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Professor David Lamb – Curriculum Vitae Academic Qualifications PhD (Physics), University of New England, 1993

BSc (Hons), University of New England, 1987

BSc (Physics), University of New England, 1986

Relevant Licences/Memberships/Qualifications

Member, Australian Society of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture (No.

20141049)

Member, Australian Institute of Physics (MAIP)

Member, Institute of Physics (UK) (MInstPhys)

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), No. 85020557 (SMIEEE)

(incl. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, IEEE Photonics Society, and IEEE

Instrumentation and Measurement Society)

Member, Australian Society of Viticulture & Oenology (ASVO)

Member, International Society of Horticultural Science (ISHS)

Member, Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI)

(Foundation Member of pre-cursor Spatial Sciences Institute SSI)

Member, Southern Precision Agriculture Association (SPAA)

Member, Australian Society of Animal Production (ASAP)

Member, Australian Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Member, New England Vigneron’s Association (SNEVA)-Scientific Panel

Member, Earle Page College Senior Common Room, elected 26th October 2009

Private Pilot Licence (Aeroplanes), No. 545676, 1997-present

UAV Controllers Certificate, No. 545676 (multi rotor <7 kg), 2015-present

NSW Waterways Boat Driver’s Licence, No. 01071478

National Work-Cover Certificates of Competency (‘ticket’)

Front-end Loader

Loader Backhoe

Forklift

AQF3 (Certificate 3) Chemical Application 2011-2016 (NSW DPI SMART train)

Chainsaw Operations (Level 1) (Statement of Attainment, NSW TAFE)

‘Select the Best’ (UNE), 2008

First Aid Certificate, Work and Train Australia (current)

Science in Media Training Course, Sydney, November 2013

Animal Ethics Online Course (UNE, ID no. 1454), December 2014

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Employment History 2015 – present Science Director, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Climate change Program,

Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI).

2010-present Professor (Physics and Electronics), University of New England

2002-present Convenor, Physics and Electronics, University of New England

2002-2009 Associate Professor (Physics & Electronics), University of New England

2000-2002 Senior Lecturer (Physics), Charles Sturt University

1997-1999 Lecturer (Physics), Charles Sturt University

1994-1996 Associate Lecturer (Physics), Charles Sturt University

1993 Junior Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of New England

1992 Part-time High School HSC Physics Teacher, New England Girls' School, Armidale, NSW

1992 Part-time Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry,

University of New England

1984-1990 Member, Australian Army Reserves (awarded Australian Defence Medal, 2006)

Special Recognition/Awards

• The UNE SMART Farm was awarded ’2014 Innovation of the Year’, Regional Development Australia-Northern Inland NSW Innovation Awards in Moree, November 2014.

• UNE-PARG awarded Winner of the ‘Research and Education’ category at the Regional Development Australia-Northern Inland NSW Innovation Awards in Moree, November 2014.

• Invited presenter- Cotton Futures Forum, Brisbane, 9-10th December 2013. • Invitation to participate in “National Economic Review 2013: Global Access Partners Annual

Growth Summit”, 19-20 September 2013, NSW Parliament House, Sydney. • Guest and keynote presenter, Norm Corkill Luncheon, Speakers Dining Room, NSW Parliament

House, 28th November 2012. • Nominee for the international, Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Award for individuals who

have made significant contributions to precision science and technology (2010). • Invitation to present research achievements of the Precision Agriculture Research Group to a joint

Australia Academy of Sciences/China Academy of Sciences forum (2008) , Canberra November 4-5, 2008.

• Elevation to the grade of Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc (2007). Fewer than 8% of over 374,000 members achieve this level in the world's largest technical professional society.

• UNE Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research (2007) • Finalist (2006), The Daniel McAlpine Outstanding Achievement Award, Victoria DPI.

Contribution to research conducted in collaboration with Vic-DPI Phylloxera Team. Presented, 1 March, 2006, Parliament House, Melbourne Victoria.

"This Award is given to a DPI staff member or team, or an individual or team working in collaboration with DPI. It is awarded for outstanding achievement in science (research, extension, policy or regulation). Work must have been completed within the last three years, and must have contributed significantly to the sustainable development of Victoria's primary industries."

• Inclusion in the Carrick Institute website on 'Snapshots of good learning and teaching in physics', 2006.

Service on external committees, reference, or working groups

• Technical Northern Inland Weeds Advisory Committee, Integrated Aerial Surveillance Innovative Project, Project Management Team, 2013-14.


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• Interviewee, “Inquiry into the opportunities to use telecommuting and E-business in rural and Regional Victoria”, Parliament of Victoria, Rural and Regional Committee, Kirby Smart Farm, 8 October 2013.

• Participant “National Economic Review 2013: Global Access Partners Annual Growth Summit”, 19-20 September 2013, NSW Parliament House, Sydney.

• Foundation Convenor, Digital Rural Futures Conference, University of New England, Armidale

NSW, 26-28th June 2013.

• Member, Prime Minister’s Forum on the Digital Economy, Sydney, 5th October 2012.

• Member, International Technical Committee, 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of

Environment Sydney, April, 2011.

• Foundation Co-chair, 1st Australian and New Zealand Symposium on Spatially Enabled Livestock

Management, 15 July, 2010.

• Theme Organiser/Chair, “Precision Livestock Management”, 10th International Conference on

Precision Agriculture Denver USA, 18-21 July, 2010.

• Member, Programme Committee, 10th International Conference on Precision Agriculture Denver

USA, July, 2010.

• GRDC “Precision Agriculture” Think-tank, 9th February Canberra

• Conference Convenor, 13th Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia, University of

New England, Armidale, NSW Australia 10-11 September 2009.

• Member, International Scientific Committee, 8th International Symposium on Information and

Technology for the Sustainable Production of Fruit, Vegetables, Nuts, Winegrapes and Olives

(Fruitic 2009), Concepción, Chile, January, 2009.

• Member, International Scientific Committee, Global Workshop on High Resolution Digital Soil

Sensing and Mapping, Sydney Australia,, February 2008.

• Member, International Organising Committee, Frutic 2005, Montpellier France, September 2005.

• Expert Member (Remote Sensing), Project Steering Committee, Phylloxera & Grape Industry

Board of South Australia, February 2001- 2005.

• Project Reviewer, Sugar Research and Development Corporation, 2011 - present.

• Project Reviewer, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for the U.S. Department

of Agriculture, 2000 - present.

• Project Reviewer, Israel Science Foundation, 2003 - present.

• Project Reviewer, Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council, Canada, 2004 - present.

• Project Reviewer, Qatar National Research Fund, 2008 - present.

• Member, New England & Northwest Food and Wine Industry Development Project, Reference

Group, 2004-2005.

Research Leadership:

1. Project Leader, “Biomass Business”, CRC Spatial Information, 2010 – 2014 ($1.8M)

2. Bid Team - CRC Spatial Information II (2009-2017)- ($36.6 Million)

3. Project Leader, “Clever Cattle & Cropping Systems”, CRC Spatial Information, 2007 - 2010


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4. Bid Team (Supplementary Funding Bid), CRC Spatial Information (2006-2007)- Successful

($2.7M)

5. Principal Researcher, "Precision Viticulture", CRC Viticulture & multi-organisation project

1999-2006.

6. Researcher, CRC Sheep 2005-2007

7. Project Leader, CRC-Irrigation Futures 2004-2008

8. Bid Leader, CRC Precision Agriculture Technologies (2004-2005)- Unsuccessful

9. Supervisor of 34 PhD, Masters & Honours research students in applied physics/remote sensing

projects

10. Examiner of 18 PhD & Masters theses

11. Received almost AU$8.4 million of research funding

12. Contributed to successful applications exceeding AU $2.5 million of Commonwealth or ARC

LIEF funding

13. Authored 86 refereed scientific journal and conference papers

14. Authored 1 book, 4 book chapters, and 3 conference proceedings

15. Authored 164 conference papers and 22 articles for industry publications

16. Presented 34 International and National (invited) keynotes

17. Referee of papers for international scientific journals including International Journal of Remote

Sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment, Weed Research, Weed Technology, Australian Journal

of Grape & Wine Research, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, Journal of

Agricultural Water Management, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Acta

Horticulturae, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.

Research Affiliations: Currently Member, CRC Spatial Information

Previously scientific member of CRCs for Weed Management Systems, Sustainable Rice Production,

Viticulture, Irrigation Futures, and Sheep

University committees:

Member, Teacher Education Course Reference Group (TECRG), School of Education 2012 - present

Chair, Research Committee, School of Science and Technology (2011-2015)

University IP Committee (2005- 2010)

Rural Properties Management Group (2007 – 2010)

Teaching committees, Course administration:

Course Developer- Grad Cert Precision Agriculture, Bachelor Engineering Technology

(Telecommunications and Networks) (present)

Discipline Review Panel- Computer Science (UNE, 2012)

Award Coordinator, B.Eng.Tech (UNE, 2002-5)


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Award Coordinator, B.Sc. (CSU, 1999-2002)

Other University service: Mentor, Duval and Drummond & Smith Colleges 2012 Professional Development Program (2012)

Mentor, UNE Mentor Program for local secondary school students (2008 – present)

RESEARCH Peer-reviewed scientific publications (Journals and Conference Proceedings)

1. Samborski S.M., Gozdowski D., Walsh O. S, Lamb D.W, Stępień M., Gacek E., and T. Drzazga.

(2015). Winter wheat genotype effect on canopy reflectance: implications for using NDVI for in-

season topdressing recommendations. Agronomy Journal (In Press).

2. Devadas, R., Lamb, D.W., Backhouse, D. and Simpfendorfer, S. (2015) “Sequential application

of hyperspectral indices for delineation of stripe rust infection and nitrogen deficiency in wheat”.

Precision Agriculture. DOI 10.1007/s11119-015-9390-0.

3. Rahman, M.M., Lamb, D.W. and Stanley, J.N. (2015) “The impact of solar illumination angle

when using active optical sensing of NDVI to infer fAPAR in a pasture canopy”. Agriculture and

Forest Meteorology. 202:39-43. (doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.12.001).

4. Mundava, C., Schut, A.G.T., Helmholz, P., Stovold, R., Donald, G., and Lamb, D.W. (2015) “A

novel protocol for assessment of above ground biomass in rangeland environments” Rangelands

Journal. 37: 157-167 (DOI 10.1071/RJ14072).

5. Fellows, C.M., Coop, P.A., Lamb, D.W., Bradbury, R.C., Schiretz, H.F., and Wooley, A.J.

(2015). “Understanding the role of monolayers in retarding evaporation from water storage

bodies”. Chemical Physics Letters. 623: 37-41. 10.1016/j.cplett.2015.01.027.

6. Mundava, C., Helmholz, P, Schut, A.G.T., Corner, R., McAtee, B., & Lamb D.W. (2014)

“Evaluation of vegetation indices for rangeland biomass estimation”. ISPRS Annals of the

Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume II-7, 2014 (ISPRS

Technical Commission VII Symposium, 29 September – 2 October 2014, Istanbul, Turkey,

doi:10.5194/isprsannals-II-7-47-2014).

7. Rahman, M.M., Stanley, J.S., Lamb, D.W. and Trotter, M.G. (2014) “Methodology for measuring

fAPAR in crops using a combination of active optical and linear irradiance sensors: A case study

in Triticale (X Triticosecale Wittmack)”. Precision Agriculture. 15:532-542. (DOI

10.1007/s11119-014-9349-6).

8. Lamb, D.W., Schneider, D.A. and Stanley, J.N. (2014) “Combination active optical and passive

thermal infrared sensor for low-level airborne crop sensing”. Precision Agriculture. 15:523-531.

(DOI 10.1007/s11119-014-9350-0).

9. Trotter, M., Guppy, C., Haling, R., Trotter, T., Edwards, C. and Lamb D.W. (2014) Spatial

variability in pH and key soil nutrients: is this an opportunity to increase fertilizer and lime use

efficiency in grazing systems? Crop and Pasture Science. 65: 817-827. DOI 10.1071/CP13449.


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10. Devadas, R, Simpfendorfer, S., Backhouse, D. and Lamb, D.W. (2014) “Effect of stripe rust on

the yield response of wheat to nitrogen”. The Crop Journal. 2 (4): 201-206. (DOI:

10.1016/j.cj.2014.05.002).

11. Verma, N., Lamb, D.W., Reid, N. and Wilson, B. (2014) “A comparative study of land cover

classification techniques for “farmscapes” using very high-resolution remotely sensed data”,

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing.80 (5): 461-470. (DOI

10.14358/PERS.80.5.461).

12. Verma, N.K., Lamb, D.W, Reid, N. and Wilson, B. (2014) “An allometric model for estimating

DBH of isolated and clustered Eucalyptus trees from measurements of crown projection area”,

Forest Ecology and Management, 326: 125-132. (DOI 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.04.003).

13. Rahman, M.M., Lamb, D.W., Stanley, J.S. and Trotter, M.G. (2014) “Use of proximal sensors to

evaluate at the sub-paddock scale a pasture growth-rate model based on light-use efficiency”.

Crop and Pasture Science. 65: 400-409. (DOI 10.1071/CP14071).

14. Stanley, J.N., Lamb, D.W., Falzon, G. and Schneider, D.A. (2014) “Apparent electrical

conductivity (ECa) as a surrogate for neutron probe counts to measure soil moisture content in

heavy clay soils (Vertosols)”. Soil Research, 52: 373–378.

15. Schaefer, M., Lamb, D.W., Bradbury, R (2014) “A Comparison of Two Ranging Approaches in

an Active, Optical Plant Canopy Sensor”, IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium Proceedings,

Queenstown, NZ, 253-257 (ISBN:978 1-4799-2180-5)

16. Stanley, J.N., Lamb, D.W., Irvine, S.E. and Schneider, D.A. (2014) “The effect of aluminum

neutron probe access tubes on the apparent electrical conductivity recorded by an electromagnetic

soil survey sensor” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 11 (1) 333-336 (DOI

10.1109/LGRS.2013.2257673).

17. Taylor, K., Lamb, D.W., Griffiths, C., Falzon, G., Lefort, L., Gaire, R., Compton, M. and Trotter,

M. and Wark, T. (2013) “Farming the Web of Things”, IEEE Intelligent Systems, 28 (6), 12-19

(ISSN 1541-1672) (doi: 10.1109/MIS.2013.102).

18. Cosby, A., Trotter, M., Falzon, G., Stanley, J. Powell, K, Schneider, D. and Lamb, D.W. (2013)

“Mapping redheaded cockchafer infestations in pastures- are PA tools up for the job?” Precision

Agriculture ’13 (Wageningen Academic), 585 – 592 (ISBN 978-90-8686-778-3).

19. Lye, P., Bradbury, R. and Lamb, D.W. (2013) “Evaluating a novel application of optical fibre

evanescent field absorbance: rapid measurement of red colour in winegrape homogenates”

Proceedings SPIE 8761, PIAGENG 2013: Image Processing and Photonics for Agricultural

Engineering , March 4, 2013, Piangeng China 87610R (DOI:10.1117/12.2019633).

20. Mundava, C., Schut, A.G.T., Stovold, R., Donald, G., Lamb, D.W. and Helmholz, P. (2013)

“Ground truthing protocols for biomass estimation in rangeland environments” IEEE International

Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2013, July 21-26, 2013, Melbourne,

Australia. 2122-2124 (DOI 10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723232).

21. Verma, N.K., Lamb, D.W., Reid, N., Wilson, B., (2013) “Tree cover extraction from 50 cm

WorldView2 imagery: A comparison of image processing techniques”. ” IEEE International


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Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2013, July 21-26, 2013, Melbourne,

Australia. 192-195 (10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6721124).

22. Boerkamp, M., Lamb, D.W. and Lye, P.G. (2013) “An intrinsic exposed core optical fiber sensor

as a quantitative surface crystallization monitoring sensor”, Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical

177: 964-969 (DOI 10.1016/j.snb.2012.12.020).

23. Falzon, G., Trotter, M.G., Schneider, D. and Lamb, D.W. (2013) “Correlating movement patterns

of merino sheep to faecal egg counts using global positioning system tracking collars and

functional data analysis”, Small Ruminant Research 111: 171– 174 (DOI

10.1016/j.smallrumres.2012.09.001).

24. Donald, G., Ahmad, W., Hulm, E., Trotter, M. and Lamb, D. (2012) “Integrating satellite imagery

and proximal vegetation sensors to enable precision livestock management” Proceedings of the

First International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics (IEEE: Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers), ISBN 9781467324953 , p. 157-161 (2012), Shanghai, China 2-4th August

2012 (DOI 10.1109/Agro-Geoinformatics.2012.6311630).

25. Boerkamp, M., Lamb, D.W. and Lye, P.G. (2012) “Determining crystal growth kinetic

parameters using optical fibre sensors”, Journal of Crystal Growth 361:132-134. (DOI

10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2012.09.011).

