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Earth Observation Research Cluster

Dissertationen

               Name                                                                      Titel                                                              Supervisors

Itohan-Osa ABU                            

                                                                                                 

1st: Hannes Taubenböck

2nd: Jürgen Rauh

3rd: Tobias Ullmann 

                              
Alexandra BELL                               Remote Sensing and its contribution to policy and
decision making                                                                     

1st: Stefan Dech              

2nd: Heiko Paeth

3rd: Jürgen Rauh

                                  
Sebastian Buchelt                           -                                                                                                                        

1st: Christof Kneisel            

2nd: Claudia Künzer   

3rd: 

                                 

 
Kjirsten COLEMAN                                                                                       

Potential of Earth Observation for Geoinformation Products for Forests in Bavaria                                                               

1st: Claudia Künzer                                                                                   
2nd: 

3rd: 

                                  

 

Thilo ERBERTSEDER                   

Satellite remote sensing of air pollution:
from global to urban aspects                                            

1st: Stefan Dech        

2nd: Heiko Paeth

3rd: Barbara Sponholz

                                   

 

 

Oana Mihaela GARBASEVSCHI 

Analysis of socio-economic inequalities at a global     
scale using remote sensing and geospatial data

1st: Hannes Taubenböck

2nd: Andreas Peichl

3rd: 

                               
Niklas HEISS                                                                                                                                         

Analyzing small scale farming systems in western Africa based on multi-sensor Earth Observation Data                                                                                              

1st: Claudia Künzer

2nd: Barbara Sponholz                            

3rd:

                               
Patrick KACIC                                      

Multi-sensor remote sensing of forest biodiversity:
novel Earth Observation techniques for forest structure
analyses and multi-scale characterization of forests               

1st: Claudia Künzer         

2nd: Natascha Oppelt

3rd: Tobias Ullmann   

                                      

 

Jonas KOEHLER                                 

The Potential of Long Earth-Observation Time-Series       
for the Forecasting of Land Surface Dynamics

1st: Claudia Künzer    

2nd: Christof Kneisel

3rd: Tobias Ullmann

                                       

 

Nicole OSTERKAMP                    

INTAKT -Potential von Fernerkundung für die               
Analyse von umweltbedingten Krankheiten

1st: Hannes Taubenböck

2nd: 

3rd: 

                               

 

Patrick Aravena PELIZARI                     Der Einsatz der Erdbeobachtung zur Analyse                                
globaler Urbanisierung

1st: Hannes Taubenböck     

2nd:

3rd:

                                       

 

Phillip REINERS                                

The Potential of Earth Observation for climate                   
change related LST und SST analyses

1st: Claudia Künzer    

2nd: Heiko Paeth

3rd: Jose Sobrino

                                       

 

 

Samuel SCHILLING                                                      

Snow, Snow Water Equivalent and Runoff: the Potential of Earth Observation Analyses

                                                                                              

1st: Claudia Künzer                                 

2nd:

3rd:

                                                     
Jakob SCHWALB-WILLMANN  Potentiale von Tier-Umwelt-Interaktionen für die     
fernerkundliche Forschung

1st: Stefan Dech           

2nd: Martin Wikelski

3rd:

                             
Patrick SOGNO                                  

The Potential of Earth Observation for the analyses of         
continental surface water dynamics in the context of
global change

1st: Claudia Künzer          

2nd: Barbara Sponholz

3rd: Tobias Ullmann

                                       
Robin SPANIER                                                                                                                      

The Potential of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning for Coastal Infrastructure Assessments                                                                                                          

1st: Claudia Künzer                                                                                                 

2nd: Heiko Päth

3rd:

                                       
Ines STANDFUß                              MOVE – Das Migrationsverhalten von Zugvögeln in
Abhängigkeit von Siedlungsmustern und -strukturen    

1st: Stefan Dech              

2nd:

3rd:

                                  
Dorothee STILLER                                                                                                                                                    

1st: Stefan Dech      

2nd: Hannes Taubenböck  

3rd: Jürgen Rauh

                                       
Ha Van TUYEN                                 

The Potential of Earth Observation for long term             
drought analyses in Southeast Asia

1st: Claudia Künzer    

2nd: Heiko Päth

3rd:

                                       
Yrneh Zarit Ulloa TORREALBA               Development of socio-economic and ecological
indicators to analyse urban poverty using remote
sensing                        

1st: Hannes Taubenböck     

2nd: Andreas Schmitt

3rd: Hubert Job

                                       
Marco WEGLER                                                                                      

The Potential of Earth Observation for forest characterization and disturbance assessments in Germany

                                                                                        

1st: Claudia Künzer                                                                      

2nd: Christof Kneisel

3rd:

                               

 

 Last updatet on 2023-07-19.

