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The use of sar offset tracking for detecting sand dune movement in sudan (2020)
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Mahmoud, A. M. A., Novellino, A., Hussain, E., Marsh, S., Psimoulis, P., & Smith, M. (2020). The use of sar offset tracking for detecting sand dune movement in sudan. Remote Sensing, 12(20), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12203410

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Sand movement is one of the main environmental hazards in Northern Sudan that threaten livelihood and rural communities. This paper investigates for the first time the use of the Synthetic Ape... Read More about The use of sar offset tracking for detecting sand dune movement in sudan.

Remote sensing of fish-processing in the Sundarbans Reserve Forest, Bangladesh: an insight into the modern slavery-environment nexus in the coastal fringe (2020)
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Jackson, B., Boyd, D. S., Ives, C. D., Decker Sparks, J. L., Foody, G. M., Marsh, S., & Bales, K. (2020). Remote sensing of fish-processing in the Sundarbans Reserve Forest, Bangladesh: an insight into the modern slavery-environment nexus in the coastal fringe. Maritime Studies, 19(4), 429–444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-020-00199-7

© 2020, The Author(s). Land-based fish-processing activities in coastal fringe areas and their social-ecological impacts have often been overlooked by marine scientists and antislavery groups. Using remote sensing methods, the location and impacts of... Read More about Remote sensing of fish-processing in the Sundarbans Reserve Forest, Bangladesh: an insight into the modern slavery-environment nexus in the coastal fringe.

Preliminary investigation into the geometric calibration of the Micasense RedEdge-M multispectral camera (2020)
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Frontera, F., Smith, M. J., & Marsh, S. (2020). Preliminary investigation into the geometric calibration of the Micasense RedEdge-M multispectral camera. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B2-2020, 17-22. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xliii-b2-2020-17-2020

Multispectral cameras, in the past the prerogative of Remote Sensing (RS) applications via satellites and manned aircraft, are becoming increasingly used in photogrammetric applications. Moreover, the ubiquitous use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)... Read More about Preliminary investigation into the geometric calibration of the Micasense RedEdge-M multispectral camera.

Use of Surface Motion Characteristics Determined by InSAR to Assess Peatland Condition (2019)
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Alshammari, L., Boyd, D. S., Sowter, A., Marshall, C., Andersen, R., Gilbert, P., …Large, D. J. (2020). Use of Surface Motion Characteristics Determined by InSAR to Assess Peatland Condition. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125(1), Article e2018JG004953. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004953

Peatland surface motion is a key property of peatland that relates to condition. However, field?based techniques to measure surface motion are not cost?effective over large areas and long time periods. An alternative method that can quantify peatland... Read More about Use of Surface Motion Characteristics Determined by InSAR to Assess Peatland Condition.

National geohazards mapping in Europe: interferometric analysis of the Netherlands (2019)
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Gee, D., Sowter, A., Grebby, S., de Lange, G., Athab, A., & Marsh, S. (2019). National geohazards mapping in Europe: interferometric analysis of the Netherlands. Engineering Geology, 256, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.02.020

The launch of Copernicus, the largest Earth Observation program to date, is significant due to the regular, reliable and freely accessible data to support space-based geodetic monitoring of physical phenomena that can result in natural hazards. In th... Read More about National geohazards mapping in Europe: interferometric analysis of the Netherlands.

A sociotechnical system approach to virtual citizen science: an application of BS ISO 27500:2016 (2019)
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Houghton, R., Sprinks, J., Wardlaw, J., Bamford, S., & Marsh, S. (2019). A sociotechnical system approach to virtual citizen science: an application of BS ISO 27500:2016. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 18(01), https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18010201

We discuss the potential application to virtual citizen science of a recent standard (BS ISO 27500:2016 “The human-centred organisation”) which encourages the adoption of a sociotechnical systems perspective across a wide range of businesses, organiz... Read More about A sociotechnical system approach to virtual citizen science: an application of BS ISO 27500:2016.