26. Holland, K.H., Lamb, D.W. and Schepers, J.S. (2012) “Radiometry of Proximal Active Optical

Sensors (AOS) for Agricultural Sensing”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth

Observations and Remote Sensing 5 (6) (DOI 10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2198049), 1793-1802.

27. Falzon, G., Lamb, D.W. and Schneider, D. (2012) “The Dynamic Aerial Survey algorithm

architecture and its use in airborne fertilizer applications”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in

Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 5 (6) DOI 10.1109/JSTARS.2011.2179020,

1772-1779.

28. Garraway, E. and Lamb, D.W. (2011) “Delineating spatial variations in soil carbon using

remotely sensed data: A New England case study”, Proceedings of the 2011 Regional Convention,

Newcastle Division, Engineers Australia (R. Patterson Ed.), (Newcastle Division Engineers

Australia: Newcastle West, Australia), University of New England, Armidale. NSW 16th -18th

September 2011. ISBN 978-0-85825-870-9, 45-52.

29. Bruce, R.J., Lamb, D.W., Runting, J., Hoffmann, A.A. and Powell, K.S. (2011) “Towards

Improved Early Detection of Grapevine Phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch) using a risk-

based assessment protocol” Acta Horticulturae 904:123-131.

30. Coop, P.A., Lamb, D.W., Fellows, C.M. and Bradbury, R. (2011) “Automatic detection of

evaporation reducing monolayers”. Proceedings of the Biennial Conference of the Australian

Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg), published by SEAg ISBN 978 085825 982 9,

(Editors: T. Banhazi, C. Saunders & R.Hegarty)- 29-30 of September 2011, Surfers Paradise,

Queensland, Australia, 159-168.

31. Schaefer, M.T., Lamb, D.W. and Bradbury, R. (2011) “A comparison of two ranging approaches

to an integrated active, optical, reflectance and ranging sensor”. Proceedings of the Biennial

Conference of the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg), published by SEAg


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ISBN 978 085825 982 9, (Editors: T. Banhazi, C. Saunders & R.Hegarty)- 29-30 of September

2011, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, 298-306.

32. Barnes, P., Wilson, B.R., Trotter, M.G., Lamb, D.W., Reid, N. and Koen, T. (2011) “The patterns

of grazed pasture associated with scattered trees across an Australian temperate landscape: an

investigation of pasture quantity and quality”. The Rangeland Journal 33:121-130.

33. Barnes, P., Wilson, B.R., Reid, N., Koen, T.B., Lockwood, P. and Lamb, D.W. (2011) “Litterfall

and associated nutrient pools extend beyond the canopy of scattered eucalypt trees in temperate

pastures” Plant and Soil 345:339–352 (DOI 10.1007/s11104-011-0786-y).

34. Taylor, D.B., Schneider, D.A., Brown, W.Y., Price, I.R., Trotter, M.G., Lamb, D.W. and Hinch,

G.N. (2011) “GPS observation of shelter utilization by merino ewes”. Animal Production Science

51:724-737 (DOI 10.1071/AN11025).

35. Boerkamp, M., Lamb, D.W. and Lye, P.J. (2011) “Investigating surface crystal growth using an

intrinsic exposed core optical fibre sensor” Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical 157: 581- 585

(DOI 10.1016/j.snb.2011.05.026)

36. Lamb, D.W., Schneider D.A., Trotter, M.G., Schaefer, M.T. and Yule I.J. (2011) “Extended-

altitude, aerial mapping of crop NDVI using an active optical sensor: A case study using a

RaptorTM sensor over Wheat.” Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 77: 69-73.

37. Huang, W., Wang, Z., Huang, L., Lamb, D.W., Ma, Z., Zhang, J., Wang, J. and Zhao, C. (2011)

“Estimation of vertical distribution of chlorophyll concentration by bi-directional canopy

reflectance spectra in winter wheat” Precision Agriculture 12:165–178 (DOI 10.1007/s11119-010-

9166-5).

38. Thompson, J.A., Lamb, D.W., Frazier P.S. and Ellem, B. (2011) “Monitoring the effects of

longwall mine-induced subsidence on vineyards” Environmental Earth Sciences 62 (5): 973-984

(DOI 10.1007/s12665-010-0582-7).

39. Hall, A., Lamb, D.W., Holzapfel, B. and Louis, J. (2011) “Within-season temporal variation in

correlations between vineyard canopy and winegrape composition and yield” Precision

Agriculture 12: 103-117 (DOI 10.1007/s11119-010-9159-4).

40. McPhee, M.J., Edwards, C., Meckiff, J., Ballie, N., Schneider, D., Arnott, P., Cowie, A., Savage,

D., Lamb, D.W, Guppy, C, McCorkell, B. and Hegarty, R. (2010) “Estimating on-farm methane

emissions for sheep production on the Northern Tablelands: establishment of demonstration site”

Australian Farm Business Management Journal 7 (2) 85-94.

41. Donald, G., Trotter, M. and Lamb, D.W. (2010) “Using high resolution landscape and soils data

to understand spatiotemporal variability in net pasture productivity as derived from low spatial

resolution remote sensing". In H. Dove and R. Culvenor (Eds): “Food Security from Sustainable

Agriculture: Proceedings of the 15th Australian Agronomy Conference”, 15-19 November 2010,

Lincoln, New Zealand.

42. Roberts, J., Trotter, M.G., Lamb, D.W., Hinch G. and Schneider, D. (2010) “Spatiotemporal

movement of livestock in relation to decreasing pasture biomass”. In H. Dove and R. Culvenor

(Eds) : “Food Security from Sustainable Agriculture: Proceedings of the 15th Australian

Agronomy Conference”, 15-19 November 2010, Lincoln, New Zealand.


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43. Lamb, D.W., Boerkamp, M. and Lye, P.G. (2010) “A guided-mode refraction model for optical

fiber sensing of surface crystal growth” Optics Letters 35 (21): 3625-27.

44. Hossain, M.B., Lamb, D.W., Lockwood, P.V., Frazier, P. (2010) “EM38 for Volumetric Soil

Moisture Content in Deep Vertosol Soils”. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 74: 100-109.

45. Boerkamp, M., Lamb, D.W., Lye, P.G., Fellows, C.M., Al-Hamzah, A. and Wallace, A.D. (2010)

“Detecting and monitoring industrial scale formation using an intrinsic exposed core optical fibre

sensor”. Industrial and Engineering Chemical Research 49: 4682–4686.

46. Trotter, M.G., Lamb, D.W., Hinch, G. and Guppy, C. (2010) “Global Navigation Satellite

Systems (GNSS) livestock tracking: System development and data interpretation”. Animal

Production Science. 50: 616–623 (DOI DOI 10.1007/s12665-010-0582-7).

47. Trotter, M.G., Lamb, D.W., Donald, G.E. and Schneider, D.A. (2010) “Evaluating an active

optical sensor for quantifying and mapping green herbage mass and growth in a perennial grass

pasture” Crop and Pasture Science. 61: 389–398 (doi:10.1071/CP10019).

48. Hampson, B.A., Morton, J.M., Mills, P.C., Trotter, M.G., Lamb, D.W. and Pollitt, C.C. (2010)

“Monitoring distances travelled by horses using GPS tracking collars” Australian Veterinary

Journal. 88 (5): 176-181 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2010.00564.x).

49. Chen, H., Bishop, I.D., Stock, C, Lamb, D.W. and Trotter, M. (2009). “Collaborative

Environment Visualization Platform - An Effective Technology for Knowledge Transfer between

Scientists and Local Farmers”. In: Ostendorf, B., Baldock, P., Bruce, D., Burdett, M. and P.

Corcoran (eds.), Proceedings of the Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial International

Conference, Adelaide 2009, Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute, pp. 1195-1204. ISBN: 978-0-

9581366-8-6. Conference, 28 September – 2 October 2009, Adelaide, Australia, Paper No. 61.

50. Devadas, R., Lamb, D.W., Simpfendorfer, S. and Backhouse, D. (2009). “Evaluating Ten

Spectral Vegetation Indices for Identifying Rust Infection in Individual Wheat Leaves”. Precision

Agriculture. 10 (6): 459-470.

51. Lamb, D.W., Trotter, M.G. and Schneider D.A. (2009) “Ultra low-level airborne (ULLA) sensing

of crop canopy reflectance: A case study using a CropCircleTM sensor”. Computers and

Electronics in Agriculture. 69: 86-91.

52. Trotter, M.G., Lamb, D.W. and Hinch, G. (2009) “GPS livestock tracking: a pasture utilisation

monitor for the grazing industry?” Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Grassland

Society of NSW, David Brouwer, Neil Griffiths, Ian Blackwood (Editors), (The Grassland Society

of NSW: Orange ISBN 978 0 7347 1984 3), 124-125.

53. Bruce, R.J., Lamb, D.W., Mackie, A.M., Korosi G.A. and Powell, K.S. (2009) “Using objective

biophysical measurements as the basis of targeted surveillance for detection of grapevine

phylloxera Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch: Preliminary findings. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 816 (L.

Kocsis, J. Granett Eds), Proceedings IV International Phylloxera Symposium 71-80.

54. Lamb, D.W. (2009) “Electrically- heated cables protect vines from frost damage at early

flowering”. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research. 15: 79-84.

55. Boerkamp, M., Lamb, D.W. and Lye, P. (2008) “Progress in the application of exposed core,

optical fibre sensors for detecting and monitoring surface crystallization processes” in Optical


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Design and Engineering III, Laurent Mazuray, Rolf Wartmann, Andrew Wood, Jean-Luc Tissot,

Jeffery M. Raynor (Eds), Proc. SPIE 7110, 71002G-1, 0277-786X/08/$18 doi:

10.1117/12.797583.

56. Huang, W., Song, X., Lamb, D.W., Liu, L., Wang, J., Wang, Z., and Niu, Z. (2008). “Estimation

of winter wheat grain crude protein content from in situ reflectance and advanced spaceborne

thermal emission and reflection radiometer image”. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 2: 023530

doi 10.1117/1.2968954.

57. Lamb, D.W., Boerkamp, M. and Lye, P.G. (2008) “Monitoring surface crystal growth using an

intrinsic exposed-core optical fiber sensor (IECOFS)” in Proc 19th International Conference on

Optical Fibre Sensors, David Sampson, Stephen Collins, Kyunghwan Oh, Ryozo Yamauchi (Eds),

Proc. SPIE 7004, 700440, 0277-786X/08/$18 doi: 10.1117/12.785932.

58. Boerkamp, M., Lamb, D.W. and Lye, P.G. (2008) “PMMA optical fibers as intrinsic sensors of

surface crystal growth” in Proc 19th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, David

Sampson, Stephen Collins, Kyunghwan Oh, Ryozo Yamauchi (Eds), Proc. SPIE 7004, 700440,

0277-786X/08/$18 doi: 10.1117/12.786072.

59. Hall, A., Louis, J.P. and Lamb, D.W. (2008) “Low resolution remotely sensed images of

winegrape vineyards map spatial variability in planimetric canopy area instead of LAI”.

Australian Journal of Grape & Wine Research. 14 (1): 9-17.

60. Wallace, A, Boerkamp, M., Lye, P.G., Lamb D.W., Doherty, W.O.S. and Fellows, C.M. (2008)

“Assessment of an intrinsic optical fiber sensor for in situ observation of scale-forming salts”.

Industrial and Engineering Chemical Research. 47: 1066-1070. 61. Lamb, D.W., Frazier, P. and Adams, P. (2008) “Improving pathways to adoption: Putting the

right P’s in precision agriculture”. Computers & Electronics in Agriculture.

(DOI:10.1016/j.compag.2007.04.009), 61 (1):4-9.

62. Hossain, M.B., Lamb, D.W., Lockwood, P.V. and Frazier, P. (2008) “Field determination of soil

moisture in the root zone by multi-height EM38 measurements”. Proc 1st Global Workshop on

High Resolution Digital Soil Sensing & Mapping, Sydney 5-7th February 2008. CDROM.

63. Boerkamp, M., Lamb, D.W. and Lye, P.G. (2007) “Using an intrinsic, exposed core, optical fibre

sensor to quantify chemical scale formation”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 76

(doi:10.1088/1742-6596/76/1/012016).

64. Huang, W., Lamb, D.W., Niu, Z., Zang, Y., Liu, L. and Wang, J. (2007) “Identification of yellow

rust in wheat using in-situ spectral reflectance measurements and airborne hyperspectral imaging”,

Precision Agriculture, 8: 187-97.

65. Craig I, Aravinthan V, Baillie C, Beswick A, Barnes G, Bradbury R, Connell L, Coop P, Fellows

C, Fitzmaurice L, Foley J, Hancock N, Lamb D.W., Morrison P, Misra R, Mossad R, Pittaway P,

Prime E, Rees S, Schmidt E, Solomon D, Symes T and Turnbull D (2007) “Evaporation, seepage

and water quality management in storage dams: a review of research methods”. Environmental

Health, 7(3) 84-97

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66. Tucker, D.J., Lamb, D.W., Powell, K.S., Blanchfield, A.L. and Brereton, I.M. (2007) “Detection

of Phylloxera Infestation in Grapevines by NMR Methods”. Acta Horticulturae 733. 173-182.

67. Lamb, D.W., Frazier, P., Smart, R. and O’Brien, D. (2007) “Mines and Wines- A monitoring

program to gauge the impact of subsidence on spatial variability in vineyard production”, In

Proc. Wines, Mines and Community: Engineering the Future for Regional Australia”, (R.

Patterson Ed) ISBN085825798X (UNE: Australia), 27-34.

68. Trotter, T., Frazier, P., Jenkins, R., Lamb, D.W. and Wilkes, J. (2007) “The effect of longwall

mine subsidence on native vegetation and agricultural environments”, In Proc. Wines, Mines and

Community: Engineering the Future for Regional Australia, (R. Patterson Ed) ISBN085825798X

(UNE: Australia), 219-221.

69. Somers, A., Thompson, R., Savocchia, S., Qiu Y and Lamb, D.W. (2007). “Spatial variability of

soil salinity and trunk dieback in Chardonnay and Shiraz”. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 46

(1):121.

70. Lamb D. W. and Hooper A. (2006) “A comparative assessment of two optical fibre anemometers

for measuring the speed of the electric wind in a negative polarity, atmospheric corona discharge”,

Measurement Science & Technology, 17 1343-1349.

71. Lamb D. W. and Hooper A. (2006) “A novel laser-optical fiber Bragg grating anemometer for

measuring gas flows: Application to measuring the electric wind”, Applied Optics Letters, 31

1035-1037.

72. Lamb, D.W., Frazier, P., and O’Brien, D. (2005) “Designing a multi-scale, multi-temporal data

collection program to monitor the impact of longwall mine subsidence on vineyard production.”

Proceedings of SSC 2005 Spatial intelligence, Innovation and Praxis: The National biennial

Conference of the Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI Publishing: Melbourne) 221-30.

73. Bunganaen, Y. and Lamb, D.W. (2005) “An optical fibre technique for measuring optical

absorption by chromophores in the presence of scattering particles”, Journal of Physics:

Conference Series 15 67-73.

74. Hooper, A. and Lamb, D.W. (2005) Using an optical fibre anemometer to measure the speed of

the electric wind in a negative polarity, atmospheric corona discharge, Journal of Physics:


75. Lye, P.G., Boerkamp, M., Ernest A. E., and Lamb, D.W. (2005) Investigating the sensitivity of

PMMA optical fibres for use as an evanescent field absorption sensor in aqueous solutions,

Journal of Physics: Conference Series 15 262-269.

76. Ernest A. E., and Lamb, D.W. (2005) Observations of axial acoustic waves in multimode PMMA

optical fibres and implications for a new class of optical fibre sensor, Journal of Physics:


77. Lamb, D.W., Mitchell, A. and Hyde, G. (2005) “Vineyard trellising comprising steel posts

distorts data from EM soil surveys”, Australian Journal of Grape & Wine Research 11: 24-32.

78. Lamb, D.W., Bunganaen, Y., Louis, J., Woolsey, G.A., Oliver, R. and White, G. (2004) “FEFA-

an optical fibre technique for measuring water colour in turbid samples” Freshwater & Marine

Research 55: 533-543.


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79. Lamb, D.W., Bramley, R.G.V. and Hall, A. (2004). “Precision Viticulture- An Australian

Perspective”. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 640: XXVI International Horticultural Congress:

Viticulture - Living with Limitations (ISHS) 15-25. http://www.actahort.org/books/640/640_1.htm

80. Lamb, D.W., Weedon, M.M. and Bramley, R.G.V. (2004) “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 & Wine Research.

10: 46-54.

81. Hall, A., Louis, J. and Lamb, D.W. (2003). "Characterising and mapping vineyard canopy using

high spatial resolution aerial multispectral images ". Computers & Geosciences. 29 (7): 813-822.

