Timo Kumpula
Deputy Head of Department
Professor
Professor, geography, environmental geoinformatics Vice head of department
Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
[email protected] | +358 50 372 8566
Research groups
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CEMMS - Research Center for Mining, Minerals and Society 01.01.2020 - -
Digital Geosciences 01.01.2020 - -
Land use as a modulator of land cover transitions and the ecosystem–atmosphere carbon balance (LANDMOD) Finished 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2024
Projects
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Growth from moss North Karelia 01.01.2024 - 31.05.2026 -
RESONATE: Remote Sensing-based Tools and Methods for Climate Resilient Forests Management 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2027
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ReindeerPaths - Towards mechanistic understanding of reindeer impacts on wetland carbon balance Finished 01.09.2020 - 31.05.2024 -
SHIFTMIRE
Publications
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Combining UAS-TIR and GEM-2 Techniques for Focused Water Sampling and Isotope Geochemical Analysis at Two Mine Sites in Northern Finland
Ikonen, Juuso; Rauhala, Anssi; Tuomela, Anne; Postila, Heini; Kumpula, Timo; Korpelainen, Pasi; Pietila, Raija; Valta, Riku-Olli; Lerssi, Jouni; Panttila, Hannu; Korkka-Niemi, Kirsti. 2025. Mine water and the environment. 44: 177-198 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Community knowledge exchange in research leads to innovation and action in the Arctic
Fox, Shari; Huntington, Henry P.; Stammler, Florian; Forbes, Bruce C.; Holm, Lene Kielsen; Alexeev, Vladimir; Alexeeva, Ekaterina; Apok, Charlene; Balanov, Vasily; Comeau, Robert; Frederiksen, Bibi; Ivanova, Aytalina; Jaypoody, Jacob; Josefsen, Angunnguaq; Kautuk, Eema; Kautuk, Robert; Kielsen, Erik; Kolesov, Igor; Kumpula, Timo; Magga, Elna; Magga, Juha; Mazzullo, Nuccio; Nielsen, Vittus; Noongwook, George; Oshima, Toku; Pfiefer, Pitseolak; Rufov, Nikolay; Sanila, Tanja; Sleptsov, Nestor; Tapan. 2025. Arctic science. 11: 1-12 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Drastic peatland regime shift and landscape disturbances connected to warm and cold climate events over the past centuries in subarctic Finland
Piilo, Sanna R; Kuoppamaa, Mari; Tahvanainen, Teemu; Kumpula, Timo; Kuosmanen, Niina; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Väliranta, Minna. 2025. Boreas. [Epub ahead of print 16 June 2025]: 1-13 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Interannual spectral consistency and spatial uncertainties in UAV-based detection of boreal and subarctic mire plant communities
Wolff, Franziska; Kolari, Tiina H. M.; Räsänen, Aleksi; Tahvanainen, Teemu; Korpelainen, Pasi; Villoslada, Miguel; Verdonen, Mariana; Lotsari, Eliisa; Pang, Yuwen; Kumpula, Timo. 2025. Remote sensing in ecology and conservation. [Epub ahead of print 22 June 2025]: 1-21 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Leveraging synergies between UAV and Landsat 8 sensors to evaluate the impact of pale lichen biomass on land surface temperature in heath tundra ecosystems
Villoslada, Miguel; Bergamo, Thaísa; Kolari, Tiina; Erlandsson, Rasmus; Korpelainen, Pasi; Räsänen, Aleksi; Tahvanainen, Teemu; Tømmervik, Hans; Virtanen, Tarmo; Winquist, Emelie; Kumpula, Timo. 2025. Science of the total environment. 969: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Next generation Arctic vegetation maps: Aboveground plant biomass and woody dominance mapped at 30 m resolution across the tundra biome
Orndahl, Kathleen M; Berner, Logan T; Macander, Matthew J; Arndal, Marie F; Alexander, Heather D; Humphreys, Elyn R; Loranty, Michael M; Ludwig, Sarah M; Nyman, Johanna; Juutinen, Sari; Aurela, Mika; Mikola, Juha; Mack, Michelle C; Rose, Melissa; Vankoughnett, Mathew R; Iversen, Colleen M; Kumar, Jitendra; Salmon, Verity G; Yang, Dedi; Grogan, Paul; Danby, Ryan K; Scott, Neal A; Olofsson, Johan; Siewert, Matthias B; Deschamps, Lucas; Maire, Vincent; Lévesque, Esther; Gauthier, Gilles; Boudreau, . 2025. Remote sensing of environment. 323: . 114717 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The changing face of the Arctic: four decades of greening and implications for tundra ecosystems
Frost, Gerald V.; Bhatt, Uma S.; Macander, Matthew J.; Berner, Logan T.; Walker, Donald A.; Raynolds, Martha K.; Magnusson, Runa i.; Bartsch, Annett; Bjerke, Jarle W.; Epstein, Howard E.; Forbes, Bruce C.; Goetz, Scott J.; Hoy, Elizabeth E.; Karlsen, Stein R.; Kumpula, Timo; Lantz, Trevor C.; Lara, Mark J.; Lopez-Blanco, Efren; Montesano, Paul M.; Neigh, Christopher S. R.; Nitze, Ingmar; Orndahl, Kathleen M.; Park, Taejin; Phoenix, Gareth K.; Rocha, Adrian V.; Rogers, Brendan M.; Schaepman-Strub. 2025. Frontiers in environmental science. 13: A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review -
Comparing multispectral and hyperspectral UAV data for detecting peatland vegetation patterns
Pang, Yuwen; Räsänen, Aleksi; Wolff, Franziska; Tahvanainen, Teemu; Männikkö, Milja; Aurela, Mika; Korpelainen, Pasi; Kumpula, Timo; Virtanen, Tarmo. 2024. International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation. 132: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Kaukokartoitus mahdollistaa tarkan tiedon tuottamisen metsäluonnon monimuotoisuutta ilmentävistä piirteistä
Kivinen, Sonja; Tanhuanpää, Topi; Viinikka, Arto; Mäyrä, Janne; Keski-Saari, Sarita; Kuzmin, Anton; Hurskainen, Pekka; Palmroos, Ida; Heinaro, Einari; Korpelainen, Pasi; Vihervaara, Petteri; Kumpula, Timo. 2024. Terra: maantieteellinen aikakauskirja. 136: 181-196 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Land cover succession for recently drained lakes in permafrost on the Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia
von Baeckmann, Clemens; Bartsch, Annett; Bergstedt, Helena; Efimova, Aleksandra; Widhalm, Barbara; Ehrich, Dorothee; Kumpula, Timo; Sokolov, Alexander; Abdulmanova, Svetlana. 2024. Cryosphere. 18: 4703-4722 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research