Canadian Forest Service employee directory
Jean-François Côté
Research Scientist - Forest Inventory
Canadian Wood Fibre Centre
1055 Du P.E.P.S. Street, P.O. Box 10380
Québec,
Quebec,
G1V 4C7
Tel.: (418) 648-3982
Profile
- Joined the Canadian Forest Service in 2009
Responsibilities:
- Use of emerging remote-sensing technologies like LiDAR and architectural modelling of forest canopies to measure new structural variables associated with wood fibre qualities.
Areas of knowledge:
- 3D architectural modelling of plant cover
- Land-based and airborne LiDAR remote sensing systems
- Radiative transfer modelling for vegetation
- Characterization of structural properties in forests
- Computer programming
- Physics
Current Research Projects
- The Newfoundland and Labrador fibre project involves chiefly development of inventorying tools and methods for modelling and mapping forest variables associated with wood and fibre qualities. My role consists in applying architectural modelling to derive tree and plot structure from LiDAR data and to support the development of tree/stand level models for mapping fibre attributes.
- The dynamic temporal inventory project in New-Brunswick aims at developing innovative technologies, tools & techniques to assist the forest industry in optimizing the forest value chain from the resource to the market. More specifically, my main contribution will consist to the development of tree-level based predictions for enhanced forest inventory.
Education
- B.Sc. (Physics), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, 2000
- B.Sc. (Computer Science), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, 2003
- M.Sc. (Geographical Sciences, specializing in remote sensing), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, 2006
- Ph.D. (Remote Sensing, specializing in processing of digital images), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, 2010
Affiliations
- Centre d’applications et de recherches en télédétection (Université de Sherbrooke)