Deutsch Intern
Earth Observation Research Cluster

Dr. Michael Schmidt

Employment at the department:

04/2004 - 08/2009

Research projects at the departement:

Stellvertreter des Lehrstuhlinhabers
Leiter Helmholtz-Hochschul-Nachwuchsgruppe "Fernerkundung für die Biodiversitätsforschung"
Teilprojektleiter Biota-Süd, Subprojekt 01
Teilprojektleiter Biota-West, Subprojekt 01
Teilprojektleiter GLOWA-Volta, Subprojekte L1, L3, L5
Teilprojektleiter der Organisationseinheit Umwelt und Sicherheit am DFD in Oberpfaffenhofen

Publications at the departement

(list no longer maintained)

  • T. Esch, V. Himmler, G. Schorcht, M. Thiel, T. Wehrmann, F. Bachhofer, C. Conrad, M. Schmidt, S. Dech (2009): Large-area assessment of impervious surface based on integrated analysis of single-date Landsat-7 images and geospatial vector data., Remote Sensing of Environment, No. 113, pp. 1678-1690.
     
  • Esch, T., Taubenböck, H., Heldens, W., Thiel, M., Wurm, M., Klein, D., Dech, S., Roth, A., Schmidt, M. (2009): Monitoring and assessment of urban environments using space-borne earth observation data – selected applications. In: Krek, Rumor, Zlatanova & Fendel (eds). "Urban and Regional Data Management", Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-55642-2. pp. 385-398.
     
  • Colditz, R.R., Conrad, C., Wehrmann, T., Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2008): TiSeG – A flexible software tool for time series generation of MODIS data utilizing the quality assessment science data set. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 46, pp. 3296-3308.

2009

  • Cord, A., Colditz, R.R., Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2009): Species Distribution and Forest Type Mapping in Mexico. Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 12-17, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa.
     
  • Cord, A., Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2009): Potential and Limitations of Multi-Temporal Earth Observation Data to Improve Modeled Results of Tree Species Distribution in Mexico. 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, May 4-8, 2009, Stresa, Italy.
     
  • Gessner, U., Klein, D., Conrad, C., Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2009): Towards an automated estimation of vegetation cover fractions on multiple scales: Examples of Eastern and Southern Africa. 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. May 4-8, 2009, Stresa, Italy.
     
  • Hüttich, C., Gessner, U., Schmidt, M., Keil, M., Strohbach, B., & S., Dech (2009): Ecosystem Assessment in Savanna Ecosystems based on multi-scale Earth Observation data. 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. May 4-8, 2009, Stresa, Italy.
     
  • Taubenböck, H. Wegmann, M., Roth, A., Schmidt, M. & S. Dech (2009): Urbanization: A global change issue. 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. May 4-8, 2009, Stresa, Italy

2008

  • Esch, T., Schenk, A.; Thiel, M.; Roth, A.; Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2008): Analysis of SAR speckle statistics in support of image filtering and interpretation. IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 6-11, 2008, Boston, USA.
     
  • Gebhardt, S., Künzer, C., Huth, J., Wehrmann, T., Schettler, I., Schmidt, M. (2008): The WISDOM project - A Water-related Information System for the mekong Delta, Vietnam. 13th Wolrd Water Congress, WWC, September 1-4, 2008, Montpellier, France.
     
  • Gessner, U., Conrad, C., Hüttich, C., Keil, M., Schmidt, M., Schramm, M. and Dech, S. (2008): A multi-scale approach for retrieving proportional cover of life forms. IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 6-11, 2008, Boston, USA.
     
  • Künzer, C., Bartalis, Z., Schmidt, M., Wagner, W. (2008): Trend analyses of a 15 year global soil moisture time series derived from ERS-1/-2 and METOP scatterometer data – floods, droughts and long term changes. ISPRS, July 3-11, 2008, Beijing, China.
     
  • Landmann, T., Machwitz, M., Bao Le, Q., Desta, L., Vlek, P., Dech, S., Schmidt, M. (2008): A land cover change synthesis study for the GLOWA Volta Basin in West Africa using time trajectory satellite observations and cellular automation models. IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 6-11, 2008, Boston, USA, ISBN 978-1-4244-2808-3, pp. III-640 - III-643.
     
  • Schramm, M., Landmann, T., Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2008): Tree density detection using spectral unmixing without known target spectra. IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 6-11, 2008, Boston, USA, ISBN 978-1-4244-2808-3, pp. III-310 - III-313.
     
  • Taubenböck, H., Esch, T., Wurm, M., Thiel, M., Ullmann, T., Roth, A., Schmidt, M., Mehl, H., Dech, S. (2008): Urban structure analysis of mega city Mexico city using multi-sensoral remote sensing data. In: Proceedings of the SPIE - The international Society for Optical Engineering, September 15-19, 2008, Cardiff, Wales.
     
