Brad Evans
PhD Candidate

Supervisor

Professor Tom Lyons

Qualifications:

• BSc Sustainable Energy Management
• BSc (Hons) Environmental Science
• Phd Candidate - Atmospheric Science

Research Project:

Title: “Monitoring and modeling the impacts of a changing climate on the native forests of the southwest of Western Australia”

Key Areas of Interest:

• Remote sensing, regional climate modelling, ecosystem health, environmental & energy management, sustainability.

Background:

• Brad has experience in remote sensing, GIS, dynamical downscaling of climate model reanalysis data and atmospheric dispersion modelling. During his honours Brad modelled regional meteorology, soil moisture and particle dispersion for comparison against observation sites in the southwest of Western Australia. Brad’s work is being extended in his Phd with a focus on comparative studies on the appropriate application of remote sensing and climate modelling for better understanding ecosystem health under a changing climate.

Publications:

Medlyn, B. E., Zeppel, M., Brouwers, N. C., Howard, K., O’Gara, E., Hardy, G., Lyons, T., Li, L. and Evans, B. 2011. Biophysical impacts of climate change on Australia's forests. Contribution of Work Package 2 to the Forest Vulnerability Assessment, Gold Coast, Australia, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Conference Proceedings:

Evans, B., Lyons, T., Barber, P., Hardy, G., Stone, C., 2011. Detecting change in vegetation condition using high resolution multispectral imagery, 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Sydney

McGrath, J., Smettem. K., McGuire. D., Baker, T., Evans, B., 2011. Drawing lessons for climate change adaptation from recurrent droughts in Australian plantation forests, The National Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries Conference 2011, Melbourne, Victoria.

Evans, B., 2010. Data fusion: Combining remotely sensed multispectral, hyperspectral and lidar data for quantifying the condition of individual trees across landscapes, Early Adopters Ph.D. Workshop: Building the Next Generation of Application Scientists, New Orleans

Ruthrof, K. X., Calver, M., Evans, B., Hardy, G., 2010. Supplementing resources that mimic ecosystem processes and increase restoration success in degraded Eucalypt woodlands. Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Canberra.

 

Centre of Excellence for Climate Change Woodland and Forest Health
School of Environmental Science,
Lab E.S. 3.050
Murdoch University
Western Australia 6150
Australia

Mob: +61 438 123 438
Ph: +61 8 9360 2737
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