Geoforensics and Information Management for crime Investigation (GIMI)

Project Staff - Matt Aitkenhead

Matthew Joseph Aitkenhead, BSc PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher in Soil Dynamics,
The University of Aberdeen,
Department of Plant & Soil Science,

St Machar Drive,
Aberdeen AB24 3UU,
UK

tel: 01224 272700
fax: 01224 272703

m.aitkenhead@abdn.ac.uk
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/pss

Current research activities

Soil process modelling, remote sensing interpretation for land cover mapping, artificial intelligence applications in environmental science

Selected Publications

Aitkenhead, M.J., Foster, A.R., FitzPatrick, E.A., Townend, J., 1999. Modelling water release and absorption in soils using cellular automata. Journal of Hydrology 220 (1999) 104-112.

Deuchars, S.A., Townend, J., Aitkenhead, M.J., FitzPatrick, E.A., 1999.  Changes in soil structure and hydraulic properties in regenerating rain forest.  Soil Use and Management 15 (1999) 183-187

Aitkenhead, M.J., McDonald, A.J.S., Dawson, J.J., Couper, G., Smart, R.P., Billett, M., Hope, D., Palmer, S., 2003. A novel method for training neural networks for time-series prediction in environmental systems. Ecological Modelling 162 (2003) 87-95.

Aitkenhead, M.J., Dalgetty, I.A, Mullins, C.E., McDonald, A.J.S., Strachan, N.J.C., 2003.  Weed and crop discrimination using image analysis and artificial intelligence methods.  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 39, 157-171

Aitkenhead, M.J., Mustard, M.J., McDonald, A.J.S., 2004. Using neural networks to predict spatial structure in ecological systems. Ecological Modelling 179(3) (2004), 393-403.

Aitkenhead, M.J., Lumsdon, P., Miller, D.R., in press. Remote sensing-based neural network mapping of tsunami damage in Aceh, Indonesia. Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management.

Aalders, I.H., Aitkenhead, M.J., in press. Agricultural Census data and land use change modelling. Computers, Environment & Urban Systems.

Aitkenhead, M.J., Dyer, R., in press. Improving land cover classification using recognition threshold neural networks. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing.

Folch, R.C., Aitkenhead, M.J., Casasnovas, J., in press.  Mapping land cover from detailed aerial photography data using textural and neural network analysis.  International Journal of Remote Sensing.

Aitkenhead, M.J., Aitkenhead-Peterson, J.A., McDowell, W., under revision.  Modelling DOC export from catchments in Scotland using neural networks.  Computers and Geosciences.

Aitkenhead-Peterson, J.A., Smart, R.P., Aitkenhead, M.J., Cresser, M.S., McDowell, W.H., in press.  Spatial and temporal variation of DOC from gauged and un-gauged watersheds of the Dee Valley Scotland: effects of land cover and soil C:N.  Water Resources Research.