Andrew Fleming

Head of MAGIC

Biography

Andrew Fleming is the Head of the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre at the British Antarctic Survey. He leads the group’s activities covering topographic mapping and delivery of the spatial data infrastructure for BAS, plus wider application of geospatial and remote sensing methods to science and operational projects in the polar regions.

He has led the Polar View project in the Antarctic since 2004, which develops and delivers near-real-time sea ice information to users operating in polar oceans. He plays key roles in international projects concerned with improving sea ice information for mariners, including EU H2020 Arctic PASSION projects and previously the Copernicus Marine Service and H2020 Extreme Earth project. He is actively involved in the International Ice Charting Working Group.

He is involved in projects to exploit hyperspectral data in the Antarctic and with the BAS Artificial Intelligence Lab on methods to track icebergs. He is also involved in projects to widen access to EO data including the ESA Polar Thematic Exploitation Platform. His work involves participation in numerous field- and ship-based campaigns in the Arctic and Antarctic.

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Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Meredith, Michael P. , Hendry, Kate , Abrahamsen, Einar Povl , Brearley, J. Alexander , Young, Emma , Munday, Dave , Venables, Hugh , Hogg, Anna, Wallis, Benjamin J., Van Landeghem, Katrien, Carvalho, Filipa , Yool, Andrew , Annett, Amber, Garabato, Alberto Naveira, Inall, Mark, Sheen, Katy, Fleming, Andrew , Dumont, Estelle, Glowacki, Oskar, Moffat, Carlos, Fraser, Neil, Gille, Sarah, Alford, Matthew, Jackson, Rebecca, Retallick, Katherine. (2025) Polar Ocean Mixing by Internal Tsunamis (POLOMINTS). Research Ideas and Outcomes, 11 (). 19 pp. 10.3897/rio.11.e154645

Thorne, Michael , von Bock und Polach, Franz, Cziferszky, Andreas , Fleming, Andrew , Goodman, Dougal, Kikuchi, Takashi, Kodaira, Tsubasa, Mikami, Kohei, Murayama, Hideaki, Sawamura, Junji, Suominen, Mikko, Tate, Alexander , Tuhkuri, Jukka, Wadhams, Peter, Waseda, Takuji, Wilkinson, Jeremy . (2025) A polar oceans shipping information system. In: The 39th International Symposium on the Okhotsk Sea & Polar Oceans Mombetsu Arts & Culture Center, Mombetsu Municipal Museum Mombetsu Machinaka Art Museum, Mombetsu Citizens’ Public Hall Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum of Hokkaido, 16-19 February 2025. Okhotsk Sea and Polar Oceans Research Association.

2024

Roland, Thomas P., Bartlett, Oliver T., Charman, Dan J., Anderson, Karen, Hodgson, Dominic A. , Amesbury, Matthew J., Maclean, Ilya, Fretwell, Peter T. , Fleming, Andrew . (2024) Sustained greening of the Antarctic Peninsula observed from satellites. Nature Geoscience, (). 8 pp. 10.1038/s41561-024-01564-5

Trathan, Philip N. , Wienecke, Barbara, Fleming, Andrew , Ireland, Louise . (2024) Using telemetry data and the sea ice satellite record to identify vulnerabilities in critical moult habitat for emperor penguins in West Antarctica. Polar Biology, 47 (). 15 pp. 10.1007/s00300-024-03252-x

Rogers, Martin S.J. , Fox, Maria , Fleming, Andrew , van Zeeland, Louisa, Wilkinson, Jeremy , Hosking, J. Scott . (2024) Sea ice detection using concurrent multispectral and synthetic aperture radar imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 305 (). 14 pp. 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114073

2023

Evans, Ben , Faul, Anita , Fleming, Andrew , Vaughan, David G. , Hosking, J. Scott . (2023) Unsupervised machine learning detection of iceberg populations within sea ice from dual-polarisation SAR imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 297 (). 15 pp. 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113780

2022

Tarling, Geraint , Abrahamsen, Povl , Lucas, Natasha , Brearley, Alexander , Fleming, Andrew , Shepherd, Andrew, Liszka, Cecilia , Manno, Clara , Murphy, Eugene , Meredith, Michael , Ratcliffe, Norman , Braakmann-Folgmann, Anne, Gerrish, Laura . (2022) The birth and death of ‘megaberg’ A68. The Marine Biologist, 22 (). pp.

2021

Hagos, Desta Haileselassie, Kakantousis, Theofilos, Vlassov, Vladimir, Sheikholeslami, Sina, Wang, Tianze, Dowling, Jim, Paris, Claudia, Marinelli, Daniele, Weikmann, Giulio, Bruzzone, Lorenzo, Khaleghian, Salman, Krmer, Thomas, Eltoft, Torbjorn, Marinoni, Andrea, Pantazi, Despina-Athanasia, Stamoulis, Georgios, Bilidas, Dimitris, Papadakis, George, Mandilaras, George, Koubarakis, Manolis, Troumpoukis, Antonis, Konstantopoulos, Stasinos, Muerth, Markus, Appel, Florian, Fleming, Andrew H. , Cziferszky, Andreas . (2021) ExtremeEarth meets satellite data from space. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 14 (). 26 pp. 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3107982

Koubarakis, Manolis, Stamoulis, George, Bilidas, Dimitris, Ioannidis, Theofilos, Mandilaras, George, Pantazi, Despina-Athanasia, Papadakis, George, Vlassov, Vladimir, Payberah, Amir H., Wang, Tianze, Sheikholeslami, Sina, Hagos, Desta Haileselassie, Bruzzone, Lorenzo, Paris, Claudia, Weikmann, Giulio, Marinelli, Daniele, Eltoft, Torbjørn, Marinoni, Andrea, Kræmer, Thomas, Khaleghian, Salman, Ullah, Habib, Troumpoukis, Antonis, Kostopoulou, Nefeli Prokopaki, Konstantopoulos, Stasinos, Karkaletsis, Vangelis, Dowling, Jim, Kakantousis, Theofilos, Datcu, Mihai, Yao, Wei, Dumitru, Corneliu Octavian, Appel, Florian, Migdall, Silke, Muerth, Markus, Bach, Heike, Hughes, Nick, Everett, Alistair, Kiærbech, Ashild, Pedersen, Joakim Lillehaug, Arthurs, David, Fleming, Andrew , Cziferszky, Andreas . (2021) Artificial Intelligence and big data technologies for Copernicus data: The EXTREMEEARTH project. In: Soille, P., Loekken, S., Albani, S. (eds.). Proceedings of the 2021 conference on Big Data from Space, , Publications Office of the European Union, pp. 10.2760/125905

Hagos, D.H., Kakantousis, T., Vlassov, V., Sheikholeslami, S., Wang, T., Dowling, J., Fleming, A. , Cziferszky, A. , Muerth, M., Appel, F., Pantazi, D-A., Bilidas, D., Papadakis, G., Mandilaras, G., Stamoulis, G., Koubarakis, M., Troumpoukis, A., Konstantopoulos, S.. (2021) The ExtremeEarth software architecture for Copernicus earth observation data. In: Soille, P., Loekken, S., Albani, S. (eds.). Proceedings of the 2021 conference on Big Data from Space, , Publications Office of the European Union, 4 pp. 10.2760/125905

Ratcliffe, Norman , Deagle, Bruce, Love, Kieran, Polanowski, Andrea, Fielding, Sophie , Wood, Andrew G., Hill, Simeon , Grant, Susie , Belchier, Mark , Fleming, Andrew , Hall, Jonathan. (2021) Changes in prey fields increase the potential for spatial overlap between gentoo penguins and a krill fishery within a marine protected area. Diversity and Distributions, 27 (). pp. 10.1111/ddi.13216

