Matthias Braun

Prof. Dr. Matthias Braun

Institut für Geographie
Professur für Geographie (Fernerkundung und GIS) (Prof. Dr. Braun)

Raum 02.127
Wetterkreuz 15
91058 Erlangen

Telefon: +49 9131 85-22015
Faxnummer: +49 9131 85-22013
E-Mail: matthias.h.braun@fau.de
Webseite: http://www.geographie.nat.uni-erlangen.de/personen/matthias-braun/

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nur nach Vereinbarung

seit 2022 — Vorsitzender Prüfungsausschuss B.Sc./M.Sc. Physische Geographie sowie BA/MA Kulturgeographie

seit 2022 — Sprecher International Doctoral Program „Measuring and Modelling Mountain Glaciers in a Changing Climate“ im Elitenetzwerk Bayern gefördert durch das Bayerische Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft & Kunst

seit 2017 — Teilbereichskoordinator der DFG SPP Antarktisforschung

2015-2017 — Sprecher Department Geographie & Geowissenschaften

2014-2016 — Geschäftsführer Institut für Geographie, 2013/14 und 2016/17 stellvertretender Geschäftsführer

seit 2012 — Sekretär Deutsches Nationalkomitee SCAR /IASC, Mitglied der SCAR Standing Scientific Group Physical Sciences

seit WS 2011 — Professur für Physische Geographie (Fernerkundung & GIS) am Institut für Geographie der FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

2010-2011 — Associate Professor of Geophysics am Geophysical Institute der University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA

seit 2010 — Mitglied des TanDEM-X und TanDEM-L Science Teams

2009 — Wissenschaftspreis für Physische Geographie der Prof. Dr. Frithjof Voss Stiftung für Geographie

2009 — Habilitation an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

2006 — DAAD Kuzzeitdozentur an der Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenia

2004-2013 — Chairman of the Special Interest Group on Land Use of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL)

2001-2010 — Wissenschaftlicher Koordinator des Zentrums für Fernerkundung der Landoberfläche an der Universität Bonn

2001 — Promotion zum Dr. rer. nat. an der Geowissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Freiburg

1990-1997 — Hydrologie-Studium an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i Br.

Seit 1994/95 — Leiter von und Teilnehmer an mehreren Antarktis- und Arktisexpeditionen sowie Forschungsaufenthalte in Alaska, Südamerika, West- & Ostafrika, Himalaya & Karakorum

Mitgliedschaften:

International Glaciological Society (IGS)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung und Geoinformation (DGPF)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Polarforschung (DGP)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie (DGfG)
Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft (FGG)

Weitere Gremientätigkeiten:

Gutachtertätigkeit für verschiedenste Forschungsorganisationen
Associate Editor für Frontiers in Earth Sciences – Cryospheric Sciences
Reviewer für diverse peer-reviewte Zeitschriften und Forschungseinrichtungen

2024

Dreier, M.N., Gourmelon, N., Koch, M., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2024). A Benchmark Dataset for Radio Echo Sounding Data. Poster presentation at European Geosciences Union 2024, Wien.
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-11310
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Fürst, J., Farías Barahona, D., Blindow, N., Casassa, G., Gacitúa, G., Koppes, M.,... Schaefer, M. (2024). The foundations of the Patagonian icefields. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01193-7
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01193-7
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Piermattei, L., Zemp, M., Sommer, C., Brun, F., Braun, M., Andreassen, L.M.,... Yang, R. (2024). Observing glacier elevation changes from spaceborne optical and radar sensors - an inter-comparison experiment using ASTER and TanDEM-X data. Cryosphere, 18(7), 3195-3230. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3195-2024
DOI: 10.5194/tc-18-3195-2024
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Stelzig, M., Benedikter, A., Krabbe, L., Schultz, J., Haberberger, N., Braun, M.,... Vossiek, M. (2024). A UAV-based Radar Sounder SAR System for the Imaging of Internal Snow and Firn Stratifications. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR (pp. 1135-1140). Munich, DE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
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Wendleder, A., Bramboeck, J., Izzard, J., Erbertseder, T., D'Angelo, P., Schmitt, A.,... Braun, M. (2024). Velocity variations and hydrological drainage at Baltoro Glacier, Pakistan. Cryosphere, 18(3), 1085-1103. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1085-2024
DOI: 10.5194/tc-18-1085-2024
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Wu, F., Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Zhang, J., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2024). Contextual HookFormer for Glacier Calving Front Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 62, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2024.3368215
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2024.3368215
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10440599
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2023

