Professor Brian Barrett

Professor of Environmental Remote Sensing (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)

telephone: +44 (0) 141 330 8655
email: Brian.Barrett@glasgow.ac.uk

Research interests

My principal research interests are in the use of remote sensing for applications in the terrestrial environment. From a wider perspective, the use of remote sensing to study the interactions and further understanding of Earth system processes, in the context of environmental and social change, greatly interests me.

Interdisciplinary research and collaborations are essential to disentangle contemporary socio-ecological and sustainability challenges and most of my current research involves such collaborations, working on projects in Colombia (sustainable food production), China (sustainable land management and land use modelling), and Vietnam (human & environmental resilience).

PhD Opportunities

I am keen to hear from prospective students who wish to study for a PhD. Enquiries are welcome, although please investigate potential funding and/or scholarships (if required) before getting in touch. Please see here for further details.

Publications

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Number of items: 58.

2026

Cai, Yuwei, He, Zhimeng, Wu, Meiliu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5246-4603 and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2026) MAPSRNet: a task-oriented super-resolution network that enhances building extraction beyond raw high-resolution imagery. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 63(1), 2704291. (doi: 10.1080/15481603.2026.2704291)

Suter, Samantha, Welden, Natalie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0446-0712, Roberts, Kenny and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2026) Predicting species diversity and community traits from remote sensing in species-rich grasslands. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 26(1), 21. (doi: 10.1186/s12862-026-02500-4) (PMID:41688894) (PMCID:PMC12937569)

Cai, Yuwei, He, Zhimeng, Wu, Meiliu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5246-4603 and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2026) From Super-Resolution to Superior Land Cover Detection: Cross-Channel Attention Network for Aerial Image. In: XXVth ISPRS Congress, Toronto, Canada, 4 - 11 July 2026, pp. 515-522. (doi: 10.5194/isprs-annals-XI-3-2026-515-2026)

He, Zhimeng, Cai, Yuwei, Wu, Meiliu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5246-4603, Xian, Xinyan and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2026) Cube Kernel: a Novel Approach to Enable Local Gradient Flow Across Channels in CNNs. In: XXVth ISPRS Congress, Toronto, Canada, 4 - 11 July 2026, pp. 109-116. (doi: 10.5194/isprs-annals-XI-3-2026-109-2026)

Raab, Christoph, Nguyen, Viet Duc, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Zakirova, Aksana, Zuberi, Mehwish, Alff, Henryk and Spies, Michael (2026) Crop type classification in smallholder agriculture of Central and South Asia using Sentinel-1/2 data fusion. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 42, 102007. (doi: 10.1016/j.rsase.2026.102007)

Liu, Niantang, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457, Williams, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, Duan, Si-Bo, Sun, Yingwei and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2026) Ensemble modelling based on transfer learning for enhancing crop mapping through synergistic integration of InSAR coherence and multispectral satellite data. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 242, 111332. (doi: 10.1016/j.compag.2025.111332)

2025

Gutiérrez-Zapata, Diana María, Cerón-Muñoz, Mario Fernando, Rosales, Rolando Barahona, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Castro-Nunez, Augusto (2025) Deforestation in conflict-affected areas: a quantitative approach for integrating local perspectives during peacebuilding. Land Use Policy, 157, 107689. (doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107689)

Suter, Samantha, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Welden, Natalie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0446-0712 (2025) Assessing the role of citizen science in the validation of remote sensing habitat classifications. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 6(4), e70131. (doi: 10.1002/2688-8319.70131)

Adebangbe, Seyi Adewale, Dixon, Deborah P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0846-6959 and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2025) Evaluating contaminated land and the environmental impact of oil spills in the Niger Delta region: a remote sensing-based approach. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197, 1149. (doi: 10.1007/s10661-025-14584-4)

Adebangbe, Seyi Adewale, Dixon, Deborah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0846-6959 and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2025) Working with "safety": researching oil-spill-impacted communities in the Niger Delta. Professional Geographer, 77(4), pp. 445-459. (doi: 10.1080/00330124.2025.2503947)

Obour, Mensah Isaac, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Cahalane, Conor (2025) Assessing change point detection methods to enable robust detection of early stage Artisanal and Small-Scale mining (ASM) in the tropics using Sentinel-1 time series data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 139, 104525. (doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2025.104525)

