Remote Sensing Research Centre

2018 ANNUAL REPORT

Faculty of Science

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE ....................................................................... - 3 -

STRATEGIC OVERVIEW OF THE CENTRE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ................................................... - 4 -

CENTRE MEMBERSHIP IN 2018 ................................................................................................. - 6 - THE CENTRE’S MEMBERS ..................................................................................................................... - 6 - KEY STAFF PROFILES ............................................................................................................................ - 7 - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL VISITORS ............................................................................................... - 9 -

OUR STUDENTS – RESEARCH HIGHER DEGREES AWARDED AND IN PROGRESS IN 2018............... - 9 - AWARDED IN 2018 ............................................................................................................................. - 9 - COMMENCING IN 2018 ..................................................................................................................... - 10 - CONTINUING IN 2018 ........................................................................................................................ - 10 -

RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS IN 2018 ......................................................................... - 13 - RESEARCH INCOME (GST EXCLUSIVE) ................................................................................................... - 13 - NEW IN 2018................................................................................................................................... - 13 - ACTIVE IN 2018 ................................................................................................................................ - 13 - OTHER FUNDING ............................................................................................................................... - 14 -

MAJOR PARTNERS AND LINKAGES IN 2018 ............................................................................. - 15 -

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS FROM 2018 .................................................................................... - 16 -

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COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN 2018 ............................................................ - 25 -

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Table of contents

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Remote Sensing Research Centre

Message from the Director of the Centre

RSRC continued as the leading Australian EO applied research, training and national coordination centre in 2018 and further established our role as a leading global contributor to the development of EO applications as basis of the rapid expansion of the Space 2.0 industry and assessment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We continued to underpin state and territory operational use of EO and played a fundamental role in establishing Australia’s firsts Space Agency, with a major focus on EO.

Our main achievements in core areas of the centre’s strategic plan:

1. Research Coordination and Training

Completion and graduation of three PhD students to full time jobs;

Commencement of five new PhD students;

Success in ARC DECRA round, attracting Dr William Woodgate. 2. Core Projects

Successful establishment of the Allen Coral Atlas global coral reef mapping and monitoring project and project team;

Completion of the highly successful HIA Rural Research and Development Project on Multi-Scale Horticultural Crop Monitoring and Management for Avocado, Mango and Macadamia Industries (which has led to two follow-on national projects 2019-2021);

Joint Remote Sensing Research Program continued to service state and Territory research to operations requirements, and expanded significantly with five new positions;

JRSRP was also selected as UQ’s FOR 04 impact and approach example case study (it received high on all criteria) and was profiled by UQ and ARC as an exemplar of research impact.

3. EO Coordination

Progression of Earth Observation Australia to a fully operational governance model and longer term sustainability plan;

Playing a leading role in successful establishment of the Australian Space Agency and it’s listing of Earth Observation as one of its eight national civil space priorities, that will direct large scale long term investment in developing Australia’s Space Industry;

Playing a leading role in Queensland Government Parliamentary Inquiry and Industry Development Group in building the investment plans for Queensland’s development of Space Industry.

4. Long Term Sustainability

Completion of preliminary plans and extensive state, industry and national support for an “Earth Observation Analytics” hub to be built in Brisbane as a combined state and national investment; and

Lead research organisation and program lead for proposed SmartSAT CRC Earth Observation Analytics program, 2019-2026.

Strategic Overview of the Centre Research Activities

Table 1: RSRC objectives, timelines and milestones 2015 – 2018

Centre Objectives from Proposal Milestones Reached in 2018 Centre research coordination and training To maintain and develop the RSRC and UQ as a leading international research, research training, and research to operational activities centre for use of remote sensing in earth observation and monitoring.

Group research discussion and review meetings

Monthly instructional activities on all aspects of remote sensing, science and ecosystem science and management

Participation in introductory and advanced remote sensing class instructions by RHD and research staff.

Core projects To develop and maintain the centre’s internationally unique critical mass of highly trained staff, specialized equipment, software and databases necessary to undertake and deliver research projects (knowledge, methods, software) that enable mapping, monitoring and modelling of our ecosystems from local to global scales.

Projects: - Successful establishment of the Allen Coral Atlas global coral reef mapping and monitoring project and project team;

Completion of the highly successful HIA Rural Research and Development Project on Multi-Scale Horticultural Crop Monitoring and Management for Avocado, Mango and Macadamia Industries (which has led to two follow-on national projects 2019-2021),

Joint Remote Sensing Research Program continued to service state and Territory research to operations requirements, and expanded significantly with five new positions.

