Profile

William Smith

Associate Professor, Land - Water - Climate / Geospatial Analysis | Associate Professor, Global Change - GIDP | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Associate Professor, Remote Sensing / Spatial Analysis - GIDP | Chair, Remote Sensing / Spatial Analysis - GIDP

Sch of Nat Resource&Enviro-Res

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Research

Collaboration(26)

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Grants(17)

Mapping Biocrust Community Composition and Functional Diversity Across Global Drylands
Active·2024·$98K / $150.8K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
biocrust, community composition, functional diversity, global drylands, mapping
Quantifying Fuel Thresholds
Active·2024·$137.3K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
quantitative analysis, energy consumption
20-CARBON20-0063, Leveraging Field Experiments, Satellite Data and Models to Improve Understanding of the Role of Semi-Arid Ecosystems in the Global Carbon Cycle
Active·2023·$569.7K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
carbon cycle, ecosystems, satellite data, field experiments, global carbon
New Remote Sensing Techniques for Ecosystem Water and Carbon Flux Estimation-Phase 2
Active·2023·$147.9K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
remote sensing, ecosystem, water flux, carbon flux, research techniques
Adaptation and Response In Drylands (ARID) Experiment
Active·2023·$49.1K / $98.3K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
adaptation, drylands, response, experiment, climate

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Publications(97)

Recent

Satellite solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence tracks physiological drought stress development during 2020 southwest US drought

2023

satellite data analysis, drought monitoring, chlorophyll fluorescence, physiological stress, climate change impact

Widespread spring phenology effects on drought recovery of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems

2023

phenology, drought, ecosystems, northern hemisphere, recovery

Simulating global dynamic surface reflectances for imaging spectroscopy spaceborne missions-LPJ-PROSAIL

2023

remote sensing, vegetation, spectroscopy, simulation, modeling

RainMan: A Global Change Experiment Integrating Proximal Remote Sensing with Direct Measures of Semiarid Grassland Structure and Function

2022

global change, remote sensing, grassland, experiment, structure

Underestimation of the impact of land cover change on the biophysical environment of the Arctic and boreal region of North America

2022

land cover change, arctic environment, boreal region, biophysical impact, north america

Length of growing season is modulated by Northern Hemisphere jet stream variability

2022

climatology, jet stream, growing season, atmospheric dynamics, weather patterns

Satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and near-infrared reflectance capture complementary aspects of dryland vegetation productivity dynamics

2022

satellite data, vegetation productivity, chlorophyll fluorescence, near-infrared reflectance, dryland dynamics

Exceptional heat and atmospheric dryness amplified losses of primary production during the 2020 US Southwest hot drought

2022

drought, climate change, ecosystem impact, agriculture, heat wave

Assimilation of Global Satellite Leaf Area Estimates Reduces Modeled Global Carbon Uptake and Energy Loss by Terrestrial Ecosystems

2022

global carbon uptake, satellite data assimilation, terrestrial ecosystems, leaf area estimates, energy loss

Assimilating Leaf Area Index and Aboveground Biomass into the Community Land Model to Constrain Carbon Dynamics in the Arctic and Boreal Region

2022

carbon dynamics, arctic, boreal region, leaf area index, aboveground biomass

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William Smith

Collaboration(26)

Scott Saleska

Willem van Leeuwen

Bryan Heidorn

Xubin Zeng

Elise Gornish

Grants(17)

Mapping Biocrust Community Composition and Functional Diversity Across Global Drylands

Quantifying Fuel Thresholds

20-CARBON20-0063, Leveraging Field Experiments, Satellite Data and Models to Improve Understanding of the Role of Semi-Arid Ecosystems in the Global Carbon Cycle

New Remote Sensing Techniques for Ecosystem Water and Carbon Flux Estimation-Phase 2

Adaptation and Response In Drylands (ARID) Experiment

Publications(97)

Satellite solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence tracks physiological drought stress development during 2020 southwest US drought

Widespread spring phenology effects on drought recovery of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems

Simulating global dynamic surface reflectances for imaging spectroscopy spaceborne missions-LPJ-PROSAIL

RainMan: A Global Change Experiment Integrating Proximal Remote Sensing with Direct Measures of Semiarid Grassland Structure and Function

Underestimation of the impact of land cover change on the biophysical environment of the Arctic and boreal region of North America

Length of growing season is modulated by Northern Hemisphere jet stream variability

Satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and near-infrared reflectance capture complementary aspects of dryland vegetation productivity dynamics

Exceptional heat and atmospheric dryness amplified losses of primary production during the 2020 US Southwest hot drought

Assimilation of Global Satellite Leaf Area Estimates Reduces Modeled Global Carbon Uptake and Energy Loss by Terrestrial Ecosystems

Assimilating Leaf Area Index and Aboveground Biomass into the Community Land Model to Constrain Carbon Dynamics in the Arctic and Boreal Region