Senior GIS and Remote Sensing Expert specialising in ALS/LiDAR, forest inventory and modelling, 3D forest structure, geospatial modelling and environmental applications of remote sensing & GIS.
Dr. Syed Adnan is a Senior GIS and Remote Sensing Expert based in Finland, specialising in LiDAR/ALS, forest inventory, geospatial analysis, and quantitative forest modelling. He currently works at Oy Arbonaut Ltd., where he contributes to large-scale remote sensing and GIS solutions for forest resource assessment and sustainable forest management.
He holds a D.Sc. in Forest Science from the University of Eastern Finland and an M.S. in Remote Sensing and GIS. Previously, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, and the Department of Forestry, University of Helsinki. His research and professional work combine remote sensing, 3D geospatial analysis, forest inventory, and data-driven modelling to develop practical methods for forest resource assessment, environmental monitoring, and understanding forest structure.
Learn more about me →Airborne LiDAR and other remote sensing data for forest inventory, structural characterisation and monitoring.
Development of algorithms and modelling approaches for forest resource assessment, prediction and stratification.
Remote sensing and GIS applications for environmental assessment, land-use planning and monitoring.
Adnan, S., Maltamo, M., Mehtätalo, L., Ammaturo, R.N.L., Packalen, P., & Valbuena, R. The study develops a mathematical framework for maximum entropy in 3D remote sensing based on the Gini coefficient and applies it to LiDAR-based aboveground biomass modelling in Finnish boreal forests.
Islam, A., Ali, S.M., Kanwal, A., Zaman-ul-Haq, M., Tariq, A., Ali, I., Adnan, S., et al. Research addressing land-cover change, urban heat island effects and evapotranspiration patterns using remote sensing and geospatial analysis.
Islam, A., Ali, S.M., Kanwal, A., Zaman-ul-Haq, M, Tariq, A., Ali, Iftikhar., Adnan, S., Faqeih, K. Y., Alamri, S. M., Alamery, E. R. and Bokhari, S. A., & Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 157:607.
Gopalakrishnan, R., Korhonen, L., Maltamo, M., Adnan, S., & Packalen, P. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 46(21), 8028–8050.
Ali, I., Islam, A., Ali, S.M., & Adnan, S. Waste Management & Research, 41(3), 608–619.
Adnan, S., Valbuena, R., Kauranne, T., Gopalakrishnan, R., & Maltamo, M. Ecological Indicators, 142, 109162.
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