• Mapping and monitoring the incidence and severity of bushfires; change detection techniques in semi-arid lands; use of synthetic aperture radar in vegetation analysis, land surface assessment and global processing.

• Currently joint Principal Investigator for ERS-1 (European Space Agency) and JERS- (Japanese Space Agency) and RADARSAT (Canadian Space Agency) satellite radar experiments; co-investigator for the NASA Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-C) and member of NASA/AUSTRALIA management team and Science Coordinator for the NASA/JPL AIRSAR deployment in Australia, September 1993, and co-chairman of the United States NASA Pacific Rim RadarExperiment, October-November 1996.

• Editor, Assistant Editor, Member of Editorial Board of three international journals;
• Appointed Member, Commission on Geographical Education, International Geographical Union, 1980-88;
• Member, Organising Committee of the 26th Congress of the International.
• Geographical Union Congress 1988, and UN/FAO/WMO/ESA Training Course on Remote Sensing, 1989;
• Chairman, remote Sensing Association of Australia, 1979-83; 
• Director Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Association of Australia Ltd 1996.
• Chairman, New South Wales Remote Sensing Committee and member of the Remote Sensing Council of New South Wales, November, 1989.
• Undertaken nine consultancies in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, 1984-1995;
• Presented eight invited symposia lectures in Australia, Asia and USA 1984-1995, and seventeen invited lectures;
• Participated in thirty-six short courses in Australia and twelve in Asia, 1984-1995;
• Total funded research awards 1984-1995 (with colleagues) $1,667,259 in remote sensing related projects.

