Nicholas C. Coops

84 papers C 5Journal 75Unranked 4

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	J	`jnl`	Capturing constraints on boreal gross primary productivity using the remote sensing-based CAN-TG model. Ecol. Informatics Ramon Melser, Nicholas C. Coops, Michael A. Wulder, Chris Derksen, Sara H. Knox, Tongli Wang
2025	J	`jnl`	Cumulative and component impacts of the human footprint on remotely sensed biodiversity indicators using dissimilarity to high integrity reference states. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Evan R. Muise, Nicholas C. Coops, Christopher Mulverhill, Txomin Hermosilla, A. Cole Burton, Stephen S. Ban
2025	J	`jnl`	Estimating structure of understory bamboo for giant panda habitat by developing an advanced vertical vegetation classification approach using UAS-LiDAR data. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Xin Shen, Lin Cao, Yisheng Ma, Nicholas C. Coops, Evan R. Muise, Guibin Wang, Fuliang Cao
2025	J	`jnl`	Individual tree species prediction using airborne laser scanning data and derived point-cloud metrics within a dual-stream deep learning approach. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Brent Murray, Nicholas C. Coops, Joanne C. White, Adam Dick, Ignacio Barbeito, Ahmed Ragab
2025	J	`jnl`	Temporally Consistent Forest Stand Segmentation Using Landsat Imagery. IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett. Yinan Ye, Nicholas C. Coops, Txomin Hermosilla, Michael A. Wulder, Sarah E. Gergel
2025	J	`jnl`	The assessment of individual tree canopies using drone-based intra-canopy photogrammetry. Comput. Electron. Agric. Lukas G. Olson, Nicholas C. Coops, Guillaume Moreau, Richard C. Hamelin, Alexis Achim
2025	J	`jnl`	Uncovering intra-daily intertidal biofilm dynamics in a shorebird foraging hotspot with hourly UAV multispectral imagery acquisitions. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Tristan J. Douglas, Nicholas C. Coops, Mark C. Drever, Brian P. V. Hunt, Tara G. Martin, Robert W. Elner
2024	J	`jnl`	Benchmarking tree species classification from proximally-sensed laser scanning data: introducing the FOR-species20K dataset. CoRR Stefano Puliti, Emily R. Lines, Jana Müllerová, Julian Frey, Zoe Schindler, Adrian Straker, Matt Allen, Lukas Winiwarter, Nataliia Rehush, Hristina Hristova, Brent Murray, Kim Calders, Louise Terryn, Nicholas C. Coops, Bernhard Höfle, Samuli Junttila, Martin Krucek, Grzegorz Krok, Kamil Král, Shaun R. Levick, Linda Luck, Azim Missarov, Martin Mokros, Harry J. F. Owen, Krzysztof Sterenczak, Timo P. Pitkänen, Nicola Puletti, Ninni Saarinen, Chris Hopkinson, Chiara Torresan, Enrico Tomelleri, Hannah Weiser, Rasmus Astrup
2024	J	`jnl`	Extraction of Forest Road Information from CubeSat Imagery Using Convolutional Neural Networks. Remote. Sens. Lukas Winiwarter, Nicholas C. Coops, Alex Bastyr, Jean-Romain Roussel, Daisy Q. R. Zhao, Clayton T. Lamb, Adam T. Ford
2023	J	`jnl`	An automated approach to detecting instream wood using airborne laser scanning in small coastal streams. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Spencer Dakin Kuiper, Nicholas C. Coops, Lukas R. Jarron, Piotr Tompalski, Joanne C. White
2023	J	`jnl`	Vectorial and topologically valid segmentation of forestry road networks from ALS data. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Jean-Romain Roussel, Jean-François Bourdon, Ilythia D. Morley, Nicholas C. Coops, Alexis Achim
