Adrian Fox

Head of Mapping

Adrian Fox

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Adrian Fox

Biography

I joined BAS in 1990 and became Head of the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) in 2003. My main role is overall leadership of the MAGIC group, but I am a specialist in aerial photography, GPS survey and photogrammetry for both topographic mapping and scientific measurement. I have led 16 aerial photography and survey campaigns in Antarctica, South Georgia and Svalbard and been involved with production of a large number of topographic maps of the polar regions.
I am Secretary of the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, co-Chief Officer of the SCAR Standing Committee on Geographic Information and serve on the editorial board of The Photogrammetric Record.

1987: MA (Hons), Geography, Edinburgh
1989: MSc, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Aberdeen
2004: MRICS, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Geomatics Division.
2007: PhD, Remote Sensing/Glaciology, Darwin College, Cambridge

Research interests

My main research interest is using aerial photography and photogrammetry for measuring environmental change from time-series images and wildlife census. I am currently PI on a NERC Standard grant ‘The spatial and temporal distribution of 20th Century Antarctic Peninsula glacier mass change and its drivers’ (NE/K004867/1), with colleagues at the universities of Newcastle and Gloucestershire. This unlocks historical aerial photography by relating it to modern GPS-supported aerial photography and recent high-resolution satellite imagery to measure glacier change over the last 60 years.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2018

Fieber, Karolina D., Mills, Jon P., Miller, Pauline E., Clarke, Lucy, Ireland, Louise, Fox, Adrian J.. (2018) Rigorous 3D change determination in Antarctic Peninsula glaciers from stereo WorldView-2 and archival aerial imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 205. 18-31. 10.1016/j.rse.2017.10.042

2016

Fieber, K.D., Mills, J.P., Miller, P.E., Fox, A.J.. (2016) Remotely-sensed glacier change estimation: a case study at Linblad Cove, Antarctic Peninsula. In: ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume III-8, 2016., Prague, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 71-78. 10.5194/isprs-annals-III-8-71-2016, 2016

2015

Matveev, Alexey J., Milinevsky, Gennadi, Schenke, Hans-Werner, Shibuya, Kazuo, Sjöberg, Lars E., Zakrajsek, Andrés, Fritsche, Mathias, Rülke, Axel, Dietrich, Reinhard, Groh, Andreas, Knöfel, Christoph, Scheinert, Mirko, Capra, Alessandro, Cisak, Jan, Dongchen, E., Eiken, Trond, Fox, Adrian, Hothem, Larry D., Johnston, Gary, Malaimani, E. C.. (2015) The Antarctic Regional GPS Network Densification: Status and Results. In: The Antarctic Regional GPS Network Densification: Status and Results, Springer, (International Association of Geodesy Symposia, ). doi:10.1007/1345_2015_79

2014

Pope, Allen, Rees, W., Fox, Adrian, Fleming, Andrew. (2014) Open access data in polar and cryospheric remote sensing. Remote Sensing, 6. 6183-6220. doi:10.3390/rs6076183

2013

Fox, Adrian, Bazeley, Katherine. (2013) Naming the un-named. Geographical Magazine, December. 5 pp.

2012

Vaughan, David. (2012) The ice sheet. In: Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor's guide, London, Natural History Museum, 52-63.

Shanklin, Jon. (2012) Icebergs and sea ice. In: Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor's guide, London, Natural History Museum, 64-75.

Shanklin, Jon. (2012) Weather and climate. In: Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor's guide, London, Natural History Museum, 32-51.

Shears, John. (2012) The Antarctic Treaty. In: Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor's guide, London, Natural History Museum, 92-101.

Leat, Philip T.. (2012) Geology of Graham Land. In: Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor's guide, London, Natural History Museum, 18-31.