Infrastructure funding and operational – Infrastructure in an operational and accessible state, along with documentation, trained personnel and use –data management guidelines. Joint Remote Sensing Research Program – maintained and develop operational plan and budget, annual meeting/report, deliver research goals.

Earth Observation Coordination To act as the national focus that provides the resources and personnel necessary to maintain and develop Australia’s national Earth Observation coordination capacity across all levels of government, private industry, non-government groups and education.

Maintained and developed funding to enable continued coordination and operation of all EOA activities through JRSRP at UQ.

Progression of Earth Observation Australia to a fully operational governance model and longer term sustainability plan;

Playing a leading role in successful establishment of the Australian Space Agency and it’s listing of Earth Observation as one of it’s eight national civil space priorities, that will direct large scale long term investment in developing Australia’s Space Industry;

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Centre Objectives from Proposal Milestones Reached in 2018 Playing a leading role in Queensland Government

Parliamentary Inquiry and Industry Development Group in building the investment plans for Queensland’s development of Space Industry.

Long term sustainability To provide the operational, staffing and training environment necessary to develop and maintain the highest level research and research training capacity for remote sensing at UQ while providing industry, government and academia with the next generation of ecosystem scientists and managers who are highly skilled in the practical application of remote sensing.

Developed and maintained core set of research priorities within the centre that relate to its established long term knowledge, data, skills and personnel bases.

Completion of preliminary plans and extensive state, industry and national support for an “Earth Observation Analytics” hub to be built in Brisbane as a combined state and national investment; and

Lead research organisation and program lead for proposed SmartSAT CRC Earth Observation Analytics program, 2019-2026.

Developed and maintained a set of regular centre activities that enables term provision of highly skilled and experienced EO scientists and a commitment to an open EO community that shares and builds their knowledge base.

Centre Membership in 2018

The Centre’s Members

Title Name

Appointment Type (including FTE)

Academic (Level A-E) Honorary Affiliate Adjunct

Professional (HEW Level) Other

Professor Stuart Phinn E Dr Peter Scarth ARC106 FTE 1.0 Dr Chris Roelfsema ARC103 FTE 1.0 Dr Daniel Harris B Mr Neil Flood ARB106 FTE 1.0 Dr Adrian Fisher ARB102 FTE 0.8 Dr Anthea Mitchell ARB102 FTE 1.0 Dr James Watson ARB101 FTE 1.0 Dr Leo Hardtke ARB101 FTE 1.0 Dr Jordan Graesser ARA106 FTE 1.0 Dr William Woodgate ARB Dr Zunyi Xie A

Dr Lucia Morales Barquero ARA FTE 0.55

Dr Rodney Borrego-Acevedo ARB103 FTE 1.0

Dr Eva Kovacs ARA106 FTE 1.0

Dr Emma Kennedy ARB104 FTE 1.0

Ms Kate Markey ARA104 FTE 1.0

Dr Meredith Roe ARA104 FTE 1.0

Dr Mitchell Lyons ARB104 FTE 0.6

Dr Nick Murray ARB104 FTE 0.2

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Ms Joanne Edkins HEW704 FTE 1.0

Ms Larissa Mar Fan HEW 501FTE 0.5

Dr John Armston

Mr Tim Danaher

Professor Arnold Dekker

Dr Melissa Fredrigo

Dr Tony Gill

Dr Nick Goodwin

Key Staff Profiles

Staff member’s name Brief profile

Stuart Phinn Stuart Phinn is a professor of Geography at the University of Queensland where he teaches remote sensing and directs the Remote Sensing Research Centre www.rsrc.org.au , which includes programs recognised as world’s best practice, to support government agencies across Australia using EO data www.jrsrp.org.au. Stuart’s research and teaching interests use airborne and satellite data sets for measuring and monitoring environmental changes and publishing/sharing ecosystem data. This work is done in collaboration with other environmental scientists, government environmental management agencies, NGO’s and private companies. Most recently he chaired the Committee that produced Australia’s first Earth Observation Community Plan – 2026 www.eoa.org.au . He publishes extensively with his collaborators, and currently has 190 papers in refereed international journals, 1 book, an on-line textbook, and 12 book chapters. A large part of this work also involves training the next generation of scientists and managers who effectively use remote sensing, and has graduated 42 PhD students.

Peter Scarth Peter Scarth works with a cross disciplinary team at the Joint Remote Sensing Research Program (JRSRP) to develop rigorous data management systems and validated mathematical models that measure and map both major and more subtle changes in Australia's vegetation using large earth observation data sets and vegetation survey field data systems. By building demonstrated value on our collective ecosystem data and engaging with stakeholders across academia, government and industry he aims to

maintain and extend our data holdings and build "long science" to address problems in the land management space. Peter also works within TERN/Auscover to democratise management and access to spatial data and promote uptake of products by researchers, policy and the public. As an application developer he has a particular interest in delivering difficult to use data in ways that tell a compelling story.

Chris Roelfsema Chris Roelfsema is senior research fellow in Marine Remote Sensing at the University of Queensland where he teaches remote sensing and is co-director of the Remote Sensing Research Centre. Chris’ research work focuses on developing and implementing approaches to assess composition and status of large coral reef and seagrass habitats. These approaches integrating field and remote sensing image datasets, calibrating and validating of remotely sensed imagery in coastal environments, and the developing cost-effective benthic habitat mapping approaches. Chris is the principle investigator for the mapping component of the Global Coral Reef Mapping and Monitoring project, for which he developed the mapping methods based on the Great Barrier Reef research. He was awarded PhD in 2009 for his work on coral reef and seagrass remote sensing. He has worked on coral reefs throughout Asia Pacific and Caribbean. The early and complete involvement of end users, mainly resource managers and scientists, is a valuable characteristic of his research approach. Developed and maintained with Phinn since 2006 the remote sensing web based toolkit https://www.rsrc.org.au/rsrc-rstoolkit. He publishes extensively with his collaborators, and currently has 75 papers in refereed international journals, 2 books, and 7 book chapters and supervised several masters and PhD students.

Daniel Harris Daniel Harris is a coastal geomorphologist who focuses on the morphodynamics of coastal and coral reef systems, or more specifically, the nature of change in coastal geomorphology and the processes responsible for driving such change. A major strength of this research is its multi-scale and multidisciplinary nature encompassing hydrodynamic and geomorphic field measurement, bathymetric and ecological surveying, geological reconstruction of sedimentary features, GIS analysis and remote sensing, and modelling of changes in coastal and coral reef systems. At UQ Dr Harris teaches into the Geography and Marine Science disciplines, is part of the Remote Sensing Research Centre (https://www.rsrc.org.au/) and runs a research a group that focuses primarily on sub-tropical to tropical coastal change (Beachlab). His work on coral reef and coastal wave processes, sea level changes, development of digital elevation models, and geomorphic evolution of coral reefs has led to

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international recognition and involvement in national and international research projects that focus on coral reef and coastal change.

National and International Visitors

Title First Name Last Name Appointment Place and Name of Institution Reason for Visit Duration Dates

Ms Tina Molter Visiting Researcher

University of Trier Masters supervision 8 weeks 12/03/18

Assoc. Prof

Noam Levin Visiting Researcher

Hebrew University, Jerusalem Long term research collaborations

3 months February – April 2018

Prof Greg Asner Visitor Carnegie Institute Coral reef project 1 week January 2018

Our Students – Research Higher Degrees awarded and in progress in 2018

Awarded in 2018

Name of Student Topic PhD / MPhil

1st Year Name of University, Institution / School

Principal or Joint Advisor Associate Advisors

Jasmine Muir Developing a Site Based Index of Vegetation Structure Complexity from Terrestrial Laser Scanner Data

PhD 2014 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of Queensland

Stuart Phinn Peter Scarth Terese Eyre

Mohammad Hoque Cyclone Disaster Mapping, Monitoring and Management Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis

PhD 2013 Stuart Phinn Chris Roelfsema Iraphne Childs

Dominic Bryant Drivers of Coral Reef Condition in the Central Maldives using Kilometre Scale Survey

PhD 2014 Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Sophie Dove Stuart Phinn

Name of Student Topic PhD / MPhil

1st Year Name of University, Institution / School

Principal or Joint Advisor Associate Advisors

Techniques from the XL Catlin Seaview Survey.

