Professor Richard Lucas

Professor
B.Sc. (1986) in Geography and Biology and a Ph.D. (1989) Photograph of Professor Richard Lucas.

Contact

Email: rml@aber.ac.uk
Office: H4
Phone: +44 (0)1970 622 612
Fax: +44 (0)1970 622 659

Responsibilities

  • Co-ordinator of MSc Remote Sensing and GIS, Semester 1

Teaching Areas

Modules Taught

Module coordinator for:

  • Earth Observation From Satellites And Aircraft (GG32020)
  • Geographical Information Systems (GG32820)
  • Fundamentals Of Remote Sensing And Geographical Information Systems (EAM1320)
  • Advanced Techniques In Remote Sensing (EAM1720)
  • Work Experience In Geographical Information Systems/remote Sensing (EAM2020)
  • Research Dissertation In Geographical Information Systems/remote Sensing (EAM3060)

Contributes to:

  • Global Environmental Issues (GG12710)
  • Environmental Science Tutorial Level 2 (ES20110)
  • Advanced Research Skills (EAM1120)
  • Advanced Techniques In Geographical Information Systems (EAM1620)

Research

Group Affiliation

Research Interests

  • Remote sensing, global environmental change.

Biography

Dr. Richard Lucas received a B.Sc. (1986) in Geography and Biology and a Ph.D. (1989) in snow and vegetation characterisation and mapping from NOAA AVHRR data, both from the University of Bristol, UK. He subsequently was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (until 1996) in the Department of Geography, University of Wales Swansea, researching the discrimination and mapping of tropical forest regeneration stages in Cameroon and the Brazilian Amazon using temporal Landsat sensor and NOAA AVHRR data. Between 1996 and 2000, he worked at the Bureau of Resource Sciences and the University of New South Wales in Australia, researching the integration of remote sensing data for quantifying biomass/carbon dynamics associated with land use change. His current research focuses on the use of remote sensing data (e.g., SAR, hyperspectral and lidar) for mapping and quantifying changes in the species/community composition, biomass and structure of tropical and subtropical forests and woodlands (including mangroves) in relation to anthropogenic land use and climate change.

Staff Publications

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters & Journal Articles

Submitted

  1. Bunting P, Lucas RM . Submitted. Understanding the forest communities through the clustering of individual crown. Remote Sensing of Environment
  2. Bunting P, Labrosse F, Lucas RM. Submitted. A multi-scale, multi-resolution hierarchical approach to automatic tie point identification for multi-modal image registration. Image Vision Computing,

2008

  1. Lucas RM, Lee AC, Bunting PJ. 2008. Retrieving forest biomass through integration of CASI and LiDAR data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(5): 1553-1577. DOI
  2. Lucas RM, Bunting PJ, Paterson M, Chisholm L. 2008. Classification of Australian forest communities using aerial photography, CASI and HyMap data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(5): 1088-2103. DOI
  3. Lucas RM, Accad A, Randall L, Bunting P. 2008. Assessing human impacts on Australian forest through integration of airborne/spaceborne remote sensing data. Patterns and processes in forest landscapes: multiple uses and sustainable management, : 426 pp.
  4. Lucas RM, Mitchell A, Bunting P. 2008. Hyperspectral data for assessing carbon dynamics and biodiversity of forests. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Tropical and Subtropical Forests, : 320 pp.

2007

  1. Mitchell AL, Lucas RM, Donnelly BE, Pfitzner K, Milne AK, Finlayson M. 2007. A new map of mangroves for Kakadu National Park, Northern Australia, based on stereo aerial photography. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 17: 446-467.
  2. Lee AC, Lucas RM. 2007. A LiDAR-derived canopy density model for tree stem and crown mapping in Australian forests. Remote Sensing of Environment, 111: 493-518. DOI
  3. Lucas RM, Mitchell AL, Rosenqvist A, Proisy C, Melius A, Ticehurst C. 2007. The potential of L-band SAR for quantifying mangrove characteristics and change: case studies from the tropics. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 17: 245-264.
  4. Quincey DJ, Richardson SD, Luckman A, Lucas RM, Reynolds JM, Hambrey MJ, Glasser NF. 2007. Early recognition of glacial lake hazards in the Himalaya using remote sensing datasets. Global and Planetary Change, 56: 137-152.
  5. Lucas R, Rowlands A, Brown A, Keyworth S, Bunting P. 2007. Rule-based classification of multi-temporal satellite imagery for habitat and agricultural land cover mapping. Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 62: 165-185.

