GEOGRAPHY

Dr Kevin Tansey

Lecturer in Remote Sensing

Department of Geography
University of Leicester
Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Phone: +44 (0)116 252 3859
Fax: +44 (0)116 252 3854
Email: kjt7@le.ac.uk

Dr Kevin Tansey
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Brief CV
Research Projects
Research Students
Journal Article Reviews
Publications
Teaching
Administration
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Brief CV

Education

June 1999 Ph.D., "Monitoring and Modelling Surface Moisture in North-East Jordan using ERS SAR Data", University of Leicester, UK.
July 1995 BSc. Hons., Physical Geography, 2.I class, University of Sheffield, UK.

Career

16/09/2003 - present: Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Leicester.
15/03/2003 - 15/09/2003: Auxiliary Agent of the European Commission, JRC, Ispra (VA), Italy.
01/02/2001 - 31/01/2003: Postdoctoral Researcher, European Commission, JRC, Ispra (VA), Italy.
01/11/2000 - 31/01/2001: Research Scientist, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
01/10/1998 - 31/10/2000: Senior Research Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Wales, Swansea.

 

Research Projects

*       Collaboration with the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, Technical University of Lisbon and the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL).

*       Workshop (24th–25th November 2005) supported by the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

*       Collaboration with the Jordan Badia Research and Development Centre (BRDC) and the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) of the UK

*       Research supported by Mr. Sultan Al-Harbi (for PhD)

*       Field visit (9th-15th November 2005) supported by the BRDC and the University of Leicester.

*       Data provided by DMCII

*       Collaboration with ALTERRA, Netherlands; University of Nottingham, UK; Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany; University of Helsinki, Finland; University of Palangkaraya, Indonesia; Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia and others.

*       Field visit (16th – 30th September 2005) supported by the EC STREP project ‘RESTORPEAT’

*       Research supported by Ms. Agata Hoscilo (for PhD) & Mr. Chris Revitt (for MSc)

*       Radiometer supported by NERC FSF (loan no. 476.0505)

*       Data provided by DMCII

*       Collaboration with Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal and Portuguese Forestry Services

*       Collaboration with Department of Geology and Environment Agency of the Republic of Slovenia

*       Data supported by the NERC ARSF Proposal MC04/09

*       Research supported by Mr. Stephen Grebby (for MSc)

 

Research Students

PhD

Amir Alwan (primary) - Mapping bracken boundaries using remotely sensed data and GIS
Matthew Adepoju (team) - Monitoring urbanization in Lagos, Nigeria using remote sensing and GIS
Sultan al-Harbi (primary) - An eco-hydrological model of the Jafr Basin, Jordan using GIS and Remote Sensing
Agata Hoscilo (team) - The role of fire in land use dynamics and restoration of tropical peatlands in Indonesia
Daniel Smith (team) - Title to be confirmed

Masters by Research

Oliver Francis (2003-4) - Analysis and Interpretation of sea ice properties using multi-temporal radar satellite data (graduated January 2005)
Chris Revitt (2005-6) - Assessing hydrological change in tropical peatland using remote sensing
Stephen Grebby (2005-6) - Fault scarp mapping in Slovenia with LIDAR data

 

Journal Article Reviews

 

