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Tom Hengl @tomhengl.bsky.social · Aug 22

The global bimonthly 30m GPP product (2000-2024) is now ready for use (landcarbonlab.org/insights/glo...); available on GEE, STAC... so proud of the @opengeohub.bsky.social and @worldresources.bsky.social & colleagues!
📝 doi.org/10.7717/peer...
🖥️ stac.openlandmap.org/gpw_ugpp.dai...

Tracking the Health of Earth’s Ecosystems with New Global Productivity Data

Gross primary productivity (GPP) is a key indicator of ecosystem health. New data from Land & Carbon Lab provides the first global, higher resolution GPP data.

landcarbonlab.org

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Mike Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social · 27d

White et al. Enhanced forest inventories in Canada: implementation, status, and research needs. #EFI
➡️ Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) is operational for forest inventory in Canada enabling EFIs.
➡️ Coverage exceeds 66% of Canada’s managed forest area (~230 million ha). #lidar
🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjfr...

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IRSS at UBC @irssubc.bsky.social · Sep 3

NEW PAPER 📣 Temporally Consistent Forest Stand Segmentation using Landsat Imagery

dx.doi.org/10.1109/LGRS...

📖: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

✍️: Ye, Coops, Hermosilla @txominhermos.bsky.social, Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social, Gergel

#Segmentation #ChangeDetection #Landsat #ubcforestry

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · Aug 14

We have a #Tansley review out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by Becky Banbury Morgan in which we put forward a new framework that aims to explain how and why edge effects on forest structure vary across ecosystems and through time

📜 doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Graphical illustration of the four key stages of edge evolution following edge creation.

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Silvilaser2025 @silvilaser2025.bsky.social · Sep 4

#Silvilaser2025 schedule & program are now online! 🥳

Check out the line up of workshops, speakers, field tour & social events! 👉 www.silvilaser2025.com/program

Which plenary session are you most looking forward to?!

Registration for extra activities closes Sep 10
📍 Quebec City Convention Centre

Program — SilviLaser 2025

www.silvilaser2025.com

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Mike Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social · Aug 29

Link to Ramon's science below. Prepare to be amazed!
Research themes:
-Vegetation Resilience in Boreal Ecosystems
-Satellite Data and Model Integration
-Climate Change Impacts
-Early Warning Indicators
➡️https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ramon-Melser

Ramon MELSER, Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Cited by 13 | of University of British Columbia, Vancouver (UBC) | Read 4 publications | Contact Ramon MELSER

www.researchgate.net

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IRSS at UBC @irssubc.bsky.social · Aug 28

Congratulations again and again and again to Dr. Ramon Melser! (@ramonmelser.bsky.social)

He joins the wall after successfully defending his thesis: “Enhanced assessment of boreal vegetation productivity using integrated satellite-derived datasets and analysis approaches.”

#IRSSLab #UBCForestry

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IRSS at UBC @irssubc.bsky.social · Jul 17

NEW PAPER 📣 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐷𝑜𝑢𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑠-𝑓𝑖𝑟

#OpenAccess 🔓 doi.org/10.1016/j.sr...

📖: Science of Remote Sensing

✍️: Waite, Coops, Grubinger, Isaac-Renton, Degner, King and Liu

#remotesensing #ubcforestry #irsslab #LiDAR #multispectral #drought

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Mike Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social · Aug 27

Check out this innovative work in Forestry:
Yrttimaa et al. Quantifying architectural uniqueness of Scots pine trees using terrestrial laser scanning: toward individual tree fingerprinting. #lidar #tls
academic.oup.com/forestry/art...

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Mike Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fantastic! Our paper made the list! Development and implementation of a stand-level satellite-based forest inventory for Canada. #SBFI
academic.oup.com/forestry/art...
Check out the link below for collection of High-Impact Research from Forestry 👇👇

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IRSS at UBC @irssubc.bsky.social · Aug 26

Work hard, play hard! 🌲✨ The #IRSSLab just wrapped up our annual summer retreat.

This week away gave lab members the chance to share research updates, pick up new skills from colleagues and guests, and, of course, enjoy some much-needed R&R!

#UBCForestry #remotesensing

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Nikola Besic @nikobesic.bsky.social · Aug 24

Happy to be part of the team led by Martin Schwartz (@lsce-ipsl.bsky.social) behind our new publication:

“Retrieving yearly forest growth from satellite data: A deep learning based approach.”

📖 Published in Remote Sensing of Environment:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Retrieving yearly forest growth from satellite data: A deep learning based approach

High-resolution mapping of forest attributes is crucial for ecosystem monitoring and carbon budget assessments. Recent advancements have leveraged sat…

www.sciencedirect.com

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James Lamping @jameslamping.bsky.social · Feb 28

Our new paper is out in Forest Ecology and Management!

Utilizing data from multiple forest inventory programs, we created 35 spatially complete estimates of forest structure and composition across the coastal regions of Alaska and British Columbia. 🌍🌐

authors.elsevier.com/a/1kgiv1L%7E...

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Mike Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social · Aug 22

Canada's Satellite-Based Forest Inventory uses image segmentation to create stand-level maps for forest science & monitoring, including tree species & biomass. #SBFI
Paper: doi.org/10.1093/fore...
Download data opendata.nfis.org/mapserver/nf...
Data on #GEE: gee-community-catalog.org/projects/ca_...

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Mike Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social · Aug 22

Innovative, interesting, and successful!
Great work on this James. 👏👏
@jamesmcglade.bsky.social

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IRSS at UBC @irssubc.bsky.social · Jul 22

NEW PAPER 📣 Estimating 3D individual tree crown growth using multi-temporal LiDAR

doi.org/10.1080/2150...

📖: Remote Sensing Letters

✍️: McGlade (jamesmcglade.bsky.social‬) & Coops

@forestry.ubc.ca #remotesensingn#ubcforestryr#irsslaba#LiDARA#ALSL#randomforests#alphashapepe

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Forestry - An Int. Journal of Forest Research @forestryoup.bsky.social · Aug 20

treecbh: a new R package for crown base height (CBH) detection using aerial laser-scanned data in broad leaved forests 🌳

Diószegi et al. develop a workflow that automates and optimises CBH detection in already segmented individual trees.

🗞️ doi.org/10.1093/fore...
🔧 github.com/DijoG/treecbh

Framework of the treecbh R package: tree isolation (a), vertical cross-sectional K-means clustering (b), and the 2D kernel method (c). The detected crown base height is illustrated in the graph at the bottom right.

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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · Aug 21

A good story about current and historical fire activity in Canada (and the US) though I may be biased

thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-amer...

North America’s forests used to burn a lot more than present…

So, is climate change really making wildfires worse today?

thetradeoff.substack.com

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Mike Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social · Aug 21

"AI is not replacing the geographer; it is super-charging the geographer. Geographers are poised to have the biggest impact on communities, businesses, and the planet in decades."
Insight from Prof Trisalyn Nelson, Jack & Laura Dangermond Chair of Geography, UCSB.
www.independent.com/2025/08/20/g...

Geographers Aren't Going Anywhere

Why Microsoft is wrong about my profession when it comes to AI.

www.independent.com

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Ramon Melser @ramonmelser.bsky.social · Aug 18

Excited to share that I successfully defended my PhD dissertation in Remote Sensing (Forestry) at @forestry.ubc.ca. Thank you to all of my fantastic labmates in the @irssubc.bsky.social, as well as my supervisor, Nicholas Coops, and my research committee for all their support.

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Amy Wotherspoon, PhD @dr-spoon.bsky.social · Aug 18

I am excited to share that I am a Guest Editor for this Special Issue of Forestry @forestryoup.bsky.social for #Silvilaser2025!

Be sure to get your submissions in and feel free to DM me if you have any questions. 👋 Please share to let your colleagues know about this great publishing opportunity!

Forestry - An Int. Journal of Forest Research @forestryoup.bsky.social · Aug 14

Reminder:

We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with
@silvilaser2025.bsky.social

SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management

⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025

More information here👇
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...

Call for Papers

SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management Guest editors: Dr. Alexis Achim, Université Laval, Canada; Dr. Nicholas Coops, University of

academic.oup.com

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Amy Wotherspoon, PhD @dr-spoon.bsky.social · Aug 14

Having a great time at the #IRSSlab retreat 2025 @ Cowichan Lake!🫶

Thanks to all who demo’d the Outdoors Tips & Tricks!🔨
@la-stack.bsky.social with the #Trimble, @jamesmcglade.bsky.social with the the #GeoSlam & Liam with PostEx👏

@irssubc.bsky.social @forestry.ubc.ca @metafor-ulaval.bsky.social

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IRSS at UBC @irssubc.bsky.social · Aug 15

Members from the IRSS attended the #WIRED2025 symposium to present their research on overhead power lines across forested landscapes, as well as engage with industry and project participants.

Wonderful work from James (@jamesmcglade.bsky.social), Eliceo and Celine!

#IRSSlab #ubcforestry

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Mike Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social · Jul 14

We tested ways to improve Canada’s 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...

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Forestry - An Int. Journal of Forest Research @forestryoup.bsky.social · Aug 14

Reminder:

We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with
@silvilaser2025.bsky.social

SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management

⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025

More information here👇
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...

Call for Papers

SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management Guest editors: Dr. Alexis Achim, Université Laval, Canada; Dr. Nicholas Coops, University of

academic.oup.com

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