Gourmelon, N., Klink, J., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2023). Conditional Random Fields for Improving Deep Learning-based Glacier Calving Front Delineations. In IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 4939-4942). Pasadena, California, US.
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10282915
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10282915
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Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2023). Comparability of Deep Learning Techniques for Calving Front Segmentation in SAR Imagery. Paper presentation at European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2023, Vienna, AT.
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-5069
URL: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-5069.html
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Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Klink, J., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2023). CaFFe - a Benchmark Dataset for Glacier Calving Front Extraction from Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery. In IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 896-898). Pasadena, California, US.
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10283406
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Graiff, A., Braun, M., Driemel, A., Ebbing, J., Grossart, H.P., Harder, T.,... Karsten, U. (2023). Big data in Antarctic sciences-current status, gaps, and future perspectives. Polarforschung, 91, 45-57. https://doi.org/10.5194/polf-91-45-2023
DOI: 10.5194/polf-91-45-2023
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Herrmann, O., Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Maier, A., Fürst, J., Braun, M., & Christlein, V. (2023). Out-of-the-box Calving Front Detection Method Using Deep Learning. Cryosphere, 17, 4957–4977. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4957-2023
DOI: 10.5194/tc-17-4957-2023
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Koch, M., Seehaus, T., Friedl, P., & Braun, M. (2023). Automated Detection of Glacier Surges from Sentinel-1 Surface Velocity Time Series-An Example from Svalbard. Remote Sensing, 15(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061545
DOI: 10.3390/rs15061545
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Shahateet, K., Navarro, F., Seehaus, T., Fürst, J., & Braun, M. (2023). Estimating ice discharge of the Antarctic Peninsula using different ice-thickness datasets. Annals of Glaciology, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.67
DOI: 10.1017/aog.2023.67
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Stelzig, M., Benedikter, A., Kleinlein, M., Haberberger, N., Krabbe, L., Lomakin, K.,... Vossiek, M. (2023). A Drone-Based 0.7-4.7 GHz FMCW Radar System for High-Resolution Exploration of Subsurface Glacier Structures. In 2023 IEEE International Radar Conference (RADAR). Sydney, AU: IEEE.
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR54928.2023.10371027
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Wu, F., Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Zhang, J., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2023). AMD-HookNet for Glacier Front Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2023.3245419
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2023.3245419
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10044700
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Zuhr, A.M., Loebel, E., Muchow, M., Dennis, D., von Albedyll, L., Kruse, F.,... Scheinert, M. (2023). Insights into German polar research during POLARSTUNDE. Polarforschung, 91, 73-80. https://doi.org/10.5194/polf-91-73-2023
DOI: 10.5194/polf-91-73-2023
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2022

Davari, A., Baller, C., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2022). Pixel-wise Distance Regression for Glacier Calving Front Detection and Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2022.3158591
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2022.3158591
URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.05715
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Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2022). Calving fronts and where to find them: a benchmark dataset and methodology for automatic glacier calving front extraction from synthetic aperture radar imagery. Earth System Science Data, 14(9), 4287--4313. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-4287-2022
DOI: 10.5194/essd-14-4287-2022
URL: https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/4287/2022/
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Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2022). Dissecting Glaciers - Can an Automated Bio-Medical Image Segmentation Tool also Segment Glaciers? Paper presentation at EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria.
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-2726
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Gurdiel, I., Rada, C., Malz, P., Braun, M., & Casassa, G. (2022). Glacier inventory and recent variations of Santa Inés Icefield, Southern Patagonia. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 54(1), 202-220. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2022.2071793
DOI: 10.1080/15230430.2022.2071793
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Nambiar, K.G., Morgenshtern, V., Hochreuther, P., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2022). A Self-Trained Model for Cloud, Shadow and Snow Detection in Sentinel-2 Images of Snow- and Ice-Covered Regions. Remote Sensing, 14, 1825. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14081825
DOI: 10.3390/rs14081825
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Periyasamy, M., Davari, A., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2022). How to Get the Most Out of U-Net for Glacier Calving Front Segmentation. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3148033
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3148033
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Sommer, C., Seehaus, T., Glazovsky, A., & Braun, M. (2022). Brief communication: Increased glacier mass loss in the Russian High Arctic (2010-2017). Cryosphere, 16(1), 35-42. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-35-2022
DOI: 10.5194/tc-16-35-2022
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2021

