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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
July 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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#IRSSLab roll call! 🙌

Brianne Boufford, José Riofrió, and many more are lighting up #Silvilaser2025 with some awesome talks and stellar science!

Still so much good stuff ahead—come hang with us!

#UBCForestry #RemoteSensing

@silvilaser2025.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Another great workshop as part of the 'Empowering Women+ in #Forestry by Advanced Computing & AI Workshop Series' hosted by #IRSSlab postdoc Yuwei Cao 👏

Yesterday's session: #MachineLearning for #ForestConservation & Change Detection' was led by Jing Jiang & Tommaso Trotto!

@forestry.ubc.ca
March 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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This weeks #FlashbackFriday features #IRSSlab postdoc @joseriofrio93.bsky.social! 🤝

José shares some of the research he's been working on in collaboration with #Silva21 to enhance forest #GrowthModels

Check out the🧵 for some #highlights
@forestry.ubc.ca #RemoteSensing #PostDoc #Lidar
April 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Bienvenue à SilviLaser 2025! ⚜️🌲

#IRSSlab members Brent Murray (@brntmrry.bsky.social) and Liam Irwin kicked off the conference today with a workshop on #lidR and #LAStools.

Lots of exciting talks and sessions ahead — make sure to stop by and say hi!

#Silvilaser2025 @silvilaser2025.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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The newest addition to the wall!

Huge congratulations to Madi Brown (madisophia.bsky.social‬) on her successful MSc defense. We wish her all the best on her next chapter at ‪ETH Zurich (ethz.ch���).

Viel Erfolg, Mad#UBCForestryF#IRSSLab#IRSSLab
July 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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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
August 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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📣NEW PAPER 📣A review of PlanetScope CubeSats for forest monitoring

✍️: Shields, Coops, Achim (@alexisachim.bsky.social), Hamelin, Mulverhill

📖: Science of Remote Sensing

doi.org/10.1016/j.sr...

#planetScope #forestry #highresolution #nearrealtime #multispectral #IRSSlab #UBCForestry
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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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
August 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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NEW PAPER 📣 Challenges and opportunities for the operationalization of forest-assisted migration in Canada
doi.org/10.1139/cjfr...

✍️: Wotherspoon (@dr-spoon.bsky.social), D'Orangeville, Thiffault, Pedlar, Raymond, Ravn, Spearing, Isaac-Renton, Godbout, Gravel-Grenier, McPhee

#IRSSlab #UBCForestry
September 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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One to remember! 🎓

Dr. Evan (Bud) Muise finds his place on the wall after the successful defense of his thesis: "Assessing forest ecological integrity and protected area effectiveness in British Columbia with satellite remote sensing"

Congratulations, Bud!

#IRSSlab #UBCForestry #RemoteSensing
September 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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📣NEW PAPER 📣A Review of Dendrochronology and Remote Sensing Integration for Forest Growth and Disturbance Monitoring

✍️: Leduc, Coops, Morin-Bernard, Moreau & Achim (alexisachim.bsky.social)

📖: Current Forestry Reports

doi.org/10.1007/s407...

#RemoteSensing #IRSSlab #Dendrochronology #review
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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We always love havening visitors to the #IRSSlab! 👐

Thanks to Professors Róbert Marušák & Radek Rinn from the Faculty of Forestry & Wood Sciences at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
www.fld.czu.cz/en

Thanks for stopping by! 🙏

@forestry.ubc.ca #RemoteSensing #CZU
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March 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Congratulations to Yinan (Elaine) Ye on successfully completing her Master of Science! 🎓

Her thesis, "Segmenting and Updating Forest Polygons Over Three Decades Using Time-Series Landsat Imagery," showcases her incredible hard work and dedication.

Don’t be a stranger! 🌲🧳

#UBCForestry #IRSSLab
September 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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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
July 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Pi (π) Day is extra special in the #IRSSlab; its also Dr Coops’ birthday 🥧

So today we celebrate our 2nd annual Pi Bake Off!
(plus a few extras from The Pie Hole)!

Happy 3.14 day! 🥳
Thanks to all those who baked pies (savory and sweet!) and to @la-stack.bsky.social for organizing!
#piday2025
March 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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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
August 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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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
August 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Meet #IRSSlab members on BlueSky! 🤝

Lenny (@l-hambrecht.bsky.social) is a postdoc researching the use of copter & fixed-wing #drones for surveys of wildlife populations to enhance existing aerial survey methods

Give him a follow & check out his Google Scholar page in the 🧵

@forestry.ubc.ca
March 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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⭐Workshop 3: Advanced Cloud Computing & #DeepLearning in Forestry⭐

📅 2025-03-24
⏰ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 Location: UBC Forestry R-RM FSC 4001
🍴 Delicious food will be served!
🔗ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0TEE9rR6BKyiuou

Hosted by #IRSSlab member @yuweicao.bsky.social
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March 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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It's #FlashbackFriday at the #IRSSlab!

This week PhD candidate Ramon (@ramonmelser.bsky.social) shares his #FlashbackFriday to his first PhD paper! 🛰️🌲

📃 Read the paper here in the link below!
🧵 Check out the thread for his reflection on this experience

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Multi-Source Remote Sensing Based Modeling of Vegetation Productivity in the Boreal: Issues & Opportunities
Understanding the processes driving terrestrial vegetation productivity dynamics in boreal ecosystems is critical for accurate assessments of carbon dynamics. Monitoring these dynamics typically re...
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March 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Amazing work by #IRSSlab member Yuwei in organizing these workshops! They were an amazing success! 👏

📄 Be sure to check out all the material and notes on the website dedicated to these events!

Thanks to collaborators @smithtripp21.bsky.social, @brianneboufford.bsky.social, Harry, Tommaso & Jing
yuweicao.bsky.social Yuwei Cao @yuweicao.bsky.social · Mar 31
After an incredible journey through the Empowering Women+ in Forestry by Advanced Computing and AI workshop series, we’re thrilled to announce that all materials are now available on our website!
🔗 lnkd.in/d-3neECX
April 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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✨Research Highlights:

The approach keeps existing stand boundaries without land cover change and updates regenerating areas.

Stands grew larger and more complex over time, approaching pre-disturbance values.

The algorithm is transparent and efficient, ideal for forest change monitoring.

#IRSSlab
September 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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✍️ Murray et al (2024)
🌲 Estimating tree species composition from airborne laser scanning data using point-based deep learning models.

📃 ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

@forestry.ubc.ca #remotesensing #IRSSlab #ALSdata #OpenAccess
March 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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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 project’s latest research.
dr-spoon.bsky.social Amy Wotherspoon, PhD @dr-spoon.bsky.social · May 8
Thank you to all who came out to #Silva21’s 4th AGM in Sherbrooke, QC 🌲

Big thanks to the HQPs, #SFI and #Domtar for making this event possible!

See you all next year for our final event!
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May 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM