Andrew Bradley

Contact

• workRoom B05 Nottingham Geospatial Building
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• work0115 84 66026
• Andrew.Bradley1@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Andrew began researching at the University of Birmingham incorporating urban and rural climate models with GIS to help improve winter road maintenance in the West Midlands (UK). He then moved to the University of Leicester where he studied for a PhD whilst contributing to a research project identifying threats around conservation areas in the Andes. Using his Earth observation skills (MSc. Leicester 1997) and an award from the Royal Geographical Society (Slawson Award) he analysed the patterns of deliberate agricultural grassland fires in the uplands and measured how agriculturalists influenced forest fragmentation in the lowland tropical forests. His main finding was that coca leaf cultivation (the source of cocaine paste) had less impact on deforestation than legitimate tropical fruits. He was awarded a PhD for this work in 2005. Andrew then contributed to the Water Life and Civilisation project monograph (University of Reading) with his GIS skills before moving to the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Monks Wood) as a Remote Sensing Scientist investigating vegetation phenology cycles in the Amazon and contributing to the production of the UK Land Cover Map 2007. Andrew then returned to the University of Leicester renewing interests in remote sensing of arid environments whilst working on the Geoland2 and ESA fire-cci burned area products. As an algorithm developer in the production of improved burned area data sets from European satellites he added real time fire metric calculations and helped with product validation. After this work Andrew moved to Silwood Park (Imperial College) to develop land-change models. Here he ran a series of workshops bringing together key people from the land-change modelling community to develop the utility of land-change modeling. From this he led the development of a land-change model ensemble and a map validation tool, SimiVal. Here at the University of Nottingham Andrew is investigating peatland condition with remote sensing technologies.

Expertise Summary

Andrew has particular expertise in remote sensing inter-annual variation of vegetation and land surfaces to interpret land cover-change and landscape processes. He is skilled in the use of programming languages and software to analyse spatial data.

Research Summary

Andrew is using satellite data for (i) Peatland restoration - Peatland Action, Scottish National Heritage, (ii) Colombian Paramo and water storage - NERC and (iii) Mathematical challenges in… read more

Recent Publications

• MITCHELL, E, DRYDEN, I,L, FALLAIZE, C,J, ANDERSEN, R, BRADLEY, AV and LARGE, D,J, 2024. Object oriented data analysis of surface motion time series in peatland landscapes Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C: JRSSC. (In Press.)
• COLE, B, BRADLEY, AV, WILLCOCK, S, GARDNER, E, ALLINSON, E, TOUZA, J, HAGEN-ZANKER, A, CALO, A, PETROVSKII, S, YU, J and WHELAN, M, 2023. Using a multi-lens framework for landscape decisions People and Nature.
• LLOYD, IL, THOMAS, V, OFOEGBU, C, BRADLEY, AV, BULLARD, P, D’ACUNHA, B, DELANEY, B, DRIVER, H, EVANS, CD, FAULKNER, KJ, FONVIELLE, JA, FRANCKSEN, RM, FRIDAY, LE, HOSE, G, KADUK, J, RE MANNING, F, MORRISON, R, NOVO, P, PAGE, SE, RHYMES, JM, HUDSON, M and BALZTER, H, 2023. State of Knowledge on UK Agricultural Peatlands for Food Production and the Net Zero Transition Sustainability. 15(23), 16347
• COLE, SARATSI, E, EARNSHAW, K, WILLCOCK, S, GARDNER, E, BRADLEY AV, FREEMANTLE, C and BEZANT, J, 2022. Making Landscape Decisions to Meet Net Zero Carbon: Pathways that consider ethics, socio-ecological diversity, and landscape functions. (978-1-912989-14-0)

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Current Research

Andrew is using satellite data for (i) Peatland restoration - Peatland Action, Scottish National Heritage, (ii) Colombian Paramo and water storage - NERC and (iii) Mathematical challenges in landscape decisions - NERC.