2006

  1. Lucas RM, Lee A, Williams M. 2006. The role of LiDAR data in understanding the relationship between forest structure and SAR imagery. IEEE Transactions in Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44: 2736- 2754.
  2. Lucas RM, Lee AC, Williams ML. 2006. Enhanced simulation of radar backscatter from forests using LiDAR and optical data. Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44: 2736-2754.
  3. Lucas RM, Cronin N, Moghaddam M, Lee A, Armston J, Bunting P, Witte C. 2006. Integration of radar and Landsat-derived foliage projected cover for woody regrowth mapping, Queensland, Australia.? Remote Sensing of Environment, 100: 388-406.
  4. Lucas RM, Cronin N, Lee A, Moghaddam M, Witte C, Tickle P. 2006. Empirical relationships between AIRSAR backscatter and LiDAR-derived forest biomass, queensland, Australia. Remote Sensing of Environment, 100: 407-425.
  5. Tickle PK, Lee A, Lucas RM, Austin J, Witte C. 2006. Quantifying Australian forest floristics and structure using small footprint LiDAR and large scale aerial photography. Forest Ecology and Management, 223: 379-394.
  6. Bunting P, Lucas R. 2006. The delineation of tree crowns in Australian mixed species forests using hyperspectral Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI) data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 101: 230-248.
  7. Neeff T, Lucas RM, dos Santos JR, Brondizio ES, Freitas CC. 2006. Area and age of secondary forests in Brazilian Amazonia 1978-2002: An empirical estimate. Ecosystems, 9: 609-623.

2005

  1. Liang P, Moghaddam M, Pierce LE, Lucas RM. 2005. Radar backscattering model for multilayer mixed-species forestsx. Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 43: 2612-2626.
  2. Quincey DJ, Lucas RM, Richardson SD, Glasser NF, Hambrey MJ, Reynolds JM. 2005. Optical remote sensing techniques in high-mountatin environments: application to glacial hazards. Progress in Physical Geography, 29: 475-505.
  3. Lucas RM, Milne AK, Lee AC, Moghaddam M, Cronin N, Witte C, Tickle P, Williams M. 2005. The contribution of PACRIM II to forest assessment in Queensland, Australia. Igarss 2005: Ieee International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Vols 1-8, Proceedings, : 2094-2097.
  4. Mitchell AL, Lucas RM, Proisy C, Melius A. 2005. Sensitivity of radar backscatter to mangrove forest structure and AIRSAR imaging parameters. Igarss 2005: Ieee International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Vols 1-8, Proceedings, : 2090-2093.

Conference Papers

2008

  1. Lucas RM, Lee A, Armston J, Breyer J, Bunting P, Carreiras J. 2008. Advances in forest characterisation, mapping and monitoring through integration of LiDAR and other remote sensing datasets. Silvilaser 2008: 8th international conference on LiDAR applications in forest assessment and inventory
  2. Bunting PJ, Labrosse F, Lucas RM>. 2008. An area based technique for image-to-image registration of multi-modal remote sensing data. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
  3. Bunting PJ, He W, Zwiggelaar R, Lucas RM. 2008. Combining textural and hyperspectral information for the classification of tree species in Australian savanna woodlands. 14th Australasian Remote sensing and Photogrammetry Conference

Conference Proceedings

2008

  1. Lucas RM, Carreiras J, Proisy C, Bunting P. 2008. ALOS PALSAR applications in the tropics and subtropics: characterisation, mapping and detecting change in forests and coastal wetlands. JAXA ALOS PI Conference