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Qian Song

Senior Specialist
Geospatial Information Systems

Ms. Qian Song is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Senior Specialist at HARC. She is responsible for mapping production, interactive GIS web applications development, geospatial data development, and geospatial analysis for multidisciplinary projects. She also organizes and maintains geospatial library and data portal site to assist HARC research staff.

Ms. Song started with HARC in January 2017 after graduating with an Master of Science in Geographic Information Science from the University of Redlands in California. She also obtained an Master of Science in Fishery Resources and a Bachelor of Science in Marine Technology from Shanghai Ocean University. Prior to joining HARC, she was a Research Assistant in Shanghai Ocean University and focused on coastal ocean numerical modeling. Her professional interests include GIS web application development, geospatial analysis, data visualization, coastal ocean modeling, and marine environment conservation.

Ms. Song won two 2nd place awards in 2018 Houston Region GIS Expo map gallery competition. The two awards were given for cartographic design and analytical content. The gallery entry was for HARC’s work on the Environmental Impacts of Hurricane Harvey story map. The story map shows analysis results about the flooding and related impacts such as storm-related spills, pollutants, Superfund impacts, water quality, air quality, and power generation.

Impacts of Assimilative Capacity of Reservoirs StoryMap

An Esri StoryMap demonstrating the impacts of Assimilative Capacity of Reservoirs on Coastal inflows project assesses assimilative capacity of the Lake Livingston reservoir and related impacts on freshwater inflows to the Galveston Bay estuary.

Resilience Science Information Network (RESIN)

The purpose of the RESIN portal is to develop and share a comprehensive set of data describing future climate impacts to the Greater Houston-Galveston Region.

A Vegetative View: Harris County, TX

A Vegetative View: Harris County, Texas is a mapping application that presents a series of data layers describing structural characteristics of the urban vegetative canopy within Harris County, Texas

Headwaters to Baywaters: A Future of Urban Resilience

The goal of the Headwaters to Baywaters initiative (launched by Bayou Land Conservancy (BLC), Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP), Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF), Houston Audubon Society (HAS), and Katy Prairie Conservancy (KPC) ) is to ensure healthy lands, healthy waters, and healthy communities for the greater Houston region.

Building a Legacy

At HARC, we are fortunate to conduct our research and undertake this work out of a living lab that showcases green building design, technology, and operations in action.

Impacts of Assimilative Capacity of Reservoirs

The Impacts of Assimilative Capacity of Reservoirs on Coastal Inflows project assesses assimilative capacity of the Lake Livingston reservoir and related impacts on freshwater inflows to the Galveston Bay estuary.

COVID-19 Impacts

HARC's COVID-19 research studied the regulatory measures enacted by local governments to slow the rate of infection and also the effects stay-at-home orders had on infrastructure systems, communities, and the environment.

Find Your Watershed Tool

This application is a tool to find out what watershed you live in, and how your watershed fares in terms of overall environmental health.

Forests and Floods

HARC’s Forests and Floods project is funded by the Texas A&M Forest Service. The initiative compiles and develops data to investigate the role that trees, forest, and canopy cover play in flood mitigation.

County & Watershed Statistics

This dataset includes Polygons of county and watershed statistics..

USGS NLCD Imperviousness 2016

This dataset includes USGS NLCD Impervious Cover for Texas 2016.

USGS NLCD Imperviousness 2011

This dataset includes USGS NLCD Impervious Cover for Texas 2011.

USGS NLCD Imperviousness 2006

This dataset includes USGS NLCD Impervious Cover for Texas 2006.

USGS NLCD Imperviousness 2001

This dataset includes USGS NLCD Impervious Cover for Texas 2001.

NOAA CCAP Land Cover 2016 22-Class

This dataset includes NOAA CCAP Land Cover for Texas Gulf Coast 2016 22-Class.

NOAA CCAP Land Cover 2010 22-Class

This dataset includes NOAA CCAP Land Cover for Texas Gulf Coast 2010 22-Class.

NOAA CCAP Land Cover 2006 22-Class

This dataset includes NOAA CCAP Land Cover for Texas Gulf Coast 2006 22-Class.

NOAA CCAP Land Cover 2001 22-Class

This dataset includes NOAA CCAP Land Cover for Texas Gulf Coast 2001 22-Class.

NOAA CCAP Land Cover 1996 22-Class

This dataset includes NOAA CCAP Land Cover 1996 22-Class.

Hurricane Harvey Temperature & Salinity

This dataset includes Hurricane Harvey water temperature and salinity as shown in Hurricane Harvey app.

Hurricane Harvey Power Outages by Zip Code

This dataset includes Hurricane Harvey power outages by zip code as shown in Hurricane Harvey app.

Hurricane Harvey Ozone Animation

This dataset includes Hurricane Harvery Ozone visualization as shown in Hurricane Harvey app.

Hurricane Harvey Ozone

This dataset includes Hurricane Harvey Ozone readings as shown in Hurricane Harvey app.

Hurricane Harvey Hazardous Releases

This dataset includes Hurricane Harvey hazardous releases as shown in Hurricane Harvey app.

Hurricane Harvey Flow

This dataset includes Hurricane Harvey flow as shown in Hurricane Harvey app.

Hurricane Harvey FEMA Modeled Damages

This dataset includes Hurricane Harvey FEMA modeled damages as shown in Hurricane Harvey app.

Hurricane Harvey BTEX Animation

This dataset includes Hurricane Harvey BTEX data visualization as shown in Hurricane Harvey app.

Hurricane Harvey BTEX

This dataset includes Hurricane Harvey BTEX data as shown in Hurricane Harvey app.

Superfund Sites

This dataset includes Texas Superfund sites provided by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality used in Hurricane Harvey app.

USGS HUC Texas Watershed Boundaries

This dataset includes USGS HUC polygon watershed boundaries for HUC6, 8, 10, and 12 levels.

TWDB Texas River Basins

This dataset includes Texas Water Development Board polygon boundaries of Texas rivers and basins.

H-GAC Eco Logical Features

This dataset includes eco-logical polygons from the H-GAC Eco-Logical assessement project circa 2008.

Aquatic and Marine Litter and Debris

HARC research team will work with innovative technology methods utilizing Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and spatial analysis to analyze feasibility of debris patterns and hot spots within the region’s waterways.

Galveston Bay Estuary Program Watershed Boundaries

This dataset includes polygons of Galveston Bay Estuary Program watershed boundaries.

US DOE Power Plants

This dataset provides US Department of Energy Power Plant locations.

ERCOT Power Demand

This dataset includes ERCOT Zone loading power demand data used in Hurricane Harvey story map application.

PM2.5 Reduction Scenarios

This application provides information about primary fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and includes the amounts and sources of PM2.5 that can be found as well as various controls that can be applied to achieve the desired reductions.

Summarizing Hurricane Harvey’s Environmental Impacts

After Hurricane Harvey, HARC mobilized swiftly to acquire and process data about the flooding and related environmental impacts, such as storm-related spills, pollutants, Superfund site impacts, water quality, air quality, and power generation.

Texas Energy-Water Nexus

This story map features a discussion of Texas energy and water resources, how the 2011 drought became the driest on record, presented with interactive content and dynamic maps.