Commencing in 2018 Name of Student

Topic PhD / MPhil

FT / PT Name of University, Institution and School

Principal or Joint Advisor

Associate Advisors

Ana Ruiz Beltran

Estimating mangrove canopy traits from remote sensing PhD FT

Stuart Phinn Catherine Lovelock

Atefeh Sansoleimani

Identification of coral reef deposition, accretion, and erosional zones from benthic and substrate mapping using hyperspectral image data

PhD FT Stuart Phinn Gregg Webb, Chris Roelfsema, Daniel Harris

Sarah Lowe

Long-term characterisation of subtropical rainforest phenology and its response to climate

PhD PT School of Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of Queensland

Stuart Phinn Peter Scarth

Madeline Davey

Including condition into coral reef conservation PhD Hugh Possingham

Chris Roelfsema, Carissa Klein

Continuing in 2018 Name of Student

Topic PhD / MPhil

FT / PT

1st Year Name of University, Institution and School

Principal or Joint Advisor

Associate Advisors

Aaron Aeberli

Non-invasive detection of Panama disease and health in banana crops

PhD 2017 UNE/UNSW Stuart Phinn Andrew Robson UNE

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Name of Student

Topic PhD / MPhil

FT / PT

1st Year Name of University, Institution and School

Principal or Joint Advisor

Associate Advisors

Jason Barnetson

Understanding the Gradual Ecosystem Changes in Native Pastures of the Arid and Semi-arid Rangelands of the Northern Territory

PhD 2015 Stuart Phinn Peter Scarth

Dominic Bryant

The distribution and abundance of coral at kilometre scales in response to local versus global disturbances in the Central Indian Ocean

PhD 2014 Sophie Dove Stuart Phinn Ove Hoegh Guldberg

Danang Candra

Cloud Removal Analysis of Remote Sensing Satellite Images PhD 2014 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of Queensland

Stuart Phinn Peter Scarth

Dylan Cowley

Holocene Morphodynamics of Sub-Tropical to Tropical Beaches of the Queensland Coastline

PhD 2019 Daniel Harris Jamie Shulmeister

Katherine Kim

No topic provided PhD 2017 Ove Hoegh Guldberg

Chris Roelfsema

Yongjing Mao

Monitoring and predicting coastal morphological change with Satellite derived bathymetry and coastal modeling

PhD 2018 Daniel Harris Stuart Phinn

Jenny Mahuika

Time Series Data Fusion Methods for Monitoring Woody Vegetation Change in Cloudy Conditions

MPhil 2015 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of Queensland

Stuart Phinn Peter Scarth

Chunyue Niu Canopy reflectance modelling for mapping coastal wetland vegetation of South East Queensland

PhD 2017 Stuart Phinn Chris Roelfsema

Denise Perez Mapping Coral Reef Primary Production and Calcification from a Light Use Efficiency Model with in situ and Remotely Sensed Data

PhD 2014 Stuart Phinn Chris Roelfsema

Mohammad Redowan

Mapping forest dynamics in Bangladesh from satellite images: Implications for the global REDD+ program

PhD 2013 Stuart Phinn Chris Roelfsema

Name of Student

Topic PhD / MPhil

FT / PT

1st Year Name of University, Institution and School

Principal or Joint Advisor

Associate Advisors

Jeremy Sofonia

Biophysical Dynamics of Coastal Marine Habitats and Satellite Imagery Validation using LiDAR, Multi-spectral and other Remote Sensing Techniques on Unmanned Vehicles.

PhD 2015 Stuart Phinn Chris Roelfsema

Yu-Hsuan Tu Optimal Remotely Piloted Aircraft System Imaging and Processing for Horticultural Applications

PhD 2015 Stuart Phinn Andrew Robson

Bagus Setiabudi Wiwoho

A study of land use dynamic impacts on hydrological responses and flood detention in an increasingly urbanised watershed, Malang, East Java, Indonesia

PhD 2017 Stuart Phinn Neil McIntyre

Dan Wu Integrating LiDAR and Satellite Multispectral data for Monitoring Mango, Avocado and Macadamia Tree Crops

PhD 2015 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of Queensland

Stuart Phinn Andrew Robson

Doddy Yuwono

Developing a Systematic Coastal Habitat Classification Scheme for Indonesia Using Multi-Source Remotely Sensed Data

PhD 2017 Chris Roelfsema

Stuart Phinn

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Research Grants and Contracts in 2018

Research Income (GST exclusive)

New in 2018 Years (start to end dates) Funding Source Chief Investigator/s Project Title Amount Awarded

2018-2021 University of Tasmania Stuart Phinn Ultrahigh-resolution remote sensing for assessing biodiversity hotspots

$51,450

2018-2021 ARC Discovery Stuart Phinn Drone Biodiversity $38,588

2018 CSIRO Stuart Phinn Digital Earth Australia – Surface Reflectance Project

$11,198

2018-2019 Vulcan Philanthropic Chris Roelfsema and Stuart Phinn

Global Reef Mapping, Allen Coral Atlas

$378,300

2018-2019 Fraser Island Defenders Organisation

Daniel Harris and Ron Johnstone

Hydrodynamics & Materials Transport in the Mary River Estuary

$25,000

2018-2019 IODP Daniel Harris The influence of wave exposure on coral reef sea level records