Monitoring tropical peat related settlement using ISBAS InSAR, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) (2018)
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Marshall, C., Large, D. J., Athab, A., Evers, S. L., Sowter, A., Marsh, S., & Sjögersten, S. (2018). Monitoring tropical peat related settlement using ISBAS InSAR, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Engineering Geology, 244, 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.07.015

Rapid population growth in South-East Asia has placed immense pressure upon lowland regions both to supply food and employment and space for residential, commercial and infrastructure development. This pressure has led to sites on tropical peatland p... Read More about Monitoring tropical peat related settlement using ISBAS InSAR, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Long-term peatland condition assessment via surface motion monitoring using the ISBAS DInSAR technique over the Flow Country, Scotland (2018)
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Alshammari, L., Large, D. J., Boyd, D. S., Sowter, A., Anderson, R., Andersen, R., & Marsh, S. (2018). Long-term peatland condition assessment via surface motion monitoring using the ISBAS DInSAR technique over the Flow Country, Scotland. Remote Sensing, 10(7), Article 1103. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10071103

Satellite Earth Observation (EO) is often used as a cost-effective method to report on the condition of remote and inaccessible peatland areas. Current EO techniques are primarily limited to reporting on the vegetation classes and properties of the i... Read More about Long-term peatland condition assessment via surface motion monitoring using the ISBAS DInSAR technique over the Flow Country, Scotland.

Slavery from Space: Demonstrating the role for satellite remote sensing to inform evidence-based action related to UN SDG number 8 (2018)
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Boyd, D. S., Jackson, B., Wardlaw, J., Foody, G. M., Marsh, S., & Bales, K. (2018). Slavery from Space: Demonstrating the role for satellite remote sensing to inform evidence-based action related to UN SDG number 8. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 142, 380-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.02.012

The most recent Global Slavery Index estimates that there are 40.3 million people enslaved globally. The UN’s Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development Goal number 8, section 8.7 specifically refers to the issue of forced labour: ending modern slavery... Read More about Slavery from Space: Demonstrating the role for satellite remote sensing to inform evidence-based action related to UN SDG number 8.

Ground motion in areas of abandoned mining: application of the intermittent SBAS (ISBAS) to the Northumberland and Durham coalfield, UK (2017)
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Gee, D., Bateson, L., Sowter, A., Grebby, S., Novellino, A., Cigna, F., …Wyatt, L. (2017). Ground motion in areas of abandoned mining: application of the intermittent SBAS (ISBAS) to the Northumberland and Durham coalfield, UK. Geosciences, 7(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences7030085

In this paper, we investigate land motion and groundwater level change phenomena using differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (DInSAR) over the Northumberland and Durham coalfield in the United Kingdom. The study re-visits earlier res... Read More about Ground motion in areas of abandoned mining: application of the intermittent SBAS (ISBAS) to the Northumberland and Durham coalfield, UK.

Comparing experts and novices in Martian surface feature change detection and identification (2017)
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Wardlaw, J., Sprinks, J., Houghton, R., Muller, J., Sidiropoulos, P., Bamford, S., & Marsh, S. (in press). Comparing experts and novices in Martian surface feature change detection and identification. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2017.05.014

Change detection in satellite images is a key concern of the Earth Observation field for environmental and climate change monitoring. Satellite images also provide important clues to both the past and present surface conditions of other planets, whic... Read More about Comparing experts and novices in Martian surface feature change detection and identification.

Assessing the feasibility of a national InSAR ground deformation map of Great Britain with Sentinel-1 (2017)
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Novellino, A., Cigna, F., Brahmi, M., Sowter, A., Bateson, L., & Marsh, S. (2017). Assessing the feasibility of a national InSAR ground deformation map of Great Britain with Sentinel-1. Geosciences, 7(2), Article 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences7020019

This work assesses the feasibility of national ground deformation monitoring of Great Britain using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery acquired by Copernicus’ Sentinel-1 constellation and interferometric SAR (InSAR) analyses. As of December 2016,... Read More about Assessing the feasibility of a national InSAR ground deformation map of Great Britain with Sentinel-1.

A comparison between London and Baghdad surface urban heat islands and possible engineering mitigation solutions (2016)
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Ali, J. M., Marsh, S., & Smith, M. J. (2017). A comparison between London and Baghdad surface urban heat islands and possible engineering mitigation solutions. Sustainable Cities and Society, 29, 159-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2016.12.010

This study adopts remote sensing techniques to compare the Surface urban Heat Island (SUHI) in Bagh-dad and London as they represent different climatic conditions, natural environments and levels of urbandevelopment. It tests the reported correlation... Read More about A comparison between London and Baghdad surface urban heat islands and possible engineering mitigation solutions.

