Professional summary

Aneurin is an Ecological Geographic Information System/ Remote Sensing Scientist in the Land Use group in Lancaster. His current work focuses on the production, validation and analysis of land cover data across a range of spatial scales.

Aneurin is involved in research projects focused on the production, validation and analysis of 1990, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 Land Cover Maps, along with the Land Cover Change 1990-2015 datasets. He uses random forest regression modelling to predict peatland water table depth from Sentinel-1 radar; and the classification of high-resolution, local scale aerial photography to predict bare peat condition across medium-resolution, regional scale satellite imagery. He is also undertaking fieldwork to trial methods for assessing peatland condition.

He is developing suitability maps for locating planting areas for bioenergy crops to minimise impacts on bird habitats and undertaking woody feature surveying across North Wales as part of the ERAAMP project, mapping changes in areas of existing data and mapping new areas of woody features.

Selected publications

Marston Christopher G. et al. , (2023), LCM2021 – the UK Land Cover Map 2021. Earth System Science Data, 15, 4631-4649, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-78

Marston Christopher et al. , (2022), Developing the role of Earth observation in spatio-temporal mosquito modelling to identify malaria hot-spots. Remote Sensing, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs15010043

Carrasco Luis et al. , (2019), Evaluating combinations of temporally aggregated Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 For land cover mapping with Google Earth Engine. Remote Sensing, 11, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11030288

Rowland Clare et al. , Land Cover Change 1990-2015 (25m raster, GB).

Rowland Clare et al. , Land Cover Map 2015 (vector, GB).

Rowland Clare et al. , Land Cover Map 1990 (vector, GB).

Morton Daniel et al. , Land Cover Map 2017 (land parcels, GB).

Morton Daniel et al. , Land Cover Map 2018 (land parcels, GB).

Morton Daniel et al. , Land Cover Map 2019 (land parcels, GB).

Marston Christopher et al. , Land Cover Map 2021 (land parcels, GB).

Other Publications

Carrasco, L., C. Rowland, A. O’Neil and D. Morton (2018). Temporal aggregations of Sentinel 1, Sentinel 2 and Landsat 8 for land-cover mapping. Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Annual Meeting. University of Birmingham.

Carrasco, L., C. Rowland, N. O’Neill and G. McShane (2016). Developing methods for UK Land Cover Mapping with Sentinel-2. Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Annual Meeting. University of Nottingham.

Marston, C., C. Rowland, A. O’Neil, S. Irish, F. Wat’senga, P. Martin-Gallego and C. Strode (2020). Earth observation for malaria modelling: a practical toolkit for satellite-based prediction of mosquito distributions using Google Earth Engine and R. UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.: 68pp.

Marston, C., C. Rowland, A. O’Neil and R. Morton (2022). Land Cover Map 2021 (1km summary rasters, GB and N. Ireland). UKCEH. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre.

Marston, C., C. Rowland, A. O'Neil and R. Morton (2022). Land Cover Map 2021 (10m classified pixels, GB). UKCEH. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Marston, C., C. Rowland, A. O'Neil and R. Morton (2022). Land Cover Map 2021 (10m classified pixels, N. Ireland). UKCEH. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Marston, C., C. Rowland, A. O'Neil and R. Morton (2022). Land Cover Map 2021 (25m rasterised land parcels, GB). UKCEH. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Marston, C., C. Rowland, A. O'Neil and R. Morton (2022). Land Cover Map 2021 (25m rasterised land parcels, N. Ireland). UKCEH. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Marston, C., C. Rowland, A. O'Neil and R. Morton (2022). Land Cover Map 2021 (land parcels, GB). UKCEH. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Marston, C., C. Rowland, A. O'Neil and R. Morton (2022). Land Cover Map 2021 (land parcels, N. Ireland). UKCEH. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Marston, C., C. Rowland, A. O'Neill, S. Irish, F. Wat'senga, P. Martin-Gallego, P. Giraudoux and C. Strode (2023). Observación de la Tierra para la modelización de la malaria: herramientas prácticas para la predicción de la distribución de mosquitos utilizando datos de satélite, Google Earth Engine y R. Zenodo.

