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Current topics

Bachelor and L3

  • Quantification of used and unused climbing rocks in Franconian Switzerland based on remote sensing data
  • What influence do different recording times of lidar data have on the spatial modeling of tree species in Rhineland-Palatinate?
  • Comparison of methods: Spatial prediction of tree species and forest development phases in Rhineland-Palatinate with RandomForest and xgBoost
  • Prediction of tree species with an unbalanced data set and cost-sensitive learning

Master

  • Creation of a benchmark dataset for species distribution modeling with virtual species
  • Influence of different background point selection strategies on the performance of species distirbution models
  • Climate Change Impacts on Vegetation Cover
  • Assessing European Forest Dynamics

Topics worked on

  • Bachelor

    Effects of tree canopy cover on soil moisture and soil organic carbon on coffee agroforestry farms in Laos: Development of a canopy cover prediction model - Lasse Xander - 2023

    Modelling Patterns of Butterfly Species Richness in Pakistan: Stacking species distribution models using an ensemble of tuned models - Luis Maecker - 2023

    From Cones to Pixels - Digitale Segmentierung von Zapfen an Koniferen in Lacanau - Oliver Beiße - 2023

    Quantifizierung der hessischen Streuobstwiesenbestände - Jonathan Philipp Hecht - 2022

    Sind Papilionidae (Schmetterlinge) in den Tropen bunter? - Franziska Ferstl - 2020

    Räumliche Analyse des Wetteraukreises nach geeigneten Korridoren für die Europäische Wildkatze mittels GIS - Julian Nuhn - 2020

    Identifizierung möglicher Wanderkorridore für die Europäische Wildkatze (Felis s. silvestris) durch Wiedervernetzung von Biotopen in Hessen - Mandy Gimpel - 2020

    Satellite-based rainfall estimations for the Bale Mountains in Ethiopia - A machine learning and MSG SEVIRI approach - Eike Schott - 2018

    Emergency drinking water supply in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf - Johannes Frey - 2018

    High altitude rock shelters and settlements in an African alpine ecosystem: the Bale mountains national park, Ethiopia - David Reber - 2017

    Determination of full storey numbers and classification of roof shapes by digital terrain and surface models - Dominik Visca - 2017

    Monitoring hourly air temperature in South Africa using MSG SEVIRI and machine learning - Johannes Schmidt - 2017

    Potential analysis for wind energy in the municipality of Waldbröl - a comparison to the potential analysis 2003 - Marius Bellingen - 2017

    Spatial modelling of landslides in the Franconian Alb and identification as well as transferability of their influencing factors - Maximilian Kleebauer - 2017

    Automated generation of HTML image maps - Simeon Wetzel - 2017

    Terrain climatological investigations of an elevated depression in the Central Burgwald/Hesse - Tiziana Koch - 2017

    Investigation of nitrate and phosphate pollution in surface waters of an agricultural catchment - Michaela Stäblein - 2016

    Interpolation of monthly rainfall in two South African regions: Comparison of Random Forest and Kriging - Oliver Reitz - 2016

    Wind turbines: Comparison and validation of different landscape image analyses with open-source GIS - Tom Weiten - 2016

    Identification of Bush Encroachment in South African Savannas: A Machine Learning Based Approach using Random Forest and multi-scale MODIS Imager - Annika Ludwig - 2015

    Development of a supervised classification method for the identification of war-related relief changes using LiDAR data - Lukas Wimmer - 2015

    GIS-based analysis on the spatial relationship between forest fires and road networks based on the MODIS fire product. - The case study of Greece - Panos Pavlidis - 2015

    The Douglas fir in the Spessart - an invasion into the native beech forest? - Denise Baumgart - 2014

    Remote sensing prediction of scrub encroachment in South Africa using Random Forest - Fabian Polakowski - 2014

    GIS-based location and sensitivity analysis for a farm bike rental system in Ulm and Neu-Ulm - Johannes Schaal - 2014

    Multitemporal random forest classification of FAGUS SYLVATICA and PICEA ABIES based on LiDaR, RapidEye and high-resolution flight images - Steffen Vogt - 2014

    Possibilities of GIS-based creation of a digital geomorphological map for the Marburg area - Tim Krieger - 2014

    Eco-innovations in the consulting-intensive industry with a focus on mobility within the knowledge-intensive business-oriented services in the Berlin area - Birte Wagener - 2013

    From a network graph to a geographical network: Systematic conflict resolution for the integration of realistic edge attributes - Jana Elena Rinn - 2013

    Spatial representativeness of biodiversity study plots - a remote sensing-based variogram analysis in the Kilimanjaro region - Laura Wette - 2013

    Quantification of anthropogenic relief changes as a consequence of hard coal mining in the Aachen hard coal mining area - Marie Schneider - 2013

    Validation of a satellite based rainfall retrieval method using RADOLAN - Matthias Brandt - 2013

    Hellseers without a view? Validation of a model for calculating the solar potential of house roofs based on photogrammetrically derived surface models and irradiance data of the CM SAF - Nepomuk Reinhard - 2013

    Dynamics of stratus cloud cover at Mount Kilimanjaro - a ground remote sensing case study based on VIS/NIR- image sequences - Katrin Möller - 2012

    The influence of sea surface temperature on the precipitation dynamics of East Africa - a satellite-based analysis for the period from 1982 to 2010 - Melanie Schnelle - 2012

    Fire - source of nitrogen input at El Tiro? Geostatistical analysis in an Ecuadorian tropical mountain forest: combination of deposited nitrogen concentrations, wind trajectories, remote sensed burned areas and tropospheric nitrogen dioxide - Nadine Houbé - 2012

    Reanalysis-based classification of weather patterns of East Africa - An investigation of climate dynamics - Robert Niederheiser - 2012

    Remote sensing analysis of the spatial representativeness of grassland areas in the DFG biodiversity exploratories - Steffi Instinsky - 2012

  • Master

    The timing of trees: development of an analysis tool to detect phenological events in time-series photographs of oaks

    Analyzing Rainfall Anomalies during Dry Season (Unta) and their Impact on Crop Yields in Rainfed Cropland Areas of Ethiopia from 1981 to 2023 - Stefanie Kern - 2024

    Bee habitat suitability modeling using landscape metrics in the southern slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro - Sophia Just - 2023

    Modeling past, current, and future distribution of afro-alpine treeline species Erica arborea L. and Erica trimra (Engl.) Beentije under climate change - Bezawit Genanaw - 2022

    CNN-Modell zum Detektieren von Hecken auf orthographischen Fotos für die Ermittlung als weitere Biomasse für eine Biogasanlage - Sophia Böckler - 2021

    CNN-Modell zum Detektieren von Solaranlagen auf orthographischen Fotos - Maximilian Kleebauer - 2021

    Comparative Assessment of Near Real-Time Forest Disturbance Detection Algorithms - Jonas Viehweger - 2021

    Developing Machine-Learning Methods for the Functional Feature Extraction from Digital Images - Madhuvanthi Venkatesh - 2021

    Mapping Bark Beetle Infestations - A Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Approach - Marvin Müsgen - 2021

    Assessing crop yield in central Europe - a remote sensing and machine learning approach - Eike Schott - 2020

    Modelling of mass balance response of Glacier Fürkeleferner, Italy, with a[n] Coupled Snowpack and Ice Surface Energy and Mass Balance Model (COSIMA) - Daniela Krampe - 2018

    Explorative use of similarity based path agglomeration as a means for UAV-image segmentation in agricultural remote sensing - Henning Reinarz - 2018

    Applying similarity based patch agglomeration to the problem of tree crow delineation in UAV derived canopy imagery - Jannik Günther - 2018

    Quality assessment of orthorectified UAV imagery - Johannes Schaal - 2018

    Predicting grassland plant traits and biodiversity using hyperspectral aerial observation and a forward feature selection machine learning approach - Marvin Ludwig - 2018

    Monitoring growth using 3D point clouds derived from low-cost UAV RGB imagery - a case study on maize in central Germany - Max Eysholdt - 2018

    Tree Crown Segmentation Algorithms on RGB Imagery Derived Canopy Height Models - Finn Möller - 2018

    Atmospheric moisture pathways of East Africa and implications for water recycling at Mt. Kilimanjaro - Benjamin Schumacher - 2017

    Analyse von Betriebsdaten zur Entwicklung eines Anschluss-Prognosemodells für den Schienenverkehr in Hessen - Eike Jan Schön - 2017