2022	J	`jnl`	An open science and open data approach for the statistically robust estimation of forest disturbance areas. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Saverio Francini, Ronald E. McRoberts, Giovanni D'Amico, Nicholas C. Coops, Txomin Hermosilla, Joanne C. White, Michael A. Wulder, Marco Marchetti, Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Gherardo Chirici
2022	J	`jnl`	Correction, update, and enhancement of vectorial forestry road maps using ALS data, a pathfinder, and seven metrics. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Jean-Romain Roussel, Jean-François Bourdon, Ilythia D. Morley, Nicholas C. Coops, Alexis Achim
2022	J	`jnl`	Forest Change Detection in Lidar Data Based on Polar Change Vector Analysis. IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett. Daniele Marinelli, Nicholas C. Coops, Douglas K. Bolton, Lorenzo Bruzzone
2022	J	`jnl`	SUREHYP: An Open Source Python Package for Preprocessing Hyperion Radiance Data and Retrieving Surface Reflectance. Sensors Thomas Miraglio, Nicholas C. Coops
2022	J	`jnl`	SnowWarp: An open science and open data tool for daily monitoring of snow dynamics. Environ. Model. Softw. Gaia Vaglio Laurin, Saverio Francini, Daniele Penna, Giulia Zuecco, Gherardo Chirici, Ethan E. Berman, Nicholas C. Coops, Giulio Castelli, Elena Bresci, Federico Preti, Riccardo Valentini
2022	J	`jnl`	Species Classification of Automatically Delineated Regenerating Conifer Crowns Using RGB and Near-Infrared UAV Imagery. IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett. Andrew J. Chadwick, Nicholas C. Coops, Christopher W. Bater, Lee A. Martens, Barry White
2022	C	`conf`	Surehyp: A Python Package To Retrieve Surface Reflectance From Hyperion Imagery. IGARSS T. Miraglia, Nicholas C. Coops
2021	J	`jnl`	Characterizing Off-Highway Road Use with Remote-Sensing, Social Media and Crowd-Sourced Data: An Application to Grizzly Bear (Ursus Arctos) Habitat. Remote. Sens. Sean P. Kearney, Terrence A. Larsen, Tristan R. H. Goodbody, Nicholas C. Coops, Gordon B. Stenhouse
2021	J	`jnl`	Estimation of Vertical Fuel Layers in Tree Crowns Using High Density LiDAR Data. Remote. Sens. Jeremy Arkin, Nicholas C. Coops, Lori D. Daniels, Andrew Plowright
2021	J	`jnl`	Mapping dynamic peri-urban land use transitions across Canada using Landsat time series: Spatial and temporal trends and associations with socio-demographic factors. Comput. Environ. Urban Syst. Agatha Czekajlo, Nicholas C. Coops, Michael A. Wulder, Txomin Hermosilla, Joanne C. White, Matilda van den Bosch
2021	J	`jnl`	Monitoring the Structure of Regenerating Vegetation Using Drone-Based Digital Aerial Photogrammetry. Remote. Sens. Rik J. G. Nuijten, Nicholas C. Coops, Catherine Watson, Dustin Theberge
2021	J	`jnl`	Species and stand-age driven differences in photochemical reflectance index and light use efficiency across four temperate forests. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Shangrong Lin, Nicholas C. Coops, Riccardo Tortini, Wen Jia, Zoran Nesic, Eric Beamesderfer, M. Altaf Arain, Jing Li, Qinhuo Liu
2021	J	`jnl`	Towards analysis ready data of optical CubeSat images: Demonstrating a hierarchical normalization framework at a wetland site. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Zhan Li, Daniel Scheffler, Nicholas C. Coops, Nicholas R. Leach, Torsten Sachs
2020	J	`jnl`	Automatic Delineation and Height Measurement of Regenerating Conifer Crowns under Leaf-Off Conditions Using UAV Imagery. Remote. Sens. Andrew J. Chadwick, Tristan R. H. Goodbody, Nicholas C. Coops, Anne Hervieux, Christopher W. Bater, Lee A. Martens, Barry White, Dominik Röeser
