Chuck Kroll: cnkroll@esf.edu
Hydrology, Water Resources and Ecological Engineering,
Environmental Modeling, Ecosystem Processes and Restoration 



Recent Projects

A New i-Tree Tool for Assessing Forest Impacts on Urban Ecosystems

Urban Forest Spatial Modeling

The Impact of Multicollinearity on Small Sample Regression

Water Policy and Meteorological Drought in Northern Kenya


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My research interests primarily lie in the area of environmental management and modeling, with a particular emphasis on water resources engineering and urban air quality. My water resources engineering research focuses on developing holistic approaches to water resource management and utilization, and improved estimation of the uncertainty involved with forecasting hydrologic phenomena. This research primarily encompasses the areas of stochastic and deterministic hydrology, system engineering, probability and statistics, and computer science. My air quality research examines the use of urban vegetation for improved ecosystem services, with a focus on air quality. This research involves the coupling of air quality, meteorologic, and biogenic models to create spatially distributed predictions of the impact of trees on the urban environment. All of my research utilizes many engineering tools, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geographic Positioning Systems (GPS), field hydrology and meteorology, and computer modeling and simulation, to gain a better understanding of how best to manage our environment. Current and past funded projects are listed below.



Current and Past Research Project

A New i-Tree Tool for Assessing Forest Impacts on Urban Ecosystems
Collaborators:  Ted Endreny, SUNY ESF, and David Nowak, USDA Forest Service
Funding:  US Department of Agriculture Forest Service National Urban and Community Forest Advisory Council (NUCFAC)
2011-2014


Urban Forest Spatial Modeling
Collaborator:  Dr. David Nowak, USDA Forest Service
Funding:  US Department of Agriculture Forest Service
2007-2011


The Impact of Multicollinearity on Small Sample Hydrologic Regression
Collaborator:  Peter Song, SUNY ESF (now of Anchor QEA)
Funding:  SUNY ESF and NSF GK-12
2009-2011


Water Policy and Meteorological Drought Characteristics in Northern Kenya
Collaborator:  Osman Ahmed, SUNY ESF (now with
Kenyan Northern Water Service Board)
Funding:  Ford Foundation
2007-2009

 

 

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