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Personal profile
Artistic and research interests
I am a Professor of Remote Sensing at Aalto University, where I lead a research team exploring the remote sensing and spectroscopy of forests, peatlands and other vegetation types. Since earning my doctoral degree from the University of Helsinki in 2005, I have worked in Finland and six other countries as part of multidisciplinary research teams spanning forest sciences, remote sensing, atmospheric physics and climate change. I have also completed university pedagogy studies at the University of Helsinki.
I am a Co-PI of the Center of Excellence in Peatlands, Climate Change and Ecological Restoration (2026–, funded by the Research Council of Finland). Previously, my research has been supported by the European Research Council (ERC CoG, 2018–2024) and several projects funded by the Research Council of Finland (since 2007) and private foundations.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctoral degree, Agriculture and Forestry
Award Date: 17 Nov 2005
External positions
Chair of Finnish Society for Forest Sciences
1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2020
Vice chair of Finnish Society for Forest Sciencs
1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2018
Keywords
- Forests
- Earth observation
- Remote Sensing
- Albedo
- Global satellite products
- ERC Consolidator Grant (PI)
- Peatland
- Vegetation
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Research output
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Forest structure from airborne laser scanning explains nationwide occurrence patterns of pine marten, stoat and least weasel across Finland
Lämsä, P. E., Hovi, A., Lindén, A. & Rautiainen, M., 15 Jul 2026, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 612, 11 p., 123742.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Kansainvälinen kaukokartoitusyhteisö kokoontui Aalto-yliopiston kampukselle
Rautiainen, M., Hovi, A., Juola, J., Karlqvist, S. & Lämsä, P.-E., 1 Jul 2026, In: Positio . 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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Next-generation hyperspectral remote sensing of forest health
Rautiainen, M., Hernández-Clemente, R., Mõttus, M. & Hornero, A., May 2026, In: Environmental Research Letters. 21, 9, 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Potential of Sentinel-2 time series in capturing boreal forest structural diversity
Mercier, A., Kostensalo, J., Myllymäki, M. & Rautiainen, M., May 2026, In: Ecological Informatics. 95, 25 p., 103768.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Predicting surface soil moisture of northern peatlands from hyper- and multispectral satellite data
Karlqvist, S., Aaltonen, H., Aurela, M., Burdun, I., Korkiakoski, M., Lundin, E., Peichl, M., Salko, S. S., Tuittila, E.-S. & Rautiainen, M., 15 May 2026, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 338, 12 p., 115367.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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PeatResC: Suot, ilmastonmuutos ja ennallistaminen huippuyksikkö
Rautiainen, M. (Principal investigator), Antikainen, J. (Project Member), Hovi, A. (Project Member), Merruntaus, K. (Project Member), Karlqvist, S. (Project Member), Ershova, A. (Project Member) & Lassila, S. (Project Member)
01/01/2026 → 31/12/2030
Project: RCF Centre of Excellence
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-: PSR FinWUI
Rautiainen, M. (Project Member), Dakshnamurthy, S. (Project Member), Hostikka, S. (Project Member), Pakarinen, A. (Project Member) & Hovi, A. (Project Member)
01/01/2025 → 31/05/2027
Project: Other Domestic (11 AC)
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ARTISDIG: Artificial Intelligence for Twinning the Diversity, Productivity and Spectral Signature of Forests
Rautiainen, M. (Principal investigator), Rönkkö, J. (Project Member), Mercier, A. (Project Member), Lakaniemi, E. (Project Member) & Laaksonen, J. (Co-PI)
EU The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2024
Project: RCF Academy Project targeted call
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PEATSPEC: Boreal peatlands from space: towards a new era of spectral characterization
Rautiainen, M. (Principal investigator), Karlqvist, S. (Project Member), Pernu, L. (Project Member), Salko, S.-S. (Project Member), Burdun, I. (Project Member) & Rönkkö, J. (Project Member)
01/09/2021 → 31/08/2025
Project: RCF Academy Project
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DIMEBO: Spectral Diversity Metrics for Boreal Forests
Rautiainen, M. (Principal investigator), Kuusinen, N. (Project Member), Salko, S.-S. (Project Member) & Juola, J. (Project Member)
01/09/2019 → 30/06/2022
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
Datasets
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A dataset of stem reflectance spectra for standing dead Scots pine trees
Juola, J. (Creator) & Rautiainen, M. (Creator), Mendeley Data, 21 Sept 2022
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Reflectance spectra of common boreal ground lichen species
Kuusinen, N. (Creator), Juola, J. (Creator), Karki, B. (Creator), Stenroos, S. (Creator) & Rautiainen, M. (Creator), Mendeley Data, 31 Mar 2021
DOI: 10.17632/k482pn3gp4.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/k482pn3gp4/1
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A dataset of branch reflectance spectra for seven boreal and temperate tree species
Juola, J. (Creator), Rautiainen, M. (Creator) & Hovi, A. (Creator), Mendeley Data, 7 Nov 2025
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Data and analysis for "Reviews and syntheses: Remotely sensed optical time series for monitoring vegetation productivity"
Brede, B. (Creator), Darvishzadeh, R. (Creator), Fluit, F. (Creator), Ganeva, D. (Creator), García Millán, V. E. (Creator), Graf, L. (Creator), Hermann, I. (Creator), Karlsen, S. R. (Creator), Kooistra, L. (Creator), Koren, G. (Creator), Kycko, M. (Creator), Machwitz, M. (Creator), Rautiainen, M. (Creator), Rozenstein, O. (Creator) & Tomelleri, E. (Creator), Zenodo, 17 Jan 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10524850, https://zenodo.org/records/10524851
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Dataset of tree canopy structure and variation in understory composition in a boreal forest site
Majasalmi, T. (Creator) & Rautiainen, M. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 10 Apr 2020
DOI: 10.17632/dyt4nkp583.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/dyt4nkp583
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Activities
- 1 Academic qualification (e.g. title of docent)
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Docent (University of Helsinki)
Rautiainen, M. (Visitor)
2008 → …Activity: Other activity types › Academic qualification (e.g. title of docent)
Press/Media
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Ennallistaminen palauttaa turvemaan heijastavuudeltaan luonnontilaiseksi suoksi jo vuosikymmenessä
13/07/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Tutkimus: näin pitkään kestää turvesuon ennallistaminen
09/07/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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New Findings in Remote Sensing Described from University of Eastern Finland (Evaluation of a forest radiative transfer model using an extensive boreal forest inventory database)
12/12/2023
1 item of Media coverage
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Study Findings on Technology Are Outlined in Reports from Aalto University (Practical Recommendations and Limitations for Pushbroom Hyperspectral Imaging of Tree Stems)
06/12/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Findings from Aalto University Provide New Insights into Engineering (Synergistic Use of Multi- and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data and Airborne Lidar To Retrieve Forest Floor Reflectance)
Hovi, A., Rautiainen, M. & Schraik, D.
29/08/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance