Non-destructive in situ and satellite-based leaf water content estimation for improved agricultural and wildfire management
King’s College London
NERC DLA Training, Research and Equity in Environmental Sciences (TREES)
Based at King’s College London and in collaboration with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL; https://www.npl.co.uk/research/earth-observation), this CASE project will develop new non-destructive methods for estimating leaf water content using low-cost ground-based sensors and satellite Earth observation, demonstrating their potential for crop stress detection and assessment of wildfire risk. Read more
Supervisors: Dr M Mulligan, Dr L Brown, Dr J Nightingale, Dr H Morris
14 December 2026
PhD Research Project
Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)