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    Integration or Mashup? Challenges in Bringing Together Heterogeneous Scientific Data (2010)
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    Publication Date: 2022-01-12
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    Description: This paper provides an overview of the range of techniques available for integration of heterogeneous data. These range from the wrapper-mediator architecture for integration of structured and semistructured databases: semantic mediation, which involves mapping schema elements and data values to ontologies: to ad hoc, vertical data integration where the user is in the loop of the integration. Every integration technique requires an expert in the loop—at different points in time and at different places in the system, depending on the integration technique employed. Future directions include provision of provenance and social networking information corresponding to the integrated data result.
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    Description: Proceedings of the Data Management Workshop, 29-30 October 2009, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 90, pp. 1-6
    Keywords: Other ; None ; Data Integration ; Data Management ; Heterogeneous ; Data Portal
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    Data assimilation for numerical weather prediction (2011)
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    Description: The availability and the appropriate use of accurate and widespread observational information are of paramount importance in order to increase the accuracy of weather forecasts. Data assimilation techniques provide a framework to find the best initial state that is consistent with all available information about the state of the system, here considered to be the Earth’s atmosphere. In this paper, a brief introduction to both variational and ensemble based data assimilation is provided, with a focus on the main characteristics of satellite data assimilation and some of its current issues.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 93-99
    Keywords: Other ; None ; Data Assimilation ; Numerical Weather Prediction ; Remote Sensing
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    KOMPSAT-2 geometric quality assessment for measuring the area of European land parcels (2011)
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    Publication Date: 2022-01-12
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    Description: Measurement errors in orthorectified images are very important when it comes to checking the subsidies claims made by European farmers. The Control with a Remote Sensing (CwRS) Programme, managed by the GeoCAP and CID actions of the Monitoring Agricultural Resources Unit of the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC), requires the establishment of guidelines to be applied by Member States when using remotely sensed images to verify farmers’ claims under the EU Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) subsidies. The area of land parcels used for farming are verified based on very fine spatial resolution (VHR) orthoimages that must meet specific geometric and visual qualities. As such, all VHR orthoimages used within this context must meet or exceed the EU standard as reported in Kapnias et al. (2008), based on external quality control (EQC). EQC is based on the root mean square error (RMSE) between the true geographic position and the image position of the independent check points (ICPs). The ICPs are points not included in the sensor model parameter estimation process and are derived from an independent source, preferably of higher accuracy. This report presents the applied EQC methodology and the geometric quality results recorded for the four samples of the KOMPSAT-2 (K2) radiometrically corrected images (processing level 1R), acquired over the JRC Maussane Test Site. The key issues identified during the testing based on the limited KOMPSAT-2 sample images that were made available to us are as follows: (a) The 1D RMS errors measured on the final K2 orthoimage after the single scene correction applying either the PCI rigorous model, the PCI RPC-based or the ERDAS RPC-based model are not sensitive to the number of GCPs used if they are well-distributed and range between 9 and 15 (provided a DTM with 0.6 m vertical accuracy), and they are sensitive to the overall off-nadir angle and increase with increasing off-nadir angle, (b) The average 1D RMSE are 2.1 m and 4 m, while the maximum 1D RMSE values are 3.2 m and 6.2 m of easting and northing direction respectively, provided that a DTM with 0.6 m vertical accuracy and GCPs with mean RMSE-X (in X direction) and RMSE-Y (in Y direction) values of 0.6 m are used, and (c) The orthorectified KOMPSAT-2 images do not fall within the accuracy criteria of the CwRS 1:10000 scale requirements, i.e. an absolute 1D RMSE not exceeding 2.5 m, except where the images are characterized by an overall off-nadir angle close to zero degrees, and the rigorous model or first order Rational Polynomial sensor model is applied.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 109-115
    Keywords: Other ; None ; Remote Sensing Methods ; Remote Sensing
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    Geospatial evaluation of UNESCO world heritage forest areas in the tropics (Honduras) (2011)
