Research

Agency Affiliations

State of South Carolina

  • South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium (SCSGC)
  • South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR)
  • South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) 
  • South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR)
  • South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) 
  • South Carolina Department of Agriculture

Regional / Municipal

  • Charlston County GIS
  • City of Charleston
  • Dorchester County
  • Coastal GIS Users Group
  • GIS Public Lowcountry Users Group (GIS-PLUG)

Federal

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) - Office for Coastal Management
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) - Marine Mammals Network

NGO / Corporate

  • Post and Courier
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The Southern Poverty Law Center

Publications and Presentations


The SCGIS Lab has sponsored in a variety of publications; professional presentations; and reports, white papers, and other creative work.
  • Research Publications Supported by the SCGIS Laboratory - Past 10 Years

    Williamson, Duncan., Norman S. Levine, Brooke Saari, and Landon Knapp, 2023, "The South Carolina Water Monitoring Portal - A Hub for South Carolina Water Quality Monitoring Data" Journal of South Carolina Water Resources

    Wall, J., Bohnenstiehl, D. R., Levine, N. S., Millhauser, J. K., McGill, D. E., Wegmann, K. W., & Melomo, V. (2023). A geospatial and archaeological investigation of an African-American cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Archaeological Prospection, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1921

    Principe, Nicole, Wayne McFee, Norman Levine, Brian Balmer, and Joseph Ballenger. 2023. "Using Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UASs) to Determine the Distribution Patterns of Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops erebennus) across Varying Salinities in Charleston, South Carolina" Drones 7, no. 12: 689. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7120689 

    Bouchilon, Hannah, Norman S. Levine, and Patricia A Fair. 2019. "GIS Investigation of the Relationship of Sex and Season on the Population Distribution of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus) in Charleston, South Carolina." International Journal of Geographical Information Science, May, 16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2019.1615068.

    Jaume', Steven C., and Norman S. Levine. 2018. Development of a Community Velocity Model for the Charleston, South Carolina Region. G16AP00025th ed. Reston, VA, USA: United States Geolgoical Survey. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/cfusion/external_grants/reports/G16AP00025.pdf.

    Wall, John, Del Bohnenstiehl, Karl Wegmann, and Norman S. Levine. 2017. "Morphometric Comparisons Between Automated and Manual Karst Depression Inventories in Apalachicola National Forest, Florida, and Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA." Natural Hazards 85 (2): 729 49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2600-x.

    Vulava, Vijay, Syreeta Dickerson-Vaughn, Larry McKay, Steven Driese, Lee Cooper, Fu-Min Menn, Norman S. Levine, and Gary Sayler. 2017. "Flood-induced Transport of PAHs from Streambed Coal Tar Deposits." Science of the Total Environment 575 (September): 247 57. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969716321520.

    Metcaf, Nicole, David E Desplaces, and Norman S. Levine. 2014. "Geography of Trade in the Southeast: 2004 to 2008." Global Business & Economics Anthology 1 (March).

    Newhard, James M., Norman S. Levine, Angelina Danielle Phebus, Sarah Craft, and John Littlefield. 2013. "A Geoinformatic Approach to the Collection of Archaeological Survey Data." Cartography and Geographic Information Science 40 (1): 3 17. 

    https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15230406.2013.762139.

  • Past Peer-Reviewed and Scholarly Publications

    2004

    Vincent, R. K., & Levine, N. S. "Future directions for geological remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS) in geological education," Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 10(4), 329-338.

    2006

    Elton, H., M. Jackson, G. Mietke, J.M.L. Newhard, L. Özgenel, and E. Twigger, "A new Late-Roman urban centre in Isauria," Journal of Roman Archaeology 19: 300-311.

    2007

    Batts, E., and Levine, N. S., "Inundation visualization in Charleston County using high resolution data sets," Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 39(2), 25.

    2008

    Hurley, P.T., Halfacre, A., Levine, N., and Burke, M., "Finding a "disappearing" non-timber forest resource: Using grounded visualization to explore urbanization impacts on sweetgrass basket-making in greater Mt Pleasant, SC," The Professional Geographer, 60 (4), 23 pages.

