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                                            Space Science and Technology for Australian Resilience
                    
                                    
                                                    
            
        Chris Owers
Showing relevant publications from the past 5 years.
Chapter
2022
- Kelleway JJ, Adame MF, Gorham C, Bratchell J, Serrano O, Lavery PS, Owers CJ, Rogers K, Nagel-Tynan Z, Saintilan N, 'Carbon Storage in the Coastal Swamp Oak Forest Wetlands of Australia', 267, 339-353 (2022) [B1]
Conference
2024
- Owers C, Carvalho R, Kelleway J, 'Continental-scale mapping of supratidal and coastal floodplain forests of Australia' (2024)
- Sandi S, Owers C, Cahill D, 'Evaluating readily available airborne LiDAR datasets for generating mangrove above-ground biomass estimates in Australia' (2024)
- Owers C, Carvalho R, Kelleway J, 'Towards continental-scale mapping of supratidal forests to support blue carbon initiatives for Australia' (2024)
2023
- Owers C, Carvalho R, Kelleway J, 'Towards national mapping of Australia’s supratidal forests' (2023)
- Owers C, Carvalho R, Kelleway J, 'Towards national mapping of Australia’s supratidal forests' (2023)
- Kelleway J, Owers C, Asbridge E, Rogers K, Saintilan N, 'Quantifying blue carbon restoration outcomes over 20+ years in the Hunter River estuary, Australia' (2023)
- Owers C, Lucas R, Planque C, Clewley D, Paget M, Burke A, Mueller N, Phillips C, Sagar S, Steven A, 'Living Coasts: Earth observation data for future coastal landscapes' (2023)
- Kinsela M, Owers C, Power H, Doyle T, Hanslow D, 'MIGRATION AND WELDING OF AN ESTUARINE BARRIER-SPIT DRIVEN BY DELTA EVOLUTION AND STORMS', Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference (2023)
2022
- Lucas R, Metternicht G, Williams K, German S, Schmidt R, Mueller N, Prober S, Richards A, Punalekar S, Planque C, Owers C, Hurford C, 'Transformation Pathways to Future Landscapes' (2022)
- Owers C, Lucas R, Clewley D, Tissot B, Chua S, Hunt G, Mueller N, Planque C, Punalekar S, Bunting P, Tan P, Metternicht G, 'Operational continental-scale land cover mapping of Australia' (2022)
- Owers C, Lucas R, Clewley D, Tissott B, Chua S, Hunt G, Mueller N, Planque C, Punalekar S, Bunting P, Tan P, Metternicht G, 'Continental-scale Land Cover Mapping of Australia for Monitoring Landscape Change' (2022)
- Owers C, Lucas R, Clewley D, Tissott B, Chua S, Hunt G, Mueller N, Planque C, Punalekar S, Bunting P, Tan P, Metternicht G, 'DEA Land Cover: 30+ years of continental-scale mapping for monitoring coastal ecosystems' (2022)
2021
- Kelleway J, Owers C, Rogers K, Saintilan N, 'Variability in the response of blue carbon to tidal restoration: a >20-year record from the lower Hunter estuary' (2021)
- Owers C, Mokany K, Harwood T, Ferrier S, Ware C, McVicar T, Williams K, Schmidt R, Donohue R, Lehmann E, 'Towards annual continental-scale habitat condition monitoring for Australia' (2021)
2020
- Punalekar SM, Planque C, Poslajko P, Lucas R, Chognard S, Owers CJ, Bunting P, Clewley D, Horton C, 'Mapping dominant genus/species types in natural and seminatural landscapes across Wales through application of Sentinel-2 time-series data', Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXII, 2-2 (2020)
- Planque C, Punalekar S, Lucas R, Chognard S, Owers CJ, Clewley D, Bunting P, Sykes H, Horton C, 'Living Wales - Automatic and Routine Environmental Monitoring using Multi-source Earth Observation data', EARTH RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMOTE SENSING/GIS APPLICATIONS XI, 11534 (2020) [E1]
Dataset
2025
- Owers C, Carvalho R, Kelleway J, 'National Supratidal and Coastal Lowland Forest extent map of Australia' (2025)
2024
- Yang J, Guo Y, Owers C, Giljohann K, Valavi R, Donohue R, Williams K, Ferrier S, Mokany K, 'Annual terrestrial ecosystem condition score map for Australia derived using the FACTE framework: 100m, 2013-2022' (2024)
2021
- Tissot B, Mueller N, Jorand C, Ebadi T, Ai E, Kooymans K, Harrison M, Miler J, Lucas R, Metternicht G, Owers C, Clewley D, Planque C, Punakelar S, Chua S, Bunting P, Lewis B, Lymburner L, Siggins A, 'DEA Land Cover' (2021)
Journal article
2025
- Yang J, Guo Y, Owers CJ, Giljohann K, Valavi R, Donohue R, Williams KJ, Ferrier S, Mokany K, 'A Framework for Dynamic Assessment of Terrestrial Ecosystem Condition', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34 (2025)
- Chan CMH, Owers CJ, Fuller S, Hayward MW, Moverley D, Griffin AS, 'Capacity and capability of remote sensing to inform invasive plant species management in the Pacific Islands region', CONSERVATION BIOLOGY [C1]
- Mohan M, Ewane EB, Moussa LG, Watt MS, Macreadie PI, Owers CJ, Karpowicz DA, Reuben I, Doaemo W, 'Challenges and opportunities integrating remote sensing for mangrove conservation in Papua New Guinea's complex natural and human landscapes', Regional Studies in Marine Science, 89 (2025) [C1]
2024
