PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Daud Jones Kachamba, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, will defend his PhD thesis: "Biomass estimation models and methods for miombo woodlands of Malawi using field and remotely sensed data", on 15 December 2016.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Modeller og metoder for å estimere biomasse i miomboskog i Malawi ved hjelp av feltinventering og fjernmåling".
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"Estimating woody biomass for large areas and its uncertainty, by combining remote sensing- and ground data".
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Thursday 15 December 2016 at 12:15 in the Auditorium (SU105) Sørhellinga, Høgskolevn. 12, Ås.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Gherardo Chirici, University of Florence, Italy
Second opponent: Dr. Casey Ryan, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Committee coordinator: Dr. Ole Martin Bollandsås, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Tron Haakon Eid, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, NMBU
Co-supervisor(s):
Professor Terje Gobakken, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, NMBU
Dr. Hans Ole Ørka, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, NMBU
Professor Weston Mwase, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2015:92, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-1406-8.