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Erasmi, S.; Cyffka, B.; Kappas, M. (Eds.)

Remote Sensing & GIS for Environmental Studies: Applications in Geography

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Table of Contents ERASMI, S., CYFFKA, B., KAPPAS, M. (EDS.):

Remote Sensing & GIS for Environmental Studies: Applications in Geography.

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE BLASCHKE, T.

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A framework for change detection based on image objects

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BHATTACHARYA, A. k., SRIVASTAVA, P. K., P A L , S. K.:

Change Detection Analysis of Eastern Coastal Zone of India Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data and GIS

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GSPURNING, J., SULZER, W.: Adalar Islands - Landscape changes in the vicinity of the megacity Istanbul: A hybride GIS-Remote Sensing approach '.

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KUEMMERLE, T., HOSTERT, P., RADELOFF, V.: Cross-border Monitoring of LULCC in Eastern Europe

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KUNZER, C , VOIGT, S., MORTH, D.: Investigating Land Cover Changes in Chinese Coal Mining Environments Using Partial Unmixing

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MULLER, K., STEIMEIER, C :

A Changing Landscape Due to Traffic?

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PETTA, R. A., OHARA, T.:

Environmental GIS Database for Desertification Studies in the Brazilian North-Eastern Areas

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R U H L , J., CHIAVETTA, U., L A MANTIA, T., L A M E L A V E C A , D.S., PASTA, S.:

Land cover change in the Nature Reserve "Sughereta di Niscemi" (SE Sicily) in the 20th century

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SULZER, W., ElCHBERGER, S.'. Urban development of Graz - A time-series analysis with historical aerial photographs

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WINKLER, M., M E I N E L , G.:

Comparative Long-term Investigation of Urban Sprawl in European Cities on the Basis of Remote Sensing Data from 1950-2000

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VEGETATION MONITORING HELMSCHROT, J., DAHLKE, H.:

A GIS-based terrain analysis approach for inventory of wetland in the semi-arid headwaters of the Umzimvubu basin, South Africa

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HOCHSCHILD, V., W E I S E , C :

Agricultural Inventories from Space - Application of Multitemporal and Multipolarized ENVISAT A-SAR Data

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MAKHAMREH, Z., HILL, J.:

Spectral mixture analysis for characterisation of seasonal vegetation dynamics in north Jordan

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LENZ, V., KOHRING, K., SCHNEIDER, K.:

Deriving plant parameters from remote sensing data for assimilation into crop growth models '.

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SCHRODER, U.:

Analysis of Shift in Reed Habitats along the tidal River Elbe

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SCHWEITZER, C , RUCKER, G.R., CONRAD, C , BENDIX, J., STRUNZ, G.:

Knowledge-based land use classification combining expert knowledge, GIS, multi-temporal Landsat 7 ETM+ and MODIS time series data in Khorezm, Uzbekistan

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STELLMES, M., SOMMER, S.,HILL,J.:

Regional vegetation monitoring based on NOAA AVHRR time series in the Mediterranean area

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ZlLLMANN, E., LlLIENTHAL, H., SCHNUG,E.:

Radar Remote Sensing of Spatial Crop Variability

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WATER & CLIMATE BABA, A., 6 z c AN, H.:

Monitoring and evaluation of the geothermal fluid on soil and water in the Tuzla Geothermal Field by GIS

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CRISTOBAL, J., PONS, X., NINYEROLA, M.:

Modelling Actual Evapotranspiration in Catalonia (Spain) by means of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems

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GLEITSMANN, L., TRABANT, D.:

Digital multi-image photogrammetry combined with oblique aerial photography enables glacier monitoring survey flights below clouds in Alaska, a new tool for Climate Change Studies and Natural Hazard Assessment?

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ISLAM, MD. M., SADO, K.:

Water Quality Monitoring of Case 2 Water Using Field Spectrometer and Remote Sensing Data

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MOBASHERI, M. R.,:

Effects of Suspended Sediment Composition on Remotely Sensed SSC in Surface Waters, Using MODIS images

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OZCAN, H.:

Monitoring and evaluation of the spatial and temporal changes of pH, Spcond, DO, ORP and TDS in the waters of Troia by GIS VIII

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SCHRAGE, T., KUNTZ, S., GANGKOFNER, U., HOFFMANN, C :

Integration of enhanced land cover information in the context of the European Water Framework Directive and the Soil Protection Initiative

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WEGEHENKEL, M., JOCHHEIM, H., KERSEBAUM, K.C.:

The Validation of Distributed Catchment Models Used for the Estimation of the Impact of Landuse Changes on Water Balance

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HAZARD FORECASTING & MANAGEMENT APPEL, F., BACH, H., LOW, A., WASKE, B., LUDWIG, R., MAUSER R., SCHULZ, W., MERKEL, U., DEMUTH, N.:

InFerno - A project for the integration of remotesensing information in operational water balance modelling and flood forecasting

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BACH, H., APPEL, F., FELLAH, F., DE FRAIPONT, P.:

Application of satellite data for flood monitoring

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BELLA, S., NEMETH, A., SZALAI, S.:

Examination of drought vulnerability with GIS tools: Somogy county case study

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BREZGER, A.:

Current and future impacts of flooding in urban areas - Cellina-Meduna Catchment area - Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

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CARRANZA, E.J.M., CASTRO, O.T.: Remote sensing of temporal variations in spatial distributionsof lahars and pyroclastic deposits, western Mount Pinatubo, Philippines

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HAUBROCK, S., CHABRILLAT, S., KAUFMANN, H.:

Application of hyperspectral imaging and laser scanning for the monitoring and assessment of soil erosion in a recultivation minig area

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PANDEY,B.W.:

Landslides Hazard Zonation: Forecasting and Management in Kullu Valley of Western Himalaya

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PETTA, R. A., DAS VIRGENS, J.:

GIS and Remote Sensing Applied in the Geological Study of the Rio Grande Do Norte Caves - NE Brazil

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RATH, S., BAJAT, B.:

Between sensing and forecasting: an integrated concept to model high resolution LiDAR and InSAR data for flood plain representations in hydrodynamic simulations

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WERZ, H., HOTZL, H.:

The Integrated Use of Remote Sensing and GIS for Groundwater-Vulnerability and Hazard-Mapping - A Case Study

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EVALUATION OF METHODS & INSTRUMENTS BOCHOW, M.:

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The Maximum of Separability — A Comparative Study of Transformation Methods for the Hyperspectral Feature Space

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GREIWE, A.:

Feature based Fusion of Multisensor Data - Inclusion of Hyperspectral Data into Classification of High Resolution Orthophotos

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KIM, H.-O., KLEINSCHMIT, B.:

Use of High Resolution Satellite Imagery for the Analysis of Sealing in the Metropolitan Area Seoul

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TWELE, A^7ERASMI, S.:

Evaluating topographic correction algorithms for improved land cover discrimination in mountainous areas of Central Sulawesi

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WEHRMANN, T.:

Evaluating image fusion techniques for value-adding and classification

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YAN, N., EHLERS, M., YANG, W.:

Multi-wavelet Transform Based Remote Sensing Image Fusion

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INTEROPERABLE SENSOR NETWORKS KRESSE,W.:

ISO- and Industry-Standards for Sensor Networks

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SIMONIS, I.:

Sensor Webs: ARoadmap

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STOCKER, M., SIMONIS, I.:

Prototypical Sensor Web Application using a pattern matching service

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WALKOWSKI, A. C :

Active Sensor Collection Service - enhancemant of the OpenGIS Sensor Collection Service based on a use case of the flood management

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Table of Contents KLEINN, C , NIESCHULZE, J., SLOBODA, B. (EDS.):

Remote Sensing & GIS for Environmental Studies: Applications in Forestry.

The papers listed here comprise the 2nd volume of the conference proceedings and are published by J, D. Sauerldnder Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., Germany. ASSESSMENT OF FOREST-, TREE- AND VEGETATION ATTRIBUTES ANTTILA, M. P., KORPELA, I.S., PITKANEN, J.:

The performance of a local maxima method in detecting individual trees in aerial photographs

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BUDDENBAUM, H., SCHLERF, M., HILL, J.: Tree Species and Age Class Mapping using Hyperspectral Data and Geostatistics

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FUCHS, H.-J.:

Methods for the Assessment of Forest Trees using digitized large-scale colour infrared aerial photos

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HAGNER, O., OLOFSSON, K.:

A high resolution geometric-optical forest model for development of single tree detection algorithms

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HlRSCHMUGL, M., SCHARDT, M.: Methods for the Automatic Estimation of Forest Attributes from Aerial Imagery

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KORPELA, I., RASINMAKI, J., TOKOLA, T.:

Estimation Chains for Single Tree based Forest Inventory Using GIS and Digitised Aerial Photography M C R O B E R T S , R.E., GORMANSON, D.D., HANSEN,

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Can a land cover change map be used to increase the precision of forest inventory change estimates?