 

  • Boris OUATTARA (2024) Landscape fires and its induced emissions in West Africa 1. Gutacher: Prof. Dr. Barbara Sponholz, 2. Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth, 3. Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer

  • Dan KANMEGNE-TAMGA (2024) Modelling carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems of west Africa using remote sensing 1. Gutacher: Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann, 2. Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer, 3. Prof. Dr. Homman Latifi

  • Matthias WEIGAND (2024) STAGE – Einfluss der nachbarschaftlichen Stadtumwelt auf die Gesundheit der Menschen in Deutschland  1. Gutacher: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech

  • Marius PHILIPP (2023) Quantifying the Effects of Permafrost Degradation in Arctic Coastal Environments via Satellite Earth Observation 1. Gutacherin: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, 2. Prof. Dr. Christoph Kneisel, 3. Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann

  • Maninder Singh DHILLON (2023) Potential of remote sensing for modelling crop yields from long term remote sensing time series. 1. Gutacher: Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann, 2. Prof. Dr. Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, 3. Prof. Dr. Andrea Holzchuh

  • Sophie REINERMANN (2023) Remote Sensing of Grassland Management and Use Intensities. 1. Gutacherin: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, 2. Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

  • Nicolas KRAFF (2023) Arrival Cities in Europe and the world - Morphologic appearances of poverty observed and classified from space 1. Gutacher: Prof. Dr. Hannes Taubenböck, 2. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rauh, 3. Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmitt

  • Mariel DIRSCHERL, MSc. (2022) Remote Sensing of Supraglacial Lake Dynamics in Antarctic 1. Gutacherin: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, 2. Prof. Dr. Christof Kneisel

  • Soner Üreyen, MSc. (2022) Data Cube Analyses for major River Basins – the Potential of Earth Observation 1. Gutacherin: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, 2. Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

  • Thorsten Höser, MSc. (2022) Application of Deep Learning based Object Detection on Remote Sensing Data 1. Gutacherin: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, 2. Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

  • Celia Baumhoer, MSc. (2021) Glacier front dynamics of Antarctica – Analysing changes in glacier and ice shelf front positions based on SAR time-series 1. Gutacherin: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Christof Kneisel, 3. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

  • Zhongyang Hu, MSc. (2020) Earth Observation for the Assessment of Long-term Snow Dynamics in European Mountains 1. Gutactherin: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Christof Kneisel

  • Thorsten Dahms, MSc. (2020) Ableitung von biophysikalischen Parametern aus fusionierten hochfrequenten fernerkundlichen Zeitserien 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Conrad, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Paeth

  • Kersten Clauß, MSc. (2019) Remote Sensing of Rice Areas - Mapping Rice Fields and Estimating Rice Production Employing Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing Time Series 1. Gutachterin: PD Dr. habil. Künzer, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Dech, 3. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Baumhauer

  • Dipl. Geogr. Marco Ottinger (2019) Earth Observation for the Assessment of Aquaculture in Coastal Regions - Deriving Aquaculture Areas and Estimating Production based on High Resolution SAR Time Series 1. Gutachterin: PD Dr. habil. Künzer, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Dech, 3. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Baumhauer
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Carina Kübert (2019) Fernerkundung für das Phänologiemonitoring: Optimierung und Analyse des Ergrünungsbeginns mittels MODIS-Zeitreihen für Deutschland 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Paeth

  • Dipl.-Geogr. Kim Knauer (2018)
    Vegetation Dynamics in West Africa - Spatio-temporal Data Fusion for the Monitoring of Agricultural Expansion
    1. Gutachterin: PD Dr. habil. Künzer, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Dech, 3. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Baumhauer

  • Benjamin Leutner, MSc. (2018)
    Space for Communities: Quantifying Data Requirements for Remote Sensing Based Habitat Modeling
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Müller, 3. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Baumhauer

  • Christian Wohlfahrt, M.Sc. (2018)
    The Yellow River Basin in Transition - Multi-faceted Land Cover Change Analysis in the Yellow River Basin in the Context of Global Change Using Multi-sensor Remote Sensing Imagery
    1. Gutachterin: PD Dr. habil. Künzer, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Dech, 3. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Baumhauer

  • Dipl.-Ing. Patrick Knöfel (2016):
    Optimierung der Energiebilanzmodellierung zur Ableitung der Evapotranspiration durch Entwicklung eines physikalischen Bodenwärmestromansatzes am Beispiel der Region Khorezm (Usbekistan)
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Conrad, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Paeth
     
  • Gerald Forkuor, M.Sc. (2015):
    Mapping Landuse and Landuse Change Pathways in the Sudanian Savanna of West Africa.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Conrad, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Paeth
     
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Yvonne Walz (2015):
    Remote sensing for disease risk profiling: a spatial analysis of schistosomiasis in West Africa.
    1.Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Utzinger
     
  • Sarah Asam, M.Sc. (2014):
    Potential of high spatial resolution remote sensing data for statistical and physical modelling of the leaf area index (LAI).
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Kunstmann
     
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Fabian Löw (2014):
    Agricultural crop mapping from multi-scale remote sensing data Concepts and applications in heterogeneous Middle Asian agricultural landscapes.
    1.Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Conrad, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Michel
     
