I received my MSc in Earth and Planetary Observation at Stirling University in 2020. My dissertation was focussed on the use of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for detecting and monitoring water hyacinth within India.
I was awarded my PhD from the University of Stirling in 2024. My work focussed on the use of radar data to monitor and detect marine plastic pollution, either through satellite earth observation methods, or ground-radar methods. This work utilised both detection of marine debris material itself and potential proxies that could be indicators for plastic pollution.
Since April 2024, I am a postdoctoral researcher on the ForthERA project. My work encompasses the use of radar remote sensing to monitor flooding, soil moisture, peatland water table depth and soil movement / interferometry.
I have also been involved with the EU Horizon 2020 project DOORS, where my involvement was to monitor marine pollution within the Black Sea using SAR.
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Mapping and Monitoring Of Water Hyacinth In Lake Victoria Using Polarimetric Radar Data
Felix IK, Armando M, Simpson MD, Vahid A, Silva TSF, Datta A, Nagendra PG, Pranuthi G & Srikanth R (2024) Mapping and Monitoring Of Water Hyacinth In Lake Victoria Using Polarimetric Radar Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2024.3476938
Conference Paper (published)
Monitoring temporal trends to assess infestation of water hyacinth in Lake Victoria using PolSAR
Isundwa F, Simpson M, Akbari V, Datta A, Nagendra P, Pranuthi G, Silva T, Srikanth R & Marino A (2024) Monitoring temporal trends to assess infestation of water hyacinth in Lake Victoria using PolSAR. In: EUSAR 2024; 15th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Munich, 23.04.2024-26.04.2024. VDE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10659438
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Using Polsar to Assess Temporal Trends of Water Hyacinth Infestation in Lake Victoria
Isundwa FK, Simpson M, Akbari V, Datta A, Nagendra P, Pranuthi G, Silva T, Rupavatharam S & Marino A (2023) Using Polsar to Assess Temporal Trends of Water Hyacinth Infestation in Lake Victoria. 2023 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), Bangalore, India, 10.12.2023-13.12.2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/ingarss59135.2023.10490369
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The InflateSAR Campaign: Developing Refugee Vessel Detection Capabilities with Polarimetric SAR
Lanz P, Marino A, Simpson MD, Brinkhoff T, Köster F & Möller M (2023) The InflateSAR Campaign: Developing Refugee Vessel Detection Capabilities with Polarimetric SAR. Remote Sensing, 15 (8). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15082008
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Simpson MD, Marino A, de Maagt P, Gandini E, de Fockert A, Hunter P, Spyrakos E, Telfer T & Tyler A (2023) Investigating the Backscatter of Marine Plastic Litter Using a C- and X-Band Ground Radar, during a Measurement Campaign in Deltares. Remote Sensing, 15 (6), p. 1654. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061654
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Monitoring of Plastic Islands in River Environment Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data
Simpson MD, Marino A, de Maagt P, Gandini E, Hunter P, Spyrakos E, Tyler A & Telfer T (2022) Monitoring of Plastic Islands in River Environment Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data. Remote Sensing, 14 (18), Art. No.: 4473. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14184473
Article
Detecting Water Hyacinth Infestation in Kuttanad, India, Using Dual-Pol Sentinel-1 SAR Imagery
Simpson MD, Akbari V, Marino A, Prabhu GN, Bhowmik D, Rupavatharam S, Datta A, Kleczkowski A, Sujeetha JARP, Gunjotikar Anantrao G, Kampurath Poduvattil V, Kumar S, Maharaj S & Hunter PD (2022) Detecting Water Hyacinth Infestation in Kuttanad, India, Using Dual-Pol Sentinel-1 SAR Imagery. Remote Sensing, 14 (12), Art. No.: 2845. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14122845
Conference Paper (published)
Simpson M, Marino A, de Maagt P, Gandini E, Hunter P, Spyrakos E, Tyler A, Ackermann N, Hajnsek I, Nunziata F & Telfer T (2021) Monitoring Surfactants Pollution Potentially Related to Plastics in the World Gyres Using Radar Remote Sensing. In: 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. IGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Brussels, Belgium, 11.07.2021-16.07.2021. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss47720.2021.9553406
Conference Paper (published)
Akbari V, Simpson M, Maharaj S, Marino A, Bhowmik D, Prabhu GN, Rupavatharam S, Datta A, Kleczkowski A & Sujeetha JARP (2021) Monitoring Aquatic Weeds In Indian Wetlands Using Multitemporal Remote Sensing Data With Machine Learning Techniques. In: 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Belgium, 12.07.2021-16.07.2021. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553207