82. Lamb, D.W., Steyn-Ross, M., Schaare, P., Hanna, M., Silvester, W. and Steyn-Ross, A. (2002).

"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.

83. Hall, A., Lamb, D.W., Holzapfel, B. and Louis, J. (2002). "Optical remote sensing applications

for viticulture - a review". Australian Journal of Grape & Wine Research. 8 (1): 36-47.

84. Lamb D.W. and Brown R.B. (2001). "Remote sensing and mapping of weeds in crops- A review

of airborne remote sensing", Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research 78 (2): 117-125 (DOI

10.1006/jaer.2000.0630)

85. Lamb, D.W. and Bramley, R.G.V. (2001). "Innovations and technology - managing and

monitoring spatial variability in vineyard productivity", Natural Resource Management.

Australian Association of Natural Resource Management, 4 (1): 25-30.

86. Lamb, D.W. (2000). "The use of qualitative airborne multispectral imaging for managing

agricultural crops– A case study in south eastern Australia", Australian Journal of Experimental

Agriculture 40 (5): 725-738.

87. Spackman, S.L, Lamb, D.W. and Louis, J., (2000). "Using multispectral digital imagery to

manage within paddock variability in rice production", Aspects of Applied Biology (Eds R.J.

Bryson, W. Howard, A.E. Riding, L.P. Simmonds, M.D. Steven), Association of Applied

Biologists, 60: 99-106.

88. Lamb, D. W. and Ritchie G. L. D. (2000). “Cotton-Mouton effect, magnetizability anisotropy and

molecular charge distribution of Boron Trichloride". Chemical Physics Letters 317: 653

89. Lamb, D.W., Weedon, M.M. and Rew, L.J. (1999). "Evaluating the accuracy of mapping weeds

in seedling crops using airborne digital imaging. Avena spp. in seedling triticale (X

Triticosecale)", Weed Research 39 (6): 481-492 (DOI 10.1046/j.1365-3180.1999.00167.x)

90. Lamb, D. W. and Ritchie G. L. D. (1999). “Cotton-Mouton effect, magnetizability anisotropy and

molecular charge distribution of Boron Trichloride". Chemical Physics Letters 310: 150-154

91. Lamb, D. W., Ritchie G. L. D. and Keir, R. I. (1998). “Polarizability and magnetizability

anisotropies of trimethylboroxine, Me3B3O3. Comparison of boroxine and benzene ring systems”,

Chemical Physics Letters 291: 197-201.

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92. Lamb, D. W. and Weedon, M. (1998). “Evaluating the accuracy of mapping weeds in fallow

fields using airborne digital imaging. Panicum effusum in oilseed rape stubble”, Weed Research

38: 443-451 (DOI 10.1046/j.1365-3180.1998.00112.x)

93. Keir, R. I., Lamb, D. W., Ritchie G. L. D. and Watson, J. N. (1997). “Polarizability anisotropies,

magnetizability anisotropies, and molecular quadruple moments of acetylene, methylacetylene and

dimethylacetylene”, Chemical Physics Letters 279: 22-28.

94. Lamb, D. W. and White, G. M. (1996). "Apparatus to measure adiabatic and isothermal

processes", Physics Teacher., 34: 290-292.

95. Lamb, D. W. and O'Donnell, J. (1996). "Preliminary evaluation of airborne-video for synoptic

assessment of water quality in Australian inland rivers", Australian Journal of Soil & Water

Conservation 9: 14-20.

96. Lamb, D.W. and Woolsey, G.A. (1995)."Characterisation and use of an optical fiber

interferometer for measurement of the electric wind", Journal of Applied Optics 34: 1608-1616.

97. Lamb, D.W. and Woolsey, G. A. (1995). "Laser interferometry of SF6 coronas", Journal of

Physics D:Applied Physics 28: 2077-2082.

98. Woolsey, G. A., O'Byrne, S. and Lamb, D.W. (1993). "Temperature profiles for axially

symmetrical distributions using integrated optical fiber sensing", in Fiber Optics & Laser Sensors

XI, Ramon P. de Paula (ed), Proc. SPIE, 2070: 486-492 (DOI 10.1117/12.169933).

99. Woolsey, G. A. and Lamb, D. W. (1992). "Absorption of polarised 10.6 mm CO2 laser radiation

by fused silica optical fibers", in Fiber Optics & Laser Sensors X, Ramon P. de Paula (ed), Proc.

SPIE, 1795: 247-255 (DOI 10.1117/12.141251).

100. Woolsey, G. A., Lamb, D. W. & Woerner, M. C. H. (1991). "Optical fiber sensing of corona

discharges", in Fiber Optics & Laser Sensors IX, Ramon P. de Paula (ed), Proc. SPIE, 1584: 243-

253 (DOI 10.1117/12.50946).

101. Tajalli, H., Lamb, D. W. and Woolsey, G. A. (1989). "Energy Transfer in Positive Streamers",

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 22: 1497-1503.

Published Books or Proceedings 1. Proffit, T., Bramley, R., Lamb D. & Winter E. (2006) Precision Viticulture- A new era in vineyard

management and wine production. (Winetitles: Adelaide) 90 pages (ISBN 0 9756850 4X). 652 books

sold wef 7/8/09

2. Garraway, E., Trotter, M and Lamb, D.W. (Editors) (2009) Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on

Precision Agriculture in Australasia. (University of New England: Australia) ISBN 978-1-921597

3. Trotter, M.G., Trotter, T.F. and Lamb, D.W. (Editors) (2010) Proceedings of the 1st Australian and

New Zealand Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium. (Precision Agriculture Research

Group, University of New England: Australia) ISBN 978-1-921597-23-7.

4. Lamb, D.W. (Editor) (2013) Proceedings of the inaugural Digital Rural Futures Conference, Smart

Farms – Smart Regions. (University of New England: Australia) ISBN 978-0-646-90559-4.


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Book Chapters 1. Lamb, D.W. (1998) “Opportunities for satellite and airborne remote sensing of weeds in Australian

crops”. In Precision Weed Management in Crops and Pastures. R.W. Medd and J.E. Pratley (Eds),

(CRC for Weed Management Systems: Adelaide), 48-54. (ISBN 0-86396-650-0)

2. Bramley, R.G.V. & Lamb, D.W. (2003) “Making sense of vineyard variability in Australia”. In Proc.

1st Symposium on Precision Viticulture, Latin Congress on Viticulture and Enology, Santiago Chile, R.

Ortega and A. Esser (Eds), (Precision Agriculture Center of Pontifica, Universidad Catolica de Chile

(CAPUC: Santiago), 35-54. (ISBN956-14-0747-7).

3. Lamb, D.W, (2004). “The use of remote sensing technologies for the grape and wine industry”. In

Remote Sensing for agriculture and the environment. S. Stamatiadis, J.M. Lynch & J.S. Schepers

(Eds), (Peripheral Editions: Larissa Greece), 226-236. (ISBN 960-88000-8-0)

4. Hossain, M.B., Lamb, D.W., Lockwood, P.V. and Frazier, P., (2010) “Field determination of soil

moisture in the root zone of deep Vertosols using EM38 measurements: calibration and application

issues”, In: Proximal Soil Sensing, Progress in Soil Science Vol. 1, R.A. Viscarra Rossel, A.

McBratney, B. Minasny (Eds.). (Springer: Holland), 255-263. (ISBN: 978-90-481-8858-1).

Published Reports 1. Mike J Bell, M.J., Biggs, J. McKellar, L.B., Connellan, J., Di Bella, L., Dwyer, R., Empson, M.,

Garside, A.J., Harvey, T., Kraak, J., Lakshmanan, P., Lamb, D.W., Meier, E., Moody, P., Muster, T.,

Palmer, J., Robinson, N., Robson, A., Salter, B., Schroeder, B., Silburn, M., Schmidt, S., Skocaj, D.M.,

Stacey, S., Stanley, J., Thorburn, P., Verburg, K., Walker, C., Wang, W., Wood, A. (2015) “A Review

of Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Sugarcane” Sugar Research Australia. 315 pages.

2. Griffith, C., Heydon, G., Lamb, D.W., Lefort, L., Taylor, K., Trotter, M. and Wark, T. (2013) “Smart

Farming: Leveraging the impact of broadband and the digital economy” White Paper. (CSIRO and The

University of New England) 25 pages.

3. Lamb, D. W., Glasgow, I., Mahon, J. and Saunders, I. (1998). “An evaluation of current multispectral

airborne imagery of dryland crops as an aid to field agronomists, June - November, 1997. Research

Report, Charles Sturt University (ISBN 0-646-35563-5).

Research Reports 1. A. Robson, J. Stanley and D. Lamb (2014) “Investigating remote sensing technologies and their

potential for improving nitrogen management in Sugarcane”, In: A review of nitrogen use

efficiency in sugarcane (F. Driver, Editor) , Sugar Research Australia, December 2014, 370 pp.

2. Lamb, D.W. “Broke-Fordwich Vineyard Monitoring Project 2003-8”, July 2008.

3. Lamb, D.W., Trotter, M, and Schneider, D.A. (2009) “Measuring and mapping crop

photosynthetically-active biomass (PAB) using an active optical sensor in an ultra low-level

aircraft” Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information, Project 6.08 Clever Cattle and

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4. Powell, K., Lamb, D. and Barret. D. “Early detection of phylloxera in grapevines (Vitis vinifera)

a test-bed for spectro-optical and chemical fingerprinting of pest-induced grapevine stress”. Final

Report to Grape & Wine Research and Development Corporation, CRCV S2.2.5, April 2006.

5. Lamb D.W., Lye P., Bradbury, R. “Evaluating a novel optical fibre sensor for field or laboratory

measurements of red winegrape colour”. Final Report to Cooperative Research Centre for

Viticulture (CRCV) S1.4.2, December 2004.

6. Bramley, R.G.V., and Lamb, D.W. “Precision Viticulture- Investigating the utility of precision

agriculture technologies for monitoring and managing variability in vineyards”. Final report to

Grape & Wine Research and Development Corporation, CRCV 99/5, September 2003.

7. Lamb, D. W. (2003) “Monitoring the impact of long-wall mining on undermined grapevines in

the Hunter and Broke-Fordwich wine regions; Report on Preliminary vine sampling 17th-20th July

2003”. Report completed in fulfillment of the contract between Beltana High Wall Mining Pty Ltd

and the University of New England for the research project of the same name.

8. Lamb, D. W. (Editor) (2001) "Vineyard monitoring and management beyond 2000 - Final report on

a workshop investigating the latest technologies for monitoring and managing variability in

vineyard productivity" Cooperative Research Centre for Viticulture/National Wine & Grape

Industry Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW.

Patents 2011 Australian Patent no. 2011200466, Title: Apparatus and method for determining evaporation rate.

Invited Keynote/Plenary Presentations 1. Lamb, D.W. (2015) ‘Pasture sensing from the ground up’, Northern Beef Producer Expo –

Technology and Innovation’, Charters Towers Qld, 6th March 2015.

2. Lamb, D.W. SMART Farms- Precision agriculture meets the ‘internet of things’ (IoT). INTER-

WATER Australia, Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre, 15-16th October r 2014

3. Lamb, D.W. SMART Farm- smart futures. ABARES Regional Outlook conference, Armidale,

NSW, 15 October 2014

4. Lamb, D.W. (2014) The future of precision agriculture as it meets the internet of things (IoT),

9th Conference of the Asian Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture – 2014, “ICT's

for future Economic and Sustainable Agricultural Systems”, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 29

Sep - 2 Oct 2014.

5. Lamb, D.W. (2014) SMART Farming, CSIRO Phenomics Conference, Armidale Town Hall, 16-

17th September, 2014.

6. Lamb, D.W. (2014) SMART Farms and our Agribusiness future. Western Sydney First CEO

Lunch (Delloite and Western Sydney Business Chamber), Parramatta 27th August 2014.

7. Lamb, D.W. (2014) What will precision agriculture look like in 5-10 years time? SPAA

Precision Agriculture Expo, Griffith, NSW Friday 20th June 2014.


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8. Lamb, D.W. (2013) UNE-SMART Farm, Regional University Network Conference, Gold Coast

Qld, 14-15 November 2013.

9. Lamb, D.W. (2013) SMART Farming, Digital Productivity Conference, Brisbane Qld, 12-13

June 2013.

10. Lamb, D.W. (2013) SMART Farms and the digital economy, Orana to the Digital Economy

Conference, Dubbo NSW, 21-22 April 2013.

11. Lamb, D.W. (2013) Technology ‘game changers’ – The practical impacts of technology on farm

management and crop husbandry. 2013 GRDC Research Update for Advisers – Victoria “Robust

cropping systems - the next steps”, Ballarat, Vic, 7th February.


management and crop husbandry. 2013 GRDC Research Update for Advisers – South Australia

“Robust cropping systems - the next steps”, Adelaide, SA, 13th February.


management and crop husbandry. 2013 GRDC Research Update for Advisers – NSW “Robust

cropping systems - the next steps”, Temora, NSW, 27th February.

14. Lamb, D.W. (2012) Thoughts on Capturing Opportunities and Overcoming Obstacles for

Australian Agriculture related to Electronic Agriculture, 16th Australian Agronomy Conference

2012 “Capturing Opportunities and Overcoming Obstacles in Australian Agronomy” University of

New England 14th – 18th October 2012.

15. Lamb, D.W. (2012) UNE’s SMART Farm and futuristic opportunities, Agriculture- Improved

connectivity and smart technology, Regional Focus Group, University of Ballarat Auditorium,

Horsham, Vic. 15th October 2012.

16. Lamb, D.W. (2012) Precision Agriculture – The tools, the concepts and the industries that can

gain through its use, Precision Ag Demo and Information Day, Naracoorte Showgrounds, 17th

July 2012.

17. Lamb, D.W. (2012) SMART Farms, NBN Futures Expo, Kiama Municipal Council, 27-28th

March 2012.

18. Lamb, D.W. (2011) SMART Farms, National Economic Development Conference 2011,

Adelaide, Stamford Plaza Hotel, 4-6th October 2011.

19. Lamb, D.W. (2011) Active reflectance sensors for crops and pastures go airborne!, ASA-CSSA-

SSSA International Annual Meetings, San Antonio, Texas Oct 17-19.

20. Lamb, D.W. (2011) Precision Agriculture- Pastures for profit, Heritage Seeds Field days,

Howlong, NSW Aug 31- 2nd Sept.

21. Lamb, D.W. (2011) Precision Agriculture- the Australian experience, Precision Agriculture- A

view to the future, Clearwater Golf Resort, Christchurch, New Zealand 11th August.

22. Lamb, D.W. (2011) Getting to grips with spatial data and the future of Precision Agriculture, 11th

LandWISE Conference, Havelock North, New Zealand 11-13th May.

23. Lamb, D.W. (2010) Cutting edge R&D in Precision Agriculture, 10th LandWISE Conference,

Havelock North, New Zealand 12-14th May.


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24. Lamb, D.W. (2009) Some recent applications of optical sensing to agricultural systems, Presented

at GRDC Australian Forum on Proximal Crop Sensors- Australian Capabilities and Research

Priorities Workshop, Adelaide SA 16-17th February.

25. Lamb, D.W. (2009) Pasture mapping, pasture quality and animal behaviour, Presented to

Precision Agriculture Expo, Keith Institute, Keith SA 13th February 2009.

26. Lamb, D.W. (2009) Using EM38 in vineyards, Proceedings of Precision Agriculture Expo, Keith

Institute, Keith SA 13th February 2009.

27. Lamb, D.W. (2009) Remote and in-crop sensing- Adapting to change, Presented at GRDC 2009

Grower Updates, Wagga Wagga NSW 10th February.

28. Lamb, D.W. (2008) Multi-scale remote sensing for clever cattle and cropping systems. Presented

to joint Australian and Chinese Academy of Sciences Workshop (Australia-China Remote Sensing

Symposium), Canberra 24-25th November 2008.

29. Lamb, D.W. (2008) Precision Agriculture for Sustainable Biofuels Production, Presented to

OECD Workshop on sustainable Biofuels Production on the Landscape, Madrid Spain 22-24

October..

30. Lamb, D.W. (2008) Recent Application of Scanning Technologies to Agricultural Systems.

Presented to Southern Precision Agriculture Association (SPAA) Precision Ag Crop Scanning

Forum, Adelaide South Australia, August 8th 2008.

31. Lamb, D.W. (2008) Clever cattle and cropping systems. Presented at IHD NorthernLink

Agronomy Conference, Toowoomba QLD 9-11 March.

32. Lamb, D.W. (2007) Mines and Wines- A monitoring program to gauge the impact of subsidence

on spatial variability in vineyard production, Presented to the Regional Convention “Wines,

Mines and Community: Engineering the Future for Regional Australia”, Hunter Valley Gardens

on 23-25th March 2007.

