William Smith
Associate Professor, Land - Water - Climate / Geospatial Analysis
Chair, Remote Sensing / Spatial Analysis - GIDP
Associate Professor, Global Change - GIDP
Associate Professor, Remote Sensing / Spatial Analysis - GIDP
Member of the Graduate Faculty
William Smith is an educator and researcher with expertise in ecosystem ecology, remote sensing, the carbon and water cycle, and high performance computing. He is the PI of the Ecosystem Climate Dynamics (ECD) Lab in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. The research focus of the lab is on understanding the complex responses of the terrestrial biosphere to rising atmospheric CO2, climate change, and land-use change across broad temporal and spatial scales through the application of satellite observations, field network data, and ecosystem process models.
Research Interest
Remote Sensing Terrestrial Ecology Environmental science Carbon and water cycling Biogeochemistry Ecological climatology Land Use Change
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Prerequisite Courses
Experience with field work. Experience with computer programming.
Majors Considered
Ecology, Biology, Computer Science, Geography, Optical, Environmental Science, Life Science related majors
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