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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Abrupt Thaw in a Finnish Palsa: Potential CH4 Production Driven by Vegetation Adaptation in the Transition From Permafrost to Post-Thaw Soils
Baysinger, M R; Laurent, M; Verdonen, M; Reif, J; Kumpula, T; Liebner, S; Treat, C C, 2025, Journal of geophysical research : biogeosciences, 130, 9, e2025JG008847. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
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, 1, 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 -
Comparing high-resolution snow mapping approaches in palsa mires: UAS lidar vs. modelling
Stormer, Alexander; Kumpula, Timo; Villoslada, Miguel; Korpelainen, Pasi; Schumacher, Henning; Burkhard, Benjamin, 2025, Cryosphere, 19, 9, 3949-3970. 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, 178982. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Molecular Footprints of Quaternary Climate Fluctuations in the Circumpolar Tundra Shrub Dwarf Birch
Dance, Maria; Saupe, Erin E; Borrell, James; Eidesen, Pernille Bronken; Ackerman, Daniel; Assmann, Jakob; Forbes, Bruce C; Gurskaya, Marina; Høye, Toke T; Karlsen, Stein R; Kumpula, Timo; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Loranty, Michael M; Myers‐Smith, Isla; Prevéy, Janet; Rixen, Christian; Schaepman‐Strub, Gabriela; Słowiński, Michał; Słowińska, Sandra; Sokolov, Aleksandr; Speed, James DM; Spiegel, Marcus; Wilmking, Martin; Macias‐Fauria, Marc, 2025, Molecular ecology, 34, 19, e70082. 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 -
Seasonal quantification of aquatic macrophytes in small boreal lakes with multiscale remote sensing
Putkiranta, Pauli; Juutinen, Sari; Räsänen, Aleksi; Chapman, Jack; Haverinen, Samuel; Jääskeläinen, Emmihenna; Kuzmin, Anton; Aurela, Mika; Kumpula, Timo; Virtanen, Tarmo, 2025, Science of the total environment, 1000, 180333. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research