Mukhopadhyay Ritwika
Presentation
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Division of Forest Remote Sensing, Department of Forest Resource Management. My work mainly focuses on modeling of vegetation attributes in the boreal forest and alpine treeline ecosystem, such as cover, aboveground biomass (AGB), volume and diameter. These variables are estimated at plot, stand, and individual tree level using different sources of 3D remote sensing (RS) data, eg (airborne and terrestrial) laser scanning data and space-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. The works also focus on accounting for the uncertainties in the estimation of the vegetation variables within different statistical frameworks.
I am also an external associate at the Arctic Centre , Umeå University.
Research
My research aims to analyse spectral and structural variables extracted from various remote sensing (RS) data to predict the proportion of land area covered by understorey shrub vegetation. I work with combining satellite, airplane, and drone RS data with field observations to develop prediction models.