• *Way, J., Paris, J., Richards, J., Milne, A. K. et al., 1990. The effect of changing environmental conditions on microwave signatures of forest ecosystems; preliminary results of the March 1988 Alaskan Aircraft SAR experiment, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 11, 7, pp 119-44.
• *Milne, A. K. and O'Neill, A. L., 1990. Mapping and monitoring land cover in the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Region, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 11, 11, pp 2035-49.
• *Milne, A. K. and Zhou Q., 1990. Integrating multi-spectral Landsat data on image-based geographic information systems, land surface investigations Proceedings, International Conference on Steepland Agriculture in the Humid Tropics, August 1987 (eds.), C.H. Pay, A.M. Mokharupdim and A.B. Zahari (eds.), MARDI, Kuala Lumpur, pp 833-864.
• Milne, A. K. 1990. Current satellite systems, Proceedings of the Fifth UN/FAO/WMO/ESA Training Course on the Use of Remote Sensing in Hydrological and Agrometeorological Applications, Canberra, Australia, May-June 1989. Bangkok, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, pp 70-82.
• Milne, A. K. 1990. Radar image characteristics and hydrology, Proceedings of the Fifth UN/FAO/WMO/ESA Training Course on the Use of Remote Sensing in Hydrological and Agrometeorological Applications, Canberra, Australia, May-June 1989. Bangkok, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, pp 112-120.
• Button, B. J. and Milne, A. K., 1990. Strategy and program for field trips, Proceedings of the Fifth UN/FAO/WMOESA Training Course on the Use of Remote Sensing in Hydrological and Agrometeorological Applications, Canberra, Australia, May-June 1989. Bangkok, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, pp 231-241.
• Milne, A. K. and Williamson, H. D., Satellite mapping of bushfires and the establishment of a regional system of fire reporting and analysis, Proceedings, 5th Australian Remote Sensing Conference, 8th - 12th October, 1990, Perth, pp 1018-1022.
• Zhou, Q., and Milne, A. K., Development of a regional image-based geographical information system for rangeland management. Proceedings, 5th Australian Remote Sensing Conference, 8th-12th October, 1990, Perth, pp 54 - 547.
• Williamson, H. D., Milne, A. K. and Steer, J. L., Using NOAA-AVRR data for monitoring pasture biomass, cover and curing rates. Proceedings 5th Australian Remote Sensing Conference, 8th-12th October, 1990, Perth, pp 228 - 234.
• Milne, A. K., Radar remote sensing in the assessment of land cover in tropical environments. Proceedings 5th Australian Remote Sensing Conference, 8th-12th October, 1990, Perth, pp 486-494.
• Milne, A. K. Education aspects of remote sensing technology transfer. Proceedings 23rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing, Bangkok, 18th-25th April, 1990, pp 219-232.
• *Milne, A. K. Determining land surface change in semi-arid environments using albedo images. Application of Remote Sensing in Asia/Oceania, S. Murai, (editor) Asian Association on Remote Sensing, Hong Kong, 1991, pp 221-228.
• Milne, A.K., Developing an understanding of forest ecosystems using radar remote sensing. 6th Australasian Remote Sensing Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, November 1992, ISBN 0473 016761, pp 2-208-216.
• Milne, A.K. and Hall, A.M., Towards the operational detection and mapping of bushfires, 6th Australasian Remote Sensing Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, November 1992, ISBN 0473 016761, pp 2-156-165.
• Milne, A.K., Two decades of applications: practice and prospect, Land Information Management, Geographic Information Systems and Advanced Remote Sensing, School of Geography, UNSW, Vol 2 Monograph No. 1, ISBN 085839 065 5, 1993, pp 213-222.
• Milne, A.K., Spatial information systems and monitoring environmental change: the role of remote sensing, NARGIS 1993, North Australian Remote Sensing and GIS Symposium, AURISA Monograph No. 8, August 1993, Australian Government Publishing Service, ISBN 0644 32536 4, pp 205-215.
• Riley, S.J., Milne, A.K., et al, Proceedings of the ARRGIS 93 Workshop, 12-13 August 1993, Alligator River Regions Research Institute Jabiru, January 1994, 30 pp.Milne, A.K., Characterisation of Australian vegetation types using ERS-1 SAR, 2nd ERS-1 Symposium, October 1993, Hamburg, pp 459-463.
• *Milne, A.K. and Tapley, I.J., AIRSAR deployment in Australia, September 1993: management and objectives, 4th JPL Airborne Geoscience Workshop, Volume 3, October 1993, JPL Publication 93-26, Pasadena, pp 37-40.
• Milne, A.K., Tapley I.J., and Smith, J.L., AIRSAR Downunder: Report and preliminary results of the September 1993 Australian mission. Proceedings, 7th Australasian Remote Sensing Conference, Melbourne, 1-4 March 1994, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetric Association, Australia, Floreat Park, ISBN 0643 05254 2, pp 199-204.
• Richards, J.A., Dong, Y. and Milne, A.K., Multiwaveband forest backscatter observations of Australian forests. Proceedings, 7th Australasian Remote Sensing Conference, Melbourne, 1-4 March 1994, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetric Association, Australia, Floreat Park, ISBN 0643 05254 2, pp 213-219.
• Imhoff, M., Sisk, T., Milne, A., Morgan, G. and Orr, T., Remotely Sensed Indicators of Habitat Heterogeneity and Biological Diversity: A Preliminary Report, Proceedings, 5th JPL Airborne Sciences Workshop, Vol 2, January 1993, pp 17-21.
• Zhou, Q. And Milne, A.K. (in press), Computer assisted land resource management using remote sensing and GIS Technology in Perspectives in Resource Management in Developing Countries, Thakur, B (ed) Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi.
• Milne, A.K., Centres for Space Science and Technology Education, in United Nations Workshop on the Development of Education curricula, February 1995, Granada, Spain, Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna, 7 pp.
• Milne, A.K., Morgan G., and Orr, T., Opportunities for Use of Synthetic aperture Radar Data for Ecological and Terrain Studies in Northern Australia, Proceedings of the 2nd North Australian Remote Sensing and GIS Forum, Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Monograph 11, AGPS, 1995, pp 171-180.
• Hausknecht, P. And Milne, A.K., Monitoring coastal Zones and Vegetated Wetlands Using MOM-02 Data, Proceedings of MOMS Symposium, July 1995, Cologne (in press).
• Milne, A.K., Monitoring Change in Tropical Forests and Woodlands Using SAR Data: Kakadu World Heritage Region, Northern Australia, Proceedings, 8th Australasian Remote Sensing Conference, Canberra, 25-29 March 1996 (in press)
• Milne, A.K., and Hausknecht, P, Evaluation of MOMS-02 Data in Mapping Coastal Wetlands in Northern Australia, Proceedings, 8th Australasian Remote Sensing Conference, Canberra, 25-29 March 1996 (in press)

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