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#Project Work

-  SIBERIA-II: (Multisensor Concepts for Greenhouse Gas Accounting in

   Northern Eurasia)(2002-2004), international project consortium co-financed by EU FP5.

-  CARBON-3D: (national EO mission concept) for global 3-dimensional

   mapping of biomass in cooperation with Jena Optronik, University of Wales (UK),

   University of Maryland (California)(2004)

-  NORTH: (FP6 proposal) observatories of change in northern Eurasia

   and Northern America (2005),

-  OSCaR (OilSpill Contamination Mapping in Russia)  (OBIA 2006 Poster) 2006,

-  FIRESCAR (high resolution firescar object mapping in Siberia) 2007,

-  SIB-ESS-C (Siberian Earth System Science Cluster) (since 2006),

-  AGRISAR HyMAP field campaign (2006),

- ENVILAND-2: Synergistic usage of SAR and optical data , in

   cooperation with University Bonn, Jena Optronik, TU Ilmenau et al. (2008-2010)

-  Bark Beetle Forest Damage Mapping, spectral analysis and hyperspectral mapping:

-  ESAs Data User Element Permafrost (DUE-PF): panarctic vegetation and thermokarst

   lake change mapping with VHR data (2009-2011), in cooperation with AWI Potsdam,

   IPF University Wien, GAMMA Remote Sensing (Switzerland) and

   University of Waterloo (Canada) - financed by ESA.

-  RESA Rapideye Science Archive Project for the DUE PF Project: Project 275

   "High Resolution Water Body and Vegetation Mapping for Permafrost Degradation

    Modelling as Part of ESAs DUE Permafrost Project" (2009-2011).

-  Urban Growth Modelling in Brasilia using the SLEUTH cellular growth model: in cooperation

   with UFZ Leipzig (2009).

-  Jena Earth science Spectrometer Laboratory project and spectra database setup

   with SPECCIO (2010).

-  Post-Graduate Programme "Image Analysis, Interpretation and Recognition" -

   co-funded by the  Thuringian "ProExzellenz" Initiative in cooperation with TU Ilmenau, and

   Fraunhofer IOF Jena (2009-2011). Mapping of urban landuse structure in multisensor high

   resolution Earth observation data.

-  Lecturing for the "Max Planck Research School for Global Biogeochemical

   Cycles" (IMPRS)

-  GIONET-work positions online (2011 - 2014 ) PhD Fellows in Earth Observation

   to the Marie Curie Initial Training Network “GMES Initial Operations – Network for EO

   Research Training” (GIONET)

-  Habilitation - (german post doctoral lecturer qualification - finished: 11.5.2011):

   "Spatial High Resolution Earth Observation Data for Land Surface Monitoring - Object-based Concepts and Methods"

-  RESA Rapideye Science Archive Project OILSPILL: Project No. 472 - multitemporal

   large scale oilspill mapping in West Siberia (2011 - 2013).

-  RESA Rapideye Science Archive Project SENDAI: Project No. 483 - Change Signature

   Analysis for Rapid Mapping Concepts of Tsunami Flooded Coastal Areas (2011 - 2015).

-  KULUNDA - How to prevent the next "Global Dust Bowl" -

    Ecological and Economic Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the Russian Steppes

   A Potential Solution to Climate Change. SP5: KULUNDA Geodatabase, Landuse Change and

   Land Degradation Classification (BMBF) (2011 - 2016).

 

 

 

# Publications

 

# CV

 

#  Free Working Notes (PDF download)

- Working Note on "Using Geomatica Software",

- Working Note on "Using the ASDI FieldSpec 3 Spectroradiometer" (updated 4.2010),

- Working Note on "Using Definiens Professional and Developer Software",

- EASI/PACE Programming

- Working Note on Atmosphere Correction,

- Working Note on "Using the UNIX shell".

- VI shortcuts for friends of *the* UNIX editor

- OS X 10.6 keyboard shortcuts

 

NEW in 2010:

 Open Colloq at the Remote Sensing section at FSU Jena: methods and techniques for

 Earth observation research: Mendeley, R, Gnuplot, more tk. 