33. Lamb, D.W. (2007) Blue sky research for managing paddock variability. Presented at GRDC

2007 Grower Updates, Dubbo NSW 22nd February.

34. Lamb, D.W. (2007) Blue sky research for managing paddock variability. Presented at GRDC

2007 Grower Updates, Goondiwindi QLD 1st March.

35. Lamb, D.W. (2006) Remote and on-ground sensors for Precision Viticulture - what works and

what doesnt ? (Sensores remotos y terrestres para Viticultura de Precisión - ¿Que funciona y que

no?), 5th International Exhibition of Wine Making and Tree-Farming Technology SITEVI

MERCOSUR, Mendoza Argentina 3-7 May.

36. Lamb, D.W. (2006) Precision Viticulture- strengths and opportunities (Viticultura de Precisión -

fortalezas y oportunidades), 5th International Exhibition of Wine Making and Tree-Farming

Technology SITEVI MERCOSUR, Mendoza Argentina 3-7 May.

37. Lamb, D.W. (2005) Putting 9 'P's in Emerging Technologies for Integrated Agriculture Decisions,

ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah. Nov. 6-10.

38. Lamb, D.W. (2004) Optoelectronic sensing for the grape and wine industry, Sir Mark Oliphant

Conferences; International Frontiers of Science & Technology. Melbourne Victoria 9-12th August,

2004.


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39. Lamb, D.W., Bramley, R.G.V. & Hall, A., (2002). "Precision Viticulture- an Australian

perspective". 26th International Symposium of the International Society of Horticultural Science,

Toronto, Canada.

40. Lamb, D.W. (2002). “The use of remote sensing technologies for the grape and wine industry”,

OECD Workshop on Remote Sensing for Agriculture and the Environment, Kiffisia, Greece.

41. Lamb, D.W. (2001) "Precision Viticulture- tools techniques and benefits". In Proc 11th Australian

Wine Industry Technical Conference (Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference Inc.),

Adelaide, SA.

Conference Papers 1. Donald, G., Stovold, R., Santich, N., Lamb, D., Mundava, C., (2015) “‘RANGEWATCH’: An

NDVI based method of estimating forage biomass in northern Australia. A case study in the

western Kimberly region of Western Australia” Proceedings of the Australian Rangelands Society

Biennial Conference, 12-16 April, 2015 Alice Springs NT Australia.

2. Lamb, D.W. “Smart farming in Australia by using space technologies”, Commonwealth Scientific

and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO Australia) and Japan Aerospace Exploration

Agency (JAXA) Space Applications Working Group, Miraikan, Tokyo, 2- 3 Dec 2014.

3. Lamb, D.W. SMART Farms- Precision agriculture meets the ‘internet of things’ (IoT). INTER-

WATER Australia, Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre, 15-16th October r 2014

4. Lamb, D.W. SMART Farm- smart futures. ABARES Regional Outlook conference, Armidale,

NSW, 15 October 2014

5. Lamb, D.W. (2014) The future of precision agriculture as it meets the internet of things (IoT),

9th Conference of the Asian Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture – 2014, “ICT's

for future Economic and Sustainable Agricultural Systems”, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 29

Sep - 2 Oct 2014.

6. Lamb, D.W. (2014) The Rise of GPS and Apps in farming. Penel Session: Regional and Urban

Civic Engagements in Australia via Media, Australian and New Zealand Communications

Association (ANZCA) Annual Conference, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Vic. 9-11 July

2014.

7. Mundava, C., Schut, A.G.T., Stovold, R., Donald, G., Lamb, D.W., Helmholz, P., (2013)

“Ground truthing protocols for biomass estimation in rangeland environments”. IGARSS 2013

Symposium, Melbourne Australia.

8. Verma, N.K., Lamb, D.W., Reid, N., Wilson, B., (2013) “Tree cover extraction from 50 cm

WorldView2 imagery: A comparison of image processing techniques”. IGARSS 2013

Symposium, Melbourne Australia.

9. Gaire, R., Lefort, L., Compton, M., Falzon, G., Lamb, D.W., and Taylor, K., (2013)

“Demonstration: Semantic Web Enabled Smart Farm with GSN” The 12th International Semantic

Web Conference and the 1st Australasian Semantic Web Conference, Sydney, Australia 21-25

October 2013.


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10. Whelan, M.B., Lamb, D.W., Cottle, D.J., and Geenty, K.G. (2013) “Active optical sensing and

mapping of the green fraction of a pasture sward at the sub-paddock scale”. In: Proceedings of the

Digital Rural Futures Conference. D.W.Lamb (Editor), 26-28th June 2013 (University of New

England: Australia), 24.

11. Schiretz, H., Lamb, D.W., Fellows, C. and Bradbury, R. (2013) “Monitoring & Analysis of

Evaporation Reducing Monomolecular Layers on Water Storages”. In: Proceedings of the Digital

Rural Futures Conference. D.W.Lamb (Editor), 26-28th June 2013 (University of New England:

Australia), 31.

12. Falzon, G., Henry, D., Taylor, K., Lefort, L., Gaire, R., Wark, T., Schneider, D., Trotter, M.,

Murphy, A. and Lamb, D.W. (2013) “Surviving the data deluge: geostatistical and signal

processing methodologies for smart farm sensor networks”. In: Proceedings of the Digital Rural

Futures Conference. D.W.Lamb (Editor), 26-28th June 2013 (University of New England:

Australia), 41.

13. Robson, R., Abbott, C., Lamb, D.W. and Bramley, R. (2013) “The derivation and distribution of

digital, satellite-image based yield maps to sugar cane growers via the internet”. In: Proceedings of

the Digital Rural Futures Conference. D.W.Lamb (Editor), 26-28th June 2013 (University of New


14. Lamb, D.W., Trotter, M., Murphy, A., Young, I., (2013) “UNE SMART Farm: Showcasing the

value of broadband connectivity in the business and lifestyle of farming”. In: Proceedings of the

Digital Rural Futures Conference. D.W.Lamb (Editor), 26-28th June 2013 (University of New


15. Trotter, M.G., Schneider, D., Lamb, D., Edwards, C. and McPhee, M., (2012) “Examining the

potential for active optical sensors to provide biomass estimation in improved and native pastures”

16th Australian Agronomy Conference 2012 “Capturing Opportunities and Overcoming Obstacles

in Australian Agronomy” University of New England 14th – 18th October 2012.

16. Trotter, M., Yerbury, M., Barron, J., Anderson, S., Cosby, A., Roberts, J., Stanley, J., Schneider,

D., Falzon, G., Walkden-Brown, S., Guppy, C., Edwards, C., Haling, R., Trotter, T., Donald, G.,

Dobos, R., Powell, K., Bruce, R. and Lamb, D., (2012) “Monitoring and managing landscape

variability in grazing systems” 15th Annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture Technologies and

Applications in Australasia, Mildura Vic, 5-6th September 2012.

17. Stanley, J.N., Schneider, D.A. and Lamb, D.W., (2012) “EM38 to measure Soil Moisture Content

in Vertosols: Are we any closer?” 15th Annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture Technologies

and Applications in Australasia, Mildura Vic, 5-6th September 2012.

18. Jayawardena A, Kwan P.H., Sajeev A., Lamb D. and Trotter M., (2012) “Autonomous counting

of livestock from remote sensing imagery”. In: Betteridge, K. (Ed.), 3rd Australian and New

Zealand Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium. AgResearch, Lincoln, New

Zealand, p. 24.

19. Anderson, S., Trotter, M., Haling, R., Edwards, C., Guppy, C., Lamb, D., (2012) “Exploring the

potential for site specific nitrogen management in grazing systems”. In: Betteridge, K. (Ed.), 3rd


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Australian and New Zealand Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium. AgResearch,

Lincoln, New Zealand, p. 25.

20. Barron, J., Trotter, M., Guppy, C., Haling, R., Lamb, D., (2012) “Using common PA tools and

GPS livestock tracking to examine the variability in soil nutrients across grazing landscapes”. In:

Betteridge, K. (Ed.), 3rd Australian and New Zealand Spatially Enabled Livestock Management

Symposium. AgResearch, Lincoln, New Zealand, p. 27.

21. Robson, A., Abbott, C., Lamb, D., and Bramley, R. (2012) “Deriving sugar cane yield maps from

SPOT 5 satellite imagery at a regional scale”. Agronomy and Agricultural Engineering sections of

the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ISSCT) Workshop on Sustainable

Sugarcane Production, Townsville 9-14 September 2012.

22. Stanley, J.N., Schneider, D.A. and Lamb, D.W. (2012) “Apparent electrical conductivity (ECa),

soil moisture and water use efficiency in vertosol soils”. 11th International Conference on

Precision Agriculture, 15-18th July, Indianapolis, USA.

23. Robson, A., Abbott, C., Lamb, D., and Bramley, R. (2012) “Developing sugarcane yield

prediction algorithms from satellite imagery”. 34th Annual Conference of The Australian Society

of Sugar Cane Technologists. Palm Grove, QLD 1st - 4th May 2012.

24. Coop, P.A., Lamb, D.W., Fellows, C.M. and Bradbury, R. (2011) “Automatic detection of

evaporation reducing monolayers”. 2011 CIGR International Conference of the Australian Society

for Engineering in Agriculture 'Engineering in Agriculture - Diverse Challenges Innovative

Solutions'. 28-30 September, Surfers Paradise.

25. Falzon, G., Lamb, D.W. and Schneider, D (2011) “On-the-go forecasting of crop reflectance

índices for controlling aerial prescription applications.” 2011 CIGR International Conference of

the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture 'Engineering in Agriculture - Diverse

Challenges Innovative Solutions'. 28-30 September, Surfers Paradise.

26. Lamb, D.W. (2011) “Active reflectance sensors for crops and pastures. Is the sky the limit? ”

2011 CIGR International Conference of the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture

'Engineering in Agriculture - Diverse Challenges Innovative Solutions'. 28-30 September, Surfers

Paradise.

27. Schaefer, M.T., Lamb, D.W. and Bradbury, R. (2011) “ORRS- an integrated, active, optical

reflectance and ranging sensor for crop canopies.” 2011 CIGR International Conference of the

Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture 'Engineering in Agriculture - Diverse


28. Donald, G., Trotter, M. and Lamb D.W. (2011) “The impact of the availability and rate of growth

of pasture on livestock productivity at a regional scale”, 2nd Australian and New Zealand

Spatially-enabled Livestock Management Symposium, 2011 CIGR International Conference of



29. Falzon, G., Trotter, M., Lamb D.W. and Schneider, D. (2011) “Functional data analysis tools for

the livestock science researcher”, 2nd Australian and New Zealand Spatially-enabled Livestock

Management Symposium, 2011 CIGR International Conference of the Australian Society for


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Engineering in Agriculture 'Engineering in Agriculture - Diverse Challenges Innovative

Solutions'. 28-30 September, Surfers Paradise.

30. Lamb D.W., Donald, G.E., Stovold, R.G. and Trotter, M.G. (2011) “Towards a landscape

systems-based forage assessment tool for the Kimberly region of Western Australia”, 2nd

Australian and New Zealand Spatially-enabled Livestock Management Symposium, 2011 CIGR

International Conference of the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture 'Engineering in

Agriculture - Diverse Challenges Innovative Solutions'. 28-30 September, Surfers Paradise.

31. Schneider, D., Trotter, M., Schneider, R. and Lamb D.W. (2011) “Comparing spatial landscape

utilisation estimates for livestock land managers and GPS collars”, 2nd Australian and New

Zealand Spatially-enabled Livestock Management Symposium, 2011 CIGR International

Conference of the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture 'Engineering in Agriculture -

Diverse Challenges Innovative Solutions'. 28-30 September, Surfers Paradise.

32. Trotter, M., Falzon, G., Dobos, R., Hinch G., Roberts, J. and Lamb D.W. (2011) “Progress in

developing grazing behaviour models from spatio-temporal data”, 2nd Australian and New Zealand

Spatially-enabled Livestock Management Symposium, 2011 CIGR International Conference of



33. Robson, A., Abbott, C., Lamb, D., and Bramley, R. (2011) “Paddock and regional scale yield

prediction of cane using satellite imagery”. Annual Conference of The Australian Society of Sugar

Cane Technologists. Mackay, QLD 4th - 6th May 2011.

34. Dobos, R., Trotter, M., Lamb, D.W., Hinch, G. (2011) “Correlating GPS movement metrics with

animal behavior”. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sensing in Agriculture (In

memory of Dhalia Greidinger), 21-24th Feb, Technion, Haifa Israel, 117.

35. Lamb, D.W., Taylor, D, Trotter, M., Donald, G., Schneider, D. (2010) “Precision pastures:

opportunities and challenges for spatial information to improve productivity and animal welfare in

extensive livestock systems” In: Proceedings of the 14th Symposium on Precision Agriculture in

Australasia, Albury NSW.

36. Hossain, M.B., Lamb, D.W., Lockwood, P.V., Frazier, P. (2010) “Measuring multi-depth soil

moisture content in a vertisol soil with EM38” 10th International Conference on Precision

Agriculture, 18-21 July, 2010 Denver, USA.

37. Trotter, M.G., Lamb, D.W., Hinch, G.N. (2010) “GNSS tracking of livestock: Towards variable

rate fertilizer strategies for the grazing industry” 10th International Conference on Precision

Agriculture, 18-21 July, 2010 Denver, USA.

38. Lamb, D.W., Trotter, M. G., Schneider, D. (2010) “Ultra low level aircraft (ULLA) as a platform

for active optical sensing of crop biomass” 10th International Conference on Precision Agriculture,

18-21 July, 2010 Denver, USA.

39. Donald, G.E, Trotter, M.G. and Lamb, D.W. (2010) “Precision livestock management: An

example of pasture monitoring in eastern Australian pastures using proximal and remote sensing

tools”, 10th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, 18-21 July, 2010 Denver, USA.


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40. Taylor, D., Schneider, D., Brown, W., Price, I., Trotter, M., Lamb, D.W., Hinch, G. (2010) “GPS

tracking of sheep to investigate shelter and shade use in relation to climatic conditions”, 10th

International Conference on Precision Agriculture, 18-21 July, 2010 Denver, USA.

41. Donald, G., Purvis, I., Trotter, M.G. and Lamb, D.W. (2010) “Precision livestock production and

environmental influences”. In: Proceedings of the 1st Australian and New Zealand Spatially

Enabled Livestock Management Symposium. Trotter, M.G., Trotter, T.F. and Lamb, D.W.

(Editors) Precision Agriculture Research Group, University of New England: Australia, 16.

42. Taylor, D., Brown, W., Price, I., Trotter, M.G., Lamb, D.W., Schneider, D. and Hinch, G. (2010)

“Spatio-temporal monitoring of sheep to investigate shelter and shade use”. In: Proceedings of the

1st Australian and New Zealand Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium. Trotter,

M.G., Trotter, T.F. and Lamb, D.W. (Editors) Precision Agriculture Research Group, University

of New England: Australia, 12.

43. Roberts, J., Trotter, M.G., Lamb, D.W. and Hinch, G. (2010) “Spatially enabled livestock

management: increasing biomass utilisation in rotational systems”. In: Proceedings of the 1st

Australian and New Zealand Spatially Enabled Livestock Management Symposium. Trotter,

M.G., Trotter, T.F. and Lamb, D.W. (Editors) Precision Agriculture Research Group, University

of New England: Australia, 4.

44. Lamb, D.W. and Trotter, M.G. (2010) “Active Optical Sensors for grazing systems research”. In:

Proceedings of the 1st Australian and New Zealand Spatially Enabled Livestock Management

Symposium. Trotter, M.G., Trotter, T.F. and Lamb, D.W. (Editors) Precision Agriculture

Research Group, University of New England: Australia, 2.

45. Lamb, D.W. (2010) N-Sensor applications in Agriculture, 10th LandWISE Conference, Havelock

North, New Zealand 12-14th May.

46. Lamb, D.W. (2010) Sensor options in Precision Agriculture, 10th LandWISE Conference,

Havelock North, New Zealand 12-14th May.

47. Trotter, M. and Lamb, D. (2010) Spatial monitoring of livestock – opportunities for

collaboration”. In Proceedings of Emerging directions in the analysis and modelling of animal

location data, Melbourne Vic 15-16 March, 38.

48. Coop, P.A., Lamb, D.W., Bradbury, R. and Fellows, C.M. (2009) “Optical detection of

evaporation-reducing films on water bodies: Opportunities and challenges”. In Proceedings

‘IWER09’, International Workshop on Evaporation from Reservoirs, Gold Coast QLD 9-11

December.

49. Lamb, D.W., Trotter, M.G. and Schneider, D.A. (2009) “Measuring and mapping crop vigour

using an active optical sensor in an ultra low level aircraft”. In: Proceedings of the 13th

Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia. M.G. Trotter, E.B. Garraway and D.W. Lamb

(Editors), University of New England: Australia, 31-40.

