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Overview

Paul Treitz is a researcher affiliated with Queen's University in Canada, specializing in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work encompasses several key subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

Treitz's research frequently addresses topics such as climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, remote sensing in agriculture, forest ecology and management, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and forest ecology and biodiversity studies.

Significant venues for their publications include Remote Sensing, Arctic Science, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, and The Forestry Chronicle. This distribution reflects a focus on remote sensing technologies and environmental monitoring within northern latitudes and forested ecosystems.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Treitz involve:

  • "Optimizing Landsat time series length for regional mapping of lidar-derived forest structure" (2020) published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Effects of radiometric correction on cover type and spatial resolution for modeling plot level forest attributes using multispectral airborne LiDAR data" (2020) published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • "Forest Inventory and Diversity Attribute Modelling Using Structural and Intensity Metrics from Multi-Spectral Airborne Laser Scanning Data" (2020) published in Remote Sensing
  • "Transferability of ALS-Derived Forest Resource Inventory Attributes Between an Eastern and Western Canadian Boreal Forest Mixedwood Site" (2020) published in Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
  • "Predicting Carbon Accumulation in Temperate Forests of Ontario, Canada Using a LiDAR-Initialized Growth-and-Yield Model" (2020) published in Remote Sensing

Treitz collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Neal A. Scott, Karin van Ewijk, Jacqueline K. Y. Hung, Piotr Tompalski, and Nicholas C. Coops, reflecting a network that spans forestry and remote sensing disciplines.

The breadth of Treitz's work includes extensive use of remote sensing technologies such as multispectral airborne LiDAR and satellite imagery to investigate forest structure, carbon accumulation, and environmental changes related to climate impacts on ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • LiDAR remote sensing of forest structure

    Kevin Lim;Paul Treitz;Michael Wulder;Benoît St-Onge

  • Assessing forest metrics with a ground-based scanning lidar

    Chris Hopkinson;Laura Chasmer;Colin Young-Pow;Paul Treitz

  • Lidar remote sensing of biophysical properties of tolerant northern hardwood forests

    Kevin Lim;Paul Treitz;Ken Baldwin;Ian Morrison

  • Application of satellite and GIS technologies for land-cover and land-use mapping at the rural-urban fringe : A case study

    P.M. Treitz;P.J. Howarth;Peng Gong

  • Estimation of above ground forest biomass from airborne discrete return laser scanner data using canopy-based quantile estimators

    Kevin S. Lim;Paul M. Treitz

  • Remote sensing for mapping and monitoring land-cover and land-use change—an introduction

    Paul Treitz;John Rogan

  • Hyperspectral remote sensing for estimating biophysical parameters of forest ecosystems

    Paul M. Treitz;Philip J. Howarth

  • Vegetation class dependent errors in lidar ground elevation and canopy height estimates in a boreal wetland environment

    Chris Hopkinson;Laura E Chasmer;Gabor Sass;Irena F Creed

  • High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing Data for Forest Ecosystem Classification: An Examination of Spatial Scale

    Paul Treitz;Philip Howarth

  • Investigating laser pulse penetration through a conifer canopy by integrating airborne and terrestrial lidar

    Laura Chasmer;Chris Hopkinson;Paul Treitz

  • Operational implementation of a LiDAR inventory in Boreal Ontario

    Murray Woods;Doug Pitt;Margaret Penner;Kevin Lim

  • Mapping stand-level forest biophysical variables for a mixedwood boreal forest using lidar: an examination of scanning density

    V Thomas;P Treitz;J H McCaughey;I Morrison

  • Characterizing Forest Succession in Central Ontario using Lidar-derived Indices

    Karin Y. van Ewijk;Paul M. Treitz;Neal A. Scott

  • LiDAR Sampling Density for Forest Resource Inventories in Ontario, Canada

    Paul M. Treitz;Kevin Lim;Murray Woods;Doug Pitt

  • Image classification of a northern peatland complex using spectral and plant community data

    Valerie Thomas;Paul Treitz;Dennis Jelinski;John Miller

  • Mapping Snowpack Depth Beneath Forest Canopies Using Airborne Lidar

    Chris Hopkinson;Mike Sitar;Laura Chasmer;Paul Treitz

  • Integrating spectral, spatial, and terrain variables for forest ecosystem classification

    P. Treitz;P. Howarth

  • Predicting forest stand variables from LiDAR data in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence forest of Ontario

    M. Woods;K. Lim;P. Treitz

  • Remote Sensing of Arctic Vegetation: Relations between the NDVI, Spatial Resolution and Vegetation Cover on Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut

    Gita J. Laidler;Paul M. Treitz;David M. Atkinson

  • Mapping mangrove forests using multi-tidal remotely-sensed data and a decision-tree-based procedure

    Xuehong Zhang;Paul M. Treitz;Dongmei Chen;Dongmei Chen;Chang Quan

  • Estimation of Above ground Forest Biomass from Airborne Discrete Return Laser Scanner Data Using Canopy-based

    Kevin S. Lim;Paul M. Treitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Hopkinson
Chris Hopkinson University of Lethbridge
Laura Chasmer
Laura Chasmer University of Lethbridge
Neal A. Scott
Neal A. Scott Queen's University
Scott F. Lamoureux
Scott F. Lamoureux Queen's University
Alan G. Barr
Alan G. Barr University of Saskatchewan
Nicholas C. Coops
Nicholas C. Coops University of British Columbia
John R. Miller
John R. Miller York University
Michael A. Wulder
Michael A. Wulder Natural Resources Canada
John P. Caspersen
John P. Caspersen University of Toronto
Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada
Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada Spanish National Research Council

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