Andrew Fleming, Author at British Antarctic Survey

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Andrew Fleming

Head of MAGIC

Andrew Fleming is the Head of the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre at the British Antarctic Survey. He leads the group’s activities covering topographic mapping and delivery of the spatial data infrastructure for BAS, plus wider application of geospatial and remote sensing methods to science and operational projects in the polar regions.

He has led the Polar View project in the Antarctic since 2004, which develops and delivers near-real-time sea ice information to users operating in polar oceans. He plays key roles in international projects concerned with improving sea ice information for mariners, including EU H2020 Arctic PASSION projects and previously the Copernicus Marine Service and H2020 Extreme Earth project. He is actively involved in the International Ice Charting Working Group.

He is involved in projects to exploit hyperspectral data in the Antarctic and with the BAS Artificial Intelligence Lab on methods to track icebergs. He is also involved in projects to widen access to EO data including the ESA Polar Thematic Exploitation Platform. His work involves participation in numerous field- and ship-based campaigns in the Arctic and Antarctic.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2026

McGinnity, Claire. Bamford, Connor C.G. . Fenney, Nathan . Fleming, Andrew . Forcada, Jaume . Tift, Michael S. Hückstädt, Luis A. Costa, Daniel P. Fretwell, Peter T. . (2026) Semi‐automated seal detection on the Western Antarctic Peninsula: an unsupervised machine learning approach for detecting ice seals in aerial survey data.

Evans, Ben R. . Lowe, Alan R. Crawford, Anna . Fleming, Andrew . Hosking, Scott J. . (2026) Icebergs, jigsaw puzzles, and genealogy: automated multi-generational iceberg tracking and lineage reconstruction.

Wagner, Penelope. Blockley, Ed. Brucker, Ludovic. Dierking, Wolfgang. Falkingham, John. Fleming, Andrew . Hughes, Nick. (2026) Editorial: The state of knowledge from operational ice service perspectives: previous and future mandates.

Kostov, Yavor . Holland, Paul R. . Hogan, Kelly A. . Smith, James A. . Jourdain, Nicolas C. . Mathiot, Pierre. Olivé Abelló, Anna . Fleming, Andrew H. . Meijers, Andrew J.S. . (2026) Modelled dynamics of floating and grounded icebergs, with application to the Amundsen Sea.

2025

Meredith, Michael P. . Hendry, Katharine R. . Abrahamsen, Einar Povl . Brearley, J. Alexander . Young, Emma . Munday, Dave . Venables, Hugh . Hogg, Anna. Wallis, Benjamin J. Van Landeghem, Katrien. Carvalho, Filipa . Yool, Andrew . Annett, Amber. Garabato, Alberto Naveira. Inall, Mark. Sheen, Katy. Fleming, Andrew . Dumont, Estelle. Glowacki, Oskar. Moffat, Carlos. Fraser, Neil. Gille, Sarah. Alford, Matthew. Jackson, Rebecca. Retallick, Katherine. (2025) Polar Ocean Mixing by Internal Tsunamis (POLOMINTS).

Thorne, Michael . von Bock und Polach, Franz. Cziferszky, Andreas . Fleming, Andrew . Goodman, Dougal. Kikuchi, Takashi. Kodaira, Tsubasa. Mikami, Kohei. Murayama, Hideaki. Sawamura, Junji. Suominen, Mikko. Tate, Alexander . Tuhkuri, Jukka. Wadhams, Peter. Waseda, Takuji. Wilkinson, Jeremy . (2025) A polar oceans shipping information system.

2024

Roland, Thomas P. Bartlett, Oliver T. Charman, Dan J. Anderson, Karen. Hodgson, Dominic A. . Amesbury, Matthew J. Maclean, Ilya. Fretwell, Peter T. . Fleming, Andrew . (2024) Sustained greening of the Antarctic Peninsula observed from satellites.

Trathan, Philip N. . Wienecke, Barbara. Fleming, Andrew . Ireland, Louise . (2024) Using telemetry data and the sea ice satellite record to identify vulnerabilities in critical moult habitat for emperor penguins in West Antarctica.

Rogers, Martin S.J. . Fox, Maria . Fleming, Andrew . van Zeeland, Louisa. Wilkinson, Jeremy . Hosking, J. Scott . (2024) Sea ice detection using concurrent multispectral and synthetic aperture radar imagery.

2023

Bigg, Grant R. Cropper, T.E. O’Neill, Clare K. Arnold, Alex K. Fleming, Andrew H. . Marsh, R. Ivchenko, V. Fournier, Nicolas. Osborne, Mike. Stephens, Robin. (2023) A model for assessing iceberg hazard.

Evans, Ben . Faul, Anita . Fleming, Andrew . Vaughan, David G. . Hosking, J. Scott . (2023) Unsupervised machine learning detection of iceberg populations within sea ice from dual-polarisation SAR imagery.

2022

Tarling, Geraint . Abrahamsen, Povl . Lucas, Natasha . Brearley, Alexander . Fleming, Andrew . Shepherd, Andrew. Liszka, Cecilia . Manno, Clara . Murphy, Eugene . Meredith, Michael . Ratcliffe, Norman . Braakmann-Folgmann, Anne. Gerrish, Laura . (2022) The birth and death of ‘megaberg’ A68.

2021

Hagos, Desta Haileselassie. Kakantousis, Theofilos. Vlassov, Vladimir. Sheikholeslami, Sina. Wang, Tianze. Dowling, Jim. Paris, Claudia. Marinelli, Daniele. Weikmann, Giulio. Bruzzone, Lorenzo. Khaleghian, Salman. Krmer, Thomas. Eltoft, Torbjorn. Marinoni, Andrea. Pantazi, Despina-Athanasia. Stamoulis, Georgios. Bilidas, Dimitris. Papadakis, George. Mandilaras, George. Koubarakis, Manolis. Troumpoukis, Antonis. Konstantopoulos, Stasinos. Muerth, Markus. Appel, Florian. Fleming, Andrew H. . Cziferszky, Andreas . (2021) ExtremeEarth meets satellite data from space.

Koubarakis, Manolis. Stamoulis, George. Bilidas, Dimitris. Ioannidis, Theofilos. Mandilaras, George. Pantazi, Despina-Athanasia. Papadakis, George. Vlassov, Vladimir. Payberah, Amir H. Wang, Tianze. Sheikholeslami, Sina. Hagos, Desta Haileselassie. Bruzzone, Lorenzo. Paris, Claudia. Weikmann, Giulio. Marinelli, Daniele. Eltoft, Torbjørn. Marinoni, Andrea. Kræmer, Thomas. Khaleghian, Salman. Ullah, Habib. Troumpoukis, Antonis. Kostopoulou, Nefeli Prokopaki. Konstantopoulos, Stasinos. Karkaletsis, Vangelis. Dowling, Jim. Kakantousis, Theofilos. Datcu, Mihai. Yao, Wei. Dumitru, Corneliu Octavian. Appel, Florian. Migdall, Silke. Muerth, Markus. Bach, Heike. Hughes, Nick. Everett, Alistair. Kiærbech, Ashild. Pedersen, Joakim Lillehaug. Arthurs, David. Fleming, Andrew . Cziferszky, Andreas . Editors: Soille, P. Loekken, S. Albani, S (2021) Artificial Intelligence and big data technologies for Copernicus data: The EXTREMEEARTH project.

Hagos, D.H. Kakantousis, T. Vlassov, V. Sheikholeslami, S. Wang, T. Dowling, J. Fleming, A. . Cziferszky, A. . Muerth, M. Appel, F. Pantazi, D-A. Bilidas, D. Papadakis, G. Mandilaras, G. Stamoulis, G. Koubarakis, M. Troumpoukis, A. Konstantopoulos, S. Editors: Soille, P. Loekken, S. Albani, S (2021) The ExtremeEarth software architecture for Copernicus earth observation data.

