Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Thorne, Michael ORCID record for Michael Thorne, von Bock und Polach, Franz, Cziferszky, Andreas ORCID record for Andreas Cziferszky, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Goodman, Dougal, Kikuchi, Takashi, Kodaira, Tsubasa, Mikami, Kohei, Murayama, Hideaki, Sawamura, Junji, Suominen, Mikko, Tate, Alexander ORCID record for Alexander Tate, Tuhkuri, Jukka, Wadhams, Peter, Waseda, Takuji, Wilkinson, Jeremy ORCID record for Jeremy Wilkinson. (2025) A polar oceans shipping information system. In: The 39th International Symposium on the Okhotsk Sea & Polar Oceans Mombetsu Arts & Culture Center, Mombetsu Municipal Museum Mombetsu Machinaka Art Museum, Mombetsu Citizens’ Public Hall Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum of Hokkaido, 16-19 February 2025. Okhotsk Sea and Polar Oceans Research Association.

2024

Roland, Thomas P., Bartlett, Oliver T., Charman, Dan J., Anderson, Karen, Hodgson, Dominic A. ORCID record for Dominic A. Hodgson, Amesbury, Matthew J., Maclean, Ilya, Fretwell, Peter T. ORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming. (2024) Sustained greening of the Antarctic Peninsula observed from satellites. Nature Geoscience, (). 8 pp. 10.1038/s41561-024-01564-5

Trathan, Philip N. ORCID record for Philip N. Trathan, Wienecke, Barbara, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Ireland, Louise ORCID record for Louise Ireland. (2024) Using telemetry data and the sea ice satellite record to identify vulnerabilities in critical moult habitat for emperor penguins in West Antarctica. Polar Biology, 47 (). 15 pp. 10.1007/s00300-024-03252-x

Rogers, Martin S.J. ORCID record for Martin S.J. Rogers, Fox, Maria ORCID record for Maria Fox, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, van Zeeland, Louisa, Wilkinson, Jeremy ORCID record for Jeremy Wilkinson, Hosking, J. Scott ORCID record for J. Scott Hosking. (2024) Sea ice detection using concurrent multispectral and synthetic aperture radar imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 305 (). 14 pp. 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114073

2023

Evans, Ben ORCID record for Ben Evans, Faul, Anita ORCID record for Anita Faul, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Vaughan, David G. ORCID record for David G. Vaughan, Hosking, J. Scott ORCID record for J. Scott Hosking. (2023) Unsupervised machine learning detection of iceberg populations within sea ice from dual-polarisation SAR imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 297 (). 15 pp. 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113780

2022

Tarling, Geraint ORCID record for Geraint Tarling, Abrahamsen, Povl ORCID record for Povl Abrahamsen, Lucas, Natasha ORCID record for Natasha Lucas, Brearley, Alexander ORCID record for Alexander Brearley, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Shepherd, Andrew, Liszka, Cecilia ORCID record for Cecilia Liszka, Manno, Clara ORCID record for Clara Manno, Murphy, Eugene ORCID record for Eugene Murphy, Meredith, Michael ORCID record for Michael Meredith, Ratcliffe, Norman ORCID record for Norman Ratcliffe, Braakmann-Folgmann, Anne, Gerrish, Laura ORCID record for Laura Gerrish. (2022) The birth and death of ‘megaberg’ A68. The Marine Biologist, 22 (). pp.

2021

Hagos, Desta Haileselassie, Kakantousis, Theofilos, Vlassov, Vladimir, Sheikholeslami, Sina, Wang, Tianze, Dowling, Jim, Paris, Claudia, Marinelli, Daniele, Weikmann, Giulio, Bruzzone, Lorenzo, Khaleghian, Salman, Krmer, Thomas, Eltoft, Torbjorn, Marinoni, Andrea, Pantazi, Despina-Athanasia, Stamoulis, Georgios, Bilidas, Dimitris, Papadakis, George, Mandilaras, George, Koubarakis, Manolis, Troumpoukis, Antonis, Konstantopoulos, Stasinos, Muerth, Markus, Appel, Florian, Fleming, Andrew H. ORCID record for Andrew H. Fleming, Cziferszky, Andreas ORCID record for Andreas Cziferszky. (2021) ExtremeEarth meets satellite data from space. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 14 (). 26 pp. 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3107982