    Erfassung von EV-Ladestation-Standortdaten durch Nutzung fahrzeugrelevanter Informationen - Entwicklung eines lernenden Systems als Prototyp - Jochen Weiland - 2017

    Using GIS (ArcGIS, QGIS) and the HBV-light model for runoff simulation in the upper Rodach river basin focusing on extreme drought events (Franconia, Germany) - Manuel Dauer - 2017

    Are multispectral images suited for diversity predictions in grasslands? A machine learning based approach in the Biodiversity Exploratories - Ulrike Selig - 2017

    LiDAR-based Prediction of Arthropod Abundance at the Southern Slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro - Alice Ziegler - 2016

    Relating Innovativeness to Raw Material Prices - An Econometric Analysis of Four Cases - Johannes Göbelbecker - 2015

    Bombentrichter oder natürliche Holform - Versuch einer LiDAR-basierten, GIS-gestztüten Differenzierung am Beispiel des Raumes Altenbeken, Nordrhein-Westfahlen - Jonas Laudan - 2015

    CMF-based simulation and sensitivity analysis of hydrological ecosystem services for a Mid-European low mountain range. - Michael Göbel - 2014

    Machbarkeitsstudie zur Visualisierung schalltechnischer Untersuchungen in WorldInsight - Nicolas Caspari - 2014

    Wolken auf der Überholspur - Modularisierte Wolkenklassifikation mit OpenCL - Johannes Drönner - 2013

    Night light imagery and infrastructure assessment: Calculating the economic potential of global rural electrification based on hybrid PV-battery-diesel systems - Catherina Cader - 2012

  • Staatsprüfung (L3)

    Modellierung im Geographieunterricht zur Förderung des Wissenschaftsverständnisses- eine App-basierte Zeitreihenanalyse - Rieke Ammoneit - 2016

    Von Fleischeslust und Bauernhofidylle - Verantwortung und Nachhaltigkeit begründen durch ganzheitliches Lernen - Deborah Kositzki - 2015

    Die Eignung des Themenkomplexes Plastik als Beispiel für die praktische Umsetzung des Unterrichtsinhaltes "Auswirkungen von Eingriffen in den Naturhaushalt" - ein schulpraktischer Test - Hannah Heimann - 2015

    Evaluierung von Methoden zur Regionalisierung von Lufttemperaturmessungen am Mt. Kilimandscharo - Marie Kordilla - 2013

  • Diplomarbeit

    Fernerkundliche Vorhersage des Orthopterenvorkommens am Mt. Kilimandscharo - Simon Schlauß - 2015

    Umwandlung einer fernerkundeten Vegetationsklassifikation in eine Habitatkarte - Vergleich räumlicher Kernel- und objektbasierter Ansätze - Alexander Schmidt - 2012

    Eine klimatische Analyse des Saharastaubtransports über dem Atlantik auf Basis von Terra-MODIS Produkten - Julia Fuchs - 2012

    Wechselwirkungen von Niederschlagsvariabilität und Konflikten am Beispiel Nigeria - Nora Schmid - 2013

    Das Potenzial von künstlichen Austernriffen als Küstenschutz in der Oosterschelde - Christian Dorsch - 2012

  • Dissertation

    Climatic and ecological dynamics in an afro-alpine ecosystem: Spatio-temporal modelling using remote sensing and machine learning - Luise Wraase - 2023

    Expert-driven development of conservation technologies to close knowledge gaps in small animal research - Jannis Gottwald - 2022

    Datengetriebene Modellentwicklung in der Umweltgeographie - Hanna Meyer - 2017

    Globaler Klimawandel vs. lokaler Landnutzungswandel und sein Einfluss auf den atmosphärischen Wassereintrag entlang eines Höhen- und Störungsgradienten am Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tansania - Insa Otte - 2017

    Geoinformationsausbildung in der Hochschule. Kompetenzen, curriculare Anforderungen und empirische Befunde - Uwe Schulze - 2017

    Ein auf maschinellem Lernen basierendes 24-h-Verfahren für ein flächendeckendes Niederschlagsretrieval unter Verwendung von MSG SEVIRI-Daten über Mitteleuropa - Meike Kühnlein - 2014