Ratcliffe, Norman . Deagle, Bruce. Love, Kieran. Polanowski, Andrea. Fielding, Sophie . Wood, Andrew G. Hill, Simeon . Grant, Susie . Belchier, Mark . Fleming, Andrew . Hall, Jonathan. (2021) Changes in prey fields increase the potential for spatial overlap between gentoo penguins and a krill fishery within a marine protected area.

2020

Rainville, Luc. Wilkinson, Jeremy . Durley, Mary Ellen J. Harper, Scott. DiLeo, Julia. Doble, Martin J. Fleming, Andrew . Forcucci, David. Graber, Hans. Hargrove, John T. Haverlack, John. Hughes, Nick. Hembrough, Brett. Jeffries, Martin O. Lee, Craig M. Mendenhall, Brendon. McCormmick, David. Montalvo, Sofia. Stenseth, Adam. Shilling, Geoffrey B. Simmons, Harper L. Toomey, James E. Woods, John. (2020) Improving Situational Awareness in the Arctic Ocean.

Bett, David T. . Holland, Paul R. . Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Jenkins, Adrian . Dutrieux, Pierre. Kimura, Satoshi. Fleming, Andrew . (2020) The impact of the Amundsen Sea freshwater balance on ocean melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Wagner, Penelope Mae. Hughes, Nick. Bourbonnais, Pascale. Stroeve, Julienne. Rabenstein, Lasse. Bhatt, Uma. Little, Joe. Wiggins, Helen. Fleming, Andrew . (2020) Sea-ice information and forecast needs for industry maritime stakeholders.

2019

Le Traon, Pierre Yves. Reppucci, Antonio. Alvarez Fanjul, Enrique. Aouf, Lotfi. Behrens, Arno. Belmonte, Maria. Bentamy, Abderrahim. Bertino, Laurent. Brando, Vittorio Ernesto. Kreiner, Matilde Brandt. Benkiran, Mounir. Carval, Thierry. Ciliberti, Stefania A. Claustre, Hervé. Clementi, Emanuela. Coppini, Giovanni. Cossarini, Gianpiero. De Alfonso Alonso-Muñoyerro, Marta. Delamarche, Anne. Dibarboure, Gerald. Dinessen, Frode. Drevillon, Marie. Drillet, Yann. Faugere, Yannice. Fernández, Vicente. Fleming, Andrew . Garcia-Hermosa, M. Isabel. Sotillo, Marcos García. Garric, Gilles. Gasparin, Florent. Giordan, Cedric. Gehlen, Marion. Gregoire, Marilaure L. Guinehut, Stephanie. Hamon, Mathieu. Harris, Chris. Hernandez, Fabrice. Hinkler, Jørgen B. Hoyer, Jacob. Karvonen, Juha. Kay, Susan. King, Robert. Lavergne, Thomas. Lemieux-Dudon, Benedicte. Lima, Leonardo. Mao, Chongyuan. Martin, Matthew J. Masina, Simona. Melet, Angelique. Buongiorno Nardelli, Bruno. Nolan, Glenn. Pascual, Ananda. Pistoia, Jenny. Palazov, Atanas. Piolle, Jean Francois. Pujol, Marie Isabelle. Pequignet, Anne Christine. Peneva, Elisaveta. Pérez Gómez, Begoña. Petit de la Villeon, Loic. Pinardi, Nadia. Pisano, Andrea. Pouliquen, Sylvie. Reid, Rebecca. Remy, Elisabeth. Santoleri, Rosalia. Siddorn, John . She, Jun. Staneva, Joanna. Stoffelen, Ad. Tonani, Marina. Vandenbulcke, Luc. von Schuckmann, Karina. Volpe, Gianluca. Wettre, Cecilie. Zacharioudaki, Anna. (2019) From observation to information and users: The Copernicus Marine Service perspective.

