Louisa Eurich
PhD Student, Division of Forest Remote Sensing
From pixels to phenotypes: UAV multispectral imaging of spring phenology, vitality, and damage in Norway spruce breeding trials
Presentation
My background is in forestry, with prior experience combining remote sensing and damage assessment before starting my doctoral work. I am interested in how imaging technologies can make forest monitoring more efficient, scalable, and objective.
Research
My research focuses on assessing spring phenology, vitality, and damage of young Norway spruce trees using high-resolution multispectral UAV imagery. I am developing analysis pipelines that link drone-derived spectral features to field-assessed scores collected at Swedish breeding trial sites in spring 2023 and 2024. The research is embedded in the “Landscape Breeding - A new paradigm in forest tree management” project at SLU.