About
Dr. Doris Klein is scientific advisor at the German Remote Sensing Data Centre (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) since 2011. She received her PhD at Bonn University in 2008 and worked as PostDoc at the University of Würzburg, leading the team ‘Land surface parameters’ at the Department of Remote Sensing of the Institute for Geology and Geography. She is specialized in remote sensing with a focus on vegetation parameters, vegetation dynamics and land degradation in the context of global change and climatic change. Geographically her focus is on Eastern and Southern Africa as well as central Asia and Germany. Additionally Doris is working as scientific coordinator of the FireBIRD Mission and has a special interest in the new scientific opportunities which open up due to the multitude of Copernicus Sentinel data.
Courses
- excursion to the DLR-DFD
- supervision of internships and MSc thesis

Recent News
EAGLE Master Theses defense “Revealing Inconsistencies in Population Datasets in Refugee and IDP Camps”
On April 03, 2025, Lallu Nikerthil Prathapan will present her Master Thesis " Revealing Inconsistencies in Population Datasets in Refugee and IDP Camps " at 15:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Accurate population estimates are crucial for...
EAGLE Master Defense “High Performance Computing for Earth Observation Time Series Analysis: A Case Study on Glacier Dynamics on the Antarctic Peninsula”
On February 28, 2025, Sarah Leibrock will present her internship on "High Performance Computing for Earth Observation Time Series Analysis: A Case Study on Glacier Dynamics on the Antarctic Peninsula" at 11:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a.High Performance...
EAGLE Internship Presentation “Effect of Semicircular Bunds for Soil moisture conservation in Ethiopia”
On January 28, 2025, Suriya Elango will present his internship on "Effect of Semicircular Bunds for Soil moisture conservation in Ethiopia" at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: This study assessed the impact of semi-circular soil...
EAGLE Internship Presentation “Earth Observation for Construction Statistics” at the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy”
On January 28, 2025, Georg Starz will present her internship on "Earth Observation for Construction Statistics (BKG, Frankfurt)" at 12:15 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: The lack of affordable housing, especially in urban areas, is...
EAGLE Internship Presentation “Mapping Ecosystem Services in Norway”
On January 28, 2025, Sonja Maas will present her internship on " Mapping Ecosystem Services in Norway" at 13:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Nature plays an important role in human well-being by providing essential services such as the...
Master Thesis Presentation “Animal Path Segmentation and Analysis via Deep Neural Network Regression”
On January 14, 2025, Konstantin Müller will defend his master thesis " Animal Path Segmentation and Analysis via Deep Neural Network Regression " at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Animals play a vital role for well-functioning...
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 December 17, 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,...
Master Defense by Isabella Metz: ” Analysis of Uncertainties for Error Detection and Quantification of Bathymetry Data from Multispectral Sentinel-2 Imagery
On January 07, 2025, Isabella Metz will defend her master thesis on " Analysis of Uncertainties for Error Detection and Quantification of Bathymetry Data from Multispectral Sentinel-2 Imagery" at 13:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: In...
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...