2020	J	`jnl`	Forest Inventory and Diversity Attribute Modelling Using Structural and Intensity Metrics from Multi-Spectral Airborne Laser Scanning Data. Remote. Sens. Tristan R. H. Goodbody, Piotr Tompalski, Nicholas C. Coops, Chris Hopkinson, Paul M. Treitz, Karin Y. Van Ewijk
2020	J	`jnl`	Maintaining accurate, current, rural road network data: An extraction and updating routine using RapidEye, participatory GIS and deep learning. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Sean P. Kearney, Nicholas C. Coops, Simran Sethi, Gordon B. Stenhouse
2020	J	`jnl`	Retrieving Foliar Traits of Quercus garryana var. garryana across a Modified Landscape Using Leaf Spectroscopy and LiDAR. Remote. Sens. Paul W. Hacker, Nicholas C. Coops, Philip A. Townsend, Zhihui Wang
2020	J	`jnl`	The urban greenness score: A satellite-based metric for multi-decadal characterization of urban land dynamics. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Agatha Czekajlo, Nicholas C. Coops, Michael A. Wulder, Txomin Hermosilla, Yuhao Lu, Joanne C. White, Matilda van den Bosch
2020	J	`jnl`	Tree species classification using UAS-based digital aerial photogrammetry point clouds and multispectral imageries in subtropical natural forests. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Zhong Xu, Xin Shen, Lin Cao, Nicholas C. Coops, Tristan R. H. Goodbody, Tai Zhong, Weidong Zhao, Qinglei Sun, Sang Ba, Zhengnan Zhang, Xiangqian Wu
2020	J	`jnl`	Update and spatial extension of strategic forest inventories using time series remote sensing and modeling. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Chen Shang, Nicholas C. Coops, Michael A. Wulder, Joanne C. White, Txomin Hermosilla
2020	J	`jnl`	Variations in grizzly bear habitat selection in relation to the daily and seasonal availability of annual plant-food resources. Ecol. Informatics Cameron J. R. McClelland, Nicholas C. Coops, Sean P. Kearney, A. Cole Burton, Scott E. Nielsen, Gordon B. Stenhouse
2019	J	`jnl`	Assessing spectral measures of post-harvest forest recovery with field plot data. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Joanne C. White, Ninni Saarinen, Michael A. Wulder, Ville Kankare, Txomin Hermosilla, Nicholas C. Coops, Markus Holopainen, Juha Hyyppä, Mikko Vastaranta
2019	J	`jnl`	Challenges of Multi-Temporal and Multi-Sensor Forest Growth Analyses in a Highly Disturbed Boreal Mixedwood Forests. Remote. Sens. Piotr Tompalski, Joseph Rakofsky, Nicholas C. Coops, Joanne C. White, Alexander N. V. Graham, Kyle Rosychuk
2019	J	`jnl`	Evaluation of Ground Surface Models Derived from Unmanned Aerial Systems with Digital Aerial Photogrammetry in a Disturbed Conifer Forest. Remote. Sens. Alexander Graham, Nicholas C. Coops, Michael J. Wilcox, Andrew Plowright
2019	J	`jnl`	Examining the Multi-Seasonal Consistency of Individual Tree Segmentation on Deciduous Stands Using Digital Aerial Photogrammetry (DAP) and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Remote. Sens. Rik J. G. Nuijten, Nicholas C. Coops, Tristan R. H. Goodbody, Gaetan Pelletier
2019	J	`jnl`	Fine-Scale Spatial and Spectral Clustering of UAV-Acquired Digital Aerial Photogrammetric (DAP) Point Clouds for Individual Tree Crown Detection and Segmentation. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens. J. Maxwell M. Yancho, Nicholas C. Coops, Piotr Tompalski, Tristan R. H. Goodbody, Andrew Plowright
2019	J	`jnl`	Normalization method for multi-sensor high spatial and temporal resolution satellite imagery with radiometric inconsistencies. Comput. Electron. Agric. Nicholas R. Leach, Nicholas C. Coops, Nikola Obrknezev
