Abhinav Shrestha

Abhinav Shrestha

Remote Sensing and Geospatial Specialist. MS Geography, University of Idaho. (He/Him)

Publications and Repositories

Journal articles

Shrestha, A.; Hicke, J.A.; Meddens, A.J.H.; Karl, J.W.; Stahl, A.T. Evaluating a Novel Approach to Detect the Vertical Structure of Insect Damage in Trees Using Multispectral and Three-Dimensional Data from Drone Imagery in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA. Remote Sensing, 2024, 16, 1365. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16081365

Harrison, G. R., A. Shrestha, E. K. Strand, J. W. Karl, A comparison and development of methods for estimating sagebrush shrub volume using drone imagery-derived point clouds, Ecosphere 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4877

Hicke, J. A., Bright, B. C., Hanavan, R. P., Hudak, A. T., Meddens, A. J., Shrestha, A., & Stahl, A. T. (2024). Remote sensing of forest insect and disease outbreaks in the western United States: Tree, stand, and landscape responses and technologies and methods for detection and attribution. RMRS-GTR-443. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 92 p., 443. https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-GTR-443

Meddens, A., Bright, B., Neigh, C., Wooten, M., Caraballo-Vega, J., Egan, J., Hanavan, R., Shrestha, A., Hudak, A., & Hicke, J. Developing a Rapid Classification Approach for Using Very High-Resolution Satellite Imagery to Map Insect-Caused Forest Disturbances. Available at SSRN 4943044 (pre-print). https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4943044

Theses & Dissertations

Shrestha, A., Combining Multispectral and Three-Dimensional Data From Drone Imagery to Detect Forest Insect Damage: An Evaluation of a Novel Approach to Identify the Vertical Structure of Damage in Trees in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA. MS thesis. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, December 2023.

Shrestha, A., GIS-Based Study on Topographical Preference of Common Tree Species in Palisades-Kepler State Park, IA, honors thesis, Coe College Department of Biology, Cedar Rapids, IA, May 2019.

Presentations

Riley, K., Houtman, R., Zimmer, S., Leatherman, L., Housman, I., Shrestha, A. TreeMap and FuelMap: imputed tree and downed woody material information from the FIA databases for the forests of CONUS, background and methodological updates in the 2020 and 2022 datasets, contributed talk, USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Science Symposium, 19-21 November 2023, Virtual Conference.

Shrestha, A., Hicke J. A., Meddens A. J. H, Karl J. W., Stahl A. T., Evaluation of a novel approach to detect the vertical structure of insect damage in trees using multispectral and three-dimensional data from drone imagery in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA, poster presentation, 72nd Western Forest Insect Work Conference (WFIWC), 22-25 April 2024, Missoula, MT.

Shrestha, A., J. A. Hicke, A. J. H. Meddens, J. W. Karl, A. T. Stahl, Evaluating the combination of reflectances and three-dimensional point cloud from drone imagery for detecting forest insect damage, contributed talk, University of Idaho GIS Day, November 2023, Moscow, ID.

Harrison, G. R., A. Shrestha, JW. Karl, “Seeing shrubs from the sky: an exploration of using drone-based method to estimate shrub canopy volume”, contributed talk, Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Conference, 6-11 August 2023, Portland, OR.

Hicke, J. A., A. Shrestha, A. Meddens, A. Stahl, B. Bright, A. Hudak, R. Hanavan, “Using Remote Sensing to Study Tree Damage from Insects”, keynote speaker, 71st Western Forest Insect Work Conference (WFIWC), 25-27 April 2023, Seattle, WA.

Shrestha, A., & Sanchini P. A Geographic Information System (GIS)-based study on topographical preference of common tree species in Palisades-Kepler State Park, contributed talk, Coe College Student Research Symposium, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2019.

Obiesie, C., Shrestha, A., & Sanchini, P. Distribution of Oaks (Quercus spp.) in Forests of Palisades-Kepler Park, Linn County, Iowa, poster presentation, Coe College Student Research Symposium, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2018.

Yoshida, K., Shrestha, A., & Chihak, B. How Roadway Design Affects Cyclist-Motorist Interactions, poster presentation, Tri-State Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, Loras College, Dubuque, IA, 2018.

GitHub-Icon GitHub Repositories

Point cloud classification and top-kill assessment

Drone shrub volume project

NASA CSDA SmallSat Project

University of Idaho R-Programming course (ENVS 511)