TAITAFOREST - Remote sensing of water harvesting and carbon sequestration by forests in the Taita Hills, Kenya.

Pellikka, Petri (Project manager)
Heiskanen, Janne (Participant)
Adhikari, Hari (Participant)
Piiroinen, Rami (Participant)
Liu, Jinxiu (Participant)
Siljander, Mika (Participant)
Hurskainen, Pekka (Participant)
Rinne, Janne (Participant)
Rikkinen, Jouko (Participant)
Räsänen, Matti (Participant)
Starr, Mike (Participant)

Project Details

Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	01/01/2016 → 31/08/2017

Fields of Science

1171 Geosciences
114 Physical sciences
1172 Environmental sciences
4112 Forestry
1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology

Taita Research Station
Faculty of Science
Facility/equipment: Equipment

3 Active
4 Finished

TAITASMART: Environmental sensing of ecosystem services for developing climate smart landscape framework to improve food security in East Africa
Pellikka, P., Alakukku, L., Vesala, T., Johansson, T., Heiskanen, J., Räsänen, M., Tuure, J., Adhikari, H., Piiroinen, R., Abera, T., Tang, Z., Wachiye, S., Mäkelä, P., Karhu, K., Di Minin, E. & Autio, A.
01/03/2018 → 01/03/2022
Project: Research project
GHG-TAITA: Greenhouse gas emissions (CH4, N2O, CO2) from dominant land cover types in Taita Hills region, Kenya
Pellikka, P., Wachiye, S., Räsänen, M., Rinne, J. & Merbold, L.
01/10/2017 → 30/09/2021
Project: Research project
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

6 Article

A call for viewshed ecology: Advancing our understanding of the ecology of information through viewshed analysis
Aben, J., Pellikka, P. & Travis, J. M. J., Mar 2018, In : Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 3, p. 624-633 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Comparison and Prediction of the above Ground Carbon Storage in Croplands on the Inhabited Slopes on Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) and the Taita Hills (Kenya)
Odeny, D., Karanja, F., Mwachala, G., Pellikka, P. & Marchant, R., Aug 2018, In : Journal of Geographic Information System . 10, p. 415-438 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
File
Effects of Crop Leaf Angle on LAI-Sensitive Narrow-Band Vegetation Indices Derived from Imaging Spectroscopy
Zou, X., Haikarainen, I., Haikarainen, I. P., Mäkelä, P., Mõttus, M. & Pellikka, P., Sep 2018, In : Applied sciences. 8, 9, 17 p., 1435.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
File

6 Academic visit to other institution
2 Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
2 Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
1 Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
5 More

GeoJournal (Journal)
Petri Pellikka (Reviewer)
18 Oct 2018
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Consequences of land change to water resources, biodiversity and carbon sequestration in the Taita Hills, Kenya
Petri Pellikka (Speaker)
23 Mar 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Taita Research Station Science Seminar
Petri Pellikka (Chair of organizing committee), Tino Petri Johansson (Secretary of organizing committee) & Jouko Kalevi Rikkinen (Member of organizing committee)
3 Oct 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars