Geomatics Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Research Projects of the Geomatics Lab

EnMAP Core Science Team - Monitoring ecosystem transitions

EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program) is a German hyperspectral satellite mission providing high quality hyperspectral image data on a timely and frequent basis. The main objective is to investigate a wide range of ecosystem parameters encompassing agriculture, forestry, soil and geological environments, coastal zones and inland waters. This will significantly increase our understanding of coupled biospheric and geospheric processes and thus, enable the management and ensure the sustainability of our vital resources. The envisaged launch of the EnMAP satellite is 2015.

The Geomatics Lab of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is a member of the EnMAP Core Science Team within the EnMAP Science Program, which has the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences as Scientific PI. It is thus involved in cutting edge research on hyperspectral applications with EnMAP data. The scientific focus of the Geomatics Lab of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in EnMAP's Core Science Team is on the analysis of gradual changes and the dynamics of different ecosystems and their services, which are frequently subject to conflicts of use and are thus not directly assigned to individual land use classes, a particular ecosystem or a scientific discipline. In its content, this research links with that of other Core Science Team members and can be broken down into the following key focus areas, such as: ecology of (semi-)natural systems; land abandonment; forest disturbance; land degradation; urban to peri-urban gradients; etc.

Funding:
German Aerospace Centre - Project Management Agency
(Gefördert durch die Bundesrepublik Deutschland,
Zuwendungsgeber: Raumfahrt-Agentur des Deutschen
Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. mit Mitteln
des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie
aufgrund eines Beschlusses des Deutschen Bundestages
unter dem Förderkennzeichen 50EE0949.)


			Projects
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