Marston, C., C. Rowland, A. O'Neill, S. Irish, F. Wat'senga, P. Martin-Gallego, P. Giraudoux and C. Strode (2023). Observation de la Terre pour la modélisation du paludisme: une boîte à outils pratique pour la prédiction par satellite de la distribution des moustiques à l'aide de Google Earth Engine et de R. Zenodo.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2017 (20m classified pixels, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2017 (20m classified pixels, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2017 (25m rasterised land parcels, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2017 (25m rasterised land parcels, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2017 (land parcels, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2018 (20m classified pixels, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2018 (20m classified pixels, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2018 (25m rasterised land parcels, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2018 (25m rasterised land parcels, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2018 (land parcels, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2019 (25m rasterised land parcels, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2019 (25m rasterised land parcels, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2019 (classified pixels, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2019 (classified pixels, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O’Neil and C. Rowland (2020). Land Cover Map 2019 (land parcels, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O'Neil and C. Rowland (2021). Land Cover Map 2020 (10m classified pixels, GB). UKCEH. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O'Neil and C. Rowland (2021). Land Cover Map 2020 (25m rasterised land parcels, GB). UKCEH. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O'Neil and C. Rowland (2022). Land Cover Map 2017 (1km summary rasters, GB and N. Ireland). UKCEH. NERC EIDC.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O'Neil and C. Rowland (2022). Land Cover Map 2018 (1km summary rasters, GB and N. Ireland). UKCEH. NERC EIDC.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O'Neil and C. Rowland (2022). Land Cover Map 2019 (1km summary rasters, GB and N. Ireland). UKCEH. NERC EIDC.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O'Neil and C. Rowland (2022). Land Cover Map 2020 (1km summary rasters, GB and N. Ireland). UKCEH. NERC EIDC.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O'Neil and C. Rowland (2022). Land Cover Map 2020 (10m classified pixels, N. Ireland). UKCEH. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O'Neil and C. Rowland (2022). Land Cover Map 2020 (25m rasterised land parcels, N. Ireland). UKCEH. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Morton, R., C. Marston, A. O'Neil and C. Rowland (2022). Land Cover Map 2020 (land parcels, N. Ireland). UKCEH. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

O’Neil, A., L. Carrasco, D. Morton and C. Rowland (2018). Estimating bare peat from Landsat data, using Random Forest Regression. Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Annual Meeting. University of Birmingham.

O'Neil, A. (2015). Temporal vegetation changes in relation to dune sealing on Natural England land on Formby Point, Sefton Coast. M. Sc. Conservation Management M. Sc. Thesis, Edge Hill University.

O'Neil, A., I. Delgado-Fernandez and P. Ashton (2015). Temporal vegetation changes in relation to dune sealing on Natural England land at Formby Point, Sefton Coast. Windy Day Conference. University of Reading.

O'Neil, A., I. Delgado-Fernandez, N. O'Keeffe, P. Ashton and C. Marston (In prep). "Habitat changes as a consequence of dune sealing: A case study from Ainsdale NNR."

Ridding, L., M. McCracken, C. Rowland, R. Broughton, A. O'Neil, H. Dean, J. Redhead, M. Botham, A. Wickenden, O. Pescott, F. Gerrard, E. Robinson, E. Williams and R. Pywell (2022). SPTA Grazing Impact Assessment, Defence Infrastructure Organisation.

Rowland, C., G. Buys, V. Correia, B. Ditchburn, C. Evangelides, A. Higgins, C. Marston, D. Morton, R. Olave, A. O’Neil, S. Tomlinson, J. Watterson, E. Whitton, J. Williamson and A. Thomson (2021). BEIS Land use tracking project: WPB Final Report. Report for BEIS. UKCEH: 112pp.

Rowland, C., L. Carrasco, A. O’Neil, R. Morton and C. Wood (2018). UK Land Cover Mapping, with a focus on Land Cover Map 2015 (LCM2015). Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Annual Meeting. University of Birmingham.

Rowland, C., C. Marston, R. Morton and A. O’Neil (2020). Land Cover Change 1990-2015 (25m raster, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., C. Marston, R. Morton and A. O’Neil (2020). Land Cover Map 1990 (1km dominant aggregate class, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., C. Marston, R. Morton and A. O’Neil (2020). Land Cover Map 1990 (1km dominant aggregate class, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., C. Marston, R. Morton and A. O’Neil (2020). Land Cover Map 1990 (1km dominant target class, GB) v2. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., C. Marston, R. Morton and A. O’Neil (2020). Land Cover Map 1990 (1km dominant target class, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., C. Marston, R. Morton and A. O’Neil (2020). Land Cover Map 1990 (1km percentage aggregate class, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., C. Marston, R. Morton and A. O’Neil (2020). Land Cover Map 1990 (1km percentage aggregate class, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., C. Marston, R. Morton and A. O’Neil (2020). Land Cover Map 1990 (1km percentage target class, GB) v2. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., C. Marston, R. Morton and A. O’Neil (2020). Land Cover Map 1990 (1km percentage target class, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., C. Marston, R. Morton and A. O’Neil (2020). Land Cover Map 1990 (25m raster, GB) v2. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., C. Marston, R. Morton and A. O’Neil (2020). Land Cover Map 1990 (25m raster, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., C. Marston, R. Morton and A. O’Neil (2020). Land Cover Map 1990 (vector, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., R. Morton, L. Carrasco, G. McShane, A. O'Neil and C. Wood (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (1km dominant aggregate class, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., R. Morton, L. Carrasco, G. McShane, A. O'Neil and C. Wood (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (1km dominant aggregate class, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., R. Morton, L. Carrasco, G. McShane, A. O'Neil and C. Wood (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (1km dominant target class, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., R. Morton, L. Carrasco, G. McShane, A. O'Neil and C. Wood (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (1km dominant target class, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., R. Morton, L. Carrasco, G. McShane, A. O'Neil and C. Wood (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (1km percentage aggregate class, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., R. Morton, L. Carrasco, G. McShane, A. O'Neil and C. Wood (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (1km percentage aggregate class, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., R. Morton, L. Carrasco, G. McShane, A. O'Neil and C. Wood (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (1km percentage target class, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., R. Morton, L. Carrasco, G. McShane, A. O'Neil and C. Wood (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (1km percentage target class, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., R. Morton, L. Carrasco, G. McShane, A. O'Neil and C. Wood (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (25m raster, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., R. Morton, L. Carrasco, G. McShane, A. O'Neil and C. Wood (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (25m raster, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., R. Morton, L. Carrasco, G. McShane, A. O'Neil and C. Wood (2017). Land Cover Map 2015 (vector, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre.

Rowland, C., R. Morton, L. Carrasco and A. O’Neil (2017). Applying Earth Observation to assess UK Land use change: Lot 2: Final Report. Final Report for BEIS. London, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy: 48pp.

Rowland, C., N. O'Neil, C. Marston and D. Morton (2021). Isle of Man: Land Cover Map 2019, Isle of Man Land Use and Agricultural Carbon Exchange Calculation. Report to the Isle of Man Government., UKCEH: 112pp.

Rowland, C., P. Scholefield, A. O’Neil and J. Miller (2019). Quantifying rates of urban creep in Scotland: results for Edinburgh between 1990, 2005 and 2015. Final Report for CREW: 42pp.

Rowland, C., P. Scholefield, A. O'Neil, C. Marston and B. Williams (2021). Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP). ERAMMP Report-56: Planet data: field boundaries. Report to Welsh Government, UKCEH.

Williamson, J., D. Morton, R. Artz, A. Burden, C. Rowland, L. Carrasco-Tornero, A. O’Neill, L. Poggio, M. Khomik, D. Donnelly and C. Evans (2017). The role of earth observation in an integrated framework for assessing peatland habitat condition and its impact on greenhouse gas accounting. Final Report for DEFRA. London, Department for Environment and Rural Affairs: 134pp.