My research interests are in the areas of physical and hydroclimatology, GIS and remote sensing focusing one land surface interactions with climate (and vice versa) by investigating regional to global observations and remotely sensed datasets.  I rely heavily on using GIS and image processing systems for visualization of the geographic data and for mapping and spatial analysis.  Geographic area I have investigated include the Southern Great Plains with my dissertation soil moisture work, the Amazon Basin and more recently the Southern Ocean examining sea ice thickness.

Education

PhD. Geography. 1994. University of Oklahoma. Norman, Oklahoma

MA. Geography. 1989. University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona

BA. Environmental Studies. 1987 Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

Publications

Stampone, Mary D., Cathleen A. Geiger, Tracy L. DeLiberty, and E. Rachel Bernstein (2012). Data-derived spatial-resolution errors of Antarctic sea-ice thickness. Polar Geography. doi10.1080/1088937X.2012.691120

Kremer, Peleg, Tracy L. DeLiberty, and Yda Schreuder (2012). Defining local food systems. IN Local Food Systems in Old Industrial Regions: Concepts, Spatial Context, and Local Practices, pp.147-168. Eds. Neil Reid, Jay D. Gatrell, and Paula S. Ross. Ashgate Publishing Company, Burlington, Vermont.

DeLiberty, Tracy L., Cathleen A. Geiger, Stephen F. Ackley, Anthony P. Worby, and Michael L. Van Woert (2011). Estimating the annual cycle of sea-ice thickness and volume in the Ross Sea.  Deep Sea Research II. doi10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.12.005.

Kremer, Peleg, and Tracy L. DeLiberty. Local food practices and growing potential: Mapping the case of Philadelphia, Applied Geography, 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.01.007

Legates, David R., Rezaul Mahmood, Delphis F. Levia, Steven M. Quiring. Chris Houser, and Frederick E. Nelson (2010). Soil moisture: A central and unifying theme in physical geography. Progress in Physical Geography, 35, 1, 65-86. doi:10.1177/0309133310386514

Worby, Anthony P., Cathleen A. Geiger, Matthew J. Paget, Michael L. Van Woert, Stephen F. Ackley, and Tracy L. DeLiberty.  2008. Journal of Geophysical Research. 113. 13pp.  doi:10.1029/2007JC004254 

DeLiberty, Tracy L., and David R. Legates. 2008. Spatial variability and persistence of soil moisture in Oklahoma.  Physical Geography, 29, 2, 121-139. 

Wang, Lillian T., Thomas E. McKenna, and Tracy L. DeLiberty. 2007. Locating ground water discharge area in Rehoboth and Indian River Bays and Indian River, Delaware using Landsat 7 imagery.  Report of Investigation No.74.  Delaware Geological Survey.  In press

DeLiberty, Tracy L., and David R. Legates. 2003. The interannual and seasonal variability of modeled soil moisture in Oklahoma.  International Journal of Climatology, 23(9), 1057-1086.

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