Integrated land monitoring

Human actions are transforming landscapes at an increasing pace, yet their long-term effects on deforestation, biodiversity, climate and social–economic systems remain uncertain. To study these changes, we use remote sensing and geo-information science, which allow us to analyse spatial data from local to global scales within a multidisciplinary research environment.

As a multidisciplinary group, the Laboratory for Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing links to various scientific fields to study, understand and manage human impact on landscapes, ecosystem services and to support sustainable and climate-friendly future developments. 

Topics

Within this theme, we focus on three main topics:

• Development of novel approaches for the assessment of land change dynamics on multiple scales;
• Integration of earth observation data and products in interdisciplinary research, models and applications;
• Monitoring and modelling the influence of climate and humans on terrestrial ecosystems.

Dedicated research activities are ongoing in the real-time monitoring of global deforestation and forest degradation, precision agriculture, tracking of forest carbon, land use change and greenhouse gas emissions, remote sensing support for ecological modelling, and mapping and assessment of soil properties.