Koubarakis, Manolis. Bereta, Konstantina. Bilidas, Dimitris. Giannousis, Konstantinos. Ioannidis, Theofilos. Pantazi, Despina-Athanasia. Stamoulis, George. Haridi, Seif. Vlassov, Vladimir. Bruzzone, Lorenzo. Paris, Claudia. Eltoft, Torbjørn. Krämer, Thomas. Charalabidis, Angelos. Karkaletsis, Vangelis. Konstantopoulos, Stasinos. Dowling, Jim. Kakantousis, Theofilos. Datcu, Mihai. Dumitru, Corneliu Octavian. Appel, Florian. Bach, Heike. Migdall, Silke. Hughes, Nick. Arthurs, David. Fleming, Andrew . (2019) From Copernicus Big Data to Extreme Earth Analytics.

2018

Barnes, David K.A. . Fleming, Andrew . Sands, Chester J. . Quartino, Maria Liliana. Deregibus, Dolores. (2018) Icebergs, sea ice, blue carbon and Antarctic climate feedbacks.

Zakharov, Igor. Puestow, Thomas. Fleming, Andrew . Deepakumara, Janaka. Power, Desmond. (2018) Detection and discrimination of icebergs and ships using satellite altimetry.

2016

Black, Martin . Riley, Teal R. . Ferrier, Graham. Fleming, Andrew H. . Fretwell, Peter T. . (2016) Automated lithological mapping using airborne hyperspectral thermal infrared data: A case study from Anchorage Island, Antarctica.

2015

Hughes, Kevin A. . Ireland, Louise . Convey, Peter . Fleming, Andrew H. . (2015) Assessing the effectiveness of specially protected areas for conservation of Antarctica’s botanical diversity.

Holland, P.R. . Brisbourne, A. . Corr, H.F.J. McGrath, D. Purdon, K. Paden, J. Fricker, H.A. Paolo, F.S. Fleming, A.H. . (2015) Oceanic and atmospheric forcing of Larsen C Ice-Shelf thinning.

2014

Fretwell, P.T. . Phillips, R.A. . Brooke, M. de L. Fleming, A.H. . McArthur, A. (2014) Using the unique spectral signature of guano to identify unknown seabird colonies.

Pope, Allen. Rees, W. Fox, Adrian . Fleming, Andrew . (2014) Open access data in polar and cryospheric remote sensing.

Black, Martin . Fleming, Andrew . Riley, Teal . Ferrier, Graham. Fretwell, Peter . McFee, John. Achal, Stephen. Diaz, Alejandra Umana. (2014) On the Atmospheric Correction of Antarctic Airborne Hyperspectral Data.

2013

Dutrieux, P. . Vaughan, D.G. . Corr, H.F.J. Jenkins, A. . Holland, P.R. . Joughin, I. Fleming, A.H. . (2013) Pine Island Glacier ice shelf melt distributed at kilometre scales.

Fox, Adrian . Herbert, David. Fretwell, Peter . Fleming, Andrew . (2013) SCAR Antarctic Digital Database V 6.0.

2012

Seear, Paul J. Goodall-Copestake, William P. . Fleming, Andrew H. . Rosato, Ezio. Tarling, Geraint A. . (2012) Seasonal and spatial influences on gene expression in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba.

Murphy, E. J. . Watkins, J.L. Trathan, P.N. . Reid, K. Meredith, M.P. . Hill, S.L. . Thorpe, S.E. . Johnston, N.M. . Clarke, A. . Tarling, G.A. . Collins, M.A. . Forcada, J. . Atkinson, A. Ward, P. Staniland, I.J. . Pond, D.W. Cavanagh, R.A. . Shreeve, R.S. Korb, R.E. Whitehouse, M.J. Rodhouse, P.G. Enderlein, P. Hirst, A.G. Martin, A.R. Briggs, D.R. Cunningham, N.J. Fleming, A.H. . Editors: Rogers, Alex D. Johnston, Nadine M. . Murphy, Eugene J. . Clarke, Andrew (2012) Spatial and Temporal Operation of the Scotia Sea Ecosystem.

