Dr Robert Armstrong
Research Fellow/Senior Research officer
Data Science Collaborative Research Platform
- Over 10 years of experience in applied hydrological modelling including digital elevation model development and scaling, terrain analysis, topographic and land surface parameterisation and scaling, evapotranspiration modelling, and flood hazard assessments in complex Canadian prairie environments.
- Over 8 years of experience in agricultural biophysical modelling of genetic x environmental risks of late-maturity alpha-amylase in susceptible Australian wheat varieties across the Australian wheatbelt.
- Experienced in geospatial and statistical climatological analysis.
- Expertise in programming and statistical software using R and experienced in Python.
- Expertise in quantitative geospatial and statistical analysis using geographical information systems (GIS) and remote sensing analytics of aerial, unmanned aerial vehicle and satellite imagery.
- Expertise in coordination of multi-disciplinary and multi-organisational projects at the national level in Canada and Australia.
Publications
Book Chapters
Pomeroy, John W., MacDonald, Matthew K., Dornes, Pablo F. and Armstrong, Robert (2016). Water budgets in ecosystems. A biogeoscience approach to ecosystems. (pp. 88-131) edited by Edward A. Johnson and Yvonne E. Martin. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Armstrong, Robert, Kayter, Cameron, Shook, Kevin and Hill, Harvey (2013). Using the wetland DEM ponding model as a diagnostic tool for prairie flood hazard assessment. Putting prediction in ungauged basins into practice. (pp. 255-270) edited by John W. Pomeroy, Christopher Spence and Paul H. Whitfield. Toronto, Canada: Canadian Water Resources Association.
Thorne, Robin, Armstrong, Robert N., Woo, Ming-ko and Martz, Lawrence W. (2008). Lessons from macroscale hydrologic modeling: experience with the hydrologic model SLURP in the Mackenzie Basin. Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Studies. The Mackenzie GEWEX Experience: Volume 2: Hydrologic Processes. (pp. 397-410) edited by Ming-ko Woo. Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-75136-6_21
Martz, Lawrence W., Pietroniro, Alain, Shaw, Dean A., Armstrong, Robert N., Laing, Boyd and Lacroix, Martin (2008). Re-scaling river flow direction data from local to continental scales. Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Studies. The Mackenzie GEWEX Experience: Volume 2: Hydrologic Processes. (pp. 371-396) edited by Ming-ko Woo. Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-75136-6_20
Journal Articles
Pomeroy, J.W., Brown, T., Fang, X., Shook, K.R., Pradhananga, D., Armstrong, R., Harder, P., Marsh, C., Costa, D., Krogh, S.A., Aubry-Wake, C., Annand, H., Lawford, P., He, Z., Kompanizare, M. and Lopez Moreno, J.I. (2022). The cold regions hydrological modelling platform for hydrological diagnosis and prediction based on process understanding. Journal of Hydrology, 615 128711, 1-25. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128711
Armstrong, Robert N., Potgieter, Andries B., Mares, Daryl J., Mrva, Kolumbina, Brider, Jason and Hammer, Graeme L. (2019). An integrated framework for predicting the risk of experiencing temperature conditions that may trigger late-maturity alpha-amylase in wheat across Australia. Crop and Pasture Science, 71 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1071/cp19005
Armstrong, Robert N., Pomeroy, John W. and Martz, Lawrence W. (2019). Spatial variability of mean daily estimates of actual evaporation from remotely sensed imagery and surface reference data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23 (12), 4891-4907. doi: 10.5194/hess-23-4891-2019
Armstrong, R. N., Pomeroy, J. W. and Martz, L. W. (2015). Variability in evaporation across the Canadian Prairie region during drought and non-drought periods. Journal of Hydrology, 521, 182-195. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.11.070
Armstrong, Robert N., Pomeroy, John W. and Martz, Lawrence W. (2010). Estimating evaporation in a prairie landscape under drought conditions. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 35 (2), 173-186. doi: 10.4296/cwrj3502173
Armstrong, Robert N. and Martz, Lawrence W. (2008). Effects of reduced land cover detail on hydrological model response. Hydrological Processes, 22 (14), 2395-2409. doi: 10.1002/hyp.6830
Armstrong, Robert N., Pomeroy, John W. and Martz, Lawrence W. (2008). Evaluation of three evaporation estimation methods in a Canadian prairie landscape. Hydrological Processes, 22 (15), 2801-2815. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7054
Armstrong, Robert N. and Martz, Lawrence W. (2003). Topographic parameterization in continental hydrology: a study in scale. Hydrological Processes, 17 (18), 3763-3781. doi: 10.1002/hyp.1352
Conference Paper
Armstrong, Robert, Hammer, Graeme and Potgieter, Andries (2022). Frequency analysis of environment types associated with late-maturity alpha-amylase for Australian wheat under current and future climates. 20th Australian Agronomy Conference , Toowoomba, QLD Australia, 19-22 September 2022. Australian Society of Agronomy.
Data Collections
Armstrong, Robert, Potgieter, Andries, Hammer, Graeme, Mortlock, Miranda, Biddulph, Ben, Curry, Jeremy, Height, Nathan, McCallum, Melissa, Porker, Kenton, Harris, Felicity, Bathgate, Jordan, Simpson, Jess, Clarke, Genevieve, Giblot-Ducray, Danièle, Fairlie, William, Hughes, David and Cullis, Brian (2023). Late Maturity alpha-Amylase winter wheat data from field trials conducted at six locations in Australia. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/6769356
Armstrong, Robert, Potgieter, Andries, Hammer, Graeme, Mortlock, Miranda, Biddulph, Ben, Curry, Jeremy, Height, Nathan, McCallum, Melissa, Porker, Kenton, Harris, Felicity, Bathgate, Jordan, Simpson, Jess, Clarke, Genevieve, Giblot-Ducray, Danièle, Fairlie, William, Hughes, David and Cullis, Brian (2023). Field trial raw and processed datasets for 2020 winter field season. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/721f2e2
Armstrong, Robert, Potgieter, Andries, Brider, Jason and Hammer, Graeme (2023). LMA Risk maps at Shire scale. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/1774e6f