Luke A. Brown
@lukeabrown.bsky.social
Lecturer in GIS & Remote Sensing at the University of Salford and recent European Space Agency Living Planet Fellow. Views my own. https://www.salford.ac.uk/our-staff/luke-brown
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Luke A. Brown
@lukeabrown.bsky.social
· May 19
New @esa.int GROUNDED EO results out in RSE! See the paper for a new data-driven Sentinel-2 LAI & FAPAR algorithm that reduces bias w.r.t. state-of-the-art. Based on a huge in situ database with uncertainties (>16,000 samples from 81 NEON, ICOS & TERN sites). www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It was great to be back at ESRIN today for the 7th @esa.int Sentinel-2 Validation Team meeting, presenting GROUNDED EO results and next steps, as well as celebrating 10 years of the Sentinel-2 mission.
October 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It was great to be back at ESRIN today for the 7th @esa.int Sentinel-2 Validation Team meeting, presenting GROUNDED EO results and next steps, as well as celebrating 10 years of the Sentinel-2 mission.
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Our new perspective on what TLS can (& can't) do in forest research www.nature.com/articles/s41... - led by Eduardo Maeda w lots of great colleagues including @kimcalders.bsky.social @emilyrlines.bsky.social @louiseterryn.bsky.social @benjaminbrede.bsky.social (apols for any I don;t have @ for)
Expanding forest research with terrestrial LiDAR technology - Nature Communications
This Review highlights how terrestrial laser scanning is transforming forest research by enabling highly detailed 3D measurements of trees, supporting applications in forest ecology, carbon monitoring, and biodiversity assessment.
www.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Our new perspective on what TLS can (& can't) do in forest research www.nature.com/articles/s41... - led by Eduardo Maeda w lots of great colleagues including @kimcalders.bsky.social @emilyrlines.bsky.social @louiseterryn.bsky.social @benjaminbrede.bsky.social (apols for any I don;t have @ for)
Pleased to be in Helsinki yesterday for the @esa.int QA4EO-2 Calibration/Validation Workshop, hosted by the Finnish Meteorological Institute: earth.esa.int/eogateway/ev...
October 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Pleased to be in Helsinki yesterday for the @esa.int QA4EO-2 Calibration/Validation Workshop, hosted by the Finnish Meteorological Institute: earth.esa.int/eogateway/ev...
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A colleague has just shared this with me - it's a really good article from @davehitchcock.bsky.social about the crisis in UK Universities.
The situation is more dire than the public realise.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-...
#AcademicSky
The situation is more dire than the public realise.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-...
#AcademicSky
A Decade of Crisis
The UK's universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be understood as an interdependent system.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
August 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A colleague has just shared this with me - it's a really good article from @davehitchcock.bsky.social about the crisis in UK Universities.
The situation is more dire than the public realise.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-...
#AcademicSky
The situation is more dire than the public realise.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-...
#AcademicSky
In Warsaw for the 3DForEcoTech final conference this week, and was happy to be able to share our latest work on terrestrial laser scanning of forest environments yesterday!
July 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
In Warsaw for the 3DForEcoTech final conference this week, and was happy to be able to share our latest work on terrestrial laser scanning of forest environments yesterday!
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Our new perspective on the use (& misuse) of what we're calling virtual forests (rather than digital twins!), for forest change from space, led by @kimcalders.bsky.social w many great colleagues 🔭 🧪🔬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Realistic virtual forests for understanding forest disturbances and recovery from space
Forests worldwide are undergoing large-scale and unprecedented changes in terms of structure and composition due to land use change and natural distur…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Our new perspective on the use (& misuse) of what we're calling virtual forests (rather than digital twins!), for forest change from space, led by @kimcalders.bsky.social w many great colleagues 🔭 🧪🔬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In Vienna this week for the @esa.int Living Planet Symposium! I'll be presenting my GROUNDED EO project in the "A.01.11 Living Planet Fellowship Programme Coordination" session on Friday morning (Room 0.14). If you can't make that, I'll also have a poster up on Friday afternoon (Zone S-T).
June 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In Vienna this week for the @esa.int Living Planet Symposium! I'll be presenting my GROUNDED EO project in the "A.01.11 Living Planet Fellowship Programme Coordination" session on Friday morning (Room 0.14). If you can't make that, I'll also have a poster up on Friday afternoon (Zone S-T).
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📖Published📖
Brown et al. describe their new leaf-wood classification approach and benchmark its performance for leaf area index (LAI) and wood area index (WAI) estimation 🍃🌍 🧪 Read the article here 👇
buff.ly/H56JQ3B
Brown et al. describe their new leaf-wood classification approach and benchmark its performance for leaf area index (LAI) and wood area index (WAI) estimation 🍃🌍 🧪 Read the article here 👇
buff.ly/H56JQ3B
May 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📖Published📖
Brown et al. describe their new leaf-wood classification approach and benchmark its performance for leaf area index (LAI) and wood area index (WAI) estimation 🍃🌍 🧪 Read the article here 👇
buff.ly/H56JQ3B
Brown et al. describe their new leaf-wood classification approach and benchmark its performance for leaf area index (LAI) and wood area index (WAI) estimation 🍃🌍 🧪 Read the article here 👇
buff.ly/H56JQ3B
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Stability of biophysical products indicates can quantify the physical response of vegetation to climate variability, disturbances & regeneration. 🏆
Djamai et al. On the consistency and stability of vegetation biophysical variables retrievals from #Landsat 8/9 and #Sentinel2.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
Djamai et al. On the consistency and stability of vegetation biophysical variables retrievals from #Landsat 8/9 and #Sentinel2.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
May 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Stability of biophysical products indicates can quantify the physical response of vegetation to climate variability, disturbances & regeneration. 🏆
Djamai et al. On the consistency and stability of vegetation biophysical variables retrievals from #Landsat 8/9 and #Sentinel2.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
Djamai et al. On the consistency and stability of vegetation biophysical variables retrievals from #Landsat 8/9 and #Sentinel2.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
A further paper out this week! This time in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social - we detail a new leaf-wood classification method for terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data, making use of co-registered near-infrared photography: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A further paper out this week! This time in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social - we detail a new leaf-wood classification method for terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data, making use of co-registered near-infrared photography: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Four(!) permanent positions are now open within our @salforduni.bsky.social Geography & Environmental Management team: 1 x Prof. and 1 x Lecturer in Physical Geography, 1 x Senior Lecturer in Geography, and 1 x Lecturer in Occupational Safety & Health. Deadline 12th June, apply at jobs.salford.ac.uk
May 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Four(!) permanent positions are now open within our @salforduni.bsky.social Geography & Environmental Management team: 1 x Prof. and 1 x Lecturer in Physical Geography, 1 x Senior Lecturer in Geography, and 1 x Lecturer in Occupational Safety & Health. Deadline 12th June, apply at jobs.salford.ac.uk
New @esa.int GROUNDED EO results out in RSE! See the paper for a new data-driven Sentinel-2 LAI & FAPAR algorithm that reduces bias w.r.t. state-of-the-art. Based on a huge in situ database with uncertainties (>16,000 samples from 81 NEON, ICOS & TERN sites). www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
New @esa.int GROUNDED EO results out in RSE! See the paper for a new data-driven Sentinel-2 LAI & FAPAR algorithm that reduces bias w.r.t. state-of-the-art. Based on a huge in situ database with uncertainties (>16,000 samples from 81 NEON, ICOS & TERN sites). www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Sensors, scientists and sunshine. Thanks for the great Strucnet vegetation structural dynamics meeting @kimcalders.bsky.social.
May 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Sensors, scientists and sunshine. Thanks for the great Strucnet vegetation structural dynamics meeting @kimcalders.bsky.social.
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Strucnet meeting organised by @kimcalders.bsky.social very much fun!
May 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Strucnet meeting organised by @kimcalders.bsky.social very much fun!
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Our @geographicalassoc.bsky.social statement on the crisis impacting UK Higher Education Geography.
We urge universities to maintain their current capacity for geography and to capitalise on its growth in schools and relevance to the workplace and wider economy.
geography.org.uk/ga-higher-ed...
We urge universities to maintain their current capacity for geography and to capitalise on its growth in schools and relevance to the workplace and wider economy.
geography.org.uk/ga-higher-ed...
GA Higher Education geography statement - Geographical Association
As the subject association for geography the Geographical Association is concerned about the funding position of many UK universities...
geography.org.uk
May 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Our @geographicalassoc.bsky.social statement on the crisis impacting UK Higher Education Geography.
We urge universities to maintain their current capacity for geography and to capitalise on its growth in schools and relevance to the workplace and wider economy.
geography.org.uk/ga-higher-ed...
We urge universities to maintain their current capacity for geography and to capitalise on its growth in schools and relevance to the workplace and wider economy.
geography.org.uk/ga-higher-ed...
First look at some data from last week's leaf-off scanning with our new VZ-600i
April 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
First look at some data from last week's leaf-off scanning with our new VZ-600i
Just in time for leaf-off scans with the new kit
April 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Just in time for leaf-off scans with the new kit
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📢 Call for Participants!
3rd Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forest Ecosystems
💰 No registration fee + full expenses covered!
Organized by four COST Actions
📍 Where: Oxford University & Wytham Woods
📅 When: 4–8 August 2025
📝 More here: bit.ly/3FWRvDp
#SummerSchool #Forest #COSTActions
3rd Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forest Ecosystems
💰 No registration fee + full expenses covered!