Adebangbe, Seyi Adewale, Dixon, Deborah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0846-6959 and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2025) Geo-computation techniques for identifying spatio-temporal patterns of reported oil spills along crude oil pipeline networks. International Journal of Digital Earth, 18(1), 2448218. (doi: 10.1080/17538947.2024.2448218)

Liu, Niantang, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457, Williams, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, Duan, Si-Bo, Liu, Xiangyang and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2025) Enhanced crop mapping using polarimetric SAR features and time series deep learning: a case study in Bei’an, China. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 63, 5002917. (doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2025.3544339)

2024

Ramos, Marcela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2782-7617, Triana, Natalia, Gutiérrez, Jhon Freddy, Gutiérrez-Zapata, Diana María, Ruden, Alejandro, Sepúlveda, Lady and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2024) Who does technology serve? A critical analysis of sociocultural factors shaping opportunities, practices and barriers faced by a smallholders in south-western Colombia. Global Social Challenges Journal, 3(3), pp. 335-359. (doi: 10.1332/27523349Y2024D000000018)

Zwick, Mike, Cardoso, Juan Andres, Gutierrez-Zapata, Diana María, Cerón-Muñoz, Mario, Gutierrez, Jhon Freddy, Raab, Christoph, Jonsson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3245-9783, Escobar, Miller, Roberts, Kenny and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2024) Pixels to pasture: using machine learning and multispectral remote sensing to predict biomass and nutrient quality in tropical grasslands. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 36, 101282. (doi: 10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101282)

Liu, Niantang, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457, Williams, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947 and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2024) Enhanced crop classification through integrated optical and SAR data: a deep learning approach for multi-source image fusion. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 45(19-20), pp. 7605-7633. (doi: 10.1080/01431161.2023.2232552)

He, Zhimeng, Cai, Yuwei, He, Hongjie, Xian, Xinyan and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2024) An Enhanced Trans-Involution Network for Building Footprint Extraction from High Resolution Orthoimagery. In: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 07-12 Jul 2024, pp. 10030-10034. ISBN 9798350360325 (doi: 10.1109/igarss53475.2024.10640523)

Mensah, Isaac Obour, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Cahalane, Conor (2024) Evaluating the Influence of Global Digital Elevation Models (DEMS) for Sentinel-1 Radiometric Terrain Correction (RTC) for Tropical Forest Measurements in Google Earth Engine. In: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 07-12 Jul 2024, pp. 2495-2499. ISBN 9798350360325 (doi: 10.1109/igarss53475.2024.10641014)

Mensah, Isaac Obour, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Cahalane, Conor (2024) Towards Analysis Ready Data (ARD): Assessing Sentinel-1 Backscatter Data Suitability for Detecting Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Induced Deforestation Stages in the Tropics. In: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 07-12 Jul 2024, pp. 2490-2494. ISBN 9798350360325 (doi: 10.1109/igarss53475.2024.10640528)

Page, Georgina, Marino, Armando, Sterratt, Benjamin, Silva-Perez, Cristian, Hunter, Peter, Subke, Jens-Arne and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2024) Using Quad-Polarimetric SAR (ALOS-2) to Monitor Wetness of Bogs in Scotland and Sweden. In: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 07-12 Jul 2024, pp. 10822-10825. ISBN 9798350360325 (doi: 10.1109/igarss53475.2024.10641733)

Trujillano, Fedra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0685-2525, Jimenez, Gabreil, Manrique, Edgar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0196-0818, Kahamba, Najat Feruzi, Okumu, Fredros ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2731-5654, Apollinaire, Nombre, Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Fornace, Kimberly ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5484-241X (2024) Using image segmentation models to analyse high-resolution earth observation data: new tools to monitor disease risks in changing environments. International Journal of Health Geographics, 23(1), 13. (doi: 10.1186/s12942-024-00371-w) (PMID:38764024) (PMCID:PMC11102859)

2023

Suter, Samantha, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Welden, Natalie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0446-0712 (2023) Do biodiversity monitoring citizen science surveys meet the core principles of open science practices? Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(2), 295. (doi: 10.1007/s10661-022-10887-y) (PMID:36633699)

