
Remote Sensing Research Group
Ecology & Environment Research Centre
Manchester Metropolitan University


Zaimis, G., Gounaridis, D., Symeonakis, E., 2019. Assessing the impact of dams on riparian and deltaic vegetation using remotely-sensed vegetation indices and Random Forests modelling. Ecological Indicators, 103:630-641. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.04.047
Higginbottom, T., Collar, N., Symeonakis, E., Marsden, S., 2019. Deforestation dynamics in an endemic-rich mountain system: Conservation successes and challenges in West Java 1990–2015. Biological Conservation, 229, 152-159. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.11.017
Barr, ID., Ely, JC., Spagnolo, M., Evans, IS., Tomkins, MD., 2019. The dynamics of mountain erosion: cirque growth slows as landscapes age. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44 (13), 2628–2637. Link
Lovell, H., Livingstone, SJ., Boston, CM., Booth, A., Storrar, S., Barr, ID., 2019. Complex kame belt morphology, stratigraphy and architecture. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44 (13), 2685–2637. Link
Mullan, D., Matthews, T., Vandaele, K., Barr, ID., Swindles, GT., Meneely, J., Boardman, J., Murphy, C., 2019. Climate impacts on soil erosion and muddy flooding at 1.5°C vs 2°C warming. Land Degradation & Development, 30, 94–108. Link
Swindles, GT., Morris, PJ., Mullan, DJ., Payne, RJ., Roland, TP., Amesbury, MJ., Lamentowicz, M., Turner, TE., Gallego-Sala, A., Sim, T., Barr, ID., Blaauw, M., Blundell, A., Chambers, FM., Charman, DJ., Feurdean, A., Galloway, JM., Gałka, M., Green, S., Kajukało, K., Karofeld, E., Korhola, A., Lamentowicz, L., Langdon, P., Marcisz, K., Mauquoy, D., Mazei, YA., McKeown, M., Mitchell, EAD., Novenko, E., Plunkett, G., Roe, HM., Schoning, K., Sillasoo, Ü., Tsyganov, AN., van der Linden, M., Väliranta, M., Warner, B. Widespread drying of European peatlands in recent centuries. Nature Geoscience, 12, 922–928. Link
Barr, ID., Dokukin, M., Kougkoulos, I., Livingstone, SJ., Lovell, H., Małecki, J., Muraviev, A.Y., 2018. Using ArcticDEM to analyse the dimensions and dynamics of debris-covered glaciers in Kamchatka, Russia. Geosciences, 8 (6), 216. Link
Barr, ID., Lynch, C., Mullan, D., De Sienna, L., Spagnolo, M., 2018. Volcanic impacts on modern glaciers: a global synthesis. Earth-Science Reviews, 182, 186–203. Link
Kougkoulos, I., Cook, S. J., Edwards, L. A., Clarke, L. J., Symeonakis, E., Dortch, J. M., & Nesbitt, K. 2018. Modelling glacial lake outburst flood impacts in the Bolivian Andes. Natural Hazards, 1-24.
Higginbottom, T.P., Field, C.D., Symeonakis, E., Caporn, S.J.M., Rosenburgh, A.E., Wright, A. 2018. High-resolution wetness index mapping: A useful tool for regional scale wetland management. Ecological Informatics, 48, pp. 89-96. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2018.08.003
Morrison, J., Higginbottom, T. P., Symeonakis, E., Jones, M. J., Omengo, F., Walker, S.L., Cain, B., 2018. Detecting vegetation change in response to confining elephants in forests using MODIS time-series and BFAST. Remote Sensing, 10(7), 1075; DOI: 10.3390/rs10071075
Gounaridis D., Symeonakis, E., Chorianopoulos, I., and Koukoulas, S. 2018. Incorporating density in spatio-temporal land cover change patterns: the case of Attica, Greece. Remote Sensing. 10(7), 1034; DOI: 10.3390/rs10071034
Gounaridis D., Chorianopoulos, I., Symeonakis, E., and Koukoulas, S. 2018. A Random Forest/Cellular Automata modelling approach of land use/cover changes in Attica region (Greece) using different scenarios and scales. Science of the Total Environment. 646, 320-335. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.302
Symeonakis, E., Higginbottom, T.P., Petroulaki., K. Rabe, A. 2018. Optimisation of Savannah Land Cover Characterisation with Optical and SAR Data. Remote Sensing, 10(4), 499; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10040499
Higginbottom, T.P., Symeonakis, E., Mayer, H. van der Linden, S., 2018. Mapping Woody Cover in Semi-arid Savannahs using Multi-seasonal Composites from Landsat Data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 139, 88-102 DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.02.010
Kougkoulos, I., Cook, S.J., Jomelli, V., Clarke, L., Symeonakis, E., Dortch, J.M., Edwards, L.A., and Merad, M., 2018. A universally applicable method for glacial lake outburst flood risk (GLOF) assessment. Science of the Total Environment. 621, 1453-1466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.083
