Recent publications

 

Kallel, A. and Nilson, T. (2013). Revisiting the vegetation hot spot modeling: Case of Poisson/Binomial leaf distributions. Remote Sensing of Environment, 130, 188-204.

Nilson, T., Rautiainen, M., Pisek, J., and Peterson, U. (2012). Seasonal Reflectance Courses of Forests. In: Dr. Andrew A. Oteng-Amoako (Ed.), New Advances and Contributions to Forestry Research. InTech, 33-58.
ISBN: 978-953-51-0529-9, Available from:
http://www.intechopen.com/books/new-advances-and-contributions-to-forestry-research/seasonal-reflectance-course-of-forests

Nilson, T., Lang, M., Rautiainen, M., Pisek, J., Peterson, U., Kuusk, A., Kuusk, J., and Eenmäe, A. (2012). Time courses of reflectance for some forest types in Estonia. 1st EARSeL Workshop on Temporal Analysis of Satellite Images. Mykonos, Greece, May 23-25, 2012, 234-239. http://www.earsel.org/SIG/timeseries/pdf/proceedings/proceedings_032.pdf

Eenmäe, A., Nilson, T., and Lang, M. (2011). A note on meteorological variables related trends in the MODIS NPP product for Estonia. Metsanduslikud Uurimused (Forestry Studies), 55, 60-63.

Kodar, A., Lang, M., Arumäe, T., Pisek, J., Nilson, T. (2011). Metsa lehepinnaindeksi kaardistamine lennukilidari, satelliidipiltide ja maapealsete mõõtmiste abil Järvselja VALERI testalal. Metsanduslikud Uurimused (Forestry Studies), 55, 9-30.

Nilson, T., Kuusk, A., Lang, M., Pisek, J., and Kodar, A. (2011). Simulation of statistical characteristics of gap distribution in forest stands. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151(7), 895-905.

Pisek, J., Chen, J.M., and Nilson, T. (2011). Estimation of vegetation clumping index using MODIS BRDF data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32(9), 2645–2657.

Pisek, J., Lang, M., Nilson, T., Korhonen, L., and Karu, H. (2011). Comparison of methods for measuring gap size distribution and canopy nonrandomness at Järvselja RAMI (RAdiation transfer Model Intercomparison) test sites. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151(3), 365-377.

Kuusk, A., Nilson, T., Kuusk, J., and Lang, M. (2010). Reflectance spectra of RAMI forest stands in Estonia: Simulations and measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114(12), 2962-2969.

Ryu, Y., Nilson, T., Kobayashi, H., Sonnentag, O., Law, B.E., and Baldocchi, D.D. (2010). On the correct estimation of effective leaf area index: Does it reveal information on clumping effects? Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 150(3), 463-472.

Kuusk, A., Kuusk, J., Lang, M., and Nilson, T. (2010). Reflectance spectra of RAMI stands in Estonia. 2nd Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS 2010), Reykjavik, Iceland, June 2010. CD-ROM, 4 pp.

Mänd, P, Hallik, L., Peñuelas, J., Nilson, T., Duce, P., Emmett, B.A., Beier, C., Estiarte, M., Garadnai, J., Kalapos, T., Schmidt, I.K., Kovács-Láng, E., Prieto, P., Tietema, A., Westerveld, J.W., and Kull, O. (2010) Responses of the reflectance indices PRI and NDVI to experimental warming and drought in European shrublands along a north–south climatic gradient. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114(3), 626-636.

Ryu, Y., Sonnentag, O., Nilson, T., Vargas, R., Kobayashi, H., Wenk, R., and Baldocchi, D.D. (2010). How to quantify tree leaf area index in an open savanna ecosystem: A multi-instrument and multi-model approach. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 150(1), 63-76.

Lang, M., Kuusk, A., Mõttus, M., Rautiainen, M., and Nilson, T. (2010). Canopy gap fraction estimation from digital hemispherical images using sky radiance models and a linear conversion method. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 150(1), 20-29.

Hallik, L., Kull, O., Nilson, T., and Peñuelas, J. (2009). Spectral reflectance of multispecies herbaceous and moss canopies in the boreal forest understory and open field. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(5), 474-485.

Rautiainen, M., Nilson, T., and Lükk, T. (2009) Seasonal reflectance trends of hemiboreal birch forests. Remote Sensing of Environment, 113(4), 805-815.