Davari, A., Islam, S., Seehaus, T., Hartmann, A., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021). On Mathews Correlation Coefficient and Improved Distance Map Loss for Automatic Glacier Calving Front Segmentation in SAR Imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3115883
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3115883
URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.08312
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Diener, T., Sasgen, I., Agosta, C., Fürst, J., Braun, M., Konrad, H., & Fettweis, X. (2021). Acceleration of Dynamic Ice Loss in Antarctica From Satellite Gravimetry. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.741789
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.741789
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Dietrich-Sussner, R., Davari, A., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Christlein, V., Maier, A., & Rieß, C. (2021). Synthetic Glacier SAR Image Generation from Arbitrary Masks Using Pix2Pix Algorithm. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. Brussels, BE.
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553853
URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.03252
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Döpper, V., Panda, S., Waigl, C., Braun, M., & Feilhauer, H. (2021). Using floristic gradient mapping to assess seasonal thaw depth in interior Alaska. Applied Vegetation Science, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12561
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12561
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Friedl, P., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2021). Global time series and temporal mosaics of glacier surface velocities derived from Sentinel-1 data. Earth System Science Data, 13, 4653-4675. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4653-2021
DOI: 10.5194/essd-13-4653-2021
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Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Davari, A., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021, March). Tapping the Potential of Earth Observation - Calving Front Detection in SAR Images using Deep Learning Techniques. Paper presentation at EGU General Assembly 2021.
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-11280
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Hartmann, A., Davari, A., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021). Bayesian U-Net for Segmenting Glaciers in Sar Imagery. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. Brussels, BE.
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554292
URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.03249
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Hochreuther, P., Neckel, N., Reimann, N., Humbert, A., & Braun, M. (2021). Fully Automated Detection of Supraglacial Lake Area for Northeast Greenland Using Sentinel-2 Time-Series. Remote Sensing, 13, 205. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13020205
DOI: 10.3390/rs13020205
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Holzmann, M., Davari, A., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021). Glacier Calving Front Segmentation Using Attention U-Net. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IGARSS). Brussels, BE.
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9555067
URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.03247
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Malz, P., Sommer, C., Seehaus, T., Farías-Barahona, D., & Braun, M. (2021). Global glacier surface elevation change and geodetic mass balance estimations. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR (pp. 652-654). Virtual, DE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
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Rounce, D.R., Hock, R., McNabb, R.W., Millan, R., Sommer, C., Braun, M.,... Shean, D.E. (2021). Distributed Global Debris Thickness Estimates Reveal Debris Significantly Impacts Glacier Mass Balance. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(8). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091311
DOI: 10.1029/2020GL091311
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Scheinert, M., Mayer, C., Horwath, M., Braun, M., Wendt, A., & Steinhage, D. (2021). Der Arbeitskreis "polargeodäsie und Glaziologie". Polarforschung, 89(1), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.5194/polf-89-57-2021
DOI: 10.5194/polf-89-57-2021
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Seehaus, T., Nambiar, K.G., Morgenshtern, V., Hochreuther, P., & Braun, M. (2021). Deep learning based F-Mask alternative for Sentinel-2 images in polar regions. In Proceedings of the EGU General Assembly.
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15914
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Shahateet, K., Seehaus, T., Navarro, F., Sommer, C., & Braun, M. (2021). Geodetic Mass Balance of the South Shetland Islands Ice Caps, Antarctica, from Differencing TanDEM-X DEMs. Remote Sensing, 13, 3408. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13173408
DOI: 10.3390/rs13173408
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Sochor, L., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2021). Increased Ice Thinning over Svalbard measured by ICESat/ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry. Remote Sensing, 13(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13112089
DOI: 10.3390/rs13112089
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/11/2089
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Thomson, L., Brun, F., Braun, M., & Zemp, M. (2021). Observational Assessments of Glacier Mass Changes at Regional and Global Level. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.641710
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.641710
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Wendleder, A., Schmitt, A., Erbertseder, T., D'Angelo, P., Mayer, C., & Braun, M. (2021). Seasonal Evolution of Supraglacial Lakes on Baltoro Glacier From 2016 to 2020. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.725394
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.725394
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2014

