Publications

Faye, B.; Webber, H.; Naab, J.; MacCarthy, D.S.; Adam, M.; Ewert, F.; Lamers, J.P.A.; Schleussner, C.F.; Ruane, A.; Gessner, U.; Hoogenboom, G.; Boote, K.; Shelia, V.; Saeed, F.; Wisser, D.; Hadir, S.; Laux, P.; Gaiser, T (2018): Impacts of 1.5 versus 2.0°C on cereal yields in the West African Sudan Savanna. Environmental Research Letters 13, 034014.


Bliefernicht, J.; Berger, S.; Salak, S.; Guug, S.; Hingerl, L.; Heinzeller, D.; Mauder, M.; Steinbrecher, R.; Steup, G.; Bossa, Aymar; Waongo, M.; Quansah, E.; Balogun, A.; Yira, Y.; Arnault, J.; Wagner., S.; Klein, C.; Gessner, U., Straub, A.; Knauer, K.; Schönrock, R.; Kunkel, R.; Rogmann, A.; Neidl, F.; Jahn, K.; Diekkrueger, B.; Aduna, A.; Barry, B.; Kunstmann, H. (2018): The WASCAL Hydro-Meteorological Observatory in the Sudan Savanna of Burkina Faso and Ghana. Vadose Zone Journal 17(1).


Knauer, K.; Gessner, U.; Forkuor, G.; Fensholt, R.; Kuenzer, C. (2017): Monitoring Agricultural Expansion in Burkina Faso over 14 Years with 30 m Resolution Time Series: The Role of Population Growth and Implications for the Environment. Remote Sensing 9(2), 132

Winkler, K.; Gessner, U.; Hochschild, V. (2017): Identifying Droughts Affecting Agriculture in Africa Based on Remote Sensing Time Series between 2000-2016: Rainfall Anomalies and Vegetation Condition in the Context of ENSO. Remote Sensing 9(8)

Smiatek, G.; Keis, F.; Chwala, C.; Fersch, B.; Kunstmann, H. (2017): Potential of commercial microwave linknetwork derived rainfall for river runoff simulations. Environ. Res. Lett.

Chwala, C.; Keis, F.; Kunstmann, H. (2016): Real-time data acquisition of commercial microwave link networks for hydrometeorological applications. Atmos Meas Tech 9, 991-999

Klein, C.; Bliefernicht, J.; Heinzeller, D.; Gessner, U.; Klein, I.; Kunstmann, H. (2016): Modelled feedbacks of observed inter-annual vegetation changes on the West African monsoon. Climate Dynamics 48 (9-10), 2837-2858.

Knauer, K.; Gessner, U.; Fensholt, R.; Kuenzer, C. (2016): An ESTARFM fusion framework for the generation of large-scale time series in cloud-prone and heterogeneous landscapes. Remote Sensing 8, 425.


Gosset, M.; Kunstmann, H.; Zougmore, F.; Cazenave, F.; Leijnse, H.; Uijlenhoet, R.; Chwala, C.; Keis, F.; Doumounia, A.; Boubacar, B. (2016): Improving Rainfall Measurement in Gauge Poor Regions Thanks to Mobile Telecommunication Networks. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 97, ES49-ES51

Gessner, U.; Machwitz, M.; Esch, T.; Tillack, A.; Naeimi, V.; Kuenzer, C.; Dech, S. (2015): Multi-sensor mapping of West African land cover using MODIS, ASAR and TanDEM-X/TerraSAR-X data. Remote Sensing of Environment 164, 282-297.

Machwitz, M.; Gessner, U.; Conrad, C.; Falk, U.; Richters, J.; Dech, S. (2015): Modelling the Gross Primary Productivity of West Africa with the Regional Biomass Model RBM+, using optimized 250 m MODIS FPAR and fractional vegetation cover information. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 43, 177-194

Knauer, K.; Gessner, U.; Kuenzer, C.; Dech, S. (2014): Remote sensing of vegetation dynamics in West Africa. International Journal of Remote Sensing 35, 6357-6396.


Chwala, C.; Kunstmann, H.; Hipp, S.; Siart, U. (2014): A monostatic microwave transmission experiment for line integrated precipitation and humidity remote sensing. Atmospheric Res. 144, 57-72.


Doumounia, A.; Gosset, M.; Cazenave, F.; Kacou, M.; and Zougmore, F. (2014): Rainfall monitoring based on microwave links from cellular telecommunication networks: First results from a West African test bed. Geophys. Res. Lett. 41, 6016-6022.


Trömel, S.; Ziegert, M.; Ryzhkov, A.V.; Chwala, C.; and Simmer, C. (2014): Using Microwave Backhaul Links to Optimize the Performance of Algorithms for Rainfall Estimation and Attenuation Correction. J. Atmospheric Ocean. Technol. 31, 1748-1760

Gessner, U.; Machwitz, M.; Conrad, C.; Dech, S. (2013): Estimating the fractional cover of growth forms and bare surface in savannas. A multi-resolution approach based on regression tree ensembles. Remote Sensing of Environment 129, 90-102.