Fretwell, Peter T. . LaRue, Michelle A. Morin, Paul. Kooyman, Gerald L. Wienecke, Barbara. Ratcliffe, Norman . Fox, Adrian J. . Fleming, Andrew H. . Porter, Claire. Trathan, Phil N. . (2012) An Emperor Penguin population estimate: The first global, synoptic survey of a species from space.

Fleming, A.H. . Korb, R.E. (2012) A comparison of satellite and cruise chlorophyll-a measurements in the Scotia Sea, Antarctica.

Hughes, Kevin A. . Fretwell, Peter . Rae, Joanna. Holmes, Keith. Fleming, Andrew . (2012) Untouched Antarctica: mapping a finite and diminishing environmental resource.

2011

Pritchard, Hamish D. . Luthcke, S.B. Fleming, Andrew H. . (2011) Understanding ice-sheet mass balance: progress in satellite altimetry and gravimetry.

Fretwell, Peter T. . Convey, Peter . Fleming, Andrew H. . Peat, Helen J. . Hughes, Kevin A. . (2011) Detecting and mapping vegetation distribution on the Antarctic Peninsula from remote sensing data.

Beekmans, Bas W.P.M. Forcada, Jaume . Murphy, Eugene J. . De Baar, Hein J.W. Bathmann, Ulrich V. Fleming, Andrew H. . (2011) Generalised additive models to investigate environmental drivers of Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) spatial density in austral summer.

Trathan, Phil N. . Bishop, C. Maclean, G. Brown, P. Fleming, Andrew . Collins, Martin Anthony . (2011) Linear tracks and restricted temperature ranges characterise penguin foraging pathways.

Fleming, Andrew . Bowyer, Paul. (2011) Sat nav.

2010

Bindschadler, Robert. Vornberger, Patricia. Fleming, Andrew . Fox, Adrian . Mullins, Jerry. Binnie, Douglas. Paulsen, Sara Jean. Granneman, Brian. Gorodetzky, David. (2010) The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica.

Peck, Lloyd S. . Barnes, David K.A. . Cook, Alison J. Fleming, Andrew H. . Clarke, Andrew . (2010) Negative feedback in the cold: ice retreat produces new carbon sinks in Antarctica.

2009

Atkinson, A. Siegel, V. Pakhomov, E.A. Rothery, P. Loeb, V. Ross, R.M. Quetin, L.B. Schmidt, K. Fretwell, P. . Murphy, E.J. . Tarling, G.A. . Fleming, A.H. . (2009) Oceanic circumpolar habitats of Antarctic krill.

2007

Murphy, E.J. . Watkins, J.L. Trathan, P.N. . Reid, K. Meredith, M.P. . Thorpe, S.E. . Johnston, N.M. . Clarke, A. . Tarling, G.A. . Collins, M.A. . Forcada, J. . Shreeve, R.S. Atkinson, A. Korb, R. Whitehouse, M.J. Ward, P. Rodhouse, P.G. Enderlein, P. Hirst, A.G. Martin, A.R. Hill, S.L. . Staniland, I.J. . Pond, D.W. Briggs, D.R. Cunningham, N.J. Fleming, A.H. . (2007) Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web.

Warren, N.L. Trathan, P.N. . Forcada, J. . Fleming, A.H. . Jessopp, M.J. (2007) Distribution of post-weaning Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella pups at South Georgia.

Bett, D., Holland, P., Naveira Garabato, A., Jenkins, A., Dutrieux, P., Kimura, S., & Fleming, A. (2020). Model results of Amundsen Sea freshwater tracing and iceberg variation simulations (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/8ad04d77-6a41-419a-b0d7-18eee743bf26
Fleming, A. (2009). Polar View – satellite Earth observation data (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00360

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ESRIN rolling archive Kiruna rolling archive PO.DAAC NSIDC MODIS Rapid Response LP.DAAC GloVis NESDIS NEODC NEODAAS BADC BODC CEH EIDC NODC NASA Ocean Color NASA Giovanni AVISO GHRSST NGDC MOA […]

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