50. Trotter, M.G., Swain, D.L. and Lamb, D.W. (2009) “GPS livestock tracking: an opportunity for a

coordinated approach to research, development and extension”. In: Proceedings of the 13th


(Editors), University of New England: Australia, 64.


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51. Barnes, P.M., Lamb, D.W. and Wilson, B.R. (2009). “Is pasture really less under the tree? Using

an Active Optical Sensor (AOS) to measure changes in pasture around trees in grazing

landscapes”. In: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia.

M.G. Trotter, E.B. Garraway and D.W. Lamb (Editors), University of New England: Australia, 75.

52. Barnes, P.M., Wilson, B.R. and Lamb, D.W. (2009). “Where are the roots? Can we deduce the

edge of a tree’s root zone without seeing it?” In: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Precision

Agriculture in Australasia. M.G. Trotter, E.B. Garraway and D.W. Lamb (Editors), University of

New England: Australia, 76.

53. Bruce, R., Lamb, D.W., Runting J. and Powell, K.S. (2009). “A precision agriculture approach to

targeted surveillance for grapevine phylloxera in Vineyards”. In: Proceedings of the 13th



54. Devadas, R., Lamb, D.W., Simpfendorfer, S. and Backhouse, D. (2009). “Monitoring N

deficiency, stripe rust infection and yield in wheat using NDVI”. In: Proceedings of the 13th



55. Devadas, R., Lamb, D.W., Simpfendorfer, S. and Backhouse, D. (2009). “Vegetation indices for

the assessment and discrimination of rust infection and nitrogen deficiency in wheat leaves”. In:

Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia. M.G. Trotter, E.B.

Garraway and D.W. Lamb (Editors), University of New England: Australia, 83.

56. Garraway, E.B., Trotter, M.G. and Lamb, D.W. (2009). “PA tools and soil carbon inventories of

farmscapes”. In: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia.

M.G. Trotter, E.B. Garraway and D.W. Lamb (Editors), University of New England: Australia, 86.

57. Greig, S.N., Sindel, B.M., Jessop, R.S. and Lamb, D.W. (2009). “PICSE – Exciting and

encouraging the next generation of skilled agricultural scientists through Precision Agriculture”.

In: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia. M.G. Trotter,

E.B. Garraway and D.W. Lamb (Editors), University of New England: Australia, 88.

58. Hossain, M., Frazier, P., Lamb, D.W. and Lockwood, P.V. (2009). “Multi-temporal EMI survey

of paddock-scale soil moisture variability”. In: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Precision

Agriculture in Australasia. M.G. Trotter, E.B. Garraway and D.W. Lamb (Editors), University of

New England: Australia, 91.

59. Sauer, B., Guppy, C., Trotter, M.G. and Lamb, D.W. (2009). “Matching inputs to soil variations

in cotton farming systems: how far can we push precision agriculture to deliver?” In: Proceedings

of the 13th Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia. M.G. Trotter, E.B. Garraway and

D.W. Lamb (Editors), University of New England: Australia, 97.

60. Schneider, D.A., Lamb, D.W. and Trotter, M.G. (2009). “A simple field calibration procedure for

EM38 units when undertaking multitemporal surveys”. In: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on

Precision Agriculture in Australasia. M.G. Trotter, E.B. Garraway and D.W. Lamb (Editors),

University of New England: Australia, 98.


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61. Taylor, D.B., Hinch, G.N., Trotter, M.G., Brown, W.Y., Price, I.R., Doyle E.K. and Lamb D.W.

(2009). “What can sheep teach us about shelter use?” In: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on



62. Trotter, M.G., Lamb, D.W. and Hinch, G.N. (2009). “Interrogation of GPS tracking data to

determine spatial grazing preferences of livestock”. In: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on



63. Lamb, D.W. (2009) Pasture mapping, pasture quality and animal behaviour, Proceedings of

Precision Agriculture Expo, Keith Institute, Keith SA 13th February 2009.

64. Lamb, D.W. (2009) Using EM38 in vineyards, Proceedings of Precision Agriculture Expo, Keith

Institute, Keith SA 13th February 2009.

65. Lamb, D.W. (2009) Remote and in-crop sensing- Adapting to change, Presented at GRDC 2009

Grower Updates, Wagga Wagga NSW 10th February.

66. Boerkamp, M., Lamb, D.W. & Lye, P.G. (2008) “Monitoring surface crystallization using an in-

situ, exposed core optical fibre for use as a sensor for industrial crystallization processes”, Optical

System Design", 2 - 5 September 2008, Glasgow Caledonian University in Glasgow.

67. Trotter, M. & Lamb, D.W. (2008) “A low-cost GPS tracking device for monitoring animal, plant

and soil interactions in livestock systems”. In: Proc 9th International Conference on Precision

Agriculture, Denver Colorado.

68. Trotter, T.F., Frazier, P.S., Trotter, M.G. and Lamb D.W. “Objective biomass assessment using an

active plant sensor (CropCircleTM). Preliminary experiences on a variety of agricultural

landscapes” , In: Proc 9th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Denver Colorado.

69. Whelan, M.B., Geenty, K.G., Cottle, D.J., Lamb, D., Donald, G.E. (2008) The relationship

between a satellite derived vegetation index and wool fibre diameter profiles. World Conference

on Animal Production, South Africa.

70. Lamb, D.W., (2008) “GPS Cattle tracking for understanding the impact of grazing on grain and

graze rotations and for improving pasture utilization”, 10th Annual Symposium on Precision

Agriculture in Australasia, 19th September.

71. Lamb, D.W., Boerkamp, M. & Lye, P.G. (2008) “Monitoring surface crystal growth using an

intrinsic exposed-core optical fiber sensor (IECOFS)” 19th International Conference on Optical

Fibre Sensors, Freemantle, Perth 14-18th April.

72. Boerkamp, M., Lamb, D.W. & Lye, P.G. (2008) “PMMA optical fibers as intrinsic sensors of

surface crystal growth” 19th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, Freemantle,

Perth 14-18th April.

73. Lamb, D.W. (2008) Clever Cattle and Cropping systems. IHD Northernlink Agronomy

Conference, Toowoomba, 9-12th March 2008.

74. Hossain, M.B., Lamb, D.W., Lockwood, P.V. and Frazier, P. (2008) Field determination of soil

moisture in the root zone by multi-height EM38 measurements. 1st Global Workshop on High

Resolution Digital Soil Sensing & Mapping, Sydney 5th-8th February.


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75. Boerkamp, M., Lamb, D.W. & Lye, P.G. (2007) “Using an intrinsic, exposed core, optical fibre

sensor to quantify chemical scale formation”, Sensors and Applications XIV. 11 -13 September

2007, Liverpool John Moore’s University, Liverpool UK

76. Thompson, J., Frazier, P. & Lamb, D.W. (2007) “Evaluating the impacts of longwall mine

subsidence on vineyards in the Broke Region of New South Wales: The challenges of analysing

multi-scale field data”. Seventh Triennial Conference on Mine Subsidence in conjunction with the

Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, (Illawarra Branch) Wollongong, 26-27 November

2007.

77. Fellows, C.M., Coop P. & Lamb, D.W. (2007) Oil on Troubled Water: Evaporation-retarding

Monolayer Detection and Optimisation. Cooperative Research Centre for Irrigation Futures,

Annual Research Forum, 11-13th September, Townsville, Qld.

78. Coop P. & Lamb, D.W. & Fellows, C.M. (2007) Detection of monolayers. Cooperative Research

Centre for Irrigation Futures, Annual Research Forum, 11-13th September, Townsville, Qld.

79. Bruce, R.J., Mackie, A., Lamb, D.W. & Runting, J. Powell, K. (2007) Development of a targeted

surveillance approach for detection of grapevine phylloxera Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch, 13th

Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, Adelaide.

80. Lamb, D.W., Frazier, P., Smart, R. & O’Brien, D. (2007) Mines and Wines- A monitoring

program to gauge the impact of subsidence on spatial variability in vineyard production, In

Proc. Wines, Mines and Community: Engineering the Future for Regional Australia”, (R.

Patterson Ed) ISBN085825798X (UNE: Australia), Hunter Valley Gardens on 23-25th March, 27-

34.

81. Trotter, T., Frazier, P., Jenkins, R., Lamb, D.W. & Wilkes, J. (2007) The effect of longwall mine

subsidence on native vegetation and agricultural environments, In Proc. Wines, Mines and

Community: Engineering the Future for Regional Australia, (R. Patterson Ed) ISBN085825798X

(UNE: Australia), Hunter Valley Gardens on 23-25th March, 219-221.

82. Hossain, M.B., Lamb D.W., Frazier, P. & Lockwood, P.V. (2006) "Evaluating EM38 as a multi-

depth volumetric soil moisture sensor". In. Proc. 13th Australasian Remote Sensing &

Photogrammetry Conference, Canberra.

83. Devadas, R., Lamb D.W., Simpfendorfer, S. & Backhouse, D.. (2006) "Integration proximal and

remote sensing data into an evapotranspiration model for monitoring stripe rust incidence in

wheat". In. Proc. 13th Australasian Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Conference, Canberra.

84. Somers, A., Thompson, R., Savocchia, S., Qiu, Y & Lamb, D. (2006). “Spatial variability of soil

salinity and trunk dieback in Chardonnay and Shiraz vines”. 5th International Trunk Disease

Workshop Davis California, 11-14 Sept 2006.

85. Lamb, D.W. (2006) Digging down with EM38, 10th Annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture

in Australasia, 18th August, Sydney.

86. T. Proffitt, R. Bramley, D. Lamb, E. Winter, G. Dunn and S. Robinson. (2006) Promoting the

adoption of precision viticulture, 6th International Cool Climate Symposium for Viticulture and

Oenology, Christchurch, Feb 5- 10.


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87. Tucker, D.J., Powell, K.S., Lamb, D.W., Murison, R.D., Blanchfield, A.L. & Brereton, I.M.

(2006) Detection of phylloxera infestation in grapevines by NMR, 6th International Cool Climate

Symposium for Viticulture and Oenology, Christchurch, Feb 5- 10.


(2006) Detection of phylloxera infestation in grapevines by NMR methods at ANZMAG 2006 (6th

Biennial Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance),

Murramarang, NSW.

89. Tucker, D.J., Lamb, D.W., Murison, R.D., Powell, K., Blanchfield, A. & Brereton, I.M. (2005)

Detection of phylloxera infestation in grapevines using NMR methods, CRC for Viticuluture

Symposium, Mildura, Vic.


(2005) Detection of phylloxera infestation in grapevines by NMR in Proc 3rd International

Phylloxera Symposium, Fremantle, WA.

91. Lamb, D.W. (2005) Putting 9 'P's in Emerging Technologies for Integrated Agriculture Decisions,

ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah. Nov. 6-10. Invited

Presentation.

92. Powell, KS, Tucker, DJ, Lamb DW, Murison RD, Blanchfield AL, & Brereton IM (2005)

Detection of phylloxera infestation in grapevines by NMR methods in Proc The 15th Biennial

Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference Handbook “Innovations for sustainable plant

health”, Geelong, Vic.

93. Mitchell, A., Patterson, R. & Lamb, D. (2005) Electromagnetic monitoring of three dimensional

water flow around a septic trench. Proceedings Onsite ’05, "Performance Assessment for On-site

Systems: Regulation, operation and monitoring" (R. Patterson & M. Jones Eds) ISBN 0957943822

(UNE: Australia), 289-296.

94. Lamb, D.W., Frazier, P., and O’Brien, D. (2005) Designing a multi-scale, multi-temporal data

collection program to monitor the impact of longwall mine subsidence on vineyard production.

SSC 2005 Spatial intelligence, Innovation and Praxis: The National biennial Conference of the

Spatial Sciences Institute, September 12-16.

95. Lamb, D.W., Mitchell, A. & Hyde, G. (2005) Evaluating the impact of vine trellising on EM38

apparent conductivity measurements (Evaluation de l.impact du palissage de vignes avec poteaux

d.acier sur les mesures de conductivité apparente par EM-38). Frutic 2005, Montpellier France,

September 12-16, 259-268.

96. Bunganaen, Y. & Lamb, D.W. (2005) An optical fibre technique for measuring optical absorption

by chromophores in the presence of scattering particles, Sensors and Applications XIII, Medway,

Kent, UK September 6-8.

97. Hooper, A., & Lamb, D.W. (2005) Using an optical fibre anemometer to measure the speed of the

electric wind in a negative polarity, atmospheric corona discharge, Sensors and Applications XIII,

Medway, Kent, UK September 6-8.


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98. Lye, P.G., Boerkamp, M., Ernest A. E., & Lamb, D.W. (2005) Investigating the sensitivity of

PMMA optical fibres for use as an evanescent field absorption sensor in aqueous solutions,

Sensors and Applications XIII, Medway, Kent, UK September 6-8.

99. Ernest A. E., & Lamb, D.W. (2005) Observations of axial acoustic waves in multimode PMMA

optical fibres and implications for a new class of optical fibre sensor, Sensors and Applications

XIII, Medway, Kent, UK September 6-8.

100. Proffitt, T., Bramley, R., Lamb, D.W., Winter, E., Dunn, G. and Robinson, S. (2005) Promoting

the adoption of precision viticulture in Australia, Groupe d’ Etude des Systemes de Conduite de la

vigne, August 23-27 Geisenheim Germany.

101. Lamb, D.W. (2005) New Developments in on-ground sensors for precision viticulture, 9th Annual

Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia, 11th August, Perth.

102. Lye, P.G., Bradbury, R. & Lamb, D.W. (2005) FEFA and red wine grape colour measurements,

Connect 2005: Chemical Challenges of the 21st Century, 12th RACI Convention July 3-7,

Sydney.

103. Hall, A., Holzapfel, B., Lamb, D., Louis, J. and Smith, J., 2004, Precision viticulture: monitoring

and managing vineyard variation with remote sensing. Quality management in Horticulture and

Viticulture. 7th Int. Symp. on Technology Application in Hort- and Viticulture, Stuttgart,

Germany, p 213-224, May 10-11

104. Holzapfel, B., Hall, A., Louis, J., Smith, J., Wade, J. & Lamb, D.W. (2004) Precision viticulture;

monitoring and managing vineyard variation with remote sensing, Intervitis Interfructa 2004,

International Technology Trade Fair for Wine, Fruit & Fruit Juice, Stutgart, Germany.

105. Lamb, D.W. (2004) Optoelectronic sensing for the grape and wine industry, Sir Mark Oliphant

Conferences; International Frontiers of Science & Technology. Melbourne Victoria 9-12th August,

2004, Invited Presentation.

106. Lamb, D., Frazier, P, and Kumar, L. (2004) Remote Sensing and Satellite Technology -

Implementation and Capabilities, Australian Fertilizer Industry Conference, 2-5

August. Stradbroke Island, Qld.

107. Brown, R.B., Lamb, D.W. & Sidahmed, M.M. (2004) “Using grape leaf reflectance for spatially

variable vineyard management”. Transactions of the ASAE/CSAE. Paper 041078.

108. Lamb, D.W. & Bramley, R.G.V. (2004) Using remote sensing to predict grape phenolics and

colour at harvest in a Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard: Optimising vine phenology and image

resolution, In Proc 12th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference (Australian Wine Industry

Technical Conference Inc.), Melbourne, Vic.

109. Frazier, P., Whiting, J., Lamb, D.W., & Powell, K. (2004) Characterising the development of

grape phylloxera infestation with multi-temporal near-infrared aerial photography. In Proc 12th

Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference (Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference

Inc.), Melbourne, Vic.

110. Tucker, D.J., Lamb, D.W., Murison, R.D., Powell, K., Blanchfield, A. & Brereton, I.M. (2004)

Detection of phylloxera infestation in grape vines using NMR methods. In Proc 12th Australian


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Wine Industry Technical Conference (Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference Inc.),

Melbourne, Vic.

111. Lye, P.G., Bradbury, R. & Lamb, D.W. (2004) Optical fibre evanescent field absorbance (FEFA)

as a new method for the measurement of red winegrape colour and total phenolics. In Proc 12th



112. Hall, A., Louis, J., Lamb, D.W. & Holzapfel, B. (2004) Remotely Sensed Grapevine Canopy

Descriptors: Relationships with Fruit Composition and Yield. In Proc 12th Australian Wine

Industry Technical Conference (Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference Inc.), Melbourne,

Vic.

113. Cheung, R., Adams, P. & Lamb, D.W. (2004) A mobile vineyard data management system for

viticulturalists. In Proc 12th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference (Australian Wine

Industry Technical Conference Inc.), Melbourne, Vic.

114. Lamb, D.W., Hall, A. & Louis, J. (2004) Airborne and satellite remote sensing of grapevines for

vineyard management. Does image resolution count ? In Proc 12th Australian Wine Industry

Technical Conference (Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference Inc.), Melbourne, Vic.

