Prof Richard Lucas

Prof Richard Lucas

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Professor Richard Lucas holds a Sêr Cymru Research Chair within the Earth Observation and Ecosystem Dynamics (EOED) Research Group (RG), Department of Geography and Earth Sciences (DGES), Aberystwyth University.  He has also held positions at the University of New South Wales Australia, the Australian Federal Government and Swansea University (UK). He has expertise in quantifying and understanding the response of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems and environments to change (including that associated with climatic variation), through integration of Earth observation data from various sources. He has also developed innovative methods for extracting relevant information on terrestrial ecosystems at scales ranging from individual trees to the global.  Key achievements include the generation and public release of the Australia’s Mangrove Portal and Plant Biomass Library, the development of the Earth Observation Data for Ecosystem Monitoring (EODESM) system for routine monitoring of land cover and change, and advancing both the retrieval of forest biomass and structural attributes at regional to global scales and local to global characterisation, mapping and monitoring of mangroves. He currently leads the Living Wales project which is facilitating the development of national land cover monitoring to support national and international conservation and sustainable use of environments. He studied Biology and Geography (1983-1986) at the University of Bristol, where he also obtained his doctorate (1986-1989) and, in 2017, completed an Advanced Diploma in Leadership and Management from the Australian Institute of Management, Sydney.

 

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Santoro, M, Cartus, O, Quegan, S, Kay, H, Lucas, RM, Araza, A, Herold, M, Labrière, N, Chave, J, Rosenqvist, Å, Tadono, T, Kobayashi, K, Kellndorfer, J, Avitabile, V, Brown, H, Carreiras, J, Campbell, MJ, Cavlovic, J, Bispo, PDC, Gilani, H, Khan, ML, Kumar, A, Lewis, SL, Liang, J, Mitchard, ETA, Pacheco Pascagaza, AM, Phillips, OL, Ryan, CM, Saikia, P, Schepaschenko, D, Sukhdeo, H, Verbeeck, H, Vieilledent, G, Wijaya, A, Willcock, S & Seifert, FM 2024, 'Design and performance of the Climate Change Initiative Biomass global retrieval algorithm', Science of Remote Sensing, vol. 10, 100169. 10.1016/j.srs.2024.100169
Punalekar, SM, Hurford, C, Lucas, RM, Planque, C & Chognard, S 2024, 'Hierarchical-modular framework for habitat mapping through systematic and informed integration of remote sensing data with contextual information', Ecological Informatics, vol. 82, 102714. 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102714
Monteiro, AT, Arenas-Castro, S, Punalekar, SM, Cunha, M, Mendes, I, Giamberini, M, Marques da Costa, E, Fava, F & Lucas, R 2024, 'Remote sensing of vegetation and soil moisture content in Atlantic humid mountains with Sentinel-1 and 2 satellite sensor data', Ecological Indicators, vol. 163, 112123. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112123
Monteiro, AT, Rosa, S, Andreone, F, Ndriantsoa, S, Rakotonanahary, T, Dawson, J, Rabemananjara, FCE, Rabibisoa, NHC, Lucas, R & Crottini, A 2023, 'Anthropogenic landscape change and amphibian diversity in tropical montane biodiversity hotspots: insights from satellite remote sensing in the Madagascar highlands', Environment, Development and Sustainability. 10.1007/s10668-023-04187-9
Bunting, P, Hilarides, L, Rosenqvist, A, Lucas, RM, Kuto, E, Gueye, Y & Ndiaye, L 2023, 'Global Mangrove Watch: Monthly Alerts of Mangrove Loss for Africa', Remote Sensing, vol. 15, no. 8, 2050. 10.3390/rs15082050
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