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    Description: The study aimed at providing a better understanding for monitoring the status, change and threats to UNESCO world heritage areas that are present in the tropical forest. Three change detection techniques were tested using Landsat images for detecting areas of change in the region of the Rio Platino Biosphere Reserve, a tropical rain forest in Honduras. The change detection techniques considered were image differencing, post-classification analysis using supervised classification and vegetation index differencing (NDVI differencing). Two Landsat scenes recorded in January 1986 and December 2002 were downloaded from USGS. Images were geometrically and radiometrically corrected and the three change detection techniques were tested. Change maps obtained from each technique were visually interpreted. In order to determine the accuracy of each change map, random points were generated using systematic sampling. For each random point, change/no change was separately evaluated by using high resolution data (Google Earth data) and a confusion matrix method. Image differencing for band 2 was found to be the most accurate one, followed by supervised classification and NDVI. Image differencing using band 3 was found to be less accurate than supervised and NDVI differencing. Supervised classification was selected for calculating area statistics inside and outside the UNESCO protected boundary because of the advantage of indicating the nature of changes. The study revealed two important changes in clear-cut areas and in regrowth areas. Clear-cutting has been found to be more frequent outside than inside the protected boundary of the forested UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 71-78
    Keywords: Other ; None ; Landsat ; Classification ; NDVI ; Remote Sensing
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    Close-range sensing for generating 3D objects in Prehistoric Archaeology (2011)
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    Description: Prehistoric archaeology is an object-oriented discipline. Archaeological objects like stone tools, bone tools or pieces of mobile art embed human behaviour. A central task of prehistoric research is to decode this information in order to reconstruct ancient human behaviour. This premise affords a defined set of tools for analysis and documentation to describe and evaluate particularly the shape of the object and its surface modifications manufactured by humans. Basis for all types of analysis is therefore a precise visual description of the object. This documentation forms part of the scientific process and should follow a generally accepted convention. Only when these rules are respected, a standardised and reproducible recognition of the object becomes possible.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 117-120
    Keywords: Other ; None ; Surface ; Remote Sensing
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    Prospection of karstic caves using GIS and remote sensing techniques for geoarchaeological research, NE-Morocco (2011)
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    Publication Date: 2022-01-12
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    Description: Caves and rock shelters are important archives for archaeological research. Prehistoric men not only sheltered in caves but also set up camps in open-air locations. Over the last 15 years a joint research group, comprising INSAP (Institut National des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine du Maroc), KAAK (Kommission für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen, German Archaeology Institute) and the University of Cologne, has been carrying out surveys and excavations in the area of the Eastern Rif (NE-Morocco). Huge parts of the vast working area are poorly accessible and it is now realised that the whole area can only be covered using a remote sensing approach.The aim of this project is to integrate high resolution topographical, visual and geological data in order to develop models so that site locations can be predicted. Information from remote sensing (satellite image) and Geographic Information System (GIS) is used to identify an area in which carstic caves can occur and caves featuring archaeological remains may be located. The intersection of geological and topographical maps with QuickBird satellite imagery can then be used to quantify different features of identified caves. Based on the partially existing fans of sediment in front of the carstic caves, potential locations of caves in the defined area could be discovered.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 121-129
    Keywords: Other ; None ; GIS ; Remote Sensing Methods ; Remote Sensing
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    Settlement process studies in developing countries using diverse remote sensing data types (2011)
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    Description: A typical situation in many developing countries is sparse data availability. Thus, many issues of applied research need to be tackled in spite of poor data disposability. We exemplify these issues in the coastal area of Benin in Western Africa by a time series using a grey scale aerial image (1995), QuickBird data (2002), and a colour aerial image (2007, scale 1:20000). Coastal regions are in general areas of high attraction worldwide. Due to migration and population growth, the coastal zone of Benin, like in other developing countries, encounters extreme land use pressure, causing conflicts of interest and fast changes. Especially settlement structures show high dynamics. In order to study these, dwellings need to be detected. The multitude of appearances of dwellings makes process analysis based on remotely sensed data a challenging – yet interesting – task. This paper shows how to analyse settlement processes in developing countries with heterogeneous remote sensing data sets, combining remote sensing with pattern recognition and GIS. At first, building detection was accomplished by manual digitization. In the next step, we made an initial attempt to develop automated methods for detecting dwellings. Both approaches for building detection were then followed by GIS-based process analysis. Finally, a comparison of both detection approaches based on quality assessments is presented and a thorough evaluation of the usability of automation is given.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 131-142
