ILWS - Charles Sturt University
ILWS - Charles Sturt University

Associate Professor Andrew Hall

Associate Professor Andrew Hall

Andrew Hall's role within ILWS is in habitat occupancy modelling to better understand flood plain ecology. By using spatially referenced data, he seeks to understand the determinants of species occupancy, estimate their likely extent, and forecast the effectiveness of management decisions on species conservation.  Andrew Hall is a senior lecturer in Climate and Spatial Sciences in the School of Environmental Sciences. He has produced numerous publications in remote sensing object based image analysis and climate suitability studies, stemming from research conducted within various projects from 2000 to 2012 at the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre.

Research Interests

  • Landscape phenology, habitat occupancy and remote sensing image analysis
  • Novel GIS techniques
  • Climatology
  • Climate change and variability

Bachelor of Science, University of Otago, 1997
Master of Science with Distinction (Climatology), University of Otago, 1999
Doctor of Philosophy (Remote Sensing), Charles Sturt University, 2003


Selected Publications

Peer Reviewed Papers

Hall, A., Mathews, A. J., & Holzapfel, B. P. (2016) Potential effect of atmospheric warming on grapevine phenology and post-harvest heat accumulation across a range of climates. International Journal of Biometeorology, 1-18. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00484-016-1133-z

Clarke, S., Lamont, K., Pan, H., Barry, L., Hall, A., & Rogiers, S. (2015) Spring root zone temperature
regulates root growth, nutrient uptake and shoot growth dynamics in grapevines. Australian Journal of
Grape and Wine Research, 21(3), 479-489. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajgw.12160/full

Vote, C., Hall, A., Charlton, P. (2014) Carbon dioxide, water and energy fluxes of irrigated broad-acre crops in an Australian semi-arid climate zone. Environmental Earth Sciences.  http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-014-3547-4

Technical Reports

Wassens, S., Spencer, J., Wolfenden, B., Thiem, J., Thomas, R., Jenkins, K., Brandis, K., Lenon, E., Hall, A., Ocock, J., Kobayashi, T., Bino, G., Heath, J., & Callaghan, D. (2018) Commonwealth Environmental Water Office Long-Term Intervention Monitoring project Murrumbidgee River system Selected Area evaluation report, 2014-17. Charles Sturt University, Institute for Land, Water and Society. Prepared for the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office.

Wassens, S., Wolfenden, B., Spencer, J., Thiem, J., Jenkins, K., Hall, A. (2017). Long Term Intervention Monitoring Project, Murrumbidgee System Selected Area, Progress Report number 13, October 2017. Charles Sturt University, Institute for Land, Water and Society. Prepared for the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office.

Wassens, S., Spencer, J., Thiem, J., Wolfenden, B., Jenkins, K., Hall, A., Ocock, J., Kobayashi, T., Thomas., Bino, G., Health, J., Lenon, E. (2016) Commonwealth Environmental Water Office Long-Term Intervention Monitoring project Murrumbidgee River system Selected Area evaluation report, 2014-2016. November 2016

Wassens, S., Wolfenden, B., Spencer, J., Thiem, J., Jenkins, K., Lenon, E., Hall, A., Kobayashi,T. Thomas, R. Bino, G. McPherson, J., Dyer, J., Ocock, J, & Heath, J (2016)  Long Term Intervention Monitoring Project, Murrumbidgee System Selected Area, Progress Report number 9, July 2016. Prepared for the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office.

Wassens, S., Wolfenden, B., Spencer, J., Thiem, J., Jenkins, K., Lenon, E., Hall, A., (2016). Long Term Intervention Monitoring Project, Murrumbidgee System Selected Area, Progress Report number 7, March 2016. Prepared for the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office.

