UCD Research: Biology & Env Science

People

Dr Daniel McInerney BAgricSc MAgricSc

Biography:

B.Agr.Sc. (For.) University College Dublin 1998 - 2002

M.Sc. GIS University of Edinburgh 2003 - 2004

Ph.D. University College Dublin 2006 - 2009 Remote Sensing Applied to National Forest Monitoring

Research Interests: Geographic Information Science, Optical Remote Sensing, Spatial statistics, Forest Monitoring, Land-use change

Research Interests

Forest monitoring using non-parametric statistics and remote sensing. Optical and LiDAR remote

sensing to support forest inventories. Spatial Statistics applied to Landcover / Land-use change.

Free Open Source Software for GeoInformatics.

Peer Reviewed Journals

Convery, F., McInerney, D. Sokol, M., Stafford, P. ; (2006) 'Organizing Space in a Dynamic Economy: Insights for Policy from the Irish Experience'. Built Environment, 32 (2):172-183. [Details]

McInerney, D., Walsh, C.; (2009) 'Spatial distribution of urban land-use change in the Dublin city-region: 1990¿2006'. Irish Geography, 42 (2):207-223. [Details]

McInerney, D., Nieuwenhuis, M.; (2009) 'A comparative analysis of kNN and decision tree methods for the Irish National Forest Inventory'. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30 (19):4937-4955. [Details]

McInerney, D., Suarez, J., Valbuena, R., Nieuwenhuis, M.; (2009) 'Forest canopy height retrieval using LiDAR data, medium resolution satellite imagery and kNN estimation in Aberfoyle, Scotland'. Forestry, . [Details]

Other Journals

McInerney, D. and Nieuwenhuis, M.; (2006) 'Monitoring Irish Forests from Space' Irish Timber and Forestry 15 (3) :20-21. [Details]

Published Reports

McInerney, D. ; (2002) Spatial Analysis of Forest Crown Condition in Ireland and Italy. European Commission, Ispra, Italy. [Details]

Associations

Association: IRLOGI, Function/Role: Member

Association: Society of Irish Foresters, Function/Role: Member

Committees

Committee : CORINE Landcover National Steering Committee

Employment

Employer: Forest Research - An Agency of the British Forestry Commission
Position: Research Assistant

Employer: Urban Institute Ireland
Position: GIS Analyst

Employer: Urban Institute Ireland
Position: Part-time GIS Analyst

Education

Year 2002 Institution: University College Dublin
Qualification: BAgrSc (Forestry) Subject: Forestry

Year 2004 Institution: University of Edinburgh
Qualification: MSc Subject: Geographic Information Science

Year 2009 Institution: University College Dublin
Qualification: PhD Subject: Forest Inventory / Optical Remote Sensing

Languages

French:

Spanish:

Internal Collaborators

Prof. Maarten Nieuwenhuis

Dr. Harut Shahumyan

Mr. Cormac Walsh

External Collaborators

Dr. Juan Suarez

Teaching Interests

GIS, Optical Remote Sensing, R Statistics.

URBIS URBAN INSTITUTEIRELAND GIS Training Courses Level I, II, III.

ZOOL 40250 Remote Sensing