    Keywords: Other ; None ; Change Detection ; Remote Sensing ; Remote Sensing Methods
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    A novel object-level change detection method based on multi-scale image segmentation (2011)
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    Description: Aiming to improve object fragmentation and poor detection results caused by discontinuous segmentation scales in object-level change detection, a new object-level change detection method based on multi-scale segmentation is presented in this paper. Firstly, a convexity model concept to describe target- background characteristics is proposed. This model is used to implement the convexity model-based multi-scale image segmentation, in order to overcome the shortcoming that traditional single-scale image segmentation can hardly synchronously extract the objects within different scales. And then, a change detection approach by analyzing structural characteristics of image objects is introduced, in order to detect the man-made object. Experiments show that the new method is robust and that it provides an advanced tool for quantitative change detection.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 143-150
    Keywords: Other ; None ; Change Detection ; Multi-Scale ; Structure Analysis ; Remote Sensing ; Remote Sensing Methods
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    Potentials of Low-cost Mini-UAVs (2011)
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    Publication Date: 2022-01-12
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    Description: The trend to minimize electronic devices also accounts for sensing and sensor technologies. In combination with the developments in the construction of low-weight unmanned airborne vehicles (UAVs), this enabled in the last years a new research and application field of low-cost and low-weight UAVs carrying all kind of sensors such as multi-spectral, hyperspectral, laserscanning, microwave, and thermal imaging devices. In the same period, the demand for local high resolution data in a spatial, temporal, and spectral context increased exponentially for all kinds of applications. Low-cost and low-weight UAVs can exactly acquire such data. Hence, it is no surprise that the deployment of Mini-UAVs in the field of environmental monitoring, agriculture, facility management and many more is growing fast.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 1-8
    Keywords: Other ; None ; UAV ; Sensor ; Imaging ; Remote Sensing
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    3D terrestrial laser scanning for field crop modelling (2011)
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    Publication Date: 2022-01-12
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    Description: Terrestrial laser scanning provides highly accurate and dense 3D measurements of an object. This technology leads to several applications, for example in topographic surveys, forestry, and as-built documentation. Few developments exist in the area of agriculture and precision farming. In this contribution, multi-temporal 3D terrestrial laser scanning was applied for field crop modelling. The time-of-flight laser scanner Riegl LMS-Z420i was used three to five times per year to estimate plant height distribution of the field crops winter wheat, spring barley, and sugar beet. In 2008 and 2009, the area under investigation was a single field. As a further development, data from plots with different crop varieties of barley and sugar beet were analysed in 2010. As a result, within-field variability was detected by using crop surface models (CSM) and crop volume models (CVM). Single plants were successfully detected. The results will be compared with additional data in the future.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 25-30
    Keywords: Other ; None ; Agriculture ; Crop/s ; Terrestrial Laser Scanning ; Surface ; Remote Sensing
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    Evaluating airborne laser scanning data for generation of digital elevation models and land cover mapping (2011)
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    Description: Full-Waveform airborne laser scanning (ALS) is a novel method for observing the earth surface. It is suitable for the extraction of digital elevation models (DEM) and for estimating, for example buildings, single trees, and wooded areas, as 3D information. In this contribution, the processing of data from a flight survey with Riegl’s LMS-Q560 on 30 July 2008 is described. The accuracy of the extracted data was determined by comparison with official geodata and remote sensing data. For example, DEMs of the state survey office and land use classifications from satellite data were used. These data sets and the flight survey were realized within the Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 32 (CRC-TR32) 'Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Systems', which monitors patterns and fluxes in the Rurwatershed in Western Germany. Workflow and the results of the ALS data comparison are discussed in detail. ALS is an important method for deriving DEMs. Furthermore, it is capable of determining more information about the earth’s surface in a very accurate way.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 31-38
    Keywords: Other ; None ; Airborne Laser Scanning ; DEM ; Land Cover Mapping ; Remote Sensing
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    Current flood mapping capabilities using synergies from radar altimetry and MODIS multi-spectral satellite imagery and the need for a SWOT mission (2011)
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    Description: In ungauged basins, space-based information is essential for the monitoring of the hydrological water cycle, in particular in regions undergoing large flood events where satellite data may be used as input to hydrodynamic models. A method for near 3D flood monitoring has been developed which uses synergies between radar altimetry and high temporal resolution multi-spectral satellites. Surface reflectances from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra instrument are used to map areas of open water as well as aquatic vegetation on a weekly basis, while water level variations in the inundated areas are provided by the radar altimetry from the Topex/Poseidon (T/P) and Envisat satellites. We applied this synergistic approach to several regions across the world (Diamantina Floodplain in Australia, Inner Niger Delta and Lake Chad in Africa, Andean Altiplano in South America, and Ganga River Delta in Asia). Based mainly on optical and Near Infra Red (NIR) imagery for detecting the extent of inundation, this method is well adapted for arid and semi-arid regions, but less for equatorial or boreal ones due to cloud coverage. This work emphasises the limitations of current remote sensing techniques for full 3D description of water storage variability in ungauged basins, and provides a good introduction to the need and the potential use of the future Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 9-23
    Keywords: Other ; None ; MODIS ; Remote Sensing ; Hydrology
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    Sensor and data fusion technologies in archaeology (2011)
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    Description: Remote sensing in prehistoric archaeological research in North America has come to rely on geophysical techniques. This paper reviews their application and efficiency in exploring a group of late prehistoric sites in northern Mississippi. While most archaeologists agree that the use of multiple instruments enhances a geophysical survey, there has been little work done on exploring the potential of using multivariate statistics to integrate the resultant data. Two approaches to this challenge are explored.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 39-47
    Keywords: Other ; None ; Geophysical Survey ; Data Fusion ; Remote Sensing
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    Preface (2011)
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    Description: From 18th - 19th of November, 2010, the 'Workshop on Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process modelling' was held at the University of Cologne, Germany. This workshop was organized by the Working Group 5 'Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling' within the Commission VII 'Thematic Processing, Modelling and Analysis or Remotely Sensed Data' of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). Three research projects actively supported the workshop. The CRC/TR32 'Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Systems: Monitoring, Modelling, and Data Assimilation' as well as the CRC 806 'Our way to Europe: Culture-Environment Interaction and Human Mobility in the Later Quaternary', both Collaborative Research Centres of the German Research Foundation (DFG). Within the CROP.SENSe.net (funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF), sensor methods for monitoring crops are investigated. Finally, the workshop was supported by the International Centre for Agro-Informatics and Sustainable Development (ICASD), which was founded in cooperation with the China Agricultural University and the u CROP.SENSe.net University of Cologne. The goal of the workshop was to bring together scientific disciplines as disparate as geography, soil sciences, plant physiology, hydrology, meteorology, prehistory, archaeology, agronomy, remote sensing, and geoinformatics. The workshop was based on 14 invited talks and unusual long coffee breaks, parallel to poster sessions to encourage and support discussion. The diverse program attracted nearly 40 poster presentations and approximately 90 participants. The papers and abstracts of the workshop are summarized in the workshop proceedings.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. III
    Keywords: Remote Sensing Methods ; Remote Sensing
    Language: English
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    Microcopter-based colour infrared (CIR) close-range remote sensing as a subsidiary tool for precision farming (2011)
