All Stories

  1. Towards an Early Warning System for Arctic Freshwater-Driven Tipping Points in the Greenland Ice Sheet and North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre with AEROSTATS

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  2. Towards the UN SDG14.1.1b plastic debris density indicator from Earth Observation

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  3. AquaWatch: Australia-United Kingdom – a Bilateral Small Satellite Project for Cost Effective Water Quality Monitoring

    Article • January 2025, Curran Associates, Inc.

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  4. A Review of the Mission Requirements for a Hyperspectral Smallsat Mission Focused on Atmospheric Gases

    Article • December 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  5. Monitoring macroplastics in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: Expert survey reveals visual and drone-based census as most effective techniques

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  6. Combined use of uncrewed aerial vehicle and satellite remote sensing data to gain crop insights within Colombia

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  7. OGC Testbed-18 Machine Learning Training Datasets Task: Application of standards to Machine Learning training datasets

    Article • May 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  8. Ocean carbon from space: Current status and priorities for the next decade

    Article • Earth-Science Reviews, May 2023, Elsevier

    Fernando González Taboada, Prof. Dennis A. Hansell, Dr Martí Galí, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  9. Correction to: Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Winds, Waves, and Currents: Where are we Now?

    Article • Surveys in Geophysics, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  10. Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Winds, Waves, and Currents: Where are we Now?

    Article • Surveys in Geophysics, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  11. Detection of potentially gas flaring related pollution on vegetation cover and its health using remotely sensed data in the Niger delta, Nigeria

    Article • Asian Review of Environmental and Earth Sciences, January 2023, Asian Educational Journal Publishing Group

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  12. Combining Drifters, Models, and Earth Observation to Monitor Coastal Marine Plastic: An Indonesian Case Study

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  13. Detection of Waste Plastics in the Environment: Application of Copernicus Earth Observation data

    Article • September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  14. Detection of Waste Plastics in the Environment: Application of Copernicus Earth Observation Data

    Article • Remote Sensing, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  15. Detection of Waste Plastics in the Environment: Application of Copernicus Earth Observation data

    Article • July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  16. CHRIS/PROBA-1 Status Including Cross-Mission and Radcalnet Radiometric Assessment

    Article • July 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  17. Interannual variability in Sargassum seaweed transport from the Sargasso Sea to the equatorial Atlantic and Caribbean Sea

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  18. Investigation of Potential Prevailing Wind Impact on Land Surface Temperature at Gas Flaring Sites in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics, March 2022, International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  19. Citizens and scientists collect comparable oceanographic data: measurements of ocean transparency from the Secchi Disk study and science programmes

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  20. Chris/Proba-1 Status Including Radiometric Calibration

    Article • July 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  21. Living up to the Hype of Hyperspectral Aquatic Remote Sensing: Science, Resources and Outlook

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, June 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  22. CHRIS/PROBA-1 Radiometric Calibration Assessment

    Article • March 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  23. Identification of Tyre and Plastic Waste from Combined Copernicus Sentinel-1 and -2 Data

    Article • Remote Sensing, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  24. Retrieval of Land Surface Temperature from Earth Observation Satellites for Gas Flaring Sites in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis, January 2020, Science Publishing Group

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  25. Evaluation of the geometric accuracy across the European Space Agency (ESA) Landsat historical archive

    Article • October 2019, SPIE

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  26. An Ocean-Colour Time Series for Use in Climate Studies: The Experience of the Ocean-Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI)

    Article • Sensors, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  27. Satellite Ocean Colour: Current Status and Future Perspective

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, August 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  28. In Situ Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Monitoring of Alpine Trampled and Recultivated Species

    Article • Remote Sensing, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Bogdan Zagajewski, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  29. MERIS observations of phytoplankton phenology in the Baltic Sea

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  30. The Impact of Tourist Traffic on the Condition and Cell Structures of Alpine Swards

    Article • Remote Sensing, February 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Bogdan Zagajewski, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  31. Intraspecific Differences in Spectral Reflectance Curves as Indicators of Reduced Vitality in High-Arctic Plants

    Article • Remote Sensing, December 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Bogdan Zagajewski, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  32. Seafarer citizen scientist ocean transparency data as a resource for phytoplankton and climate research

    Article • PLOS One, December 2017, PLOS

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  33. Determination of phytoplankton abundances (Chlorophyll- a ) in the optically complex inland water - The Baltic Sea

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  34. Special issue on earth observation of essential climate variables

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  35. Spatio-temporal variability of sea surface temperature in Irish waters (1982–2015) using AVHRR sensor