- Carvalho RC, Owers CJ, Kelleway JJ, 'Towards Continental-Scale Mapping of Supratidal Forests in Australia: Filling the Knowledge Gap Using the Open Data Cube', International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 4784-4787 (2024) [C1]
- Rogers K, Asbridge EF, Goncalves RVS, Hamylton SM, Kelleway J, lovelock CE, Lucas RM, Mollick P, Owers CJ, Phillips C, Brooke B, Steven ADL, Lymburner L, Woodroffe CD, 'Prevalence of Mangrove Progradation in the Gulf of Carpentaria Revealed by Satellite Time Series', Journal of Coastal Research, 113 (2024) [C1]
- Asbridge E, Krause C, Lucas R, Owers CJ, Rogers K, Lymburner L, Mueller N, Ai E, Wong S, 'Characterising the short- and long-term impacts of tropical cyclones on mangroves using the Landsat archive', Cambridge Prisms Coastal Futures, 3 (2024) [C1]
2023
- Oliver TSN, Owers CJ, Tamura T, van Bracht D, 'Holocene estuary infill leads to coastal barrier initiation from fluvial sand supply in southeastern Australia', HOLOCENE, 33, 1489-1503 (2023) [C1]
2022
- Owers CJ, Lucas RM, Clewley D, Tissott B, Chua SMT, Hunt G, Mueller N, Planque C, Punalekar SM, Bunting P, Tan P, Metternicht G, 'Operational continental-scale land cover mapping of Australia using the Open Data Cube', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH, 15, 1715-1737 (2022) [C1]
- Lucas RM, German S, Metternicht G, Schmidt RK, Owers CJ, Prober SM, Richards AE, Tetreault-Campbell S, Williams KJ, Mueller N, Tissott B, Chua SMT, Cowood A, Hills T, Gunawardana D, McIntyre A, Chognard S, Hurford C, Planque C, Punalekar S, Clewley D, Sonnenschein R, Murray NJ, Manakos I, Blonda P, Owers K, Roxburgh S, Kay H, Bunting P, Horton C, 'A globally relevant change taxonomy and evidence-based change framework for land monitoring', GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 28, 6293-6317 (2022) [C1]
- Owers CJ, Woodroffe CD, Mazumder D, Rogers K, 'Carbon storage in coastal wetlands is related to elevation and how it changes over time', ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 267 (2022) [C1]
- Lovelock CE, Adame MF, Butler DW, Kelleway JJ, Dittmann S, Fest B, King KJ, Macreadie P, Mitchell K, Newnham M, Ola A, Owers CJ, Welti N, 'Modeled approaches to estimating blue carbon accumulation with mangrove restoration to support a blue carbon accounting method for Australia', LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 67, S50-S60 (2022) [C1]
2021
- Planque C, Lucas R, Punalekar S, Chognard S, Hurford C, Owers C, Horton C, Guest P, King S, Williams S, Bunting P, 'National Crop Mapping Using Sentinel-1 Time Series: A Knowledge-Based Descriptive Algorithm', REMOTE SENSING, 13 (2021) [C1]
- Punalekar SM, Planque C, Lucas RM, Evans D, Correia V, Owers CJ, Poslajko P, Bunting P, Chognard S, 'National scale mapping of larch plantations for Wales using the Sentinel-2 data archive', FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 501 (2021) [C1]
- Coleman DJ, Rogers K, Corbett DR, Owers CJ, Kirwan ML, 'The geomorphic impact of mangrove encroachment in an Australian salt marsh', Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 251 (2021) [C1]
- Owers CJ, Lucas RM, Clewley D, Planque C, Punalekar S, Tissott B, Chua SMT, Bunting P, Mueller N, Metternicht G, 'Living Earth: Implementing national standardised land cover classification systems for Earth Observation in support of sustainable development', BIG EARTH DATA, 5, 368-390 (2021) [C1]
2020
- Owers CJ, Rogers K, Mazumder D, Woodroffe CD, 'Temperate coastal wetland near-surface carbon storage: Spatial patterns and variability', ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 235 (2020) [C1]
Report
2024
- Glamore W, Harrison A, Hewitt D, Taylor M, Conolly R, Carnell P, Whiteoak K, Vardon M, Adame MF, Burton M, Rogers A, Estifanos T, Taye F, Kelleway J, Lovelock C, Nicholson E, Owers C, Pocklington J, Rogers K, Asbridge E, Raoult V, Macreadie P, 'Accounting for the benefits from coastal restoration: A case study from the Hunter River.' (2024) [N1]
- Nursey-Bray M, Hill C, Wootton N, Mundraby D, Mundraby D, Carnell P, Whiteoak K, Vardon M, Adame MF, Burton M, Rogers A, Estifanos T, Taye F, Kelleway J, Lovelock C, Nicholson E, Owers C, Rogers K, Asbridge E, Raoult V, Pocklington J, Macreadie P, 'Accounting for the benefits from coastal restoration: A case study from East Trinity Inlet' (2024) [N1]
- Carnell P, Whiteoak K, Raoult V, Vardon M, Adame MF, Burton M, Connolly R, Glamore W, Harrison A, Kelleway J, Lovelock C, Nicholson E, Nursey-Bray M, Hill C, Wootton N, Mundraby D, Mundraby D, Owers C, Pocklington J, Rogers A, Estifanos T, Taye F, Rogers K, Taylor M, Asbridge E, Hewitt D, Macreadie P, 'Measuring and accounting for the benefits of restoring coastal blue carbon ecosystems: The Guide (Version 1).' (2024)
Software / Code
2024
- Owers C, Clewley D, Planque C, Burke A, Paget M, 'Pacific Blue Carbon Project' (2024)
- Yang J, Guo Y, Owers C, Giljohann K, Valavi R, Donohue R, Williams K, Ferrier S, Mokany K, 'FACTE: A framework for dynamic assessments of terrestrial ecosystem condition' (2024)
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.