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Overview

Karen Anderson is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in atmospheric science, ecology, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, and ecological modeling.

Their work spans several specialized topics including cryospheric studies and observations, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, climate change and permafrost, remote sensing in agriculture, peatlands and wetlands ecology, species distribution and climate change, as well as soil erosion and sediment transport.

Recent publications by Karen Anderson include:

  • The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function, 2021, Nature
  • Vegetation expansion in the subnival Hindu Kush Himalaya, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Multi-Scale Evaluation of Drone-Based Multispectral Surface Reflectance and Vegetation Indices in Operational Conditions, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Monitoring spring phenology of individual tree crowns using drone-acquired NDVI data, 2020, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • The problem of scale in predicting biological responses to climate, 2020, Global Change Biology

Frequent co-authors with whom Anderson has collaborated include:

  • Richard E. Brazier
  • Stephan Harrison
  • Andrew M. Cunliffe
  • Dominic Fawcett
  • Darren Jones

Anderson's research appears regularly in several publication venues, with multiple works published in:

  • Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Scientific Reports
  • Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography

Best Publications

  • Lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles will revolutionize spatial ecology

    Karen Anderson;Kevin J Gaston

  • Doses of neighborhood nature: The benefits for mental health of living with nature

    Daniel T. C. Cox;Danielle F. Shanahan;Hannah L. Hudson;Kate E. Plummer

  • Ultra-fine grain landscape-scale quantification of dryland vegetation structure with drone-acquired structure-from-motion photogrammetry

    Andrew M. Cunliffe;Richard E. Brazier;Karen Anderson

  • Rock glaciers and mountain hydrology: A review

    Darren B. Jones;Stephan Harrison;Karen Anderson;W. Brian Whalley

  • Doses of Nearby Nature Simultaneously Associated with Multiple Health Benefits.

    Daniel T. C. Cox;Danielle F. Shanahan;Hannah L. Hudson;Richard A. Fuller

  • The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function

    Mirco Migliavacca;Talie Musavi;Miguel D. Mahecha;Jacob A. Nelson

  • Structure from Motion (SfM) Photogrammetry with Drone Data: A Low Cost Method for Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Forests in Developing Countries

    Reason Mlambo;Iain H. Woodhouse;Karen Anderson

  • Location, location, location: considerations when using lightweight drones in challenging environments

    James P. Duffy;Andrew M. Cunliffe;Leon DeBell;Chris Sandbrook;Chris Sandbrook

  • Mountain rock glaciers contain globally significant water stores.

    D. B. Jones;S. Harrison;K. Anderson;R. A. Betts

  • Spatial assessment of intertidal seagrass meadows using optical imaging systems and a lightweight drone

    James P. Duffy;Laura Pratt;Karen Anderson;Peter E. Land

  • Global sea-level contribution from the Patagonian Icefields since the Little Ice Age maximum

    Neil F. Glasser;Stephan Harrison;Krister N. Jansson;K. Anderson

  • On the use of remote sensing techniques for monitoring spatio-temporal soil organic carbon dynamics in agricultural systems

    H. Croft;N.J. Kuhn;K. Anderson

  • Vegetation expansion in the subnival Hindu Kush Himalaya.

    Karen Anderson;Dominic Fawcett;Anthony Cugulliere;Sophie Benford

  • The distribution and hydrological significance of rock glaciers in the Nepalese Himalaya

    D.B. Jones;S. Harrison;K. Anderson;H.L. Selley

  • Remote sensing of soil surface properties.

    K. Anderson;H. Croft

  • The impact of charcoal production on forest degradation: a case study in Tete, Mozambique

    F Sedano;J A Silva;R Machoco;C H Meque

  • Measurement of fine-spatial-resolution 3D vegetation structure with airborne waveform lidar: Calibration and validation with voxelised terrestrial lidar

    Steven Hancock;Karen Anderson;Mathias Disney;Kevin J. Gaston

  • Rock Glaciers as Water Stores in the Bolivian Andes: An Assessment of Their Hydrological Importance

    S Rangecroft;Stephan Harrison;K Anderson

  • Aerial photography collected with a multirotor drone reveals impact of Eurasian beaver reintroduction on ecosystem structure1

    A Puttock;AM Cunliffe;K Anderson;Richard E. Brazier

  • Ground-based Optical Measurements at European Flux Sites: A Review of Methods, Instruments and Current Controversies

    Manuela Balzarolo;Karen Anderson;Caroline Nichol;Micol Rossini

  • Evaluating ecosystem goods and services after restoration of marginal upland peatlands in South-West England

    Emilie Grand‐Clement;Karen Anderson;David Smith;David Luscombe

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Brazier
Richard E. Brazier University of Exeter
Stephan Harrison
Stephan Harrison University of Exeter
Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter
Holly Croft
Holly Croft University of Sheffield
Jonathan Bennie
Jonathan Bennie University of Exeter
Timothy A. Quine
Timothy A. Quine University of Exeter
Mike R. James
Mike R. James Lancaster University
John N. Quinton
John N. Quinton Lancaster University
Martin Evans
Martin Evans University of Manchester
Richard Betts
Richard Betts University of Exeter

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