Presentations:

84. Atkinson, S.F., 2005, “Cumulative Effects Analysis for Environmental Impact Assessment”, presented at the 2005 Advanced Environmental Law for EoD Environmental Professionals Symposium, Washington, D.C., June 9-10

83. Atkinson, S.F., 2005, “Landuse Change in North Central Texas as observed by Thematic Mapper Satellite Imagery, presented at the NASA Texas GIS Forum, Austin, Texas, April 26.

82. Atkinson, S.F., 2004, “Considerations for Sampling Large Reservoirs, Water Quality Monitoring at Lake Texoma”, presented at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Annual Monitoring Conference, Canyon of the Eagles, Texas, September 28-30.

81. Atkinson, S.F., 2004, “Nuclear Waste Disposal at Yucca Mountain, Nevada”, presented at the Brookhaven College Life Science Symposium Series, Dallas, Texas, April 14.

80. Atkinson, S.F., 2004, “Sea Lions, Fish and Jobs: A Case Study of Interactions between Policy, Economics and Science”, presented at the Environmental Science Seminar Series, University of North Texas, Denton, April 2.

79. Atkinson, S.F., 2002, “Atrazine Modeling and Monitoring”, presented at the Baylor University Environmental Science Seminar Series, October 2.

78. Atkinson, S.F., 2000, “Mitigation and Monitoring of Cumulative Effects”, presented at the Council on Environmental Quality’s Cumulative Effects Workshop, Olympia, Washington, September 18-20.

77. Atkinson, S.F., 2000, “Case Study of Cumulative Effects Assessment for Resource and Ecosystem Management - The Tusayan (Grand Canyon) EIS”, presented at the Council on Environmental Quality’s Cumulative Effects Workshop, Olympia, Washington, September 18-20.

76. Atkinson, S.F., 1999, “Documentation of Biodiversity Impacts (Including Cumulative Biodiversity Impacts”, presented at the International Association of Impact Assessment, Glasgow, Scotland, June 14-19.

75. Atkinson, S.F., 1999, “The Challenge of Changing Attitudes about Air Quality - Challenge #1 Understanding the Fundamentals”, presented at the 1999 Sustainable Communities Conference, Denton, Texas, May 27-28.

74. McDonough, T.J., Atkinson, S.F., and Waller, W.T., 1999, “Analysis of Atrazine Runoff Risk Potential in a Regional Watershed Using Remote Sensing and GIS”, presented at the 1999 Meeting of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Portland, Oregon, May 17-21.

73. Atkinson, S.F., and Rolbecki, D.A., 1999, “On Determining Chlorophyll-a Concentration from Overall Turbidity for Establishing the Trophic State Index Using Hyperspectral Data”, presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Portland, Oregon, May 17-21.

72. Rolbiecki, D.A., Dickson, K.L., Atkinson, S.F., and Acevedo, M.F., 1997, “High-Resolution Analysis of Light Attenuation in Lake Texoma (Oklahoma-Texas) to Estimate Chlorophyll-a Concentration”, presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the North American Lake Management Society, Houston, Texas, July 14-18.

71. Atkinson, S.F., 1997, "The Effect of Adding and Removing Input Parameters on the DRASTIC Ground Water Pollution Potential Model", presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the International Association of Impact Assessment, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 28-30.

70. Atkinson, S.F., Newell, J.M., Smith, D.P. Dickson, K.L., Fitzgerald, J.W., and Acevedo, M., 1996, "Temporal Variations in Landscape Pattern in the Lake Ray Roberts Study Area, North-Central Texas", presented at the 4^th Symposium of Optoelectronics, Bucharest, Romania, September 18-20.

69. Necsoiu, M.D. and Atkinson, S.F, 1996, "AVIRIS Hyperspectral Imagery Analysis of the Andrews National Forest", presented at the 4^th Symposium of Optoelectronics, Bucharest, Romania, September 18-20.

68. Neal, D.M and Atkinson, S.F., 1996, "Disasters, Remote Sensing and Distant Learning", presented at the Natural Hazards Workshop, Denver, Colorado, July 8-10.

67. Neal, D.M. and Atkinson, S.F., 1996, "Applications of Remote Sensing in Disaster Management Situations", presented at the Capital Area Emergency Management Forum, Austin, Texas, June 15.

66. Newell, J.M, Smith, D.P, Dickson, K.L., Atkinson S.F., Fitzgerald, J.W. and Acevedo, M., 1996, "Temporal Variation in Landscape Pattern in the Ray Roberts Lake Study Area ", presented at the 11th Annual International Landscape Ecolology Symposium, Galveston, Texas, Mar.  26-30.

65. Acevedo, D.V., Dickson, K.L., Atkinson, S.F. Waller, W.T, Acevedo, M., 1996, "Measuring Spectral Characteristics of Light in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems", presented at the Texas Academy of Science 99th Annual Conference, Galveston, Texas, Mar.  13-15.

64. Neal, D.M. and Atkinson, S.F., 1995 "Computers for Disaster Response", presented at the Katastrophenforschungsstelle (Disaster Research Center), Christian-Albrechts-Universitat, Kiel, Germany, December 3-5.

63. Atkinson, S.F., 1995, "World Wide Web Environmental Sites and Data Availability", presented at the Texas Water and the Internet 2nd Annual Meeting, San Marcos, Texas, December 11.

62. Atkinson, S.F. and Neal, D.M., 1995, "Mississippi River Flooding in 1993; Utilizing Satellite Imagery", presented at the Remote Sensing Data/Digital Library Technology Investigators Meeting, Fairmont, West Virginia, November 27-29.

61. Atkinson, S.F. and Neal, D.M., 1995, "Mississippi River Flooding in 1993; Utilizing Satellite Imagery", presented at the Remote Sensing Data/Digital Library Technology Investigators Meeting, Fairmont, West Virginia, November 27-29.

60. Neal, D.M. and Atkinson, S.F., 1995, "Emergency and Crisis Management: A Remote Sensing Application, presented at the Public Use of Earth and Space Science Data over the Internet Symposium", Greenbelt, Maryland, January 23-25.

59. Atkinson, S.F. and Thomlinson, J.R., 1994, "An Examination of Ground Water Pollution Potential Through GIS Modeling" presented at the 1994 ASPRS/ASCM Annual Convention & Exposition, Reno, Nevada, Ap 25-28.

58. Hunter, B.A. and Atkinson, S.F., 1993, "Is All Agriculture Adjacent to Water Bodies? A Remote Sensing Approach to the Spatial Relationship of Cropland and Aquatic Habitat", presented at the American Water Resources Association 29th Annual Conference and Symposium, Tuscon, Arizona, Aug 29-Sept 2.

57. Atkinson, S.F., Thomlinson, J.R. and Sill, P.E., 1993, "Gully Erosion Verses Sheet-and-Rill: Are Management Efforts Addressing the Larger Problem?", presented at the American Water Resources Association 29th Annual Conference and Symposium, Tuscon, Arizona, Aug 29-Sept 2.

56. Atkinson, S.F., 1993, "Ground Water Pollution Potential and the Large Data Base Problem", presented at the 4th Biennial GIS Conference, Austin, Texas, April 21-22.

55. Thomlinson, J.R. and Atkinson, S.F. 1993, "Patch Characteristics of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Colonies: A Geographic Information Systems Approach", Texas Academy of Science 1993 Annual Meeting, Denton, Texas, March 5-6.

54. Atkinson, S.F., Sill, P.E. and Thomlinson, J.R., 1993, "Classification Methods for Separating Satellite Imagery into Discrete Landuse Classes When Class Mixing Occurs, presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Denton, Texas, March 4-6.

53. Thomlinson, J.R. and Atkinson, S.F., 1992, "Geographic Information Systems and Landscape Ecology: A Powerful Tool for Analyzing the Fragmented Forest", presented at the Third Annual Texas ARC/INFO Users Conference, San Antonio, Texas, October 20-21.