2019	J	`jnl`	Quantifying local fire regimes using the Landsat data-archive: a conceptual framework to derive detailed fire pattern metrics from pixel-level information. Int. J. Digit. Earth Ignacio San-Miguel, David W. Andison, Nicholas C. Coops
2018	J	`jnl`	A National Assessment of Wetland Status and Trends for Canada's Forested Ecosystems Using 33 Years of Earth Observation Satellite Data. Remote. Sens. Michael A. Wulder, Zhan Li, Elizabeth M. Campbell, Joanne C. White, Geordie Hobart, Txomin Hermosilla, Nicholas C. Coops
2018	C	`conf`	An Unsupervised Change Detection Method for Lidar Data in Forest Areas Based on Change Vector Analysis in the Polar Domain. IGARSS Daniele Marinelli, Nicholas C. Coops, Douglas K. Bolton, Lorenzo Bruzzone
2018	J	`jnl`	Combining Multi-Date Airborne Laser Scanning and Digital Aerial Photogrammetric Data for Forest Growth and Yield Modelling. Remote. Sens. Piotr Tompalski, Nicholas C. Coops, Peter L. Marshall, Joanne C. White, Michael A. Wulder, Todd Bailey
2018	J	`jnl`	Determining Optimal Video Length for the Estimation of Building Height through Radial Displacement Measurement from Space. ISPRS Int. J. Geo Inf. Andrew Plowright, Riccardo Tortini, Nicholas C. Coops
2018	J	`jnl`	Reply to Vauhkonen: Comment on Tompalski et al. Combining Multi-Date Airborne Laser Scanning and Digital Aerial Photogrammetric Data for Forest Growth and Yield Modelling. Remote. Sens. Piotr Tompalski, Nicholas C. Coops, Peter L. Marshall, Joanne C. White, Michael A. Wulder, Todd Bailey
2018	J	`jnl`	Updating stand-level forest inventories using airborne laser scanning and Landsat time series data. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Douglas K. Bolton, Joanne C. White, Michael A. Wulder, Nicholas C. Coops, Txomin Hermosilla, Xiaoping Yuan
2018	J	`jnl`	Vegetation Phenology Driving Error Variation in Digital Aerial Photogrammetrically Derived Terrain Models. Remote. Sens. Tristan R. H. Goodbody, Nicholas C. Coops, Txomin Hermosilla, Piotr Tompalski, Gaetan Pelletier
2017	J	`jnl`	A Phenological Approach to Spectral Differentiation of Low-Arctic Tundra Vegetation Communities, North Slope, Alaska. Remote. Sens. Alison Leslie Beamish, Nicholas C. Coops, Sabine Chabrillat, Birgit Heim
2017	C	`conf`	A space-time data cube: Multi-temporal forest structure maps from landsat and lidar. IGARSS Giona Matasci, Txomin Hermosilla, Michael A. Wulder, Joanne C. White, Geordie W. Hobart, Harold S. J. Zald, Nicholas C. Coops
2017	J	`jnl`	Characterizing spatial-temporal patterns of landscape disturbance and recovery in western Alberta, Canada using a functional data analysis approach and remotely sensed data. Ecol. Informatics Mathieu L. Bourbonnais, Trisalyn A. Nelson, Gordon B. Stenhouse, Michael A. Wulder, Joanne C. White, Geordie Hobart, Txomin Hermosilla, Nicholas C. Coops, Farouk S. Nathoo, Chris Darimont
2017	—	`conf`	Chronicling urbanization and vegetation changes using annual gap free Landsat composites from 1984 to 2012. JURSE Yuhao Lu, Nicholas C. Coops, Txomin Hermosilla
2017	J	`jnl`	Modeling Gross Primary Production for Sunlit and Shaded Canopies Across an Evergreen and a Deciduous Site in Canada. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. Yanlian Zhou, Thomas Hilker, Weimin Ju, Nicholas C. Coops, Thomas Andrew Black, Jing M. Chen, Xiaocui Wu
2017	J	`jnl`	Regional mapping of vegetation structure for biodiversity monitoring using airborne lidar data. Ecol. Informatics Xuan Guo, Nicholas C. Coops, Piotr Tompalski, Scott E. Nielsen, Christopher W. Bater, J. John Stadt
