Area of Interest
Multi-angular remote sensing; Development of SAR applications; Hyperspectral
and High Resolution Remote Sensing; Investigation into scale, resolution
& data fusion issues for remote sensing applications; Coastal and Wetland
monitoring and management; Forest and Fire applications.
Education
· Ph.D., Remote Sensing, 2001, Northern Territory University,
NT, Australia. Thesis Title: "Image processing of multi-frequency polarimetric
AirSAR data to characterise the vegetation communities of the tropical
savannas in northern Australia"
· Graduate Diploma in Science, 1996, Northern Territory University,
NT, Australia. PAWA Award Prize for Excellence - Third Year Remote Sensing
· Bachelor of Education, 1992, Edith Cowan University, WA, Australia
· Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education (Mathematics, Computer Studies), 1991
Edith Cowan University, WA, Australia
Professional Experience
· 11\2003 – present Post Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Geography,
University of Toronto Global mapping of vegetation clumping index using
multi-angular satellite data.
· 3\2000 – 3\2003 Research Associate, NTU, Darwin, Australia
Employed to conduct research under a government funded project: "Integration
of Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Data at Multiple Scales for
Monitoring Environmental Indicators". (NTU, UQ, DLPE and JPL/NASA).
· 3\1998 – 7\1999 Part Time Lecturer, NTU, Darwin, NT Lecturing
in Remote Sensing and supervision of tutorials, Providing support for
undergraduate and postgraduate research projects in Remote Sensing.
· 3\1997 – 3\2000 P/T Research Associate, NTU, Darwin, NT Carrying
out and documenting research in collaboration with other staff and in
collaboration with external research bodies. Preparation of research
funding proposals; Tutoring and occasional presentation of lectures
for Remote Sensing units.
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles (to be published)
Menges, C. H., Bartolo, R. E., Bell, D., and Hill, G. J. E., (submitted),
The Effect of Savanna Fires on SAR Backscatter in Northern Australia,
International Journal of Remote Sensing.
Menges, C. H., Bartolo, R.,Phinn, S. R., and Hill, G. J. E., (to be
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 of Environment.
Bartolo, R., Menges, C. H., Phinn, S. R., and Hill, G. J. E., (to be
submitted), A Spatial Statistic to Optimise the Size and Location of
Field Sampling Sites: 2. Sensitivity to Wavelength, Polarisation and
Spatial Resolution, Remote Sensing of Environment.
Refereed Journal Articles
Menges, C.H., Hill, G.J.E., Ahmad, W., and Van Zyl, J. J, (2001), Incidence
Angle Correction of AirSAR Data to Facilitate Land Cover Classification,
Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 67, 4, 479-489.
Menges, C.H., Hill, G.J.E., and Ahmad, W. (2001), Use of Airborne Video
Data for the Characterisation of Tropical Savannas in Northern Australia:
The Optimal Spatial Resolution for Remote Sensing Applications, International
Journal of Remote Sensing, 22, 5, 727-740.
Menges, C.H., Van Zyl, J. J., Ahmad, W., and Hill, G.J.E., (2001),
A Procedure for the Correction of the Effect of Variation in Local Incidence
Angle on AIRSAR Data, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22, 5,
829-841.
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, 45-52.
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, 375-384.
Phinn, S.R., Menges, C.H., Hill, G.J.E. and Stanford, M., (2000), Optimising
Remotely Sensed Solutions for Monitoring, Modelling and Managing Coastal
Environments, Remote Sensing of Environment, 73, 117-132.
Menges C.H., Hill G.J.E., and Ahmad W., (1998), Landsat TM Data and
Potential Feeding Grounds for Threatened Marine Turtle Species in Northern
Australia, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19, 6, 1207-1221.
Ahmad, W., Hill, G.J.E., O'Grady, A., and Menges, C.H., (1998), Use
of Multispectral Scanner Data for the Identification and Mapping of
Tropical Forests of Northern Australia, Asian-Pacific Remote Sensing
Journal, 11, 1, 13-22.
