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title: "  About"

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- __Occupation:__  Senior Research Scientist
- __Institution:__ Finnish Environment Institute ([Syke](https://www.syke.fi/en))
- __Unit:__  Nature Solutions
- __Located:__     Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
- __Academic title:__  Docent
- __PhD degree:__  University of Helsinki (Finland), Department of Forest Sciences
- __Expertise:__
    - characterization of managed forests in land surface models
    - description of (boreal) forests in global land cover products
    - remote sensing (optical satellite data, airborne laser scanning)
    - fraction of absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fPAR)
    - National Forest Inventory (NFI), forest management
    - Geographic Information System (GIS)
    - field measurements, ground validation
    - forest dynamics modeling
    - boreal forest phenology
    - boreal forest biodiversity
    - vegetation spectra
    - Leaf Area Index (LAI)

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<h6><img  src="Figs/Titta_2020_3.png" width="60%"/></h6>
Fieldwork during summer 2020 in southern Estonia. Me standing with field plot marking sticks (a), colleague setting up laser scanner (Leica P40) (b), and we having a break for drinking and removing ticks (c). I thank my colleagues for providing the images.


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<h6><img  src="Figs/img_collection.png" width="60%"/></h6>
Fieldwork using LAI-2000 device (a-b), camera with hemispherical lens (c), ASD spectrometer and reference <br/> panel (d,e), and PASTIS device (f). I thank my colleagues for providing the images.