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2026
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Norway
2025

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591
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  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Erik Næsset is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Environmental Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology. Additional focus areas include Global and Planetary Change and Insect Science.

The scientist's work centers on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, with substantial output related to forest ecology and management. Further research topics encompass Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Tree-ring climate responses, Forest Management and Policy, and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Næsset's recent publications include:

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Remote sensing in forestry: current challenges, considerations and directions, 2023, Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research
  • Comparison of linear regression, k-nearest neighbour and random forest methods in airborne laser-scanning-based prediction of growing stock, 2020, Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research
  • Harvested area did not increase abruptly-how advancements in satellite-based mapping led to erroneous conclusions, 2022, Annals of Forest Science
  • Estimating aboveground biomass density using hybrid statistical inference with GEDI lidar data and Paraguay's national forest inventory, 2023, Environmental Research Letters

Frequent collaborators of Næsset include Terje Gobakken, Hans Ole Ørka, Ole Martin Bollandsås, Ronald E. McRoberts, and Svetlana Saarela.

Their research has been published extensively in several journals, notably Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment, Silva Fennica, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Forest Ecosystems.

Næsset has contributed to book publications, including the "Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol," published by Ghent University in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Predicting forest stand characteristics with airborne scanning laser using a practical two-stage procedure and field data

    Erik Næsset

  • Lidar sampling for large-area forest characterization: A review

    Michael A. Wulder;Joanne C. White;Ross F. Nelson;Erik Næsset

  • Determination of mean tree height of forest stands using airborne laser scanner data

    Erik Næsset

  • Estimating timber volume of forest stands using airborne laser scanner data

    Erik Næsset

  • Practical large-scale forest stand inventory using a small-footprint airborne scanning laser

    Erik Næsset

  • Laser scanning of forest resources: the nordic experience

    Erik Næsset;Terje Gobakken;Johan Holmgren;Hannu Hyyppä

  • Estimating tree height and tree crown properties using airborne scanning laser in a boreal nature reserve

    Erik Næsset;Tonje Økland

  • An International Comparison of Individual Tree Detection and Extraction Using Airborne Laser Scanning

    Harri Kaartinen;Juha Hyyppä;Xiaowei Yu;Mikko Vastaranta

  • Estimation of above- and below-ground biomass across regions of the boreal forest zone using airborne laser

    Erik Næsset;Terje Gobakken

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission

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  • Comparative testing of single-tree detection algorithms under different types of forest

    Jari Vauhkonen;Liviu Ene;Sandeep Gupta;Johannes Heinzel

  • Estimating tree heights and number of stems in young forest stands using airborne laser scanner data

    Erik Næsset;Kjell-Olav Bjerknes

  • Tree Species Classification in Boreal Forests With Hyperspectral Data

    Michele Dalponte;Hans Ole Orka;Terje Gobakken;Damiano Gianelle

  • Inventory of Small Forest Areas Using an Unmanned Aerial System

    Stefano Puliti;Hans Ole Ørka;Terje Gobakken;Erik Næsset

  • Forestry Applications of Airborne Laser Scanning

    Matti Maltamo;Erik Næsset;Jari Vauhkonen

  • Classifying species of individual trees by intensity and structure features derived from airborne laser scanner data

    Hans Ole Ørka;Erik Næsset;Ole Martin Bollandsås

  • Effects of different sensors, flying altitudes, and pulse repetition frequencies on forest canopy metrics and biophysical stand properties derived from small-footprint airborne laser data

    Erik Næsset

  • Airborne laser scanning as a method in operational forest inventory: Status of accuracy assessments accomplished in Scandinavia

    Erik Næsset

  • Accuracy of forest inventory using airborne laser scanning: evaluating the first nordic full-scale operational project

    Erik Næsset

  • Single Tree Segmentation Using Airborne Laser Scanner Data in a Structurally Heterogeneous Spruce Forest

    Svein Solberg;Erik Naesset;Ole Martin Bollandsas

  • Prediction of species specific forest inventory attributes using a nonparametric semi-individual tree crown approach based on fused airborne laser scanning and multispectral data

    Johannes Breidenbach;Erik Næsset;Vegard Lien;Terje Gobakken

Frequent Co-Authors

Terje Gobakken
Terje Gobakken Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ole Martin Bollandsås
Ole Martin Bollandsås Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ronald E. McRoberts
Ronald E. McRoberts University of Minnesota
Timothy G. Gregoire
Timothy G. Gregoire Yale University
Svein Solberg
Svein Solberg Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Göran Ståhl
Göran Ståhl Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Matti Maltamo
Matti Maltamo University of Eastern Finland
Ross Nelson
Ross Nelson Goddard Space Flight Center
Rasmus Astrup
Rasmus Astrup Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Michael A. Wulder
Michael A. Wulder Natural Resources Canada

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