52. Atkinson, S.F., Acevedo, M.F. and Tonella, G., 1992, "GIS and Global Climate Change", presented at the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 1992 Meeting, August 3-8, 1992, Washington, D.C.

51. Thomlinson, J.R. and Atkinson, S.F., 1992, "DRASTIC Mapping of the State of Texas: A Geographic Information Systems Approach" presented at the American Water Resources Association 1992 Convention, April 13-16, Raleigh, North Carolina.

50. Thomlinson, J.R. and Atkinson, S.F., 1991, "Raster-Based GIS and Large Data Bases: The Art of the State" presented at the 2nd Annual Texas Arc/Info Users' Conference, Nov. 6-8, Denton, Texas.

49. Hunter B.A. and Atkinson, S.F., 1991, "Satellite Remote Sensing and Raster GIS", presented at the 2nd Annual Texas Arc/Info Users' Conference, Nov. 6-8, Denton, Texas.

48. Atkinson, S.F. and Hunter, B.A., 1991, "Spatial Analysis of a Groundwater Contamination", presented at the Eleventh Annual ESRI User Conference, May 19-24, Palm Springs, California.

47. Atkinson, S.F. and Hunter, B.A., 1991, "Spatial Analysis of a Groundwater Contamination", presented at the Texas GIS Data Exchange Forum, May 13-14, Austin, Texas.

46. Atkinson, S.F. and Thomlinson, J.R., 1991, "The Use of Geological Data in Unsupervised Habitat Classification with Satellite Imagery", presented at the Eight Thematic Conference on Geologic Remote Sensing, April 29 - May 2, Denver, Colorado.

45. Atkinson, S.F., 1991, "Satellite Remote Sensing and Environmental Impacts", presented at the After Earth Day: Continuing the Conservation Effort Conference, April 16-18, Denton, Texas.

44.   Hunter, B.A., and Atkinson, S.F., 1991, "Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing for Land Use/Land Cover Analyses," presented at the 1991 Water Quality Data Assessment Seminar, March 5-7, Bandera, Texas.

43. Atkinson, S.F., 1990, "Using Geographic Information Systems to Locate Sites for Stormwater Detention Basins", presented at the Upper Trinity River Conference, sponsored by the Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas, October 2, Fort Worth, Texas.

42.   Atkinson, S.F., 1990, "Ground Water Contamination Analysis Through the Use of GIS", presented at the National Computer Graphics Association GIS '90 Meeting, August 27-29, Houston, Texas.

41. Schoolmaster, F.A., Atkinson, S.F. and Dickson, K.L, 1990, "Developing New M.S. and Ph.D. Degree Programs in Environmental Science: A Case Study in Interdisciplinary Cooperation", presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals, June 19-22, San Antonio, Texas.

40. Atkinson, S.F., 1990, "Predicting Water Quality with Geographic Information Systems", presented at the Soil and Water Conservation Annual Meeting, June 15-16, Wichita Falls, Texas.

39. Atkinson, S.F., DelRegno, K.J. and Dickson, K.L., 1989, "Multiple Watershed Nonpoint Source Pollution Analyses", presented at the 9th International North American Lake Management Society Symposium, November 7-10, Austin, Texas.

38. Pillard, D.A., Atkinson, S.F. and Dickson, K.L., 1989, "Using Digital Satellite Imagery to Predict Water Quality in Rural Watersheds", presented at the 9th International North American Lake Management Society Symposium, November 7-10, Austin, Texas.

37. Atkinson, S.F., Pillard, D.A., Hathorn, P.M. and Lane, W.G., "Integrating Remote Sensing and GIS for Water Resources Research", presented at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry's 10th Annual Meeting, October 28-November 2, Toronto, Canada.

36. Shaw, D.M. and Atkinson, S.F., 1989, "Nonpoint Pollution Control - Site Selection for Wet Detention Basins on the Trinity River, Texas", presented at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry's 10th Annual Meeting, October 28-November 2, Toronto, Canada.

35. Atkinson, S.F., Walker, S.W., Shaw, D.M., Hunter, B.A., Marr, P.G., Coffey, J.M. and Evans, K.J., 1989, "A Geographic Information System Approach to Implementing "DRASTIC" for Ground Water Protection", presented at the 12th Applied Geography Conference, October 18-20, Binghampton, New York.

34. Coffey, J.M. and Atkinson, S.F., 1989, "The Effect of Coupling Image Processing with GIS to Determine Potential Black-Capped Vireo Habitat on Camp Bullis, Texas", presented at the 1989 Meeting of the Southwest Association of American Geographers, October 2-6, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

33. Marr, P.G. and Atkinson, S.F., 1989, "Testing the Logic of Erosion Models in the Lake Worth Watershed, Texas", presented at the 1989 Meeting of the Southwest Association of American Geographers, October 2-6, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

32. Hunter, B.A. and Atkinson, S.F., 1989, "Monitoring Nonsource Pollution in North Texas Reservoirs Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems", presented at the Texas Water Pollution Control Federation Conference, June 8, Austin, Texas.

31. Shaw, D.M. and Atkinson, S.F., 1989, "Remote Sensing and GIS for Monitoring Habitat of Endangered Species", presented at the 1989 Texas Academy of Sciences Meetings, March 3-4, Beaumont, Texas.

30. Atkinson, S.F., 1989, "Integrating Remote Sensing and GIS for Water Resources Research", presented at the Environmental Seminar Series, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 26 June, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

29. Shaw, D.M. and Atkinson, S.F., 1989, "GIS for Ornithological Research", presented at the Cooper Ornithological Society Meeting, 23 June, Moscow, Idaho.

28. Hunter, B.A., Atkinson, S.F., Shaw, D.M., Coffey, J.M. and Marr, P.G., 1989, "Monitoring Nonpoint Source Pollution in North Texas Reservoirs Using Satellite Images and GIS", presented at the Texas Water Pollution Control Federation Meeting, 6 June, Austin, Texas.

27. Atkinson, S.F., Pillard, D., Hathorn, P.M., Lane, W., 1989, "In Search of Water Quality-Watershed Relationships", presented at the SETAC South Central Regional Conference, May 18-19, Denton, Texas.

26.   Coffey, J.M., Atkinson, S.F., Shaw, D.M., Hunter, B.A. and Marr, P.G., 1989, "Monitoring Erosional Loss Through the Use of Remote Sensing and the USLE", presented at the SETAC South Central Regional Conference, May 18-19, Denton, Texas.

25. Hunter, B.A., Atkinson, S.F., Shaw, D.M., Coffey, J.M. and Marr, P.G., 1989, "Monitoring Sedimentation and Nutrient Loading in North Texas Reservoirs Using LANDSAT Satellite Data", presented at the SETAC South Central Regional Conference, May 18-19, Denton, Texas.

24. Marr, P.G., Atkinson, S.F. and Walker, S.W., 1989, "Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Lake Worth Watershed", presented at the SETAC South Central Regional Conference, May 18-19, Denton, Texas.

23. Atkinson, S. F., 1989, "Nonpoint Source Pollution Modeling Through Geographic Information Systems", presented at the Texas Natural Resources Information Systems GIS Conference, March 29-30, Austin, Texas.

22.   Shaw, D.M. and Atkinson, S.F., 1989, "Remote Sensing and GIS for Watershed Management", presented at the Texas Water Conservation Association, February 15, Austin, Texas.

21. Atkinson, S.F., 1988, "Nonpoint Pollution Control Site Selection Planning", presented at the Third International Conference of Geographic Information Systems, GIS/LIS '88, Nov. 30 - Dec 2, San Antonio, Texas.

20. Atkinson, S.F., 1988, "Planning for the Control of Nonpoint Pollution", presented at the 11th Applied Geography Conference, October 26-28, St. Paul Minnesota.

19. Atkinson, S.F., 1988, "Remote Sensing and GIS for the Implementation of the Clean Lakes Program", presented at the 11th Applied Geography Conference, October 26-28, St. Paul Minnesota.