• MITCHELL, E, DRYDEN, I,L, FALLAIZE, C,J, ANDERSEN, R, BRADLEY, AV and LARGE, D,J, 2024. Object oriented data analysis of surface motion time series in peatland landscapes Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C: JRSSC. (In Press.)
• COLE, B, BRADLEY, AV, WILLCOCK, S, GARDNER, E, ALLINSON, E, TOUZA, J, HAGEN-ZANKER, A, CALO, A, PETROVSKII, S, YU, J and WHELAN, M, 2023. Using a multi-lens framework for landscape decisions People and Nature.
• LLOYD, IL, THOMAS, V, OFOEGBU, C, BRADLEY, AV, BULLARD, P, D’ACUNHA, B, DELANEY, B, DRIVER, H, EVANS, CD, FAULKNER, KJ, FONVIELLE, JA, FRANCKSEN, RM, FRIDAY, LE, HOSE, G, KADUK, J, RE MANNING, F, MORRISON, R, NOVO, P, PAGE, SE, RHYMES, JM, HUDSON, M and BALZTER, H, 2023. State of Knowledge on UK Agricultural Peatlands for Food Production and the Net Zero Transition Sustainability. 15(23), 16347
• COLE, SARATSI, E, EARNSHAW, K, WILLCOCK, S, GARDNER, E, BRADLEY AV, FREEMANTLE, C and BEZANT, J, 2022. Making Landscape Decisions to Meet Net Zero Carbon: Pathways that consider ethics, socio-ecological diversity, and landscape functions. (978-1-912989-14-0)
• DE LA BARREDA-BAUTISTA, B, BOYD DS, LEDGER M, SIEWERT MB, CHANDLER C, BRADLEY AV, GEE D, LARGE DJ, OLOFSSON J, SOWTER A and SJÖGERSTEN S, 2022. Towards a Monitoring Approach for Understanding Permafrost Degradation and Linked Subsidence in Arctic Peatlands Remote Sensing. 14(3), 444
• MARSHALL C, STERK HP, GILBERT PJ, ANDERSEN R, BRADLEY AV, SOWTER A, MARSH S and LARGE DJ, 2022. Multiscale Variability and the Comparison of Ground and Satellite Radar Based Measures of Peatland Surface Motion for Peatland Monitoring Remote Sensing. 14(2), 336
• BRADLEY, A. V., ANDERSEN, R., MARSHALL, C., SOWTER, A. and LARGE, D. J., 2022. Identification of typical ecohydrological behaviours using InSAR allows landscape-scale mapping of peatland condition: Earth Surface Dynamics Earth Surface Dynamics. 10(2), 261-277
• ISLAM, M. T., BRADLEY, A. V., SOWTER, A., ANDERSEN, R., MARSHALL, C., LONG, M., BOURKE, M. C., CONNOLLY, J. and LARGE, D. J., 2022. Potential use of APSIS-InSAR measures of the range of vertical surface motion to improve hazard assessment of peat landslides: Mires and Peat Mires and Peat. 28,
• MARSHALL C, BRADLEY AV, ANDERSEN R and LARGE DJ, 2021. NatureScot Research Report 1269 - Using peatland surface motion (bog breathing) to monitor Peatland Action sites Nature Scot.
• BRADLEY AV, HAUGHAN AE, AL-DUGHAIRI A and MCLAREN SJ, 2019. Spatial variability in shrub vegetation across dune forms in central Saudi Arabia Journal of Arid Environments. 161, 72-84
• BRADLEY AV, MCLAREN SJ, AL-DUGHAIRI A and KHALAF N, 2018. A multi-scale approach interpreting sediment processes and distribution from desert sand colour in central Saudi Arabia Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 43, 2847–2862
• BRADLEY AV, ROSA IMD, BRANDAO JR. A, CREMA S, DOBLER C, MOULDS S, AHMED SE, CARNEIRO T, SMITH MJ and EWERS RE, 2017. An ensemble of spatially explicit land-cover model projections: prospects and challenges to retrospectively evaluate deforestation policy Modeling Earth Sytems and Environment. 3(4), 1215-1228
• BRADLEY AV, ROSA IMD, PONTIUS JR. RG, AHMED SE, ARAUJO MB, BROWN DG, BRANDAO JR. A, CAMARA G, CARNEIRO T, HARTLEY AJ, SMITH MJ and EWERS RE, 2016. SimiVal, a multi-criteria map comparison tool for land-change model projections Environmental Modelling and Software. 82, 229-240
• PADILLA, MARC, STEHMAN, STEPHEN V., RAMO, RUBEN, CORTI, DANTE, HANTSON, STIJN, OLIVA, PATRICIA, ALONSO-CANAS, ITZIAR, BRADLEY, ANDREW V., TANSEY, KEVIN, MOTA, BERNARDO, PEREIRA, JOSE MIGUEL and CHUVIECO, EMILIO, 2015. Comparing the accuracies of remote sensing global burned area products using stratified random sampling and estimation REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT. 160, 114-121
