surface flow
The methods to extract surface flow from coarse elevation data are well documented; however, the methods to extract surface flow from high-resolution, high-vertical accuracy digital elevation models (DEMs) derived from light detection and ranging (lidar) are less documented, but yet more complex. As lidar data are increasingly used to generate DEMS, the demand for lidar-derived surface...
Authors
Sandra K. Poppenga, Bruce B. Worstell, Jason M. Stoker, Susan K. Greenlee
Topographic Science
The mission of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Topographic Science is to establish partnerships and conduct research and applications that facilitate the development and use of integrated national and global topographic datasets. Topographic Science includes a wide range of research and applications that result in improved seamless...
Authors
Sandra K. Poppenga, Gayla A. Evans, Dean B. Gesch, Jason M. Stoker, Vivian R. Queija, Bruce B. Worstell, Dean J. Tyler, Jeffrey J. Danielson, Norman B. Bliss, Susan K. Greenlee
Using Selective Drainage Methods to Extract Continuous Surface Flow from 1-Meter Lidar-Derived Digital Elevation Data
Digital elevation data commonly are used to extract surface flow features. One source for high-resolution elevation data is light detection and ranging (lidar). Lidar can capture a vast amount of topographic detail because of its fine-scale ability to digitally capture the surface of the earth. Because elevation is a key factor in extracting surface flow features, high-resolution lidar...
Authors
Sandra K. Poppenga, Bruce B. Worstell, Jason M. Stoker, Susan K. Greenlee
Making lidar more photogenic: creating band combinations from lidar information
Over the past five to ten years the use and applicability of light detection and ranging (lidar) technology has increased dramatically. As a result, an almost exponential amount of lidar data is being collected across the country for a wide range of applications, and it is currently the technology of choice for high resolution terrain model creation, 3-dimensional city and infrastructure...
Authors
Jason M. Stoker
Non-USGS Publications**
Deering, C. A. and Stoker, J.M., (2014). Let's agree on the casing of lidar. LIDAR News Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 6:
Stoker, J. (2009). Visualization of Multiple-return Lidar Data: Using Voxels. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 75(2), 109-112.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government