About
Dr Booker Ogutu is currently an Associate Professor in Remote Sensing within the School of Geography and Environmental Science. His research interests lie in the use of Earth Observation data to understand terrestrial ecosystem characteristics and their dynamics. He is particularly interested in understanding how environmental/climate change impacts terrestrial ecosystems and how this influences the global carbon cycle.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Developing methods of retrieving bio-geophysical variables from Earth Observation data
- Understanding the effects of environmental change on terrestrial vegetation
- Quantifying terrestrial carbon balance and its dynamics in a changing climate
Current research
Booker is currently working on a number of projects exploiting Earth Observation (EO) data for environmental applications. Current projects include (i) Developing methods of estimating crop response to multiple stressors using EO data(https://eo4cerealstress.org/) (ii) Developing methods/models for estimating Gross Primary Productivity(GPP) from EO data(https://sen4gpp.noveltis.fr/), (iii) Using EO data to map and estimate tree crop yield(https://www.fruitsense.org/)
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Teaching
Booker teaches remote sensing in the Msc in Applied GIS and Remote Sensing programme. He is also the Programme Lead for the Msc in Applied GIS and Remote Sensing programme.
External roles and responsibilities
Biography
Prizes
- The RSPSoc Len Curtis Award (2019)