Ecological Modelling and Remote Sensing Research Group
(L-R) Qiang Yu,Qunying Luo and Longhui Li
Absent: Mark Baird, Alfredo Huete, Kendall McGuffie, Natalia Restrepo-Coupe
Members
Dr Mark Broich - vegetation dynamics and vegetation cover change
Professor Alfredo Huete - Co-theme leader, remote sensing, ecosystem processes, spectral-tower flux coupling, and climate change
Professor Qiang Yu - Co-theme leader, ecosystem modelling of vegetation function
Assoc Prof Kendal McGuffie - climate change modelling, effect of climate change at land surface
Dr Longhui Li - land-surface gas exchange, eddy covariance, modeling
Dr Qunying Luo - ecosystem modelling and climate change
Dr Natalia Restrepo Coupe - integration of remote sensing observations with ecohydrology data
Support Staff
Kevin Davies - E-research support
Postgraduate Student Members
Xuanlong (Richard) Ma - is here for 2 years to conduct research on "Seasonal functioning of wet tropical savannas" for his PhD thesis in China. Professor Alfredo Huete and professor Qiang Yu (Co-supervisors)
Chris Watson - PhD Project Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Techniques to Determine Physiological, Phenological and Compositional Changes in Eastern Australian Grasslands
Xueling Li - Towards balancing agricultural and environmental decision-making in north-western China: development and application of the Investment Framework for Environmental Resources (INFFER)
Zunyi Xie -Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems of Remote Sensing
Key Research Strengths:
The Ecological Modelling and Remote Sensing Research Group employs advanced coupled ecological- climate models and satellite remote sensing technologies to address questions on whole-system ecological processes and relationships across a diversity of spatial and temporal scales, with particular emphasis on Australian landscape responses to climate variability and climate change. Remote sensing and ecological models are to used characterize/ monitor ecosystem health and functional processes in support of resource management, sustainable development, and climate change challenges.
We are actively engaged with U.S., Japan, and European Space Agencies in the development, validation, and use of long-term satellite measurements for detection of large scale vegetation responses to climate variability and climate change. We also work closely with scientists from CSIRO, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and USDA-ARS to develop and apply ecosystem models to examine land and water management in adaptation to climate change and variability.
We seek to answer questions concerning the long-term vulnerability of biomes and primary industries (agriculture and forestry) to climate change, land use, and environmental forcings.
Professional links and collaborations:
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- CSIRO
- European Co-operation in Science and Technology (COST)
- International Space Agencies - NASA, ESA, JAXA
In the News:
PhD Scholarship in Ecological Modelling
DECRA success for C3 researcher
Measuring forest health one leaf at a time
Modelling crop response to climate change