Publications

Journal Articles

Please e-mail me for off-prints of any publication listed
  1. Michel, C., Liousse, C., Grégoire, J.-M., Tansey, K., Carmichael, G.R., and Woo, J.-H., 2005, Biomass burning emission inventory from burnt area data given by the SPOT-VEGETATION system in the frame of TRACE-P and ACE-Asia campaigns. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 110, D09304, doi:10.1029/2004JD005461.
  2. Tansey, K., Grégoire, J-M., Binaghi, E., Boschetti, L., Brivio, P.A., Ershov, D., Flasse, S., Fraser, R., Graetz, D., Maggi, M., Peduzzi, P., Pereira, J.M.C., Silva, J., Sousa, A., and Stroppiana, D., 2004, A Global Inventory of Burned Areas at 1 Km Resolution for the Year 2000 Derived from Spot Vegetation Data. Climatic Change, 67, 345-377, doi:10.1007/s10584-004-2800-3.
  3. Tansey, K., Grégoire, J-M., Stroppiana, D., Sousa, A., Silva, J.M.N., Pereira, J.M.C., Boschetti, L., Maggi, M., Brivio, P.A., Fraser, R., Flasse, S., Ershov, D., Binaghi, E., Graetz, D. and Peduzzi, P., 2004, Vegetation burning in the year 2000: Global burned area estimates from SPOT VEGETATION data. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 109, D14S03, doi:10.1029/2003JD003598.
  4. Tansey, K., Luckman, A., Skinner, L., Balzter, H., Strozzi, T., and Wagner, W., 2004, Classification of forest volume resources using ERS tandem coherence and JERS intensity data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25, 751-768.
  5. Stroppiana D., Tansey, K., Grégoire, J-M., and Pereira, J.M.C., 2003, An algorithm for mapping burnt areas in Australia using SPOT-VEGETATION data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41, 907-909, DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.808898.
  6. Grégoire J-M., Tansey, K., and Silva, J.M.N., 2003, The GBA2000 initiative: Developing a global burned area database from SPOT-VEGETATION imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24, 1369-1376.
  7. Wagner, W., Luckman, A., Vietmeier, J., Tansey, K., Balzter, H., Schmullius, C., Davidson, M., Gaveau, D., Gluck, M., Le Toan, T., Quegan, S., Shvidenko, A., Wiesmann, A., and Yu, J.J., 2003, Large-scale mapping of boreal forest in SIBERIA using ERS tandem coherence and JERS backscatter data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 85, 125-144.
  8. Balzter, H., Talmon, E., Wagner, W., Gaveau, D., Plummer, S., Yu, J.J., Quegan, S., Davidson, M., Le Toan, T., Gluck, M., Shvidenko, A., Nilsson, S., Tansey, K., Luckman, A., and Schmullius, C., 2002, Accuracy assessment of a large-scale forest map of central Siberia from synthetic aperture radar. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 22, 719-737.
  9. Tansey, K., and Millington, A.C., 2001, Investigating the potential for soil moisture and surface roughness monitoring in drylands using ERS SAR data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22, 2129-2151.
  10. Tansey, K. (contributor), 2001, in Matthews, J.A., Bridges, E.M., Caseldine, C.J., Luckman, A.J., Owen, G., Perry, A.H., Shakesby, R.A., Walsh, R.P.D., Whittaker, R.J., and Willis, K.J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Environmental Change, London: Arnold.
  11. Tansey, K., Millington, A.C, Battikhi, A., and White, K., 1999, Monitoring soil moisture dynamics using satellite imaging radar in north-eastern Jordan. Applied Geography, 19, 325-345.

Conference Contributions

  1. Tansey, K., 2006, Perspectives in global burnt area mapping. 3rd Geoland Forum, Vienna, Austria, 7-10 February 2006.
  2. Tansey, K., Hoscilo, A., and Page, S.E., 2005, New observations of Indonesian peatlands in 2005 from the DMC satellite. 3rd Open Science Meeting 'Science and Society: New Challenges and Opportunities', Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 27-29 September 2005.
  3. Silva J.M.N., Sousa, A., Pereira, J.M.C., Tansey, K., and Grégoire, J-M., 2002, A contribution for a global burned area map. In Forest Fire Research & Wildland Fire Safety, D. X. Viegas (ed.), Millpress, Rotterdam.
  4. Tansey K., Grégoire, J-M., Marengo, I., Boschetti, L., Brivio, P.A., Ershov, D., Fraser, R., Graetz, D., Maggi, M., Peduzzi, P., Pereira, J.M.C., Silva, J.M.N., and Stroppiana, D., 2002, A global map of burnt vegetation at 1km resolution for the year 2000 derived from SPOT VGT data. International Workshop on: Quantifying Terrestrial Carbon Sinks: Science, Technology and Policy, Wengen, Switzerland, September 25 - 27, 2002.
  5. Michel C., Grégoire, J-M., Tansey, K., Marengo, I., Fritz, S., Boschetti, L., and Liousse, C., 2002, Biomass burning emission inventory from a satellite based approach: the ACE-Asia case study. 7th Scientific Conference of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, 18-25 September 2002.
  6. Grégoire J-M., Tansey, K., Marengo, I., Boschetti L., Brivio. P.A., Ershov, D., Flasse, S., Fraser, R., Graetz, D., Maggi, M., Peduzzi, P., Pereira, J.M.N., Silva, J., Sousa, A., and Stroppiana, D., 2002, Towards global estimates of burnt area from satellite imagery for use by the atmospheric science community. Proceedings of the GOFC/GOLD Fire & IGBP-IGAC/BIBEX workshop on "Improving global estimates of atmospheric emissions from biomass burning", University of Maryland, July 17-19, 2002.
  7. Luckman, A., Tansey, K., Strozzi, T., Skinner, L., and Balzter, H., 2000, Global forest classification using JERS and tandem ERS data. ERS-ENVISAT Symposium, Gothenburg, Sweden, 16-20 October 2000.
  8. Balzter, H., Talmon, E., Gaveau, D., Plummer, S., Yu, J.J., Quegan, S., Gluck, M., Tansey, K., Luckman, A., Wagner, W., and Schmullius, C., 2000, Accuracy assessment issues in the SIBERIA project. ERS-ENVISAT Symposium, Gothenburg, Sweden, 16-20 October 2000.
  9. Wagner, W., Vietmeier, J., Schmullius, C., le Toan, T., Davidson, M., Quegan, S., Yu, J.J., Luckman, A., Tansey, K., Balzter, H., and Gaveau, D., 1999, The use of coherence information derived from ERS tandem pairs for determining forest stock volume in SIBERIA. Proceedings IGARSS'2000, Hawaii, USA, 24-28 July 2000, pp. 1396-1398.
  10. Le Toan, T., Balzter, H., Davidson, M., Gaveau, D., Luckman, A., Quegan, S., Schmullius, C., Tansey, K., Wagner, W., and Yu, J.J., 2000, Assessing SAR Information Content for Large-Scale Forest Mapping in Siberia. Proceedings IGARSS'2000, Hawaii, USA.
  11. Balzter, H., Talmon, E., Yu, J.J., Quegan, S., Gaveau, D., Gluck, M., Nilsson, S., Tansey, K., Oeskog, S., Roth, A., Schmullius, C., 2000, Accuracy assessment of a large-scale forest map of Central Siberia derived from multi-sensor satellite-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar interferometry (InSAR). 4th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, 12-14 July 2000, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Delft University Press, pp. 31-34.
  12. Tansey, K., Luckman, A. and Schmullius, C., 1999, Mapping boreal forest in Siberia with ERS SAR Interferometry. Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the Remote Sensing Society (RSS 99), 8-10 September 1999, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
  13. Tansey, K. and Millington, A.C., 1998, Remote sensing of desert surface processes and properties using multi-temporal radar imagery. Proceedings IGARSS'98, Seattle, USA.
  14. Tansey, K., Millington, A.C. and Edwards, M.C., 1998, Remote sensing of desert regions: a tool to aid research and development. Proceedings IGARSS'98, Seattle, USA.
  15. Tansey, K., White, K., Battikhi, A. and Millington, A.C, 1997, Analysis and interpretation of multi-temporal ERS SAR backscatter coefficients of desert surfaces. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Remote Sensing Society (RSS 97), 2-4 September 1997, Reading, UK.
  16. Tansey, K., White, K., Battikhi, A. and Millington, A.C, 1997, Comparison of modelled backscatter response and ERS-1 SAR data for desert surfaces in the eastern Badia of Jordan. Proceedings of the 3rd ERS Symposium, 17-21 March 1997, Florence, Italy.
  17. Tansey, K., White, K., Battikhi, A. and Millington, A.C, 1996, Relationships between surface roughness and ERS-1 SAR backscatter on desert surfaces in eastern Jordan: preliminary results. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Remote Sensing Society (RSS 96), 11-14 September 1996, Durham, UK.