2017	J	`jnl`	Updating Landsat time series of surface-reflectance composites and forest change products with new observations. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Txomin Hermosilla, Michael A. Wulder, Joanne C. White, Nicholas C. Coops, Geordie Hobart
2016	J	`jnl`	Characterization of spatial relationships between three remotely sensed indirect indicators of biodiversity and climate: a 21years' data series review across the Canadian boreal forest. Int. J. Digit. Earth Liliana Pérez, Trisalyn A. Nelson, Nicholas C. Coops, Fabio Fontana, C. Ronnie Drever
2016	J	`jnl`	Effect of topographic correction on forest change detection using spectral trend analysis of Landsat pixel-based composites. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Curtis M. Chance, Txomin Hermosilla, Nicholas C. Coops, Michael A. Wulder, Joanne C. White
2016	J	`jnl`	In Memorium: Thomas Hilker. Remote. Sens. Alexei I. Lyapustin, Nicholas C. Coops, Forrest G. Hall, Compton J. Tucker, Piers J. Sellers, Lênio Soares Galvão, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Aragão, Liana O. Anderson, Caroline J. Nichol, Richard H. Waring
2016	J	`jnl`	Integrating volunteered smartphone data with multispectral remote sensing to estimate forest fuels. Int. J. Digit. Earth Colin J. Ferster, Nicholas C. Coops
2016	J	`jnl`	Mass data processing of time series Landsat imagery: pixels to data products for forest monitoring. Int. J. Digit. Earth Txomin Hermosilla, Michael A. Wulder, Joanne C. White, Nicholas C. Coops, Geordie Hobart, Lorraine B. Campbell
2016	J	`jnl`	Regional assessment of pan-Pacific urban environments over 25 years using annual gap free Landsat data. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Yuhao Lu, Nicholas C. Coops, Txomin Hermosilla
2016	J	`jnl`	Satellite-observed changes in terrestrial vegetation growth trends across the Asia-Pacific region associated with land cover and climate from 1982 to 2011. Int. J. Digit. Earth Baozhang Chen, Guang Xu, Nicholas C. Coops, Philippe Ciais, Ranga B. Myneni
2016	J	`jnl`	Tree species classification in subtropical forests using small-footprint full-waveform LiDAR data. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Lin Cao, Nicholas C. Coops, John L. Innes, Jinsong Dai, Honghua Ruan, Guanghui She
2016	J	`jnl`	Using Remotely-Sensed Land Cover and Distribution Modeling to Estimate Tree Species Migration in the Pacific Northwest Region of North America. Remote. Sens. Nicholas C. Coops, Richard H. Waring, Andrew Plowright, Joanna Lee, Thomas E. Dilts
2015	J	`jnl`	Detecting forest damage after a low-severity fire using remote sensing at multiple scales. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation John T. T. R. Arnett, Nicholas C. Coops, Lori D. Daniels, Robert W. Falls
2015	—	`conf`	Evaluating the health of urban forests using airborne LiDAR. JURSE Andrew A. Plowright, Nicholas C. Coops, Neal W. Aven
2015	J	`jnl`	Integrating optical satellite data and airborne laser scanning in habitat classification for wildlife management. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Wiebe Nijland, Nicholas C. Coops, Scott E. Nielsen, Gordon B. Stenhouse
2015	J	`jnl`	Remote sensing and object-based techniques for mapping fine-scale industrial disturbances. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Ryan P. Powers, Txomin Hermosilla, Nicholas C. Coops, Gang Chen
2015	J	`jnl`	Technological Advancement in Tower-Based Canopy Reflectance Monitoring: The AMSPEC-III System. Sensors Riccardo Tortini, Thomas Hilker, Nicholas C. Coops, Zoran Nesic
2015	J	`jnl`	Using Stochastic Ray Tracing to Simulate a Dense Time Series of Gross Primary Productivity. Remote. Sens. Martin van Leeuwen, Nicholas C. Coops, Thomas Andrew Black
