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Dave Miller

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dave.miller@hutton.ac.uk

The James Hutton Institute
Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Scotland UK

Dave Miller is a research assistant with 7 years' experience working in inter-disciplinary research in support of a wide variety of research objectives for Scottish Government, EU, and other funding bodies (e.g. SAC, BNSC-FC). As part of the LADSS team within the Integrated Land Use Systems Group, his background in advanced GIS Analysis principally applied to national spatial datasets has led him to support a large number of projects, latterly focussing on the IACS database both for landscape change analysis and in support of Scottish Government policy development. He also participates in the teaching of a GIS and Remote Sensing module to undergraduate students at the Scottish Agricultural College.

Current research interests 

Dave's principal role is as a GIS Analyst embedded within a multi-disciplinary team focusing on sustainable land use systems, climate change and policy analysis. This has recently included spatial analysis of options for reform of the CAP Single Farm Payment using the Scottish Government Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) database and the Macaulay System of Land Classification for Agriculture (LCA) in collaboration with RERAD Analytical Services. He increasingly participates in contract work for the European Commission on sustainability issues which has recently included the EU FP7 funded SMILE project and the EU/Interreg IVB funded Aquarius project. His experience of DGPS survey techniques has led him to work on a range of other projects including soil survey, plant mapping, and tree-height survey for funding bodies including the British National Space Centre and the Forestry Commission. He has also applied spatial modelling and geostatistical techniques to a number of diverse applications ranging from the mapping of soil properties to proxy methods for calculating solar radiation. He has been involved in supporting the development of agro-meteorological indicators for the UKCIP02 climate change scenarios and assists in the teaching of a GIS and Remote Sensing module to undergraduate students in Countryside Management and Sustainable Environmental Management at the Scottish Agricultural College, Craibstone.

Bibliography 

Dave's highlighted publications

  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D., (2011) SMILE: D28 - The role of growth in sustainability., Project Deliverable, D28, Synergies in Multi-Scale Inter-Linkages of Eco-Social Systems, EC Project FP7-SSH-2007-1.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D., (2011) SMILE: D30 - Policy implications of growth, trade-offs and synergies., Project Deliverable, D30, Synergies in Multi-Scale Inter-Linkages of Eco-Social Systems, EC Project FP7-SSH-2007-1.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.; Viglia, S., (2011) SMILE: D29 - Trade-offs and synergies., Project Deliverable, D29, Synergies in Multi-Scale Inter-Linkages of Eco-Social Systems, EC Project FP7-SSH-2007-1.
  • Rivington, M.; Matthews, K.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Russell, G., (2009) Investigating climate change impacts and adaptation options using integrated assessment methods., Integrated Agricultural Systems: Methodologies, Modelling and Measuring. AAB/AES/BSAS Conference, SAC Edinburgh, 2-4 June 2009.
  • Rivington, M.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Russell, G., (2009) Investigating climate change impacts and adaptation options using integrated assessment methods., Aspects of Applied Biology, 93, 85-91.

Dave's most recent publications

  • McKeen, M.; Miller, D.R.; Morrice, J., (2011) Shadow flicker analysis for Mullacott Cross Industrial Estate wind turbine proposal for sites between 10 rotor diameters and 1km from the proposed turbine location., Report to Philip Dennis Food Services Ltd. Providing additional infromation supporting previous report regarding shadow flicker for the proposdal of a wind turbine at Mullacott Cross Industrial Estate.
  • Buchan, K.; Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G., (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) - report on the calculation of stocking rates., Submitted to Scottish Government, 9 April 2010.
  • Buchan, K.; Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G., (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) - report on the use of seasonal 'land let out to others' data., Submitted to Scottish Government, 7 April 2010.
  • Buchan, K.; Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G.; Towers, W., (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) - final report., Submitted to Scottish Government 27 August 2010 and published online 3 November 2010.
  • Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B., (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) - dataset and report on LCA breakdown of land use in Scotland., Submitted to Scottish Government, 30 March 2010.
  • Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B., (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) - provisional results of scenario analysis., Submitted to Scottish Government, 10 May 2010.
  • Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B., (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) - report on LCA breakdown of land use in Scotland., Submitted to Pack Inquiry Working Group, 7 April 2010.
  • Buchan, K.; Rivington, M.; Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B., (2010) Agro-meteorologocal indicators of climate change - Tarland case study - Technical Report., Aquarius Workshop: Farmer and Factor, Commercial Hotel, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, 11 March 2010.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.; Rivington, M.; Gilbert, A.; Ibiyemi, A., (2010) D16: Scottish case study report., Report for FP7, SSH, Collaborative Project SMILE, 62pp.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Rivington, M., (2010) D23: Utility of Tools to Stakeholders., Report for FP7 SSH, Collaborative Project SMILE, 83pp.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Rivington, M., (2010) Workshop to discuss SMILE analysis of CNP., FP7 SSH, Collaborative Project SMILE, Workshop with CNPA, Grantown-on-Spey, 6th December 2010.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G., (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) - report on the generation of payments per LCA class baseline., Submitted to Scottish Government, 2 June 2010.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Rivington, M.; Blackstock, K.L.; McCrum, G.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G., (2010) Raising the bar? The challenge of evaluating the outcomes of environmental modelling and software., Environmental Modelling and Software, 26, 247-257.
  • Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K., (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) - report on the generation of payments per business baseline and the implications for mapping., Submitted to Scottish Government, 10 June 2010.
  • Smith, J.U.; Fitton, N.; Smith, P.; Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K.; Coull, M.; Lilly, A.; Matthews, K.B.; Chapman, S.J.; Baggaley, N.; Milne, R.; Thomson, A.M., (2010) Pilot project to determine the suitability of integrated administration and control system (IACS) data to provide land use change data for annual greehouse gass emission estimates., Final Report for Scottish Government (CR/2009/17), pp76.
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