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Heather Reese

Senior Lecturer

Department of Earth Sciences
Telephone
+46 766-18 28 03
Mail
heather.reese@gu.se
Visiting address
Medicinaregatan 7B
41262 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 460
40530 Göteborg

Deputy Head of Department

Department of Earth Sciences
Telephone
+46 31-786 28 03
+46 766-18 28 03
Mail
heather.reese@gu.se
Visiting address
Medicinaregatan 7B
41262 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 460
40530 Göteborg

About Heather Reese

My primary research interest is in remote sensing of subarctic alpine vegetation types and changes in the vegetation of these areas. 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. I fly drones at my research sites with near-infrared and thermal-infrared cameras, and have contributed to a number of cross-disciplinary research projects.

I often work with large area operational projects and cooperate with government agencies and consulting companies in aspects of method development. My future interests are to apply multi-scale remote sensing and spatial modelling to better determine changes (climate and other agents) in alpine, sub-arctic ecosystems. I have also worked with applications in Burkina Faso and Rwanda. As a new member of the Department, I am currently working with further integration of remote sensing into our Earth Science research and teaching.

External webpage: Heathermreese.com

Twitter: HeatherMReese (@RRs4es) and Alpine Polar Ecology group at GU (@APEGU1)

GU Science Faculty article (2019)

GU Journal article (2019)

Science Faculty Pedagogic Prize (2021)