$10,000

2018-2019 ANSTO Daniel Harris Late Holocene sea levels in the Great Barrier Reef

$7,500

Active in 2018

Years (start to end dates) Funding Source Chief Investigator/s Project Title Amount Awarded

2007-2023 Queensland and New South Wales Governments

Stuart Phinn and Peter Scarth

The Joint Remote Sensing Research Program

$2,228,373

2015-2019 HIA and Queensland Gov Stuart Phinn $422,650

2015-2019 ARC Linkage - UNSW Stuart Phinn $7,289

2017-2020 Geoscience Australia Stuart Phinn Earth Observation for Government Network

$61,443

2016-2020 University of Queensland Stuart Phinn Strategic Funding $715,062

Footnote: Amounts awarded/recorded as current and incoming from 2018 to end of project on active and continuing projects (i.e. awarded mounts prior to 2018 have been excluded in the amount awarded).

Other Funding

Amount ($) received in 2018

Title Type of Funding and organisation/company

Names of recipients or chief investigators

UQ Admin Unit

$378,300 Allen Coal Atlas Paul Allen Philanthropies S.Phinn C.Roelfsema

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Major Partners and Linkages in 2018

Person Company/Institute/Department Linkage or Activity

Christina Jones and Dan Tindall

Queensland Government Joint Remote Sensing Research Program

Tim Danaher and Heidi Mawbey

New South Wales Government Joint Remote Sensing Research Program

Alla Metlenko Jonathan Ross Trevor Dhu Oliver Simon Medhavy Thankapan

Geoscience Australia Copernicus Australasia Regional Data Hub Digital Earth Australia Earth observation coordination

Megan Clark Aude Vignelles Joe Andrews

Australian Space Agency Earth observation coordination

Alex Held Tim Malthus Kimberley Clayfield Cindy Ong

CSIRO Earth observation coordination

Mitch Lyons Nick Murray Graciela Metternict

University of New South Wales Joint Remote Sensing Research Program Research Earth observation coordination

Arko Lucieer University of Tasmania TERN Research

Karen Joyce Stephanie Duce

James Cook University Research

Kim Calders Ghent Institute Research

Greg Asner, Robin Martin Carnegie Institute Research

Erin Peterson, Alan Woodley, Schlomo Getva, Craig Sloss

QUT Research

Joe Mascaro, Trevor McDonald, Andrew Zoli

Planet Inc Research

Graeme Kernich, Phil Delaney, Eva Rodrigues

Frontier Si Research Earth observation coordination

Hannah Power The University of Newcastle Research

Jody Webster, Ana Vila Concejo, Michael Kinsela

The University of Sydney and NSW Government

Research

Research Publications from 2018

Journal (peer reviewed)

Addison, P.F.E., Collins, D.J., Trebilco, R., Howe, S., Bax, N.gh, Hedge, P., Jones, G., Miloslavich, P., Roelfsema, C., Sams, M., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Scanes, P., Von Baumgarten, P., McQuatters-Gollop, A. (2018). A new wave of marine evidence-based management: Emerging challenges and solutions to transform monitoring, evaluating, and reporting. ICES Journal of Marine Science 75 (3):941-52. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsx216.

Atwood, T. B., E. M. P. Madin, A. R. Harborne, E. Hammill, O. J. Luiz, Q. R. Ollivier, C. M. Roelfsema, P. I. Macreadie, and C. E. Lovelock. (2018) Predators shape sedimentary organic carbon storage in a coral reef ecosystem. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6 (AUG). doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00110.

Deb, J. C., Phinn, S., Butt, N., & McAlpine, C. A. (2018). Adaptive management and planning for the conservation of four threatened large Asian mammals in a changing climate. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. doi: 10.1007/s11027-018-9810-3.

Deb, J. C., Phinn, S., Butt, N., & McAlpine, C. A. (2018). Climate change impacts on tropical forests: identifying risks for tropical Asia, Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 30 (2), 182-194.

Fisher, A.; Scarth, P.; Armston, J. & Danaher, T. (2018) Relating foliage and crown projective cover in Australian tree stands. Agricultural and forest meteorology , Vol. 259 , pp. 39-47 , 2018

Gow, L. J., Barrett, D. J., O’Grady, A. P., Renzullo, L. J., & Phinn, S. R. (2018). Subsurface water-use strategies and physiological responses of subtropical eucalypt woodland vegetation under changing water-availability conditions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 248 (Supplement C), 348-360. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.10.005

Harris, D.L., Power, H.E., Kinsela, M.A., Webster, J.M., Vila-Concejo, A., (2018) Variability of depth-limited waves in coral reef surf zones. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 211, 36-44.

