Publications

Scientific publications relevant to LULUCF GHG Inventory

Bradley, R.I., Milne, R., Bell, J., Lilly, A., Jordan, C., and Higgins, A., (2005). A soil carbon and land use database for the United Kingdom. Soil Use and Management 21 (4), 363-369.

Patenaude, G., Milne, R., and Dawson, T.P., (2005). Synthesis of remote sensing approaches for forest carbon estimation: reporting to the Kyoto Protocol. Environmental Science & Policy 8 (2), 161-178

Milne, R., Cannell, M. G. R., (2005).Estimating forest and other terrestrial carbon fluxes at a national scale: The UK experience. In: The Carbon Balance of Forest Biomes. (eds.Griffiths, H. & Jarvis, P.G.) p 57-75. Taylor & Francis, Abingdon

Baggott, S. L., Milne, R., Misslebrook, T., et al., (2004). Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990 - 2001. AEAT/R/ENV/R/1481. National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA technology Centre.

Baggott, S. L., Brown, L., Milne, R., et al., (2004). UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990 to 2002 Annual Report for submission under Framework Convention on Climate Change. AEAT/ENV/R/1702. National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre.

Levy, P. E., Milne, R. (2004). Estimation of deforestation rates in Great Britain. Forestry, 77, 9-16.

Levy, P. E., Hargreaves, K. J., Milne, R., Murray, T. D., (2004). Field Measurements of Carbon Loss Due to Ploughing. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2004) for DEFRA Contract CEPG1/GA01054, (eds Milne, R., Mobbs, D.C.).

Milne, R., Jallow, B. P., others (2004). Basis for Consistent Representation of Land Areas. In: Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (Chap. 2.) (eds Penman, J., others), pp. 29. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). Kanagawa, Japan for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Milne, R., Mobbs, D. C., (2004). UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities. Annual report (2004) for DEFRA. Contract CEPG1/GA01054.

Milne, R., Tomlinson, R. W., Mobbs, D. C., Murray, T. D., (2004). Land Use Change and Forestry: The 2002 UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory and projections to 2020. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities., Annual report (2004) for DEFRA Contract CEPG1/GA01054, (eds Milne, R., Mobbs, D.C.).

Milne, R., Smith, P., Zhang, C., Brown, T. A. W., (2004). Adding vegetation carbon to the RothC soil carbon model. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2004) for DEFRA Contract CEPG1/GA01054, (eds Milne, R., Mobbs, D.C.).

Milne, R., Bradley, I., Jordan, C., Brown, T. A. W., (2004). Development of an improved version of the soil carbon inventory for the UK LULUCF GHG Inventory. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2004) for DEFRA Contract CEPG1/GA01054, (eds Milne, R., Mobbs, D.C.).

Milne, R., (2004). Carbon sequestration in The National Forest. Report to The National Forest Company.

Mobbs, D., Milne, R., (2004). Development of a MATLAB/Simulink version of the UK LULUCF GHG Inventory In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities (eds Milne, R., Mobbs, D.C.).

Patenaude, G., Hill, R. A., Milne, R., et al. (2004 ). Quantifying forest above ground carbon content using LiDAR remote sensing Remote Sensing of Environment 93 368-380.

Baggott, S. L., Davidson, I., Dore, C., et al., (2003). UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990 to 2001 Annual Report for submission under Framework Convention on Climate Change. AEAT/ENV/R/1396. National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre.

Brown, T. A. W., Milne, R., Smith, P., Sozanska, G., (2003). Adding vegetation carbon to the RothC soil carbon model. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2003) for DEFRA Contract EPG1/1/160, (ed Milne, R.).

Levy, P. E., Milne, R., (2003). Deforestation rates in the United Kingdom. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2003) for DEFRA Contract EPG1/1/160, (ed Milne, R.).

Matthews, R., Robertson, K., Ford-Robertson, J., Milne, R., (2003). Comparison of the CFLOW and CARBINE carbon accounting models. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2003) for DEFRA Contract EPG1/1/160, (ed Milne, R.).

Milne, R., (2003). UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities. Annual report (2003) for DEFRA. Contract EPG1/1/160.

Milne, R., Tomlinson, R. W., Murray, T. D., (2003). Land Use Change and Forestry: The 2001 UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory and projections to 2020. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2003) for DEFRA Contract EPG1/1/160, (ed Milne, R.).

Milne, R., Brown, T. A. W., (2003). Mapping of carbon uptake in British afforestation and land use change. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2003) for DEFRA Contract EPG1/1/160, (ed Milne, R.).

Patenaude, G. L., Briggs, B. D. J., Milne, R., et al. (2003). The carbon pool in a British semi-natural woodland. Forestry 76 109-119.