2022

Li, Qing ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1047-4026, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Williams, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, Hoey, Trevor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-6218 and Boothroyd, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9742-4229 (2022) Enhancing performance of multi-temporal tropical river landform classification through downscaling approaches. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 43(17), pp. 6445-6462. (doi: 10.1080/01431161.2022.2139164)

Killeen, Jennifer, Jaupi, Luan and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2022) Impact assessment of humanitarian demining using object-based peri-urban land cover classification and morphological building detection from VHR Worldview imagery. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 27, 100766. (doi: 10.1016/j.rsase.2022.100766)

Renaud, Fabrice G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0830-1196, Zhou, Xin, Bosher, Lee, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Huang, Suiliang (2022) Synergies and trade-offs between sustainable development goals and targets: innovative approaches and new perspectives. Sustainability Science, 17(4), pp. 1317-1322. (doi: 10.1007/s11625-022-01209-9)

Xu, Jiren ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2949-5353, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Renaud, Fabrice G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0830-1196 (2022) Ecosystem services and disservices in the Luanhe River Basin in China under past, current and future land uses: implications for the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability Science, 17(4), pp. 1347-1364. (doi: 10.1007/s11625-021-01078-8) (PMID:35035586) (PMCID:PMC8741573)

Xu, Jiren ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2949-5353, Renaud, Fabrice G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0830-1196 and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2022) Modelling land system evolution and dynamics of terrestrial carbon stocks in the Luanhe River Basin, China: a scenario analysis of trade-offs and synergies between Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability Science, 17(4), pp. 1323-1345. (doi: 10.1007/s11625-021-01004-y) (PMID:34306239) (PMCID:PMC8282888)

Zhao, Jiaheng, Chen, Huili, Liang, Qiuhua, Xia, Xilin, Xu, Jiren ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2949-5353, Hoey, Trevor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-6218, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Renaud, Fabrice G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0830-1196, Bosher, Lee and Zhou, Xin (2022) Large-scale flood risk assessment under different development strategies: the Luanhe River Basin in China. Sustainability Science, 17(4), pp. 1365-1384. (doi: 10.1007/s11625-021-01034-6)

Zhou, X. et al. (2022) Development of an SDG interlinkages analysis model at the river basin scale: a case study in the Luanhe River Basin, China. Sustainability Science, 17(4), pp. 1405-1433. (doi: 10.1007/s11625-021-01065-z)

2021

Xu, Jiren ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2949-5353, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Renaud, Fabrice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0830-1196 (2021) Modelling Dynamics of Land Use and Ecosystem Services Changes in the Luanhe River Basin in China. EGU General Assembly 2021, 19-30 Apr 2021. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-1258)

Boothroyd, Richard J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9742-4229, Williams, Richard D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, Hoey, Trevor B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-6218, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Prasojo, Octria A. (2021) Applications of Google Earth Engine in fluvial geomorphology for detecting river channel change. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 8(1), e21496. (doi: 10.1002/wat2.1496)

2020

Boothroyd, R.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9742-4229, Williams, R.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947, Barrett, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Hoey, T.B., Tolentino, P.L.M., Perez, J.E., Guardian, E., David, C.P. and Yang, X. (2020) Detecting and Quantifying Morphological Change in Tropical Rivers Using Google Earth Engine and Image Analysis Techniques. In: River Flow 2020: 10th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, Delft, Netherlands, 07-10 Jul 2020, pp. 1013-1021. ISBN 9780367627737

Aanyu, Kevin, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Catanzano, Beatrice, Checchia, Viviana, Duclos, Vanessa, McLean, Heather, Modise, Oitshepile MmaB, Perry, Mia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0886-7093, Robinson, Jude ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5491-4893, Sharp, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5805-4296, Strachan, Zoë ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5473-8284, Todd, Helen and Zaman, Shahaduz (2020) A Critical Resource for Ethical International Partnerships. Sustainable Futures in Africa Network. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/DJTN4)

Raab, Christoph, Riesch, Friederike, Tonn, Bettina, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Meißner, Marcus, Balkenhol, Niko and Isselstein, Johannes (2020) Target‐oriented habitat and wildlife management: estimating forage quantity and quality of semi‐natural grasslands with Sentinel‐1 and Sentinel‐2 data. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, (doi: 10.1002/rse2.149)