2020

Rainville, Luc, Wilkinson, Jeremy , Durley, Mary Ellen J., Harper, Scott, DiLeo, Julia, Doble, Martin J., Fleming, Andrew , Forcucci, David, Graber, Hans, Hargrove, John T., Haverlack, John, Hughes, Nick, Hembrough, Brett, Jeffries, Martin O., Lee, Craig M., Mendenhall, Brendon, McCormmick, David, Montalvo, Sofia, Stenseth, Adam, Shilling, Geoffrey B., Simmons, Harper L., Toomey, James E., Woods, John. (2020) Improving Situational Awareness in the Arctic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 (). 17 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2020.581139

Bett, David T. , Holland, Paul R. , Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., Jenkins, Adrian , Dutrieux, Pierre, Kimura, Satoshi, Fleming, Andrew . (2020) The impact of the Amundsen Sea freshwater balance on ocean melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125 (). pp. 10.1029/2020JC016305

Wagner, Penelope Mae, Hughes, Nick, Bourbonnais, Pascale, Stroeve, Julienne, Rabenstein, Lasse, Bhatt, Uma, Little, Joe, Wiggins, Helen, Fleming, Andrew . (2020) Sea-ice information and forecast needs for industry maritime stakeholders. Polar Geography, 43 (). pp. 10.1080/1088937X.2020.1766592

2019

Le Traon, Pierre Yves, Reppucci, Antonio, Alvarez Fanjul, Enrique, Aouf, Lotfi, Behrens, Arno, Belmonte, Maria, Bentamy, Abderrahim, Bertino, Laurent, Brando, Vittorio Ernesto, Kreiner, Matilde Brandt, Benkiran, Mounir, Carval, Thierry, Ciliberti, Stefania A., Claustre, Hervé, Clementi, Emanuela, Coppini, Giovanni, Cossarini, Gianpiero, De Alfonso Alonso-Muñoyerro, Marta, Delamarche, Anne, Dibarboure, Gerald, Dinessen, Frode, Drevillon, Marie, Drillet, Yann, Faugere, Yannice, Fernández, Vicente, Fleming, Andrew , Garcia-Hermosa, M. Isabel, Sotillo, Marcos García, Garric, Gilles, Gasparin, Florent, Giordan, Cedric, Gehlen, Marion, Gregoire, Marilaure L., Guinehut, Stephanie, Hamon, Mathieu, Harris, Chris, Hernandez, Fabrice, Hinkler, Jørgen B., Hoyer, Jacob, Karvonen, Juha, Kay, Susan, King, Robert, Lavergne, Thomas, Lemieux-Dudon, Benedicte, Lima, Leonardo, Mao, Chongyuan, Martin, Matthew J., Masina, Simona, Melet, Angelique, Buongiorno Nardelli, Bruno, Nolan, Glenn, Pascual, Ananda, Pistoia, Jenny, Palazov, Atanas, Piolle, Jean Francois, Pujol, Marie Isabelle, Pequignet, Anne Christine, Peneva, Elisaveta, Pérez Gómez, Begoña, Petit de la Villeon, Loic, Pinardi, Nadia, Pisano, Andrea, Pouliquen, Sylvie, Reid, Rebecca, Remy, Elisabeth, Santoleri, Rosalia, Siddorn, John , She, Jun, Staneva, Joanna, Stoffelen, Ad, Tonani, Marina, Vandenbulcke, Luc, von Schuckmann, Karina, Volpe, Gianluca, Wettre, Cecilie, Zacharioudaki, Anna. (2019) From observation to information and users: The Copernicus Marine Service perspective. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 (). pp. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00234

Koubarakis, Manolis, Bereta, Konstantina, Bilidas, Dimitris, Giannousis, Konstantinos, Ioannidis, Theofilos, Pantazi, Despina-Athanasia, Stamoulis, George, Haridi, Seif, Vlassov, Vladimir, Bruzzone, Lorenzo, Paris, Claudia, Eltoft, Torbjørn, Krämer, Thomas, Charalabidis, Angelos, Karkaletsis, Vangelis, Konstantopoulos, Stasinos, Dowling, Jim, Kakantousis, Theofilos, Datcu, Mihai, Dumitru, Corneliu Octavian, Appel, Florian, Bach, Heike, Migdall, Silke, Hughes, Nick, Arthurs, David, Fleming, Andrew . (2019) From Copernicus Big Data to Extreme Earth Analytics. Open Proceedings, (). pp. 10.5441/002/edbt.2019.88