Koubarakis, Manolis, Stamoulis, George, Bilidas, Dimitris, Ioannidis, Theofilos, Mandilaras, George, Pantazi, Despina-Athanasia, Papadakis, George, Vlassov, Vladimir, Payberah, Amir H., Wang, Tianze, Sheikholeslami, Sina, Hagos, Desta Haileselassie, Bruzzone, Lorenzo, Paris, Claudia, Weikmann, Giulio, Marinelli, Daniele, Eltoft, Torbjørn, Marinoni, Andrea, Kræmer, Thomas, Khaleghian, Salman, Ullah, Habib, Troumpoukis, Antonis, Kostopoulou, Nefeli Prokopaki, Konstantopoulos, Stasinos, Karkaletsis, Vangelis, Dowling, Jim, Kakantousis, Theofilos, Datcu, Mihai, Yao, Wei, Dumitru, Corneliu Octavian, Appel, Florian, Migdall, Silke, Muerth, Markus, Bach, Heike, Hughes, Nick, Everett, Alistair, Kiærbech, Ashild, Pedersen, Joakim Lillehaug, Arthurs, David, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Cziferszky, Andreas ORCID record for Andreas Cziferszky. (2021) Artificial Intelligence and big data technologies for Copernicus data: The EXTREMEEARTH project. In: Soille, P., Loekken, S., Albani, S. (eds.). Proceedings of the 2021 conference on Big Data from Space, , Publications Office of the European Union, pp. 10.2760/125905

Hagos, D.H., Kakantousis, T., Vlassov, V., Sheikholeslami, S., Wang, T., Dowling, J., Fleming, A. ORCID record for A. Fleming, Cziferszky, A. ORCID record for A. Cziferszky, Muerth, M., Appel, F., Pantazi, D-A., Bilidas, D., Papadakis, G., Mandilaras, G., Stamoulis, G., Koubarakis, M., Troumpoukis, A., Konstantopoulos, S.. (2021) The ExtremeEarth software architecture for Copernicus earth observation data. In: Soille, P., Loekken, S., Albani, S. (eds.). Proceedings of the 2021 conference on Big Data from Space, , Publications Office of the European Union, 4 pp. 10.2760/125905

Ratcliffe, Norman ORCID record for Norman Ratcliffe, Deagle, Bruce, Love, Kieran, Polanowski, Andrea, Fielding, Sophie ORCID record for Sophie Fielding, Wood, Andrew G., Hill, Simeon ORCID record for Simeon Hill, Grant, Susie ORCID record for Susie Grant, Belchier, Mark ORCID record for Mark Belchier, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Hall, Jonathan. (2021) Changes in prey fields increase the potential for spatial overlap between gentoo penguins and a krill fishery within a marine protected area. Diversity and Distributions, 27 (). pp. 10.1111/ddi.13216

2020

Rainville, Luc, Wilkinson, Jeremy ORCID record for Jeremy Wilkinson, Durley, Mary Ellen J., Harper, Scott, DiLeo, Julia, Doble, Martin J., Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Forcucci, David, Graber, Hans, Hargrove, John T., Haverlack, John, Hughes, Nick, Hembrough, Brett, Jeffries, Martin O., Lee, Craig M., Mendenhall, Brendon, McCormmick, David, Montalvo, Sofia, Stenseth, Adam, Shilling, Geoffrey B., Simmons, Harper L., Toomey, James E., Woods, John. (2020) Improving Situational Awareness in the Arctic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 (). 17 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2020.581139

Bett, David T. ORCID record for David T. Bett, Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Paul R. Holland, Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Jenkins, Dutrieux, Pierre, Kimura, Satoshi, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming. (2020) The impact of the Amundsen Sea freshwater balance on ocean melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125 (). pp. 10.1029/2020JC016305

Wagner, Penelope Mae, Hughes, Nick, Bourbonnais, Pascale, Stroeve, Julienne, Rabenstein, Lasse, Bhatt, Uma, Little, Joe, Wiggins, Helen, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming. (2020) Sea-ice information and forecast needs for industry maritime stakeholders. Polar Geography, 43 (). pp. 10.1080/1088937X.2020.1766592