Salway, A. G., Murrells, T. P., Milne, R., Hidri, S., (2003). Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990 - 2000. In. AEAT/R/ENV/1182 Issue 2. National Environmental Technology Centre. AEA Technology Centre.

Hargreaves, K. J., Milne, R., Cannell, M. G. R. (2003 ). Carbon balance of afforested peatland in Scotland. Forestry 76 299-317.

Milne, R., Cannell, M. G. R. (2003 ). Estimating forest and other terrestrial carbon fluxes at a national scale: The UK experience. In The Carbon Balance of Forest Biomes. SEB Conference Southampton.

Milne, R., van Oijen, M. (2003 ). Modelling regional effects on forest carbon balance. In The role of forest for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Fifth Plenary meeting of COST E21 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Levy, P. E., Milne, R., Howard, D., (2002). Deforestation rates in the United Kingdom. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2002) for DEFRA Contract EPG1/1/160, (ed Milne, R.).

Milne, R., (2002). UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities. In, Annual report for DEFRA. Contract EPG1/1/160.

Milne, R., Tomlinson, R. W., Cruickshank, M., Murray, T. D., (2002). Land Use Change and Forestry: The 2000 UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory and projections to 2020. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2002) for DEFRA Contract EPG1/1/160, (ed Milne, R.).

Milne, R., (2002). Methodological developments for the UK LUCF GHG Inventory. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2002) for DEFRA Contract EPG1/1/160, (ed Milne, R.).

Milne, R., Brown, T. A. W., (2002). Mapping of carbon uptake in British woodlands and forests using EuroBiota and C-Flow. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2002) for DEFRA Contract EPG1/1/160, (ed Milne, R.).

Patenaude, G. L., Hill, R. A., Milne, R., et al. (2002). Forest carbon accounting using Airborne Laser Scanning remote sensing and modelling approaches In ForestSat 2002 Symposium (Operational Tools in Forestry using Remote Sensing Techniques) Edinburgh

Salway, A. G., Murrells, T. P., Milne, R., Ellis, S., (2002). UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990 to 2000 Annual Report for submission under Framework Convention on Climate Change. In. AEAT/R/ENV/1000 Issue 1. National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre.

Sozanska, G., Smith , P., Milne, R., Brown, T. A. W., (2002). Linking Soil and Vegetation Carbon in Dynamic Models. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2002) for DEFRA Contract EPG1/1/160, (ed Milne, R.).

Hargreaves, K.J., Milne, R. & Cannell, M.G.R. (2001) Carbon balance of afforested peatland in Scotland. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities. Annual report for DETR Contract EPG1/1/160 (Ed. by R. Milne). pp 71-95. ( Now submitted to Forestry)

Milne, R., (2001). Report on modelling of carbon dioxide fluxes carried out at CEH Edinburgh. In: The Role of Amazonia in the Global Budgets of Carbon, Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols, and its Impact on the Oxidising Potential of the Atmosphere, Final report EU RTD Project - European Studies on Trace Gases and Atmospheric Chemistry as a Contribution to the Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (EUSTACH – LBA, Contract ENV4-CT97-0566). (eds Andreae, M.O., von Jouanne, J.).

Milne, R. & Brown, T.A.W. (2001) Modelling of carbon uptake in UK forests using the EuroBiota model. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities. Annual report for DETR Contract EPG1/1/160 (Ed. by R. Milne). pp 127-131.

Milne, R. & Smith, P. (2001) Country specific data for the UK relating to Articles 3.3 and 3.4 of the Kyoto protocol: An Update. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities. Annual report for DETR Contract EPG1/1/160 (Ed. by R. Milne). pp 61-70.

Milne, R., Tomlinson, R. W.  & Gauld, J (2001).The Land Use Change and Forestry Sector in the 1999 UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities. Annual report for DETR Contract EPG1/1/160 (Ed. by R. Milne) pp 11-59.

Salway, A.G., Murrells, T.P., Milne, R & Ellis, S. (2001). UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990 to 1999 Annual Report for submission under Framework Convention on Climate Change. National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre. (in press)

Cannell, M. G. R. and Milne, R. (2000). Kyoto, carbon and Scottish forestry. Scottish Forestry 54, 11-16.

Cruickshank, M.M., Tomlinson, R.W., and Milne, R. (2000). Application of CORINE land cover mapping to estimate surface carbon pools in Northern Ireland. In: Vegetation Mapping: From Patch to Planet. Edited by R. Alexander & A.C. Millington. pp 259 - 272. Wiley, London.

DETR (2000) Climate Change - The UK Programme. The Stationery Office: London. Cm 4913.

