Hi David! We are still in the process of working on this but will be using Sentinel 2 imagery and machine learning and vegetation surveys to train the imagery. We can’t get onto sites now until after the Spring (don’t want to trample on nests of course) so we have plans to ramp up vegetation survey work then for the purposes of the satellite habitat mapping. Our colleagues in UCC are leading on this. We have plans to look at automated updates of habitat models as new imagery comes in and will be working with Pete Bunting from Aber Uni on that aspect of the work. Hope this helps!
@Crona Hodges, great presentation. How do you study the climate change (SLR, temp rise etc) impact on coastal are? do you use hydrodynamic models to show the change on tides and the impact of sea bed, larval dispersal...?
Hi again Jonathan, I hope I answered this ok during the Q and A; hydrodynamic modelling is out of scope for ECHOES. As mentioned we will be using existing CC scenario data and parameters from those; our focus is the impact on the habitats that are critical to Curlew and Greenland White-fronted geese and the species distribution modelling will inform that. Peter Dennis at Aber Uni is leading the SDM work along with project colleagues at UCC and all will work closely with colleagues from Climate Ireland (also UCC) to incorporate the CC scenarios and understand habitat vulnerability from that. I am not an expert in these fields so am excited myself to see what information we can get from the survey work and analysis!
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Ffurflen Gofrestru’r Digwyddiad Ar-lein
"Ein harfordir a'n moroedd: Rhoi syniadau ar waith"
HI everyone, we have a live survey and would welcome contributions from this audience. Please go here for English version: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/866WF29 and here for Welsh version: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GPQNWJS many thanks in advance! My presentation from today is also available on our website in both English and Welsh: https://echoesproj.eu/get-involved/
QUESTION SUMITTED LIVE:
David Gold:
@Crona (Echoes). Thanks for highlighting your project, you mention satellite habitat mapping – how did you go about doing this? What data did you use?
Hi David! We are still in the process of working on this but will be using Sentinel 2 imagery and machine learning and vegetation surveys to train the imagery. We can’t get onto sites now until after the Spring (don’t want to trample on nests of course) so we have plans to ramp up vegetation survey work then for the purposes of the satellite habitat mapping. Our colleagues in UCC are leading on this. We have plans to look at automated updates of habitat models as new imagery comes in and will be working with Pete Bunting from Aber Uni on that aspect of the work. Hope this helps!
QUESTION SUBMITTED LIVE:
Jonathan Demmer:
@Crona Hodges, great presentation. How do you study the climate change (SLR, temp rise etc) impact on coastal are? do you use hydrodynamic models to show the change on tides and the impact of sea bed, larval dispersal...?
Hi again Jonathan, I hope I answered this ok during the Q and A; hydrodynamic modelling is out of scope for ECHOES. As mentioned we will be using existing CC scenario data and parameters from those; our focus is the impact on the habitats that are critical to Curlew and Greenland White-fronted geese and the species distribution modelling will inform that. Peter Dennis at Aber Uni is leading the SDM work along with project colleagues at UCC and all will work closely with colleagues from Climate Ireland (also UCC) to incorporate the CC scenarios and understand habitat vulnerability from that. I am not an expert in these fields so am excited myself to see what information we can get from the survey work and analysis!