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20 February 2002:
Australian Financial Review: Small but smart, software firms are aiming high. Download...


4 June 2002:
Sydney Morning Herald: Radar Revolution. Download...


06 June 2002:
DCITA: BITS incubators one year on Hatching some great ideas. Download...

October 2002:

Delirrah: Forging Alliances. Download...

Press Releases

17 October 2001:
Media Release from AIIA: Securing Australia’s Future with Smart Solutions. Download...

18 October 2001:
Media release: NT Salinity Specialist win AIIA iAward. Download…

18 September 2002:
Media Release from MHR, Member for Solomon David Tollner. Download...

9 February 2004:

Media release from Minister for Business and Industry Paul Henderson. Download...

9 February 2004:
Media release from Minister for Business and Industry Paul Henderson. Download...

12 February 2004:
Media release: GecOz signs MOA with DSTO. Download...


Publications

Bartolo, R.E., Menges, C.H., Phinn, S.R. and Hill, G.J.E., (submitted)
“A Spatial Statistic to Optimise the Size and Location of Field Sampling Sites: 2. Sensitivity to Wavelength, Polarisation and Spatial Resolution”, Remote Sensing Environment.

Bartolo, R.E., Menges, C.H., Bell, D., Phinn, S.R., and Hill, G.J.E. (2002)
“An Examination of a SAR Sensor for Quantifying Melaleuca Biomass on a Tropical Floodplain in Northern Australia”, 11th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, Brisbane, 2-6 September. Download…

Bartolo, R.E., and Hill, G.J.E., (2001)
“Remote sensing and GIS technologies as a decision-making tool for indigenous land management (A case study from northern Australia), Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor, Vol 9. Download…

Bartolo, R.E., Forner, J., Bell, D., Menges, C.H. and Hill, G.J.E. (2001)
The Fusion of Polarimetric AirSAR Data with Digital Aerial Photography to Improve Aquatic Macrophyte Classification in a Tropical Reservoir. Proceedings of the IEEE Intenational Geosciece and Remote Sensing Symposium, Sydney, 9-13 July.

Bartolo, R. E., Menges, C. H., Hill, G. J. E. and Bell, D. (2000)
A Remote Sensing Framework for the Management of Australian Tropical Wetlands. Proceedings of the 39th Annual congress of the Australian Society for Limnology (Incorporating the inaugural Australian Welands Forum), Darwin, NT Australia, 7-10 July.

Bartolo, R.E., Bell, D., Pfitzner, K., Menges, C., Hill, G.J.E., Ahmad, W., Hosking, J., and Astondoa, E. (2000)
Current Research and Future Directions for Costal Remote Sensing in Northern Australia. Proceedings of the 6th International conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Charleston, South Carolina, 1-3 May.

Bartolo, R.E., Menges, C., Bell, D., and Hill, G.J.E. (2000)
Wetland Mapping in Northern Australia Using SAR. Proceedings of the 6th International conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Charleston, South Carolina, 1-3 May.



Bartolo, R.E., Hill, G.J.E., and Devonport, C.C., (1999)
"The Use of Remotely Sensed Data to Map the Geomorphology of a Tropical Lowland Swamp", 4th North Australian Remote Sensing and GIS Conference, Northern Territory University, Darwin.

Bell, D. (2002)
Measuring Soil Salinity Using Airborne Multi-Frequency Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar and its Application to the North Australian Tropical Coastal Wetlands. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Science Information Technology and Education, Northern Territory University, Darwin, Australia.

Bell, D., Menges, C. H., Ahmad, W., and vanZyl, J.J. (2001)
The Application of Dielectric Retrieval Algorithms for Mapping Soil Salinity in a Tropical Coastal Environment Using Airborne Polarimetric SAR. Remote Sensing of Environment, 75 (3). pp. 375-384.

Bell, D., Menges, C. H. and Bartolo, R. E. (2001)
Assessing the Extent of Saltwater Intrusion in a Tropical Coastal Environment Using Radar and Optical Remote Sensing. Geocarto, 16 (3). pp. 45-52. Download...

Bell, D., Menges, C.H. and Bartolo, R.E. (2001)
Mapping the Extent of Saltwater Intrusion in the Mary River Catchment Using SAR and ETM Data Fusion. Proceedings of the 5 th NARGIS (North Australian Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems) conference, NTU, NT. 3-5 July.

Bell, D., Menges, C.H., Bartolo, R.E., Ahmad, W. and vanZyl, J.J. (2001)
A Multistage Approach to Mapping Soil Salinity in a Tropical Coastal Environment Using Airborne SAR and Landsat TM Data. Proceedings of the IEEE Intenational Geosciece and Remote Sensing Symposium, Sydney, 9-13 July.

Bell, D., Crerar, J. (2000)
Introductory Remote Sensing and GIS for Schools, CD-ROM, Published by NTU, ISBN: 1 876248 53X

Bell, D., Menges, C.H., Bartolo, R.E., Ahmad, W., and vanZyl, J.J. (2000)
A Preliminary Investigation into the Use of SAR and TM Data Fusion for Mapping Saltwater Intrusion. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Remote Sensing Photogrammetry Conference, Adelaide Australia, 21-25 August, #1213.