2019

Le Traon, Pierre Yves, Reppucci, Antonio, Alvarez Fanjul, Enrique, Aouf, Lotfi, Behrens, Arno, Belmonte, Maria, Bentamy, Abderrahim, Bertino, Laurent, Brando, Vittorio Ernesto, Kreiner, Matilde Brandt, Benkiran, Mounir, Carval, Thierry, Ciliberti, Stefania A., Claustre, Hervé, Clementi, Emanuela, Coppini, Giovanni, Cossarini, Gianpiero, De Alfonso Alonso-Muñoyerro, Marta, Delamarche, Anne, Dibarboure, Gerald, Dinessen, Frode, Drevillon, Marie, Drillet, Yann, Faugere, Yannice, Fernández, Vicente, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Garcia-Hermosa, M. Isabel, Sotillo, Marcos García, Garric, Gilles, Gasparin, Florent, Giordan, Cedric, Gehlen, Marion, Gregoire, Marilaure L., Guinehut, Stephanie, Hamon, Mathieu, Harris, Chris, Hernandez, Fabrice, Hinkler, Jørgen B., Hoyer, Jacob, Karvonen, Juha, Kay, Susan, King, Robert, Lavergne, Thomas, Lemieux-Dudon, Benedicte, Lima, Leonardo, Mao, Chongyuan, Martin, Matthew J., Masina, Simona, Melet, Angelique, Buongiorno Nardelli, Bruno, Nolan, Glenn, Pascual, Ananda, Pistoia, Jenny, Palazov, Atanas, Piolle, Jean Francois, Pujol, Marie Isabelle, Pequignet, Anne Christine, Peneva, Elisaveta, Pérez Gómez, Begoña, Petit de la Villeon, Loic, Pinardi, Nadia, Pisano, Andrea, Pouliquen, Sylvie, Reid, Rebecca, Remy, Elisabeth, Santoleri, Rosalia, Siddorn, John ORCID record for John Siddorn, She, Jun, Staneva, Joanna, Stoffelen, Ad, Tonani, Marina, Vandenbulcke, Luc, von Schuckmann, Karina, Volpe, Gianluca, Wettre, Cecilie, Zacharioudaki, Anna. (2019) From observation to information and users: The Copernicus Marine Service perspective. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 (). pp. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00234

Koubarakis, Manolis, Bereta, Konstantina, Bilidas, Dimitris, Giannousis, Konstantinos, Ioannidis, Theofilos, Pantazi, Despina-Athanasia, Stamoulis, George, Haridi, Seif, Vlassov, Vladimir, Bruzzone, Lorenzo, Paris, Claudia, Eltoft, Torbjørn, Krämer, Thomas, Charalabidis, Angelos, Karkaletsis, Vangelis, Konstantopoulos, Stasinos, Dowling, Jim, Kakantousis, Theofilos, Datcu, Mihai, Dumitru, Corneliu Octavian, Appel, Florian, Bach, Heike, Migdall, Silke, Hughes, Nick, Arthurs, David, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming. (2019) From Copernicus Big Data to Extreme Earth Analytics. Open Proceedings, (). pp. 10.5441/002/edbt.2019.88

2018

Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Sands, Chester J. ORCID record for Chester J. Sands, Quartino, Maria Liliana, Deregibus, Dolores. (2018) Icebergs, sea ice, blue carbon and Antarctic climate feedbacks. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376 (). pp. 10.1098/rsta.2017.0176

Bigg, Grant R., Cropper, T.E., O’Neill, Clare K., Arnold, Alex K., Fleming, Andrew H. ORCID record for Andrew H. Fleming, Marsh, R., Ivchenko, V., Fournier, Nicolas, Osborne, Mike, Stephens, Robin. (2018) A model for assessing iceberg hazard. Natural Hazards, 92 (). pp. 10.1007/s11069-018-3243-x

2017

Zakharov, Igor, Puestow, Thomas, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Deepakumara, Janaka, Power, Desmond. (2017) Detection and discrimination of icebergs and ships using satellite altimetry. In: Soille, P., Loekken, S., Albani, S. (eds.). IEEE International Geoscience And Remote Sensing Symposium, , IEEE, pp.