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    Description: Microcopters as a highly flexible and low-cost sensor platform provide new opportunities of data acquisition for various environmental and geoscientific purposes (e.g. environmental monitoring, forestry, geospatial data etc.). One promising field of application for this technique is precision farming. Thereby, the application of capital equipment like crop protection products (also fertilizer) can be adapted to the spatial and temporal dynamics of soil and population parameters to reduce costs and keep processes more environmentally-compatible. In this context, the objective of this project is to produce CIR photographs and other remote sensing products in the visible (VIS) and near infrared (NIR) range as classified input data for subsequent procedures of precision farming and for efficiency tests in a user-defined spatial and temporal resolution. Therefore a remotely controlled microcopter has been equipped with a modified compact digital camera now capable of taking images not only in the VIS but also in the ultraviolet (UV) and NIR spectra (about 320 nm to 1100 nm), depending on the applied optical filters. The aerial surveys are conducted with a microcopter which is capable of autonomously completing a GPS waypoint track specified by the user. The localizations of exposures, height above surface, the camera heading, and other parameters can be set up in advance using a flight software. The microcopter itself represents an ultraflexible multi-sensor platform, where the camera provides a modular setup for generating high-resolution aerial CIR photographs. The images obtained from the surveys are being rectified and subjected to object orientated texture analysis for supervised classifications regarding surface anomalies like albedo variations of green vegetation. The results are processed to generate accurate position data for the distinction of various vegetation types like weed and crop, or different states of vegetation health due to soil dryness, precipitation damages or pest infestation.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 49-54
    Keywords: Other ; None ; Vegetation ; Remote Sensing
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    Preface (2010)
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    Description: From 29th - 30th of October, 2009, the 'Data Management Workshop' was held at the University of Cologne, Germany. This workshop was actively supported by two research projects. The CRC/TR32 'Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Systems: Monitoring, Modelling, and Data Assimilation' as well as the CRC 806 'Our way to Europe: Culture-Environment Interaction and Human Mobility in the Later Quaternary', both Collaborative Research Centres of the German Research Foundation (DFG). In addition the workshop was co-organized by the Working Group 5 'Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling' within the Commission VII 'Thematic Processing, Modelling and Analysis or Remotely Sensed Data' of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). Since many different scientific communities are facing similar problems in data handling, the aim of the workshop was to bring together a variety of scientific disciplines, which are sometimes recognised as being quite incompatible with one other (e.g. computer sciences, social sciences, geography, physics, pre-history, geoinformatics, archaeology, geosciences, meteorology, and biology). Moreover, the goal was to take into account the perspective of the funding bodies, in our case the DFG. The workshop was based on 11 invited talks and unusual long coffee breaks, parallel to poster sessions to encourage and support discussion. The diverse program attracted nearly 30 poster presentations and approximately 80 participants. The papers and abstracts of the workshop are summarized in the workshop proceedings.
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    Description: Proceedings of the Data Management Workshop, 29-30 October 2009, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 90, pp. III-IV
    Keywords: Data Management
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    LIDAR-based remote sensing for archaeological applications (2011)
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    Description: The Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) technology, also referred to as LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging), represents the most relevant advancement of Earth Observation (EO) techniques applied to archaeological research in the last decade. It allows us to overcome some limits of satellite optical remote sensing in detecting archaeological remains covered by dense vegetation as well as microrelief of cultural interest in bare-ground sites. Currently, a LIDAR survey can be carried out by using two different types of ALS sensor systems: (i) conventional scanners or discrete echo scanners, and (ii) Full-Waveform (FW) scanners. The first one generally delivers only the first and last echo, thus losing many other reflections. The second one is able to detect the entire echo waveform for each emitted laser beam, thus offering improved capabilities especially in areas with complex morphology and/or dense vegetation cover. This paper shows the results obtained by processing point clouds taken from FW scanners for two emblematic study cases in Southern Italy. The first one is the abandoned medieval village of Monte Serico, located on a bare-ground hilly plateau, the second one is the Bosco dellIncoronata. By using an approach based on the use and processing of different shaded Digital Terrain Models (DTMs), the study allowed us to improve the reconstruction of the urban fabric and the paleoenvironmental setting, respectively.