Arigony-Neto, J., Skvarca, P., Marinsek, S., Braun, M., Humbert, A., Wilson Mendes Júnior, C., & Jana, R. (2014). Monitoring glacier changes on the Antarctic Peninsula. In Kargel, J.S., Leonard, G.J., Bishop, M.P., Kääb, A., Raup, B.H. (Eds.), Global Land Ice Measurements from Space. (pp. 717-741). Springer.
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Manakos, I., & Braun, M. (Eds.) (2014). Land Use Land Cover Mapping in Europe. Praxis & Trends. Springer.
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Osmanoglu, B., Navarro, F.J., Hock, R., Corcuera, M.I., & Braun, M. (2014). Surface velocity and mass balance of Livingston Island ice cap, Antarctica. Cryosphere, 8(5), 1807-1823. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1807-2014
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1807-2014
URL: http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/1807/2014/
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Rankl, M., Kienholz, C., & Braun, M. (2014). Glacier changes in the Karakoram region mapped by multimission satellite imagery. Cryosphere, 8, 977-989. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-977-2014
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-977-2014
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2013

Moeler, M., Finkelnburg, R., Braun, M., Scherer, D., & Schneider, C. (2013). Variability of the climatic mass balance of Vestfonna ice cap, northeastern Svalbard, 1979-2011. Annals of Glaciology, 54(63), 254-264. https://doi.org/10.3189/2013AoG63A407
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG63A407
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Möller, M., Finkelnburg, R., Braun, M., Scherer, D., & Schneider, C. (2013). Variability of the climatic mass balance of Vestfonna ice cap (northeastern Svalbard) in the period 1979/1980 – 2010/2011. Annals of Glaciology, 54(63), 254-264.
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Osmanoglu, B., Navarro, F.J., Braun, M., & Hock, R. (2013). Surface velocity and ice discharge of the ice cap on King George Island, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 54(63), 111-119. https://doi.org/10.3189/2013AoG63A517
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG63A517
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2012

Burgess, E.W., Forster, R.R., Larsen, C.F., & Braun, M. (2012). Surge dynamics on Bering Glacier, Alaska, in 2008–2011. Cryosphere, 6(6), 1251-1262. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1251-2012
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-1251-2012
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Füller, H., Hübner, T., Braun, M., Glasze, G., Geiselhart, K., Haferburg, C., & Weber, F. (2012). Wissenschaftlich Arbeiten : Recherchieren, Produzieren, Präsentieren / Autoren: Matthias Braun, Henning Füller, Georg Glasze, Klaus Geiselhart, Christoph Haferburg, Thomas Hübner und Florian Weber. 3., aktual. Aufl. Erlangen 2012. Erlangen: Institut für Geographie.
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Goodwin, K., Loso, M.G., & Braun, M. (2012). Glacial transport of human waste and survival of fecal bacteria on Mt. McKinley's Kahiltna glacier, Denali National Park, Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 44(4), 432-445. https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.432
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.432
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McNabb, R., Hock, R., O'Neel, S., Rasmussen, L., Ahn, Y., Braun, M.,... Truffer, M. (2012). Using surface velocities to calculate ice thickness and bed topography: A case study at Columbia Glacier, Alaska, USA. Journal of Glaciology, 58(212), 1151-1164. https://doi.org/10.3189/2012JoG11J249
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG11J249
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2011

Braun, M. (2011). Glacier frontal position changes of Vestfonna (Nordaustlandet, Svalbard). Geografiska Annaler Series A-Physical Geography, -. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00437.x
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00437.x
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Braun, M. (2011). Impact of climate change on the cryosphere of the polar regions Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Kryosphäre in den Polargebieten. Geographische Rundschau, 63(12), 12-19.
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=83755196723&origin=inward
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Möller, M., Finkelnburg, R., Braun, M., Hock, R., Jonsell, U., Pohjola, V.,... Schneider, C. (2011). Climatic mass balance of the ice cap Vestfonna, Svalbard - a spatially distributed assessment using ERA-Interim and MODIS data. In Journal Geographical Research. .: ..
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001905
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Möller, M., Möller, R., Beaudon, E., Mattila, O.-P., Finkelnburg, R., Braun, M.,... Schneider, C. (2011). Snowpack characteristics of Vestfonna and De Geerfonna (Nordaustlandet, Svalbard) - a spatiotemporal analysis based on multiyear snow-pit data. Geografiska Annaler Series A-Physical Geography, 93, 273-285. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00440.x
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00440.x
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Quincey, D., Braun, M., Bishop, M., Hewitt, K., & Luckman, A. (2011). Karakoram glacier surge dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters, 38. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049004
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049004
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Rückamp, M., Braun, M., Suckro, S., & Blindow, N. (2011). Observed glacial changes on the King George Island ice cap, Antarctica, in the last decade. Global and Planetary Change, 79, 99-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818111001111
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Schneider, C., Scherer, D., & Braun, M. (2011). Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Kryosphäre in den Polargebieten. Geographische Rundschau, 12, -.
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2010