2018

Barnes, David K.A. , Fleming, Andrew , Sands, Chester J. , Quartino, Maria Liliana, Deregibus, Dolores. (2018) Icebergs, sea ice, blue carbon and Antarctic climate feedbacks. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376 (). pp. 10.1098/rsta.2017.0176

Bigg, Grant R., Cropper, T.E., O’Neill, Clare K., Arnold, Alex K., Fleming, Andrew H. , Marsh, R., Ivchenko, V., Fournier, Nicolas, Osborne, Mike, Stephens, Robin. (2018) A model for assessing iceberg hazard. Natural Hazards, 92 (). pp. 10.1007/s11069-018-3243-x

2017

Zakharov, Igor, Puestow, Thomas, Fleming, Andrew , Deepakumara, Janaka, Power, Desmond. (2017) Detection and discrimination of icebergs and ships using satellite altimetry. In: Soille, P., Loekken, S., Albani, S. (eds.). IEEE International Geoscience And Remote Sensing Symposium, , IEEE, pp.

2016

Black, Martin , Riley, Teal R. , Ferrier, Graham, Fleming, Andrew H. , Fretwell, Peter T. . (2016) Automated lithological mapping using airborne hyperspectral thermal infrared data: A case study from Anchorage Island, Antarctica. Remote Sensing of Environment, 176 (). pp. 10.1016/j.rse.2016.01.022

Hughes, Kevin A. , Ireland, Louise , Convey, Peter , Fleming, Andrew H. . (2016) Assessing the effectiveness of specially protected areas for conservation of Antarctica’s botanical diversity. Conservation Biology, 30 (). pp. 10.1111/cobi.12592

2015

Holland, P.R. , Brisbourne, A. , Corr, H.F.J., McGrath, D., Purdon, K., Paden, J., Fricker, H.A., Paolo, F.S., Fleming, A.H. . (2015) Oceanic and atmospheric forcing of Larsen C Ice-Shelf thinning. The Cryosphere, 9 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-9-1005-2015

Fretwell, P.T. , Phillips, R.A., Brooke, M. de L., Fleming, A.H. , McArthur, A.. (2015) Using the unique spectral signature of guano to identify unknown seabird colonies. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 156 (). pp. 10.1016/j.rse.2014.10.011

2014

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

Black, Martin , Fleming, Andrew , Riley, Teal , Ferrier, Graham, Fretwell, Peter , McFee, John, Achal, Stephen, Diaz, Alejandra Umana. (2014) On the Atmospheric Correction of Antarctic Airborne Hyperspectral Data. Remote Sensing, 6 (). pp. doi:10.3390/rs6054498

2013

Dutrieux, P. , Vaughan, D.G. , Corr, H.F.J., Jenkins, A. , Holland, P.R. , Joughin, I., Fleming, A.H. . (2013) Pine Island Glacier ice shelf melt distributed at kilometre scales. The Cryosphere, 7 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-7-1543-2013

2012

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

Murphy, E. J. , Watkins, J.L., Trathan, P.N. , Reid, K., Meredith, M.P. , Hill, S.L. , Thorpe, S.E. , Johnston, N.M. , Clarke, A. , Tarling, G.A. , Collins, M.A. , Forcada, J. , Atkinson, A., Ward, P., Staniland, I.J. , Pond, D.W., Cavanagh, R.A. , Shreeve, R.S., Korb, R.E., Whitehouse, M.J., Rodhouse, P.G., Enderlein, P., Hirst, A.G., Martin, A.R., Briggs, D.R., Cunningham, N.J., Fleming, A.H. . (2012) Spatial and Temporal Operation of the Scotia Sea Ecosystem. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch6

