Publications

YearManuscript
2024Peter, B.G., Messina, J.P., Breeze, V., Fung, C.Y., Kapoor, A. and Fan, P., Perspectives on Modifiable Spatiotemporal Unit Problems in Remote Sensing of Agriculture: Evaluating Rice Production in Vietnam and Tools for Analysis. Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 5, p.1042624. doi: 10.3389/frsen.2024.1042624.
Frake, A.N., Peter, B.G., Chipula, G. and Messina, J.P., 2024. Spatial targeting of irrigation development and water resource management to mitigate vector-borne disease. Journal of Environmental Management, 363, p.121398. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121398.
Gray, H.L., Ivers, N.A., Lopez, E., Peter, B.G., Longing, S.D., López-Uribe, M.M. and Jha, S., 2024. Diet specialization mediates drivers of Cucurbita herbivory in a semi-arid agroecosystem. Current Research in Insect Science, 5, p.100087. doi: 10.1016/j.cris.2024.100087.
Narayanan, A., Peter, B.G. and Keellings, D., 2024. A Climate Extremes Resilience Index for the Conterminous United States. Weather, Climate, and Society, 16(1), pp.87-103. doi: 10.1175/WCAS-D-23-0008.1.
Dey, H., Shao, W., Moradkhani, H., Keim, B.D. and Peter, B.G., 2024. Urban flood susceptibility mapping using frequency ratio and multiple decision tree-based machine learning models. Natural Hazards, pp.1-29. doi: 10.1007/s11069-024-06609-x.
2023Hamidi, E., Peter, B.G., Muñoz, D.F., Moftakhari, H. and Moradkhani, H., 2023. Fast flood extent monitoring with SAR change detection using google earth engine. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61, pp.1-19. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2023.3240097.
Fox, L., Peter, B.G., Frake, A.N. and Messina, J.P., 2023. A Bayesian maximum entropy model for predicting tsetse ecological distributions. International Journal of Health Geographics, 22(1), p.31. doi: 10.1186/s12942-023-00349-0
Fung, C.Y., Peter, B.G. and Simmons, C.S., 2023. Habitat Mapping and Spatiotemporal Overlap of the Amazon River Dolphin, Fishers, and Tourism in the Central Region of the Brazilian Amazon. Conservation, 3(4), pp.523-542. doi: 10.3390/conservation3040034.
2022Burke, W., Snapp, S., Peter, B. G., and Jayne, T. 2022. Sustainable intensification in jeopardy: Transdisciplinary evidence from Malawi. Science of the Total Environment. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155758.
2021Peter, B. G., Messina, J. P., Carroll, J. W., and Chikowo, R. 2021. A case for green-based spectral indices: Plot-scale sUAS imagery related to crop chlorophyll content at two maize farms in Malawi. Remote Sensing Letters. doi: 10.1080/2150704X.2021.1938733.
2020Peter, B. G., Messina, J. P., Carroll, J. W., Zhi, J., Chimonyo, V., Lin, S., and Snapp, S. S. 2020. Multi-spatial resolution satellite and sUAS imagery for precision agriculture on smallholder farms in Malawi. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (PE&RS) 86(2):107–119. doi: 10.14358/PERS.86.2.107.
Peter, B. G., Messina, J. P., Lin, Z., and Snapp, S. S. 2020. Crop climate suitability mapping on the cloud: A geovisualization application for sustainable agriculture. Scientific Reports 10(15487). doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72384-x.
Frake, A. N., Peter, B. G., Walker, E., and Messina, J. P. 2020. Leveraging big data for public health: Mapping malaria vector suitability in Malawi with Google Earth Engine. PLOS ONE 15(8): e0235697. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235697.
Peter, B. G., Cohen, S., Lucey, R., Munasinghe, D., Raney, A., and Brakenridge, G. R. 2020. Google Earth Engine Implementation of the Floodwater Depth Estimation Tool (FwDET-GEE) for Rapid and Large Scale Flood Analysis. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 1–5. doi:
10.1109/LGRS.2020.3031190.
2019Peter, B. G. and Messina, J. P. 2019. Errors in time-series remote sensing and an open access application for detecting and visualizing spatial data outliers using Google Earth Engine. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 12(4):1165–1174. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2019.2901404.
Snapp, S. S., Cox, C., and Peter, B. G. 2019. Multipurpose pulse crops for smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa: Identification of promising ‘scale out’ options. Global Food Security 23:22–32. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2019.03.002.
Gauthier, C., Lin, Z., Peter, B. G., and Moran, E. F. 2019. Hydroelectric infrastructure and potential groundwater contamination in the Brazilian Amazon: Altamira and the Belo Monte Dam. The Professional Geographer 71(2):292–300. doi: 10.1080/00330124.2018.1518721.
2018Peter, B. G., Messina, J., and Snapp, S. 2018. A multi-scalar approach to mapping marginal agricultural land: Smallholder agriculture in Malawi. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 108(4):989–1005. doi: 10.1080/24694452.2017.1403877.
Snapp, S., Rogé, P., Okori, P., Chikowo, R., Peter, B. G., and Messina, J. 2018. Perennial grains for Africa: possibility or pipedream? Experimental Agriculture 1–22. doi: 10.1017/S0014479718000066.
2017Peter, B. G., Mungai, L., Messina, J., and Snapp, S. 2017. Nature-based agricultural solutions: Scaling perennial grains across Africa. Environmental Research 159:283–290. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.08.011.
