Dr. Florian Betz
Department of Remote Sensing
+49 (0)931 31-82407
Institute for Geography and Geology
Department for Remote Sensing
John Skilton Str. 4a
97074 Würzburg
- Biogeomorphology
- Interdisciplinary River Science
- GIS and Remote Sensing
- (Satellite) Time Series Analysis
- GIS-Based Modeling of Environmental Systems
- Applied Machine Learning
- Ecosystem Services
- Social-Ecological Systems
Since 2024: Principal Investigator at the Earth Observation Research Cluster at the University of Würzburg
2023: Visiting Scholar at the Natural Capital Project and Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University
2019-2023: Coordinator of the “ÖkoFlussPlan” Project at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Applied Physical Geography
2018-2023: Member of the core team of the Floodplain Institute Neuburg
2021: Dissertation on the topic “Biogeomorphology from Space: Assessing the Corridor of the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan Based on Remote Sensing” (Supervisors: Bernd Cyffka, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and Gregory Egger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
2018: Research Associate at the Applied Physical Geography at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and Geobotany, Trier University
2014-2017: Research Associate in the “EcoCAR” project at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
2011-2014: M.Sc. at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (topic of the master thesis: Selected aeolian processes in the eastern Tarim Basin: biogeomorphic interactions and their role for ecosystem services of natural floodplain vegetation”)
2007-2011: B.Sc. at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (topic of the bachelor thesis: “Wind erosion and aeolian landforms in Iceland”)
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. (2024): Spatiotemporal changes in fine particulate matter and ozone in the oasis city of Korla, northeastern Tarim Basin of China. In: Scientific Reports, 14 (1), 12904.
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. (2024): Quantitative diagnosis of internal wood damage in living trees and its relationship with soil physicochemical properties: The case of an endangered desert riparian forest in Xinjiang, NW China. In: Forest Ecology and Management, 561, 121880.
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. (2024): Impact of water supply on the restoration of the severely damaged riparian plants along the Tarim River in Xinjiang, Northwest China. In: Ecological Indicators, 158, 111570.
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. (2023): Biogeomorphology from space: Analyzing the dynamic interactions between hydromorphology and vegetation along the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan based on dense satellite time series. In: Remote Sensing of Environment, 299, 113890.
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. (2023): Assessment of air quality before and during the COVID-19 and its potential health impacts in an arid oasis city: Urumqi, China. In: Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 37 (4), 1265-79.
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. (2022): The Status of the Riparian Forests in the Naryn Valley of Kyrgyzstan: Conservation and Sustainable Development. In: Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 05 (01), 57–72.
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. (2022): Assessing the Impacts on Natural Ecosystems of the Future Kambarata-1 Hydropower Station on the Naryn River, Kyrgyzstan: A GIS-based Approach. In: GI_Forum, 1, 48–57.
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. (2021): Geomorphological Characterization of Rivers Using Virtual Globes and Digital Elevation Data: A Case Study from the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan. In: International Journal of Geoinformatics, 47–55.
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. (2021): In-Depth Assessment and Feasibility Study of a Solar PV Farm for a High-Altitude Region: Bridging the Gap Between Technical Potential and Market Barriers in Kyrgyzstan. In: Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2021Swc2021
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. (2020): Open Source Riverscapes: Analyzing the Corridor of the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan Based on Open Access Data. In: Remote Sensing, 12 (16)
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. (2019): Effectiveness and challenges of ecological engineering for desert riparian forest restoration along China’s largest inland river. In: Ecological Engineering, 127, 11–22.
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. (2018): Vitality variation and population structure of a riparian forest in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, NW China. In: Journal of Forestry Research, 29 (3), 749-60.
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. (2018): Delineation of the riparian zone in data-scarce regions using fuzzy membership functions: An evaluation based on the case of the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan. In: Geomorphology, 306, 170–181.
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. (2018): Biomass Carbon Sequestration Potential by Riparian Forest in the Tarim River Watershed, Northwest China: Implication for the Mitigation of Climate Change Impact. In: Forests, 9 (4)
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. (2016): Modeling height--diameter relationship for Populus euphratica in the Tarim riparian forest ecosystem, Northwest China. In: Journal of Forestry Research, 27 (4), 889-900.
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. (2015): Controls on aeolian sediment dynamics by natural riparian vegetation in the Eastern Tarim Basin, NW China. In: Aeolian Research, 18, 23–34.
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. (2015): Stand structure and height-diameter relationship of a degraded Populus euphratica forest in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, Northwest China. In: Journal of Arid Land, 7 (4), 544-54.
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. (2015): Eco-morphological response of floodplain forests (Populus euphratica Oliv.) to water diversion in the lower Tarim River, northwest China. In: Environmental Earth Sciences, 73 (2), 533-45.
