David Lamb
Professor, School of Science and Technology
Qualifications
BSc (Hons), PhD (NE)
Contact
| Email: | dlamb@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Stokes Building (C24) 3.32 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3565 (or +61 2 6773 3565 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 2844 |
| Mobile: | 0428 886 088 |
Additional:
Convenor of Physics and Electronics
Project Leader CRC for Spatial Information
Project Leader CRC for Irrigation Futures
Leader, Precision Agriculture Research Group (PARG)
David's research interests include applied optics and precision agriculture. His applied optics work covers the development and application of optical sensors, including optical fibre sensors for environmental, chemical, physical and biophysical sensing. Precision agriculture is concerned with measuring and managing within-field spatial variability in biophysical attributes in agricultural fields to optimise production. He has been working in the area of precision agriculture since the early nineties- initially building and testing a number of airborne imaging systems for agricultural applications and now extends his work to cover proximal (nearby) optical and electromagnetic sensors (for example active optical plant canopy sensors and electromagnetic induction soil sensors). David currently leads the University of New England's Precision Agriculture Research Group (PARG); a group engaged in development and application of new technologies and processes in support of precision agriculture. The PARG's projects currently spans grains, beef and sheep as well as intensive horticultural (eg viticulture) agricultural systems. A current major project; Clever Cattle and Cropping Systems is funded by the CRC for Spatial Information.
Affiliations
Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE)
Foundation Member, Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI)
Member, Australian Institute of Physics (MAIP)
Member, Institute of Physics (UK) (MInstPhys)
Member, Australian Society of Viticulture & Oenology (ASVO)
Member, International Society of Horticultural Science (ISHS)
Member, Southern Precision Agriculture Association (SPAA)
Member, New England Vigneron's Association (SNEVA) - Scientific Panel
Research interests
- Photonics
- Airborne remote sensing
- Precision Agriculture
Teaching
- Physics
- Remote sensing
- Precision Agriculture
Selected publications
Lamb D.W., Electrically- heated cables protect vines from frost damage at early flowering, Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 15: 79-84, 2009.
Devadas R., Lamb D.W., Simpfendorfer S. and Backhouse D., Evaluating Ten Spectral Vegetation Indices for Identifying Rust Infection in Individual Wheat Leaves, International Journal of Precision Agriculture, DOI:10.1007/s11119-008-9100-2.
Lamb D.W., Frazier P. and Adams P., Improving pathways to adoption: Putting the right P's in precision agriculture, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, DOI:10.1016/j.compag.2007.04.009, 61 (1):4-9, 2008.
Lamb D. W. and Hooper A., A novel laser-optical fiber Bragg grating anemometer for measuring gas flows: Application to measuring the electric wind, Applied Optics Letters, 31, 2006.
Lamb D.W., Mitchell A. and Hyde G., Vineyard trellising comprising steel posts distorts data from EM soil surveys, Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 11: 24-32, 2005.
Lamb D.W., Bunganaen Y., Louis J., Woolsey G.A., Oliver R. and White G., FEFA- an optical fibre technique for measuring water colour in turbid samples, Freshwater and Marine Research, 55: 533-543, 2004.
Lamb D.W., Weedon M.M. and Bramley R.G.V., Using remote sensing to predict grape phenolics and colour at harvest in a Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard: timing observations against vine phenology and optimising image resolution, Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 10: 46-54, 2004.
Lamb D.W., Steyn-Ross M., Schaare P., Hanna M., Silvester W. and Steyn-Ross A., Estimating leaf nitrogen concentration in ryegrass (Lolium spp.) pasture using the chlorophyll red-edge: Theoretical modelling and experimental observations, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23 (18): 3619-3648, 2002.
Lamb D. W., The use of qualitative airborne multispectral imaging for managing agricultural crops- A case study in south eastern Australia, Aust. J. Exp. Ag., 40 (5): 725-738, 2000.
Lamb D.W., Weedon M.M. and Rew L.J., Evaluating the accuracy of mapping weeds in seedling crops using airborne digital imaging. Avena spp. in seedling triticale (X Triticosecale), Weed Res., 39 (6): 481-492, 1999.