115. Frazier, P.F. & Lamb, D.W. (2004) “Remote sensing and satellite technology – implementation”

Australian Fertilizer Industry Conference Food Safety & Environment - AQIS & Quarantine,

August 2-5, 2004, Couran Cove Island Resort, Gold Coast, Australia.

116. Lamb, D.W. (2004) “Progress in the development of precision viticulture”, National sustainable

Viticulture Seminar, Mudgee NSW 24th June.

117. Tucker, D., Brereton, I., Murison, R., Powell, K., Lamb, D.W. & Held, A. (2004) “Detection of

Phylloxera infestation in grapevines using NMR methods”, ANZMAG 2004 (ANZ Magnetic

Resonance Society) Barossa Novatell, South Australia, 15-19th Feb.

118. Bramley, R.G.V. and Lamb, D.W. (2003). Making sense of vineyard variability in Australia. In:

Ortega, R. and Esser, A. (Eds) Precision Viticulture. Proceedings of an international symposium

held as part of the IX Congreso Latinoamericano de Viticultura y Enologia, Chile. Centro de

Agricultura de Precisión, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de Agronomía e

Ingenería Forestal, Santiago, Chile. pp. 35-54.

119. Lamb, D.W, (2003). “Remote Sensing: KISS works for vineyard management”, 7th Annual

Symposium of Precision Agricultural Research and Implementation in Australasia., University of

South Australia, Adelaide.

120. Lamb, D.W. & Monk, M. (2002). “Remote Sensing- an introduction and discussion”. IT

Advances in the Livestock Industry Conference, From Paddock to Plate, Armidale NSW.

121. Wright, G.C., Lamb, D.W. & Medway, J. (2002). “Application of aerial remote sensing

technology for the identification of aflatoxin affected areas in peanut fields.” Proc. 11th

Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

ISBN 0-9581366-0-2.

122. Lamb, D.W, (2002). “A low-cost method of estimating nitrogen in pastures”, Precision

Agriculture in Australasia- a symposium on research and application, Sydney University, Sydney.


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123. Lamb, D.W., Bramley, R.G.V. & Hall, A., (2002). "Precision Viticulture- an Australian

perspective". 26th international Symposium of the International Society of Horticultural Science,

Toronto, Canada. Invited Presentation.

124. Lamb, D.W, (2002). “The use of remote sensing technologies for the grape and wine industry”,

OECD Workshop on Remote Sensing for Agriculture and the Environment, Kiffisia, Greece.

Invited Presentation

125. Holzapfel, B., Lamb, D.W., Scollary, G. and Loveys, B. (2002) Investigating the relationship

between irrigation and nitrogen management of grapevine vigour and the role of root-derived

cytokinins, presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Wine & Grape Industry Centre,

Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, June 2002.Hall, A., Lamb, D.W., Holzapfel, B. and

Lous, J. (2002) Precision Viticulture; Airborne vineyard monitoring, presented at the Annual

Meeting of the National Wine & Grape Industry Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga,

June 2002.

127. Lamb, D.W. Precision Viticulture- an overview, presented at the Annual Meeting of the National

Wine & Grape Industry Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, June 2002.Jellett, D,

Louis, J. & Lamb, D., (2002), "Correction of Bidirectional Reflectance in Remotely Sensed

Vegetation Images". In Proc. 38th Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied

Mathematics (ANZIAM) Conference, Canberra, ACT, 2-6 February 2002.

129. Lamb, D.W. & Bramley, R.G.V. (2001) "Precision Viticulture- tools techniques and benefits". In

Proc 11th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference (Australian Wine Industry Technical

Conference Inc.), Adelaide, SA. Invited Presentation.

130. Hall, A., Lamb, D.W., Louis, J. & Holzapfel, B., (2001) "Airborne Vineyard Monitoring". In

Proc. 11th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, (Australian Wine Industry Technical

Conference Inc.), Adelaide, SA.

131. Bunganaen, Y., Lamb, D.W., Woolsey, G.A. & Oliver, R. (2001) "Measuring water colour in the

presence of suspended sediment using a novel optical fibre technique". In Proc. 40th Annual

Australian Society for Limnology Congress, Moama, NSW, 33.

132. Lamb, D.W. & Prenzler, P. (2001) " Dr. Who & Auntie Who ? Agricultural crops and olive oil

under scutiny". In Proc. CONASTA50, The National Science Teacher's Conference, Sydney 2001.

133. Hall, A. Louis J.P. and Lamb, D.W. (2001). "A method of extracting detailed information from

high resolution multispectral images of vineyards". In Proc. Geocomputation 2001, 6th

International Conference on Geocomputation, University of Queensland, Brisbane 2001.

134. Frazier, P. & Lamb, D.W. (2001). "Geoglyphs - teaching, learning and research". In Proc.

National Conference on Geospatial Information & Agriculture, Incorporating Precision

Agriculture in Australasia, 5th Annual Symposium, Sydney, 945-951.

135. Lamb, D.W., Hall, A. & Louis, J.P. (2001). "Airborne/spaceborne remote sensing for the grape

and wine industry". In Proc. National Conference on Geospatial Information & Agriculture,

Incorporating Precision Agriculture in Australasia, 5th Annual Symposium, Sydney, 600-608.

136. Spackman, S., Lamb, D.W, Louis, J. & McKenzie, G. (2001) "Remote sensing as a potential

precision farming technique for the Australian rice industry". In Proc. National Conference on


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Geospatial Information & Agriculture, Incorporating Precision Agriculture in Australasia, 5th

Annual Symposium, Sydney, 403-405.

137. Batten G., Blakeney A., Ciavarella S., Lamb D.W. & Spackman S. (2001). "Choosing an NIR

instrument and a sample presentation option for plant and soil analysis". In Proc. 10th

International Conference on Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Kyongju, Korea.

138. Arkun, S., Honey, F., Johnson, L., Lamb, D., Lieff, W. and Morgan, G. (2001) "Airborne remote

sensing of the vine canopy", In: Lamb D.W. (Ed) "Vineyard monitoring and management beyond

2000 - Final report on a workshop investigating the latest technologies for monitoring and

managing variability in vineyard productivity" Cooperative Research Centre for

Viticulture/National Wine & Grape Industry Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga,

NSW.

139. Lamb D.W. (2000) "Forecasting Yield in Rice Using Remote Sensing and Crop Growth

Models", In Proc. 2000 Symposium on Australiasian Research & Application of Precision

Agriculture, University of Sydney

140. Lamb D.W. (2000). "Airborne multispectral imaging for precision weed mapping in crops". In

Proc. Australasian Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Conference, Adelaide, 2000, 369-386.

141. McKenzie G.L., Louis J. & Lamb D.W. (2000). "Design and calibration of a Multispectral

Airborne Digital Imaging System (MADIS)". In: Proc. Australasian Remote Sensing &

Photogrammetry Conference, Adelaide, 2000, 312-318.

142. Spackman S.L., Lamb D.W. & Louis J. (2000) "Using multispectral digital imagery to extract

biophysical variability of rice to refine nutrient prescription models". In. Proc. Australasian

Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Conference, Adelaide, 431-436.

143. Spackman S., McKenzie G., Lamb D. & Louis J. (2000). "Retrieving biophysical data from

airborne multispectral imagery of rice crops". In Proc. Geoinformation for all, XIXth Congress of

the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPIRS). Amsterdam, The

Netherlands, International Archives of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, B7, 1447-1451

144. Spackman, S.L, Lamb, D.W., Louis, J., (2000). "Using multispectral digital imagery to manage

within paddock variability in rice production". In Proc. Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Conference, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, UK.

145. Rew, L. J., Lamb, D. W., Weedon, M. M., Lucas, J. L., Lemerle, D. and Medd, R. W. (1999).

“Evaluating airborne multispectral imagery for detecting wild oats in a seedling crop”. In Proc.

2nd European Conference on Precision Agriculture, J. V. Stafford (ed), Odense, Denmark, 1, 265-

274.

146. Waugh, D., Steyn-Ross, A., Jelenak, A., McGowan, A., Schaare, P., Hanna, M. and Lamb, D. W.

(1999). "Air video imaging for pasture assessment". In Proc. Ruakural Dairy Farmers

Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, 97-8.

147. Lamb D.W. (1999). "Airborne Remote Sensing- roles in precision agriculture" In Proc.

Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australia, Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture,

University of Sydney.


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148. Lamb D.W. (1999). "Electromagnetic survey- roles in precision agriculture" In Proc. Symposium

on Precision Agriculture in Australia, Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture, University of

Sydney.

149. Lamb, D.W. (1999). "Airborne digital imaging- the monitoring tool". In Conservation Farming

beyond 2000, Proceedings of the 26th Riverina Outlook Conference J. Kent (ed), Wagga Wagga,

ISBN 186467-072.

150. Lamb, D. W. (1999) “Digital imaging in viticulture”. In Proc. NZVO Technical Conference, G.

F. Steans (Ed) Auckland, New Zealand, 13, 35-40.

151. Lamb, D. W. (1998) “Airborne remote sensing for monitoring and manage variability in

vineyards”. In Proc. VITITEC 98, Coonawarra, South Australia.

152. Lamb, D. W. and Weedon, M. (1998). “Evaluating the accuracy of weed maps generated using

airborne multispectral imaging”. In Proc. 9th Australian Agronomy Conference, D. L. Michalk

and J. E. Pratley (eds), Wagga Wagga, NSW, 593-594.

153. Weedon, M. M. and Lamb, D. W. (1998). “Rapid generation of weed maps: Accuracy and

applications to precision spraying”. In Proc. 9th Australasian Remote Sensing and

Photogrammetry Conference, Sydney, NSW, 1-13.

154. Lamb, D. W., Medway, J. B. and Lucas, J. L. (1998). “Airborne multispectral imaging and

precision farming- the southeastern Australian experience”. In Proc. 9th Australian Agronomy

Conference, D. L. Michalk and J. E. Pratley (eds), Wagga Wagga, NSW, 703-704.

155. Lamb, D. W. and Robertson A. I. (1997). “Rapid evaluation and mapping of water quality along

vast inland rivers using airborne video”. In Proc. 3rd International Airborne Remote Sensing

Conference and Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1, 142-148.

156. Roshier, D. A., Lamb, D. W. and Rumbachs, R. M. (1997).“Quantifying change in wetland

habitats in arid Australia”. In Proc. Quaternary Deserts Conference ‘97, Wollongong, NSW.

157. O'Donnell, J., Olive, L. and Lamb, D. W. (1996). "Water turbidity and catchment management

within the Murray River". In Proc. 1st National Conference on Stream Management in Australia,

I. Rutherford and M. Walker (eds), 7-12.

158. Lamb, D. W., Louis, J. and McKenzie, G. (1996). "The Development and application of an

airborne video system for resource management". In Proc. 8th Australasian Remote Sensing

Conference, Canberra, 2, 29-34.

159. Coonan, M. H., Keir, R. I., Lamb, D. W., Ritchie, G. L. D. and Watson, J. (1996). "Polarisability

anisotropies, magnetic anisotropies, and quadruple moments of ethyne, propyne and 2-butyne". In

Proc. 10th RACI National Conference, Adelaide, Australia.

160. Lamb, D. W. and O'Donnell, J. (1995). "Use of airborne-video for assessing water quality in

Australian inland rivers- a preliminary evaluation", In Proc. 34th Congress, Australian Society for

Limnology, Jenolan Caves, Australia,

161. Louis, J., Lamb, D. W., McKenzie, G., Chapman, G., Edirisinghe, A., McCloud I. and Pratley, J.

(1995). "Operational use and calibration of airborne video imagery for agricultural and

environmental land management". In Proc. 15th Biennial American Workshop on Colour


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Photography and Videography in Resource Assessment, P. W. Mausel (ed), Terra Haute, USA,

326-333.

162. Lamb, D. W. (1995). "Aerial Video and Spatial Data". In 1995 Riverina Outlook Conference-

Information Management, J. Pratley (ed), Wagga Wagga, NSW, 45-54.

163. Lamb, D. W. & Woolsey, G. A. (1992). "Corona wind speed measurement using an optical fibre

interferometer". In Proc. 7th Gaseous Electronics Meeting, Melbourne, Australia.

164. Lamb, D. W. & Woolsey, G. A. (1992) "Optical analysis of the post-streamer channel in

atmospheric air". In Proc. AESIRB Seminar on Electrical Insulation, Brisbane, Australia.

165. Lamb, D. W. & Woolsey, G. A. (1992). "Optical analysis of the post-streamer channel in

atmospheric air". In Proc X International Conference on Gas Discharges and their Applications,

W. T. Williams (ed), 1, 460-463.

166. Woolsey, G. A., Lamb, D. W. & Woerner, M. C. H. (1990). "Optical studies of corona

discharges", in Proc 2nd Japan-Australia Workshop on Gaseous Electronics and its Applications,

Gotemba, (edited by R.W. Crompton and M. Hayashi), Tozanso, Gotemba, Japan, 114-117.

167. Lamb, D. W. & Woolsey, G. A. (1990). "A time-resolved image study of the streamer to glow

transition in positive air coronas". In Proc. 6th Gaseous Electronics Meeting, Armidale, Australia.

168. Lamb, D. W. & Woolsey, G. A. (1989). "The streamer to glow transition in the positive air

corona". In Proc. 17th AINSE Plasma Physics Conference, Sydney, Australia.

169. Lamb, D. W. & Woolsey, G. A. (1989). "An interferometric study of air and SF6 coronas", in

Proc. International Conference of Phenomena in Ionised Gases XIX, V. J. Zigman (ed), Belgrade,

Yugoslavia, 4, 734-735.

170. Lamb, D. W., Tajalli, H. & Woolsey, G. A. (1988). "DC corona analysis using laser

interferometer and schlieren techniques". In Proc. Australian Bicentenary Congress of Physicists,

Sydney, Australia.

Industry/Education Publications 1. Bruce, R., Lamb, D.W., Hoffmann, A, & Powell, K. (2012) “Developing a targeted detection

approach for grapevine phylloxera” Australian and New Zealand Grapegrower and Winemaker,

576: 15-18.

2. Lamb, D.W. (2010) “Cane monitoring made easy with new sensor” Australian Canegrower,

December 2010: 16.

3. Lamb, D.W. (2010) “Remote vision and SMS alarms: new tools for remote vineyard managers”

Australian and New Zealand Grapegrower and Winemaker, 556: 49-50.

4. Lamb, D.W. (2009) “Precision Agriculture for understanding cattle grazing.” Precision

Agriculture News, 5 (3): 17-18.

5. Lamb, D.W. (2009) Electrically heated cables: a realistic option for frost protection in small

vineyards?” Australian and New Zealand Grapegrower and Winemaker, 546: 46-49.

6. Creagh, C & Lamb, D.W. (2007) “You teach mine and I’ll teach tours: A case study in

collaborative teaching of Physics across Australia.” In: Collaborating to offer small


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courses/subjects forum, Final Report , B. Tynan, K. Dunne and R. Smyth (Eds) (The Carrick

Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Ltd), 35-36.

7. Lamb, D.W. (2006) “Sensores ópticos terrestres de la canopia de vid- Introducción y resultados

preliminaries” (In Spanish) “On-ground optical sensors of vine canopy. Introduction and

preliminary results”. Revista Enologia, 3 (3), ISSN1668-3889

8. Smart, R., Lamb, D.W. O’Brien, D., Mitchell, A. & Frazier, P.F. (2006 ) Vines, wines and mines-

can they happily co-exist ? Australian & New Zealand Wine Industry Journal, 21 (1), 20-24.

9. Lye, P., Boerkamp, M., Bradbury, R. & Lamb, D.W. (2005) A novel optical fibre technique for

measuring red wine grape colour. Australian Grapegrower & Winemaker, Annual Technical

Edition, 111-116.

10. Lamb, D.W. (2005), VSP vine trellising with steel posts distorts EM-38 apparent conductivity

data. Australian Grapegrower & Winemaker, Annual Technical Edition, 22-26.

11. Lamb, D.W., Mitchell, A. & Hyde, G. (2005), Two new on-ground sensors of vine canopy vigour

undergoing field trials, Australian Grapegrower & Winemaker, Annual Technical Edition, 132-

134.

12. Edwards, J., Lewis, M., Powell, K., Hackworth, P. & Lamb, D.W. (2004), Identification of

Phylloxera from high-resolution aerial imagery: a comparative study between airborne imagery

types. Australian Grapegrower & Winemaker, 488, 51-54.

13. Frazier, P., Whiting, J., Powell, K., Lamb, D.W. (2004) Characterising the development of grape

phylloxera infestation with multi-temporal near-infrared aerial photography, Australian

Grapegrower & Winemaker, Annual Technical Edition, 133-136.

