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Bill Smith
@wkolby.bsky.social
Associate Professor @uarizona.bsky.social. Ecosystem ecology, ecophysiology, multi-scale remote sensing, drylands. Lab website: https://sites.arizona.edu/ecd-lab/; NASA ARID website: https://aridscoping.arizona.edu/
Happy to share a new #RSE paper, "Satellite observations reveal ecosystem resistance and resilience ... driven by dominant vegetation along a rainfall gradient in Australia," led by PhD student Huanhuan Wang doi-org.ezproxy3.library.arizona.edu/10.1016/j.rs...
October 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Our new @agu.org commentary on why keeping the Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions operational is essential for U.S. agriculture, national interests, and global food security. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
September 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
📢📢We are looking for a postdoc to join a NASA Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) project!! Please see the attached job ad and help us share widely!! @uarizona.bsky.social @ecology-awesome.bsky.social @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social 📢📢
September 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy to share a new lab @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social paper: "Drought Response in Three Conifer Species Detected by Sap Flow and Proximal Thermal Remote Sensing" led by the amazing Daphna Uni w/ @mostafaj.bsky.social others @uarizona.bsky.social agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
September 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy to share a new lab @newphyt.bsky.social
paper, Fangyue Zhang et al., "Temporal repackaging of rainfall magnifies negative impacts of vapor pressure deficit on semiarid ecosystem productivity" @uarizona.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/KYZDXV...
August 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory #OCO missions are proposed for termination in NASA’s FY2026 President’s Budget Request. Please help us share the message that these missions are essential for supporting national interests before critical congressional votes.

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July 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
📢📢 Announcing a new special issue in #RSE, "Remote sensing for assessing water-carbon coupling of terrestrial ecosystems". Submissions due date: 02/28/2026.📢📢 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
February 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Happy to share a new review in #LandscapeEcology, "Applications of unoccupied aerial systems (UAS)
in landscape ecology: a review of recent research, challenges
and emerging opportunities," expertly led by Miguel Villarreal and with contributions from a great team. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy to share a new @newphyt.bsky.social
paper, "Proximal remote sensing: an essential tool for bridging the gap between high-resolution ecosystem monitoring and global ecology," led by the amazing Zoe Pierrat
w/ the broader #SpecNet community. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happy to share a new paper, "Effects of Hot Versus Dry Vapor Pressure Deficit on Ecosystem Carbon and Water Fluxes," led by the amazing Miriam Johnston w/ @mallorybarnes.bsky.social and others agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
January 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM