Professional summary

Clare uses satellite data to monitor and understand the environment. Her main areas of research are mapping land cover and land cover change from satellite data and aerial photography. She has led production of several UK Land Cover Maps, including the 1990-2015 land cover change data set.

Clare is interested in exploring how to integrate remote sensing with other data sets, to improve our understanding of the environment. This includes the use of remote sensing and machine learning methods to ‘scale-up’ ground observations. Clare has led projects for BEIS/DESNZ, Defra, the OEP, SEPA and Welsh Government.

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

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

Hunt Merryn L. et al. , (2023), Using satellite data to assess spatial drivers of bird diversity. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 9, 483-500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rse2.322

Hunt Merryn L. et al. , (2019), High resolution wheat yield mapping using Sentinel-2. Remote Sensing of Environment, 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111410

Burke Thomas et al. , (2021), Achieving national scale targets for carbon sequestration through afforestation: geospatial assessment of feasibility and policy implications. Environmental Science & Policy, 124, 279-292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.06.023

Tebbs Emma J. et al. , (2017), Regional-scale high spatial resolution mapping of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) from field survey and Landsat data: a case study for the country of Wales. Remote Sensing, 9, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9080801