    Article • Journal of Sea Research, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  36. Bulk processing of the Landsat MSS/TM/ETM+ archive of the European Space Agency: an insight into the level 1 MSS processing

    Article • October 2017, SPIE

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  37. Terrestrial laser scanning for biomass assessment and tree reconstruction: improved processing efficiency

    Article • September 2017, SPIE

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  38. Spectroscopy for global observation of coastal and inland aquatic habitats

    Article • July 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  39. European Space agency (ESA) Landsat MSS/TM/ETM+/OLI archive: 42 years of our history

    Article • June 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  40. Using Landsat-8 and Sentinel-1 data for Above Ground Biomass assessment in the Tamar valley and Dartmoor

    Article • June 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  41. The impact of tourist traffic on the condition and cell structures of alpine swards

    Article • April 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Bogdan Zagajewski, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  42. Subalpine and alpine vegetation classification based on hyperspectral APEX and simulated EnMAP images

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Bogdan Zagajewski, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  43. MONITORING LAND COVER DYNAMICS AT VARYING SPATIAL SCALES USING HIGH TO VERY HIGH RESOLUTION OPTICAL IMAGERY

    Article • The International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, June 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  44. MONITORING LAND COVER DYNAMICS AT VARYING SPATIAL SCALES USING HIGH TO VERY HIGH RESOLUTION OPTICAL IMAGERY

    Article • The International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, June 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  45. MERIS Phytoplankton Time Series Products from the SW Iberian Peninsula (Sagres) Using Seasonal-Trend Decomposition Based on Loess

    Article • Remote Sensing, May 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  46. Multitemporal Remote Sensing of Coastal Waters

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  47. Bulk processing of the Landsat MSS/TM/ETM+ archive of the European Space Agency

    Article • October 2015, SPIE

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  48. Practical Handbook of Remote Sensing

    Article • October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  49. European Space Agency (ESA) Landsat MSS/TM/ETM+ Archive Bulk-Processing: processor improvements and data quality

    Article • September 2014, SPIE

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  50. From silk to satellite: half a century of ocean colour anomalies in the Northeast Atlantic

    Article • Global Change Biology, April 2014, Wiley

    Dr Samantha J Lavender, Professor Ibrahim Hoteit

  51. Ocean Measurements and Applications, Ocean Color

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  52. Remote Sensing in Support of the Geo-information in Europe

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  53. Sun glint estimation in marine satellite images: a comparison of results from calculation and radiative transfer modeling

    Article • Applied Optics, August 2013, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  54. - Remote Sensing Applications to Monitoring Wetland Dynamics: A Case Study on Qinghai Lake Ramsar Site, China

    Article • July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  55. Generalized ocean color inversion model for retrieving marine inherent optical properties

    Article • Applied Optics, March 2013, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender, Professor Emmanuel S Boss

  56. XXIInd International Congress of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

    Article • The Photogrammetric Record, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Samantha J Lavender, Dr Simon J Buckley

  57. A 60-year ocean colour data set from the continuous plankton recorder

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, November 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  58. The influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on interannual variations in phytoplankton size structure as revealed by Earth Observation

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Nick J Hardman-Mountford, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  59. SMOS first data analysis for sea surface salinity determination

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  60. FLUORESCENT ANALYSIS OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROBES AND POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS LINKED TO OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING

    Article • The International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, July 2012, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  61. Earth observation: a revolutionary leap into the future

    Article • Astronomy & Geophysics, May 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  62. Applying uncertainties to ocean colour data

    Article • Metrologia, March 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  63. Model of phytoplankton absorption based on three size classes

    Article • Applied Optics, July 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Nick J Hardman-Mountford, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  64. Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments

    Article • The Photogrammetric Record, June 2011, Wiley

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  65. Macroscale factors affecting diatom abundance: a synergistic use of Continuous Plankton Recorder and satellite remote sensing data

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  66. Light transfer at the ocean surface modeled using high resolution sea surface realizations

    Article • Optics Express, March 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  67. An intercomparison of bio-optical techniques for detecting dominant phytoplankton size class from satellite remote sensing

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Nick J Hardman-Mountford, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  68. ISPRS Commission VIII Symposium: Networking the World with Remote Sensing

    Article • The Photogrammetric Record, December 2010, Wiley

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  69. Overview of SMOS Level 2 Ocean Salinity processing and first results

    Article • July 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  70. A three-component model of phytoplankton size class for the Atlantic Ocean

    Article • Ecological Modelling, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Nick J Hardman-Mountford, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  71. A spectral response approach for detecting dominant phytoplankton size class from satellite remote sensing

    Article • Acta Oceanologica Sinica, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nick J Hardman-Mountford, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  72. Mapping size-specific phytoplankton primary production on a global scale