14. Lamb, D.W., Hall, A., Louis J. & Frazier, P (2004), Remote Sensing for vineyard management.

Does (pixel) size really matter ?, Australian Grapegrower & Winemaker, Annual Technical

Edition, 485a, 139-142.

15. Lamb, D.W., Hall, A. & Louis J., (2001), Airborne remote sensing of vines for canopy variability

and productivity, Australian Grapegrower & Winemaker, Annual Technical Edition, 449a, 89-92.

16. Lamb, D. W. (1999). "Monitoring vineyard variability from the air ", Australian Viticulture, 3 (6),

22-23.

17. Spackman, S.L, Lamb, D.W., Louis, J. (1999). "A birdseye view of rice yield variability",

Australian Grain, 9 (5), viii-ix.

18. Lamb, D. W. (1999). "Aerial weed mapping is on the horizon", Farming Ahead, 92, 51.

19. McBratney, A., Glasgow, I., Rew, L., Thomson, N., Lamb, D. W. and Mahon, J. (1999).

"Precision Agriculture", Advances in broadacre (Rhone-Poulenc Rural), 4 (1), 2-5.

20. Lamb, D. W. (1998). “Airborne digital imaging- the farmer’s eye in the sky”, IAMA Rural News,

7, 6-7.

21. Lamb, D. W. (1997). “Watching crops through the growing season”, IAMA Rural News, 5, 9.

22. Lamb, D. W. (1996). "Paddocks star in video show", Farming Ahead, 55, 21.


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Research Workshops and Seminars 1. Swain, D., O’Neill, C., Menzies, D., and Lamb, D.W. (2015) “Applications of Precision

Livestock Management”. Northern Beef Expo, Rockhampton, Qld, 5th-8th May, 2015

2. Lamb, D.W. ‘Virtual Fencing and real time biomass estimation tools” Agridrone Field Day, Gore,

New Zealand, 16th April, 2015.

3. ‘High definition carbon inventories for farmscapes’ Joint expert workshop on approaches to

remote sensing for vegetation biomass estimation’ Brisbane Qld, 24-26th Feb, 2015.

4. Lamb, D.W. (2012) “SMART Farms for education and outreach”, NSW DEC meeting (New

England Region, North Coast Region and Western Sydney Region along with representatives from

CLIC (Curriculum Innovation) from Sydney, 28 – 30 May, Armidale.

5. Lamb, D.W. (2011) “Precision Agriculture: Utilising a broadband network to improve farming

efficiency”, UNE-NBN Seminar Series, 27th July 2011, Oorala Centre, UNE.

6. Lamb, D.W. (2011) “RADAS- Remote Agricultural Diagnostic and Advisory System”, UNE-

CSIRO Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation, Two Day Workshop, 16-17 March 2011,

Letters Room, Dixson Library, UNE

7. Lamb, D.W. (2011) “Biomass Business”, University of New England Council Induction Day,

Armidale NSW 31 Jan 2011.

8. Lamb, D.W. (2010) “Biomass business and CRCSI2 update”, Qld NRM Bodies Regional Groups

Collective Spatial Project Steering Team (PST) Meeting, Brisbane 17th Nov 2010.

9. Trotter, M.G. and Lamb, D.W. (2010) “Spatially enabled Livestock Management (SELM) and

Precision Livestock Research Alliance (PLRA). Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), Sydney

26th March 2010.

10. Lamb, D.W. (2010) “Biomass business and CRCSI2 update”, Clyde Agriculture Managers 2010

Conference “Maximising profit, minimizing risk”, Tamworth NSW 23 March 2010

11. Lamb, D.W. (2010) “Precision agriculture in Soils – Local data”, Australian Association of Soil

Science, Recent advances in soil science and management, Armidale NSW 19 March 2010.

12. Coop, P., Lamb, D.W. & Fellows, C. (2007) “Optical detection of monolayers” Project 3.51 bi-

annual research meeting, UNE Armidale NSW 12-13 April. CRC-Irrigation Futures.

13. Lamb, D.W. (Convenor) (2006) “EM31 for detecting channel seepage in irrigation channels”.

Wagga Wagga, NSW 20-21 March. CRC-Irrigation Futures.

14. Lamb, D.W. & Frazier, P.F. & O’Brien. D., (2004) “Using PV to monitor the effect of longwall

(underground) coal mining on vineyards”. Presented to Precision Viticulture, Workshop, 12th



15. “Precision Viticulture” Presented to Engineers Australia, Northern Group, Newcastle Division,

Armidale, November 2003.

16. “Precision Viticulture” Presented to the Southern New England Vigneron’s Association,

Armidale, September 2003.

17. “Early detection of Phylloxera with Field Radiometry and Multitemporal Remote Sensing” Presented at the

Annual Phylloxera Research Meeting, Latrobe University, Melbourne, 11th November 2002.


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18. “Remote sensing for precision viticulture and chemical fingerprinting of phylloxera” Remote

Sensing and Early Detection of Phylloxera Review Workshop, National Wine Centre, Adelaide

12th August, 2002.

19. “Precision Viticulture- Emerging Technologies”, CRCV Annual Symposium, Mildura, June 2002.

20. “Physics on the farm- remote & proximal sensing technologies for farm managers”. Presented to

School of Rural Science & Agriculture, University of New England, June 2002.

21. “Precision Viticulture- an overview”. NWGIC Annual Meeting, Wagga Wagga June 2002

22. "Airborne remote sensing of vine canopies for management" presented at the GWRDC Workshop

on Precision Viticulture, Adelaide December 2001.

23. "Remote Sensing - A tool for growers??", presented in Precision Viticulture Workshop at 11th

Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, Adelaide, SA, October 2001.

24. "Airborne remote sensing at CSU", presented to School of Information Technologies & ESU,

CSU Bathurst, March 2001.

25. "Precision Viticulture", presented to Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier, New Zealand,

March 2000.

26. "Airborne digital imaging for monitoring variability in vineyards", presented to Napier-Hastings

winegrowers cooperative, Napier, New Zealand, November 1999.

27. “Remote sensing of agricultural and crop targets using airborne video imaging”, The University of

Waikato, 1999.

28. “Mapping herbaceous weeds: Opportunities for satellite and airborne remote sensing of weeds in

Australia. I. Broad scale, II Paddock scale. - CRC Weed Management Systems, Wagga Wagga,

1998.

29. “Airborne remote sensing of agricultural and environmental targets in southeastern Australia”,

Division of Ecosystem Management, School of Sciences, University of New England, 1998.

30. “Remote sensing in agriculture” - 9th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry

Conference, Sydney, 1998.

31. “Airborne Video in South East Australia: Charles Sturt University’s airborne video project”,

CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining, Perth, WA, 1997.

32. "Remote Sensing in Agriculture: Some recent applications of remote sensing technology in

agricultural land use", 8th Australasian Remote Sensing Conference, Canberra, 1996.

33. "Farming from the air - the use of Airborne Video Remote Sensing in Agriculture", Department of

Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE Vic), Benalla, 1996.

34. “Remote sensing and mapping of weeds in crops using airborne video”, Spatial Distributions in

Plants Workshop, University of Melbourne, 1996.

35. “Airborne Video at Charles Sturt University: Current activities and a future perspective”, School

of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, October, 1996.

36. "Airborne video for discriminating and mapping weeds in crops and pastures; background and

opportunities", CRC Weed Management Systems, Weed Survey and Impact Assessment

Workshop, Agricultural Research Institute, Wagga Wagga, 1995.


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Industry & Community Workshops and Seminars 1. ‘The future of precision agriculture’, AgLink presentation, AgLink HQ, Melbourne, Vic, 18th Feb

2015.

2. ‘UNE SMART Farm’, Regional Universities Network showcase, National Party Offices,

Parliament House, Canberra ACT, 10 Feb 2015.

3. “Pasture from Space Workshop”, Victorian Secondary Agriculture Teachers Professional

Development , Dookie Vic 2-3 Dec 2010.

4. “Biomass Business”, Victorian Secondary Agriculture Teachers Professional Development ,

Dookie Vic 2-3 Dec 2010.

5. “Higher nitrogen nutrition increases the severity of stripe rust”. Steven Simpfendorfer, Rakhesh

Devadas, David Backhouse and David Lamb, GRDC Grower Update, Gunnedah, 2010.

6. “The New England Frost Trial”, keynote presentation at New England Regional Wine Show, Glen

Inness, 23 October 2009.

7. Precision Agriculture Research Group and UNE stand, WAITE (Warialda Agriculture and Trade

Exhibition), Warialda, NSW, 9th October 2009.

8. Precision Agriculture Research Group stand, McMaster Annual Field days, Warialda, NSW, 10th

October 2008.

9. Lamb D.W. “Frost protection in Vineyards- the Physics solution”, presented to Primary Industry

Centre for Science Education, Teacher Professional Development Program, 15th September 2008,

Armidale.

10. Lamb, D.W. “Clever Cattle and Cropping Systems”, Clyde Agriculture Managers Forum, Dubbo,

18 July 2008.

11. Lamb D.W. “The physics of farming: Precision Agriculture” , presented to Primary Industry

Centre for Science Education, Student Camp, 9th January 2008, Armidale.

12. Lamb D.W. “Precision Agriculture: The physics of farming” , presented to Primary Industry

Centre for Science Education, Teacher Professional Development Program, 3rd December 2007,

Armidale.

13. Precision Agriculture Research Group stand, McMaster Annual Field days, Warialda, NSW, 19th

October 2007.

14. Lamb, D.W. “Grain and Graze & McMaster”, Warialda Chamber of Commerce, Warialda, NSW

19th April 2007.

15. Electrical heating for protecting vines from frost damage, SNEVA meeting, 8th March 2007.

16. Making Technology Pay; Remote Sensing for paddock variability, GRDC 2007 Grower Updates,

Goondiwindi QLD 28th February, 2007.

17. Grain & Graze, McMaster Rural User’s Worskhop & Field-days, McMaster Farm, Warialda, 20th

0ctober, 2006.

18. Precision Viticulture, Broke-Fordwich Winegrowers Association, Broke Hall, 27th May, 2005.


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19. Innovative sensing technologies in viticulture, State Innovation Council Meeting, 18th February,

2004, Armidale

20. Precision Viticulture- Emerging Technologies, CRCV Annual Symposium, Mildura, June 2002.

21. Physics on the farm- remote & proximal sensing technologies for farm managers. Presented to

School of Rural Science & Agriculture, University of New England, June 2002.

22. Precision Viticulture- an overview. NWGIC Annual Meeting, Wagga Wagga June 2002

23. "Precision Viticulture" presented at the Wine Grapes Marketing Board CRCV Workshop, Griffith,

December 2001.

24. "Airborne remote sensing & precision agriculture", presented to TopCrop delegation 2001,

Charles Sturt University, 20th August, 2001.

25. "Airborne remote sensing & precision agriculture", presented to GIS Day 2000, Charles Sturt

University, 15th November, 2000.

26. "Project 1.1.1- Precision Viticulture", CRCV Project Leaders/Industry Reference Group meeting,

Adelaide, 5th September, 2000.

27. "Precision Viticulture- Measuring and monitoring beyond 2000" CRCV Workshop (71

participants), NWGIC, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, 7th August, 2000

28. “Precision Viticulture” CRCV Workshop, CRCV, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 1999.

29. “Precision Viticulture” CRCV Seminar, National Grape and Wine Industry Training Centre,

Wagga, 1999.

30. “The remote sensing farmer”, Farmtech ‘98, Wagga Wagga, 1998.

31. “Airborne video for farm advisers and R&D agronomists”, IAMA Technical Focus Meeting,

Melbourne, 1997.

32. “Airborne video for farm advisers and R&D agronomists”, IAMA Regional Agronomy Meeting,

Perth, 1997.

33. “Airborne video technology”, Central West Farming Systems Group, 1997.

34. “Airborne video imagery for crop management”, IAMA Southeast Agronomy Conference,

Mulwala, 1997.

35. “Airborne video imagery as an advisory tool for field agronomists and farm advisers”, IAMA

South Australia Agronomy Conference, Adelaide, 1997.

36. “Airborne video imagery as an advisory tool for field agronomists and farm advisers”, IAMA

Northern Agronomy Conference, Maroochydore, 1997.


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Research Funding Post-UNE-Appointment

Year(s) Abbreviated project title Source of funding Amount 2015-2018 Multi-scale monitoring tools for managing

Australian tree crops- Industry meets innovation

Horticulture Innovation Australia and Commonwealth Department of Agriculture Rural R&D for Profit

$7,542,147

2015-2018 Spatially enabled livestock management: Maintaining ground cover in mixed farming systems

Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information

$ 100,520

2015-2018 CRCSI Science Director “Agriculture, Natural Resources and Climate Change Program”- Salary top-up for D. Lamb


$ 138,230

2015 Effective Utilisation of Radio Waves Using the Advanced Positioning Signal provided by the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) Augmentation System


$25,000

2014-2017 UAV automated surveillance of in-field hotspots for improved management,

Queensland Government – Science and Innovation Grant (Accelerate Fellowship; Mid-Career)

$300,000 (to USQ)

2014-2016 Professional Services Agreement on the use of unmanned aerial systems and other remote sensing systems for precision agriculture

Boeing Defence Australia $ 56,799

2014-2016 Developing remote sensing as an industry wide yield forecasting, nitrogen mapping and research aid.

Sugar Research Australia (SRA) A14/405

$ 360,661

2013-2017 Biomass Business II – Tools for Real time biomass estimation in pastures


$ 816,680

2013-2015 Real time monitoring of pastures using NBN platforms

NSW Strategic Science, Science Leverage Fund, NSW Dept Trade & Investment A13/3034

$194,868

2013 GSC10633 Digital Rural Futures Conference GRDC $5,000 2013 Digital Rural Futures Conference MLA $2,500 2013-7 Optimum N Lincoln Agritech Ltd

NZ/MBIE NZ 2013 Lamb A12/2093

$165,000 (NZ$187,500)

2013 Optimum N Lincoln Agritech Ltd NZ/MBIE NZ 2013 Lamb A12/2093

$14,623

2012-13 CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture Flagship Collaboration Research Fund: SMART Farming: Improving decision-making using real-time spatio-temporal on-farm information

CSIRO SAF $75,000

2012-16 CSIRO Agreement Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network TERN Services Agreement for Postdoctoral Research Fellow A11/2107

CSIRO/TERN $507,277

2011-14 Developing a paddock-scale, landscape risk assessment process for managing Redheaded Cockchafer (Adoryphorus couloni) in pastures

Dairy Australia $39,000

2010-14 Biomass Business CRC Spatial Information 2 $1,872,317 2009-12 DPI021-Remote Sensing-based Precision

Agriculture tools for the sugar industry SRDC $399,681


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Year(s) Abbreviated project title Source of funding Amount 2009 UNE00011- 13th Symposium on Precision

Agriculture in Australasia GRDC $11,000

2008 Monitoring the impact of long-wall mining Beltana Highwall Mining Pty Ltd

$76,723

2007 Monitoring the Effect of Longwall Mining on Agricultural Production Systems Using Multiscale GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques: Extension C15013

ACARP $25,193

2007-10 Clever Cattle & Cropping Systems CRC Spatial Information $937,600 2007 Monitoring impact of long-wall mining Beltana Highwall Mining

Pty Ltd $130,302

2007-10 Developing a sensor of Monolayers on water storages – PhD scholarship

CRC-IF/CRC CCC $97,500

2006-8 Tools for Irrigation Profitability CRC-IF $10,000 2006-10 Storage dam evaporation mitigation CRC-IF $65,000 2006-8 Grain & Graze (in conjunction with Dr Chris

Guppy, RSA) QMDC06/08, LS08 GUPPY AO6/79, Project number – AO6/79

QMDC $540,000

2006-8 Investigating multitemporal and multiheight EM38 surveying for water infiltration in agricultural fields

CRC-IF (top-up) $33,000

2006 Assessment of DASH/SEDAH system EA Systems P/L $800 2006-8 The effect of longwall mining on vegetation ACARP $322,300 2005-6 Electromagnetic induction determination of

depth to peat layer Lanfax Labs P/L $2,900

2005-6 Precision Viticulture- a users handbook (Book-writing grant)

WINETAC, Aust $9,763

2006 Monitoring impact of long-wall mining Beltana Highwall Mining Pty Ltd

$183,378

2005-7 Optimising detection and management methods for soil borne pest incursions

GWRDC $94,543

2005-7 Precision Meat & Wool Production Sheep CRC $15,000 2005 Monitoring impact of long-wall mining Beltana Highwall Mining

Pty Ltd $148,658

2004 Monitoring impact of long-wall mining Beltana Highwall Mining Pty Ltd

$97,663

2003-2006 Precision Viticulture CRC Viticulture/GWRDC $885,499 2003-2004 Optical Fibre Sensing of Grape Colour CRC Viticulture $40,000 2003-2005 Chemical Fingerprinting of Phylloxera CRC Viticulture $144,126 2003 Monitoring impact of long-wall mining Beltana Highwall Mining