Organized by four COST Actions
📍 Where: Oxford University & Wytham Woods
📅 When: 4–8 August 2025
📝 More here: bit.ly/3FWRvDp
#SummerSchool #Forest #COSTActions
March 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
📢 Call for Participants!
3rd Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forest Ecosystems
💰 No registration fee + full expenses covered!
Organized by four COST Actions
📍 Where: Oxford University & Wytham Woods
📅 When: 4–8 August 2025
📝 More here: bit.ly/3FWRvDp
#SummerSchool #Forest #COSTActions
3rd Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forest Ecosystems
💰 No registration fee + full expenses covered!
Organized by four COST Actions
📍 Where: Oxford University & Wytham Woods
📅 When: 4–8 August 2025
📝 More here: bit.ly/3FWRvDp
#SummerSchool #Forest #COSTActions
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I am #hiring! Do you like #lidar #data and #forests? Enjoy both computational & field work?
I am hiring a Computational and Field Senior Technician to join my UKRI FLF project team for 2 yrs, based in Cambridge, UK (not remote). More details here (closing April 7th) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50700/
I am hiring a Computational and Field Senior Technician to join my UKRI FLF project team for 2 yrs, based in Cambridge, UK (not remote). More details here (closing April 7th) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50700/
Computational & Field Senior Technician (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Computational & Field Senior Technician (Fixed Term) in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
March 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I am #hiring! Do you like #lidar #data and #forests? Enjoy both computational & field work?
I am hiring a Computational and Field Senior Technician to join my UKRI FLF project team for 2 yrs, based in Cambridge, UK (not remote). More details here (closing April 7th) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50700/
I am hiring a Computational and Field Senior Technician to join my UKRI FLF project team for 2 yrs, based in Cambridge, UK (not remote). More details here (closing April 7th) www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50700/
Very happy to have taken delivery of our new RIEGL VZ-600i terrestrial laser scanner earlier this week. A huge upgrade over our ageing LMS-Z390. Now looking forward to getting out for some data collection...
March 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Very happy to have taken delivery of our new RIEGL VZ-600i terrestrial laser scanner earlier this week. A huge upgrade over our ageing LMS-Z390. Now looking forward to getting out for some data collection...
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#Sentinel2 -A is back for 12 months, together with S2B and S2C !
Many thanks to #Copernicus and @esa.int, and to all those who asked for it in our petition.
Many thanks to #Copernicus and @esa.int, and to all those who asked for it in our petition.
March 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#Sentinel2 -A is back for 12 months, together with S2B and S2C !
Many thanks to #Copernicus and @esa.int, and to all those who asked for it in our petition.
Many thanks to #Copernicus and @esa.int, and to all those who asked for it in our petition.
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Imagine being a government and having a truly world leading industry that also contributes directly and indirectly to regional and national economy, produces leaders, thinkers and workers of the future and then not supporting it. This is the result - now coming to several UK universities…
What a disgrace the university crisis is. University of York has released 272 staff in an attempt to save £34m. All because of central government's stupid, wasteful and thick policies. www.yorkvision.co.uk/news/difficu...
"Difficult and Painful": 272 Staff Members Cut as the University Tackles Financial Crisis | York Vision
Alice Lilley reports on the University’s £34 million financial crisis.
www.yorkvision.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Imagine being a government and having a truly world leading industry that also contributes directly and indirectly to regional and national economy, produces leaders, thinkers and workers of the future and then not supporting it. This is the result - now coming to several UK universities…
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Fully funded PhD w me and @kungphil.bsky.social looking at the structure & function of urban forests in 3D using ground data, lidar, modelling, all the fun stuff. Check it out and get in touch if you're interested www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/qua...
Quantifying the structure, function and utility of urban forests | UCL Trees
60% of the global population will be urban by 2030. Urban forests provide massively important ecosystem and amenity benefits including health, climate mitigation, recreational and aesthetic. But these...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
December 6, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Fully funded PhD w me and @kungphil.bsky.social looking at the structure & function of urban forests in 3D using ground data, lidar, modelling, all the fun stuff. Check it out and get in touch if you're interested www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/qua...
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Reminder about our funded PhD opportunity on dual-wavelength laser scanning for estimating chlorophyll content & vegetation health. Based at @unisouthampton.bsky.social under the IGNITE NERC DLA with supervision from Jadu Dash, Jo Nield and myself. Further details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
December 3, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Reminder about our funded PhD opportunity on dual-wavelength laser scanning for estimating chlorophyll content & vegetation health. Based at @unisouthampton.bsky.social under the IGNITE NERC DLA with supervision from Jadu Dash, Jo Nield and myself. Further details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...