Wassens, S., Wolfenden, B., Spencer, J., Thiem, J., Jenkins, K., Lenon, E., Hall, A., (2015). Long Term Intervention Monitoring Project, Murrumbidgee System Selected Area, Progress Report number 6, January 2016

Wassens, S., Wolfenden, B., Spencer, J., Thiem, J., Jenkins, K., Lenon, E., Hall, A., (2015). Long Term Intervention Monitoring Project, Murrumbidgee System Selected Area, Progress Report number 5, September 2015

Wassens, S., Thiem, J., Wolfenden, B., Spencer, J., Jenkins, K., Lenon, E., Hall, A., (2015) Long Term Intervention Monitoring Project, Murrumbidgee System Selected Area, Progress Report number 4, June 2015. CSU, ILWS. Prepared for CEWO

Wassens, S., Thiem, J., Wolfenden, B., Spencer, J., Lenon, E., Hall, A., Clarke-Wood, B. (2015). Long term intervention monitoring project, Murrumbidgee System Selected Area, Progress Report number 3, March 2015. CSU, ILWS. Prepared for CEWO

Link to Google Scholar profile.


Current Projects

Monitoring, Evaluation and Research – Murrumbidgee. Wassens, S., Hall, A. (2019-2022), CEWO Project webpage

Improving groundwater management to enhance agriculture and farming livelihoods in Pakistan. (2016-2020) Hall, A, Punthakey, J., Allan, C., Mitchell, M. ACIAR & CSU ($100,000), Total value of the project $2,15M  Project details

Completed Projects

Automated call records evaluate frog responses to environmental watering. (2016-2017) Wassens, S., Hall, A., Nimmo, D & Walcott, A. Department of Environment & Climate Change, $30,000

Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) for water research. (2016) Watts, R., Baumgartner, L., Wassens, S., Hall, A. CSU RIBG Grant, $49,919

Billabong-Yanco Creek Wetland Monitoring Project. Wassens, S., Wilson, B., Walcott, A., Hall, A. & Wolfenden, B. (2017-2018) Murray LLS, $80,218 Project details

Identifying climate refuges in the Murray-Darling Basin. Hall, A. & Finlayson, M. (2015-2016) MDBA, $50,670 Project details

Long Term Intervention Monitoring project-Murrumbidgee Selected Area. Stage 2.. Wassens,S., Hall,A., Wolfenden,B. with NSW Department of Primary Industries (Fisheries), University of NSW, Riverina LLS, and NSW OEH, (2014-2019) CEWO, $3.5M Project Webpage

Lower Lachlan Frog Assessment, Wassens, S., Dyer, F.  (Uni of Canberra), Walcott, A. & Hall, A. (2015-2016), CEWO, $39,728

Frog community responses to environmental change: a case study in the mid Lachlan. Hall, A., & Walcott, A. (PhD student) (2015) Central Tablelands Local Land Services, $7000

Long Term Intervention Monitoring for the Murrumbidgee System, Wassens, S. &  Hall, A.  with  NSW DPI, UNSW, OEH & Murrumbidgee CMA. (Dec 2013-April 2014) CEWO, $168,497

Monitoring the ecological response of Commonwealth environmental water delivered in 2013-14 to the Murrumbidgee River.  Wassens, S & Hall, A. (2013-2014) Partners Department of Primary Industries – NSW Fisheries,(Lee Baumgarten) Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority (Erin Lenon), NSW Office of Environment and Heritage(Dr Jennifer Spencer) and University of NSW (Dr Kim Jenkins). SEWPAC, $671,801 Project details

Optimising acoustic monitoring for frogs in the Koondrook-Perricoota. Walcott, A., Hall, A., Wassens, S., Nimmo, D. (2018) Forestry Corporation of NSW $29,623 Project details

Optimising frog breeding responses to flooding in managed wetlands (multiple projects).  Wassens, S., Watts, R., Wilson, A., Hall, A., (all ILWS), Spencer, J. (DEH NSW) (2006–2011) NSW DECCW and Murray Wetlands Working Group.[Summary Sheet PDF]