Excited and still a bit bewildered to say that this week I defended my doctoral dissertation! A huge thank you has to go to my supervisor, committee members, and my colleagues @irssubc.bsky.social for all of their support these past 4.5 years. It's fun to be on this side of the cake for once!

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The LiDAR Work Continues - fRI Research

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Thanks to fRI for having us out again! Excited for the work coming out of this project! 🌲🐟

fRI Research@friresearch.bsky.social · 10mo ago

How do different disturbances impact a stream and its riparian zone? This August, a Water and Fish project used drones equipped with high resolution LiDAR and thermal sensors to survey 24 streams across four site types: 🌲 Forested 🔥 Fire-affected 🪵 Harvested 🏍️ OHV-impacted

Bienvenue à SilviLaser 2025! ⚜️🌲 #IRSSlab members Brent Murray (@brntmrry.bsky.social) and Liam Irwin kicked off the conference today with a workshop on #lidR and #LAStools. Lots of exciting talks and sessions ahead — make sure to stop by and say hi! #Silvilaser2025 @silvilaser2025.bsky.social

Having a great time at the #IRSSlab retreat 2025 @ Cowichan Lake!🫶 Thanks to all who demo’d the Outdoors Tips & Tricks!🔨 @la-stack.bsky.social with the #Trimble, @jamesmcglade.bsky.social with the the #GeoSlam & Liam with PostEx👏 @irssubc.bsky.social @forestry.ubc.ca @metafor-ulaval.bsky.social

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Leanna's research characterizes riparian vegetation and classifies riparian extent using ALS. Read some of her PhD publications here: ⭐Stackhouse et al (2023): doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... ⭐ Stackhouse et al (2024): doi.org/10.1016/j.sc... ⭐ Dakin Kuiper et al (2024): doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

If you don't think the IRSS flies #drones in the winter, you've never done field work with Leanna (@la-stack.bsky.social) & Kirk! ❄️ Leanna was out collecting leaf-off #lidar & #ThermalImagery of winder conditions for trout-bearing steams in Alberta with @friresearch.bsky.social!

Found out that TWENTY emails is considered a lot to politicians on an issue. TWENTY. As in, they call that getting slammed. So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind. TWENTY is a lot.

I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.

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We had a great time doing some winter fieldwork with @friresearch.bsky.social this weekend! Thank you for having us out in beautiful Hinton, AB! ❄️❄️

Reintroduction I guess - I'm Leanna, a PhD candidate at UBC Forestry in the @irssubc.bsky.social. My research focuses on ALS and drone-based lidar and thermal applications to riparian areas and stream systems on Vancouver Island, Canada. Anticipated defense....sometime this summer 🐟🌲

I use lidRmetrics basically any time I need to run a quick suite of metrics on a point cloud. Endorsed!!

Piotr Tompalski@piotrtompalski.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you're using the `lidR` package and looking to expand your point cloud analysis capabilities, the **lidRmetrics** package might be worth exploring. It offers a variety of additional metrics designed to provide a more detailed characterization of forest structure ptompalski.github.io/lidRmetrics/