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Personal profile
Biography
Jeffrey Walker is a Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Monash University. He is undertaking research on soil moisture remote sensing and data assimilation, including development of the only Australian airborne capability for simulating new satellite missions for soil moisture. He is contributing to soil moisture satellite missions at both NASA and ESA, as a Science Definition Team member for the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission and Cal/val Team member for the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission respectively.
Professor Jeffrey Walker received his BEng(Civil) and BSurv degrees in 1996 with Hons 1 and University Medal from the University of Newcastle, Australia, and received his PhD in Water Resources Engineering from the same University in 2000. His PhD thesis was among the early pioneering research on estimation of root-zone soil moisture from remotely sensed surface soil moisture observations. He then joined NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre to implement his soil moisture work globally. In 2001 he moved to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Melbourne as Lecturer, where he continued his soil moisture work, including development of the only Australian airborne capability for simulating new satellite missions for soil moisture. In 2010 he was appointed as Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Monash University where he is continuing this research. He is contributing to soil moisture satellite missions at both NASA and ESA, as a Science Definition Team member for the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission and Cal/val Team member for the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission respectively.
Research area keywords
- Data Assimilation
- Land Surface Modelling
- Hydrologic Remote Sensing
- Soil Moisture
- Rainfall
- Evapotranspiration
- Flooding
- Agriculture
- Space
- Satellite
Network
Projects
- 4 Finished
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UAV Sensing and Data Discovery for a Changing Planet
Micklethwaite, S., Walker, J., Clarke, R., Tapper, N., Sullivan, L., Drummond, T., McClusky, S., Lu, G., Dahlhaus, P., Florentine, S., PopStefanija, I. & Rawling, T.
1/01/18 → 20/12/18
Project: Other
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Linking flow, nutrients, seagrass and fish: an integrated approach to estuary management
Cook, P., Beardall, J., Cartwright, I., Swearer, S., Walker, J., Adams, H., Mainville, D., McCowan, A., Moulden, B. & Reich, P.
Australian Research Council (ARC), University of Melbourne, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) (Victoria), Gippsland Lakes Ministerial Advisory Committee, Water Technology Pty Ltd, Melbourne Water Corporation (tradings as Melbourne Water) (Victoria)
5/12/14 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
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Hood Infiltrometer Procurement
Mackay, R., Costa, S., Walker, J. & Yellishetty, M.
1/02/12 → 31/12/12
Project: Research
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Assimilation of wheat and soil states into the apsim-wheat crop model: a case study
Zhang, Y., Walker, J. P., Pauwels, V. R. N. & Sadeh, Y., 2022, In: Remote Sensing. 14, 1, 21 p., 65.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Impact of random and periodic surface roughness on P- and L-band radiometry
Shen, X., Walker, J. P., Ye, N., Wu, X., Brakhasi, F., Boopathi, N., Zhu, L., Yeo, I-Y., Kim, E., Kerr, Y. & Jackson, T., Feb 2022, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 269, 13 p., 112825.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Inter-comparison of proximal near-surface soil moisture measurement techniques
Wu, X., Walker, J. P., Jonard, F. & Ye, N., 7 Mar 2022, In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 15, p. 2370-2378 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access -
Lightweight and compact radiometers for soil moisture measurement: a review
Ho, T. K., Feng, J., Bilawal, F., Shehab, S., Trinh, K. T., Yang, Y., Rudiger, C., Walker, J. P. & Karmakar, N. C., Mar 2022, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, 10, 1, p. 231-250 20 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article › Other
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Theory-guided machine learning to predict density evolution of sand dynamically compacted under K o condition
Tophel, A., Walker, J. P., Dutta, T. T. & Kodikara, J., 4 Feb 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Acta Geotechnica. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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SSSI Educational Development Award
Walker, Jeffrey (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)