About
Claudia received her PhD in remote sensing from Vienna University of Technology in 2005 and is head of the department ‘Land Surface Dynamics’ at the German Earth Observation Center, EOC of the German Aerospace Center, DLR. The currently over 50 scientists of this department are involved in earth observation data analyses, monitoring dynamic processes of urban environments, forest ecosystems, agro-ecosystems, and the cryosphere; amongst others. The department contributes to over 30 third party funded remote sensing projects in different locations globally.
Claudias personal interest over the past years is on densely populated as well as natural coastal environments and river deltas. Claudia has coordinated (2008-2014) the German-Vietnamese WISDOM Project (Water related Information System for the sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta), the BMBF – MOST-CN funded DELIGHT Project (Delta Information System for Geoenvironmental and Human Habitat Transition in the Yellow River Delta, China), and has contributed and contributes to numerous other projects such as DeltaAdapt (BMBF), Sustainable DELTAS (Belmont Forum, DFG), PARLU (WWF, BMU), RCEIS (HGF), DONGTING (IB), RICEMAN (IB), CAWA (AA), DRAGON-4 and Carbon (KARI).
Claudia frequently lectures and has lectured for the Universities of Wuerzburg, Germany, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, the Vietnamese Academy of Sciences, VAST, and the European Space Agency, ESA. Claudia furthermore had a Visiting Professorship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, from 2012 to 2016 at the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, RADI-CAS, in Beijing, China. Claudia is head of the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Thermal Remote Sensing, and a Scientific Steering Committee member of Future Earth Coasts. She has authored and co-authored > 120 SCI journal papers, > 40 book chapters, and > 150 conference contributions, and has published three books with Springer. Claudia is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Remote Sensing, member of the Editorial Board of the journal Remote Sensing, and acts as a reviewer for 15 SCI journals from the field of remote sensing, environmental sciences, and geophysics. Next to applied remote sensing especially in the context of land use management and integrated water resources management, her current main research interest is on time series analyses, as well as on the linkage of natural and social sciences.
Prof. Dr. Claudia Kuenzer
Department of Remote Sensing, Univ. Wuerzburg
head of DLR-DFD LAX
Recent News
EAGLE presentation by Gökçe Yağmur Budak
On November 26, 2024, Gökçe Yağmur Budak will present her internship results on " Leveraging Data-Driven Approaches for Seismic Risk Assessment in Istanbul " at 12:30 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: This internship aims to create time...
Master Defense: Towards a quantitative terrain-based avalanche size classification: a case study based on Avalanche Modelling Atlas Thalweg data
On September 18, Magdalena Fischer will present her master thesis " Towards a quantitative terrain-based avalanche size classification: a case study based on Avalanche Modelling Atlas Thalweg data" at 13:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the...
Master Defense: Comparing the suitability of remote sensing and wildlife camera time series for deriving phenological metrics of understory vegetation in temperate forests of Upper Franconia, Bavaria
On September 18, Sarah Schneider will present her master thesis "Comparing the suitability of remote sensing and wildlife camera time series for deriving phenological metrics of understory vegetation in temperate forests of Upper Franconia, Bavaria" at 14:00 in...
Master Defense: Regionalisation and Characterisation of Grasslands in the EU based on Remote Sensing Data
On September 17, Daniel Gruschwitz will present his master thesis " Detection of hedgerows and copses in the agricultural landscape of Lower Franconia (Germany) using earth observation data" at 13:30 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: In the...
Master Defense: Detection of hedgerows and copses in the agricultural landscape of Lower Franconia (Germany) using earth observation data
On September 17, Verena Stegmaier will presenter her master thesis " Detection of hedgerows and copses in the agricultural landscape of Lower Franconia (Germany) using earth observation data" at 12:30 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract:...
Innolab Presentation: Enhancing Satellite Data Processing for Global Shallow Water Bathymetry at EOMAP
On September 10, 2024, Isabella Metz will present her Inno Lab results on " Enhancing Satellite Data Processing for Global Shallow Water Bathymetry at EOMAP" at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: About 75% of the oceans have not yet been...
Internship Presentation: Application of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data: Case study in flood mapping in Costa Rica and technical capacity building of the PRIAS team
On October 01, 2024, Ariana Sofía Argüello Cordero will present her internship " Application of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data: Case study in flood mapping in Costa Rica and technical capacity building of the PRIAS team" at 12:00 in seminar room 3,...
Internship Presentation: Small-scale 3D model generation by photogrammetry of alpine vegetation in Berchtesgaden National Park
On Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Daniel Gruschwitz will present his internship "Small-scale 3D model generation by photogrammetry of alpine vegetation in Berchtesgaden National Park" in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Nature in...
Internship Presentation: Discovering Hydrographic Parameters of HydroSHEDS and TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model through Exploratory Data Analysis on July 09, 2024
On Tuesday, July 09, Subarno Shankar will present his internship " Discovering Hydrographic Parameters of HydroSHEDS and TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model through Exploratory Data Analysis " at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Climate...
Master Thesis Presentation: Earth Observation for Wildlife Monitoring in cold and polar Regions – A Review and a Case Study about the Northern Bald Ibis on June 11, 2024
On Tuesday, June 11 , Helena Wehner will defend her master thesis " Earth Observation for Wildlife Monitoring in cold and polar Regions – A Review and a Case Study about the Northern Bald Ibis" at 13:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract:...