Browsing Fakultät für Geowissenschaften und Geographie (inkl. GAUSS) by Referee "Kappas, Martin Prof. Dr."
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A case study for Skukuza: Estimating biophysical properties of fires using EOS-MODIS satellite data
(2003-12-15)Biomass burning in Africa, explicitly in Southern Africa, contributes excessively to the annual aerosol loading and pyrogenic gas emissions within the African atmospheric system. The frequency ... -
A remote sensing and geospatial statistical approach to understanding distribution and evolution of ignimbrites in the Central Andes with a focus on Southern Peru
(2014-03-25)This PhD thesis investigates timing, cause and location of “ignimbrite flare ups” during the evolution of the Central Andean uplift and relates volcano-tectonic structures and calderas with shallow intrusive stocks to ... -
Air Surface Temperature Estimation Using MODIS Land Surface Temperature Data in Northwest Vietnam
(2019-07-26)There is increasing demand for air surface temperature (Ta) data that can capture information for a large area or for a region, since this kind of data is an important parameter for a wide range of applications. However, ... -
Assessment of Drought in Grasslands: Spatio – Temporal Analyses of Soil Moisture and Extreme Climate Effects in Southwestern Mongolia
(2021-06-28)Soil moisture plays an essential key role in the assessment of hydrological and meteorological droughts that may affect a wide area of the natural grassland and the groundwater resource. The surface soil moisture distribution ... -
Auswirkungen des regionalen Klimawandels auf die Entwicklung der Biomasseerträge ausgewählter landwirtschaftlicher Nutzpflanzen in Niedersachsen
(2013-12-13)Lower Saxony (total land area about 46,500 km2) constitutes one of the most important agricultural areas in Germany and thus within Europe. However today, there exists no comprehensive account on the impacts of climate ... -
Bioenergy resources from waste, energy crops and forest in Los Ríos Region (southern Chile) - A systemic approach based on sustainability on designing a bioenergy area
(2016-07-01)As many countries today, Chile is facing the taking off of renewable energies. Los Ríos Region in south-central Chile shows one of the highest biomass productivity. Therefore, in the quest for a scientific analysis of ... -
Conceptual Planning of Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Context of Integrated Water Resources Management for a semi-arid and a tropical Case Study in Palestine and Brazil: A new Integrated MAR Planning Approach.
(2018-08-07)This thesis focuses on the development, application and evaluation of new integrative approach for the planning of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) concepts in the context of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The ... -
Derivation of forest inventory parameters from high-resolution satellite imagery for the Thunkel area, Northern Mongolia. A comparative study on various satellite sensors and data analysis techniques.
(2021-06-03)With the demise of the Soviet Union and the transition to a market economy starting in the 1990s, Mongolia has been experiencing dramatic changes resulting in social and economic disparities and an increasing strain on its ... -
Detecting and Modeling the Changes of Land Use/Cover for Land Use Planning in Da Nang City, Viet Nam
(2013-11-06)Da Nang City is located in the south central coast region of Viet Nam, between 15°55’19” to 16°13’20”N and 107°49’11” to 108°20’20”E, and covers an area of approximately 1,283.42 km2, including Paracel Island (Hoang Sa) ... -
Der Einfluss des Klimawandels auf die Häufigkeit von Hautkrebserkrankungen
(2010-01-18)UV radiation is one of the major factors causing skin cancer. Mostly ozone hole are regarded as important factors with an impact on skin cancer. Climate change is in many studies not included. ... -
Exploiting the Spatial Information in High Resolution Satellite Data and Utilising Multi-Source Data for Tropical Mountain Forest and Land Cover Mapping
(2006-06-29)This study investigates methods for the automatic mapping of tropical mountain forests and other land cover types using the spatial information in high resolution satellite data. The results ... -
Extraction and Analysis of Baseline Data for Protected Area Management Using Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing and Ecological Niche Modeling Case Study: Armando Bermúdez National Park in the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic
(2012-02-03)Tropical humid mountain forests are hotspots of biodiversity and providers of important ecosystem services. In the light of increasing human pressure, effectively managed protected areas ... -
Forest Landscape Restoration and Ecosystem Services in A Luoi District, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam
(2021-07-23)Abstract The Government of Vietnam has invested efforts to increase the forest cover, and to conserve biodiversity through different forest development projects and programs. Losing natural forests and landscapes in the ... -
Geographic Determinants of Human Schistosomiasis Transmission in the Sourou Valley, Burkina Faso
(2013-08-22)Schistosomiasis (also known as Bilharzia or Bilharziasis) is the second most prevalent neglected tropical disease (NTD) after hookworm and is caused by infection with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. More than 85% ... -
GIS-gestützte Modellierung und Analyse von Biomassepotentialen in Niedersachsen - Einführung in das Pflanzenmodell BioSTAR
(2013-03-05)Biomass potentials for energy production are discussed controversially. On the one hand, the further expansion of the bio energy sector is demanded by the policy makers (in Germany and elsewhere), and on the other hand, ... -
Integrated approaches of social-ecological resilience assessment and urban resilience management
(2016-02-10)The urban system is a multi-interaction system, due to the rapid urbanization and intertwined vulnerability of the ecological system. It will be a challenge to maintain a sustainable development of the urban and urbanizing ... -
Modellierung der vegetativen Produktivität zur Bewertung der Landdegradation im ariden und semi-ariden südlichen Afrika
(2014-01-23)Dry regions as the arid southern Africa are, on the one hand, strained by unfavourable climatic conditions. On the other hand, intensive land use as rangeland and for livestock farming leads to additional encroachment of ... -
Modelling and validation of agricultural and forest biomass potentials for Germany and Austria
(2012-07-04)The Biosphere Energy Transfer Hydrology Model (BETHY/DLR), a process model that estimates the net primary productivity of agricultural and forested areas was used to assess biomass potentials for Germany and Austria. ... -
Modelling Soil Erosion, Flash Flood Prediction and Evapotranspiration in Northern Vietnam
(2016-03-08)Water-induced soil erosion (WSE) is a main factor of land degradation in many parts of the world and reported as a main threat to agriculture compared to the second largest risk by wind. Some parts of Vietnam have been ... -
Monitoring forest fragmentation and carbon storage in the Cerrado Biome of Mato Grosso using optical and SAR satellite images
(2021-01-15)Several studies suggested that forest fragmentation, which is an effect of deforestation, and edge effect have an impact on the biomas and carbon stock in tropical forest. For Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes, most studies ...