Pty Ltd $6,930

Sub-total $16,392,661

Pre-UNE Appointment

Year(s) Abbreviated project title Source of funding Amount 1999-2002 Precision Viticulture CRC Viticulture/GWRDC $536,663 1999 Evaluating airborne imaging for New Zealand

agriculture University of Waikato $25,000

1998-2001 Airborne digital imaging in rice production CRC Sustainable Rice Production

$90,000

1998-9 Calibration of a spectrometer to measure algal biomass in turbid water

Farrer Centre Vacation Scholarship

$2,000

1997 Airborne digital imaging for precision weed mapping

CRC Weed Management Systems

$4,000

1997 Assessing algal biomass in the riverine environment

ARC Small $7,252


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Year(s) Abbreviated project title Source of funding Amount 1997 Using airborne imaging to manage crops IAMA (Private industry) $63,500 1996-7 Using airborne digital imagery to map weeds

in fallow fields CRC Weed Management Systems Vacation Scholarship

$3,000

1996 Airborne video for large scale assessment of water quality

ARC Small $12,880

1996 Image classification for weed mapping Farrer Centre Seed $5,000 1996 Ground radiometry for aerial estimation of

water quality EPA $500

1996 Assessment of turbidity along the Murray River by aerial video III

EPA $1,856

1995-6 Assessment of turbidity along the Murray River by aerial video II

EPA $1,856

1995 Measurement of orchard canopy vigour using airborne video

Agriculture Victoria $4,973

1995 Assessment of water quality in the Murray River using airborne video

EPA $1,000

Sub Total $759,480 Grand Total $17,152,141

Internal Research Grants (Strategic Investment Funding) Post-UNE Appointment

Year(s) Abbreviated project title Source of funding Amount 2014 UAV platform for testing new sensor

technologies in precision agriculture DVCR Seed Funding $20,000

2014 SMART Farm Landscape Laboratory DVCR Major Equipment Funding

$328,541

2014-2016 Technical Officer (SMART Farms) DVCR Strategic Investment Funding

$200,000

2010-13 C4-D, UNE SI Spatio-Temporal Analysis Unit A09/1535

2009 UNE Strategic Initiatives Fund

$200,000

2010-13 C4-D, UNE SI Spatio-Temporal Analysis Unit A09/1535

School ERS matching funds

$100,000

2010-13 Research Lectureship (Precision Agriculture) PVC(R) Strategic Investment Funding

$300,000

2010 Spatio-temporal Data Analysis and Modelling Tools for the Precision Agriculture Research Group (UNE-PARG)

School S&T Strategic Priority Grants

$10,000

2007-9 Lectureship (Photonics) VC Strategic Investment Funding

$200,000

Teaching Development Funding Post-UNE Appointment

Year(s) Abbreviated project title Source of funding Amount 2008 A collaborative approach to enabling sciences

courses at regional universities in New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Department of Education, Science and Training, Collaborative Structural Reform Fund

$893,400 ($183,000 for Physics)


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External Equipment Grants (in partnership)

Year(s) Abbreviated project title Source of funding Amount 2013 Integrated Agriculture Education Facility

(SMART Farm) Commonwealth Government

$2,300,00

2005 LE0561041 A/Prof RG Duggleby; Dr P Moens; Prof RW Smith; A/Prof JL Martin; Prof AG McEwan; Prof J de Jersey; Prof A Taji; Prof M Choct; A/Prof D Lamb; Dr DS Ryder “A New Generation Biosensor and Fluorescence Facility for Proteomics”

ARC LIEF $347,358

2005 LE0560920 Dr L Kumar; Dr LA Chisholm; Dr S Bhaskaran; A/Prof D Lamb; Dr PS Frazier; Dr SA Robinson; Dr DS Ryder; Dr PE Kristiansen; Dr AR Davis “Field spectroradiometer and associated equipment for quantitative measurement and characterization of biophysical features and calibration of remotely sensed imagery”

ARC LIEF $129,800

2003 LE0346903 LC-MS system for Faculty of Sciences, U.N.E. A/Prof Stephen Allan Glover, A/Prof Maxwell John Gunter, Dr James Robert McFarlane, Dr Peter Roper Grave, Dr Trevor Colin Brown, Dr David Backhouse, Dr David John Tucker, Dr Lily Lea Pereg Gerk, Prof David John Brunckhorst, Prof Kenneth Watson, A/Prof David Lamb, A/Prof Mingan Choct, A/Prof Peter Charles Gregg

ARC LIEF $250,000

Total $2,527,158

Internal Equipment Grants (in partnership)

Year(s) Applicants Title Amount 2013 Dr Luke Milan, A/Prof Darren Ryder, Dr Matt

Tighe, Dr Susan Wilson, A/Prof Peter Grave, A/Prof John Paterson, Dr Nancy Vickery, Dr Alan Baxter, Dr Chris Guppy, A/Prof Paul Ashley, A/Prof Brian Wilson, Dr Sarah Mika, Dr Adrienne Burns, Dr Mike Reid, Prof Martin Thoms, Potential Users: Adj Prof Ian Metcalfe, Prof David Lamb, Dr Peter Lye

X-Ray fluorescence spectrometer

$218,671 (incl. $131,202 from DVCR)

2013 Prof David Lamb, Dr Mark Trotter, Prof Martin Thoms, A/Prof David Miron, Dr Greg Falzon, Dr Paul McDonald, Prof Geoff Hinch and A/Prof Karl Vernes

Smart Farm Landscape Laboratory

$328,541 (incl 197,541 from DVCR)

Total $547,212

https://gams.arc.gov.au/C53396_1910+5000/view/G2/1


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Supervision of Post-doctoral Research Fellows/Strategic Post-doctoral Research

Appointments

1. Robson, R. “Biomass Business II” Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information II, 2014-

2017.

2. Stanley, J. “Biomass Business” Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information II, 2011-

2014.

3. Trotter, M. “Research-Lecturer, Precision Agriculture” University of New England, 2011-2014.

4. Falzon, G. “C4-D” University of New England, 2011-2013.

5. Trotter, M. “Clever Cattle and Cropping Systems” Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial

Information, 2007-2010.

Examination of Doctoral and Masters Theses

1. J. Broster, PhD thesis (2014) “Design and characteristics of shelter belts and their influence on

survival of new born lambs” Charles Sturt University.

2. J. E. Spence, MSc thesis (2012) “Renewable energy in the Australian red meat processing

industry. The viability of Paunch as a biofuel” University of Southern Queensland.

3. S. S. Chai, PhD thesis (2010) “An artificial Neural Network approach for soil moisture retrieval

using passive microwave data” Curtin University of Technology.

4. C. A. Acevedo Opazo, PhD thesis (2009) “Fusion de données spatiales issues de capteurs

optiques et de capteur géophysiques pour la modélisation de l’était hydrique de la vigne”.

Montpellier SupAgro.

5. Y. Guisard, PhD thesis (2008) “Crop canopy temperature as indicator of water stress: Application

to grapevines” Charles Sturt University.

6. G. Sahathevan, MGIS thesis, (2008) “Belief, disbelief and uncertainty in Landsat data as

evidence of potential hydrocarbon deposits on the Algeria-Moroco-Mauritania-West Sahara

border area”. University of New England.

7. Y. Liang, MEng theses, (2008) “Respiration monitoring with a fibre optic sensor” Swinburne

University of Technology.

8. A. Robson, PhD thesis, (2007) “Remote sensing applications for the determination of yield,

maturity and aflatoxin contamination in peanut” University of Queensland.

9. A. Nand, PhD thesis, (2007) “Intragrating sensing using chirped optical fibre Bragg gratings”

Victoria University

10. B. Haig, MRurSci thesis, (2006) “The use of reflectance sensors to quantify crop development and

weed competition” University of New England.

11. T. Woodward, PhD thesis, (2006) "Variation in ‘Hayward’ kiwifruit quality characteristics"

University of Waikato (NZ).

12. D. Bulman, PhD thesis, (2004) "The Application of Remote Sensing Imagery to Weed Mapping"

Monash University.


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13. J. A. Taylor, PhD thesis, (2004) "Digital Terroirs and Precision Viticulture" Sydney University.

14. H. Yuan, MPhil thesis, (2001) "Investigation of an LED based radiometer for the non-destructive

evaluation of biomass in pasture", University of Waikato (NZ).

15. B. Shaw, MSc thesis, (2000) "Estimating fire hazard in New Zealand Grasslands using AVHRR

imagery", University of Waikato (NZ).

16. P. Martinsen, PhD thesis, (1999) "Near infrared imaging of fruit", University of Auckland (NZ).

17. L.K. Milne, PhD thesis, (1999) "Machine learning for automatic classification of remotely sensed

data", University of New South Wales.

18. T. Lin, MSc thesis, (1999) "Estimation of pasture biomass from multiband reflectance

measurements", University of Waikato (NZ).

19. A. E. Edirisinghe, PhD thesis, (1998) "Development of radiometric and geometric correction

procedures for low-cost airborne video image processing systems" Charles Sturt University.

TEACHING Supervision of Research Students PhD

1. Barwick, J. “Autonomous disease detection in sheep using precision livestock technologies”

(UNE in progress).

2. Verma, N. “Above Ground Biomass and Carbon Determination in ‘Farmscapes’ using High

Resolution Remote Sensing” (UNE in progress)

3. Rahman, MD. “Combining in-situ sensor networks and remote sensing for farm scale pasture

management” (UNE in progress)

4. Cosby, A. “Developing a paddock-scale, landscape risk assessment process for managing

Redheaded Cockchafer (Adoryphorus couloni) in pastures” (UNE in progress)

5. Roberts, J. “Spatially enabled livestock management: Increasing biomass utilisation in rotational

systems”. (UNE in progress)

6. Dillon, W. “Functional optical fibres for metal ion sensing”. (UNE in progress)

7. Schaefer, M. “Advanced optical sensing of biomass in plant canopies”. (UNE, Graduated March

2013)

8. Whelan M. “Using remotely-sensed data to refine pasture productivity predictions of the

Grassgro”. (UNE, Graduated March 2013).

9. Barnes, P. “The spatial influence of scattered paddock trees on soil and pasture attributes”. (UNE,

Graduated March 2012)

10. Coop, P. “Detection of evaporation reducing monolayers on open water surfaces”. (UNE,

Graduated October 2011)

11. Jenkins, R. “High resolution remote sensing for native vegetation assessment and monitoring: an

impact assessment approach”. (UNE, Graduated October 2010)


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12. Boerkamp, M. “Optical fibre sensing of scale formation in liquids”. (UNE, Graduated April

2010)

13. Devadas, R. “Analysis of the interaction of nitrogen application and stripe rust infection in wheat

using in situ proximal and remote sensing techniques”. (UNE, Graduated April 2010)

14. Clark, P. “Evaluating the impact of vineyard trellising on EM-38 soil survey instruments”. (UNE,

Graduated April 2010)

15. Hossain, B. “EM38 for measuring and mapping soil moisture in a cracking clay soil”. (UNE,

Graduated March 2009).

16. Spackman S. “Use of airborne multispectral imaging to manage within-paddock variability in rice

production”. (CSU, graduated April 2008).

17. Hall A. "Defining grapevine and vineyard characteristics using very high resolution optical

remote sensing". (CSU, Graduated April 2004).

18. Bunganaen Y. "Using optical fibre sensing for measuring chlorophyll-related pigments in turbid

water". (CSU, Graduated April 2003).

Masters

1. Sauer, B. (2008) “Water use efficiency using precision agriculture” (UNE, In Progress)

2. Thompson, J. (2007) “Detecting subsidence-induced impacts from longwall coalmining on wine

grape (Vitus vinefera) vine yields: A case study from the Hunter Valley”. (UNE, Graduated

October 2009)

3. McGowen I. (2000) “Discriminating and mapping Scotch Thistle and Serrated Tussock within

pastures using Landsat TM imagery”. (CSU, Graduated April 2002)

4. Moorefield B. (1999) “An evaluation of paddock monitoring and an airborne video system to

detect and interpret responses of pastures to fertiliser”. (CSU, Graduated April 2001)

Honours

1. Quin, P. (2010) “Objective evaluation of ponding in a drip infiltrometer” UNE Graduated – H1

2. Schaefer M. (2008) “Performance of Intrinsic Exposed Core Optical Fibre Absorption Sensors”

UNE Graduated - H1

3. Williams M. (2006) “Modelling the AGN spectra of AGN host galaxies” UNE Graduated – H21

4. Hooper A. (2005) “Measuring the corona wind speed using optical fibre sensors” UNE Graduated

– H1

5. Yiu Fung C.. (2004) "A mobile vineyard sampling system for viticulturists” via CSU

6. Palmer A. (2002) "Determination of nitrogen and biomass in rice crops using remote sensing

techniques" CSU

7. Jellet D. (2000) "Canopy reflectance models for airborne video sensing of agricultural crops"

CSU

8. Shelton D. (1998) “Calibration of a low-cost optical spectrometer for recovering algal biomass in

inland turbid waters” CSU

9. Weedon M. (1998) "Assessment of airborne video for mapping weeds in emerging winter cereal

crops”. CSU


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10. Lade T. (1997) "An evaluation of airborne video for mapping moisture stress in the Barmah-

Millewa river red-gum forest" CSU

11. Packer E. (1996) “Evaluation of a ground radiometer for aerial assessment of water quality”. CSU

Vacation Sch.

1. Bradbury P. (2005) "Developing windows-based software to post-process UNEBird imagery "

UNE

2. Palmer A. (2001-2) "Determination of nitrogen and biomass in rice crops using remote sensing

techniques" CSU

3. Shelton D. (1998-9) “Calibration of a low-cost optical spectrometer for recovering algal biomass

in inland turbid waters”. CSU

4. Weedon M. (1996-7) “Using airborne digital imagery to map summer crop weed spatial

variability”. CSU

Final Year Proj.

1. Bryant T. (2006) "Mapping and monitoring soil salinity within an agricultural field" NR490,

Natural Resources, UNE

2. Woods M. (2006) "Zephyrus- Autonomous ultrasonic weather station" GCO3500, Engineering,

Monash

3. Kahler S. (2005) "The value of electromagnetic soil survey for characterizing soil variability in

the Hunter Valley, NSW" NR490, Natural Resources, UNE

Teaching Workshops

1. Lamb, D.W., HSC Booster, From ideas to implementation”, UNE 16-17th June 2008.

2. Lamb, D.W. & Creagh, C. You Teach Mine and I’ll Teach Yours: A case study in collaborative

teaching of Physics across Australia”, presented at Collaborating to offer small courses/subjects

Colloquium hosted by the University of New England for the Carrick Institute, 17-18 May, 2007.

3. Lamb, D.W. & Prenzler, P. " Dr. Who & Auntie Who ? Agricultural crops and olive oil under

scrutiny" Presented at CONASTA50, The National Science Teacher's Conference, Sydney 2001.

4. Lamb, D.W. "Electromagnetic waves and quantum physics- an update on the new HSC syllabus"

Presented at the South West Science Teachers Association Regional Conference, Deniliquin 2000.

5. Chapman, G. E., White G. M. & Lamb D. W. "The New HSC Physics Syllabus- Laboratory

support materials and ideas." Presented at Eastern Riverina Science Teachers Association

Regional Conference, Wagga Wagga 1999.

6. Lamb, D. W. “Technological aids for technological subjects- the Physics experience”, presented

at Inaugural Learning & Teaching Forum, Centre for Enhanced Learning & Teaching, Charles

Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, 1997.

7. Lamb, D. W. & White, G. M. "Backyard Physics Demonstrations", presented at K-12 Riverina

Region Science Conference, Wagga Wagga, 1995.


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Other workshops 1. “Participation in University Research”, workshop Convenor at inaugural Techfest ’98, Charles Sturt

University, Wagga Wagga, 1998.

Community presentations 1. Contribution to documentary- “Resources West”, Channel 9, Beltana Mining, 31/1/06

2. “Static Electricity”- Radio Interview, ABC Drive Sydney, 17/7/02

3. “Static Electricity”- Radio Interview, ABC New England & Northwest, 16/7/02

4. “Resonance”, Siemen’s Science Summer School, January 2001.

5. "Seeing the light - A history of the universe unfolded", Public Lecture as part of National Science

Week, May, 1999.

6. “Resonance”, Siemen’s Science Summer School, January 1998.

7. “More than just a ‘spy in the sky’; Remote sensing for agricultural and environmental monitoring

at Charles Sturt University”, presented to the Science Youth Forum on the occasion of celebrating

100 years of education at Wagga, July, 1996.

8. "Astrolab '95", a joint Dept Education/Charles Sturt University workshop for HSC students of

Astronomy, 1995.

9. Junee Primary School December 1994 ("The Fun of Physics");

10. Double helix presentation December 1994 ("What is Physics");

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