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RESEARCH
Remote sensing of biodiversity
Our ultimate goal is developing an operational biodiversity monitoring system through assessing our ability to detect plant diversity remotely at large scale and understanding the mechanisms underlying remote sensing of plant diversity. Currently, we are investigating the application of imaging spectroscopy at detecting plant diversity in grasslands.
Grassland biodiversity, function, and structure have been maintained and evolved over the past centuries because of fire and grazing.
Prescribed fire, Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma (Photo: Oklahoma Nature Conservancy).
Bison grazing, Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma (Photo: Oklahoma Nature Conservancy).
Prescribed fire, Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma (2020).
Cattle grazing, Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma.
We collect species inventories and leaf samples to develop and validate our remote sensing models.
Developing UAV-based solutions for monitoring crop and forage
In collaboration with the USRI and Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, this research will enable acquisition of crop quality and quantity data using UAVs to provide actionable information for farmers. Read more about our work here.
Winter wheat under different nitrogen treatments (photo: Kianoosh Hassani).
Sorghum fields during early growing season (photo: Kianoosh Hassani).
Winter wheat harvest (photo: Kianoosh Hassani).
Using our UAV system, we collect multispectral and RGB data.
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