Reports & Newsletters

  1. Tansey, K., 2002, Implementation of regional burnt area algorithms for the GBA2000 initiative. Publication of the European Commission EUR 20532, pp. 170.
  2. Grégoire, J-M., Tansey, K., Boschetti, L., Brivio, P.A., Ershov, D., Fraser, R., Graetz, D., Maggi, M., Peduzzi, P., Pereira, J.M.C., J.M.N. Silva, Sousa, A., and Stroppiana, D., 2002, Global scale inventory of the area burnt in the year 2000. The GBA2000 dataset. Land use and Land Cover Change (LUCC) Newsletter, No. 8, December 2002, 13-14.
  3. Grégoire J-M., Tansey, K., Marengo, I., Stroppiana, D., and Fritz, S., 2002, The Global Burnt Area 2000 initiative: GBA-2000. Mapping the areas burnt globally during the year 2000. Publication of the European Commission JRC Technical Note No.I-01.117, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, January 2002, p. 40.
  4. Marengo I., Grégoire, J-M., Tansey, K., and Peduzzi, P., 2002, Global Burnt Area 2000: Analysis module. Publication of the European Commission JRC Technical Note No. I.02.39, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, April 2002, p. 12.
  5. Schmullius, C., Baker, J., Balzter, H., Davidson, M., Eriksson, L., Gaveau, D., Gluck, M., Holz, A., Luckman, A., Marschalk, U., McCallum, I., Nilsson, S., Öskog, A., Quegan, S., Rauste, Y., Roth, A., Shvidenko, A., Tansey, K., Le Toan, T., Vietmeier, J., Wagner, W., Wegmüller, U., Wiesmann, A., and Yu, J.J., 2001, SAR Imaging for Boreal Ecology and Radar Interferometry Appications (SIBERIA). Centre of Earth Observation, 4th Framework Programme of the European Community, Final Report Co. No. ENV4-CT97-0743-SIBERIA.

 

Teaching

I teach on the following modules. Note that, for most modules, supporting material is available through Blackboard.

 

Administration

I have the following administrative duties within the Department:

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Departmental Sports

 

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