2019

Echeverría, Carlos, Ruiz-Pérez, Guiomar, Puertes, Cristina, Samaniego, Luis, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Francés, Félix (2019) Assessment of remotely sensed near-surface soil moisture for distributed eco-hydrological model implementation. Water, 11(12), 2613. (doi: 10.3390/w11122613)

Nicholson, Philip J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4131-165X, Dixon, Deborah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0846-6959, Pullanikkatil, Deepa, Moyo, Boyson, Long, Hazel and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2019) Malawi stories: mapping an art-science collaborative process. Journal of Maps, 15(3), pp. 39-47. (doi: 10.1080/17445647.2019.1582440)

Tojal, Leyre-Torre, Bastarrika, Aitor, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Sanchez Espeso, Javier Maria, Lopez-Guede, Jose Manuel and Graña, Manuel (2019) Prediction of aboveground biomass from low-density LiDAR data: validation over P. radiata data from a region north of Spain. Forests, 10(9), 819. (doi: 10.3390/f10090819)

2018

Cawkwell, Fiona, Raab, Christoph, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Green, Stuart and Finn, John (2018) TaLAM: Mapping Land Cover in Lowlands and Uplands with Satellite Imagery. Project Report. Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland.

Hockridge, B., Barrett, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Long, H., Wilson, L. and Silgram, M. (2018) Best Use of Remote Sensing Technologies to Assess Effectiveness of Measures for Controlling Rural Diffuse Pollution. Technical Report. ADAS. (Unpublished)

2017

Devaney, John, Redmond, John, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Cott, Grace and O'Halloran, John (2017) 21st Century Deforestation in Ireland. Project Report. Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland.

Ali, Iftikhar, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Cawkwell, Fiona, Green, Stuart, Dwyer, Edward and Neumann, Maxim (2017) Application of repeat-pass TerraSAR-X staring spotlight interferometric coherence to monitor pasture biophysical parameters: limitations and sensitivity analysis. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 10(7), pp. 3225-3231. (doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2679761)

Cawkwell, Fiona, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Nitze, Ingmar, Green, Stuart, Black, Kevin and Hallahan, Peter (2017) The Irish Land Mapping Observatory: Mapping and Monitoring Land Cover, Use and Change. Project Report. Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland.

2016

Ali, Iftikhar, Cawkwell, Fiona, Dwyer, Edward, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Green, Stuart (2016) Satellite remote sensing of grasslands: from observation to management—a review. Journal of Plant Ecology, 9(6), pp. 649-671. (doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtw005)

Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Raab, Christoph, Cawkwell, Fiona and Green, Stuart (2016) Upland vegetation mapping using Random Forests with optical and radar satellite data. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2(4), pp. 212-231. (doi: 10.1002/rse2.32)

Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Pratola, Chiara, Gruber, Alexander and Dwyer, Edward (2016) Intercomparison of soil moisture retrievals from in situ, ASAR and ECV SM data sets over different European sites. In: Srivastava, Prashant, Petropoulos, George and Kerr, Yann (eds.) Satellite Soil Moisture Retrievals: Techniques and Applications. Elsevier: Amsterdam, pp. 209-228. ISBN 9780128033883 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803388-3.00011-5)

2015

Pratola, Chiara, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Gruber, Alexander and Dwyer, Edward (2015) Quality assessment of the CCI ECV soil moisture product using ENVISAT ASAR wide swath data over Spain, Ireland and Finland. Remote Sensing, 7(11), pp. 15388-15423. (doi: 10.3390/rs71115388)

Nitze, Ingmar, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Cawkwell, Fiona (2015) Temporal optimisation of image acquisition for land cover classification with random forest and MODIS time-series. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 34, pp. 136-146. (doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.08.001)

Devaney, John, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Barrett, Frank, Redmond, John and O`Halloran, John (2015) Forest cover estimation in Ireland using radar remote sensing: a comparative analysis of forest cover assessment methodologies. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0133583. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133583) (PMID:26262681) (PMCID:PMC4532497)

Petropoulos, George P., Ireland, Gareth and Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 (2015) Surface soil moisture retrievals from remote sensing: Current status, products & future trends. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 83-84, pp. 36-56. (doi: 10.1016/j.pce.2015.02.009)

