Heather Reese,^* Mats Nilsson,^** Tina Granqvist Pahlén,^*** Olle Hagner,^**** Steve Joyce,^***** Ulf Tingelöf,^****** Mikael Egberth,^******* Håkan Olsson<sup>********


*</sup>Heather Reese received her MSc at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA in 1995. She has been with SLU in Umeå, Sweden, since 1998. Her earlier work involved kNN estimates. She is currently mapping Swedish forest cover for the CORINE project. Her past work includes large area land-cover mapping in Wisconsin. heather.reese@resgeom.slu.se
^**Mats Nilsson received his PhD in forestry at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå, Sweden, in 1997. His research has primarily focused on the use of optical satellite remote sensing in the Swedish National Forest Inventory and the use of airborne lidar for estimating tree heights and stand volume. mats.nilsson@resgeom.slu.se
^***Tina Granqvist Pahlén is a MSc in forestry and works at the Remote Sensing Laboratory at SLU in Umeå, Sweden, since 2000. She is responsible for the production of Sweden's countrywide kNN estimates within the project “kNN Sverige” during 2002–2003. She formerly worked 5 years as the GIS coordinator for the Regional Forestry Board of Gotland and also the County Administration Board of Gotland. tina.granqvist.pahlen@resgeom.slu.se
^****Olle Hagner has worked at the Remote Sensing Laboratory, SLU, Umeå, Sweden, since 1985. His research has mainly involved techniques and tools for satellite remote sensing such as estimation of forest variables, change detection, segmentation, radiometric calibration, image enhancement and integration of GIS and satellite remote sensing for district level forestry. olle.hagner@resgeom.slu.se
^*****Steve Joyce earned a degree in systems design engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada and spent several years with the Canadian Forest Service working primarily on forestry applications of high resolution airborne scanners. Since 1996, he has been a research engineer with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå, Sweden. His current research interests are in using long time series of satellite imagery for forest monitoring and inventory. steve.joyce@resgeom.slu.se
^******Ulf Tingelöf has worked at the Remote Sensing Laboratory, SLU, Umeå, Sweden, since 1999. His working area is system development, remote sensing and GIS. He formerly worked as a system developer at RFN (Missile Test Range North). ulf.tingelof@resgeom.slu.se
^*******Mikael Egberth has worked at the Remote Sensing Laboratory, SLU, Umeå since February 2002. He is producing kNN estimations of Sweden on forest lands. mikael.egberth@resgeom.slu.se
^********Håkan Olsson is professor of forestry remote sensing at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå, Sweden, since 1994. He formerly worked in remote sensing development at the Swedish Space Corporation. hakan.olsson@resgeom.slu.se