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NUSKE, R.S., NIESCHULZE, J.:

Remotely sensed digital height models and GIS for monitoring and modeling ecological characteristics of forest stands ; SCHLERF, M., BUDDENBAUM, VOHLAND, M., WERNER, W., DONG, P.H., HlLL, J.: Assessment of forest productivity using an ecosystem process model, remotely sensed LAI maps and FIELD data

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SCHMIDT, N., P O N C E T , F. V O N , JANOTH, J.:

The Potential of SAR data for Monitoring Purposes for Carbon Offset Projects in the Forestry Sector

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SUROVY, P., RlBEIRO, N.A., SCHEER, L.: Remote Sensed Aerial Imagery As an alternative source of data for forest growth and production modelling In open forest stands in southern Portugal

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VOHLAND, M., MADER, S., SCHLERF, M.:

Retrieval of canopy properties for grassland with widely varying management intensities using field and imaging spectrometer data 116 WACK, R., OLIVEIRA, T.:

Analysis of vertical vegetation structures for fire management by means of airborne laser scanning ; 127

ANALYSIS OF FORESTED LANDSCAPES FERANEC, J., OTAHEL, J., CEBECAUER, MACHKOVA, N., NOVACEK, J.:

Land cover changes of Slovakia in the period 1990-2000

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FRICK, A.:

Evaluation of Natura 2000 habitat types through very high resolution satellite imagery

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GABBAN, A., SAN-MIGUEL-AYANZ, J.:

On the suitability of the use of NOAA-AVHRR NDVI data for forest risk assessment

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GLEITSMANN, A., KAPPAS, M.:

Use of high spatial resolution satellite data in tropical forest mapping

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HALOUNOVA, L.:

Automatic classification of forest areas from B&W aerial orthophotos

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NIELSEN, N.C., BLACKBURN, G.A.:

Multi-scale application of spatial metrics for quantifying forest spatial structure and diversity from Corine Land Cover and FMERS-WiFS raster data

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OLSSON, H., NILSSON, M., HAGNER, O., REESE, H., GRANQVIST PAHLEN, T., PERSSON,A.:

Operational USE of Landsat-/SPOT-type satellite data among Swedish forest authorities ..195 SCHARDT, M., GRANCIA, K., HISCHMUGL, M., LUCKEL, H.W., KLAUSHOFER, F.:

Mapping Protection Forests in the Province of Salzburg Using Remote Sensing

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TUOMIONEN, S., PEKKARINEN, A.:

Selecting the combination of aerial photograph features for multi-source forest inventory.. 214 WEZYK, P., TRACZ, W., GUZIK, M.:

Evaluation of landscape structure changes in Tatra Mountains (poland) based on the 4D GIS analysis

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YANG, H., MENCH, A., AK£A, A.:

Land Use classification based on small-scale Aerial Photos and IKONOS Satellite Images

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REGIONALIZATION OF FOREST ATTRIBUTES ,

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FABRIKA, M., DURSKY, J., PRETZSCH, H., SLOBODA, B.:

Regionalisation of climatic values for ecological site classification USING growth simulator SIBYLA with GIS

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HIRATA, Y., SATO, K., SATO, S., KURAMOTO, S., SAKAI, A.:

Spatial modeling of regeneration mechanism for forest conservation at landscale scale

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KATILA,M.:

Error variations at the pixel level in the k-nearest neighbor predictions of the Finnish multi-source national forest inventory

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KOISTINEN, P., HOLSTROM, L., TOMPPO, E.: Using local linear smoothing for predicting regional averages in multi-source forest inventory '.

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MCROBERTS,

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Estimation for small areas using maps based on forest inventory data and satellite imagery

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RAUTJARVI, N., LUQUEA, S., T O M P P O , E.:

Mapping spatial patterns from national forest inventory data: A regional conservation planning tool

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SCHEER, L., SlTKO, R.: Growing stock assessment and regionalization employing IKONOS satellite data

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ECOLOGICAL MODELLING AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS BAJAT, B., R A T H , S. BLAGOJEVIC, D.:

Numerical method for uncertainty assessment of the topographic parameters derived from DEMS

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BUSCHMANN, A., KLEINN, C :

Modeling habitat suitability for red kite - an empirical approach

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DARVISHI B., A., SHAYGAN, M.:

A Semi-Automatic Procedure for Drainage Network Extraction using DEM

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HOLOPAINEN, M., TALVITIE, M., L E I N O , O.:

Forest biodiversity inventory by means of digital aerial photographs and laser scanner data

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IVITS, E., K O C H , B., WASER, L., CHAMBERLAIN, D.:

Modelling biological data with segmented landscape objetcs and image grey values

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KNAUFT, F.-J., HAUHS, M.:

Interactive modeling of forests on heterogeneous sites by the integration of GISfunctionality

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Li, S., NIESCHULZE, J.:

Web based Environmental Information System Using an Open Source Software Approach .' ,

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PESCH, R., SCHROEDER, W.:

Pollution of terrestrial ecosystems by heavy metals: Detecting spatial and temporal trends from 1990 through 2000 by combination of geostatistics, multivariate statistics and GIS .. 374 TUCEK,J.:

Geoinformatics Application in Forest Fire Research - an Example of the Slovakian part of the WARM Project

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VAFEIDIS,A.T.:

Estimating post-fire erosion using remote sensing and GIS

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