2016

Black, Martin ORCID record for Martin Black, Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Ferrier, Graham, Fleming, Andrew H. ORCID record for Andrew H. Fleming, Fretwell, Peter T. ORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell. (2016) Automated lithological mapping using airborne hyperspectral thermal infrared data: A case study from Anchorage Island, Antarctica. Remote Sensing of Environment, 176 (). pp. 10.1016/j.rse.2016.01.022

Hughes, Kevin A. ORCID record for Kevin A. Hughes, Ireland, Louise ORCID record for Louise Ireland, Convey, Peter ORCID record for Peter Convey, Fleming, Andrew H. ORCID record for Andrew H. Fleming. (2016) Assessing the effectiveness of specially protected areas for conservation of Antarctica’s botanical diversity. Conservation Biology, 30 (). pp. 10.1111/cobi.12592

2015

Holland, P.R. ORCID record for P.R. Holland, Brisbourne, A. ORCID record for A. Brisbourne, Corr, H.F.J., McGrath, D., Purdon, K., Paden, J., Fricker, H.A., Paolo, F.S., Fleming, A.H. ORCID record for A.H. Fleming. (2015) Oceanic and atmospheric forcing of Larsen C Ice-Shelf thinning. The Cryosphere, 9 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-9-1005-2015

Fretwell, P.T. ORCID record for P.T. Fretwell, Phillips, R.A., Brooke, M. de L., Fleming, A.H. ORCID record for A.H. Fleming, McArthur, A.. (2015) Using the unique spectral signature of guano to identify unknown seabird colonies. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 156 (). pp. 10.1016/j.rse.2014.10.011

2014

Pope, Allen, Rees, W., Fox, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Fox, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming. (2014) Open access data in polar and cryospheric remote sensing. Remote Sensing, 6 (). pp. doi:10.3390/rs6076183

Black, Martin ORCID record for Martin Black, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming, Riley, Teal ORCID record for Teal Riley, Ferrier, Graham, Fretwell, Peter ORCID record for Peter Fretwell, McFee, John, Achal, Stephen, Diaz, Alejandra Umana. (2014) On the Atmospheric Correction of Antarctic Airborne Hyperspectral Data. Remote Sensing, 6 (). pp. doi:10.3390/rs6054498

2013

Dutrieux, P. ORCID record for P. Dutrieux, Vaughan, D.G. ORCID record for D.G. Vaughan, Corr, H.F.J., Jenkins, A. ORCID record for A. Jenkins, Holland, P.R. ORCID record for P.R. Holland, Joughin, I., Fleming, A.H. ORCID record for A.H. Fleming. (2013) Pine Island Glacier ice shelf melt distributed at kilometre scales. The Cryosphere, 7 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-7-1543-2013

2012

Fretwell, Peter T. ORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell, LaRue, Michelle A., Morin, Paul, Kooyman, Gerald L., Wienecke, Barbara, Ratcliffe, Norman ORCID record for Norman Ratcliffe, Fox, Adrian J. ORCID record for Adrian J. Fox, Fleming, Andrew H. ORCID record for Andrew H. Fleming, Porter, Claire, Trathan, Phil N. ORCID record for Phil N. Trathan. (2012) An Emperor Penguin population estimate: The first global, synoptic survey of a species from space. Plos One, 7 (). 11 pp. 10.1371/journal.pone.0033751

Murphy, E. J. ORCID record for E. J. Murphy, Watkins, J.L., Trathan, P.N. ORCID record for P.N. Trathan, Reid, K., Meredith, M.P. ORCID record for M.P. Meredith, Hill, S.L. ORCID record for S.L. Hill, Thorpe, S.E. ORCID record for S.E. Thorpe, Johnston, N.M. ORCID record for N.M. Johnston, Clarke, A. ORCID record for A. Clarke, Tarling, G.A. ORCID record for G.A. Tarling, Collins, M.A. ORCID record for M.A. Collins, Forcada, J. ORCID record for J. Forcada, Atkinson, A., Ward, P., Staniland, I.J. ORCID record for I.J. Staniland, Pond, D.W., Cavanagh, R.A. ORCID record for R.A. Cavanagh, Shreeve, R.S., Korb, R.E., Whitehouse, M.J., Rodhouse, P.G., Enderlein, P., Hirst, A.G., Martin, A.R., Briggs, D.R., Cunningham, N.J., Fleming, A.H. ORCID record for A.H. Fleming. (2012) Spatial and Temporal Operation of the Scotia Sea Ecosystem. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. ORCID record for Nadine M. Johnston, Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy, Clarke, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Clarke (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch6