    Levine, N.S and Kaufman C.C., "Land Use, Erosion, and Habitat Mapping on an Atlantic Barrier Island, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina," Journal of Maps, v2008, 161-174

    Newhard, J.M.L., N. Levine and A. Rutherford, "Least-Cost Path Analysis and Interregional Interaction in the Göksu Valley, Turkey," Anatolian Studies 58: 87-102.

    2009

    Elton, H., M. Jackson, G. Mietke, J.M.L. Newhard, L. Özgenel, and E. Twigger, "Alahan'da (Isaurya) bir Roma Kentinin Keşfi," Olba 17: 85-118.

    2010

    B. Doyle, J.M.L. Newhard, N.S. Levine, and J.A. Kyer, "The Mahras Dağ Complex Landslide, Upper Göksu River Valley, Turkey," Environmental and Engineering Geoscience 16: 91-105.

  • Professional Presentations

    2005

    Newhard, J.M.L., A. Rutherford, N. Levine, and H. Elton, "Least-Cost Path Analysis and Interregional Interaction in the Göksu Valley, Turkey," poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, MA.

    2006

    Kyer, J.A. and J.M.L. Newhard, "Geomorphic Mapping in the Göksu Valley, Turkey," poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Philadelphia, PA.

    Newhard, J.M.L. and H. Elton, "The Göksu Archaeological Project: 2002 - 2005 Seasons," poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Montreal, Canada.

    2007

    Newhard, J.M.L., N. Levine, and J.A. Kyer, "Geoarchaeological and Geomorphic Mapping in the Göksu Valley, Turkey," paper presented at the international conference "Rough Cilicia: New Archaeological and Historical Approaches." Lincoln, NE.

    Newhard, J.M.L. and J. Littlefield, "The Use of Observation Point Data in Regional Survey and its Potential for Improving Inter-Regional Syntheses in Landscape Archaeology," poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Diego, CA.

    2009

    Newhard, J.M.L, H. Elton, and J. Haldon, "The Avkat Archaeological Project, 2007-2008 Seasons," poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, PA.

    2010

    Newhard, J.M.L., "Exploratory Models in Archaeology," paper presented at a workshop "The Manzikert Project: Simulating logistical structures within a digital environmental database," Princeton University.

    Newhard, J.M.L, A.D. Phebus, and N. Levine, "A GIS-Based Explanatory Model for the Late Roman and Byzantine Periods in the Avkat Region, Turkey," Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Anaheim, California.

    2011

    Newhard, J.M.L., "Approaches to Field Survey: The Case of the AAP," paper presented at "The Avkat Archaeological Project: a workshop," Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koç University, Istanbul.

    Phebus, A.D., J.M.L. Newhard, and N. Levine, "Analyzing Bronze Age Terrestrial and Marine Communication Routes in the Saronic Gulf and Argolid," Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Antonio, TX.

    2012

    Newhard, J.M.L., A.D. Phebus, J. Haldon, H. Elton, and N. Levine, "An Integrated Approach to Identifying Byzantine Defensive Systems in North Central Anatolia," poster to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, PA.

  • White Papers, Reports, and other Creative Work

    2006

    Levine, N. S., Marnicki, J., Jaume, S., Doyle, B. and Batts, E., "The Charleston Earthquake Tour: A walk through History - August 31, 1886 and today." Project Impact - Charleston County, 16. P, [Accessed September 2008]. URL: https://scearthquakes.charleston.edu/ 

    2008

    Haldon, J., H. Elton, and J.M.L. Newhard, "The Avkat Archaeological Project, 2007-2008 seasons" Anatolian Archaeology. 14

    2009

    Haldon, J., H. Elton, J.M.L. Newhard, and S. Lockwood, "Avkat Archaeological Project, 2007-2008" Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı. 27.3: 29-51.

    Haldon, J., H. Elton, and J.M.L. Newhard, "The Avkat Archaeological Project, 2009" Anatolian Archaeology. 15

    2010

    Haldon, J., H. Elton, and J.M.L. Newhard, "The Avkat Archaeological Project, 2010" Anatolian Archaeology. 16:16-17.