Synthesis Project 1: Biodiversity and ecosystem remote sensing

• Applicants: Professor Dr. Roland Brandl; Professor Dr. Andreas Huth; Professor Dr. Thomas Nauss, since 1/2017
• Subject Area: Physical Geography ; Geodesy, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics, Cartography ; Atmospheric Science
• Term: from 2010 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 107847609

The major objective of Syn1 is the spatially high resolution and explicit prediction of ecosystem composition and texture in the vicinity of all 60 investigation plots with a focus on plant and animal biodiversity, ecosystem processes and ecosystem functions. The identified proxies (e.g. selected hyperspectral indices, spectral functions and patterns or LiDAR derived structural signatures) will be analyzed with respect to their prediction quality and their plausibility. In this sense, the remote sensing derived information will add another explanatory perspective on the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning patterns and deepen the understanding of functional biodiversity in the study region.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 1246: Kilimanjaro Ecosystems under Global Change: Linking Biodiversity, Biotic Interactions and Biogeochemical Ecosystem Processes
• International Connection: Tanzania
• Co-Investigators: Privatdozent Dr. Andreas Hemp, Ph.D.; Erastus Lufungulo; Ephraim Anosisye Mwangomo
• Ehemaliger Antragsteller: Dr. Tim Appelhans, until 12/2016