Nilson, T., Suviste, S., Lükk, T., and Eenmäe, A. (2008) Seasonal reflectance course of some forest types in Estonia from a series of Landsat TM and SPOT images and via simulation. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(17-18), 5073–5091.

Rautiainen, M., Lang, M., Mõttus, M., Kuusk, A., Nilson, T., Kuusk, J., and Lükk, T. (2008) Multi-angular reflectance properties of a hemiboreal forest: an analysis using CHRIS PROBA data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 2627-2642.

Kuusk, A., Nilson, T., Paas, M., Lang, M., and Kuusk, J. (2008) Validation of the forest radiative transfer model FRT. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 51-58.

Suviste, S., Nilson, T., Lükk, T. and Eenmäe, A. (2007) Seasonal reflectance course of some forest types in Estonia from multi-year LANDSAT TM and SPOT images and via simulation. Proceedings of Multi Temp 2007, 18-20 July, Leuven, Belgium, eds: G.J.M. De Lannoy, R. Hoeben, N.E.C. Verhoest, W.W. Verstraeten, S. Bruneel, P. Coppin, CD-ROM by Katholike Universitet Leuven, 5 pp.

Lang, M., Nilson, T., Kuusk, A., Kiviste, A., and Hordo, M. (2007) The performance of foliage mass and crown radius models in forming the input of a forest reflectance model: A test on forest growth sample plots and Landsat 7 ETM+ images. Remote Sensing of Environment, 110, 445-457.

Kuusk, A., Kuusk, J., Lang, M., Lükk, T., and Nilson, T. (2007) Hyperspectral reflectance of sub-boreal forests measured by CHRIS/PROBA and airborne spectrometer. Proc. ‘Envisat Symposium 2007’, Montreux, Switzerland 23–27 April 2007, ESA SP-636, July 2007, 6 pp.

Nilson, T., Lükk, T., Suviste, S., Kadarik, H., and Eenmäe, A. (2007) Calibration of time series of satellite images to study the seasonal course of forest reflectance. Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Biol. Ecol., 56(1), 5-18.

Nilson, T., Suviste, S., Lükk, T., and Eenmäe, A. (2006) Seasonal reflectance course of some forest types in Estonia as determined from a series of Landsat TM and SPOT images and via simulation. 2nd International Symposium Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing, 25/29 September 2006,Torrent (Valencia) Spain, Abstract Book, 70-71.

Eriksson, H.M., Eklundh, L., Kuusk, A., and Nilson, T. (2006) Impact of understory vegetation on forest canopy reflectance and remotely sensed LAI estimates. Remote Sensing of Environment 103(4), 408-418.

Rautiainen, M., Stenberg, P. and Nilson, T. 2005. Estimating canopy cover in Scots pine stands. Silva Fennica, 39 (1):137-142.

Kuusk, A., Lang, M., and Nilson, T. 2004. Simulation of the reflectance of ground vegetation in sub-boreal forests, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 126(1-2): 33-46.

Nilson, T. and Kuusk, A. 2004. Improved algorithm for estimating canopy indices from gap fraction data in forest canopies. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 124:157-169.

Pinty, B., Widlowski, J.-L., Taberner, M., Gobron, N., Verstraete, M. M., Disney, M., Gascon, F., Gastellu, J.-P., Jiang, L., Kuusk, A., Lewis, P., Li, X., Ni-Meister, W., Nilson, T.,   North, P., Qin, W., Su, L., Tang, S., Thompson, R., Verhoef, W., Wang, H., Wang, J., Yan, G., and Zang, H. 2004. Radiation Transfer Model Intercomparison (RAMI) exercise: Results from the second phase, J. Geophys. Res., 109(D6): D06210 10.1029/2003JD004252 25 March 2004.

Rautiainen, M., Stenberg, P., Nilson, T., and Kuusk, A. 2004. The effect of crown shape on the reflectance of coniferous stands, Remote Sensing of Environment, 89(1): 41-52.

Nilson, T., Kuusk, A., Lang, M., and Lükk, T. 2003. Forest reflectance modeling: Theoretical aspects and applications, Ambio, 32(8):535-541.

Stenberg, P., Nilson, T., Smolander, H., and Voipio, P. 2003. Gap fraction based estimation of LAI in Scots pine stands subjected to experimental removal of branches and stems, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(3):363-370.

Rautiainen, M., Stenberg, P., Nilson, T. Kuusk, A., and Smolander, H. 2003. Application of a forest reflectance model in estimating leaf area of Scots pine stands using Landsat-7 ETM reflectance data, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(3): 314-323.