Harris, D.L., Rovere, A., Casella, E., Power, H., Canavesio, R., Collin, A., Pomeroy, A., Webster, J.M., Parravicini, V., (2018) Coral reef structural complexity provides important coastal protection from waves under rising sea levels. Science Advances, 4(2).

Hedley, J. D., Roelfsema, C., Brando, V., Giardino, C., Kutser, T., Phinn, S., Mumby, P. J., Barrilero, O., Laporte, J., and Koetz, B. (2018) Coral reef applications of Sentinel-2: Coverage, characteristics, bathymetry and benthic mapping with comparison to Landsat 8. Remote Sensing of Environment 216:598-614. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.07.014. Open Access

Hickey, S. M., Callow, N. J., Phinn, S., Lovelock, C. E., & Duarte, C. M. (2018). Spatial complexities in aboveground carbon stocks of a semi-arid mangrove community: A remote sensing height-biomass-carbon approach. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 200, 194-201. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2017.11.004

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Hoque, M. A., Phinn, S., Roelfsema, C., & Childs, I. (2018) Assessing tropical cyclone risks using geospatial techniques. Applied Geography 98:22-33. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.07.004.

Hoque, M. A.-A., Phinn, S., Roelfsema, C. & Childs, I. (2018). Modelling tropical cyclone risks for present and future climate change scenarios using geospatial techniques. International Journal of Digital Earth, 11, 246-263.

Kovacs, E., Roelfsema, C., Lyons, M., Zhao, S. & Phinn, S. (2018). Seagrass habitat mapping: how do Landsat 8 OLI, Sentinel-2, ZY-3A, and Worldview-3 perform? Remote Sensing Letters, 9, 686-695.

Lau, A.Y.A., Terry, J.P., Ziegler, A., Pratap, A., Harris, D., (2018) Boulder emplacement and remobilisation by cyclone and submarine landslide tsunami waves near Suva City, Fiji. Sedimentary Geology, 364, 242-257.

Levin, N., Ali, S., Crandall, D.J. (2018). Utilizing remote sensing and big data to quantify conflict intensity: The Arab Spring as a case study. Journal of Applied Geography, 94C, 1-17, doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.03.001

Lyons, M. B., Keith, D. A., Phinn, S. R., Mason, T. J., & Elith, J. (2018). A comparison of resampling methods for remote sensing classification and accuracy assessment. Remote Sensing of Environment, 208, 145-153. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.026

McKenna, P., Erskine, P., Lechner, A. & Phinn, S. (2018). Measuring fire severity using UAV imagery in semi-arid Central Queensland, Australia (vol 38, pg 4244, 2017). International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39, 4285-4285.

McKenna, P., Phinn, S. & Erskine, P. (2018). Fire Severity and Vegetation Recovery on Mine Site Rehabilitation Using WorldView-3 Imagery. Fire, 1, 22.

Norman, K., Inglis, J., Clarkson, C., Faith, J.T., Shulmeister, J., Harris, D., (2018) An early colonisation pathway into northwest Australia 70-60,000 years ago. Quaternary Science Reviews, 180, 229-239.

Parker, B. M., Sheldon, F., Phinn, S. & Ward, D. (2018). Changes in foliage projective cover and its implications for mapping groundwater dependent vegetation across a precipitation gradient. Ecohydrology, e1937.

Muir, J., Phinn, S., Eyre, T. & Scarth, P. (2018). Measuring plot scale woodland structure using terrestrial laser scanning. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 4, 320-338.

Perez, D. I., Phinn, S. R., Roelfsema, C. M., Shaw, E., Johnston, L., & Iguel, J. (2018). Primary production and calcification rates of algae‐dominated reef flat and seagrass communities. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JG004241

Phinn, S. R., Kovacs, E., Roelfsema, C. M., Canto, R., Collier, C. & Mckenzie, L. (2018). Assessing the potential for satellite image monitoring of seagrass thermal dynamics: for inter-and shallow sub-tidal seagrasses in the inshore Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Australia. International Journal of Digital Earth, 11, 803-824.

