Hannah Cubaynes

Wildlife from Space Research Associate

Hannah Cubaynes

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Hannah Cubaynes

Biography

Career

  • 2020 – Present: Research Associate in wildlife from space, British Antarctic Survey, UK
  • 2013 – 2016: Marine wildlife observer and passive acoustic monitoring operator (MMO, PSO, PAM) Gardline, UK
  • 2009: Research assistant in benthic ecology, Institut des Sciences de la MER de Rimouski (ISMER, institute of the sciences of the sea), Canada
  • 2008: Marine acoustic technician, ISMER, Canada

Qualifications

  • 2016 – 2020: PhD in Geography/Polar Studies, British Antarctic Survey and Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
  • 2010-2011: MSc in Marine Environmental Management (Distinction), University of York, UK
  • 2007-2010: BSc in Biology with an emphasis in Marine Sciences, University of Quebec at Rimouski, Canada
  • 2009: CREPUQ student exchange, Humboldt State University, USA

Memberships

Research interests

My research interests are to develop the use of space technology for marine wildlife research in remote places, and make this method applicable at a global oceanic scale by improving the efficiency of image analysis through crowdsourcing and automated systems.

 

Collaborations

SmartWhales: Data from space to help protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale (Government of Canada) – Ongoing

Wintering whales of the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WWF project) – Ongoing

Pelagos – Ship strike: Proposal to develop and evaluate mitigation strategies to reduce the risk of ship strikes to fin and sperm whales in the Pelagos Sanctuary (Pelagos) – Completed

ECOPOTENTIAL: Improving future ecosystem benefits through earth observations (H2020 project) – Completed

EO4wildlife: Protection and conservation of wildlife, platform for wildlife monitoring integrating Copernicus and ARGOS data (H2020 project) – Completed

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2024

Cubaynes, Hannah C. ORCIDORCID record for Hannah C. Cubaynes, Forcada, Jaume ORCIDORCID record for Jaume Forcada, Kovacs, Kit M., Lydersen, Christian, Downie, Rod, Fretwell, Peter T. ORCIDORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell. (2024) Walruses from space: walrus counts in simultaneous remotely piloted aircraft system versus very high-resolution satellite imagery. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 10 (). pp. 10.1002/rse2.391

Attard, Marie R.G. ORCIDORCID record for Marie R.G. Attard, Phillips, Richard A., Bowler, Ellen, Clarke, Penny J. ORCIDORCID record for Penny J. Clarke, Cubaynes, Hannah ORCIDORCID record for Hannah Cubaynes, Johnston, David W., Fretwell, Peter T. ORCIDORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell. (2024) Review of Satellite Remote Sensing and Unoccupied Aircraft Systems for Counting Wildlife on Land. Remote Sensing, 16 (). 23 pp. 10.3390/rs16040627

2023

Green, Katherine M. ORCIDORCID record for Katherine M. Green, Virdee, Mala K., Cubaynes, Hannah C. ORCIDORCID record for Hannah C. Cubaynes, Aviles-Rivero, Angelica I., Fretwell, Peter T. ORCIDORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell, Gray, Patrick C., Johnston, David W., Schönlieb, Carola-Bibiane, Torres, Leigh G., Jackson, Jennifer A. ORCIDORCID record for Jennifer A. Jackson. (2023) Gray whale detection in satellite imagery using deep learning. Remote Sensing for Ecology and Conservation, 9 (). 12 pp. 10.1002/rse2.352

Fretwell, Peter T. ORCIDORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell, Cubaynes, Hannah C. ORCIDORCID record for Hannah C. Cubaynes, Shpak, Olga. (2023) Satellite image survey of beluga whales in the southern Kara Sea. Marine Mammal Science, 39 (). 11 pp. 10.1111/mms.13044

Khan, Christin B., Goetz, Kimberly T., Cubaynes, Hannah C. ORCIDORCID record for Hannah C. Cubaynes, Robinson, Caleb, Murnane, Erin, Aldrich, Tyler, Sackett, Meredith, Clarke, Penny J. ORCIDORCID record for Penny J. Clarke, LaRue, Michelle A., White, Timothy, Leonard, Kathleen, Ortiz, Anthony, Lavista Ferres, Juan M.. (2023) A biologist’s guide to the galaxy: Leveraging artificial intelligence and very high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor marine mammals from space. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11 (). 30 pp. 10.3390/jmse11030595

