Tanja Kraus

remote sensing for forest ecosystems

About

 

Dr. Tanja Kraus has been working at the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) since 2002 and has been a scientific advisor to the institute’s director since 2008. She received her doctorate from the University of Erlangen in 2008. She specializes in remote sensing with a focus on vegetation parameters and vegetation dynamics, especially in forest ecosystems. Since 2024, she has been coordinating the EO4CAM project, which deals with remote sensing-based information for adaptation to climate change for Bavarian authorities.

 

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Recent News

High alpine and snow training

High alpine and snow training

In collaboration with the German Alpine Club (DAV), Laura, one of our EAGLE students and Clara, a student assistant at our institute, recently participated in avalanche rescue training aimed at equipping individuals with essential skills and knowledge to respond...

Internship Report by Luis David Almeida Famada

Internship Report by Luis David Almeida Famada

On Tuesday, January 23rd at 12:00 a.m. Luis David Almeida Famada will present his internship report at DLR " "Land Use and Resource Management" Hosting Institution: DLR – Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Supervisors: Dr. Soner Üreyen, Deutsches Luft- und...

MSc defense by Joy Giovanni Matabishi

MSc defense by Joy Giovanni Matabishi

On Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 12 a.m Joy-Giovanni Matabishi will present his Msc Thesis “Modelling Bat Distribution and Diversity with Artificial light as a Focal Predictor in South Tyrol” in the seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a/ground floor. Modelling Bat...

MSc defense by Vanessa Rittlinger

MSc defense by Vanessa Rittlinger

On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 12:00 a.m. Vanessa Rittllinger will present her master thesis on “Detection of landslides in space and time using optical remote sensing data – A case study in South Tyrol” in seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a/ground floor From the...

MSc defense by Moritz Rösch

MSc defense by Moritz Rösch

On Tuesday, November 27 at 12:00 a.m., 2023 Moritz Rösch will present his MSc defense “Daily spread prediction of European wildfires based on historical burned area time series from Earth observation data using spatio-temporal graph neural networks” in the seminar...