Overview
Background
Dr Jim Watson is Principal Scientist (Remote Sensing) at the New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment, and a member of the Joint Remote Sensing Research Program (https://www.jrsrp.org.au/).
He designs and leads research projects for monitoring native vegetation, with a focus on algorithms for extracting information from satellite datasets and aerial photography.
Jim received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Queensland. He has previously worked on the statistical inference of network interactions at the School of Computing (University of Leeds, United Kingdom), crop-climate modelling at the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (University of Leeds), and agricultural proximal sensing at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (University of Queensland).
He is a contributing author of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (AR5), has developed a number of novel feature detection algorithms, and is experienced in high performance computing.
Availability
- Dr Jim Watson is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Remote Sensing
I am currently investigating methods for analysing land use history from Landsat and Sentinel satellite data.
Works
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Featured
2014
Journal Article
Comparing the effects of calibration and climate errors on a statistical crop model and a process-based crop model
Watson, James, Challinor, Andrew J., Fricker, Thomas E. and Ferro, Christopher A. T. (2014). Comparing the effects of calibration and climate errors on a statistical crop model and a process-based crop model. Climatic Change, 132 (1), 93-109. doi: 10.1007/s10584-014-1264-3
Featured
2014
Journal Article
A meta-analysis of crop yield under climate change and adaptation
Challinor, A. J., Watson, J., Lobell, D. B., Howden, S. M., Smith, D. R. and Chhetri, N. (2014). A meta-analysis of crop yield under climate change and adaptation. Nature Climate Change, 4 (4), 287-291. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2153
Featured
2014
Book Chapter
Food security and food production systems
Porter, John R., Xie, Liyong, Challinor, Andrew J., Cochrane, Kevern, Howden, S. Mark, Iqbal, Muhammad Mohsin, Lobell, David B., Travasso, Maria Isabel, Netra Chhetri, Netra Chhetri, Garrett, Karen, Ingram, John, Lipper, Leslie, McCarthy, Nancy, McGrath, Justin, Smith, Daniel, Thornton, Philip, Watson, James and Ziska, Lewis (2014). Food security and food production systems. Climate change 2014: impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. Part A: global and sectoral aspects. (pp. 485-533) edited by Christopher B. Field, Vicente R. Barros, David Jon Dokken, Katharine J. Mach, Michael D. Mastrandrea, T. Eren Bilir, Monalisa Chatterjee, Kristie L. Ebi, Yuka Otsuki Estrada, Robert C. Genova, Betelhem Girma, Eric S. Kissel, Andrew N. Levy, Sandy MacCracken and Patricia R. Mastrandrea. New York, United States: Cambridge University Press.
Featured
2013
Journal Article
The relative importance of rainfall, temperature and yield data for a regional-scale crop model
Watson, James and Challinor, Andrew (2013). The relative importance of rainfall, temperature and yield data for a regional-scale crop model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 170, 47-57. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.08.001
Featured
2005
Conference Publication
Patterns in complex systems modeling
Wiles, Janet and Watson, James (2005). Patterns in complex systems modeling. Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL 2005), Brisbane, Australia, 6-8 July 2005. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. doi: 10.1007/11508069_69
2024
Journal Article
The political economy of electricity system resource adequacy and renewable energy integration: A comparative study of Britain, Italy and California
Ragosa, Giulia, Watson, Jim and Grubb, Michael (2024). The political economy of electricity system resource adequacy and renewable energy integration: A comparative study of Britain, Italy and California. Energy Research & Social Science, 107 103335. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103335
2022
Journal Article
Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future
Mulugetta, Yacob, Sokona, Youba, Trotter, Philipp A., Fankhauser, Samuel, Omukuti, Jessica, Croxatto, Lucas Somavilla, Steffen, Bjarne, Tesfamichael, Meron, Abraham, Edo, Adam, Jean-Paul, Agbemabiese, Lawrence, Agutu, Churchill, Aklilu, Mekalia Paulos, Alao, Olakunle, Batidzirai, Bothwell, Bekele, Getachew, Dagnachew, Anteneh G., Davidson, Ogunlade, Denton, Fatima, Diemuodeke, E. Ogheneruona, Egli, Florian, Gebresilassie, Eshetu Gebrekidan, Gebreslassie, Mulualem, Goundiam, Mamadou, Gujba, Haruna Kachalla, Hailu, Yohannes, Hawkes, Adam D., Hirmer, Stephanie, Hoka, Helen ... Yussuff, Abdulmutalib (2022). Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future. Nature Energy, 7 (11), 1015-1022. doi: 10.1038/s41560-022-01152-0
2022
Journal Article
Groundwater resource management during construction dewatering
Watson, James, Thomas, Stephen and Goodfellow, Thomas (2022). Groundwater resource management during construction dewatering. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 8 (4) 91. doi: 10.1007/s40899-022-00678-1
2022
Journal Article
Mexico's renewable energy innovation system: Geothermal and solar photovoltaics case study
Fernandez, Andres de Jesus and Watson, Jim (2022). Mexico's renewable energy innovation system: Geothermal and solar photovoltaics case study. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 43, 200-219. doi: 10.1016/j.eist.2022.04.004
2022
Conference Publication
A high-throughput phenotyping pipeline for rapid evaluation of morphological and physiological crop traits across large fields
Das, Sumanta, Massey-Reed, Sean Reynolds, Mahuika, Jenny, Watson, James, Cordova, Celso, Otto, Loren, Zhao, Yan, Chapman, Scott, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Jordan, David, Hammer, Graeme L. and Potgieter, Andries B. (2022). A high-throughput phenotyping pipeline for rapid evaluation of morphological and physiological crop traits across large fields. IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17-22 July 2022. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . doi: 10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9884530
2021
Journal Article
Can low-income countries leapfrog to clean energy technologies?
