Recent Publications
2025
Dave O’Leary, Jim Hodgson, John Connolly, Louis Gilet, Pat Tuohy, Colin Brown, Eve Daly. (2025) Radiometric Data for Soil Organic Matter Mapping at National and Local Scales. Geoderma. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.117129
2024
Cruz, C., Perrin, P. M., Martin, J. R., O’Connell, J., McGuinness, K., & Connolly, J. (2024). Mapping of temperate upland habitats using high-resolution satellite imagery and machine learning. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
DeWaard, F., Connolly, J., Barthelmes, A., Joosten, H., Van der Linden, S. (2024). Remote sensing of peatland degradation – a review of the potentials, gaps, and challenges. Ecological indicators. 166, 112437 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112437
Farrell, C. A., Connolly, J. and Morley, T. (2024). Charting a course for peatland restoration in Ireland: a case study to support restoration frameworks in other regions. Restoration ecology. 32, 7. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14216
Gilet, L., Morley, T., Flynn, R. and Connolly, J. * (2024). An adaptive mapping framework for the management of peat soils: a new Irish Peat Soils Map. Geoderma, 447, 116933 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.116933
Habib, W., Cresson, R., McGuinness, K. and Connolly, J. * (2024). Mapping artificial drainage on Peatlands – A national scale assessment of Irish raised bogs using sub-meter aerial imagery and deep learning methods. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. http://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.387
Habib, W., Ruchita, I., Saunders, M., & Connolly, J.* (2024). Quantifying Land Use and CO2 Emissions in Irish Raised Bogs: Mapping Insights with Sentinel-2 and Google Earth Engine for Conservation. Nature Scientific Reports. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-51660-0
2023
Junbin Zhao, Simon Weldon, Alexandra Barthelmes, Erin Swails, Kristell Hergoualc'h, Ülo Mander, Chunjing Qiu, John Connolly, Whendee L. Silver, David Campbell (2023). Global observation gaps of peatland greenhouse gas balances – needs and obstacles. Biogeochemistry. Biogeochemistry (BIOG) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01091-2
Budiman et al. (2023). Mapping & monitoring peatland conditions from global to field scale. Biogeochemistry. Biogeochemistry (BIOG) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01084-1
Habib, W. and Connolly, J.* (2023). A national-scale assessment of management activities in Peatlands between 1989 – 2020 using Landsat data and Google Earth Engine – a case study of Ireland. Regional Environmental Change, 23, 124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02116-0
Cruz, Charmaine; McGuinness, Kevin; O'Connell, Perrin, Philip; Jerome; Martin, James; Connolly, John* (2023). Improving deep learning-based mapping of coastal invasive species from UAV imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 44, 5712-5735
Ingle, Ruchita; Habib, Wahaj; Connolly, John, McCorry, Mark, Barry, Stephen and Saunders, Matthew (2023). Upscaling methane fluxes from peatlands across a drainage gradient in Ireland using PlanetScope imagery and machine learning tools. Nature Scientific Reports. 13:11997, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38470-6
Cruz, Charmaine; O'Connell, Jerome; McGuinness, Kevin; Martin, James; Perrin, Philip; Connolly, John* (2023) Assessing the effectiveness of UAV data to accurately map coastal dune habitats". European Journal of Remote Sensing. 56 (1) https://doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2023.2191870
Ingle, Ruchita; Bhatnagar, Saheba; Ghosh, Bidisha; Gill, Laurence; regan, Shane; Connolly, John; Saunders, Matthew (2023). Development of Hybrid Models to Estimate Gross Primary Productivity at a Near-Natural Peatland Using Sentinel 2 Data and a Light Use Efficiency Model. Remote Sensing, 15 (6), 1673  https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061673
2022
UNEP (2022). Global Peatlands Assessment – The State of the World’s Peatlands: Evidence for action toward the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of peatlands. Main Report. Global Peatlands Initiative. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi
Islam, M. T., Bradley, A. V., Sowter, A., Andersen, R., Marshall, C., Long, M., Bourke, M. C., Connolly, J., and Large, D. J., (2022) Use of APSIS-InSAR measures of the range of vertical surface motion to improve hazard assessment of peat landslides. Mires and Peat, Volume 28 (2022), Article 21, 19 pp., http://www.mires-and-peat.net/, ISSN 1819-754X International Mire Conservation Group and International Peatland Society, DOI: 10.19189/MaP.2021.OMB.StA.2356