Peter, B. G., Messina, J., Frake, A., and Snapp, S. 2017. Scaling agricultural innovations: Pigeonpea in Malawi. The Professional Geographer 70(2):239–250. doi: 10.1080/00330124.2017.1347798.
Messina, J., Peter, B. G., and Snapp, S. 2017. Re-evaluating the Malawian farm input subsidy programme. Nature Plants 3(4):17013. doi: 10.1038/nplants.2017.13.
Li, G., Messina, J., Peter, B. G., and Snapp, S. Mapping land suitability for agriculture in Malawi. Land Degradation and Development 28(7):2001–2016. doi: 10.1002/ldr.2723.
Rogé, P., Diarisso, T., Diallo, F., Boiré, Y., Goïta, D., Peter, B. G., Macalou, M., Weltzien, E., and Snapp, S. 2017. Perennial grain crops in the West Soudanian Savanna of Mali: Perspectives from agroecology and gendered spaces. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 15(5):555–574. doi: 10.1080/14735903.2017.1372850.
2016Luehmann, M. D., Peter, B. G., Connallon, C. B., Schaetzl, R. J., Smidt, S. J., Liu, W., Kincare, K., Walkowiak, T. A., Thorlund, E., and Holler, M. S. 2016. Loamy, two storied soils on the outwash plains of southwestern Lower Michigan: Pedoturbation of loess into the underlying sand. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 106(3):551–572. doi: 10.1080/00045608.2015.1115388.
Rogé, P., Snapp, S., Kakwera, M. N., Mungai, L., Jambo, I., and Peter, B. G. Ratooning and perennial staple crops in Malawi. A Review. 2016. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 36(3):50. doi: 10.1007/s13593-016-0384-8.

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YearDataset
2021Peter, B. G., Messina, J., and Moragoda, N. 2021. Monthly Aggregated NEX-GDDP Ensemble Climate Projections: Historical (1985–2005) and RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 (2006–2080). Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/ZNEJMS.
2020Li, G., Messina, J. P., Peter, B. G., and Snapp, S. S. 2020. Replication Data for: Mapping land suitability for agriculture in Malawi. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/6E9VLT.
2019Peter, B. G. and Messina, J. P. 2019. Multispectral drone imagery of a trial farm in Ntubwi, Malawi. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/OAWDZC.
Peter, B. G. and Messina, J. P. 2019. Multispectral drone imagery of a trial farm in Nyambi, Malawi. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/QBRJH0.
Peter, B. G. and Messina, J. P. 2019. Linear workflow for relating multispectral remote sensing imagery with on-farm plant measurements. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/CW20DZ.
Peter, B. G. and Messina, J. P. 2019. Replication Data for: Mixed-Method Land Characterizations: Remote Sensing and LULC Survey Data of Malawi. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/IEKP6Z.
Peter, B. G. and Messina, J. P. 2019. Common bean climate niche of Southeastern and Southern Africa. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/FZYU2S.
2018Peter, B. G. and Messina, J. P. 2018. Growing season temperature variability in Malawi (2016–2017). Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/XLIKQF.
2017Messina, J., Snapp, S., and Peter, B. G. 2017. Malawi weather station data for the 2014–2015 growing season. Mendeley Data, V1. doi: 10.17632/xczc64xw46.2.
YearSoftware / Application
2022Hamidi, H., Peter, B. G., Muñoz, D. F., Moftakhari, H, and Moradkhani, H. 2022. Replication data for: Fast flood extent monitoring with SAR change detection using Google Earth Engine. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/WOTC7E.
Peter, B. G., Messina, J. P. 2022. GEE-TED: A tsetse ecological distribution model for Google Earth Engine. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/6JR87X.
2021Boumis, G. and Peter, B. G. 2021. Time-Series Matrix (TSMx): A visualization tool for plotting multiscale temporal trends. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/ZZDYM9.
Peter, B. G., Messina, J. P., Raney, A., Principe, R., and Fan, P. 2021. MSZSI: Multi-Scale Zonal Statistics [AgriClimate] Inventory. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/M4ZGXP.
2020Peter, B. G., Cohen, S., Lucey, R., Munasinghe, D., and Raney, A. 2020. A Google Earth Engine implementation of the Floodwater Depth Estimation Tool (FwDET-GEE). Harvard Dataverse, V2. doi: 10.7910/DVN/JQ4BCN.
2019Peter, B. G. and Messina, J. P. 2019. Spatial data outlier detection and visualization using Google Earth Engine. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/9ZIUGQ.
Peter, B. G. and Messina, J. P. 2019. MODIS product version comparison application for Google Earth Engine. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/OGTUVN.
Peter, B. G., Messina, J. P., and Lin, Z. 2019. Web-based GIS for spatiotemporal crop climate niche mapping. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/UFC6B5.
Peter, B. G. and Messina, J. P. 2019. Mapping marginal agricultural lands reimagined. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/EPEGA2.
Peter, B. G. and Messina, J. P. 2019. Visualizing inconsistencies among global agricultural land cover products using Google Earth Engine. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/LBYWUF.
Peter, B. G. 2019. Geovisualizing the modifiable areal unit problem. Harvard Dataverse, V1. doi: 10.7910/DVN/C2CNEB.
2018Peter, B. G. and Evans, M. G. 2018. Bivariate color matrix. Interactive color picking tool for selecting a bivariate color palette. http://color.cartoscience.com.