Watson, Jim (2021). Can low-income countries leapfrog to clean energy technologies?. New Scientist, 245 (3346), 23-23.
2020
Journal Article
High-throughput phenotyping of dynamic canopy traits associated with stay-green in grain sorghum
Liedtke, J. D., Hunt, C. H., George-Jaeggli, B., Laws, K., Watson, J., Potgieter, A. B., Cruickshank, A. and Jordan, D. R. (2020). High-throughput phenotyping of dynamic canopy traits associated with stay-green in grain sorghum. Plant Phenomics, 2020 4635153, 1-10. doi: 10.34133/2020/4635153
2019
Book Chapter
The use of hyperspectral proximal sensing for phenotyping of plant breeding trials
Potgieter, Andries B., Watson, James, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, McLean, Gregory, Eldridge, Mark, Chapman, Scott C., Laws, Kenneth, Christopher, Jack, Chenu, Karine, Borrell, Andrew, Hammer, Graeme and Jordan, David R. (2019). The use of hyperspectral proximal sensing for phenotyping of plant breeding trials. Fundamentals, sensor systems, spectral libraries, and data mining for vegetation. (pp. 127-148) edited by Prasad S. Thenkabail, John G. Lyon and Alfredo Huete. Boca Raton, FL United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781315164151-5
2019
Conference Publication
High-throughput phenotyping of canopy radiation use efficiency and its component traits
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Potgieter, Andries, Zhi, Xiaoyu, Reynolds Massey-Reed, Sean, Watson, James, Lamprecht, Marnie, Chapman, Scott, Laws, Kenneth, Hunt, Colleen, Borrell, Andrew, Jordan, David, van Oosterom, Erik, Wu, Alex and Hammer, Graeme (2019). High-throughput phenotyping of canopy radiation use efficiency and its component traits. 6th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium, Nanjing, China, 22-26 October 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
High-throughput phenotyping tools to test whether leaf-level photosynthesis traits are measurable at the crop level
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Potgieter, Andries, Zhi, Xiaoyu, Reynolds Massey-Reed, Sean, Watson, James, Lamprecht, Marnie, Chapman, Scott, Laws, Kenneth, Hunt, Colleen, Borrell, Andrew, Jordan, David, van Oosterom, Erik, Wu, Alex and Hammer, Graeme (2019). High-throughput phenotyping tools to test whether leaf-level photosynthesis traits are measurable at the crop level. TropAg 2019, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 10-13 November 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
Seeing canopy photosynthesis through the eyes of a Gecko
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Zhi, Xiaoyue, Wu, Alex, Potgieter, Andries, Reynolds Massey-Reed, Sean, Watson, James, Hunt, Colleen, Lamprecht, Marnie, Chapman, Scott, Borrell, Andrew, Jordan, David and Hammer, Graeme (2019). Seeing canopy photosynthesis through the eyes of a Gecko. Innovations in Agriculture for Food Security, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 30 June - 3 July 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
Determining of targeted crop characteristics utilising sensing technologies to enhance selection of higher yielding varieties in sorghum breeding trials
Potgieter, Andries, Laws, Kenneth, George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Hunt, Colleen, Guo, Wei, Watson, James, Reynolds Massey-Reed, Sean, Chapman, Scott, Hammer, Graeme and Jordan, David (2019). Determining of targeted crop characteristics utilising sensing technologies to enhance selection of higher yielding varieties in sorghum breeding trials. Australian Summer Grains Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 8-10 July 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
Genotype and management adaptation of wheat to heat and drought in current and future climates
Chenu, Karine, Ababaei, Behnam, Watson, James and Chapman, Scott (2019). Genotype and management adaptation of wheat to heat and drought in current and future climates. International Tropical Agriculture Conference (TropAg2019), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11-13 November 2019.
2018
Journal Article
Aerial imagery analysis – quantifying appearance and number of sorghum heads for applications in breeding and agronomy
Guo, Wei, Zheng, Bangyou, Potgieter, Andries B., Diot, Julien, Watanabe, Kakeru, Noshita, Koji, Jordan, David R., Wang, Xuemin, Watson, James, Ninomiya, Seishi and Chapman, Scott C. (2018). Aerial imagery analysis – quantifying appearance and number of sorghum heads for applications in breeding and agronomy. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9 1544, 1544. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01544
2018
Conference Publication
An integrated sensing platform to map the genetic loci associated with canopy radiation use efficiency in sorghum
George-Jaeggli, Barbara, Watson, James and Potgieter, Andries (2018). An integrated sensing platform to map the genetic loci associated with canopy radiation use efficiency in sorghum. Combio, Sydney, Australia, 23-26 September 2018.
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