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Heather Reese

Universitetslektor

Institutionen för geovetenskaper
Telefon
0766-18 28 03
E-post
heather.reese@gu.se
Besöksadress
Medicinaregatan 7 B
41390 Göteborg
Postadress
Box 460
40530 Göteborg

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Institutionen för geovetenskaper
Telefon
031-786 28 03
0766-18 28 03
E-post
heather.reese@gu.se
Besöksadress
Medicinaregatan 7 B
41390 Göteborg
Postadress
Box 460
40530 Göteborg

Om Heather Reese

My primary research interest is remote sensing of the Subarctic and Arctic, including vegetation types, vegetation changes, and permafrost. I combine multiple data sources such as optical data from Sentinel-2 or Landsat, but also incorporate 3D data from LiDAR or photogrammetry. Connecting information at different spatial scales is a challenge, where data from drones and satellite platforms need to be carefully correlated, together with field-based data. 

Since arriving at GU in 2018, I have acquired funding to build our GU Drone Lab, with three Mavic 3M drones, three Phantom 4 drones, two larger Matrice drones (200 and 310), several Emlid Reach RTK-GPS units, and two high-performance computers which are in almost constant use by students and researchers alike. The sensors include a YellowScan Mapper+ Lidar, Mavic 3 Multispectral, and a FLIR Tau 2 thermal-IR camera. Current funded projects include mapping permafrost change with repeat Lidar and annual orthophotos, use of high resolution lidar and multispectral data for pollinator habitat mapping, thermal and lidar mapping of forest fires, and repeat multispectral mapping for wetland restoration. 

I routinely guide postdocs, PhDs, and undergraduate students who may be new to remote sensing in the application of these data. I teach the understanding of machine learning algorithms in undergraduate and PhD level courses, and have used machine learning in my own research. I also work with large area operational projects and cooperate with government agencies and consulting companies in aspects of remote sensing method development. My future interests are to apply multi-scale remote sensing and spatial modelling to better determine changes due to climate and other agents in alpine and Arctic ecosystems. I have also worked with forest applications in Burkina Faso and Rwanda.

External webpage: Heathermreese.com

GU Drone lab: Link

You can find me on Bluesky: @heatherreese.bsky.social

GU Science Faculty article (2019), GU Journal article (2019), Science Faculty Pedagogic Prize (2021)