Deutsch Intern
Earth Observation Research Cluster

Dissertations

  • Abu, I.-O. – Migration: The push-pull effects of industrial zones in rural Africa (Prof. Dr. Hannes Taubenböck)

  • Alvarez, K. – Coastal dynamics of the North Sea coast: Time series and AI-based analyses of a region increasingly affected by climate change (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

  • Arisoy, B. – High-performance desert analytics: Characterizing surface dynamics in dryland regions through HPC and multi-sensor Earth observation archives (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Ayivor, B. – National impervious surface mapping based on aerial imagery (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

  • Block, L. – Remote sensing in the discovery of large fossil vertebrate skeletons (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Castañeda, A. – Multispectral and LiDAR-based remote sensing in forestry: Comparison, integration, and validation of high-resolution UAV data (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Coleman, K. – Earth observation for innovative geoinformation products for forests in Bavaria (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

  • Erbertseder, T. – Satellite remote sensing of air pollution: From global to urban perspectives (Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech)

  • Garbasevschi, O. – Analyzing regional socio-economic inequalities using remote sensing and geospatial data (Prof. Dr. Hannes Taubenböck)

  • Garcia de León, A. S. – Urban forests and citizen engagement: From Earth observation to scientific communication (Prof. Dr. Hannes Taubenböck)

  • Gilardi, L. – Using Earth observation data to assess exposure and health risks related to air pollution (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Gruschwitz, D. – Satellite-based Earth observation for the characterization of grasslands and open-area photovoltaics (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Haag, S. – TBD – Heavy rainfall in Northern Bavaria (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Heiss, N. – Analyzing small-scale farming systems in West Africa using multi-sensor Earth observation data (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

  • Hertrich, M. – Integrating thermal remote sensing and GNSS-derived air temperature for urban heat island analysis (Prof. Dr. Hannes Taubenböck)

  • Kanmegne Tamga, D. – Modeling carbon sequestration in West African agroforestry systems using remote sensing (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Kolowa, T. – Understanding the patterns of small-area urban and suburban population change (Prof. Dr. Hannes Taubenböck)

  • Leibrock, S. – High-performance data analytics for multi-sensor snow cover products in relation to animal migration (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

  • Mast, J. – Analyzing migration drivers using a combination of social media and remote sensing data (Prof. Dr. Hannes Taubenböck)

  • Pflumm, L. – TBD – Earth observation in the context of savanna wildfires (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Reiners, P. – The potential of Earth observation for analyzing climate-related changes in land and sea surface temperature (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

  • Rauth, E. – Mapping the interaction between snow and vegetation in Svalbard using UAV and remote sensing data (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Rieder, J. – Influence of soil and tree neighborhood heterogeneity on drought-induced mortality in beech trees (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Schell, L. – TBD – Earth observation and conservation in East Africa (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Schäfer, C. – Hydrological modeling in Northern Bavaria (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Schilling, S. – Earth observation for snow, snow water equivalent, and runoff analysis (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

  • Shankar, S. – Earth observation for water body dynamics and novel geoinformation (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

  • Shresta, S. – The potential of Earth Observation for future prediction (case studies:  deforestation, urban expansion and snow depletion) (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

  • Spanier, R. – Using AI and deep learning for assessing coastal infrastructure (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

  • Stiller, D. – Remote sensing and volunteered geographic information for traffic modeling (Prof. Dr. Hannes Taubenböck)

  • Tufail, B. – Characterizing ecosystem sensitivity through remote sensing: A multiregional approach focused on alpine vegetation (Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann)

  • Ulloa Torrealba, Y. – Developing socio-economic and ecological indicators to analyze urban poverty with remote sensing (Prof. Dr. Hannes Taubenböck)

  • Wegler, M. – Earth observation for forest characterization and disturbance assessments in Germany (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

  • Wehner, H. – Tracking animal migration under climate change using large-scale multi-sensor analysis (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

  • Wenzl, M. – Arctic greening: Pan-Arctic vegetation trend analysis in the context of climate change (Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer)

 Last updatet on 2025-04-04.

 

2025

  • Bell, A. – Remote sensing and its contribution to policy and decision making
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech

  • Ha Van, T. – Potential of earth observation for long-term drought analysis in Southeast Asia
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth, Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann

  • Schwalb-Willmann, J. – Potentials of animal-environment interactions for remote sensing research
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Martin Wikelski, Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann

  • Kacic, P. – Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing of Forest Biodiversity – Novel Earth Observation Techniques for Forest Structure Analyses and Multi-Scale Characterization of Forests
    Supervisors:  Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Natascha Oppelt

  • Sogno, P. – Remote Sensing of Water Surface Dynamics in Africa
    Supervisors:  Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Barbara Sponholz, Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann

  • Liepa, A. – Agricultural remote sensing of smallholder farming systems in East Africa
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann

2024

  • Aravena Pelizari, P. – Vulnerability assessment of the built environment to natural hazards using street-level imagery and remote sensing
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hannes Taubenböck, Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer, Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech

  • Kanmegne-Tamga, D. – Modeling carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems of West Africa using remote sensing
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann, Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer, Prof. Dr. Homman Latifi

  • Köhler, J. – The potential of long Earth observation time series for forecasting land surface dynamics
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Christoph Kneisel

  • Ouattara, B. – Landscape fires and their emissions in West Africa
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Barbara Sponholz, Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth, Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer

  • Standfuß, I. – The influence of landscape characteristics and dynamics on the movement and behavior of white storks
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Martin Wikelski, Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer

  • Weigand, M. – STAGE – Influence of neighborhood urban environment on human health in Germany
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech

2023

  • Dhillon, M. S. – Potential of remote sensing to model crop yields from long-term time series
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann, Prof. Dr. Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Prof. Dr. Andrea Holzschuh

  • Kraff, N. – Spatiotemporal change analysis and ontological categorization of morphological manifestations of poverty – A global assessment using satellite imagery and manual interpretation
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hannes Taubenböck, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rauh

  • Philipp, M. – Quantifying the effects of permafrost degradation in Arctic coastal regions using satellite remote sensing
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Christoph Kneisel, Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann

  • Reinermann, S. – Earth observation time series for grassland management analyses – Development and large-scale application of a framework to detect grassland mowing events in Germany
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Tobias Ullmann

2022

  • Dirscherl, M. – Remote sensing of supraglacial lake dynamics in Antarctica – Exploiting methods from artificial intelligence for the derivation of Antarctic supraglacial lake extents in multi-sensor remote sensing data
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Christoph Kneisel

  • Höser, T. – Global dynamics of the offshore wind energy sector derived from Earth observation data – Deep learning-based object detection optimized with synthetic training data for offshore wind energy infrastructure extraction from Sentinel-1 imagery
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

  • Üreyen, S. – Multivariate time series for the analysis of land surface dynamics – Evaluating trends and drivers of land surface variables for the Indo-Gangetic River Basins
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

2021

  • Baumhoer, C. – Glacier front dynamics in Antarctica – Analysis of glacier and ice shelf front changes based on SAR time series
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Christoph Kneisel, Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

2020

  • Dahms, T. – Deriving biophysical parameters from fused high-frequency remote sensing time series
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad, Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

  • Hu, Z. – Earth observation for analyzing long-term snow dynamics in European mountain regions
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Christoph Kneisel

2019

  • Clauß, K. – Remote sensing of rice cultivation – Mapping and yield estimation using multi-sensor remote sensing time series
    Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer

  • Kübert, C. – Remote sensing for phenological monitoring: optimization and analysis of green-up onset using MODIS time series for Germany
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

  • Ottinger, M. – Earth observation for aquaculture assessment in coastal regions – Derivation of aquaculture areas and production estimation based on high-resolution SAR time series
    Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer

2018

  • Knauer, K. – Vegetation dynamics in West Africa – Spatio-temporal data fusion for monitoring agricultural expansion
    Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer

  • Leutner, B. – Space for Communities: Data requirements for habitat modeling based on remote sensing
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Thomas Müller, Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer

  • Wohlfahrt, C. – The Yellow River in transition – Land cover change analyses in the context of global change using multi-sensor remote sensing
    Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Claudia Künzer, Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer

2016

  • Knöfel, P. – Optimization of energy balance modeling for evapotranspiration estimation – Development of a physical ground heat flux approach for Khorezm (Uzbekistan)
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad, Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

2015

  • Forkuor, G. – Mapping land use and land cover change in the Sudanian Savanna of West Africa
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad, Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

  • Walz, Y. – Remote sensing for disease risk profiling: Spatial analysis of schistosomiasis in West Africa
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Jürg Utzinger

2014

  • Asam, S. – Potential of high-resolution remote sensing data for statistical and physical modeling of leaf area index (LAI)
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann

  • Löw, F. – Mapping agricultural crops using multi-scale remote sensing data – Applications in heterogeneous Central Asian agricultural landscapes
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Michel

2013

  • Dietz, A. – Snow cover in Central Asia (1986–2012) derived from medium-resolution remote sensing time series
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad, Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech

  • Fritsch, S. – Patterns of crop yield and marginal lands in the Aral Sea Basin – Derived using remote sensing and a light use efficiency model
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad, Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

  • Thiel, M. – Texture information from high-resolution SAR data for the characterization of built-up areas
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Christiane Schmullius, Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad

2012

  • Cord, A. – Potential of multi-temporal remote sensing data for modeling tree species distribution and species richness in Mexico
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Björn Reineking

2011

  • Geßner, U. – Spatio-temporal patterns of vegetation structure in southern African savannas
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Martin Herold

  • Hüttich, C. – Mapping vegetation types in a Namibian savanna ecosystem – Concepts for integrated land cover assessment
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Schmullius, Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech

  • Machwitz, M. – Carbon balance modeling at regional scale in West Africa using remote sensing data
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

  • Rüth, N. A. – Mapping bushfire distribution and burn severity in West Africa using remote sensing
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Konrad Linsenmair, Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech

2010

  • Heldens, W. – Use of airborne hyperspectral data and elevation information to characterize urban microclimate
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Kaufmann

  • Schramm, M. – Unsupervised linear spectral unmixing with applications for tree density estimation in semi-arid regions of Africa
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Christian Heipke, Prof. Dr. Heinz Kutterer, Prof. Dr. Gottfried Strunz

2009

  • Wegmann, M. – Analysis of spatial landscape patterns and their drivers using remote sensing data
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Konrad Linsenmair

  • Höppner, K. – Observation of hydroxyl (OH) airglow: investigation of climate signals and atmospheric waves*
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth, PD Dr. Michael Bittner

2008

  • Kirschke, S. – Methane exchange between biosphere and atmosphere in periglacial environments – A case study from the Lena Delta
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer, Prof. Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten

  • Breitkreuz, H. – Solar radiation forecasts for energy applications – Influence of aerosols on visible radiation availability
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer, Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth

  • Taubenböck, H. – Vulnerability assessment of the earthquake-prone megacity Istanbul using remote sensing methods
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Jörn Zschau

  • Bachmann, M. – Automated derivation of fractional land cover using MESMA unmixing
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Kaufmann

  • Colditz, R. – Time series generation and classification of MODIS data for land cover mapping
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Matthew Hansen

2007

  • Wehrmann, T. – Automated land use classification through object-based methods – The example of CORINE Land Cover
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Glaser

2006

  • Conrad, C. – Remote sensing-based modeling and hydrological measurements to assess agricultural water use in Khorezm (Uzbekistan)
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Paul Vlek

  • Esch, T. – Automated analysis of settlement areas using very high-resolution radar data
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Glaser

  • Schultz, C. – Remote sensing of distribution and spatio-temporal changes in major lichen communities in the Central Namib Desert
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Burkhard Büdel

  • Vogel, M. – Monitoring vegetation change in Namibia using remote sensing change detection and recent rainfall events
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Konrad Linsenmair

2005

  • Kircher, M. – Radar remote sensing of surface subsidence phenomena in the Lower Rhine Basin
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech

2003

  • Lang, O. – Radar remote sensing in West Antarctica with focus on differential interferometry
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Dech, Prof. Dr. Dietrich Busche