  • Yao, N.A., Schmidt, M., Landmann, T., Konaté, S., Dech, S., Linsenmair, K.E. (2008): Bushfire distribution in the subsahelian West Africa using satellite Imagery. African association of remote sensing for the environment, AARSE, October 27- 31, 2008, Accra, Ghana.

2007

  • Colditz, R.R., Conrad, C., Wehrmann, T., Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2007): Comparison of collection 4 and 5 MODIS time series. ISPRS Spatial Data Quality Symposium, June 13-15, 2007, Enschede, The Netherlands.
     
  • Colditz, R.R, Geßner, U., Conrad, C., van Zyl, D., Malherbe, J., Newby, T., Landmann, T., Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2007): Dynamics of MODIS time series for ecological applications in southern Africa. Fourth International Workshop on the Analysis of Multitemporal Remote Sensing Images (Multitemp 2007), July 18-20, 2007, Leuven, Belgium.
     
  • Colditz R.R., Keil, M., Strohbach, B., Geßner, U., Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2007): Vegetation structure mapping with remote sensing time series: Capabilities and improvements. 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, June 25-29, 2007, San Jose, Costa Rica.
     
  • Künzer, C., Wessling, S., Zhang, J., Litschke, T., Schmidt, M., Schulz, J., Gielisch, H., and Wagner, W. (2007): Concepts for Green House Gas Emission Estimating of underground Coal Seam Fires, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, 11716, European Geosciences Union (EGU), April 16-20, 2007, Vienna, Austria.
     
  • Landmann, T., Vlek, P. J., Schmidt, M., Dech, S., Cord, A. (2007): An object-conditional approach for satellite remote sensing land cover mapping in African Savannas, in Proceedings of the third International Workshop; Image Fusion and Geographic Information Systems, May 21-25, 2007, St. Petersburg, Russia.
     
  • Landmann, T., Colditz, R., Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2007): A Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) based wetland biodiversity characterization method for West African savannas using 250-Meter MODIS observations, 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, June 25-29, 2007, San Jose, Costa Rica.
     
  • Landmann, T., Herty, C., Dech, S., Schmidt, M., Vlek, P. (2007): Land cover change analysis within the GLOWA Volta basin in West Africa using 30-meter Landsat data snapshots, in: Proceedings of the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International Conference, Volume , Issue , July 31-August 4, 2007, pp. c1 - c1 , Barcelona, Spain

2006

  • Colditz, R.R., Conrad, C., Schramm, M., Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2006): Mapping regions of high temporal variability in Africa. ISPRS mid-term symposium Remote Sensing: from pixels to processes, May 8-11, 2006, Enschede, The Netherlands.
     
  • Colditz, R.R., Conrad, C., Wehrmann, T., Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2006): Generation and assessment of MODIS time series using quality information. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2006, July 31-August 4, 2006, Denver, CO, USA.
     
  • Landmann, T., Colditz R., Schmidt M. (2006): An Object-Conditional Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) Wetland Probability Detection Method for West African Savannas Using 250-Meter MODIS Observations. In Proc. ‘GlobWetland: Looking at Wetlands from Space’ (Ed. H. Lacoste), ESA SP-634 (CD-ROM), ESA Publications Division, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
     
  • Landmann, T., Schmidt, M., Dech, S., Schramm, M., Vogel, M. (2006): A new spatially-explicit and object-conditional land cover (LC) data set based on the FAO Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) for the GLOWA catchment area, Proceeding of the 6th AARSE international conference on earth observation and geoinformation sciences in support of Africa's development, 30 October - 2 November 2006, Cairo, Egypt. Cairo : The National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science (NARSS), 2006. ISBN 1-920-01710-0. pp. 144-149.
     
  • Yao, N.A., Schmidt, M., Landmann, T., Wegmann, M., Konaté, S., Penner, J., Rödel, M.O., Fahr, J., Linsenmair, K.E. (2006): Satellite derived spatial and temporal distribution of fire activity in subsahelian West Africa. African association of remote sensing for the environment, AARSE, 30. Oktober - 2. November 2006, Kairo, Egypt.

2005

  • Colditz, R.R., Conrad, C., Rücker, G.R., Schweitzer, C., Fistric, S., Schmidt, M., Dech, S. (2005): Ableitung von phänologischen Verlaufsmustern aus MODIS-Zeitserien und Möglichkeiten der Anwendung. Strobl, J., Blaschke, T. & G. Griesebner (Eds.), Angewandte Geoinformatik. Beiträge zum 17. AGIT Symposium, July 6-8, 2005, Salzburg, Austria, pp. 94-99.
     
  • Conrad, C., Colditz, R.R., Petrocchi, A., Rücker, G.R., Dech, S., Schmidt, M. (2005): Time Series Generator - Ein flexibles Softwaremodul zur Generierung und Bewertung von Zeitserien aus NASA MODIS Datenprodukten. Strobl, J., Blaschke, T. & G. Griesebner (Eds.), Angewandte Geoinformatik. Beiträge zum 17. AGIT Symposium, July 6-8, 2005, Salzburg, Austria, pp. 100-105.