Overview
Background
Will is a University of Queensland Amplify Research Fellow and recent ARC DECRA holder (DE190101182). His research aims to bridge scales for remotely sensing dynamic vegetation productivity and health. Will is the Principal Investigator of the CSIRO/TERN-OzFlux Tumbarumba tall forest research site. Now in its 24th year it is one of Australia’s longest continuously running flux tower sites and rated equal second globally for verification of environmental satellite products [1]. Previously Will held the position of Research Scientist at CSIRO, after commencing as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2015.
Will has experience with a range of passive and active remote sensing technologies including combining LiDAR, optical- and thermal-imagery for estimating vegetation structure and function. His current research focuses on scaling observations of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) from leaf to canopy scales at flux tower sites. He is based in the Earth Observation Research Centre at UQ.
Please also feel free to get in touch with Will to discuss potential collaborations.
[1] Camacho, F., Román, M.O., Nickeson, J., Göttsche, F.-M., Ducanson, L., Sanchez-Azofeifa, G.A., Woodgate, W., Karan, M., Descalzo, L.d.l.M., & Monzo, C.D. (2018). Proposition of CEOS LPV Super Sites for Validation of Biophysical Satellite Products. Paper presented at the ESA LPVE - Land Product Validation and Evolution 2018, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10375.50087
Availability
- Dr William Woodgate is:
- Available for supervision
Works
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2016
Journal Article
Quantifying the impact of woody material on leaf area index estimation from hemispherical photography using 3D canopy simulations
Woodgate, William, Armston, John D., Disney, Mathias, Jones, Simon D., Suarez, Lola, Hill, Michael J., Wilkes, Phil and Soto-Berelov, Mariela (2016). Quantifying the impact of woody material on leaf area index estimation from hemispherical photography using 3D canopy simulations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 226-227, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.05.009
2016
Journal Article
Vegetation indices for mapping canopy foliar nitrogen in a mixed temperate forest
Wang, Zhihui, Wang, Tiejun, Darvishzadeh, Roshanak, Skidmore, Andrew K., Jones, Simon, Suarez, Lola, Woodgate, William, Heiden, Uta, Heurich, Marco and Hearne, John (2016). Vegetation indices for mapping canopy foliar nitrogen in a mixed temperate forest. Remote Sensing, 8 (6) 491, 491. doi: 10.3390/rs8060491
2015
Journal Article
Using discrete-return airborne laser scanning to quantify number of canopy strata across diverse forest types
Wilkes, Phil, Jones, Simon D., Suarez, Lola, Haywood, Andrew, Mellor, Andrew, Woodgate, William, Soto-Berelov, Mariela and Skidmore, Andrew K. (2015). Using discrete-return airborne laser scanning to quantify number of canopy strata across diverse forest types. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7 (6), 700-712. doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.12510
2015
Journal Article
An improved theoretical model of canopy gap probability for Leaf Area Index estimation in woody ecosystems
Woodgate, William, Disney, Mathias, Armston, John D., Jones, Simon D., Suarez, Lola, Hill, Michael J., Wilkes, Phil, Soto-Berelov, Mariela, Haywood, Andrew and Mellor, Andrew (2015). An improved theoretical model of canopy gap probability for Leaf Area Index estimation in woody ecosystems. Forest Ecology and Management, 358, 303-320. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.09.030
2015
Journal Article
Understanding the effects of als pulse density for metric retrieval across diverse forest types
Wilkes, Phil, Jones, Simon D., Suarez, Lola, Haywood, Andrew, Woodgate, William, Soto-Berelov, Mariela, Mellor, Andrew and Skidmore, Andrew K. (2015). Understanding the effects of als pulse density for metric retrieval across diverse forest types. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 81 (8), 625-635. doi: 10.14358/PERS.81.8.625
2015
Journal Article
Understanding the variability in ground-based methods for retrieving canopy openness, gap fraction, and leaf area index in diverse forest systems
Woodgate W., Jones S.D., Suarez L., Hill M.J., Armston, John D, Wilkes P., Soto-Berelov M., Haywood, Andrew and Mellor, Andrew (2015). Understanding the variability in ground-based methods for retrieving canopy openness, gap fraction, and leaf area index in diverse forest systems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 205, 83-95. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.02.012
2015
Journal Article
Mapping forest canopy height across large areas by upscaling ALS estimates with freely available satellite data
Wilkes, Phil, Jones, Simon D., Suarez, Lola, Mellor, Andrew, Woodgate, William, Soto-Berelov, Mariela, Haywood, Andrew and Skidmore, Andrew K. (2015). Mapping forest canopy height across large areas by upscaling ALS estimates with freely available satellite data. Remote Sensing, 7 (9), 12563-12587. doi: 10.3390/rs70912563
2013
Conference Publication
The impact of sensor characteristics for obtaining accurate ground-based measurements of LAI
Woodgate, William, Disney, Mathias, Armston, John, Jones, Simon, Suarez, Lola, Hill, Michael, Wilkes, Phillip, Soto-Berelov, Mariela, Haywood, Andrew and Mellor, Andrew (2013). The impact of sensor characteristics for obtaining accurate ground-based measurements of LAI. 2013 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, 21-26 July 2013. Piscataway, NJ USA: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723226
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Spaceborne LiDAR as a vegetation biomass scaling tool
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn
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Doctor Philosophy
Scaling dynamic plant function from leaf to landscape
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn
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Doctor Philosophy
Spaceborne LiDAR as a vegetation biomass scaling tool
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn
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Doctor Philosophy
Automating individual tree-scale aboveground biomass inventory and monitoring at local to regional scales with drone LiDAR and satellite data.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn
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Doctor Philosophy
Determining the effects of abiotic stress on crop growth development, and yield under different nitrogen applications using remotely sensed data for cotton and wheat.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Scott Chapman, Associate Professor Andries Potgieter
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