Contact Caroline Keay
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 752992
- Email: c.keay@cranfield.ac.uk
- ORCID
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
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Natural England
- Environment Agency
- Welsh Government
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Rivington M, King R, Duckett D, Iannetta P, Benton TG, .... (2021). UK food and nutrition security during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Nutrition Bulletin, 46(1)
- Hallett SH, Sakrabani R, Keay C & Hannam JA. (2017). Developments in land information systems: examples demonstrating land resource management capabilities and options. Soil Use and Management, 33(4)
- Arrouays D, Leenaars JGB, Richer-de-Forges AC, Adhikari K, Ballabio C, .... (2017). Soil legacy data rescue via GlobalSoilMap and other international and national initiatives. GeoResJ, 14(9)
- Hollis JM, Lilly A, Higgins A, Jones RJA, Keay CA, .... (2015). Predicting the water retention characteristics of
UK mineral soils. European Journal of Soil Science, 66(1) - Gregory AS, Kirk GJD, Keay CA, Rawlins BG, Wallace P, .... (2014). An assessment of subsoil organic carbon stocks in
E ngland andW ales. Soil Use and Management, 30(1) - Keay CA, Jones RJA, Hannam JA & Barrie IA. (2012). The implications of a changing climate on agricultural land classification in England and Wales. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 152(1)
- DACCACHE A, KEAY C, JONES RJA, WEATHERHEAD EK, STALHAM MA, .... (2012). Climate change and land suitability for potato production in England and Wales: impacts and adaptation. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 150(2)