Kunz, Matthias, King, Matt A., Mills, Jon P., Miller, Pauline E., Fox, Adrian J., Vaughan, David G., Marsh, Stuart H.. (2012) Multi-decadal glacier surface lowering in the Antarctic Peninsula. Geophysical Research Letters, 39. 5 pp. 10.1029/2012GL052823

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. Plos One, 7. 11 pp. 10.1371/journal.pone.0033751

Fox, Adrian. (2012) The Peninsula. In: Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor's guide, London, Natural History Museum, 6-17.

Fox, Adrian. (2012) Origin of place-names. In: Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor's guide, London, Natural History Museum, 102-123.

Convey, Peter. (2012) Life on land. In: Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor's guide. 1st edition., London, Natural History Museum, 76-91.

Fox, Adrian (eds.). (2012) Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor’s guide. London, Natural History Museum, 128 pp.

James, T.D., Murray, T., Barrand, N.E., Sykes, H.J., Fox, A.J., King, M.A.. (2012) Observations of enhanced thinning in the upper reaches of Svalbard glaciers. The Cryosphere, 6. 1369-1381. doi:10.5194/tc-6-1369-2012

2008

Fox, Adrian, Cziferszky, Andreas. (2008) Unlocking the time capsule of historic aerial photography to measure changes in Antarctic Peninsula glaciers. Photogrammetric Record, 23. 51-68. doi:10.1111/j.1477-9730.2008.00463.x

Bindschadler, Robert, Vornberger, Patricia, Fleming, Andrew, Fox, Adrian, Mullins, Jerry, Binnie, Douglas, Paulsen, Sara Jean, Granneman, Brian, Gorodetzky, David. (2008) The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112. 4214-4226. 10.1016/j.rse.2008.07.006

2005

Fox, Adrian J., Vaughan, David G.. (2005) The retreat of Jones Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Glaciology, 51. 555-560. 10.3189/172756505781829043

Cook, A.J., Fox, A.J., Vaughan, D.G., Ferrigno, J.G.. (2005) Retreating glacier fronts on the Antarctic Peninsula over the past half-century. Science, 308. 541-544. doi:10.1126/science.1104235

2001

Fox, Adrian J., Gooch, Michael J.. (2001) Automatic DEM generation for Antarctic terrain. Photogrammetric Record, 17. 275-290. 10.1111/0031-868X.00183

1998

Fox, A.J., Cooper, A.P.R.. (1998) Climate-change indicators from Archival aerial photography of the Antarctic Peninsula. Annals of Glaciology, 27. 636-642.

Gray, Michelle, Fox, Adrian. (1998) MAGIC maps in penguin country – GPS surveying for photo-control and satellite image rectification in Antarctica. Surveying World, 6. 34-37.

1997

Fox, A. J., Nuttall, A. M.. (1997) Photogrammetry as a research tool for glaciology. The Photogrammetric Record, 15. 725-737. doi:10.1111/0031-868X.00081

1996

Fox, A. J., Roberts, A.. (1996) Pioneers of photogrammetry commemorated in Antarctic place-names. The Photogrammetric Record, 15. 601-605. doi:10.1111/0031-868X.00067

1995

Fox, Adrian J.. (1995) Using multiple data sources to enhance photogrammetry for mapping antarctic terrain. Polar Research, 14. 317-328. 10.3402/polar.v14i3.6671

Fox, Adrian J., Thomson, Janet W.. (1995) The dynamic continent. Geographical Magazine, 67. 24-25.

1994

Fox, Adrian J., Cooper, A. Paul R.. (1994) Measured properties of the Antarctic ice sheet derived from the SCAR Antarctic digital database. Polar Record, 30. 201-206. doi:10.1017/S0032247400024268

1993

Thomson, J.W., Cooper, A.P.R., Fox, A.J.. (1993) Customised digital maps of Antarctica. NERC News, 25. 16-17.

Thomson, J.W., Drewry, D.J., Cooper, A.P.R., Fox, A.J.. (1993) New techniques for mapping Antarctic regions. In: Survey and mapping 93. The 4th UK National Land Surveying and Mapping Conference and Exhibition, Keele, April 1993. Proceedings, Keele, Survey and Mapping Alliance, 345-365.