Hargreaves, K.J., Fowler, D. and Milne, R. (2000) Long-term changes in the carbon balance of afforested peatlands (Part 2). In: Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils, Final Report April 2000, DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39 (Ed. by R. Milne).

Jones, H. E., Howard, D.C., Garnett, J. S., Rossall, M. J., Wilson, D. R., Parrington, J. Lathwood, T., Common, G., Harvey, S., Shiel, R. S., Deakin, D. and Milne, R. (2000) Changes in the carbon content of soils in relation to grassland “improvement”. In: Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils, Final Report April 2000, DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39 (Ed. by R. Milne).

Milne, R. (2000) Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils, DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39. Final Report April 2000.

Milne, R (2001) UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities. Annual report for DETR Contract EPG1/1/160. 200pp. (40%)

Milne, R. & Brown, T.A. (2000). Mapping of carbon pools in the vegetation and soils of Great Britain. In: Vegetation Mapping: From Patch to Planet. Edited by R. Alexander & A.C. Millington. pp 273 - 282. Wiley, London.

Milne, R., Hargreaves, K. & Murray, M. (2000) Carbon stocks and sinks in forestry for the UK GHG Inventory. Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Environ. 2000 4 (4), 290-293

Milne, R., Murray, T.D. & Brown, T.A.W. (2000) The Land Use Change and Forestry Sector in the 1998 UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory using the Common Reporting Format. In: Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils, Final Report April 2000, DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39 (Ed. by R. Milne).

Milne, R., Murray, M. Murray, T.D. & Brown, T.A.W. (2000) Emissions to and Removals from the Atmosphere as a Result of Deforestation and Afforestation in Developing Countries. In: Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils, Final Report April 2000, DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39 (Ed. by R. Milne).

Murray, M. B., Mobbs, D.C., Milne, R. and Thornley, J. H. M. (2000) Elevated [CO2] effects on stomatal conductance of Fagus sylvatica and its subsequent impact on forest yield class. In: Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils, Final Report April 2000, DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39 (Ed. by R. Milne).

Salway, A.G., (2000). UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990 to 1998 Annual Report for submission under Framework Convention on Climate Change. National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre. ISBN 0-7058-1796

Salway, A.G., Murrells, T., and Cook, A. (2000). Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990, 1995 and 1998. National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA. AEAT/R/ENV/01314. ISBN 0-7058-1795-4.

Smith, P., Milne, R., Powlson, D.S., Smith, J. U., Falloon, P. and Coleman, K.(2000) Revised estimates of the carbon mitigation potential of UK agricultural land. Soil Use & Management, 16, 293-295.

Cannell, M.G.R., Milne, R., Hargreaves, K.J., Brown, T.A.W., Cruickshank, M.M., Bradley, R.I., Spencer, T., Hope, D., Billett, M.F., Adger, W.N. & Subak, S. (1999) National inventories of terrestrial carbon sources and sinks: the UK experience. Climatic Change 42: 505-530

Milne, R. (1999) Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils, DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39. Interim Report April 1999

Milne, R. & Brown, T.A.W. (1999). Methods and data for Land Use Change and Forestry Sector in the 1997 IPCC Greenhouse Gas Inventory. In: Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils, (Ed. by R. Milne), DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39. Interim Report April 1999

Milne, R., Murray, T.D. & Brown, T.A.W. (1999) Potential in Kyoto Protocol Annex B Countries for Sequestration of Carbon in Soils by Use of Reduced Tillage and Planting of Degraded Areas. Special report October 1999 for DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39

Milne, R., Murray, T.D. & Brown, T.A.W. (1999) Potential in Kyoto Protocol Annex B Countries for Sequestration of Carbon in Soils by Use of Alternative Management of Arable Land. Special report October 1999 for DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39

Salway, A.G., (1999). UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990 to 1997. Annual Report for submission under Framework Convention on Climate Change. National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre, AEAT-5689, ISBN 0-7058-1786-5.

Salway, A.G., Dore, C., Watterson, J. and Murrells, T., (1999). Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990 and 1995. A scoping Study. National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre, AEAT- 6196 Issue 1.

Cruickshank, M.M., Tomlinson, R.W., Devine, P.M. & Milne, R. (1998) Carbon in the vegetation and soils of Northern Ireland. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 98B, 9 - 21.

Milne, R. (1998) Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils, DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39. Interim Report April 1998

Milne, R., Brown, T.A.W. & Murray. T.D. (1998) The effect of geographical variation in planting rate on the uptake of carbon by new forests of Great Britain. Forestry, 71, 298 - 309

Milne, R., Brown, T.A.W. & Murray, T.D. (1998) Uncertainties, IPCC default methods and new flux categories for carbon in the UK inventory. In.: Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils (Ed. by R. Milne), DETR Contract EPG 1/1/39. Interim Report April 1998.

