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LAB DIRECTORY



Jan Eitel

PhD Candidate of Remote Sensing
Major Advisor: Dr. Paul Gessler

E-mail:
jeitel@vandals.uidaho.edu
Office: Room 12, CNR
Phone:
(208) 885-4946

 


Education & Experiences, Areas of Interest


Education & Experience:

  • M.S. Forest Resources, University of Idaho, December 2005
  • B.S. Forest Resources, University of Idaho, December 2003
  • Research Assistant, Remote Sensing Lab, University of Idaho, Summer 2003
  • Pregraduate degree, University of Freiburg, August 2002, Freiburg/Germany
  • Forest Technician Internship, FTT FB Ebnat, Summer 2001, Ebnat/Germany

Areas of Interest:

  • Remote detection of plant stress
  • Multispectral sensor development
  • Use of remote sensing for decision aid in agricultural systems
  • Plant radiative transfer modeling

Courses Assisted:

  • Forestry 375 Air Photo Interpretation

Research:

  • Evaluate suitablity of remote sensing to estimate different plant biophysical variables

Publications and Presentations:

  • Eitel, J.U.H., Long, D.S., Gessler, P.E. and Hunt, E.R., Jr. Submitted. Combined Spectral Index to Improve Ground-Based Estimates of Nitrogen Status in Dryland Wheat, Agronomy Journal.
  • Eitel, J. U. H., Long, D. S., Gessler, P. E. and Smith, A. M. S., 2007. Using in-situ measurements to evaluate the new RapidEye™ satellite series for prediction of wheat nitrogen status, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28:18, 4183 – 4190.                                                  http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content?content=10.1080/01431160701422213
  • Eitel, J.U.H., Long, D.S., 2007. Predicting Wheat Nitrogen Status with Remote Sensing. Dryland Agricultural Research Annual Report, 30-35. http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/html/sr/sr1074/06.pdf
  • Eitel, J.U.H., Gessler, P.E., Smith, A.M.S. and Ronbrecht, R., 2006. Suitability of existing and Novel spectral indices to remotely detect water stress in Populus spp., Forest Ecology and Management, 229, 170 -182. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.03.027

Conference Presentations:

  • Eitel, J.U.H., Long, D.S., and Gessler, P.E. 2007. Evaluation of Multispectral Based Radiative Transfer Model Inversion to Estimate Leaf Area Index in Wheat. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings. Presented on November 8, 2007 in New Orleans.
  • Eitel, J.U.H. and Gessler, P. E. 2006. Suitability of Air- and Spaceborne Imaging Systems to Detect Low and Moderate Levels of Water Stress In Field Grown Populus spp. 2006 NASA ISGC Research Symposium, Moscow/Idaho, October 18-19, 2006.
  • Eitel, J.U.H., Gessler, P.E., Smith, A.M.S., Robberecht, R. 2005. Suitability of Existing NIR and Novel SWIR Spectral Indices to Remotely Detect Water Stress in Populus spp., American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting Abstracts. Presented on December 9, 2005 in San Francisco

 

 



 
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