Braun, M. (2010). Climate variability and Glacier response at Vestfonna – a case study of Arctic climate and glacier dynamics at Nordaustlandet (Svalbard) in recent years. In Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 112. (pp. 145-151). .: ..
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Braun, M. (2010). Dynamics of the ice cap on King George Island, Antarctica - field measurements and numerical simulations. Annals of Glaciology, 55, 80-90. https://doi.org/10.3189/172756410791392817
DOI: 10.3189/172756410791392817
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Braun, M. (2010). Geometry and status of the King Georg Island ice cap, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 55, 103-109.
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Braun, M. (2010). Ground and Satellite Based Assessment of Rangeland Management in Sub-Tropical Argentina. Applied Geography, 30, 210-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.01.006
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.01.006
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Braun, M. (2010). Support vector machines for multitemporal and multisensor change detection in a mining area. In Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium. (pp. -). Bergen: ..
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Humbert, A., Gross, D., Müller, R., Braun, M., van der Wal, R.S.D., van den Broeke, M.R.,... van de Berg, M.J. (2010). Deformation and failure of the ice bridge on Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 55, 49-55. https://doi.org/10.3189/172756410791392709
DOI: 10.3189/172756410791392709
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2009

Braun, M., & Humbert, A. (2009). Recent retreat of Wilkins Ice Shelf reveals new insights in ice shelf break-up mechanisms. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2, 263-267. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2008.2011925
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2008.2011925
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Braun, M., Humbert, A., & Moll, A. (2009). Changes of Wilkins Ice Shelf over the past 15 years and inferences on its stability. Cryosphere, 41-56. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-3-41-2009
DOI: 10.5194/tc-3-41-2009
URL: http://www.the-cryosphere.net/3/41/2009/tc-3-41-2009.html
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Waske, B., & Braun, M. (2009). Classifier ensembles for land cover mapping with multi-spectral SAR imagery. Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 5, 450-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2009.01.003
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2009.01.003
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2008

Braun, M., & Humbert, A. (2008). Wilkins Ice Shelf break-up along failure zones. Journal of Glaciology, 188, 943-944.
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Schellberg, J., Hill, M., Gerhards, R., Rothmund, M., & Braun, M. (2008). Precision agriculture on grassland: applications, perspectives and constraints – a review. European Journal of Agronomy, 29, 59-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2008.05.005
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2008.05.005
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2007

Braun, M. (2007). An object-based speckle filter using multi-sensor remote sensing imagery. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2, 231-235.
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Braun, M. (2007). Estimation of crop yield by the combined use of optical and microwave remote sensing time series. In ESA ENVISAT Symposium 2007. (pp. -). Montreux: ..
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Braun, M. (Ed.) (2007). Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Europe. Application and Development. Bonn: ..
URL: http://www.zfl.uni-bonn.de/earsel/ws2006_bn.html
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Braun, M. (2007). Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Land Use and Land Cover. In Application and Development. (pp. 28-30). Bonn: ..
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Braun, M. (2007). Random forests for classifying multi-temporal SAR data. In ESA ENVISAT Symposium 2007. Montreux: ..
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Braun, M. (2007). Remote sensing data assimilation for regional crop growth modelling. In IGARSS’07 Symposium. (pp. -). Barcelona: ..
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Braun, M. (2007). Remote Sensing derived glacier facies maps on Engabreen, Norway. In IAHS Publ. 138. (pp. 126-134). .: IAHS Publishers.
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2006