Bell, D., Menges, C., Ahmad, W and vanZyl, J.J. (2000)
Vegetation Correction of AirSAR Data for Mapping Soil Salinity in a Tropical Coastal Environment. Proceedings of the 39th Annual congress of the Australian Society for Limnology (Incorporating the inaugural Australian Welands Forum), Darwin, NT Australia, 7-10 July.



Bell, D., vanZyl, J. J., Menges, C. H. and Ahmad, W. (1999)
An Evaluation of Dielectric Algorithms in the Tropical Savannas. Proceedings of 4th North Australian Remote Sensing and GIS Conference (NARGIS). Darwin, Australia, 28-30 June. CD-ROM #30.

Forner, J., Atkinson, T., Avalon, K., Blanasi, D., Bolgi, P., Dewar, J., Hall, M., Kelly, T., Kalakala W., Lane, F., Lane, N., Long, H., Miller, R., Pamkal, M., Willika, W.,and Whitehead, P.J. (2002) Traditional didjeridu harvesting on Jawoyn land, Northern Territory. Report to Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia.

Forner, J., Atkinson, T., Avalon, K., Blanasi, D., Bolgi, P., Dewar, J., Hall, M., Kelly, T., Kalakala W., Lane, F., Lane, N., Long, H., Miller, R., Pamkal, M., Willika, W.,and Whitehead, P.J. (2002) Trial commercial harvests of native plants by Aboriginal communities in the Top End of the Northern Territory:7. Eucalyptus phoenicia and didjeridu fabrication, Report to Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.

Forner, J. (1999)
Harvesting of Eucalyptus phoenicea for didjeridu production: use of remote sensing and GIS to map a cultural and natural resource. B.Sc. (Hons) Thesis. Faculty of Science, Information Technology and Education, Northern Territory University, Darwin.

Forner, J. (2003)
Zwischen Tradition und Massenfertigung von Didjeridus (Between tradition and mass production of didjeridus).in David Lindner (ed)Das Didgeridoo Phanomen.

Jenkinson, K.R., Bell, D., Bartolo, R.E., Forner, J. and Beach, K. (2001)
Using Airborne Radar to Produce Soil Salinity Hazard Maps. Proceedings of the Earth Resources Foundation and Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, Surface Mapping using Geophysics, University of Sydney, Australia, 30 November.



Jenkinson, K.R., Bell, D., Bartolo, R.E., Forner, J. and Beach, K. (2001)
Producing Salinity Hazard Maps from Airborne Radar. Proceedings of the Australia-China (Hebei) Environmental Technology and Equipment Symposium, Hebei, China, 16-19 October.

Menges, C. H., Bartolo, R.E., S. R. Phinn, S. R. and S. R. Hill, G.J.E., (submitted)
“A Spatial Statistic to Optimise the Size and Location of Field Sampling Sites: 1. Outline and Analysis of Sensitivity to Test Patterns”, Remote Sensing Environment.

Menges, C.H., Bartolo, R.E., Phinn, S.R, and Hill, G.J.E., (2002)
“A Spatial Statistic to Determine Appropriate Field Sampling Size for Linking Image and Field Data”, Proceedings of the 11th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, Brisbane, Australia, September 2-6, pp 901-911.

Menges, C.H., Bell, D. and Hill, G.J.E., (2001)
Is Double the Resolution Twice as Good? Proceedings of the IEEE Intenational Geosciece and Remote Sensing Symposium, Sydney, 9-13 July.

Menges, C.H. and Bartolo, R.E. (2001)
“Integrating Remotely Sensed and Ancillary Data in an Expert Classifier”, Proceedings of the 5th North Australian Remote Sensing and GIS Conference, Darwin, Australia, 3-5 July.

Menges, C. H., Bell, D., van Zyl, J. J., Ahmad, W., and Hill, G. J. E., (2000)
Image Classifcation of AirSAR Data to Delineate Vegetation Communities in the Tropical Savannas of Northern Australia. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Remote Sensing Photogrammetry Conference, Adelaide Australia, 21-25 August, #1286.

Thomas, D., Eamus, D., and Bell, D., (1999)
Optimization theory of stomatal behaviour. I. A critical evaluation of five methods of calculation, Journal of Experimental Botany 50, 385-392.

Thomas, D., Eamus, D., and Bell, D., (1999)
Optimization theory of stomatal behaviour. II. Stomatal responses of several tree species of north Australia to changes in light, soil, atmospheric water content and temperature, Journal of Experimental Botany 50, 393-400.

Thomas, D., Eamus, D., and Bell, D. (1997)
Application of stomatal optimisation theory to Australian native tropical savanna tree species, Australian Society of Plant Physiology conference, Melbourne, 29/9 - 2/10.






 

 

 

 

 
 

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