New publication: Towards an all-in-one sensor for forestry applications?
A recent paper published by Forestry and featuring Dr. Hooman Latifi from Dept. of Remote Sensing presents novel results of estimating most relevant forest inventory attributes from very high resolution stereoscopic satellite imagery. The paper couples a systematic...
CODE-DE – Satellite data free of charge for everyone
Our colleagues at DLR released a platform which allows easy and free of charge access to Sentinel remote sensing data: CODE-DE makes possible free-of-charge, simple access to data from the Sentinel satellites and to information products from the European Copernicus...
M.Sc. handed in on UAV-based monitoring of post-disturbed forest sites.
The M.Sc thesis by Marius Röder (Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart) was handed in. The thesis was supervised by Dr. Hooman Latifi and Prof. Eberhard Gülch and focuses on monitoring post-disturbed and heterogenuous forest sites by cost-effective methods from Unmaned...
Special Issue on Remote Sensing training
The special issue on remote sensing training for ecology and conservation is finally out. From the RSEC blog post: Over recent decades remote sensing (RS) has made valuable contributions to ecology and conservation. However, despite its clear value, the potential of...
UAV and D-GPS fieldwork in the Steigerwald
First field work of the year and testing the applicability of our UAV and D-GPS in the Steigerwald at the research station of the University Wuerzburg in Fabrik Schleichach. The research station is part of Prof. Jörg Müllers research department, his staff helped us...
M.Sc. handed in on animal movement and remote sensing
The M.Sc. thesis "Can animal movement and remote sensing data help to improve conservation efforts?" by Matthias Biber M.Sc. student within the Global Change Ecology program handed in his thesis. He explored the potential of remote sensing data to explain animal...
AniMove science school – application opened
The next AniMove summerschool will be from August 27th to September 9th 2017. This intense 2 weeks course covers how to analyze animal movement data and environmental remote sensing data for ecological applications. We will cover again the remote sensing and spatial...
Call for applications: CAWa Summer School 2017
CAWa Summer School 2017 "Methods and Tools for the Assessment and Monitoring of Central Asian Water and Land Resources" 05 - 17 June, 2017 at the German-Kazakh University in Almaty, Kazakhstan The CAWa Summer School addresses master and PhD students and junior...
EUFAR training course “RS4forestEBV”
Application is now open for those interested in participating in the training course funded by the European Facility for Airborne Research (EUFAR) through EU's 7th Framework Programme will be held at the Bavarian Forest National Park and DLR from 3th to 14th of July...
application opened: EAGLE M.Sc. study program
The application is opened to apply for the EAGLE M.Sc. program starting in winter 2017 (mid of October). The application deadline is May 15th 2017 (23:59, CEST). Please feel free to contact us beforehand to discuss open questions but please check our FAQ first. EAGLE...
open position: Research Associate – Local Representative of the Regional Research Network ‘Water in Central Asia’
Name of position: 1 Research Associate – Local Representative of the Regional Research Network ‘Water in Central Asia’ Location of the position: Almaty, Kazakhstan Deadline for applications: March 1, 2017 Employer: CAWa and German Kazakh University in...
M.Sc thesis: Agent-based modeling to understand Mediterranean wetland dynamic based on multiple remote sensing data
M.Sc thesis (+ a two-month internship): Agent-based modeling to understand Mediterranean wetland (former saltworks) dynamic based on multiple remote sensing data The Camargue’s former saltworks is a 6500-ha site located at the Mediterranean coast in southern...