Publications

'LRA' links go to papers in the Leicester Research Archive.

 

2012

Journal Publications, Peer-Reviewed

Ningthoujam, R. K. (2012): Amazon Forest Greenness and MODIS’s Enhanced Vegetation Index. NeBIO (3)2, 102-106.

Ningthoujam, R. K. (2012): Bluetongue in India : need for a total Epidemiological study. NeBIO (3)3, September , 1-10.

Remedios, J., Balzter, H., Burrows, J., Eves, S., Johnson, M., Lavender, S., Monks, P., O'Neill, A., Shepherd, A. (2012): Earth observation: A revolutionary leap into the future, Astronomy and Geophysics 53, 3.16-3.18.

Other Journal Articles

Balzter, H. (2012): Interactive comment on “Mapping Congo Basin forest types from 300 m and 1 km multisensor time series for carbon stocks and forest areas estimation” by A. Verhegghen et al., Biogeosciences Discussions 9, C1–C3, 2012, www.biogeosciencesdiscuss.net/9/C1/2012/

Carrara, P., Wells, A., Balzter, H., Bartholome, E. and Podaire, A. (2012): Introduction to the special issue: Satellite Remote Sensing in the Service of Regional and Local Authorities, European Journal of Remote Sensing 45, 261-262. doi: 10.5721/EuJRS20124523

Reports

Milne, E., Neufeldt, H., Smalligan, M., Rosenstock, T., Bernoux, M., Bird, D.N., Casarim, F., Denef, K., Easter, M., Malin, D., Ogle, S., Ostwald, M.O., Paustian, K., Pearson, T. and Steglich, E. (2012): Methods for the quantification of emissions at the landscape level for developing countries in smallholder contexts. CCAFS Report No. 9. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Available online at: www.ccafs.cgiar.org

Conference Proceedings

Balzter, H., Nicolas-Perea, V., Bochenek, Z., Brown, S., Chernetskiy, M., Comber, L., Dabrowska-Zielinska, K., Fisher, P., Fourie, C., Gatkowska, M., Kourkouli, P., Lamb, A. , Moser, L., Ofwono, M., Palmer, S., Papke, J., Rodriguez Veiga, P., Schmullius, C., Schoepfer, E., Shrestha, S., Spies, B., Stelmaszczuk-Gorska, M., Stratoulias, D., Tansey, K., Tóth, V., Van Beijma, S., Veck, N., Voigt, S., Wegmüller, U, Wheeler, J., Wiesmann, A. and Zlinszky, A. (2012): Earth Observation Research for GMES Initial Operations, Proc. RSPSoc, 12-14 September 2012, University of Greenwich.

Bibi U.M., J. Kaduk and H. Balzter (2012): Examining Spatial-Temporal variability and prediction of rainfall in North-eastern Nigeria, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 3-7 December 2012, San Francisco, USA.

De Zorzi, S., De Zorzi, S., Balzter, H., Rui Juliao, P., Iolanda, I., De Colle, S. and Rosa, O. (2012): Support of Emergency Response with Network data Analysis, Toulouse Space Show.

Milne, E., Easter, M., Paustian, K., Huskey, B., Millar, R., Hartman, M., McKeown, B., Peterson, K., Selby, D., Swan, A., Williams, S., Shepherd, G., Sessay, M., Batjes, N. H., Cerri, C.E.P., Kamoni, P., Gicheru, P., Oladipo, E.O., Minxia, M. and Wang, Y.L. (2012): An online system for estimating the climate change mitigation potential of land management projects in developing countries. BSSS Annual Meeting 2012. Food Science and Food Security. Nottingham, 5th September 2012. 

Milne, E., Easter, M., Paustian, K., Huskey, B., Millar, R., Hartman, M., McKeown, B., Peterson, K., Selby, D., Swan, A., Williams, S., Shepherd, G., Sessay, M., Batjes, N. H., Cerri, C.E.P., Kamoni, P., Gicheru, P., Oladipo, E.O., Minxia, M. and Wang, Y.L. (2012): The Carbon Benefits Project Modelling Tools. Global Soils Week, Session #20 Markets for Soil Organic Carbon: A Feasible Solution for Smallholders? Berlin, 21st November 2012.

Milne, E. (2012): Working at the landscape level to integrate forests and agriculture: methodological challenges. Presented at Forest Day 6. The Issues Market Place -Session ' Forests on a Cultivated Planet'. Doha, 2/12/2012.

Morrison, R., Kelvin, J., Stroh, P., Page, S.E., Hughes, F., Kaduk, J., Acreman, M., Harding, R. and Balzter, H. (2012): Net Ecosystem Carbon Dioxide Exchange at SemiNatural and Regenerating Temperate Fens, Proc. 14th International Peat Congress, Stockholm, Sweden 3-8 June.

Nicolas-Perea, V. and Balzter, H. (2012): GMES Initial Operations -Network for Earth Observation Research Training (GIONET), Proc. IGARSS2012, Munich, Germany. 

Rodriguez-Veiga, P., Balzter, H. & Tansey, K. (2012): Towards a Global Biomass Information System. Poster presented at the Second Terrabites Symposium on Biosphere Modelling, 6-8 February 2012 ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. 

