Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Research Interests
My research interests embrace multidisciplinary topics, mainly involving remote sensing, land changes, hydrology and climate change. I have particular interest in environmental change processes in tropical regions. During the last years I have been carrying out research in the Amazon rainforest region and the East African Mountains.
Previous appointments and positions
Scientific officer / Postdoctoral researcher
European Commission – Joint Research Center (JRC)
Period: July 2011 – July 2012
Postdoctoral researcher / Deputy scientist in charge CHIESA project
University of Helsinki – Dept. of Geosciences and Geography
Period: Aug 2012 – Aug 2013
Visiting Researcher
University of Tokyo – Oki Laboratory - Tokyo, Japan
Period: October/2010 and August-November 2014
Project researcher
National Institute for Space Research - São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
Period: March/2008 – September/2008
Research Assistant
Iowa State University - Agricultural and Biosystems Eng. Dep. - USA
Period: August/2005 – December/2005
Scientific Initiation Program Scholarship - CNPq
Federal University of Viçosa- Brazil
Period: August/2003 - June/2005
Trainee (assisting graduate students in field work activities)
Federal University of Viçosa - Brazil
Period: October/2001 - June/2003
Fields of Science
- 1171 Geosciences
- Remote sensing
- hydrology
- Deforestation
- Tropical Forests
- Agricultural expansion
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
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Large-scale commodity agriculture exacerbates the climatic impacts of Amazonian deforestation
Maeda, E., Abera, T., Siljander, M., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Mendes de Moura, Y. & Heiskanen, J., 2021, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Climatic impacts of bushland to cropland conversion in Eastern Africa
Abera, T., Heiskanen, J., Pellikka, P., Adhikari, H. & Maeda, E., 15 May 2020, In : Science of the Total Environment. 717, 137255, 12 p., 137255.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Impact of rainfall extremes on energy exchange and surface temperature anomalies across biomes in the Horn of Africa
Abera, T., Heiskanen, J., Pellikka, P. & Maeda, E., 15 Jan 2020, In : Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 280, 13 p., 107779.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Intensification of the dispersion of the global climatic landscape and its potential as a new climate change indicator
Guan, Y., Lu, H., He, L., Adhikari, H., Pellikka, P., Maeda, E. & Heiskanen, J., Nov 2020, In : Environmental Research Letters. 15, 11, 10 p., 114032.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Land Surface Temperature Trend and Its Drivers in East Africa
Abera, T., Pellikka, P., Heiskanen, J. & Maeda, E., 16 Dec 2020, In : Journal of Geophysical Research : Atmospheres. 125, 23, 18 p., ARTN e2020JD033446.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Projects
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The influence of forest management on microclimatic heterogeneity - implications for ecosystem resilience
Maeda, E., Aalto, J., Hancock, S. & Aalto, I. J.
01/01/2021 → 31/12/2024
Project: Research project
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Understanding mechanisms of habitat change in fragmented tropical forests for improving conservation
Maeda, E., Nunes, M. & Abera, T.
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2023
Project: Research project
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Geospatial monitoring and modelling of environmental change using geoinformatics (GIMMEC)
Pellikka, P., Hjort, J., Luoto, M., Stenberg, P., Anttila, S., Clark, B., Gonsamo Gosa, A., Heiskanen, J., Hendriks, J., Tokola, N., Hohenthal, J., Johansson, T., Maeda, E., Muukkonen, P., Mäkiaho, J., Mõttus, M., Heinilä, A. M. K., Omoro, L., Rautiainen, M., Salonen, M., Siljander, M., Toivonen, T. & Virtanen, T.
28/02/2011 → …
Project: Research Evaluation 2011
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GACBE: Geo-information Analysis Capacity Building in Ethiopia
Pellikka, P., Abera, T., Maeda, E. & Heiskanen, J.
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2020
Project: Research project
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Climate extremes in the Amazon rainforest: unveiling the impacts of droughts on environmental processes
01/09/2013 → 31/08/2016
Project: Research project
Activities
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MSc thesis supervision of Iris Aalto
Petri Pellikka (Supervisor), Eduardo Maeda (Supervisor) & Janne Heiskanen (Supervisor)
2020Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
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Supervisor of PhD thesis of Temesgen Abera
Petri Pellikka (Supervisor), Eduardo Maeda (Co-supervisor), Janne Heiskanen (Co-supervisor), Rasmus Fensholt (Opponent), Jukka Käyhkö (Pre-examiner) & Youngryel Ryu (Pre-examiner)
6 Mar 2020Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
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TAITASMARTGIS
Petri Pellikka (Speaker: Chair), Tom Böhling (Speaker: Keynote), Kaarle Hämeri (Speaker: Keynote), Mika Siljander (Speaker: Chair), Laura Alakukku (Attendee), Juuso Tuure (Speaker: Presenter), Pirjo Mäkelä (Attendee), Matti Räsänen (Speaker: Presenter), James Mwangombe Mwamodenyi (Speaker: Presenter), Sheila Aswani Wachiye (Speaker: Presenter), Hari Adhikari (Speaker: Presenter), Edward Amara (Attendee), Janne Heiskanen (Attendee), Temesgen Abera (Speaker: Presenter), Eduardo Maeda (Attendee), Simon Schallhart (Attendee), Werner Kutsch (Speaker: Presenter), Antti Autio (Attendee), Kristiina Karhu (Speaker: Presenter), Kevin Mganga (Attendee), Risto Vesala (Attendee), Laura Arppe (Attendee), Hanna Rosti (Speaker: Presenter), Enrico Di Minin (Attendee) & Kai Nordlund (Speaker: Presenter)
1 Oct 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Supervision: Yang Liu
Petri Kauko Emil Pellikka (Supervisor), Jaana Kaarina Bäck (Supervisor) & Eduardo Eiji Maeda (Supervisor)
2018 → …Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
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PhD thesis supervision of Rami Piiroinen
Petri Kauko Emil Pellikka (Supervisor), Janne Heiskanen (Co-supervisor) & Eduardo Eiji Maeda (Co-supervisor)
2018Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
Press / Media
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Amazon: On the edge of the burnt rainforest
04/09/2019
1 item of Media coverage
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How vanishing lizards in Madagascar led to a troubling discovery about deforestation and climate change
30/04/2019
1 Media contribution
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Evidence of a fragile hydrological equilibrium in the western Amazon
14/10/2015
1 item of Media coverage
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University of Helsinki studies forests in Kenya
08/12/2010
1 Media contribution
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