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    Description: Proceedings on the Workshop of Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, 18-19 November 2010, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 92, pp. 79-91
    Keywords: LIDAR ; Remote Sensing
    Language: English
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    Preface (2016)
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    Publication Date: 2022-01-12
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    Description: The 2nd Data Management Workshop was held at the University of Cologne in November 2014. It was organized within the research data management activities of two large interdisciplinary research projects both funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Both projects actively supported the workshop. The Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 32 ‘Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Systems: Monitoring, Modelling and Data Assimilation’ involves scientist from the fields of meteorology, hydrology, geography, geophysics, soil sciences and mathematics. The CRC806 ‘Our Way to Europe: Culture-Environment Interaction and Human Mobility in the Late Quaternary’ integrates scientists from the disciplines of prehistoric archaeology, geology, geography, geophysics and soil sciences. Organizing research data management of such diverse disciplines which are distributed over several universities and research centers faces several problems and challenges. Consequently, the main focus of the 2nd Data Management Workshop was to discuss solutions and approaches for interdisciplinary and disciplinary data management with other colleagues and experts of the field. The publication of the Special Issue on ‘Research Data Management’ of the ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (ISSN 2220-9964) emerged in the context of this workshop.
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    Description: Proceedings of the 2nd Data Management Workshop, 28.-29.11.2014, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 96, pp. III-IV
    Keywords: Data Management ; Research Data
    Language: English
    Type: Text , Workshop paper
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    Research Data Management within the E-Science Strategy in Baden-Württemberg - Preliminary Results of Project bwFDM-Communities (2016)
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    Description: The federal state of Baden-Württemberg wants to offer scientists the best conditions for research. Against the backdrop of the ever-increasing importance of data and information the bwFDM-Communities project is tasked to develop recommendations that shall enable scientists in our federal state to process and use data without barriers. In order to achieve this objective, we engage an active dialogue with all university research groups in Baden-Württemberg (~3000). Next to identifying and advertising best-practice solutions, this project is supposed to gather information on how federal IT support needs to be expanded in order to meet the increasing demands of future research. As this is an ongoing project there may be further results in time, but some early conclusions can be drawn: Scientists want clear-cut requirements and responsibilities for data management and are willing to share their data if there is a proper appreciation model for data publication. Additionally, a lot of scientists complain about too strict law regulations regarding copyright and need better information about available RDM support, partners and opportunities. Final conclusions and recommendations can only be given in the further course of the project, but we are confident that our final recommendations will help the scientists in Baden-Württemberg.
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    Description: Proceedings of the 2nd Data Management Workshop, 28.-29.11.2014, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 96, pp. 1-6
    Keywords: Data Management ; Research Data
    Language: English
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    The TR32DB: A Research Data Management System for the CRC/Transregio 32 ‘Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Systems’ (2016)
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    Description: This paper introduces the CRC/TR32 database (TR32DB), a research data management system developed within the multidisciplinary research project Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 32 (CRC/TR32) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The aim of the TR32DB is to support collative research within the whole project by providing data storage, backup, archive, documentation, publication and also sharing services. The entire system is self-developed according to the requirements of the funding agency, the user and project demands, as well as according to recent principles and standards. The TR32DB system architecture is basically a combination of data storage (file management), database and web-interface. In addition, the TR32DB Metadata Schema was designed and implemented to describe all project data with accurate metadata. A user-friendly multi-level approach was chosen to cover the requirements of all data stored in the TR32DB with appropriate metadata.