Raab, Christoph, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Cawkwell, Fiona and Green, Stuart (2015) Evaluation of multi-temporal and multi-sensor atmospheric correction strategies for land cover accounting and monitoring in Ireland. Remote Sensing Letters, 6(10), pp. 784-793. (doi: 10.1080/2150704X.2015.1076950)

2014

Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Nitze, Ingmar, Green, Stuart and Cawkwell, Fiona (2014) Assessment of multi-temporal, multi-sensor radar and ancillary spatial data for grasslands monitoring in Ireland using machine learning approaches. Remote Sensing of Environment, 152, pp. 109-124. (doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.05.018)

Pratola, Chiara, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Gruber, Alexander, Kiely, Gerald and Dwyer, Edward (2014) Evaluation of a global soil moisture product from finer spatial resolution sar data and ground measurements at Irish sites. Remote Sensing, 2014(6), pp. 8190-8219. (doi: 10.3390/rs6098190)

2013

Barrett, Brian W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Petropoulos, George P. (2013) Satellite remote sensing of surface soil moisture. In: Petropoulos, George P. (ed.) Remote Sensing of Energy Fluxes and Soil Moisture Content. CRC Press: Boca Raton, pp. 85-120. ISBN 9781466505780

Revill, Andrew, Sus, Oliver, Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020 and Williams, Mathew (2013) Carbon cycling of European croplands: a framework for the assimilation of optical and microwave earth observation data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 137, pp. 84-93. (doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.06.002)

Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Dwyer, Edward and Whelan, Padraig (2013) Sensitivity of spaceborne radar to near-surface soil moisture in grasslands across southern Ireland. Irish Geography, 45(2), pp. 131-149. (doi: 10.1080/00750778.2012.758434)

Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Whelan, Padraig and Dwyer, Edward (2013) Detecting changes in surface soil moisture content using differential SAR interferometry. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34(20), pp. 7091-7112. (doi: 10.1080/01431161.2013.813654)

2012

Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Whelan, Padraig and Dwyer, Edward (2012) The use of C- and L-band repeat-pass interferometric SAR coherence for soil moisture change detection in vegetated areas. Open Remote Sensing Journal, 5, pp. 37-53. (doi: 10.2174/1875413901205010037)

2009

Barrett, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4020, Dwyer, Edward and Whelan, Padraig (2009) Soil moisture retrieval from active spaceborne microwave observations: an evaluation of current techniques. Remote Sensing, 2009(1), pp. 210-242. (doi: 10.3390/rs1030210)

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Grants

BBSRC IAA and EPSRC IAA - 'New tools to identify malaria vector habitats from high resolution Earth Observation data’ (£80,000) Co-I: Brian Barrett

UKRI GCRF/Newton Fund - ‘Social and environmental impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in Vietnamese provinces bordering China and Laos following border closure’ (£331,409). Co-I: Brian Barrett. Further details at https://covidborderclosures.wordpress.com

University of Sydney and University of Glasgow Partnership Collaboration Award - A blueprint for the equitable, resilient and ecologically sustainable development of Asia’s deltas ($35,950 (AUD)). Co-I: Brian Barrett.

CoSE IT & Computing Equipment for Research competition, (£10,310). PI: Brian Barrett

Scottish Funding Council GCRF - Sustainable Futures in Africa (SFA) network’s administrative support (£74,941). PI: Brian Barrett. Further details at https://www.sustainablefuturesinafrica.com/

BBSRC (as part of the RCUK-CIAT Newton-Caldas Fund Sustainable Tropical Agricultural Systems Programme) - Advancing sustainable forage-based livestock production systems in Colombia (CoForLife) (£819,681 (UofG £411,341)) Co-I and UofG lead: Brian Barrett. Further details at https://colombiagrasslands.com/

NERC (funded through the NERC TaSE (Towards a Sustainable Earth) research programme) - “River basins as 'living laboratories' for achieving sustainable development goals across national and sub-national scales” (£399,237 (UofG £239,273)) Co-I: Brian Barrett. Further details at https://luanhelivinglab.home.blog/

Scottish Funding Council GCRF Lost limbs, lives and livelihoods: understanding community behavioural change and the role of remote data collection approaches for Mine Risk Education (MRE) in Myanmar (£51,430). PI: Brian Barrett