Braun, M. (2006). Determination of glacier velocities on King George Island (Antarctica). In Proceedings of the ESA FRINGE’06 Workshop. (pp. -). Frascati.
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Braun, M. (2006). Glacier velocities on King George Island (Antarctica). In IGARSS 2006. Denver: DInSAR.
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Braun, M. (2006). Monitoring of Land-use and Land-cover in North Rhine-Westphalia by Remote Sensing. Geographische Rundschau International Edition, 1, 50-55.
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Braun, M., Hock, R., Thorsteinsson, T., de Woul, M., Johanesson, T., & Halldórsdóttir, S. (2006). Firn layer impact on glacial runoff: a case study at Hofsjökull, Iceland. Hydrological Processes, 20, 2171-2185. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6201
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6201
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Braun, M., Waske, B., & van der Linden, S. (2006). Random feature selection for decision tree classification of multi-temporal SAR data. In International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). (pp. 168-171). Denver: IGARSS’06 Symposium.
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2006.48
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2005

Braun, M. (2005). Distributed mass balance modelling on Engabreen (Norway). Annals of Glaciology, 42, 395-401.
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Braun, M. (2005). Object-based speckle filtering using multisensoral remote sensing data. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. (pp. 89-98). Bruges: International Society for Optical Engineering; 1999.
DOI: 10.1117/12.626513
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Braun, M. (2005). The potential of multitemporal and multisensoral remote sensing data for the extraction of biophysical parameters of wheat. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. (pp. 404-412). Bruges: International Society for Optical Engineering; 1999.
DOI: 10.1117/12.627336
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2004

Braun, M. (2004). Synergetic use of remote sensing and soilborne data for regional yield prediction of malting barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). EARSeL eProceedings, 3, 347-353.
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2003

Braun, M. (2003). A comparison of various relative radiometric correction approaches for LANDSAT imagery. In IGARRS Symposium 2003. (pp. -). Toulouse: ..
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Braun, M. (2003). Mapping imperviousness using linear spectral unmixing of ASTER data in the Cologne-Bonn region (Germany). In SPIE – Remote Sensing Europe. (pp. -). Barcelona: ..
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Braun, M. (2003). Regional Yield Forecasts of Maltic Barley by Remote Sensing Data and Ancillary Data. In SPIE – Remote Sensing Europe. (pp. -). Barcelona: ..
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Braun, M. (2003). Remote Sensing as a tool to visualise land use change and to support environmental education. A case study of North Rhine Westphalia (Germany) in the context of the local Agenda21 process. In Proceedings of the EARSeL Symposium Gent 2003. (pp. -). Gent.
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Braun, M. (2003). State-wide land use change detection using remote change. In SPIE – Remote Sensing Europe. (pp. -). Barcelona: ..
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2002

Braun, M. (2002). A new satellite image map of King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). Polarforschung, 71, 47-48.
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Braun, M. (2002). Evaluation of GRFM JERS-1 SAR imagery for coarse-scale land cover classification in Benin (West Africa). In 2nd EAESeL SIG Workshop Remote Sensing in Developing Countries. (pp. -). Bonn: ..
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Braun, M. (2002). Glacial changes in the area of Admiralty Bay and Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica. In GeoEcology of Terrestrial Antarctic Oases. (pp. 75-89). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.
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Braun, M. (2002). The regional distribution of the dry snow zone on the Antarctic Peninsula north of 70°S. Annals of Glaciology, 34, 95-100.
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2001

Braun, M. (2001). Radar glacier zones and their boundaries as indicators of glacier mass balance and climatic variability. EARSeL eProceedings, 1, 317-327.
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Braun, M. (2001). The influence of large-scale circulation on surface energy balance on the King George Island ice cap. International Journal of Climatology, 1, 21-36.
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Braun, M., Simoes, J.C., Vogt, S., Bremer, U.F., Blindow, N., Pfender, M.,... Ferron, F.A. (2001). An improved topographic database for King George Island - Compilation, Application and Outlook. In Antarctic Science 13. (pp. 41-52). .: Cambridge University Press (CUP).
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102001000074
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2000

Braun, M. (2000). Characteristics of summertime energy balance along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Annals of Glaciology, 179-183.
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Braun, M. (2000). Development of radar glacier zones on the King George Island ice cap, Antarctica, during the austral summer 1996/97 as observed by ERS2 SAR data. Annals of Glaciology, 357-363.
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Braun, M. (2000). Monitoring multi-year snow cover dynamics on the Antarctic Peninsula. Polarforschung, 1/2, 27-40.
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Braun, M. (2000). New eyes in the sky measure glaciers and ice sheets. In EOS 81. (pp. 265,270-271). .: ..
DOI: 10.1029/00EO00187
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Book chapters and Proceedings:

Arigony-Neto, J., Skvarca, P., Marinsek, S., Braun, M., Humbert, A., Mendes Júnior, C.W., Jaña, R. (2013): Chapter 33: Monitoring glacier changes on the Antarctic Peninsula. In: Global Land Ice Measurements from Space, J.S. Kargel, G.J. Leonard, M.P. Bishop, A. Kääb, and B. Raup (Editors), Praxis-Springer (Publishers), Heidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-540-79817-0.
Loso, M.G., Goodwin, K., Braun, M. (2013): Glacial Transport of Human Waste and Survival of Fecal Bacteria on Mt. McKinley’s Kahiltna Glacier, Denali National Park, Alaska. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/AKR/NRTR—2013/784. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Hecheltjen, A., Waske, B., Thonfeld, F., Braun, M., Menz., G. (2010): Support vector machines for multitemporal and multisensor change detection in a mining area. Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bergen, June 28 to July 02, 2010.
Schneider, C., Scherer, D., Braun, M., Moeller, M., Kaesmacher, O., Finkelnburg, R. (2010): Climate variability and Glacier response at Vestfonna – a case study of Arctic climate and glacier dynamics at Nordaustlandet (Svalbard) in recent years. Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 112(384), 145-151.
Braun, M. (ed.) (2007): Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Land Use and Land Cover. Application and Development. Bonn, 28-30 September 2006. http://www.zfl.uni-bonn.de/earsel/ws2006_bn.html, ISBN-13 978-3-00-020518-7.
Heinzel, V., Braun, M. & Menz, G. (2007): Remote sensing data assimilation for regional crop growth modelling. Proc. of the IGARSS’07 Symposium, Barcelona.
Waske, B., Heinzel, V., Braun, M. & Menz, G. (2007): Random forests for classifying multi-temporal SAR data. Proc. of the ESA ENVISAT Symposium 2007, Montreux, Switzerland.
Heinzel, V., Waske, B., Braun, M. & Menz, G. (2007): Estimation of crop yield by the combined use of optical and microwave remote sensing time series. Proc. of the ESA ENVISAT Symposium 2007, Montreux, Switzerland.
Moll, A. & Braun, M. (2006): Glacier velocities on King George Island (Antarctica) by DInSAR. Proceedings of IGARSS’06 Symposium, Denver, 2006.
Moll, A., Braun, M. & Lluberas, A. (2006): Determination of glacier velocities on King George Island (Antarctica) by DInSAR. Proceedings of the ESA FRINGE’06 Workshop, Frascati.
Waske, B., Schiefer, S. & Braun, M. (2006): Random feature selection for decision tree classification of multi-temporal SAR data. Proceedings of IGARSS’06 Symposium, Denver, 2006.
Waske, B., Heinzel, V., Braun, M. & Menz, G. (2005): Object-based speckle filtering using multisensoral remote sensing data. Proceedings SPIE Remote Sensing Europe, 19-22 September 2005, Bruges, Belgium, Vol. 5980, pp.89-98.
Heinzel, V., Waske, W., Braun, M. & Menz (2005): The potential of multitemporal and multisensoral remote sensing data for the extraction of biophysical parameters of wheat. Proceedings SPIE Remote Sensing Europe, 19-22 September 2005, Bruges, Belgium, Vol. 5976, pp. 404-412.
Braun, M. & Herold, M. (2003): Mapping imperviousness using linear spectral unmixing of ASTER data in the Cologne-Bonn region (Germany). SPIE – Remote Sensing Europe, 8-12 September 2003, Almari Hotel, Barcelona, Spain.
Schöttker, B., Over, M., Braun, M., Siegmund, A. & Menz, G. (2003): State-wide land use change detection using remote change. SPIE – Remote Sensing Europe, 8-12 September 2003, Almari Hotel, Barcelona, Spain.
Weissteiner, C.J., Braun, M. & Kühbauch, W. (2003): Regional Yield Forecasts of Maltic Barley by Remote Sensing Data and Ancillary Data. SPIE – Remote Sensing Europe, 8-12 September 2003, Almari Hotel, Barcelona, Spain.
Over, M., Schöttker, B., Braun, M. & Menz, G. (2003): A comparison of various relative radiometric correction approaches for LANDSAT imagery. Proceedings of the IGARRS Symposium 2003, Toulouse.
Schöttger, B., Over, M., Braun, M., Siegmund, A. & Menz, G. (2003): Remote Sensing as a tool to visualise land use change and to support environmental education. A case study of North Rhine Westphalia (Germany) in the context of the local Agenda21 process. Proceedings of the EARSeL Symposium Gent 2003.
Thamm, H.-P. & Braun, M. (2003): Evaluation of GRFM JERS-1 SAR imagery for coarse-scale land cover classification in Benin (West Africa). Proceedings of the 2nd EAESeL SIG Workshop Remote Sensing in Developing Countries. Bonn, Sept. 2002.
Braun, M. & Goßmann, H. (2002): Glacial changes in the area of Admiralty Bay and Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica. In: Beyer, M. & Boelter M. (ed.): GeoEcology of Terrestrial Antarctic Oases, Springer Verlag, 75-89.