18. Dickson, K.L. and Atkinson, S.F., 1988, "Assessing Nonpoint Source Pollution Using Remote Sensing Technologies", presented at the 15th Water for Texas Conference - Stewardship in a Regulatory Environment, October 20, Houston, Texas.

17. Dickson, K.L. and Atkinson, S.F., 1988, "Estimating Sediment and Nutrient Loadings to Reservoirs Using Remote Sensing Techniques", presented at the Annual Water Pollution Control Federation Conference, October 3-7, Dallas, Texas.

16. Atkinson, S.F., 1988, "Ground Water and Its Occurrence in North Central Texas", presented at the J.K.G. Silvey Conference on Land and Water Resource Challenges in North Central Texas, Sept. 22-23, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.

15. Shaw, D.M. and Atkinson, S.F., 1988, "Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Identification and Description of Golden-cheeked Warbler Habitat", American Ornithologists Union, August 22-26, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

14. Dickson, K.L. and Atkinson, S.F., 1988, "Use of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems for Watershed Management", presented at the 26th International Geographical Union Congress, August 1-26, Sydney, Australia.

13. Shaw, D.M. and Atkinson, S.F., 1988, "Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Identification and Description of Golden-Cheeked Warbler Habitat", presented at the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, April 21-23, San Angelo, Texas.

12. DelRegno, K.J. and Atkinson, S.F., 1987, "Use of LANDSAT Multispectral Data to Determine Landuse Changes and Define Critical Areas in the City of Dallas' Watersheds", presented at the 1987 International Symposium of the North American Lake Management Society, Orlando, Florida, Nov. 3-6.

11. Hathorn, P.M. and Atkinson, S.F., 1987, "Use of LANDSAT MSS Data to Estimate Drought Conditions, Precedent Flow Conditions, and Tree Growth of Bottomland Hardwoods of the Neches River Basin, Texas", presented at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sixth Remote Sensing Symposium, Galveston, Texas, November 2-4.

10. Atkinson, S.F., 1987, "Remote Sensing and GIS"  Predicting Sediment Loading and Nutrient Export for Watershed Management", presented at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sixth Remote Sensing Symposium, Galveston, Texas, November 2-4.

9. Shaw, D.M. and Atkinson, S.F., 1987, "Remote Sensing and GIS for Predicting Sediment Loading and Nutrient Export for Watershed Management", presented at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sixth Remote Sensing Symposium, Galveston, Texas, November 2-4.

8. Atkinson, S.F., 1987, "Remote Sensing Fundamentals - First Day Tutorial", presented at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sixth Remote Sensing Symposium, Galveston, Texas, November 2-4.

7. Atkinson, S.F., 1987, "Remote Sensing and GIS for Water Resources Planning and Management", invited presentation to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Monitoring Laboratory Seminar Series, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 5.

6. Atkinson, S.F., 1987, "Hazardous Waste Management Through Ground Water Pollution Potential Mapping", presented at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Hazardous Materials Workshop, Denton, Texas, July 30.

5. Atkinson, S.F., "Use of Satellite Digital Data for Watershed Management and Surface Water Production," presented at 40th Annual Water Utilities Short School, University of Texas at Arlington, May 19‑21, 1987, Arlington, Texas.

4. Atkinson, S.F., 1987, "Site Selection for Nonpoint Pollution Control," presented at Second Annual ERDAS User's Group Meeting, April 9‑11, Atlanta, Georgia.

3. Atkinson, S.F., 1986, "Ground Water Contamination from Salt‑ Water Intrusion and Limitations on Agricultural Activities", presented at the National Conference on Ground Water Quality and Agricultural Practices, University of Oklahoma, 1986, Norman, Oklahoma, 28 pp.

2. Canter, L.W. and Atkinson, S.F., 1985, "Post EIS Environmental Monitoring", Presented at the ASCE National Spring Convention, Denver, Colorado, April 29‑May 2, 19 pp.

1. Atkinson, S.F., 1984, "Is Ground Water Quality Related to Oil and Gas Field Activities?", presented at the Oklahoma Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1984, 11 pp.