Scottish Funding Council GCRF - Towards resilient and sustainable tropical livestock production systems in Colombia (£22,795). PI: Brian Barrett

BBSRC (as part of the RCUK-CIAT Newton-Caldas Fund Sustainable Tropical Agricultural Systems Programme) - Advancing sustainable forage-based livestock production systems in Colombia (£135,392 & additional US$111,883 of in-kind contributions from the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)). PI: Brian Barrett. Further details here

Scottish Funding Council – Visualising Violence in Malawi (£46,776) Co-I: Brian Barrett

European Commission - GEONATURA – open educational resources platform for Geomatics applications to social and environmental issues (€247,988 (UofG €60,163)). Universidade Nova de Lisboa (coordinator), TU Delft, University of Florence, and University of Glasgow.

Industry (UK SME) - Developing a radar model for pasture biomass estimation in New Zealand (£64,648) PI: Brian Barrett

SEPA/Scottish Government - How can SEPA best use remote sensing technology to help assess the effectiveness of measures to address rural diffuse pollution (£75,543, (UofG £18,463)). ADAS RSK Ltd & Brian Barrett.

Scottish Funding Council - Building Sustainable futures in Africa: using capacity-strengthening activities to design and pilot methods for cross-disciplinary research (£36,500) Co-I: Brian Barrett

British Council Newton Fund - Earth Observation in support of sustainable livestock grazing systems in Colombia (£3,932) PI: Brian Barrett

University of Glasgow Learning & Teaching Development Fund - Unmmanned Aerial Vechicles in fieldwork teaching and learning (£2,644) Co-I: Brian Barrett

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - Stevenson in Vulcano: the acquisition of raw materials for Glasgow`s industries in the 19th century (£1,870) Co-I: Brian Barrett. Further details here.

Supervision

Current PhD opportunities

Current PhD research students

Cai, Yuwei
Enhancing Building Footprint Extraction Accuracy Using Single-Image Super-Resolution Building Datasets
Dabra, Ayush
Understanding Urban Environments Through Multi-Source Geospatial Data and Cross-Modal Learning
Dashti, Alyaa
Multi-source Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in the Northern Arabian Gulf
HE, ZHIMENG
AI-based Extraction of Building Rooftops to Support Indigenous Community Planning in Canadian North
Kang, Binyue
Shaping Sustainable Management Strategies for Coastal Wetlands Through Driving Forces, Trade-off Analysis, and Scenario Forecasting
Manrique Valverde, Edgar Joao
Mosquito environment feature description and modelling using Earth Observation data for the development of surveillance systems
Nasser Mohammed TS Al Mansoori, *
Ecological mangrove restoration in Qatar
Trujillano, Fedra
A multi-modal approach to prevent potential malaria outbreaks in changing environments

External to the University of Glasgow

Isaac Obour Mensah - Detecting Illegal Small-Scale Mines in Ghana Using Data Fusion Deep Learning Approaches [Maynooth University, Rep. of Ireland][Irish Research Council (IRC) funded]
Georgina Page - Assisting peatland restoration using satellite radar data [University of Stirling, Scotland][NERC IAPETUS2 funded]
Alasdair Worrell - Surveillance of the environment: monitoring ecological restoration and biodiversity in the Scottish uplands using Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) [University of St Andrews, Scotland][UKRI NETGAIN funded]

Past Post-doctoral researchers

Dr Marcela Ramos - BBSRC funded CoForLife project

Dr Mike Zwick - BBSRC funded CoForLife project

Dr Jiren Xu - NERC-TaSE funded River basins as 'living laboratories' for achieving sustainable development goals across national and sub-national scales project

Past Post-graduate research students

Dr Kangyong Zhang (PhD) Mangrove biomass estimation through remote sensing and machine learning based approaches [now PDRA at Shenzhen University, China]

Dr Seyi Adewale Adebangbe (PhD) Monitoring and Managing Oil Spillage and Environmental Degradation through Geoinformation [now PDRA at University of Glasgow]

Dr Yusuff Sarnoh (PhD) Assessment of climate risks in Central and Northern Liberia [now data analyst at the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS)]

Dr Niantang Liu (PhD) Crop mapping using deep learning and multi-source satellite remote sensing [now Assistant Professor at Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricutural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China].

