Earth-observation-based monitoring of forests in Germany—recent progress and research frontiers: a review

S Holzwarth, F Thonfeld, P Kacic, S Abdullahi, S Asam… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
One-third of Germany's land surface area is covered by forest (around 11.4 million hectares),
and thus, it characterizes the landscape. The forest is a habitat for a large number of animal …

Improving forest detection using machine learning and remote sensing: A Case study in Southeastern Serbia

I Potić, Z Srdić, B Vakanjac, S Bakrač, D Đorđević… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The primary application of this work is in environmental resource
management, specifically in the detection and monitoring of vegetation patterns and …

115 years of sediment deposition in a reservoir in Central Europe: topographic change detection

G Stauch, L Dörwald, A Esch… - Earth Surface Processes …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reservoirs have become an important component in the worldwide river sediment flux.
Reservoirs prevent downstream sediment transport and have become a major sediment …

Potential of Earth Observation to Assess the Impact of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events in Temperate Forests—A Review

M Wegler, C Kuenzer - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Temperate forests are particularly exposed to climate change and the associated increase in
weather extremes. Droughts, storms, late frosts, floods, heavy snowfalls, or changing climatic …

SM2RAIN-Climate, a monthly global long-term rainfall dataset for climatological studies

H Mosaffa, P Filippucci, C Massari, L Ciabatta… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
A reliable and accurate long-term rainfall dataset is an indispensable resource for
climatological studies and crucial for application in water resource management, agriculture …

A Sentinel-2 based multi-temporal monitoring framework for wind and bark beetle detection and damage mapping

A Candotti, M De Giglio, M Dubbini, E Tomelleri - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The occurrence of extreme windstorms and increasing heat and drought events induced by
climate change leads to severe damage and stress in coniferous forests, making trees more …

Deforestation as a cause of increased surface runoff in the catchment: Remote Sensing and Swat Approach—A case study of southern Serbia

I Potić, LM Mihajlović, V Šimunić, NB Ćurčić… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the past two decades, the South part of Serbia has been affected by exploitive and illegal
logging. As this trend is not decreasing to this day, there is a need to determine the area …

Forest Disturbance Monitoring Using Cloud-Based Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning

T Molnár, G Király - Journal of Imaging, 2024 - mdpi.com
Forest damage has become more frequent in Hungary in the last decades, and remote
sensing offers a powerful tool for monitoring them rapidly and cost-effectively. A combined …

Characterization of biogenic volatile organic compounds and their oxidation products in a stressed spruce-dominated forest close to a biogas power plant

J Song, GI Gkatzelis, R Tillmann… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) are key components of the atmosphere,
playing a significant role in the formation of organic aerosols (OAs). However, only a few …

The Impact of Partial Deforestation on Solute Fluxes and Stream Water Ionic Composition in a Headwater Catchment

E Płaczkowska, K Mostowik, HR Bogena, M Leuchner - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
To ensure the good chemical status of surface water across Europe, it is necessary to
increase research on the comprehensive impact of land use and land cover changes, ie …