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Markus Holopainen

Markus Holopainen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
11920
World Ranking
3598
National Ranking
57

Overview

Markus Holopainen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research spans various aspects of environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a primary focus on remote sensing and forest ecology.

Their recent publications cover multiple topics within these fields, including:

  • Under-canopy UAV laser scanning for accurate forest field measurements, 2020, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Close-Range Remote Sensing of Forests: The state of the art, challenges, and opportunities for systems and data acquisitions, 2022, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
  • Assessing the effects of thinning on stem growth allocation of individual Scots pine trees, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Multispectral Imagery Provides Benefits for Mapping Spruce Tree Decline Due to Bark Beetle Infestation When Acquired Late in the Season, 2022, Remote Sensing
  • Individual tree segmentation and species classification using high-density close-range multispectral laser scanning data, 2023, ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Juha Hyyppä (30 joint publications)
  • Mikko Vastaranta (28 joint publications)
  • Tuomas Yrttimaa (23 joint publications)
  • Ninni Saarinen (22 joint publications)
  • Ville Kankare (21 joint publications)

Holopainen publishes often in the following venues:

  • Remote Sensing (5 publications)
  • Forest Ecology and Management (4 publications)
  • Forests (4 publications)
  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (3 publications)
  • ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (3 publications)

Their main fields of study are:

  • Environmental Science (83 publications)
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (24 publications)

Subfields of study include:

  • Environmental Engineering (38 publications)
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation (25 publications)
  • Insect Science (23 publications)
  • Ecology (14 publications)
  • Global and Planetary Change (5 publications)

The main topics addressed in their work are:

  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (76 publications)
  • Forest ecology and management (50 publications)
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (46 publications)
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture (22 publications)
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (8 publications)
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (8 publications)
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management (6 publications)

Best Publications

  • Terrestrial laser scanning in forest inventories

    Xinlian Liang;Xinlian Liang;Ville Kankare;Ville Kankare;Juha Hyyppä;Juha Hyyppä;Yunsheng Wang;Yunsheng Wang

  • Fast Automatic Precision Tree Models from Terrestrial Laser Scanner Data

    Pasi Raumonen;Mikko Kaasalainen;Markku Åkerblom;Sanna Kaasalainen

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

    Harri Kaartinen;Juha Hyyppä;Xiaowei Yu;Mikko Vastaranta

  • International benchmarking of terrestrial laser scanning approaches for forest inventories

    Xinlian Liang;Juha Hyyppä;Harri Kaartinen;Harri Kaartinen;Matti Lehtomäki

  • Using UAV-based photogrammetry and hyperspectral imaging for mapping bark beetle damage at tree-level

    Roope Näsi;Eija Honkavaara;Päivi Marja Emilia Lyytikäinen-Saarenmaa;Minna Blomqvist

  • Predicting individual tree attributes from airborne laser point clouds based on the random forests technique

    Xiaowei Yu;Juha Hyyppä;Mikko Vastaranta;Markus Holopainen

  • Automatic Stem Mapping Using Single-Scan Terrestrial Laser Scanning

    Xinlian Liang;P. Litkey;J. Hyyppa;H. Kaartinen

  • Individual tree biomass estimation using terrestrial laser scanning

    Ville Kankare;Markus Holopainen;Mikko Vastaranta;Eetu Puttonen

  • Automated Stem Curve Measurement Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning

    Xinlian Liang;Ville Kankare;Xiaowei Yu;Juha Hyyppa

  • Airborne laser scanning and digital stereo imagery measures of forest structure: comparative results and implications to forest mapping and inventory update

    Mikko Vastaranta;Michael A. Wulder;Joanne C. White;Anssi Pekkarinen

  • Advances in Forest Inventory Using Airborne Laser Scanning

    Juha Hyyppä;Xiaowei Yu;Hannu Hyyppä;Mikko Vastaranta

  • Remote sensing of bark beetle damage in urban forests at individual tree level using a novel hyperspectral camera from UAV and aircraft

    Roope Näsi;Eija Honkavaara;Minna Blomqvist;Päivi Marja Emilia Lyytikäinen-Saarenmaa

  • Outlook for the Next Generation’s Precision Forestry in Finland

    Markus Holopainen;Mikko Vastaranta;Juha Hyyppä

  • Forest variable estimation using a high-resolution digital surface model

    J. Järnstedt;A. Pekkarinen;S. Tuominen;C. Ginzler

  • Comparison of area-based and individual tree-based methods for predicting plot-level forest attributes.

    Xiaowei Yu;Juha Hyyppä;Markus Holopainen;Mikko Vastaranta

  • Under-canopy UAV laser scanning for accurate forest field measurements

    Eric Hyyppä;Juha Hyyppä;Juha Hyyppä;Teemu Hakala;Antero Kukko;Antero Kukko

  • Tree mapping using airborne, terrestrial and mobile laser scanning – A case study in a heterogeneous urban forest

    Markus Holopainen;Ville Kankare;Mikko Vastaranta;Xinlian Liang

  • Feasibility of Terrestrial laser scanning for collecting stem volume information from single trees

    Ninni Saarinen;Ninni Saarinen;Ville Kankare;Ville Kankare;Mikko Vastaranta;Mikko Vastaranta;Ville Luoma;Ville Luoma

  • Accuracy of Kinematic Positioning Using Global Satellite Navigation Systems under Forest Canopies

    Harri Kaartinen;Juha Hyyppä;Mikko Vastaranta;Antero Kukko

  • Comparison of Laser and Stereo Optical, SAR and InSAR Point Clouds from Air- and Space-Borne Sources in the Retrieval of Forest Inventory Attributes

    Xiaowei Yu;Juha Hyyppä;Mika Karjalainen;Kimmo Nurminen

  • Retrieval of Forest Aboveground Biomass and Stem Volume with Airborne Scanning LiDAR

    Ville Kankare;Mikko Vastaranta;Markus Holopainen;Minna Räty

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikko Vastaranta
Mikko Vastaranta University of Eastern Finland
Juha Hyyppä
Juha Hyyppä Finnish Geospatial Research Institute
Hannu Hyyppä
Hannu Hyyppä Aalto University
Harri Kaartinen
Harri Kaartinen University of Turku
Xiaowei Yu
Xiaowei Yu Finnish Geospatial Research Institute
Xinlian Liang
Xinlian Liang Finnish Geospatial Research Institute
Antero Kukko
Antero Kukko Aalto University
Petteri Alho
Petteri Alho University of Turku
Eija Honkavaara
Eija Honkavaara Finnish Geospatial Research Institute
Anttoni Jaakkola
Anttoni Jaakkola Finnish Geospatial Research Institute

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