Recent publications, paper presentations, and grants:

• Bencloski, Joseph W.  "The Impact of the 1997-98 El Nino on Vegetation Health in the Piura Region of Northwestern Peru:  An NDVI Analysis,"  Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Geographical Society, West Chester, PA, Oct. 23, 2009.
• Bencloski, Joseph W. and Stephen G. Tsikalas.  "A Landsat Digital Image Analysis of Lake Anna, Virginia, Thermal Properties," Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, April 17, 2008.
• Bencloski, Joseph W.  "Chugach Mountains - Harvard and Yale Glaciers, southern Alaska," National Council for Geographic Education invited special publication (2009).  In press
• Bencloski, Joseph W.  "Estimating the Extent of Tropical Deforestation in Amazonia Using Digital Image Processing," Annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Geographical Society, Salisbury, MD, Oct. 28, 2006.
• Bencloski, Joseph W. and Jenny L Butchko, "A Landsat Digital Image Analysis of the Sedimentary Strata Reversal Associated with the Meteorite Impact at Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona," Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Geographical Society, Greensburg, PA, Oct. 29, 2005.
• Bencloski, Joseph W.  "A Landsat Image Analysis of the Impact of Urban Sprawl in Southern Butler County, Pennsylvania," Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Sabbatical Research Project, Spring Semester 2005
• Butchko, Jenny L. and Joseph W. Bencloski.  "Distance Decay Effects and Small Retail Establishments," Research Appreciation Week:  Building Blocks for the Future, poster session sponsored by the IUP School of Graduate Studies and Research, April 13, 2005.
• Bencloski, Joseph W. "Using Digital Image Processing to Assess Differences in Agricultural Productivity between Mexico and the United States," Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Geographical Society, New Cumberland, PA, Nov. 6, 2004
• Butchko, Jenny L. and Joseph W. Bencloski. "Distance-Decay Effects:  The Case of a Small Pennsylvania Retail Flower Boutique," The Pennsylvania Geographer, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2004), pp. 87-101.
• Bencloski, Joseph W. "Soil Science," Penn State Cooperative Extension in Indiana County:  Master Gardner Program, Indiana PA, Oct. 19, 2004; Oct. 24, 2006, Feb. 17, 2009).
• Bencloski, Joseph W. and Scott A. Loomer “Remote Sensing Education with MicroMSI," Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, Philadelphia, PA, October 17, 2002
• Bencloski, Joseph W. “MicroMSI Workshop," Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, Vancouver, BC, August 3, 2001
• Bencloski, Joseph W. “The Usefulness of Digital Satellite Imagery in Assessing the Status of Vegetation Regrowth on Abandoned Strip Mines in Indiana County,” IUP University Senate Research Committee grant, February 16, 2001
• Bencloski, Joseph W. “Constructing Isoline Surfaces from Human Geography Maps,” Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, Chicago, IL, August 3, 2000
• Bencloski, J. W. “The Five Themes of Geography and the North Atlantic Hurricane,” Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, Boston, MA, Nov. 4, 1999
• Bencloski, Joseph W. “A Model for Simulating the Pattern of Ash Fall from Volcanic Eruptions,” The Pennsylvania Geographer, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Fall 1998), pp. 79-92
• Bencloski, Joseph W. “Using the Local Water Balance to Understand the Impact of Atmospheric Events,” Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, Orlando, FL, Oct. 9, 1997