Menges C.H., Ahmad W., Khwaja Z.H., and Hill G.J.E., (1996), Merging
Minimum Distance to Mean and Maximum Likelihood Algorithms for Classifying
Mimosa Pigra in Northern Australia, Asian-Pacific Remote Sensing Journal,
9, 1, 51-59.
Conference Papers
Menges C.H., Bach, C., and Hosking, J., (2001), Land Cover Discrimination
In a Wetland Environment Using TopSAR Data, Proc. IEEE International
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Sydney, Australia,
July 9-13, CD-Rom #1409.
Menges C.H., Bell, D., and Hill, G. J.E. (2001), Is Double the Resolution
Twice as Good?, Proc. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Symposium (IGARSS), Sydney, Australia, July 9-13, CD-Rom #1945.
Bell, D., Menges, C.H., Bartolo, R., Ahmad, W., and van Zyl, J. J.,
(2001), A Multistaged Approach to Mapping Soil Salinity in a Tropical
Coastal Environment Using Airborne SAR and Landsat TM Data, Proc. IEEE
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Sydney,
Australia, July 9-13, CD-Rom #1309.
Bartolo, R., Bell, D., Menges, C.H., Forner, J., 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,
Proc. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Sydney, Australia, July 9-13, CD-Rom #1412
Phinn, S. R. Scarth, P. and Stanford, M., Menges, C.H., and Hill, G.J.E.,
(2001), Quantitative Monitoring of Environmental Health and Dynamics
From the ADAR-1000 Low-Cost Airborne Digital Multi-Spectral Camera,
Proc. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),
Sydney, Australia, July 9-13, CD-Rom #378.
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, Proc. 5th North Australian Remote Sensing and GIS Conference,
Darwin, Australia, July 3-5, CD-Rom.
Menges, C.H. and Bartolo, R.E., (2001), Integrating Remotely Sensed
and Ancillary Data in an Expert Classifier, Proc. 5th North Australian
Remote Sensing and GIS Conference, Darwin, Australia, July 3-5, CD-Rom.
McIntyre, D. L., Ahmad, W. and Menges, C.H., (2001), Mapping Mimosa
pigra on the Mary River Floodplain using TopSAR and Landsat ETM+ Data,
Proc. 5th North Australian Remote Sensing and GIS Conference, Darwin,
Australia, July 3-5, CD-Rom.
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.
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.
Zhang, Y., Whitehead, P., Ahmad, W., and Menges, C.H., (2000), An Operational
Approach for Mapping Bushfire History in the Tropical Savannas of Northern
Australia, in Proc. The 21st Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Taipei,
Taiwan, December 4-8, (Vol I) 609-614.
Bartolo, R.E., Menges, C.H., Bell, D., and Hill, G.J.E., (2000), Wetland
mapping in northern Australia using SAR, Proceedings of the Sixth International
Conference Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Charleston,
South Carolina, USA, 1-3 May, II352-359.
Bartolo, R.E., Bell, D., Pfitzner, K., Menges, C.H., Hill, G.J.E.,
Ahmad, W., Hosking, J., and Astondoa, E., (2000), Current Research and
Future Directions for Coastal Remote Sensing in Northern Australia.
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference Remote Sensing for
Marine and Coastal Environments, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 1-3
May, I450-457.
Bartolo, R.E., Menges, C.H., Hill, G.J.E., and Bell, D., (2000), A
Remote Sensing Framework for the Management of Australian Wetlands.
The 39th Annual Congress of the Australian Society for Limnology, 7-10th
July, Darwin, Australia, p.75.
Bell, D., Menges, C.H., Ahmad, W., and vanZyl, J.J., (2000), Vegetation
Correction of AirSAR Data for Mapping Soil Salinity in a tropical coastal
environment. The 39th Annual Congress of the Australian Society for
Limnology, 7-10th July, Darwin, Australia, p.78.