Seear, Paul J., Goodall-Copestake, William P. , Fleming, Andrew H. , Rosato, Ezio, Tarling, Geraint A. . (2012) Seasonal and spatial influences on gene expression in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 467 (). pp. doi:10.3354/meps09947

2011

Fretwell, Peter T. , Convey, Peter , Fleming, Andrew H. , Peat, Helen J. , Hughes, Kevin A. . (2011) Detecting and mapping vegetation distribution on the Antarctic Peninsula from remote sensing data. Polar Biology, 34 (). pp. 10.1007/s00300-010-0880-2

Hughes, Kevin A. , Fretwell, Peter , Rae, Joanna, Holmes, Keith, Fleming, Andrew . (2011) Untouched Antarctica: mapping a finite and diminishing environmental resource. Antarctic Science, 23 (). pp. 10.1017/S095410201100037X

Pritchard, Hamish D. , Luthcke, S.B., Fleming, Andrew H. . (2011) Understanding ice-sheet mass balance: progress in satellite altimetry and gravimetry. Journal of Glaciology, 56 (). pp. 10.3189/002214311796406194

2010

Beekmans, Bas W.P.M., Forcada, Jaume , Murphy, Eugene J. , De Baar, Hein J.W., Bathmann, Ulrich V., Fleming, Andrew H. . (2010) Generalised additive models to investigate environmental drivers of Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) spatial density in austral summer. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 11 (). pp. 10013/epic.36844

Peck, Lloyd S. , Barnes, David K.A. , Cook, Alison J., Fleming, Andrew H. , Clarke, Andrew . (2010) Negative feedback in the cold: ice retreat produces new carbon sinks in Antarctica. Global Change Biology, 16 (). pp. 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02071.x

2008

Atkinson, A., Siegel, V., Pakhomov, E.A., Rothery, P., Loeb, V., Ross, R.M., Quetin, L.B., Schmidt, K., Fretwell, P. , Murphy, E.J. , Tarling, G.A. , Fleming, A.H. . (2008) Oceanic circumpolar habitats of Antarctic krill. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 362 (). pp. doi:10.3354/meps07498

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 (). pp. 10.1016/j.rse.2008.07.006

Fleming, Andrew , Bowyer, Paul. (2008) Sat nav. Planet Earth, Spring 2008 (). pp.

Trathan, Phil N. , Bishop, C., Maclean, G., Brown, P., Fleming, Andrew , Collins, Martin Anthony . (2008) Linear tracks and restricted temperature ranges characterise penguin foraging pathways. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 370 (). pp. 10.3354/meps07638

2007

Murphy, E.J. , Watkins, J.L., Trathan, P.N. , Reid, K., Meredith, M.P. , Thorpe, S.E. , Johnston, N.M. , Clarke, A. , Tarling, G.A. , Collins, M.A. , Forcada, J. , Shreeve, R.S., Atkinson, A., Korb, R., Whitehouse, M.J., Ward, P., Rodhouse, P.G., Enderlein, P., Hirst, A.G., Martin, A.R., Hill, S.L. , Staniland, I.J. , Pond, D.W., Briggs, D.R., Cunningham, N.J., Fleming, A.H. . (2007) Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B), 362 (). pp. doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1957

2006

Warren, N.L., Trathan, P.N. , Forcada, J. , Fleming, A.H. , Jessopp, M.J.. (2006) Distribution of post-weaning Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella pups at South Georgia. Polar Biology, 29 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s00300-005-0037-x

2004

Fleming, A.H. , Korb, R.E.. (2004) A comparison of satellite and cruise chlorophyll-a measurements in the Scotia Sea, Antarctica. In: 2004 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium proceedings. Science for society: exploring and managing a changing planet Anchorage, Alaska, September 2004. IEEE Press.

2010

Wilkins Ice Shelf breakup video
Blog 18 June, 2010

Data links
Blog 12 March, 2010

Polar View links
Blog 7 January, 2010

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