Visible light (RGB) image of a conifer forest.
Thermal image showing two animals.
IR image zoomed in on the thermal signatures.
Preliminary results are in: Fixed-wing drones show strong potential for moose surveys.
Monitoring moose populations has been traditionally done by helicopter. Our partners at UBC are exploring if drones are a better alternative.
πLearn more: friresearch.ca/publications...
@irssubc.bsky.social
31.07.2025 23:11 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
From tree cover to green roofs, how are cities fighting extreme heat? - National | Globalnews.ca
Studies have shown cities can see higher temperatures during heat waves compared with rural areas, but cities are taking steps to try to reduce that impact.
Vancouver recently increased its urban forest strategy to aim for 30% tree coverage by 2050.π³
#UBCForestry Master of Urban Forestry Leadership Program Director, Sara Barron, explains that "trees take time to grow, but they can still benefit cities in the long term,"π±
globalnews.ca/news/1129225...
30.07.2025 18:19 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
π: Published in Canadian Journal of Forest Research @canjforestres.bsky.social
#HigherEducation #ForestryEducation #ActiveLearning #BloomsTaxonomy
31.07.2025 23:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NEW PAPER π£ Challenges in teaching silviculture in Canada: the path forward
doi.org/10.1139/cjfr...
βοΈ: Wotherspoon (@dr-spoon.bsky.social), Moreau, Morin-Bernard, Achim (@alexisachim.bsky.social), Coops, Villemaire-CΓ΄tΓ©, Irwin & Hagerman
@forestry.ubc.ca
31.07.2025 23:07 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
The newest addition to the wall!
Huge congratulations to Madi Brown (madisophia.bsky.socialβ¬) on her successful MSc defense. We wish her all the best on her next chapter at βͺETH Zurich (ethz.chοΏ½οΏ½οΏ½).
Viel Erfolg, Madi! β¨
#UBCForestry #IRSSLab
25.07.2025 20:26 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
NEW PAPER π£ Estimating 3D individual tree crown growth using multi-temporal LiDAR
doi.org/10.1080/2150...
π: Remote Sensing Letters
βοΈ: McGlade (jamesmcglade.bsky.socialβ¬) & Coops
@forestry.ubc.ca
#remotesensing #ubcforestry #irsslab #LiDAR #ALS #randomforest #alphashape
22.07.2025 22:32 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
We tested ways to improve Canadaβs National Forest Inventory (#NFI) estimates by integrating #Landsat derived #landcover data. Combining sample-based plots with wall-to-wall maps boosted estimation efficiency and helped track tree cover change. #OpenAccess #NTEMS
Baral et al. doi.org/10.1139/cjfr...
14.07.2025 19:05 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Job post: CERC in Natural Resources Governance
Job Post: UBC Forestry is recruiting a leading researcher in Natural Resources Governance for a Canada Excellence Research Chair nomination.
#UBCForestry is hiring a researcher in Natural Resources Governance who is eligible for nomination for a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC).
Learn more about the position and apply here: forestry.ubc.ca/career-oppor...
15.07.2025 20:29 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 0 π 2
2/2 Highlights β¨
βοΈ Remotely sensed spectral traits quantify responses to heat in coastal Douglas-fir
βοΈ Red edge indices and PRI are sensitive to heat responses
βοΈ Red edge indices, PRI and GCC are sensitive to tree size
βοΈChlorophyll:carotenoid indices show phenological decline across the drought
17.07.2025 17:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NEW PAPER π£ π
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#OpenAccess π doi.org/10.1016/j.sr...
π: Science of Remote Sensing
βοΈ: Waite, Coops, Grubinger, Isaac-Renton, Degner, King and Liu
#remotesensing #ubcforestry #irsslab #LiDAR #multispectral #drought
17.07.2025 17:46 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
LAST CALLπ£ for early bird registration! These rates will NOT be extended πΈ Prices go up July 2!
Students (MSc/PhD): $650 early bird/$750 regular
Standard registration (including PDF): $950 early bird/$1,150 regular
See you in Quebec Sep 29-Oct 3! βοΈ
event.fourwaves.com/silvilaser2025/pages
30.06.2025 21:37 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Zenodo
We present an approach to normalize vertex distribution across convex hull representations of tree crowns - derived from multi-temporal airborne LiDAR - to model the 3D growth of individual trees using only structural information
π½ Supporting data available from #Zenodo: zenodo.org/uploads/1490...
27.06.2025 21:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
NEW PAPER π£ Estimating 3D individual tree crown growth using multi-temporal #LiDAR
#OpenAccessπ doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2025.2511196
βοΈ James McGlade (@jamesmcglade.bsky.social) & Nicholas Coops
πin @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Highlight & data availability in π§΅
@forestry.ubc.ca #remotesensing
27.06.2025 21:17 β π 17 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
NEW! Title captures science well. π
Ye et al. A multi-resolution forest stand segmentation algorithm integrating Landsat imagery and forest structural, age, and species attributes.
@irssubc.bsky.social #Landsat #landcover #NTEMS
#OpenAccess: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
30.05.2025 22:20 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
3/3 Thank you π
Research was supported by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) & partly by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
#remotesensing #ubcforestry #irsslab #singlephotonlidar #borealforest #attentionmechanism #pointbaseddeeplearning #UNet #neuralnetwork
19.06.2025 17:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
2/3 Highlights β¨
βοΈDeveloped a DL data fusion model to estimate species composition
βοΈGenerated wall-to-wall estimates of species composition at 20m scale
βοΈUsed seasonal multispectral data to integrate phenology using attention mechanism
βοΈImproved estimation of deciduous species with proposed model
19.06.2025 17:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
NEW PAPER π£ Tree species proportion prediction using #AirborneLaserScanning & #Sentinel2 data with a #DeepLearning approach
#OpenAccessπ doi.org/10.1080/0143...
π: @ijremotesensing.bsky.social
βοΈ Murray (@brntmrry.bsky.social), Coops, White, Dick (@adamdick.bsky.socialβ¬) & Ragab
@forestry.ubc.ca
19.06.2025 17:33 β π 10 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0
The #IRSSlab is signed up for #Silvilaser2025! Are you?!
19.06.2025 17:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π² Our study uses high-res LiDAR from remotely piloted aircraft systems and mobile laser scanners to model how MPB outbreaks alter forest fuel loads in Alberta.
πΊοΈ Mapping changes in the canopy, shrubs, & coarse woody debris improves our ability to assess forest fuels in these disturbed landscapes
10.06.2025 20:23 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
NEW PAPER π£ Estimation of #ForestStructure & fuel change across #MountainPineBeetle attacked forests using mobile- & RPAS-based #lidar
#OpenAccessπ doi.org/10.1080/0703...
βοΈ Gerbrecht (@evangerbs.bsky.social), Coops, Carroll, Bater & Buechner
Highlights in 𧡠@forestry.ubc.ca #remotesensing
10.06.2025 20:23 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Thanks to all the #IRSSlab members who presented at the #Silva21 AGM last week!
Shoutout to the HQPs, organizers, co-applicants for their participation and SFI for collaborating!
Go to www.silva21.com to sign up for their newsletter and stay up to date on the projectβs latest research.
08.05.2025 19:17 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
πMeet #Silvilaser2025 Keynote Speakers!π
1/3: Dr Piotr Tompalski (@piotrtompalski.bsky.social) is a Research Scientist with the Canadian Forest Service using #LiDAR, #photogrammetry & #SatelliteData to enhance carbon monitoring & forest growth modeling π²π‘
π Early bird registration opens May 1st!
15.04.2025 17:08 β π 10 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
π¨ Abstracts in, now itβs time to get published!
Present your work at #SilviLaser2025 and submit to our Special Issue in
@forestryoup.bsky.social
π academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
π² Submission deadline: Nov 30
βοΈ Earlyπ¦ registration: May 1
π silvilaser2025.com
#remotesensing #lidar #forestry
14.04.2025 19:59 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Announcing the Bachelor of Indigenous Land Stewardship at #UBCForestry.π±
With a partnership and $8.5 million investment from the Mastercard Foundation EleV program, Indigenous students in Canada will receive tuition, relocation costs and work support.
Details: forestry.ubc.ca/news/bachelo...
08.04.2025 16:45 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 1 π 2
Hello Bluesky! Good to see you all again!
Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html
21.03.2025 02:21 β π 33 π 40 π¬ 0 π 1
Petawawa Research Forest: A Remote Sensing Supersite
More to come!β‘οΈLike how to integrate novel productivity indicators on growth models to predict spatial explicit #ForestAttributes
π½ Data openly available on the PRF remote sensing supersite: opendata.nfis.org/mapserver/PRF.html
π
Coops
White
@piotrtompalski.bsky.social
@mikewulder.bsky.social
04.04.2025 16:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Exploring site quality WITHOUT AGE!β°
We implemented a way to characterize productivity for structurally complex #forests
Using annual height increments, we made an age-independent growth rate index for spatially explicit monitoring of site quality
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121137
04.04.2025 16:48 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Harmonization is important! π¨
Height increments derived from harmonized lidar were on average 37% greater than non-harmonized data
Harmonization has implications when using multi-temporal lidar for forest growth monitoring and modelling.
Read the publication π doi.org/10.1139/cjfr...
04.04.2025 16:48 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Multitemporal lidar enables forest growth & dynamics analysis - but has challenges!
π² Ways we aim to enhance forest growth models:
βΎExamining the impact of pre-processing to harmonize multi-temporal lidar from different sensors
βΎDeveloping flexible methods adapted to complex forest structures
04.04.2025 16:48 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
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Associate professor of remote sensing of forest resources at the University of Eastern Finland.
Head of Selva lab at the University of Bristol: https://www.selvalab.org
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Geospatial Scientist | Forest Management
Offizieller Account der Humboldt-UniversitΓ€t zu Berlin.
Impressum: https://www.hu-berlin.de/de/hu/impressum
Geographer combining remote sensing and field data to disentangle the impacts of land use and climate on biodiversity and earth surface processes
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Here to help you to publish and make an impact with your research.
#Satellites #Science #SeaIce #ExtremeLatitudes.
Remote Sensing of Polar Regions at University of Bremen,
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP).
https://seaice.uni-bremen.de
Communicating remote sensing science. Since 1980.
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Professor of remote sensing @AaltoUniversity
Forests & peatlands. // Kaukokartoituksen professori Aalto-yliopistossa.
Coastal Earth Observation Scientist from Canberra, Australia. Using satellite remote sensing π°οΈ, open-source geospatial ππΊοΈ, Python + R π§βπ» and dataviz π¨ to map the earth through space + time... π
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