Menges, C.H. and Ahmad W., (1999), Evaluation of AIRSAR data for the
classification of vegetation communities in the tropical savannas of
northern Australia, Proc. 4th North Australian Remote Sensing and GIS
Conference, Darwin, Australia, 28-30 June, CD-Rom #33.
Ahmad W., Menges, C.H., and Hill, G.J.E, (1999), The application of
remotely sensed data for monitoring reef zonation changes in Northern
Australia, Proc. 4th North Australian Remote Sensing and GIS Conference,
Darwin, Australia, 28-30 June, CD-Rom #41.
Bell, D., Van Zyl, J.J., Menges, C.H., and Ahmad, W., (1999), An evaluation
of dielectric retrieval algorithm in the Tropical Savannas, Proc. 4th
North Australian Remote Sensing and GIS Conference, Darwin, Australia,
28-30 June, CD-Rom #30.
Menges, C.H ., Van Zyl, J. J., Ahmad, W., and Hill, G.J.E., (1999),
Classification of vegetation communities in the tropical savannas of
northern Australia using AirSAR data, Pacific Rim AIRSAR Significant
Results and Planning Workshop, Maui, Hawaii, 24-26 August.
Menges, C.H., OGrady, A., and Ahmad, W., (1999), Relationships
between biophysical parameters and polarimetric AirSAR data in the tropical
savannas of northern Australia, Pacific Rim AIRSAR Significant Results
and Planning Workshop, Maui, Hawaii, 24-26 August.
Phinn, S.R., Menges, C.H., Hill, G.J.E., and Stanford, M., (1998),
Optimising remotely sensed solutions for monitoring, modelling and managing
coastal environments, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference
on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, San Diego, October
5-7, pages, I:190-197.
Menges C.H., Crerar, J., Hill G.J.E., and Ahmad W., (1998), A Method
for Estimating the Effect of Variation in Local Incidence Angle on AIRSAR
Data, Proceedings of the 9th Australasian Remote Sensing Photogrammetry
Conference, Sydney Australia, 20-24 July, No 145, CD-Rom.
Ahmad, W., Van Zyl, J.J., Menges, C.H., O'Grady, A., and Hill, G.J.E.,
(1998), Preliminary results of supervised and unsupervised AIRSAR data
classification techniques in the tropical savannas of northern Australia,
PACRIM Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR) Workshop, Sydney,
26-28 July.
Devonport, C.C., Hill, G.J.E., Ahmad, W., Menges, C., and Carter, J.,
(1998), GIS for Marine Turtle Conservation and Management in Northern
Australia. Marine Turtle Conservation and Management in Northern Australia,
Darwin, 3-4 June, 41-48.
Menges, C.H., Ahmad, W., Khwaja, Z. H., Hill, G.J.E., and Cook, G.D.
(1997) The role of remote sensing in monitoring the management of a
Mimosa pigra stand in the Northern Territory, Proc. 3rd North Australian
Remote Sensing and GIS Workshop, Cairns, 28-30 Apr, V:29-41.
Ahmad, W., Khwaja, Z.H., Menges, C.H., Hill, G.J.E., Williams, R.J.,
and Cook, G.D. (1997) Airborne Radar as an input to conventional remote
sensing in the Kidman Springs area of the Northern Territory, Proc.
3rd North Australian Remote Sensing and GIS Workshop, Cairns, 28-30
Apr, I:25-31.
Hill, G.J.E., Ahmad, W., Menges, C.H., Carter, J., Kent, B., McCarthy,
M. and Kelly, G. (1996), Development of self-study CAL materials on
remote sensing image processing operations, CAUT Teaching Workshop for
Qld and NT, Brisbane, 1-2 February.
Hill, G.J.E., Ahmad, W., Carter, J., Kelly, G., Menges, C.H., Hall,
C., Kent, B., McCarthy, M. and Stevanovic, V. (1996), Advanced Image
Processing (Computer Aided Learning Package), Darwin, Northern Territory
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