Rodriguez-Veiga, P., Balzter, H. and Tansey, K. (2012): Global Biomass Information System, 2nd TERRABITES Symposium, 6- 8 Feb. 2012, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy.

Rodriguez-Veiga, P., Balzter, H., Tansey, K., & Saatchi, S. (2012): Towards the global monitoring of forest biomass. Abstract-Poster submitted for the RSPSoc Annual Conference, 12 -14 September 2012, Greenwich, UK.

Spies, B.F., Brown, S., Lamb, A., Balzter, H. and Fisher, P (2012): Analysis of multi-temporal TerraSAR-X imagery over a semi-arid region in Darfur, Western Sudan. Proc. EARSeL Workshop on “Temporal Analysis of Satellite Images” in Greece, 24-25 May 2012. 

Spies, B.F., Brown, S., Lamb, A., Balzter, H. and Fisher, P. (2012): Analysis of multi-frequency SAR imagery over a semi-arid region in Darfur, Western Sudan. Proc. RSPSoc, 12-14 September 2012, University of Greenwich, London.

Stratoulias, D., Tȩth, V. and Balzter, H. (2012): Monitoring Lakeshore Macrophytes at Lake Balaton, Hungary, using Hyperspectral and LiDAR sensors. Proc. RSPSoc, 12-14 September 2012, University of Greenwich.

Tighe, L., King, D. and Balzter, H. (2012): Empirical Assessment of X-/C-HH InSAR, L-Quad PolInSAR, and Lidar Canopy Height Model, Proc. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS2012), Munich.

Wheeler, J., Tansey, K. & Balzter, H. (2012): Forest Monitoring of the Congo Basin using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). Poster presented at the Second Terrabites Symposium on Biosphere Modelling, 6-8 February 2012 ESRIN, Frascati, Italy.

 

2011

Ghent D, Kaduk J, Remedios J, Balzter H. 'Data assimilation into land surface models: the implications for climate feedbacks.' International Journal of Remote Sensing 32, 617-632, 2011. doi:10.1080/01431161.2010.517794 [LRA]

Le Toan T, Quegan S, Davidson M, Balzter H, Paillou P, Papathanassiou K, Plummer S, Rocca F, Saatchi S, Shugart H, Ulander L. 'The BIOMASS Mission: Mapping global forest biomass to better understand the terrestrial carbon cycle'. Remote Sensing of Environment 115, 2850-2860, 2011. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.03.020 [LRA]

2010

Ghent D, Kaduk J, Remedios J, Ardö J, Balzter H. 'Assimilation of land-surface temperature into the land surface model JULES with an Ensemble Kalman Filter'. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres 115, D19112, 2010. doi:10.1029/2010JD014392 [LRA]

Smith DR, Kaduk JD, Balzter H, Wooster MJ, Mottram GN, Lynham TJ, Studens J, Curry J, Hartley G, Stocks BJ. 'Soil surface CO2 flux increases with successional time in a fire scar chronosequence of Canadian boreal jack pine forest'. Biogeosciences 7, 1375–1381, 2010. doi:10.5194/bg-7-1375-2010 [LRA]

2009

Smith DR, Kaduk JD, Balzter H, Wooster MJ, Mottram GN, Lynham TJ, Studens J, Curry J, Hartley G, Stocks BJ. 'Soil respiration in a fire scar chronosequence of Canadian boreal jack pine forest'. Biogeosciences discuss 6, 8725-8773, 2009. doi:10.5194/bgd-6-8725-2009 [LRA]

Bartsch A, Balzter H, George C. 'The influence of regional surface soil moisture anomalies on forest fires in Siberia observed from satellites'. Environmental Research Letters 4, 045021, 2009. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045021 [LRA]

Lehsten V, Tansey KJ, Balzter H, Thonicke K, Spessa A, Weber U, Smith B, Arneth A. 'Estimating carbon emissions from African wildfires.' Biogeosciences 6, 349–360, 2009. doi:10.5194/bg-6-349-2009 [LRA]

Cuevas-González M, Gerard F, Balzter H, Riaño D. 'Analysing forest recovery after wildfire disturbance in boreal Siberia using remotely sensed vegetation indices'. Global Change Biology, Special issue 'Fire Ecology and Climate Change', 15:3, 561-577, 2009. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01784.x

2008

Wadsworth R, Balzter H, Gerard F, George C, Comber L, Fisher P. 'An environmental assessment of land cover and land use change in Central Siberia using quantified conceptual overlaps to reconcile inconsistent data sets'. Journal of Land Use Science, 3:4, 251-264, 2008. doi:10.1080/17474230802559629 [LRA]

Cuevas-González M, Gerard F, Balzter H, Riaño, D. 'Studying the change in fAPAR after forest fires in Siberia using MODIS'. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29:23, 6873-6892, 2008. doi:10.1080/01431160802238427 [LRA]

Rowland CS, Balzter H, Dawson TP, Luckman A, Patenaude G, Skinner L. 'Airborne SAR monitoring of tree growth in a coniferous plantation.' International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29 (13), 3873-3889, 2008. doi:10.1080/01431160801891796 [LRA]

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