Remote Sensing & GIS Research Group

(Dr. Irene Marzolff)

The Remote Sensing & GIS Research Group is an integral part of research and teaching activities at the Department of Physical Geography with an expertise ranging from geographical information technology to image processing of aerial and space remote sensing data and photogrammetry. Facilities include a computer lab with GIS, image processing and digital photogrammetry systems, an Aviopret stereoscope and the department's own low-altitude remote sensing systems.

Research projects

• AGASouss - Assessment of gully erosion in agro-industrial landscapes of the Souss Basin (Morocco). In cooperation with J.B. Ries, Trier University, and A. Ait Hssaine, Agadir University.
• MoGul - Large-Scale Monitoring of Gully Erosion in Semi-arid Landscapes (project terminated).  Final report (in German) as PDF, 5.3 MB
• Aerial photography and GIS in geoarchaeology (Graduate School "Archaeological Analytics", sub-project Holocene landscape development in North-East Syria (project terminated); DFG project "Archaeological and archaeometrical investigation into the provenance of Metallic Ware in South-East Anatolia")
• Large-scale photographic monitoring of recent geomorphodynamics in semi-arid regions of Burkina Faso (Joint Research Project "West-African Savannah", SFB 268, sub-project D5) (project terminated)
• Evaluation of processes leading to land degradation and desertification between the Ebro Basin and the high Pyrenees, Spain (EPRODESERT) (project terminated).

Masters theses (Diplomarbeiten)

The facilities and projects at the Remote Sensing & GIS Research Group support numerous theses in Physical Geography. The following selection is available online:

• Wachsmuth, Annika (2005): Gully-monitoring im Sahel Burkina Fasos: methodische Aspekte der großmaßstäbigen Luftbildauswertung. Online preview
• Geißler, Christian (2007): Einfluss der Landbedeckung auf die aktuelle Geomorphodynamik in Gully-Einzugsgebieten im semi-ariden Spanien.  PDF Text (10.5 MB), PDF Appendix (1.4 MB)
• Kalisch, Anna (2009): Ableitung und Analyse von Erosionsrinnen-Netzwerken aus digitalen Geländemodellen mittels großmaßstäbiger Photogrammetrie und GIS – Südwest-Marokko.  PDF (11.6 MB)

Teaching

geändert am 10. November 2010  E-Mail: Webmastermarzolff@em.uni-frankfurt.de