Seear, Paul J., Goodall-Copestake, William P. ORCID record for William P. Goodall-Copestake, Fleming, Andrew H. ORCID record for Andrew H. Fleming, Rosato, Ezio, Tarling, Geraint A. ORCID record for Geraint A. Tarling. (2012) Seasonal and spatial influences on gene expression in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 467 (). pp. doi:10.3354/meps09947

2011

Fretwell, Peter T. ORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell, Convey, Peter ORCID record for Peter Convey, Fleming, Andrew H. ORCID record for Andrew H. Fleming, Peat, Helen J. ORCID record for Helen J. Peat, Hughes, Kevin A. ORCID record for Kevin A. Hughes. (2011) Detecting and mapping vegetation distribution on the Antarctic Peninsula from remote sensing data. Polar Biology, 34 (). pp. 10.1007/s00300-010-0880-2

Hughes, Kevin A. ORCID record for Kevin A. Hughes, Fretwell, Peter ORCID record for Peter Fretwell, Rae, Joanna, Holmes, Keith, Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Fleming. (2011) Untouched Antarctica: mapping a finite and diminishing environmental resource. Antarctic Science, 23 (). pp. 10.1017/S095410201100037X

Pritchard, Hamish D. ORCID record for Hamish D. Pritchard, Luthcke, S.B., Fleming, Andrew H. ORCID record for Andrew H. Fleming. (2011) Understanding ice-sheet mass balance: progress in satellite altimetry and gravimetry. Journal of Glaciology, 56 (). pp. 10.3189/002214311796406194

2010

Beekmans, Bas W.P.M., Forcada, Jaume ORCID record for Jaume Forcada, Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy, De Baar, Hein J.W., Bathmann, Ulrich V., Fleming, Andrew H. ORCID record for Andrew H. Fleming. (2010) Generalised additive models to investigate environmental drivers of Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) spatial density in austral summer. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 11 (). pp. 10013/epic.36844

Peck, Lloyd S. ORCID record for Lloyd S. Peck, Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Cook, Alison J., Fleming, Andrew H. ORCID record for Andrew H. Fleming, Clarke, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Clarke. (2010) Negative feedback in the cold: ice retreat produces new carbon sinks in Antarctica. Global Change Biology, 16 (). pp. 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02071.x

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• Arctic PASSION
• Digital Twins of the Polar Regions
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• Polar Ice
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• EC Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service
• ESA IAP ArcticSat project
• Automated lithological mapping using airborne hyperspectral remote sensing
• Polar View
• EU-PolarNet
• Negative feedback in the cold: ice retreat produces new carbon sinks in Antarctica

2010

Wilkins Ice Shelf breakup video
Blog 18 June, 2010

Data links
Blog 12 March, 2010

Polar View links
Blog 7 January, 2010

2009

Wilkins ice bridge snaps
Blog 7 April, 2009

2024

Satellite observations show accelerating greening of Antarctic Peninsula
News 4 October, 2024

New animation shows track of giant A23a iceberg
News 16 January, 2024

2022

RRS Sir David Attenborough completes ice trials
News 31 March, 2022

2021

Giant iceberg mission begins
News 2 February, 2021

Penguins benefit from extended maritime zone
News 15 January, 2021

2020

A68 iceberg heads towards South Georgia
News 4 November, 2020

2018

Cambridge Science Festival: Remote Sensing in Antarctica evening talk
Event 22 March, 2018

2017

Scientists to visit hidden Antarctic ecosystem after giant iceberg calving
News 9 October, 2017

Aerial photography camera
Facility

Huge Antarctic iceberg finally breaks free
News 12 July, 2017

Giant iceberg set to calve from Larsen C Ice Shelf
News 6 January, 2017

2014

NEWS STORY: Satellites spot seabird poo!
News 11 December, 2014

2011

New Arctic sea-ice information service established
News 2 March, 2011