Gail Millin-Chalabi

2003 MSc Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Reconstruction, The University of Manchester.

2002 BSc (Hons) Geography, The University of Manchester.

A multisensor approach to monitor moorland fires and post fire impact for the Peak District National Park

Supervisors: Julia McMorrow and Prof. Clive Agnew.

Fire Risk Management in UK Moorlands, Radar Remote Sensing, GIS, OGC Web Services and Data Interoperability.

My research is in collaboration with Mimas and the School of Environment and Development (SED). The focus is to developing a spatial and temporal model of wildfire risk and impact assessment using both optical and radar remotely sensed data for the Peak District National Park (PDNP). Key study areas include Bleaklow and Kinder which experienced large fires on 18 April 2003.

Key questions to be addressed are: -

• Who are the main stakeholders and what are their requirements for monitoring fire activity and recovery in the PDNP?
• What satellite data is available for monitoring the PDNP and how effective is the data for detecting fire scars and monitoring recovery in Moorland environments?
• What are the factors affecting fire risk?
• What is the rate of recovery of fire scars in Moorland environments?

Current Employment

Geodata Services Development Officer, Mimas (2005 – Present).

Previous Employment

GIS Scientist Internship, United States Geological Survey (2004 – 2005).

Conference presentations and papers

Millin-Chalabi, G., McMorrow, J. and Agnew, C. (2011) ‘Using SAR Intensity and Coherence to Detect a Moorland Wildfire Scar in the Peak District’, RSPSoc Annual Conference 2011, Bournemouth University, UK (oral & poster presentation).

Millin-Chalabi, G., McMorrow, J. and Agnew, C. (2011) ‘Using ASAR & ERS-2 to Detect a Moorland Fire Scar in the Peak District National Park, UK’, Wildfire 2011, South Africa (poster presentation).

Millin-Chalabi, G., McMorrow, J. and Agnew, C. (2010) ‘Using SAR to Detect Moorland Fire Scars in the Peak District’, RSPSoc Annual Conference 2010, University of Cork, Ireland (poster presentation).

Millin-Chalabi, G., McMorrow, J. and Agnew, C. (2010) ‘A Radar Multisensor Approach to Monitoring Moorland Fires for the Peak District’, Postgraduate Conference 2010, University of Manchester, UK (poster presentation).

Millin, G. and et al. (2009) 'The GeoKnowledge Project: Providing E-Learning Resources for UK Academia'. RSPSoc Annual Conference 2009, University of Leicester.

Ekin, P. and Millin, G. (2009) 'Internet Proxy Technology for Securing a Satellite Image Service'. National Centre for e-Social Science, University of Manchester.

Millin, G. and Kitmitto, K. (2008) A Review of the Landmap Service New Data Acquisition and Data Delivery Infrastructure at the Mimas National Data Centre, RSPSoc 2008, Exeter.

Millin, G.R. and Kitmitto, K. (2008) Mash-ups and Applications: Understanding the changes of the intertidal bed at Morecambe Bay, Mimas Open Forum, July 2008, University of Manchester.

Kitmitto, K., Millin, G, and Muller, P. (2007) Promoting the use of Radar data within the UK Academic community, Fringe Workshop, Frascati, Italy.

Millin, G.R. and Ekin, P. (2007) Grid Enabling Satellite Data using OWS and GRASS, FOSS4G Conference September 2007, Victoria, Canada.

Millin, G.R., Ekin, P. and Kitmitto, K. (2007) Providing Spatial Data Support and access to Freely Available Satellite Imagery for the UK Academic Community: A Review of Data Acquisition and Data Delivery Infrastructure, RSPSoc September 2007, Newcastle University.

Millin, G.R. and Kitmitto, K. (2007) Satellite Image Data Service: Providing New Geodata Services and Satellite Imagery, GISRUK April 2007, Maynooth, Ireland.

Kitmitto, K. and G. Millin (2006). Why Radar is not used more in the Study of UK Environments? RSPSoc Conference 2006, University of Cambridge, UK, 6-8 September.

Millin, G. (2006). New Image Processing Course at the Satellite Image Data Service (PDF), Planet, (16), 7, page 50.

Millin, G. (2006). Developing OGC Compliant Web Mapping for the UK Satellite Image Data Services (SIDS). AutoCarto 2006, Vancover, Washington, USA, 26-28 June.

Millin, G. (2006). Developing an OGC Compliant Web Mapping and Download User Interface for the Satellite Image Data Service hosted at MIMAS. AGI Open Source Event, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK, 27th April.

Kitmitto, K. and G. Millin (2006). MIMAS Satellite Image Data Service and Interoperability. Manchester Geographical Information Science Group, WUN, The University of Manchester, UK, 2nd March.

Millin, G. (2006). The UK Satellite Image Data Service hosted at MIMAS - Providing Remote Sensing Products and Learning Resources for UK Academia. The University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences Postgraduate Conference 2006, Strathpeffer, Scotland, 4-6 February.

Millin, G. (2005). Geospatial Interoperability Demonstrator Project. MIMAS Open Forum 2005, University of Manchester, UK, 29th June.

Papers available for download within Publications @ Landmap.

Training and Other Activities

September 2011 – Attended the Wildfire 2011 Conference.

September 2011 – Joined the AGU.

July 2011 – Field work at Wainstalls to GPS map the fire scar perimeter with West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service.

March 2011 – Attended and presented a poster at the RSPSoc Annual Student Meeting at Buxton, UK.

October 2009 – Warslow Moor test burns field trip, organised by Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

September 2009 – CarboAfrica Fires Workshop, University of Leicester.

April 2009 – Introduction to Radar Remote Sensing Course, University of Edinburgh.

March 2009 – Rapporteur for Day 1 Session 2 of FIRES Workshop, University of Manchester.

August 2008 – Erdas Apollo Image Manager training, Erdas, Belgium.

October 2007 – Project Management Course.

June 2007 – Completed Fundamentals of ERDAS Imagine Part I and II at Washington DC, US.

December 2006 – Invited to Present at Nottingham University GIS Research Seminars Series.

November 2006 - Spatial Regression Course.

November 2006 - Completed  SARScape Course, Gilching, Germany, Radar Image Processing.

September 2006 – Attend the AGI Conference, Islington, London.

July 2006 – Co-Investigator of ESA Category 1 Project ‘Monitoring the State of the British Isles with ASAR and MERIS’.

April 2006 - Attended GISRUK2006 at University of Nottingham.

Since 2006 I have been a member of AGI.

Since 2005 I have been a member of The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc).

December 2005 - Attended the ESA Fringe 2005 Workshop, Frascati, Rome.

September 2005 - Attended the RSPSoc Conference Portsmouth.

April 2005 - Attended GISUK2005 at University of Glasgow.

 2004 – 2005 - Attended conferences and seminars at the USGS to keep up to date with new research in my field of interest.

October 2004 - Completed two ESRI ArcIMS training courses in Olympia, Washington, US.