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Andreas Dietz (2013):
    Central Asian Snow Cover Characteristics between 1986 and 2012 derived from Time Series of Medium Resolution Remote Sensing Data.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Conrad, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Dech
     
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Sebastian Fritsch (2013):
    Spatial and temporal patterns of crop yield and marginal land in the Aral Sea Basin: derivation by combining multi-scale and multi-temporal remote sensing data with a light use efficiency model.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Conrad, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Paeth
     
  • Dipl.-Umweltw. Michael Thiel (2013):
    Nutzung von Texturinformationen hochaufgelöster SAR-Daten zur Beschreibung von Siedlungsflächen.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Schmullius, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Conrad
     
  • Dipl.-Biol. Anna Cord (2012):
    Potential of multi-temporal remote sensing data for modeling tree species distributions and species richness in Mexico.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Reineking
     
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Christian Hüttich (2011):
    Mapping Vegetation Types in a Savanna Ecosystem in Namibia: Concepts for Integrated Land Cover Assessments.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Schmullius, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech
     
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Ursula Geßner (2011):
    Räumliche und zeitliche Muster der Vegetationsstruktur in Savannen des südlichen Afrika.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. M. Herold
     
  • Dipl.-Umweltw. Miriam Machwitz (2011):
    Eine raum-zeitliche Modellierung der Kohlenstoffbilanz mit Fernerkundungsdaten auf regionaler Ebene in Westafrika.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. H. Paeth
  • Dipl.-Biol. Noëllie Ahou Rüth (2011):
    Mapping Bushfire Distribution and Burn Severity in West Africa Using Remote Sensing Observations.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. K.E. Linsenmair, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech
  • Wieke Heldens, MSc. (2010):
    Use of airborne hyperspectral data and height information to support urban micro climate characterisation.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. H. Kaufmann
  • Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Schramm (2010):
    Unüberwachte lineare spektrale Entmischung mit Anwendungen für Baumdichteabschätzungen in semiariden Regionen Afrikas.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. C. Heipke, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. H. Kutterer, 3. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. G. Strunz
  • Dipl.-Biol. Martin Wegmann (2009):
    Analyse von räumlichen Landschaftsmustern und deren Determinanten mittels Fernerkundungsdaten.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Linsenmair
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Kathrin Höppner (2009):
    Beobachtung des Hydroxyl (OH*)-Airglow: Untersuchung von Klimasignalen und atmosphärischen Wellen
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Paeth, 2. Gutachter: PD Dr. M. Bittner
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Stefanie Kirschke (2008):
    Bilanzierung des Methanaustauschs zwischen Biosphäre und Atmosphäre in Periglazialräumen mit Hilfe von Fernerkundung und Modellen am Beispiel des Lena Deltas.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Baumhauer, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. H. Hubberten
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Hanne Breitkreuz (2008):
    Solare Strahlungsprognosen für energiewirtschaftliche Anwendungen - Der Einfluss von Aerosolen auf das sichtbare Strahlungsangebot.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Baumhauer, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Paeth
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Hannes Taubenböck (2008):
    Vulnerabilitätsabschätzung der erdbebengefährdeten Megacity Istanbul mit Methoden der Fernerkundung.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Zschau
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Martin Bachmann (2008):
    Automatisierte Ableitung von Bodenbedeckungsgraden durch MESMA-Entmischung.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Kaufmann
  • Dipl.-Geogr. René R. Colditz (2008):
    Time Series Generation and  Classification of MODIS Data for  Land Cover Mapping.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. M. Hansen
  • Dipl-Geogr. Thilo Wehrmann (2007):
    Automatisierte Klassifikation von Landnutzung durch Objekterkennung am Beispiel von CORINE Land Cover.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. R. Glaser
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Christopher Conrad (2006):
    Fernerkundungsbasierte Modellierung und hydrologische Messungen zur Analyse und Bewertung der landwirtschaftlichen Wassernutzung in der Region Khorezm (Usbekistan).
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. P. Vlek
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Thomas Esch (2006):
    Automatisierte Analyse von Siedlungsflächen auf der Basis höchstauflösender Radardaten.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech, 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. R. Glaser
  • Dipl.-Geogr. Christoph Schultz (2006)
    Remote sensing the distribution and spatiotemporal changes of major lichen communities in the Central Namib Desert.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Büdel
  • Dipl.-Biol. Melanie Vogel (2006)
    Erfassung von Vegetationsveränderungen in Namibia mit Hilfe von Fernerkundungs-Change-Detection-Verfahren und unter Berücksichtigung rezenter Niederschlagsereignisse.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Linsenmair
  • Dipl.-Geol. Michaela Kircher (2005):
    Analyse flächenhafter Senkungserscheinungen in sedimentären Gebieten mit den neuen Techniken der Radarfernerkundung am Beispiel der Niederrheinischen Bucht.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech
  • Dipl.-Geophys. Oliver Lang (2003):
    Radar Remote Sensing in Western Antarctica with Special Emphasis on Differential Interferometry.
    1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. S. Dech 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. D. Busche