William Woodgate

Will is a University of Queensland teaching and research academic and recent ARC DECRA holder (DE190101182). His research aims to bridge scales for remotely sensing dynamic vegetation productivity and health. Will was the Principal Investigator of the CSIRO/TERN-OzFlux Tumbarumba tall forest research site from 2016-2025. Now in its 25th year it is one of Australia's longest continuously running flux tower sites and rated equal second globally for verification of environmental satellite products [1]. Previously Will held the position of Research Scientist at CSIRO, after commencing as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2015. Will has experience with a range of passive and active remote sensing technologies including combining LiDAR, optical- and thermal-imagery for estimating vegetation structure and function. His current research focuses on scaling observations of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) from leaf to canopy scales at flux tower sites. He is based in the Earth Observation Research Centre at UQ. Please also feel free to get in touch with Will to discuss potential collaborations. [1] Camacho, F., Román, M.O., Nickeson, J., Göttsche, F.-M., Ducanson, L., Sanchez-Azofeifa, G.A., Woodgate, W., Karan, M., Descalzo, L.d.l.M., & Monzo, C.D. (2018). Proposition of CEOS LPV Super Sites for Validation of Biophysical Satellite Products. Paper presented at the ESA LPVE - Land Product Validation and Evolution 2018, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10375.50087 Bridging scales for remotely sensing dynamic vegetation productivity and health; passive and active remote sensing technologies including combining LiDAR, optical- and thermal-imagery for estimating vegetation structure and function; scaling observations of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) from leaf to canopy scales at flux tower sites

[2026] From plots to commercial fields: scalable, transferable cotton morphology and productivity estimation using functional growth proxies from UAV and PlanetScope time series. Devoto, Francesca, Bange, Michael, Camino, Carlos, Woodgate, William, Chapman, Scott and Potgieter, Andries (2026). Plant Phenomics, 8 (3) 100220, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphe.2026.100220 [2026] Photosynthetic optimum temperature plays a minor role in the increase of terrestrial carbon uptake from 2000 to 2019. Xu, Chongyang, Liu, Hongyan, Yakir, Dan, Liang, Boyi, Zhu, Xinrong, Zhou, Yu, Belelli Marchesini, Luca, Bonal, Damien, Buchmann, Nina, Brümmer, Christian, Cleverly, Jamie, Feng, Siwen, Korkiakoski, Mika, Liddell, Michael J., Mauder, Matthias, Montagnani, Leonardo, Varlagin, Andrej, Vitale, Luca, Wang, Songha