Roelfsema, C., Kovacs, E., Ortiz, J. C., Wolff, N. H., Callaghan, D., Wettle, M., . . . Phinn, S. (2018). Coral reef habitat mapping: A combination of object-based image analysis and ecological modelling. Remote Sensing of Environment, 208, 27-41. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.005

Roelfsema, C., Kovacs, E., Roos, P., Terzano, D., Lyons, M., & Phinn, S. (2018). Use of a semi-automated object based analysis to map benthic composition, Heron Reef, Southern Great Barrier Reef. Remote Sensing Letters, 9(4), 324-333. doi:10.1080/2150704X.2017.1420927

Samper-Villarreal, J., Mumby, P. J., Saunders, M. I., Roelfsema, C., & Lovelock, C. E. (2018). Seagrass Organic Carbon Stocks Show Minimal Variation Over Short Time Scales in a Heterogeneous Subtropical Seascape. Estuaries and Coasts, 1-12. doi:10.1007/s12237-018-0381-z

Simic Milas, A., J. J. Sousa, T. A. Warner, A. C. Teodoro, E. Peres, J. A. Gonçalves, J. Delgado Garcia, R. Bento, S. Phinn, and A. Woodget. (2018) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for environmental applications special issue preface. International Journal of Remote Sensing 39 (15-16):4845-51. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2018.1491518.

Staben, G.; Lucieer, A. & Scarth, P. (2018) Modelling LiDAR derived tree canopy height from Landsat TM, ETM+ and OLI satellite imagery—A machine learning approach. International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation, Vol. 73 , pp. 666-681

Tu, Y. H., S. Phinn, K. Johansen, and A. Robson. (2018). Assessing radiometric correction approaches for multi-spectral UAS imagery for horticultural applications. Remote Sensing 10 (11). doi: 10.3390/rs10111684. Wingate, V.R., Phinn, S.R., Kuhn, N., & Scarth, P. (2018). Estimating aboveground woody biomass change in Kalahari woodland: combining field, radar, and optical data sets. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39, 577-606. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1390271

Wu, D., Phinn, S., Johansen, K., Robson, A., Muir, J. & Searle, C. (2018). Estimating Changes in Leaf Area, Leaf Area Density, and Vertical Leaf Area Profile for Mango, Avocado, and Macadamia Tree Crowns Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning. Remote Sensing, 10, 1750.

Xie, Z.; Phinn, S. R.; Scarth, P.; Game, E.; Pannell, D.; Hobbs, R.; Briggs, P. & McDonald-Madden, E. (2018) Landsat observations of large-scale land degradation with Google Earth Engine. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Book

Book chapter

Kendrick, Gary A., Renae K. Hovey, Mitchell Lyons, Chris Roelfsema, Leonardo Ruiz Montoya, and Stuart Phinn. 2018. "Australian Seagrass Seascapes: Present Understanding and Future Research Directions." In Seagrasses of Australia: Structure, Ecology and Conservation, edited by Anthony W. D. Larkum, Gary A. Kendrick and Peter J. Ralph, 257-86. Cham: Springer International Publishing. Phinn, Stuart, Chris Roelfsema, Eva Kovacs, Robert Canto, Mitch Lyons, Megan Saunders, and Paul Maxwell. 2018. "Mapping, Monitoring and Modelling Seagrass Using Remote Sensing Techniques." In Seagrasses of Australia: Structure, Ecology and Conservation, edited by Anthony W. D. Larkum, Gary A. Kendrick and Peter J. Ralph, 445-87. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Conference Paper (peer reviewed)

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Tasker, J. & Phinn, S. Vertical Segmentation of Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) for Select Australian Vegetation Communities. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Proceedings, 2018. 338.

Tu, Y.-H., Phinn, S., Johansen, K. & Robson, A. Assessing Radiometric Corrections for UAS Multi-Spectral Imagery in Horticultural Environments. IGARSS 2018-2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2018. IEEE, 5449-5452

Xie, Z., Phinn, S., Scarth, P., Game, E., Pannell, D., Hobbs, R., Briggs, P. & Mcdonald-Madden, E. Landsat observations of large-scale land degradation with Google Earth Engine. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2018.

Conference Abstracts (optional)

Other publications (e.g. reports, non-peer-reviewed papers, letters, case studies)

Rovere, A., Casella, E., Harris, D.L., Lorscheid, T., Nandasena, N.A.K., Dyer, B., Sandstrom, M.R., Stocchi, P., D’Andrea, W.J., Raymo, M.E., (2018) Reply to Hearty and Tormey: Use the scientific method to test geologic hypotheses, because rocks do not whisper. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(13), E2904-E2905

Data

Harris, DL; Power, HE; Kinsela, MA; Webster, JM; Vila-Concejo, Ana (2018): Wave height to water depth ratios for coral reef flats from different coral reef surf zones. In.: PANGAEA, doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891296

Harris, DL (2018): XBeach_files.zip. figshare. Dataset. XBeach model set up for Harris et al. (2018) Science Advances.

