REMOTE SENSING OF VEGETATION, SOILS, AND CROP HEALTH WITH FIELD SPECTROMETRY

This project will purchase a Malvern Panalytical (previously ASD) hi-resolution field spectrometer (FieldSpec 4) for shared use at the University of CaliforniaBerkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The instrument will be housed in the College of Natural Resources Geospatial Innovation Facility (GIF). The GIF provides leadership, training, and equipment rental to the UC Berkeley campus across a broad array of integrated mapping technologies. The instrument will be available for laboratory use there or forcheckout use in the field, and will also be available for teaching and outreach activities. Low maintenance and staff costs will be recovered via a recharge mechanism, and maintenance/checkouts would be handled by a technician at the GIF.