NETCEN (1998) Treatment of Uncertainties for National Estimates of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, A report produced for Global Atmosphere Division, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre, AEAT-2688.

Salway, A.G., (1998). Comparison between the IPCC Default and UK Detailed Inventories 1990-1996. Report of the National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre, AEAT-4457 Issue 1.

Salway, A.G., (1998). UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990 to 1996. Supplementary Report to UK Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory, 1990 to 1995. National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre, AEAT-3436 Issue 1, ISBN 0-7058-1766-0.

Cruickshank, M.M., Tomlinson, R.W., Devine, P.M. & Milne, R. (1997) Effects of agricultural management on carbon storage in Northern Ireland vegetation and soils. In: Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils (Ed. by M.G.R. Cannell), DOE Contract EPG 1/1/3. Final Report March 1997.

Hope, D., Billett,M.F., Milne, R. & Brown, T.A.W. (1997). Exports of organic carbon in British Rivers.Hydrological Processes, 11, 325 - 344.

Milne, R. and Brown, T.A. (1997) Carbon in the vegetation and soils of Great Britain.Journal of Environmental Management,49, 413 - 433.

Milne, R., Brown, T.A. & Howard, D.C. (1997) Emissions and uptake by UK terrestrial carbon resevoirs, 1990 - 2020. In : Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils (Ed. by M.G.R. Cannell), DOE Contract EPG 1/1/3. Final Report March 1997.

Salway, A.G., (1997). UK Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory, 1990 to 1995. Annual Report for submission under Framework Convention on Climate Change. National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre, AEAT-2121 Issue 1, ISBN 0-7058-1755-5.

Cruickshank, M.M., Tomlinson, R.W., Devine, P.M. & Milne, R. (1996) Carbon pools and fluxes in Northern Ireland. In: Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils (Ed. by M.G.R. Cannell), DOE Contract EPG 1/1/3. Interim Report March 1996

Hope, D., Billett, M.F., Milne, R. & Brown, T.A.W. (1996). Modelling British riverine dissolved organic carbon fluxes using soil carbon content. Proceedings of 4th International Symposium of the Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface, Ilkley, Yorkshire, July 1996.

Milne, R., Brown, T.A. & Howard, D.C. (1996) The rate of change of carbon pools in the forests and agricultural soils of Great Britain. In : Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils (Ed. by M.G.R. Cannell), DOE Contract EPG 1/1/3. Interim Report March 1996

Milne, R., Cannell, M.G.R., Harrison, A.F. & Hargreaves, K.J. (1996). Carbon pools and net fluxes in UK vegetation and soils. Annual Report Institute of Terrestrial Ecology 1995/96, pp 70 -72.

Salway, A.G., (1996). UK Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory, 1990 to 1994. Annual Report for submission under Framework Convention on Climate Change, National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre, AEA/20092001/R/003/Issue 1, ISBN 0-7058-1728-8.

Cannell, M.G.R. and Milne, R. (1995). Carbon Pools and Sequestration in Forest Ecosystems. Forestry, 68, No.4, 361-378.

Cruickshank, M.M., Tomlinson, R.W., Devine, P.M. & Milne, R. (1995) Estimation of carbon stores and production of carbon density maps for Northern Ireland: progress in the use of data based on CORINE land cover, Soil Survey and the Peatland Survey. In: Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils (Ed. by M.G.R. Cannell), DOE Contract EPG 1/1/3. Interim Report March 1995

Milne, R., Brown, T.A. & Howard, D.C. (1995). The size, and rate of change, of pools of carbon in the vegetation and soils of Great Britain. In: Carbon Sequestration in Vegetation and Soils (Ed. by M.G.R. Cannell) DoE Contract EPG 1/1/3. Interim Report March 1995.

Salway, A.G., (1995). UK Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory, 1990 to 1993. Annual Report for submission under Framework Convention on Climate Change, National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology Centre, AEA/16419178/R/001, ISBN 0-7058-1709-1.

Cannell, M.G.R., Milne, R., Dewar, R.C. & Howard, P.J.A. (1994). Carbon pools and sinks in British vegetation and soils. Annual Report Institute of Terrestrial Ecology 1993/94, pp.41-44.

Milne, R. (1994). The carbon content of vegetation and its geographical distribution in Great Britain. In: Carbon Sequestration by Vegetation in the UK (Ed. by M.G.R. Cannell) DoE Contract PECD 7/12/79. Final Report March 1994.