Peter Fearns
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Curtin University
Australia
Biography
Dr. Fearns has over 18 years experience in physics and remote sensing science. His work has recently focussed on ocean colour remote sensing and in-water optical processes, reef and coastal habitat mapping, dredge plume monitoring, bush fire detection, and airborne vegetation mapping. He is a member of the Curtin University’s Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group. The group has expertise in field-based collection of optical and biogeochemical validation data, processing and analysis of aircraft and space-based remotely sensed data, reception and management of direct broadcast data, and processing of very large data sets using High Performance Computing facilities. The group has a long history of modelling and algorithm development in atmospheric, land and ocean remote sensing. Dr. Fearns has been involved in all aspects of the Group’s research.
Research Interest
Optics
Publications
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Dorji, P., and P. Fearns. 2016. "A quantitative comparison of total suspended sediment algorithms: A case study of the last decade for MODIS and landsat-based sensors." Remote Sensing 8 (10)
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Dorji, P., P. Fearns, and M. Broomhall. 2016. "A semi-analytic model for estimating total suspended sediment concentration in turbid coastal waters of northern Western Australia using MODIS-Aqua 250 m data." Remote Sensing 8 (7)
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Dorji, P., and P. Fearns. 2017. "Impact of the spatial resolution of satellite remote sensing sensors in the quantification of total suspended sediment concentration: A case study in turbid waters of Northern Western Australia." PLoS ONE 12 (4)