Cubaynes, Hannah Charlotte ORCIDORCID record for Hannah Charlotte Cubaynes, Clarke, Penny Joanna ORCIDORCID record for Penny Joanna Clarke, Goetz, Kimberly Thea, Tyler, Aldrich, Fretwell, Peter Thomas ORCIDORCID record for Peter Thomas Fretwell, Leonard, Kathleen Elise, Khan, Christin Brangwynne. (2023) Annotating very high-resolution satellite imagery: A whale case study. MethodsX, 10 (). 10 pp. 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102040

2022

Cubaynes, Hannah ORCIDORCID record for Hannah Cubaynes, Fretwell, Peter ORCIDORCID record for Peter Fretwell. (2022) Whales from space dataset, an annotated satellite image dataset of whales for training machine learning models. Scientific Data, 9 (). pp. 10.1038/s41597-022-01377-4

2021

Clarke, Penny J. ORCIDORCID record for Penny J. Clarke, Cubaynes, Hannah C. ORCIDORCID record for Hannah C. Cubaynes, Stockin, Karen A., Olavarría, Carlos, de Vos, Asha, Fretwell, Peter T. ORCIDORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell, Jackson, Jennifer A. ORCIDORCID record for Jennifer A. Jackson. (2021) Cetacean strandings from space: Challenges and opportunities of very high resolution satellites for the remote monitoring of cetacean mass strandings. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (). 18 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2021.650735

Höschle, Caroline, Cubaynes, Hannah C. ORCIDORCID record for Hannah C. Cubaynes, Clarke, Penny J. ORCIDORCID record for Penny J. Clarke, Humphries, Grant, Borowicz, Alex. (2021) The potential of satellite imagery for surveying whales. Sensors, 21 (). 6 pp. 10.3390/s21030963

2020

Bamford, C.C.G. ORCIDORCID record for C.C.G. Bamford, Kelly, N., Dalla Rosa, L., Cade, D.E., Fretwell, P.T. ORCIDORCID record for P.T. Fretwell, Trathan, P.N. ORCIDORCID record for P.N. Trathan, Cubaynes, H.C. ORCIDORCID record for H.C. Cubaynes, Mesquita, A.F.C., Gerrish, L. ORCIDORCID record for L. Gerrish, Friedlaender, A.S., Jackson, J.A. ORCIDORCID record for J.A. Jackson. (2020) A comparison of baleen whale density estimates derived from overlapping satellite imagery and a shipborne survey. Scientific Reports, 10 (). 12 pp. 10.1038/s41598-020-69887-y

Cubaynes, Hannah Charlotte ORCIDORCID record for Hannah Charlotte Cubaynes. (2020) Whales from space: Assessing the feasibility of using satellite imagery to monitor whales. University of Cambridge, PhD thesis

Cubaynes, Hannah C. ORCIDORCID record for Hannah C. Cubaynes, Rees, W. Gareth, Jackson, Jennifer A. ORCIDORCID record for Jennifer A. Jackson, Moore, Michael, Sformo, Todd L., McLellan, William A., Niemeyer, Misty E., George, John C., van der Hoop, Julie, Forcada, Jaume ORCIDORCID record for Jaume Forcada, Trathan, Phil ORCIDORCID record for Phil Trathan, Fretwell, Peter T. ORCIDORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell. (2020) Spectral reflectance of whale skin above the sea surface: a proposed measurement protocol. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, (). 13 pp. 10.1002/rse2.155

2019

Cubaynes, Hannah ORCIDORCID record for Hannah Cubaynes, Fretwell, Peter ORCIDORCID record for Peter Fretwell, Bamford, Connor ORCIDORCID record for Connor Bamford, Gerrish, Laura ORCIDORCID record for Laura Gerrish, Jackson, Jennifer ORCIDORCID record for Jennifer Jackson. (2019) Whales from space: Four mysticete species described using new VHR satellite imagery. Marine Mammal Science, 35 (). pp. 10.1111/mms.12544