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    Description: Proceedings of the 2nd Data Management Workshop, 28.-29.11.2014, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 96, pp. 7-15
    Keywords: Data Management ; Metadata ; Research Data
    Language: English
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    The BADC-CSV Format Meeting user and metadata requirements (2010)
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    Description: The 2007 British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) Users Survey examined the skill base of the BADCs user community. Results indicated a large proportion of users who were familiar with data held in ASCII formats such as comma-separated variables (csv) and there was a high degree of familiarity with spreadsheet programmes (e.g. Excel) for data analysis purposes. These result, combined with the experiences of the BADC staff dealing with user enquiries and assisting data suppliers in preparing data for submission, and the metadata requirements of the BADC, highlighted the need for a new ASCII format to be generated. The BADC-CSV format adheres to metadata conventions covered by the NASAAmes and NetCDF formats, the CF, and Dublin Core metadata conventions, the ISO19115 standard and the metadata requirements of the BADC and its sister data centres within the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The format meets end user and data supplier requirements by being a native format for spreadsheet software as well as other commonly used data production and analysis tools (e.g. IDL, MatLab). This paper presents the requirements for the format resulting from the 2007 user survey and data centre requirements, describes the structure of the format and demonstrates the format through short examples. Finally, ongoing work to further develop the format is discussed.
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    Description: Proceedings of the Data Management Workshop, 29-30 October 2009, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 90, pp. 107-111
    Keywords: Metadata ; Metadata standard ; ASCII ; Data Management
    Language: English
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    Integrated Climate Data Center (ICDC) at the Cluster of Excellence at the University of Hamburg (2010)
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    Publication Date: 2022-01-14
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    Description: At the KlimaCampus (http://www.klimacampus.de), Cluster of Excellence at the University of Hamburg, an Integrated Climate Data Center (ICDC: http://www.icdc.zmaw.de) is established, suitable for data during the scientific project phase as well as storing long-term archive data. ICDC aims to make data out of different internal and external archives easily accessible for the daily work of the KlimaCampus scientists. It extends the existing services by the announcement of data during the scientific project phase, a data portal and collaboration services. Therein, ICDC utilizes the available infrastructure at the WDC Climate by using it for metadata storage and as a long-term archive. The concept of ICDC, its functionality, its implementation status, and future perspectives are presented.
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    Description: Proceedings of the Data Management Workshop, 29-30 October 2009, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 90, pp. 127-135
    Keywords: Earth System Science ; Climate Research ; Data Portal ; Metadata ; Data Management
    Language: English
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    Central Data Services in Multidisciplinary Environmental Research Projects - The data-management of the DFG research unit 816 (2010)
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    Description: The multidisciplinary research unit 'Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Megadiverse Mountain Ecosystem in South Ecuador' established a central data management system to provide the members with all gathered scientific data. Additionally, to the database functionality of the system the web based layout is capable to present general information on the research unit to the public and support accounting and administration of the project. All parts of the system are implemented using open-source or free software. A major task is the allocation of a sophisticated and detailed metadata scheme. The standardized ecological metadata language (EML) is used as the basis for metadata information stored in a relational database. The describing datatypes are highly modular and can be expanded if necessary. Data input and searching is implemented through a dynamic webinterface with easy to use forms. This is important to increase the acceptance of the system by users. Searching the database is possible by strings for keywords, authors, etc. or by geographic locations. Except for gridded data, all single values of the datasets are stored in relational tables and thus, it is possible to extract only parts of a whole dataset during data download. While the system is already operational, modifications and new features are continuously implemented.