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Fernerkundung, GIS, Gletscher, Schelfeis, Klimawandel, Landutzungswandel, Polargebiete, Hochgebirge Meine Forschungsaktivitäten umfassen vor allem die Auswertung von Mikrowellen und optischen Fernerkundungsaufnahmen von satelliten- und flugzeuggetragenen Erdbeobachtungssystemen. Ziel sind vor allem die Ableitung verschiedener geo-biophysikalischer Größen und deren raumzeitliche Variation. Hierzu setzen wir verscheidenste Verfahren der digitalen Bildverarbeitung und Mustererkennung sowie der SAR-Interferometrie und -Polarimetrie ein. Unsere Anwendungsgebiete erstrecken sich von der Glaziologie und Klimatologie über verschiedene Felder der Vegetationskunde zu klassischen Studien zu Landnutzung und Landbedeckung. GIS wird hierbei vor allem unterstützend für die räumlichen Analysen und Aufbereitung der Ergebnisse eingesetzt. Weitere Informationen zu unseren Forschungsaktivitäten entnehmen Sie bitte auch den Seiten der AG Braun.

Abschlussarbeiten (Bachelor, Master, Zulassungsarbeiten:

Unsere Arbeitsgruppe bietet die Möglichkeit Abschlussarbeiten im Themenfeld von GIS und Fernerkundung (empirisch) sowie Themen der Physischen Geographie (Zulassungsarbeiten, Literaturarbeiten) durchzuführen. Hierbei arbeiten Sie an aktuelle Fragestellungen, die meist eng an unsere Forschungsvorhaben gekoppelt sind. Daher besteht eine enge Betreuung und Interesse an verwertbaren Ergebnissen der Arbeiten. Abschlussarbeiten mit Bezug zu externen Einrichtungen sind grundsätzlich möglich, bedürfen jedoch weiterer Absprachen.

Sowohl bei den Bachelor- als auch bei den Masterarbeiten haben sie die Möglichkeit, unter Anleitung an konkreten, klar umgrenzten Projekten zu arbeiten und ihre Kenntnisse in der jeweilige Auswertesoftware zu vertiefen. Hierfür stehen Softwarelizenzen für die gängigen GIS- und Bildverarbeitungspackete in den CIP-Räumen des Instituts zur Verfügung und ggf. an spezifischen Arbeitsplätzen der Arbeitsgruppe. Hinzu kommt die Möglichkeit, ArcGIS auf den eigenen Rechnern zu installieren sowie die Nutzung von Open Source Software (z.B. R, QuantumGIS, SAGA). Voraussetzung für eine Abschlussarbeit (Bachelor) sind die Kenntnisse aus GIS-1 und der Einführungsvorlesung GIS und Fernerkundung sowie der Übung Einführung ind die digitale Bildverarbeitung (vertiefte Methodik I). Für Master ist der vorherige Besuch einer der Vertiefungsveranstaltungen wünschenswert, je nach Fragestellung jedoch nicht zwingend notwendig. Es besteht auch in der Fernerkundung die Möglichkeit, Masterarbeiten mit Felderhebungen zu verbinden.

Für eine aktuelle Themenliste für Bachelor- und Masterarbeiten wenden Sie sich bitte an die Dozenten der Arbeitsgruppe (M. Braun, T. Seehaus, J. Fürst, S. Feick).

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