• PFEIFER, MARION, LEFEBVRE, VERONIQUE, GARDNER, TOBY A., ARROYO-RODRIGUEZ, VICTOR, BAETEN, LANDER, BANKS-LEITE, CRISTINA, BARLOW, JOS, BETTS, MATTHEW G., BRUNET, JOERG, CEREZO, ALEXIS, CISNEROS, LAURA M., COLLARD, STUART, D'CRUZE, NEIL, DA SILVA MOTTA, CATARINA, DUGUAY, STEPHANIE, EGGERMONT, HILDE, EIGENBROD, FELIX, HADLEY, ADAM S., HANSON, THOR R., HAWES, JOSEPH E., SCALLEY, TAMARA HEARTSILL, KLINGBEIL, BRIAN T., KOLB, ANNETTE, KORMANN, URS, KUMAR, SUNIL, LACHAT, THIBAULT, LAKEMAN FRASER, POPPY, LANTSCHNER, VICTORIA, LAURANCE, WILLIAM F., LEAL, INARA R., LENS, LUC, MARSH, CHARLES J., MEDINA-RANGEL, GUIDO F., MELLES, STEPHANIE, MEZGER, DIRK, OLDEKOP, JOHAN A., OVERAL, WILLIAM L., OWEN, CHARLOTTE, PERES, CARLOS A., PHALAN, BEN, PIDGEON, ANNA M., PILIA, ORIANA, POSSINGHAM, HUGH P., POSSINGHAM, MAX L., RAHEEM, DINARZARDE C., RIBEIRO, DANILO B., RIBEIRO NETO, JOSE D., ROBINSON, W. DOUGLAS, ROBINSON, RICHARD, RYTWINSKI, TRINA, SCHERBER, CHRISTOPH, SLADE, ELEANOR M., SOMARRIBA, EDUARDO, STOUFFER, PHILIP C., STRUEBIG, MATTHEW J., TYLIANAKIS, JASON M., TSCHARNTKE, TEJA, TYRE, ANDREW J., URBINA-CARDONA, J. NICOLAS, VASCONCELOS, HERALDO L., WEARN, OLIVER, WELLS, KONSTANS, WILLIG, MICHAEL R., WOOD, ERIC, YOUNG, RICHARD P., BRADLEY, ANDREW V. and EWERS, ROBERT M., 2014. BIOFRAG - a new database for analyzing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 4(9), 1524-1537
• MCLAREN, SUE J., LENG, MELANIE J., KNOWLES, TANYA and BRADLEY, ANDREW V., 2012. Evidence of past environmental conditions during the evolution of a calcretised Wadi System in Southern Jordan using stable isotopes PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY. 348, 1-12
• BRADLEY, ANDREW V., GERARD, FRANCE F., BARBIER, NICOLAS, WEEDON, GRAHAM P., ANDERSON, LIANA O., HUNTINGFORD, CHRIS, ARAGAO, LUIZ E. O. C., ZELAZOWSKI, PRZEMYSLAW and ARAI, EGIDIO, 2011. Relationships between phenology, radiation and precipitation in the Amazon region GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 17(6), 2245-2260
• BRADLEY, ANDREW V. and MILLINGTON, ANDREW C., 2008. Coca and Colonists: Quantifying and Explaining Forest Clearance under Coca and Anti-Narcotics Policy Regimes ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY. 13(1),
• BRADLEY, A. V. and MILLINGTON, A. C., 2006. Spatial and temporal scale issues in determining biomass burning regimes in Bolivia and Peru INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING. 27(11), 2221-2253
• KOJIMA, NAOKO, LABA, MAGDELINE, VELEZ LIENDO, XIMENA M., BRADLEY, ANDREW V., MILLINGTON, ANDREW C. and BAVEYE, PHILIPPE, 2006. Causes of the apparent scale independence of fractal indices associated with forest fragmentation in Bolivia ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING. 61(2), 84-94
• MILLINGTON, AC, VELEZ-LIENDO, XM and BRADLEY, AV, 2003. Scale dependence in multitemporal mapping of forest fragmentation in Bolivia: implications for explaining temporal trends in landscape ecology and applications to biodiversity conservation ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING. 57(4), 289-299
• CHAPMAN, L, THORNES, JE and BRADLEY, AV, 2002. Sky-view factor approximation using GPS receivers INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY. 22(5), 615-621
• BRADLEY, AV, THORNES, JE, CHAPMAN, L, UNWIN, D and ROY, M, 2002. Modelling spatial and temporal road thermal climatology in rural and urban areas using a GIS CLIMATE RESEARCH. 22(1), 41-55
• BRADLEY, A. V., THORNES, J. E. and CHAPMAN, L., 2001. A method to assess the variation of urban canyon geometry from sky view factor transects ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE LETTERS. 2(1-4), 155-165
• CHAPMAN, L, THORNES, JE and BRADLEY, AV, 2001. Modelling of road surface temperature from a geographical parameter database. Part 2: Numerical METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. 8(4), 421-436
• CHAPMAN, L, THORNES, JE and BRADLEY, AV, 2001. Modelling of road surface temperature from a geographical parameter database. Part 1: Statistical METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. 8(4), 409-419
• CHAPMAN, L, THORNES, JE and BRADLEY, AV, 2001. Rapid determination of canyon geometry parameters for use in surface radiation budgets THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY. 69(1-2), 81-89