Laura Gerrish

GIS and Mapping Specialist

Laura Gerrish

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Laura Gerrish

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I am a GIS and Mapping Specialist and have been working at BAS since 2016. My work involves running a ‘Geospatial Helpdesk’ for BAS, where I produce maps and figures for individual research papers and conferences, offer advice and help where needed, and assist with data analysis on scientific projects.  I manage our portfolio of award-winning published maps (see the portfolio here) and I also coordinate the sales of these maps and books for BAS, with the maps being used world-wide for both research and tourism purposes.

I am the Operational Lead for the Antarctic Digital Database (ADD), a role that involves gathering and creating a variety of Antarctic datasets and making them available through an online web map.

My main interests lie in analysing environmental changes within GIS software and using both traditional and modern cartographic techniques to present data in engaging and eye-catching ways.

Before starting work at BAS I completed an MSc in Glaciology and a BSc in Geography and German at Aberystwyth University. My research during my MSc focused on the structural glaciological changes of Larsen C Ice Shelf, using GIS software to analyse satellite and aerial imagery over the past 50 years.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2020

Bamford, C.C.G., Kelly, N., Dalla Rosa, L., Cade, D.E., Fretwell, P. ORCIDORCID record for P. Fretwell, Trathan, P.N., Cubaynes, H. ORCIDORCID record for H. Cubaynes, Mesquita, A., Gerrish, L., Friedlaender, A.S., Jackson, J.A. ORCIDORCID record for J.A. Jackson. (2020) A comparison of baleen whale density estimates derived from overlapping satellite imagery and a shipborne survey. Scientific Reports, 10. 12 pp. 10.1038/s41598-020-69887-y

Evatt, G.W., Smedley, A.R.D., Joy, K.H., Hunter, L., Tey, W.H., Abrahams, I.D., Gerrish, L.. (2020) The spatial flux of Earth’s meteorite falls found via Antarctic data. Geology, 48. 5 pp. 10.1130/G46733.1

2019

Cubaynes, Hannah ORCIDORCID record for Hannah Cubaynes, Fretwell, Peter ORCIDORCID record for Peter Fretwell, Bamford, Connor, Gerrish, Laura, Jackson, Jennifer ORCIDORCID record for Jennifer Jackson. (2019) Whales from space: Four mysticete species described using new VHR satellite imagery. Marine Mammal Science, 35. 466-491. 10.1111/mms.12544

Atkinson, Angus, Hill, Simeon L., Pakhomov, Evgeny A., Siegel, Volker, Reiss, Christian S., Loeb, Valerie J., Steinberg, Deborah K., Schmidt, Katrin, Tarling, Geraint A. ORCIDORCID record for Geraint A. Tarling, Gerrish, Laura, Sailley, Sevrine F.. (2019) Krill (Euphausia superba) distribution contracts southward during rapid regional warming. Nature Climate Change, 9. 142-147. 10.1038/s41558-018-0370-z

2017

Atkinson, Angus, Hill, Simeon L., Pakhomov, Evgeny A., Siegel, Volker, Anadon, Ricardo, Chiba, Sanae, Daly, Kendra L., Downie, Rod, Fielding, Sophie ORCIDORCID record for Sophie Fielding, Fretwell, Peter ORCIDORCID record for Peter Fretwell, Gerrish, Laura, Hosie, Graham W., Jessopp, Mark J., Kawaguchi, So, Krafft, Bjørn A., Loeb, Valerie, Nishikawa, Jun, Peat, Helen J. ORCIDORCID record for Helen J. Peat, Reiss, Christian S., Ross, Robin M., Quetin, Langdon B., Schmidt, Katrin, Steinberg, Deborah K., Subramaniam, Roshni C., Tarling, Geraint A. ORCIDORCID record for Geraint A. Tarling, Ward, Peter. (2017) KRILLBASE: a circumpolar database of Antarctic krill and salp numerical densities, 1926–2016. Earth System Science Data, 9. 193-210. doi:10.5194/essd-9-193-2017