Using machine learning to estimate soil moisture from GNSS-Reflectometry
PhD Student Matthew Wilson (GRI– UoC) Rajasweta Datta (GRI-UoC) Sharmila Savarimuthu (GRI-UoC) Funding MBIE Catalyst programme. Project summary Soil moisture is an important controlling factor in vegetation health and is a significant component of catchment hydrology. Regular soil moisture monitoring across agricultural areas helps to quantify irrigation and check for signs of crop distress, for […]
Urban Trees and Housing Intensification: A Spatial Conflict?
PhD Student David Pedley (SoF- GRI) Supervisors Dr Justin Morgenroth (UoC) Dr Grant Pearse (Flinders University) Funding GRI Scholarship and UC Doctoral Scholarship Project summary Urban trees provide a multitude of environmental and amenity benefits for city occupants yet face ongoing risk of removal due to urban pressures and the preferences of private landowners. Understanding […]
Super-resolution for real-world digital terrain models – deep learning approach
Research team Xander Cai (GRI– UoC) Matthew Wilson (GRI– UoC) Funding GRI funds Duration 2023 Project summary A Digital Elevation Model (DEM) stores and represents elevation as an image raster, widely used as fundamental data for research, applications and policy decisions related to land and earth. DEMs can be classified into the Digital Surface Model […]
Hybrid hydrodynamic-machine learning model for rapid flood scenario assessment
PhD student:Andrea Pozo Estivariz (PhD student, UoC) Supervisors:Emily Lane (NIWA)Matthew Wilson (UoC)Marwan Katurji (UoC)Fernando Méndez (Universidad de Cantabria) Funding:MBIE Endeavour Research Programme – Increasing flood resilience across Aotearoa, New Zealand. Summary:Flooding is the most frequent natural hazard in New Zealand and the second-most costly after earthquakes. It is also expected to become more severe as […]
Estimating uncertainty in flood model outputs using machine learning informed by Monte Carlo analysis
PhD student:Martin Nguyen (PhD student, UoC) Supervisors:Matthew Wilson (Main Supervisor, UoC)Emily Lane (Supervisor, NIWA)James Brasington (UoC)Rose Pearson (NIWA) Funding:MBIE Endeavour Research Programme – Increasing flood resilience across Aotearoa, New Zealand Summary:Topography is an important input for flood inundation model and how to obtain accurate representations of it has not been properly studied. In general, for […]
Biological Heritage Challenge: Eco-Index Programme: Sub project: The Ecosystem Detector
Research teamDr Kiri Joy Wallace (University of Waikato)Dr John Reid (J D Reid LTD)Matthew Wilson (University of Canterbury)Ngāti Pikiao (Tainu and Ngai Tahu Research Centre, University of Canterbury)Nathaniel Calhoun (Code Innovation)Kevan Cote (Moose Engineering & Design)Karen Denyer (Papawera Consulting Ltd)Saif Khan (University of Canterbury) Length of Project: 2022-2024 FundingNew Zealand National Science Challenge Eco-index Research […]