    Article • Journal of Maps, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nick J Hardman-Mountford, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  73. Mapping size-specific phytoplankton primary production on a global scale

    Article • Journal of Maps, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nick J Hardman-Mountford, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  74. Sun Glint Correction of High and Low Spatial Resolution Images of Aquatic Scenes: a Review of Methods for Visible and Near-Infrared Wavelengths

    Article • Remote Sensing, October 2009, MDPI AG

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  75. Phytoplankton pigments and functional types in the Atlantic Ocean: A decadal assessment, 1995–2005

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, July 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Nick J Hardman-Mountford, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  76. The Atlantic Meridional Transect Programme (1995–2012)

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, July 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  77. XXIst International Congress of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

    Article • The Photogrammetric Record, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Samantha J Lavender, Dr Simon J Buckley

  78. Identifying four phytoplankton functional types from space: An ecological approach

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  79. Diurnal warm-layer events in the western Mediterranean and European shelf seas

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  80. Variations in the Phytoplankton of the North-Eastern Atlantic Ocean: From the Irish Sea to the Bay of Biscay

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  81. Analysis of SeaWiFS Chlorophyll-a Matchups for the Atlantic Ocean using the Atlantic Meridional Transect Cruise Data

    Article • June 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  82. A long‐term chlorophyll dataset reveals regime shift in North Sea phytoplankton biomass unconnected to nutrient levels

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, March 2007, Wiley

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  83. Validation of MERIS reflectance and chlorophyll during the BENCAL cruise October 2002: preliminary validation of new demonstration products for phytoplankton functional types and photosynthetic parameters

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, February 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nick J Hardman-Mountford, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  84. Coccolithophore bloom size variation in response to the regional environment of the subarctic North Atlantic

    Article • Limnology and Oceanography, September 2006, Wiley

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  85. Seasonal and inter-annual variability of chlorophyll-a concentration in the Mauritanian upwelling: Observation of an anomalous event during 1998–1999

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, July 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Nick J Hardman-Mountford, Dr Samantha J Lavender

  86. Monitoring the maximum turbidity zone and detecting fine‐scale turbidity features in the Gironde estuary using high spatial resolution satellite sensor (SPOT HRV, Landsat ETM+) data

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, June 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  87. A method for estimating inherent optical properties of New Zealand continental shelf waters from satellite ocean colour measurements

    Article • New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, June 2006, Wiley

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  88. Remote Sensing of Coastal Aquatic Environments—Technologies, Techniques and Applications.

    Article • The Photogrammetric Record, April 2006, Wiley

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  89. Apparent and inherent optical properties of turbid estuarine waters: measurements, empirical quantification relationships, and modeling

    Article • Applied Optics, April 2006, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  90. Use of reflectance band ratios to estimate suspended and dissolved matter concentrations in estuarine waters

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, April 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  91. Modification to the atmospheric correction of SeaWiFS ocean colour images over turbid waters

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, March 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  92. Extending the SeaWiFS chlorophyll data set back 50 years in the northeast Atlantic

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  93. Use of a Spectralon panel to measure the downwelling irradiance signal: case studies and recommendations

    Article • Applied Optics, November 2004, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  94. Estimation of surface reflection effects on upwelling radiance field measurements in turbid waters

    Article • Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics, June 2004, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  95. SeaWiFS validation in European coastal waters using optical and bio-geochemical measurements

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, April 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  96. Spectral signature of highly turbid waters

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, July 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  97. Mapping coastal waters with high resolution imagery: atmospheric correction of multi-height airborne imagery

    Article • Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics, July 2002, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  98. SeaWiFS data interpretation in a coastal area in the Bay of Biscay

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  99. Remote sensing of sea surface temperature and chlorophyll during Lagrangian experiments at the Iberian margin

    Article • Progress In Oceanography, November 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  100. Validation of ocean color remote sensing data using a moored data buoy

    Article • January 2001, SPIE

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  101. The detection and mapping of algal blooms from space

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  102. Importance of stirring in the development of an iron-fertilized phytoplankton bloom

    Article • Nature, October 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  103. Technical note The SeaWiFS Automatic Data Processing System (SeaAPS)

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  104. The atmospheric correction of water colour and the quantitative retrieval of suspended particulate matter in Case II waters: Application to MERIS

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  105. Optical Remote Sensing of the Hydrosphere: From the Open Ocean to Inland Waters

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Dr Samantha J Lavender

  106. Retrieval of gelbstoff absorption coefficient in pearl river estuary using remotely-sensed ocean color data

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Samantha J Lavender