Monitoring land motion due to natural gas extraction: validation of the intermittent SBAS (ISBAS) DInSAR algorithm over gas fields of North Holland, the Netherlands (2016)
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Gee, D., Sowter, A., Novellino, A., Marsh, S., & Gluyas, J. (2016). Monitoring land motion due to natural gas extraction: validation of the intermittent SBAS (ISBAS) DInSAR algorithm over gas fields of North Holland, the Netherlands. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 77, 1338-1354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.08.014

The differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (DInSAR) remote sensing technique has proven to be invaluable in the remote monitoring of earth surface movements associated with the extraction and geostorage (subsurface injection) of natura... Read More about Monitoring land motion due to natural gas extraction: validation of the intermittent SBAS (ISBAS) DInSAR algorithm over gas fields of North Holland, the Netherlands.

Modelling the spatiotemporal change of canopy urban heat islands (2016)
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Jasim M, A., Marsh, S., & Smith, M. J. (2016). Modelling the spatiotemporal change of canopy urban heat islands. Building and Environment, 107, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.07.010

This study models the spatiotemporal change of Birmingham’s urban heat island (UHI) using air temperature measurements made during the HiTemp project to study the atmospheric conditions over the city [1]. The study identifies the causative factors an... Read More about Modelling the spatiotemporal change of canopy urban heat islands.

Mexico City land subsidence in 2014-2015 with Sentinel-1 IW TOPS: results using the Intermittent SBAS (ISBAS) technique (2016)
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Sowter, A., Amat, M. C., Cigna, F., Marsh, S., Athab, A., & Alshammari, L. (2016). Mexico City land subsidence in 2014-2015 with Sentinel-1 IW TOPS: results using the Intermittent SBAS (ISBAS) technique. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 52, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2016.06.015

Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) can be considered as an efficient and cost effective technique for monitoring land subsidence due to its large spatial coverage and high accuracy provided. The recent commissioning of the... Read More about Mexico City land subsidence in 2014-2015 with Sentinel-1 IW TOPS: results using the Intermittent SBAS (ISBAS) technique.

EU-FP7-iMARS: ANALYSIS OF MARS MULTI-RESOLUTION IMAGES USING AUTO-COREGISTRATION, DATA MINING AND CROWD SOURCE TECHNIQUES: PROCESSED RESULTS – A FIRST LOOK (2016)
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Jan-Peter, M., Yu, T., Panagiotis, S., Klaus, G., Konrad, W., Lida, F., …Bamford, S. (2016). EU-FP7-iMARS: ANALYSIS OF MARS MULTI-RESOLUTION IMAGES USING AUTO-COREGISTRATION, DATA MINING AND CROWD SOURCE TECHNIQUES: PROCESSED RESULTS – A FIRST LOOK. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLI-B4, 453-458. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xli-b4-453-2016

Understanding planetary atmosphere-surface exchange and extra-terrestrial-surface formation processes within our Solar System is one of the fundamental goals of planetary science research. There has been a revolution in planetary surface observations... Read More about EU-FP7-iMARS: ANALYSIS OF MARS MULTI-RESOLUTION IMAGES USING AUTO-COREGISTRATION, DATA MINING AND CROWD SOURCE TECHNIQUES: PROCESSED RESULTS – A FIRST LOOK.

Automatic detection of points of interest using spatio-temporal data mining (2015)
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Basiri, A., Marsh, S., Moore, T., & Amiran, P. (2015). Automatic detection of points of interest using spatio-temporal data mining

Location Based Services (LBS) are still in their infancy but they are evolving rapidly. It is expected to have more intelligent, adaptive and predictive LBS applications in the future, which can detect users’ intentions and understand their needs, de... Read More about Automatic detection of points of interest using spatio-temporal data mining.

Seamless pedestrian positioning and navigation using landmarks (2015)
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Basiri, A., Amirian, P., Winstanley, A., Marsh, S., Moore, T., & Gales, G. (2016). Seamless pedestrian positioning and navigation using landmarks. Journal of Navigation, 69(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0373463315000442

Many navigation services, such as car navigation services, provide users with praxic navigational instructions (such as “turn left after 200 metres, then turn right after 150 metres”), however people usually associate directions with visual cues (e.g... Read More about Seamless pedestrian positioning and navigation using landmarks.