Ely, JC., Graham, C., Barr, ID., Spagnolo, M., Rea, BR., Evans, J., 2017. Using UAV acquired photography and structure from motion techniques for studying glacier landforms: application to the glacial flutes at Isfallsglaciären. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42 (6), 877–888. Link
Meyer, VD., Barr, ID., 2017. Linking glacier extent and summer temperature in NE Russia - implications for precipitation during the Last Glacial Maximum. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, 470, 72–80. Link
Spagnolo, M., Pellitero, R., Barr, ID., Ely, J.C., Pellicer, X., Rea, B., 2017. ACME, a GIS tool for Automated Cirque Metric Extraction. Geomorphology, 278, 280–286. Link
Flood, RP., Bloemsma, MR., Weltje, GJ., Barr, ID., O’Rourke, SM., Turner, JN., Orford, JD., 2016. Compositional data analysis of Holocene sediments from the West Bengal Sundarbans, India: Geochemical proxies for grain-size variability in a delta environment. Applied Geochemistry, 75, 222–235. Link
Lynch, C., Barr, ID., Mullan, D., Ruffell, A., 2016. Rapid glacial retreat on the Kamchatka Peninsula during the early 21st Century. The Cryosphere, 10, 1809–1821. Link
Symeonakis, E., 2016. Modelling land cover change in a Mediterranean environment using random forests and a multi-layer neural network model. IEEE IGARSS, art. no. 4423867, pp. 4542-4545. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423867
Barr, ID., Spagnolo, M., 2015. Understanding controls on cirque floor altitudes: insights from Kamchatka. Geomorphology, 248, 1–13. Link
CASAMIGLIA, A.; GAGO, J.; GARCÍA-COMENDADOR, J.; FORTESA-BERNAT, J.; CALVO-CASES, A.; ESTRANY, J.: Evaluating functional connectivity in a small agricultural catchment under contrasting flood events by using UAV. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.4769. 2020
CASAMIGLIA, A.; GARCÍA-COMENDADOR, J.; FORTESA, J.; LOPEZ-TARAZON, J.A.; CREMA, S.; CAVALLI, M.; CALVO-CASES, A.; ESTRANY, J.: Effects of agricultural drainage systems on sediment connectivity in a small Mediterranean lowland catchment. Geomorphology 318, 162–171.DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.06.011. 2018
CALSAMIGLIA, A.; FORTESA, J.; GARCÍA-COMENDADOR, J.; LUCAS-BORJA, M. E.; CALVO-CASES, A.; JOAN ESTRANY, J.: Spatial patterns of sediment connectivity in terraced lands: Anthropogenic controls of catchment sensitivity. Land Degradation & Development 29,1198–1210. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2840. 2018
GARCÍA-COMENDADOR, J.; FORTESA, J.; CALSAMIGLIA, A. ; CALVO-CASES, A.; ESTRANY, J.: Post-fire hydrological response and suspended sediment transport of a terraced Mediterranean catchment. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 42, 2254–2265, DOI: 10.1002/esp.4181. 2017
MOLINA-SANCHIS, I.; LAZARO, R.; ARNAU-ROSALEN, E.; CALVO-CASES, A.: Rainfall timing and runoff: The influence of the criterion for rain event separation. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics 64 (3), 226-236. 2016
LÁZARO, R.; CALVO-CASES, A.; LÁZARO, A.; MOLINA, I.: Effective run-off flow length over biological soil crusts on silty loam soils in drylands, Hydrological Processes 29, 2534–2544. 2015
SIMON GOMEZ, J.L.; PEREZ CUEVA, A.; CALVO CASES, A.: Tectonic beheading of fluvial valleys in the Maestrat grabens (eastern Spain): insights into slip rates of Pleistocene extensional faults. Tectonophysics 593. 73 – 84. 2013
CANTÓN, Y.; SOLÉ-BENET, A. ; DE VENTE, J.; BOIX-FAYOS, C.; CALVOCASES, A; ASENSIO, C.; PUIGDEFÁBREGAS, J.: A review of runoff generation and soil erosion across scales in semiarid south-eastern Spain. Journal of Arid Environments 75, 1254 – 1261. 2011
ALEXANDER, R.W., CALVO-CASES, A., ARNASU-ROSALEN, E., MATHER, A.E., LAZARO-SUAU, R.: Erosion and stabilisation sequences in relation to base level changes in the El Cautivo badlands, SE Spain. Geomorphology 100, 83 – 90. 2008
ARNAU-ROSALÉN, E., CALVO-CASES, A., BOIX-FAYOS, C., LAVEE, H., SARAH, P.: Analysis of soil surface components patterns affecting runoff generation. An example of methods application to Mediterranean hillslopes in Alicante (Spain). Geomorphology 101, 595 – 606. 2008
BOIX-FAYOS, C., MARTÍNEZ-MENA, M., ARNAU-ROSALÉN, E., CALVO-CASES, A., CASTILLO, V., ALBALADEJO, J.: Measuring soil erosion by field plots: Understanding the sources of variation. Earth-Science Reviews 78, 267 – 285. 2006