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    Description: Proceedings of the Data Management Workshop, 29-30 October 2009, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 90, pp. 59-64
    Keywords: Metadata ; Ecological Research ; Data Management
    Language: English
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    Data Management at the ICSU/WMO World Data Center for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere (WDC-RSAT) (2010)
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    Publication Date: 2022-01-14
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    Description: WDC-RSAT is hosted and operated by the German Remote Sensing Data Center, DFD of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) under the nongovernmental auspices of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and is the most recent data center in the WMO-WDC family, in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). WDC-RSAT cooperates with partners in establishing and making use of modern information technologies (e.g. Grid) in order to promote networking. It is already being implemented as a data publication agent for data related to remote sensing of the atmosphere and is thus authorized to assign so-called Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to data sets. The German ICSU WDCs (WDC-Climate, WDC-Mare, WDC-Terra, and WDC-RSAT) have formed in 2004 the 'WDC-Cluster on Earth System Research' in order to promote interdisciplinary research related to Earth sciences. Following the recommendations of the Committee of Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), WDC-RSAT is currently establishing in cooperation with NASA a portal for satellite-based atmospheric composition data (ACC) which ultimately will be integrated in the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
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    Description: Proceedings of the Data Management Workshop, 29-30 October 2009, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 90, pp. 119-125
    Keywords: Data Management ; Metadata ; Remote Sensing ; Atmosphere
    Language: English
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    A user friendly distributed database for the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses Program (2010)
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    Publication Date: 2022-01-14
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    Description: AMMA program includes in situ measurements at many locations of West Africa and in the Gulf of Guinea, an intensive use of satellite data, diverse modelling studies, as well as human sciences field surveys and value-added products processing. Therefore, AMMA database aims at storing a great amount and a large variety of data, and at providing the data as rapidly and safely as possible to the AMMA research community. In order to stimulate the exchange of information and collaboration between researchers from different disciplines or using different tools, the database provides a detailed description of the products and uses standardized formats. AMMA database and the associated online tools have been fully developed and are managed by two teams in France (IPSL Data Centre, Palaiseau and OMP Data Centre, Toulouse). Datasets are stored in one or the other centre depending on their types, but all of them can be accessed through a single and friendly data request user interface. The complete system has been duplicated at AGHRYMET Regional Centre (CRA) in Niamey, Niger and is operational there since January 2009.
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    Description: Proceedings of the Data Management Workshop, 29-30 October 2009, University of Cologne, Germany, Kölner Geographische Arbeiten, 90, pp. 45-51
    Keywords: Multidisciplinarity ; Database ; Data Management
    Language: English
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    Using partial least squares (PLS) to estimate canopy nitrogen and biomass of paddy rice in Chinas Sanjiang Plain (2014)
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    Publication Date: 2022-01-14
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    Description: Nitrogen (N) is one of the most essential elements in agriculture and ecology due to its direct role in determining crop yield and grain quality, as well as its association with canopy photosynthetic capacity and carbon-nitrogen cycling in the earth ecosystem. Remote sensing provides a useful way to capture canopy nitrogen and biomass with high spatial and temporal resolution. However, seasonal dynamics of plant morphophysiological variation hinder the simultaneous estimation of canopy N concentration (%N) and biomass using a traditional method such as vegetation indices because of the distinct dynamics of canopy biochemical and physical traits. In contrast, multivariate analysis method offers the capability of calibrating a model with multiple dependent variables of interest. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to, simultaneously, estimate canopy %N and biomass of rice using the partial least squares regression (PLSR) model. A field experiment was conducted for paddy rice fertilized with five N rates across five growth stages in 2008, located in the Sanjiang Plain, China. Results showed that the PLS regression model simultaneously explained 84% and 91% of the variation in %N and biomass, respectively, across the five growth stages. Our results also suggest that biomass is the dominant factor that affects the link between canopy dynamical traits and canopy reflectance measures. This study demonstrates that, by incorporating with PLSR for retrieving biophysical and biochemical properties from the full-spectrum analysis, to what extent canopy %N and biomass can be simultaneously estimated from canopy reflectance measurement.
    Keywords: Nitrogen ; Biomass ; Hyperspectral ; Remote Sensing ; Agriculture ; 550 Earth sciences
    Language: English
    Type: Text , Workshop paper
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