 

# Lectures

BSc Geography:

- GEO143 Kartographie II / GIS (BSc, SS), (Klausurergebnisse SS2011 | Nachklausurergebnisse SS2010)

- GEO143-Ü Übungen zur Digitalen Kartographie II, ArcGIS/ArcMap software (BSc, SS)

- GEO212 Fernerkundung I (digital image processing) (BSc, WS)

   (Klausurergebnisse WS11/12, Nachklausurergebnisse WS11/12 vom 13.3.2012),

- GEO212-Ü Übungen zu Fernerkundung I, PCI Geomatica EASI/PACE/Modeller

- GEO214 Fernerkundung II, based on PCI Geomatica EASI/PACE & Erdas Imagine

   and eCognition 8 software (BSc, SS, 5 LP), Klausurergebnisse SS11, Nachklausurergebnisse SS11

MSc Geoinformatics:

- GEO402 Land Surface Parameter (MSc, WS),

- GEO409 Data Exploration, Advanced Object-based Image Analysis (MSc, WS, 10 LP)

     a. Seminar with software presentation (eCognition/R) and paper discussions,

      b. "Hands-On" excercises/project work based on eCognition 8 Software,

      c.  Evaluation results for the seminar and the excercises WS 2009/2010 - Universitätsprojekt

          Lehrevaluierung (ULE).

- GEO412 Integrated Geoinformatics Seminar

- Diplom: HpS: Advanced EO Image Data Classification Methods (Diplom)

 

# Web Links:

GRASS: http://grass.itc.it/

GSTAT: http://www.gstat.org/

AI-GEOSTATS: http://www.ai-geostats.org/

GLCF: http://www.landcover.org/index.shtml

R: http://www.r-project.org/

GNUPLOT: http://www.gnuplot.info/

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#Book Suggestions

-  Schowengerdt, R.A., 2006. Remote Sensing – Models and Methods for Image Processing,

   2nd Edition, Academic Press, Elsevier Science, 3nd edition, 522 pages.

-  Lillesand, T.M., Kiefer, R.W. Chipman, J.W., 2008. Remote Sensing and Image

   Processing, 6th Edition, John Wiley & Sons.

-  Richards J.A., Xiuping Jia, 2006. Remote Sensing Digital Image Analysis,

   An Introduction. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 340 pages.

-  Mather, P.M., 2004. Computer Processing of Remotely-Sensed Images,

   John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2nd edition.

-  Jensen J.R., 2004. Introductionally Digital Image Processing -

   A Remote Sensing Perspective.   Prentice Hall Series in Geographic Information

   Science, Prentice Hall Int. London, 544pp.

-  Jähne, B., 2002. Digitale Bildverarbeitung, Springer-Verlag, 5te Auflage,

   Berlin.

-  Longley, P.A., Goodchild, M.F., McGuire, D.J., 2005. Geographic

   Information Systems and Science, Wiley & Sons, 2nd Edition 2005.

-  Powers, S., Peek, J., OReilly, T., 2002. Unix Power Tools,

   3te Auflage, OReilly Media.

-  Nemeth, E., Snyder, G., Seebass, S., 2000. Unix System Administration

   Handbook, Prentice Hall International, 3rd Edition 2000.

-  Barnsley, M.J., 2007. Environmental Modeling: a practical introduction,

   CRC Press, Taylor and Francis 2007.

 

#Important EO Related Software Websites:

PCI Geomatica:  http://www.pcigeomatics.com/

IDL/ENVI: http://www.creaso.com/

MATLAB: http://www.mathworks.com/

IDRISI: http://www.clarklabs.org/

GRASS: http://grass.itc.it/

Khoros: http://www.khoral.com/

VICAR: http://www-mipl.jpl.nasa.gov/external/vicar.html

SNNS: http://www-ra.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/SNNS/

GAMMA:  http://www.gamma-rs.ch/

eCognition: http://www.definiens-imaging.com/

GSTAT: http://www.gstat.org/

GMT: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/

ARCGIS: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/index.html

ATCOR: http://www.op.dlr.de/atcor/

HALCON: http://www.mvtec.com/halcon/

C5: http://www.rulequest.com/see5-info.html

 

# Earth Observation Journals

- Remote Sensing of Environment: http://www.sciencedirect.com

- International Journal of Remote Sensing (Taylor & Francis):

   http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01431161.asp

- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience: http://www.grss-ieee.org/

- Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing

- PFG (Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung, Geoinformation): http://www.dgpf.de/

-  JAG (International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation)

   http://ees.elsevier.com/jag/default.asp