Shea Rose, Ph.D.

Professor & Program Coordinator of Geography (Atmospheric Science Focus)
School of Field Investigations and Experimental Sciences Dr. Perry College of Mathematics, Computing, and Sciences

678-839-4067
srose@westga.edjSAVNR6xqPZ0KB3u

Callaway Building Annex
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Shea Rose, Ph.D.

Dr. Shea Rose's research in Geographic Information Science, atmospheric science, and energy and sustainability has been supported by the Department of Energy, the Department of Education, and the United States Geological Survey. Recently, she worked on a grant that brought energy and sustainability challenges into science classrooms through hands-on teacher workshops. In 2015, she was selected for the "School of Ice" supported by the NSF, Lockheed Martin, and the American Meteorological Society. The "School of Ice" aims to improve education in the geosciences through working with professors. To learn about the "School of Ice" visit the Antarctic Sun site. In 2011, she worked on environmental science and policy with two UWG undergraduates through a Department of Energy fellowship in Washington, D.C. Locally, she has worked with the UWG Community Garden, the Tanner Health System Get Healthy, Live Well initiative and the Green Elite student organization. Prior to joining the faculty at UWG, Dr. Rose was a researcher in the Heat Island Group (founded by eminent physicist Dr. Art Rosenfeld) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

  • B.A., Energy and Environmental Sustainability, The Evergreen State College, 1996
  • Ph.D., Geography (Urban Climatology), Florida State University, 2008

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Rose, L.S. and Levinson, R. 2013. Analysis of the Effect of Vegetation on Albedo in Residential Areas: Case Studies in Suburban Sacramento and Los Angeles, CA. GIScience & Remote Sensing, Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 64-77.

Rose, L.S., Seong, J.C., Ogle, J., Butte, E., Indridason, J., Hall, J., Nelson, S., Jones, T., and Humphry, J. 2013. Challenges and Lessons from a Wetland LiDAR Project: A Case Study of the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, USA. Geocarto International, Volume 28,

Rose, S., Stallins, J.A. and Bentley, M. 2008. Climatological and Single-Event Scale Visualizations of Urban Cloud-to-Ground Flashes in Atlanta, Georgia. Earth Interactions, Volume 12, Pages 1-30.

Akbari, H., Rose, L. S. and Taha, H. 2003. Analyzing the land cover of an urban environment using high-resolution orthophotos. Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages 1-14.

Rose, L. S., Akbari, H., and Taha, H. 2003. Characterizing the Fabric of the Urban Environment: A Case Study of Greater Houston, Texas. LBNL-51448. Berkeley, CA. [View Publication External Resource]

Urban Climatology