Remote Sensing (May 2022)
Remote Sensing of Geomorphodiversity Linked to Biodiversity—Part III: Traits, Processes and Remote Sensing Characteristics
- Angela Lausch,
- Michael E. Schaepman,
- Andrew K. Skidmore,
- Eusebiu Catana,
- Lutz Bannehr,
- Olaf Bastian,
- Erik Borg,
- Jan Bumberger,
- Peter Dietrich,
- Cornelia Glässer,
- Jorg M. Hacker,
- Rene Höfer,
- Thomas Jagdhuber,
- Sven Jany,
- András Jung,
- Arnon Karnieli,
- Reinhard Klenke,
- Toralf Kirsten,
- Uta Ködel,
- Wolfgang Kresse,
- Ulf Mallast,
- Carsten Montzka,
- Markus Möller,
- Hannes Mollenhauer,
- Marion Pause,
- Minhaz Rahman,
- Franziska Schrodt,
- Christiane Schmullius,
- Claudia Schütze,
- Peter Selsam,
- Ralf-Uwe Syrbe,
- Sina Truckenbrodt,
- Michael Vohland,
- Martin Volk,
- Thilo Wellmann,
- Steffen Zacharias,
- Roland Baatz
Affiliations
- Angela Lausch
- Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Michael E. Schaepman
- Remote Sensing Laboratories, Department of Geography, University Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity, University of Zurich–Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Andrew K. Skidmore
- Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, AE 7500 Enschede, The Netherlands
- Eusebiu Catana
- Eusebiu Catana, ERTICO, Avenue Louise 326, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- Lutz Bannehr
- Department of Architecture, Facility Management and Geoinformation, Institute for Geoinformation and Surveying, Bauhausstraße 8, D-06846 Dessau, Germany
- Olaf Bastian
- OT Boxdorf, Waldteichstr. 47, D-01468 Moritzburg, Germany
- Erik Borg
- German Remote Sensing Data Center—DFD, German Aerospace Center—DLR, Kalkhorstweg 53, D-17235 Neustrelitz, Germany
- Jan Bumberger
- Research Data Management—RDM, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH—UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Peter Dietrich
- Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Cornelia Glässer
- Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Seckendorff-Platz 4, D-06120 Halle, Germany
- Jorg M. Hacker
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
- Rene Höfer
- Department of Geoinformation, German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Alte Messe 6, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Thomas Jagdhuber
- German Aerospace Center (DLR) Microwaves and Radar Institute, Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 Wessling, Germany
- Sven Jany
- MILAN Geoservice GmbH, Zum Tower 4, D-01917 Kamenz, Germany
- András Jung
- Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Informatics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
- Arnon Karnieli
- The Remote Sensing Laboratory, French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva 8499000, Israel
- Reinhard Klenke
- Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Toralf Kirsten
- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Leipzig University, Härtelstr. 16–18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany
- Uta Ködel
- Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Wolfgang Kresse
- Faculty of Landscape Sciences and Geomatics, Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Brodaer Strasse 2, D-17033 Neubrandenburg, Germany
- Ulf Mallast
- Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Carsten Montzka
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
- Markus Möller
- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Bundesallee 58, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany
- Hannes Mollenhauer
- Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Marion Pause
- Department of Architecture, Facility Management and Geoinformation, Institute for Geoinformation and Surveying, Bauhausstraße 8, D-06846 Dessau, Germany
- Minhaz Rahman
- Agrosphere, Institute of Bio and Geosciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
- Franziska Schrodt
- School of Geography, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
- Christiane Schmullius
- Department of Remote Sensing, Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Leutragraben 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany
- Claudia Schütze
- Department of Computational Hydrosystems—UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Peter Selsam
- Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Ralf-Uwe Syrbe
- Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), Weberplatz 1, D-01217 Dresden, Germany
- Sina Truckenbrodt
- Department of Remote Sensing, Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Leutragraben 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany
- Michael Vohland
- Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, Institute for Geography, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 19a, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Martin Volk
- Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Thilo Wellmann
- Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Steffen Zacharias
- Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Roland Baatz
- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Str. 84, D-15374 Müncheberg, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14092279
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 9
p. 2279
Abstract
Remote sensing (RS) enables a cost-effective, extensive, continuous and standardized monitoring of traits and trait variations of geomorphology and its processes, from the local to the continental scale. To implement and better understand RS techniques and the spectral indicators derived from them in the monitoring of geomorphology, this paper presents a new perspective for the definition and recording of five characteristics of geomorphodiversity with RS, namely: geomorphic genesis diversity, geomorphic trait diversity, geomorphic structural diversity, geomorphic taxonomic diversity, and geomorphic functional diversity. In this respect, geomorphic trait diversity is the cornerstone and is essential for recording the other four characteristics using RS technologies. All five characteristics are discussed in detail in this paper and reinforced with numerous examples from various RS technologies. Methods for classifying the five characteristics of geomorphodiversity using RS, as well as the constraints of monitoring the diversity of geomorphology using RS, are discussed. RS-aided techniques that can be used for monitoring geomorphodiversity in regimes with changing land-use intensity are presented. Further, new approaches of geomorphic traits that enable the monitoring of geomorphodiversity through the valorisation of RS data from multiple missions are discussed as well as the ecosystem integrity approach. Likewise, the approach of monitoring the five characteristics of geomorphodiversity recording with RS is discussed, as are existing approaches for recording spectral geomorhic traits/ trait variation approach and indicators, along with approaches for assessing geomorphodiversity. It is shown that there is no comparable approach with which to define and record the five characteristics of geomorphodiversity using only RS data in the literature. Finally, the importance of the digitization process and the use of data science for research in the field of geomorphology in the 21st century is elucidated and discussed.
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