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Mathews, Spencer

Spencer Mathews

CURRENT PROJECT

NASA-HyspIRI preparatory mission

Identification of plant functional types by characterization of canopy chemistry using an automated advanced canopy radiative transfer model.

CONTACT

samathews@ucdavis.edu