Vegetation

A continuous tree species-specific reflectance anomaly index reveals declining forest condition between 2016 and 2022 in Germany
Large areas of Europe have been repeatedly affected by severe droughts. Stressed trees suffered from direct drought impacts such as …
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A continuous tree species-specific reflectance anomaly index reveals declining forest condition between 2016 and 2022 in Germany
MoDEV
The project MoDEV (Model-Data fusion for understanding Environmental Variability) investigates the interplay between carbon and water cycles for three biomes: forest, grassland and agriculture with special focus on the impacts of extreme hydrologic and climatic events as well their long-term trends.
MoDEV
Forest Condition Monitor
Establishing a national forest monitor to assess and visualise vegetation condition for a better risk-management of German forests.
Forest Condition Monitor
An Adaptable Approach for Pixel-Based Compositing and Crop Type/Tree Species Mapping
We present a novel approach for detailed crop type and tree species classification exploiting high spatio-temporal resolution …
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Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence II: Review of Passive Measurement Setups, Protocols, and Their Application at the Leaf to Canopy Level
Imaging and non-imaging spectroscopy employed in the field and from aircraft is frequently used to assess biochemical, structural, and …
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Predicting Landscapes from Environmental Conditions Using Generative Networks
Landscapes are meaningful ecological units that strongly depend on the environmental conditions. Such dependencies between landscapes …
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Quality Assessment of Terrestrial Laser Scanner Ecosystem Observations Using Pulse Trajectories
Considering the trajectories of pulses from terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) can provide refined models of occlusion and improve the …
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Validating MODIS and Sentinel-2 NDVI Products at a Temperate Deciduous Forest Site Using Two Independent Ground-Based Sensors
Quantifying the accuracy of remote sensing products is a timely endeavor given the rapid increase in Earth observation missions. A …
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Optical Trait Indicators for Remote Sensing of Plant Species Composition: Predictive Power and Seasonal Variability
Most plant species feature similar biochemical compositions and thus similar spectral signals. Still, empirical evidence suggests that …
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Performance of One-Class Classifiers for Invasive Species Mapping Using Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy
Most remote sensing approaches for mapping invasive plant species focus on species in a prominent phenological stage, such as during …
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