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Department of Forest Resource Management

Workareas within Forest Remote Sensing

We work with:

  • Research on remote sensing of forest and vegetation
  • Environmental monitoring and assessment, mostly national maps produced with the support of remote sensing and NFI data
  • Education in remote sensing and GIS
  • Support for SLU's GIS activities
Four people study together in SLU's library in Umeå. Photo.

Undergraduate and Master Studies

We conduct teaching in Geographical Information Technology (GIT) and Remote Sensing.
The building SLU Umeå in winter landscape from above. Photo from drone.

Remote Sensing Laboratory

A resource for collection and processing of remote sensing data. A meeting place for students, researchers and companies.
A map with blue lakes and green forest pixels. Image.

National Forest Estimates

An important part of remote sensing is to continuously develop methods for producing national raster databases with estimated variables.
Map of the Nordic countries. Image.

GIS Support

Support to users of GIS software and spatial information (geodata). Internally within SLU.
A point cloud of trees from the side, laser sanning. Image.

Laser Scanning

Laser scanning measures positions on objects using light pulses. Measurement coordinates are used to calculate forest area statistics and estimate different forest parameters.
Photogrammetric point cloud over forest landscape. Image.

Digital Photogrammetry

Digital photogrammetry is the creation of three dimensional (3D) point cloud data by applying image matching to overlapping digital images.
Satellite image of Umeå. Image.

Optical Satellite Images

Satellites with optical sensors generate images of the Earth over relatively large areas and are useful in the production of vegetation maps or to estimate specific vegetation parameters.
TanDEM-X, satellitradar. Credit EADS Astrium.

Radar

Radar using satellites as a platform can be used for mapping forests across large areas. The technology is similar to lidar (laser scanning) using electromagnetic waves but is less affected by e.g. cloud coverage.
Published: 22 December 2021 - Page editor: emma.sandstrom@slu.se

Forest Remote Sensing, Department of Forest Resource Management

Area Manager: Ruben Valbuena, ruben.valbuena@slu.se
Section Manager: Jonas Bohlin, jonas.bohlin@slu.se, +46907868640

Postal address: Department of forest resource management, SLU, S-901 83 Umeå
Visiting address: Skogsmarksgränd, Umeå, Sweden

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