2014	J	`jnl`	Using Small-Footprint Discrete and Full-Waveform Airborne LiDAR Metrics to Estimate Total Biomass and Biomass Components in Subtropical Forests. Remote. Sens. Lin Cao, Nicholas C. Coops, Txomin Hermosilla, John L. Innes, Jinsong Dai, Guanghui She
2013	J	`jnl`	A review of earth observation using mobile personal communication devices. Comput. Geosci. Colin J. Ferster, Nicholas C. Coops
2013	J	`jnl`	Augmenting forest inventory attributes with geometric optical modelling in support of regional susceptibility assessments to bark beetle infestations. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation Sam B. Coggins, Nicholas C. Coops, Thomas Hilker, Michael A. Wulder
2013	J	`jnl`	Towards the Operational Use of Satellite Hyperspectral Image Data for Mapping Nutrient Status and Fertilizer Requirements in Australian Plantation Forests. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens. Neil C. Sims, Darius Culvenor, Glenn J. Newnham, Nicholas C. Coops, Peter Hopmans
2011	—	`conf`	Classification of residential building architectural typologies using LiDAR. JURSE Thoreau Rory Tooke, Michael vanderLaan, Nicholas C. Coops, Andreas Christen, Ronald W. Kellett
2011	J	`jnl`	Stability of Sample-Based Scanning-LiDAR-Derived Vegetation Metrics for Forest Monitoring. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. Christopher W. Bater, Michael A. Wulder, Nicholas C. Coops, Ross F. Nelson, Thomas Hilker, Erik Nasset
2009	J	`jnl`	An environmental domain classification of Canada using earth observation data for biodiversity assessment. Ecol. Informatics Nicholas C. Coops, Michael A. Wulder, Donald Iwanicka
2009	J	`jnl`	Analysis on the Use of Multiple Returns LiDAR Data for the Estimation of Tree Stems Volume. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens. Michele Dalponte, Nicholas C. Coops, Lorenzo Bruzzone, Damiano Gianelle
2009	J	`jnl`	Evaluating error associated with lidar-derived DEM interpolation. Comput. Geosci. Christopher W. Bater, Nicholas C. Coops
2009	J	`jnl`	Understanding of Coupled Terrestrial Carbon, Nitrogen and Water Dynamics - An Overview. Sensors Baozhang Chen, Nicholas C. Coops
2008	—	`conf`	Relating a Spectral Index from MODIS and Tower-Based Measurements to Ecosystem Light Use Efficiency for a Fluxnet-Canada Coniferous Forest. IGARSS (2) Elizabeth M. Middleton, Yen-Ben Cheng, Thomas Hilker, Nicholas C. Coops, Karl Fred Huemmrich, Thomas Andrew Black, Praveena Krishnan
2007	J	`jnl`	An Efficient Protocol to Process Landsat Images for Change Detection With Tasselled Cap Transformation. IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett. Tian Han, Michael A. Wulder, Joanne C. White, Nicholas C. Coops, María Flor Álvarez-Taboada, Chris Butson
2004	C	`conf`	Predicting Sphaeropsis sapinea damage on Pinus radiata stands from CASI-2 using spectral mixture analysis. IGARSS Nicholas C. Coops, Nicholas Goodwin, Christine Stone
2003	J	`jnl`	Prediction of eucalypt foliage nitrogen content from satellite-derived hyperspectral data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. Nicholas C. Coops, Marie-Louise Smith, Mary E. Martin, Scott V. Ollinger
2002	C	`conf`	Predicting eucalypt biochemistry from HYPERION and HYMAP imagery. IGARSS Nicholas C. Coops, Marie-Louise Smith, Mary E. Martin, Scott V. Ollinger, Alex Held
2001	J	`jnl`	Development of daily spatial heat unit mapping from monthly climatic surfaces for the Australian continent. Int. J. Geogr. Inf. Sci. Nicholas C. Coops, Andrew Loughhead, Philip Ryan, Ron Hutton