The statistical method to use area frames to gather household and field statistics is well developed, and the supporting formulae and logic is well described. Unfortunately, in general, the user-community chose to adopt administrative...
Look at TopicThis study aims to explore to what extend UAV with thermal camera and multispectral camera can contribute to detection of early stages of bark beetle infestation Methodology: you will participate in collection of UAV data in the study...
Look at TopicThe key objective of the project in Bulgaria with which this topic is associated, is to translate the output of scenarios of future forest management and climate change into decision support information to improve habitat suitability for...
Look at TopicThe objectives listed are not the final scientific objectives, but reveal a possible working direction. - To obtain relevant temporal and spectral information from Sentinel-2 data; - To build a database of field level yields through...
Look at TopicThe objective of the study is to test methods to map and quantify on-farm mangrove cover in shrimp farming areas in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam
Look at TopicDepending on the students interests and skills the follow research activities can be selected. Students are invited to propose an related own topic: 1) Citizen-based monitoring and learning: a) Analyse data of our citizen-based...
Look at TopicThe objective of research topic is to investigate the difference between prediction accuracy of the impact of thermal infrared data using UAV platform on the retrieval accuracy of leaf area index (LAI) and further compare with satellite...
Look at TopicIn this study, we propose to use multi-temporal Sentinel-2 data as well as its associated vegetation indices and greenness metrics, in combination with digital terrain data (e.g., elevation, slope and aspect) to mapping seven coniferous...
Look at TopicAim of the proposed topic is to assess the usefulness of drones in collecting effectively and efficiently qualitative and quantitative data required for the assessment of the conservation status of critical plant communities. It is...
Look at TopicThe proposed research topic aims to compare different methods for animal detection using RGB and thermal cameras on UAV. Depending on the intended focus one of the following applications can be investigated: the alpine zone of the White...
Look at TopicYou will analyze the photos of the camera-trap for animals close to the seismic station and use that to select windows from the continuously measured seismic records for further analysis. You will do spectral analysis of the seismic...
Look at TopicAdvanced Agro-Ecological Zoning was carried out through clustering pixel-specific long-duration (20-years) temporal NDVI-profiles (greenness-profiles) for the whole Orisha area. We labelled the created zones (22x): Crop Production System...
Look at TopicThe objectives are flexible, and depend on the precise case study chosen. Below a few basic example objectives are listed. - To estimate forest canopy height with TanDEM-X InSAR data with different techniques; - To estimate the change of...
Look at TopicIn this study, we propose to use relatively high spatial resolution (i.e.,100 m) and very high temporal resolution (i.e., 5-day composites) Proba-V NDVI time series as well as its associated greenness metrics (e.g., maximum NDVI, mean...
Look at TopicTo date, distribution of species is based on presence data was modelled on a country scale using only primary and coarse resolution environmental parameters. The proposed research topic will refine the initial models by including more...
Look at TopicThis research aims to examine whether different forest management practices will affect forest resilience to drought. The study site is a mixed conifer forest within Sierra National Forest in central California, USA. It has an extension...
Look at TopicThe main objective is to assess how both Sentinel-1 (radar) and Sentinel-2 (optical) can be used for effective assessment of vegetation seasonality at 10m resolution across African rangelands. The precise objectives need to be defined,...
Look at TopicThe aim of this study is to examine the relationship between various vegetation land cover classes and thermal infrared data obtained from high-resolution airborne thermal hyperspectral imagery in a mixed temperate forest in Germany. ...
Look at TopicThe main objective of this research is to monitor the evolution of an open coniferous Mediterranean forests under droughts and/or insect attack disturbances in order to estimate tree mortality as an indicator of forest degradation. The...
Look at TopicAccurate fuel type mapping will help in the decision making process in relation to fire risk mitigation, since it can help to design fuel treatments strategies that will reduce the occurrence and the impact of the wildfires on ecosystem...
Look at TopicThe design of the network of protected areas is the first requirement towards their legal establishment and functioning. The proposed MSc research aims to evaluate the design of the PAs in Greece and can address one or more of the...
Look at TopicSustainability certification helps to make clear which producers produce their goods with respect for nature and people. Many sustainability criteria (e.g. non-forestation) have a spatial component. Checking each and every spatial...
Look at TopicThe main objective of this thesis will be to provide a first assessment whether herd locations (and possibly livestock numbers) can be revealed by night-time imagery from ECOSTRESS. ECOSTRESS is a sensor flown onboard the International...
Look at TopicThe purpose of this study is to map wall-to-wall arable field probabilities/fractions at 20-30m spatial resolution for the entire Ethiopia. The maps will be derived from surface reflectance/emissivity acquired by a number of remote...
Look at TopicThis MSc thesis study will use recently developed tools for modelling spatial accessibility to explore the spatial patterns of access to crops (production) or food (consumption), and their implications to society.
Look at TopicThe purpose of the study is to develop predictive maps of crop yield for four world staples (corn, rice, soybean and wheat). Crop yield data for these crops was collected from several fields in the Province of Ferrara, Italy in 2020. The...
Look at TopicThe purpose of the study is to develop and test an automated technique to map the fraction of forest cover at 30-60m resolution from the late-1960s to present. Images will be acquired over a predetermined study area from the Landsat and...
Look at TopicThe objective of the study is to build a scientifically sound showcase of a remote-sensing based nature monitoring method.
Look at TopicThis study aims to detect/classify different crop categories and map their spatial distribution using time-series remote sensing data. Temporal analysis of Sentinel-1 SAR data of fields covering different crop types (Rice, Mazie,...
Look at TopicThe goal of this study is to examine the Sentinel-2 data to map and model NPP and its spatial variation in a temperate forest in Germany. The student will work with Sentinel-2 high-resolution multispectral satellite images. The student...
Look at TopicPossible objectives and methodology, depending on your interest: - Adapt spatial and economic planning methods for industrialization or coastal zone development - Develop collaborative spatial planning and decision support (SPDSS)...
Look at TopicThe objectives are flexible, and depend on the precise case study chosen. Below a few basic example objectives are listed. - To estimate relevant temporal information from high-resolution satellite image data; - To evaluate the accuracy...
Look at TopicThe objectives of the MSc dissertation is to investigate the suitability of the LCZ scheme's, specifically WUDAPT L0 data for phenology characterisation. This shall be achieved using Pan-European phenology data sets (leaf development,...
Look at TopicThe proposed MSc research will use UAV carrying multispectral sensors to compare vegetation indices and classification algorithms to map tree health. Rapid eye and field observations can be used in conjunction with UAS (Phantom 4 UAV -...
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