Dr Samantha Suter (PhD) Open science in conservation: combining citizen science and remote sensing approaches for habitat monitoring [now PDRA at the Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland]

Dr Qing Li (PhD) River landform dynamics detection and responses to morphology change in the rivers of North Luzon, the Philippines [now PDRA at Tsinghua University, China]

Dr Diana María Gutiérrez Zapata (PhD) Modelación de la dinámica de la cobertura boscosa y su relación con la percepción comunitaria en la construcción de los Programas de Desarrollo con Enfoque Territorial en municipios del Bajo Cauca, Nordeste y Norte de Antioquia [University of Antioquia, Colombia][Minciencias call for National Doctorates 757 funded] [now scientist at the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia]

Dr Uduak Affiah (PhD) Vulnerability of the Nigerian coast and communities to climate change induced coastal erosion [now Lecturer at Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria]

Qi Qin (MSc-by-Research) Mapping environmental factors to Fasciola hepatica at farm-scale [now scientist at the Institute for Grassland Ecology and Remote Sensing, CAAS, Beijing, China]

Visiting postgraduate (PhD and MSc) students

Diana Gutierrez - PhD student from the University of Antioquia, Colombia, July – October 2019 (Colciencias funded).

Carlos Echeverria, PhD student in Water Engineering at the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain, September – December 2018 (Erasmus funded).

Nikolina Mijic - PhD student from the Institute of Geophysics and Geoinformatics at the University of Miskolc, Hungary, October 2017 (British Scholarship Trust funded).

Konstantina Bika, MSc student from the University of the Aegean, Greece, July – September 2016.

Teaching

Postgraduate

Environmental Remote Sensing (Nankai University, China - DUMF-5114)

Remote Sensing of the Environment (GEOG-5056)

Applied GIS (GEOG-5102)

Undergraduate

Remote Sensing (GEOG-4094) Geography/Earth Science Level 3/4
Research Skills (GEOG-3010) (Advanced Geographical Techniques) Geography Level 3

Research datasets

Jump to: 2022 | 2021 | 2020

Number of items: 3.

2022

Li, Q., Williams, R. , Hoey, T., Barrett, B. and Boothroyd, R. (2022) Landform classification through downscaling approaches for the Bislak, Laoag and Abra Rivers, the Philippines. [Data Collection]

2021

Xu, J. , Barrett, B. and Renaud, F. (2021) Ecosystem types and their respective ecosystem services (ES) and disservices (EDS) in the Luanhe River Basin, China. [Data Collection]

2020

Ross, K., Perry, M. , Keith, N. , Ajayi, S., Baird, B., Barrett, B. , Basra, S., Bell, I., Boyce, A. , Brinkmann, K., Brown, R., Burnside, N. , Chechia, V., Chisholm, E., Conroy, J. , Currie, A., Duclos, V., Ehret, C., Fallow, L., Ferdous, R. , Ferguson, C., Harper, A., Hush, G., Judge, J., Kadoma, A., Karakasis, P., Kawecka, M., Keenan, C., Kelly, J., Khalilian, K., Kupiainen, R., LeGrand, P., Macdonald, H., Mcarthur, E., McCaffrey, R., Mcghie, K., Mckenzie, R., O'Neill, D., O'Rourke, J., Paul, S., Piatek, N., Prendergast, E., Proudfoot, B., Pullanikkatil, D., Robertson, E., Robinson, J. , Roth, C., Sharp, J., Sleight, R., Stevens-Rosa, P., Stewart, S., Strazdaite, I., Stricevic, M., Vidal-Lourenco, J., Vincent, A., Wills, N., Yang, S. and Zambonini, H. (2020) Future Experiences: Sustainable Development and the Global South. [Data Collection]

This list was generated on Sat Sep 5 14:07:14 2026 BST.

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Director of Graduate Studies (2023 -
Head of the Earth Systems Research Group (ESRG) (2019 - 2023)

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Remote Sensing of Environment

Nature Plants

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Remote Sensing

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Sensors

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Comptes Rendus Geoscience

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Environments

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis

Restoration Ecology

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Frontiers in Remote Sensing

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