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Overview

Richard Lucas is affiliated with Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research covers multiple main topics:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Agricultural and Environmental Management

Richard Lucas has contributed to various research papers published recently in prominent journals and venues. Notable publications include:

  • "Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth" (2020, Nature)
  • "High-resolution mapping of losses and gains of Earth's tidal wetlands" (2022, Science)
  • "Global Mangrove Extent Change 1996-2020: Global Mangrove Watch Version 3.0" (2022, Remote Sensing)
  • "Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission" (2022, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • "A global biophysical typology of mangroves and its relevance for ecosystem structure and deforestation" (2020, Scientific Reports)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Peter Bunting
  • Åke Rosenqvist
  • Lammert Hilarides
  • Carole Planque
  • Suvarna Punalekar

Richard Lucas has published numerous articles across key academic venues. Among these, the most frequent publication platforms are:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has authored book work published by Ghent University, including "Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol" released in 2021.

Best Publications

  • The State of the World's Mangrove Forests: Past, Present, and Future

    Daniel A. Friess;Daniel A. Friess;Kerrylee Rogers;Catherine E. Lovelock;Ken W. Krauss

  • New global forest/non-forest maps from ALOS PALSAR data (2007–2010)

    Masanobu Shimada;Takuya Itoh;Takeshi Motooka;Manabu Watanabe

  • Remote sensing for conservation monitoring: Assessing protected areas, habitat extent, habitat condition, species diversity, and threats

    Harini Nagendra;Richard Lucas;João Pradinho Honrado;Rob H.G. Jongman

  • An integrated pan‐tropical biomass map using multiple reference datasets

    Valerio Avitabile;Martin Herold;Gerard B.M. Heuvelink;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • On the Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Environmental Monitoring

    Salvatore Manfreda;Matthew F. McCabe;Pauline E. Miller;Richard Lucas

  • The Global Mangrove Watch—A New 2010 Global Baseline of Mangrove Extent

    Peter Bunting;Ake Rosenqvist;Richard Lucas;Lisa-Maria Rebelo

  • Distribution and drivers of global mangrove forest change, 1996–2010

    Nathan Thomas;Richard Lucas;Peter Bunting;Andrew Hardy

  • Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth

    Susan C. Cook-Patton;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Sara M. Leavitt;David Gibbs;Nancy L. Harris

  • High-resolution mapping of losses and gains of Earth’s tidal wetlands

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  • Global Mangrove Extent Change 1996-2020: Global Mangrove Watch Version 3.0

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  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission

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  • Environmental science : Agree on biodiversity metrics to track from space

    Andrew K. Skidmore;Nathalie Pettorelli;Nicholas C. Coops;Gary N. Geller

  • A review of remote sensing technology in support of the Kyoto Protocol

    Åke Rosenqvist;Anthony Milne;Richard Lucas;Marc Imhoff

  • Early recognition of glacial lake hazards in the Himalaya using remote sensing datasets

    D.J. Quincey;S.D. Richardson;A. Luckman;R.M. Lucas

  • Framing the concept of satellite remote sensing essential biodiversity variables: challenges and future directions

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Martin Wegmann;Martin Wegmann;Andrew Skidmore;Sander Mucher

  • Satellite remote sensing of ecosystem functions: opportunities, challenges and way forward

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Henrike Schulte to Bühne;Ayesha Tulloch;Grégoire Dubois

  • An Evaluation of the ALOS PALSAR L-Band Backscatter—Above Ground Biomass Relationship Queensland, Australia: Impacts of Surface Moisture Condition and Vegetation Structure

    Richard Lucas;John Armston;Russell Fairfax;Rod Fensham

  • The delineation of tree crowns in Australian mixed species forests using hyperspectral Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI) data

    Peter Bunting;Richard Lucas

  • Identifying terrestrial carbon sinks: Classification of successional stages in regenerating tropical forest from Landsat TM data

    Giles M. Foody;Gintautas Palubinskas;Richard M. Lucas;Paul J. Curran

  • Rule-based classification of multi-temporal satellite imagery for habitat and agricultural land cover mapping

    Richard Lucas;Aled Rowlands;Alan Brown;Steve Keyworth

  • Non-linear mixture modelling without end-members using an artificial neural network

    G. M. Foody;R. M. Lucas;P. J. Curran;M. Honzak

  • Tropical Forest Biomass Density Estimation Using JERS-1 SAR: Seasonal Variation, Confidence Limits, and Application to Image Mosaics

    Adrian Luckman;John Baker;Miroslav Honzák;Richard Lucas

  • The potential of L‐band SAR for quantifying mangrove characteristics and change: case studies from the tropics

    Richard M. Lucas;Anthea L. Mitchell;Ake Rosenqvist;Christophe Proisy

Frequent Co-Authors

John Armston
John Armston University of Maryland, College Park
Mahta Moghaddam
Mahta Moghaddam University of Southern California
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Université Libre de Bruxelles
Harini Nagendra
Harini Nagendra Azim Premji University
Giles M. Foody
Giles M. Foody University of Nottingham
Paul J. Curran
Paul J. Curran City, University of London
João P. Honrado
João P. Honrado University of Porto
David A. Keith
David A. Keith University of New South Wales
Masanobu Shimada
Masanobu Shimada Tokyo Denki University
Rob H. G. Jongman
Rob H. G. Jongman Wageningen University & Research

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