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ARMANDO A. APAN |
Recent Research Interests
- Remote sensing and GIS to observe terrestrial
ecosystems (e.g. productivity, biodiversity, etc.) and their responses to
environmental / climate change
- Detection and mapping
of crop / vegetation stress using hyperspectral and multispectral imagery
- Vegetation and habitat
mapping; biodiversity assessment using geospatial technologies
- Flood mapping and
monitoring
- Land use/cover change
analysis using GIS and imagery
- Crop area mapping in
support of regional commodity forecasting (Using MODIS and Landsat 7)
Research Projects
Co-investigator, "Woodland response to declining groundwater
in the northern Murray-Darling basin: identifying thresholds for floodplain
tree condition and mortality, 2011, Team: Andrew Le Brocque, Armando Apan
(ACSC), Kathryn Reardon-Smith, Jarrod Kath, $5,000.
Principal Investigator, Evaluation of photo imaging methods for habitat condition assessment,
funded by the Condamine Alliance, February May 2010, $17,500. Team: A. Apan
and K. McDougall.
Principal
Investigator, The 2008 Floods in
Queensland: A Case Study of
Vulnerability, Resilience, and Adaptive Capacity, funded by the National Climate
Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), $85,000.
Project
Leader, Fine-scale habitat mapping of threatened reptiles in the Queensland
Brigalow Belt using new generation radar remote sensing and high spatial
resolution imagery funded by Hermon Slade Foundation, 2007-2009, $47,000.
Principal Investigator and Project Leader, Fine-scale
Mapping and Extraction of Natural Resource Information Using High-Resolution
Satellite Imagery, $105,000, funded by Condamine Alliance, 2007-2008.
Co-investigator, "Modelling and planning to increase future
habitat of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, including the endangered Buloke
Woodlands", Team: University of Southern Queensland (M. Maron and A.
Apan), Greening Australia Victoria (P. Koch, R. Dodds, S. Schultz), and UQ (C.
McAlpine), $70K over one year, funded by Wimmera Catchment Management Authority
(Natural Heritage Trust funds).
Principal Investigator, FOES Seed Funding ($19,825), Monitoring of
Water Use and Storages at the Farm Level Using Remote Sensing and GIS,
USQ, July 2006 - June 2007, A. Apan, B. Basnet, S. Raine and NRMW
collaborators.
Co-Investigator, Early detection of pests and diseases in
vegetable crops through imaging spectroscopy", Funded by Rural
Industries Research and Development Corporation ($20,000),
2004-2005. Team: B. Datt, D. Jupp, A. Held (CSIRO). A. Apan (USQ), and R. Kelly
(QDPI&F).
Co-Investigator, Eye in the Sky to Revolutionise Northern Crop
Production, funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation,
2003-2006 ($417,852), Team: R. Kelly, W. Strong, A. Apan, D. Butler, T. Jensen,
L. Zeller, J. Cooper, and B. Town.
Co-Investigator, "Monitoring and determining winter crop yields using MODIS images", funded by Brazilian government as part
of a visiting post-doctoral studies, December 2004 - April 2005, Fontana, D.,
Apan, A., and Potgieter, A.
Chief Investigator, Equipment Pool for
Geospatial Information Systems Research", Funded by USQ
Research Infrastructure Project Grant ($57,000), 2003/2004. Team: A. Apan, F.
Young, P. Gibbings, T. Jensen, and P. Neale.
Research Supervisor, Quantifying Hail Damage
for Crop Loss Assessment: Techniques using Remote Sensing and GIS",
funded by AusIndustry (Department
of Industry, Tourism and Resources) ($100,000),
2003-2004. Joint project by Freemans Toowoomba and USQ.
Research
Team Leader, "Development of Remote Sensing Based Methods for Operational
Mapping of Shire Based Sorghum Crop Area Planted", Funded by QCCA-DPI ($8,400),
Team: Apan, A., Potgieter, A., R. Kelly, and J. McLean.
Research Collaborator, Remote Sensing of
Sugarcane, with Stuart Phinn (UQ), Tim O'Donnell (UQ), Jon
Knight (UQ), Michael Stanford (UQ) and Alex Held (
Co-Investigator, Feasibility Study to Use Satellite Imagery in
Determining Area Planted in Support of Regional Crop Forecasting A Case Study
for Winter Crops in the Darling Downs, Funded by QCCA-DPI ($7,000), Team:
Apan, A. and Potgieter, A.
Team Member, A portable laser scanning facility for geomatic data
capture, ARC Linkage Infrastructure Grant, 2002 ($200,000), Team: M.
Stewart, D. Lichti, C.S. Fraser, I.D. Bishop, J.G. Fryer, H.L. Mitchell, J.
Hannah, C. Pearson, A. Chong and A. Apan.
Research Team Member, Forecasting Grain Quality with Yield and Protein
Maps and Remotely Sensed Imagery", funded by Grains Research and
Development Corporation, 2002-2003 ($159,875).
Project Team Member, Lockyer Valley Wetlands Mapping Project, funded by
Natural Heritage Trust, January - December 2001 ($47,000).
Research Team Member: Project Team Research Project (PTRP), USQ, "Patterns
of Land Use Change in the Eastern Darling
Chief Investigator: Project Team Research Project (PTRP), USQ, "Spatial
Analysis and Modelling Techniques for Managing Dryland Salinity",
2000, ($43,000).
Chief Investigator: Australian Research Council (ARC) Small Grants Project: "Assessing
Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Land Use Change and Environmental Indicators in a
Catchment: The Landscape Perspective", January 1999 to September 2000,
($24,302.)
Consultancy Projects
Image processing and analysis of IKONOS data to map within-field spatial
variability in cotton crops over the
Data processing and spatial
analysis of geo-referenced temperature data for identifying frost risk areas. Conducted for the
Mapping and Analysis of
Flood Events in the
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Contact details: Dr. Armando A. Apan Surveying and Spatial
Science Australian Centre for
Sustainable Catchments Toowoomba, QLD 4350 Phone (07) 4631-1386
Fax: (07) 4631-2526 IDD: +61 7 4631-1386 |