Postdoktor i fjärranalys av skog och klimatriskbedömning vid Mgeo
Core
Develop an operational web-based service using satellite observations to continuously assess climate risks (drought, storm exposure, bark beetle susceptibility) in Sweden's forests.
Role type
Postdoctoral Researcher (Remote Sensing & Climate Risk)
Builds
Operational web-based monitoring service with automated update flows and a GIS dashboard for regional authorities and forest owners.
Domain
Forestry, Climate Science, Remote Sensing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Quantitative remote sensing, Vegetation ecology, Computer programming, Data analysis, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Time series analysis, Spectral mixture analysis
Preferred skills
Web-GIS development, High-performance computing/cloud platforms (GEE Python API), Airborne LiDAR data processing
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain harmonized time-series datasets from Landsat and Sentinel-2 satellites; Create spatially explicit climate risk layers including drought stress maps and storm exposure indices; Investigate mechanisms linking windthrow, drought, and bark beetle attacks using interpretable ML models; Publish research results in high-quality international journals.