Remote Sensing (Oct 2019)
Linking Remote Sensing and Geodiversity and Their Traits Relevant to Biodiversity—Part I: Soil Characteristics
- Angela Lausch,
- Jussi Baade,
- Lutz Bannehr,
- Erik Borg,
- Jan Bumberger,
- Sabine Chabrilliat,
- Peter Dietrich,
- Heike Gerighausen,
- Cornelia Glässer,
- Jorg M. Hacker,
- Dagmar Haase,
- Thomas Jagdhuber,
- Sven Jany,
- András Jung,
- Arnon Karnieli,
- Roland Kraemer,
- Mohsen Makki,
- Christian Mielke,
- Markus Möller,
- Hannes Mollenhauer,
- Carsten Montzka,
- Marion Pause,
- Christian Rogass,
- Offer Rozenstein,
- Christiane Schmullius,
- Franziska Schrodt,
- Martin Schrön,
- Karsten Schulz,
- Claudia Schütze,
- Christian Schweitzer,
- Peter Selsam,
- Andrew K. Skidmore,
- Daniel Spengler,
- Christian Thiel,
- Sina C. Truckenbrodt,
- Michael Vohland,
- Robert Wagner,
- Ute Weber,
- Ulrike Werban,
- Ute Wollschläger,
- Steffen Zacharias,
- Michael E. Schaepman
Affiliations
- Angela Lausch
- Department Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Jussi Baade
- Institut of Geography, Department of Remote Sensing, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Loebdergraben 32, D-07743 Jena, Germany
- Lutz Bannehr
- Department of Architecture, Facility Management and Geoinformation, Institut for Geoinformation and Surveying, Bauhausstraße 8, D-06846 Dessau, Germany
- Erik Borg
- German Aerospace Center-DLR, German Remote Sensing Data Center–DFD, Kalkhorstweg 53, D-17235 Neustrelitz, Germany
- Jan Bumberger
- Department Monitoring and Exploration Technology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Sabine Chabrilliat
- Helmholtz Center Potsdam, German Research Center for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
- Peter Dietrich
- Department Monitoring and Exploration Technology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Heike Gerighausen
- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Bundesallee 69, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany
- Cornelia Glässer
- Department of Remote Sensing, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Seckendorff-Platz 4, D-06120 Halle, Germany
- Jorg M. Hacker
- Airborne Research Australia, Parafield Airport, SA 5106 and Flinders University, College of Science and Engineering, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
- Dagmar Haase
- Department Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 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
- Technical Department, Szent István University, Villányi út 29-43, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
- Arnon Karnieli
- The Remote Sensing Laboratory, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boker Campus, Sede Boger 83990, Israel
- Roland Kraemer
- Geography Department, Humboldt University Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
- Mohsen Makki
- Geography Department, Humboldt University Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
- Christian Mielke
- Helmholtz Center Potsdam, German Research Center for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
- Markus Möller
- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Strategies and Technology Assessment, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Stahnsdorfer Damm 81, D-14532 Kleinmachnow, Germany
- Hannes Mollenhauer
- Department Monitoring and Exploration Technology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Carsten Montzka
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Bio- and Geoscience, Agrosphere (IBG-3), Wilhelm-Johnen-Str., D-52428 Jülich, Germany
- Marion Pause
- Institut of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Technical University Dresden, Helmholtzstr. 10, D-01061 Dresden, Germany
- Christian Rogass
- Helmholtz Center Potsdam, German Research Center for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
- Offer Rozenstein
- Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, HaMaccabim Road, P.O.B 15159, Rishon LeTsiyon 7528809, Israel
- Christiane Schmullius
- Institut of Geography, Department of Remote Sensing, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Loebdergraben 32, D-07743 Jena, Germany
- Franziska Schrodt
- University of Nottingham, School of Geography, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
- Martin Schrön
- Department Monitoring and Exploration Technology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Karsten Schulz
- Institute for Hydrology and Water Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
- Claudia Schütze
- Computational Hydrosystems Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Christian Schweitzer
- German Environment Agency, Wörlitzer Platz 1, D-06844 Dessau Roßlau, Germany
- Peter Selsam
- Department Monitoring and Exploration Technology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Andrew K. Skidmore
- Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, AE 7500 Enschede, The Netherlands
- Daniel Spengler
- Helmholtz Center Potsdam, German Research Center for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
- Christian Thiel
- DLR Institute of Data Science, Mälzerstraße 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany
- Sina C. Truckenbrodt
- Institut of Geography, Department of Remote Sensing, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Loebdergraben 32, D-07743 Jena, Germany
- Michael Vohland
- Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, Institute for Geography, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 19a, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Robert Wagner
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology, Chair of Ocean Engineering, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 2, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
- Ute Weber
- Computational Hydrosystems Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Ulrike Werban
- Department Monitoring and Exploration Technology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Ute Wollschläger
- Department Soil System Science, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, D-06120 Halle, Germany
- Steffen Zacharias
- Department Monitoring and Exploration Technology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Michael E. Schaepman
- Remote Sensing Laboratories, Department of Geography, and University Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity, University of Zurich–Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11202356
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 20
p. 2356
Abstract
In the face of rapid global change it is imperative to preserve geodiversity for the overall conservation of biodiversity. Geodiversity is important for understanding complex biogeochemical and physical processes and is directly and indirectly linked to biodiversity on all scales of ecosystem organization. Despite the great importance of geodiversity, there is a lack of suitable monitoring methods. Compared to conventional in-situ techniques, remote sensing (RS) techniques provide a pathway towards cost-effective, increasingly more available, comprehensive, and repeatable, as well as standardized monitoring of continuous geodiversity on the local to global scale. This paper gives an overview of the state-of-the-art approaches for monitoring soil characteristics and soil moisture with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and air- and spaceborne remote sensing techniques. Initially, the definitions for geodiversity along with its five essential characteristics are provided, with an explanation for the latter. Then, the approaches of spectral traits (ST) and spectral trait variations (STV) to record geodiversity using RS are defined. LiDAR (light detection and ranging), thermal and microwave sensors, multispectral, and hyperspectral RS technologies to monitor soil characteristics and soil moisture are also presented. Furthermore, the paper discusses current and future satellite-borne sensors and missions as well as existing data products. Due to the prospects and limitations of the characteristics of different RS sensors, only specific geotraits and geodiversity characteristics can be recorded. The paper provides an overview of those geotraits.
Keywords
- geodiversity
- geotraits
- abiotic diversity
- abiotic spectral traits
- remote sensing
- earth observation
- soil characteristic
- soil moisture
- land surface temperature