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Stetner, D; and Phinn, SR. (2018). Georeferenced benthic photoquadrats captured annually from 2002-2017, distributed over Heron Reef flat and slope areas. In.: PANGAEA, doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.894801 (DOI registration in progress).

Roelfsema, CM; Loder, J; Host, R; Kovacs, EM (2018): Benthic inventory of reefal areas in Moreton Bay, Australia. PANGAEA, doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892402 (DOI registration in progress)

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from 15-043 Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, May 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892597

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Adelaide Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, April 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892598

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Boulder Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, January 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892599

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Chinaman Reef in the Cairns to

Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, January 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892600

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Chinaman Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, May 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892601

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Egret Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, May 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892602

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Ellison Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, April 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892624

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Ellison_Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, January 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892604

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Endeavour_Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, January 2017. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.892609

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Farquharson Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, January 2017. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.892607

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Gilbey Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, January 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892608

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Hastings Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, May 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892610

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Lark Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, May 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892611

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Opal Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, January 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892627

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Oyster Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, May 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892612

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Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Pasco Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, May 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892613

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Pickersgill Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, May 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892614

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Potter Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, April 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892626

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Ribbon 3 Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, January 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892615

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Ribbon 5 Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, May 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892616

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Sudbury Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, April 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892617

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Thetford Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, April 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892618

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Tongue Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, January 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892619

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Undine Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, May 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892620

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Vicki Harriott Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, May 2017. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.892621

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Vicki_Harriott_Reef in the Cairns to Cooktown management region of the Great Barrier Reef, January 2017. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.892625

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Curd Reef in the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891717

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Dugong Reef in the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891713

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Great-Detached Reef in the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891714

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Lagoon Reef in the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891715

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Nomad Reef in the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891716

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Tijou Reef in the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891718

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Tydeman Reef in the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891719

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from UN10-384 Reef in the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891720

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from UN10-416 Reef in the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891721

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from UN13061b Reef in the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891731

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Wallace Reef in the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891723

Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys from Wilkie Reef in the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef. doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891724

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Roelfsema, CM; Kovacs, EM; Markey, K et al. (2018): Benthic and substrate cover data derived from field photo-transect surveys for the Far Northern management region of the Great Barrier Reef; doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891736

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along 63 transects distributed over 12 reefs in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017; doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891505

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along transects from Dugong Reef in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017; doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.891491

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along transects from Curd Reef in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017; doi: 0.1594/PANGAEA.891490

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along transects from Tijou Reef in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017; doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891495

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along transects from UN13061b Reef in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017; doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891501

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along transects from UN10-416 Reef in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017; doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891523

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along transects from Tydeman Reef in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017; doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891496

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along transects from Lagoon Reef in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017.; doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891493

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along transects from Wilkie Reef in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017; doi 10.1594/PANGAEA.891503

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along transects from Wallace Reef in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017; doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891502

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along transects from UN10-384

Reef in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017; doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891497

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along transects from Nomad Reef in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017; doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891494

Roelfsema, CM; Grol, M; González-Rivero, M et al. (2018): Georeferenced photographs of benthic photoquadrats acquired along transects from Great-Detached Reef in the Far North region of the Great Barrier Reef, December, 2017; doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.891492

Roelfsema, CM; Andersen, R; Arlow, P et al. (2018): 2017 Habitat Maps derived from Flinders Reef Ecological Assessment (FREA) surveys, Queensland, Australia in ArcGIS (shapefile) format; doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.890756

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Community and Professional Activities in 2018

Title Name of Staff Member National/

International Name of Society Position Held

Professor Stuart Phinn National Earth Observation Australia

Director

Ms Joanne Edkins National Earth Observation Australia

Coordinator

Dr Chris Roelfsema National Flinders Reef Ecological Assessment by University of Queensland Underwater Club

Project Leader

Dr Chris Roelfsema International Coral Watch Scientific Advisor

Dr Chris Roelfsema National Reef Check Australia Scientific Advisor

Dr Daniel Harris National Geography Teachers Association

Teaching Advisor

Contact Details

Remote Sensing Research Centre School of Earth & Environmental Sciences The University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia Chamberlain Building (#35) Campbell Road St Lucia Campus Websites

Remote Sensing Research Centre www.rsrc.org.au

Joint Remote Sensing Research Program www.jrsrp.org.au

Earth Observation Australia www.eoa.org.au