Contact Caroline Keay
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 752992
- Email: c.keay@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Carbon, Climate and Risk
- Digital Agriculture
- Environmental Policy
- Natural capital
- Soil
- Soil Resources
Background
Caroline Keay is responsible for the management of the Land Information System (LandIS), maintaining a range of reference documents and a comprehensive knowledge of the soil data holdings of NSRI.
University of Edinburgh BSc 1987 Ecological Science with honours in Resource Management
- Cranfield University MSc 2010 Land Management (specialisation in Soil Management)
- 1987-88 Training Course in Arboriculture and New Technology, Essex County Council
Current activities
- Project management for the LandIS support contract funded by Defra including writing project proposals and reports
- Managing a small team to meet the requirements of the LandIS support contract
- Hardware and Software specification and procurement
- Managing the data lease activities of the LandIS group
- Extracting and manipulating LandIS data for various clients, using Oracle tools and ESRI ARCView for spatial representation
- Research into the effect of Climate Change on Agricultural Land Classification in England and Wales
- Producing map based data for the definition of Areas facing Natural Constraint
- Developing an online guide to the Soils of England and Wales (available at http://www.landis.org.uk)
- Principal contact point for the UK National Reference Centre for Soils within the EIONET
- Links with European Soil organisations including the Joint Research Centre, Ispra
- Helping to develop new standards for the INSPIRE programme and ISO standards for Soil data
- Undertaking the First Aid at Work training course
Clients
- Defra
- English Nature
- Welsh Government
- Environment Agency
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Hallett SH, Sakrabani R, Keay CA & Hannam JA (2017) Developments in land information systems: examples demonstrating land resource management capabilities and options, Soil Use and Management, 33 (4) 514-529.
- Arrouays D, Leenaars JGB, Richer-de-Forges AC, Adhikari K, Ballabio C, Greve M, Grundy M, Guerrero E, Hempel J, Hengl T, Heuvelink G, Batjes N, Carvalho E, Hartemink A, Hewitt A, Hong S-Y, Krasilnikov P, Lagacherie P, Lelyk G, Libohova Z, Lilly A, McBratney A, McKenzie N, Vasquez GM, Mulder VL, Minasny B, Montanarella L, Odeh I, Padarian J, Poggio L, Roudier P, Saby N, Savin I, Searle R, Solbovoy V, Thompson J, Smith S, Sulaeman Y, Vintila R, Rossel RV, Wilson P, Zhang G-L, Swerts M, Oorts K, Karklins A, Feng L, Ibelles Navarro AR, Levin A, Laktionova T, Dell'Acqua M, Suvannang N, Ruam W, Prasad J, Patil N, Husnjak S, Pásztor L, Okx J, Hallet S, Keay C, Farewell T, Lilja H, Juilleret J, Marx S, Takata Y, Kazuyuki Y, Mansuy N, Panagos P, Van Liedekerke M, Skalsky R, Sobocka J, Kobza J, Eftekhari K, Alavipanah SK, Moussadek R, Badraoui M, Da Silva M, Paterson G, da Conceição Gonçalves M, Theocharopoulos S, Yemefack M, Tedou S, Vrscaj B, Grob U, Kozák J, Boruvka L, Dobos E & Taboada M (2017) Soil legacy data rescue via GlobalSoilMap and other international and national initiatives, GeoResJ, 14 1-19.
- Hollis JM, Lilly A, Higgins A, Jones RJA, Keay CA, Bellamy & P (2015) Predicting the water retention characteristics of UK soils, European Journal of Soil Science, 66 (1) 239-252.
- Hollis J. M., Lilly A., Higgins A., Jones R. J. A., Keay C. A. & Bellamy P. (2015) Predicting the water retention characteristics of UK mineral soils, European Journal of Soil Science, 66 (1) 239-252.
- Gregory AS, Kirk GJD, Keay CA, Rawlins BG, Wallace P & Whitmore AP (2014) An assessment of subsoil organic carbon stocks in England and Wales, Soil Use and Management, 30 (1) 10-22.
- Keay CA, Jones RJA, Hannam J & Barrie I (2014) The implications of a changing climate on agricultural land classification in England and Wales, Journal of Agricultural Science, 152 (1) 23-37.
- Daccache A, Keay C, Jones RJA, Weatherhead K, Stalham MA & Knox JW (2012) Climate change and land suitability for potato production in England and Wales: impacts and adaptation, Journal of Agricultural Science, 150 (2) 161-177.
- Keay CA, Hallett SH, Farewell TS, Rayner AP & Jones RJA (2009) Moving the National Soil Database for England and Wales (LandIS) towards INSPIRE Compliance, International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research, 4 (1) 134-155.
- Hallett SH, Ozden DM, Keay CA, Koral A, Keskin S & Bradley RI (2003) A land information system for Turkey - a key to the country's sustainable development., Journal of Arid Environments, 54 (3) 513-525.
- Hallett SH, Jones RJA & Keay CA (1996) Environmental Information Systems Developments for Planning Sustainable Land Use, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 10 (1) 47-64.
Conference Papers
- Hallett SH & Keay CA (2010) Requirements and use for soil data at the EU level. In: European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN) Annual Congress, Brussels, DG Environment, 21 September 2010.
- Hallett SH, Ozden DM, Keay CA, Colombo BJ, Koral A, Keskin S & Bradley RI (2002) A Land Information System for Turkey ? A Resource for Future Sustainable Development.. In: The Future of the Mediterranean Rural Environment: Prospects for Sustainable Land Use and Management, Menemen, Turkey, 8 May 2002.
Books
- Keay CA & Hannam JA (2013) Soil Data from the United Kingdom (England and Wales). In: European HYdropedological Data Inventory (EU-HYDI). Weynands M, Montanarella L, Toth G (ed.), Luxembourg: European Union, p. 111-115, ed. JRC 81129.
- Proctor ME, Siddons PA, Jones RJA, Bellamy PH & Keay CA (1998) Land Information Systems for sustainable development in the UK. In: Land Information Systems: Developments fro planning the sustainable use of land resources, Office for the Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, p. 219-234.
