From May 30 – June 01, 2022 in Jena, Germany we organized the EEBIOMASS Summer School in Jena!

This summer school aimed to engage and train you on different dimensions of biomass and Earth observation related topics! Target group of the Summer School were (Early Career) scientists from the fields of Remote Sensing, Forest Management and Earth System Sciences.

Program

May 30

TimeSessionSpeaker / Institution
08:30 – 09:00Registration
09:00 – 09:30Welcome and OpeningNuno Carvalhais, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
09:30 – 10:15Understanding and forecasting the terrestrial carbon cycle & DiscussionMathew Williams, University of Edinburgh
10:15 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00Biomass and biomass changeChristiane Schmullius, Friedrich Schiller University
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 14:00The changing Amazon carbon balancePaulo Artaxo, University of São Paulo
14:00 – 15:00Introduction to BIOMASS mission and MAAPKlaus Scipal, ESA
15:00 – 15:30Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30SAR IntroductionKostas Papathanassiou, DLR
16:30 – 17:00SAR Exercise & Discussion

May 31

TimeSessionSpeaker / Institution
08:30 – 09:00Registration
09:00 – 09:30Welcome and OpeningNuno Carvalhais, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
09:30 – 10:15Understanding and forecasting the terrestrial carbon cycle & DiscussionMathew Williams, University of Edinburgh
10:15 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00Biomass and biomass changeChristiane Schmullius, Friedrich Schiller University
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00 – 14:00The changing Amazon carbon balancePaulo Artaxo, University of São Paulo
14:00 – 15:00Introduction to BIOMASS mission and MAAPKlaus Scipal, ESA
15:00 – 15:30Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30SAR IntroductionKostas Papathanassiou, DLR
16:30 – 17:00SAR Exercise & Discussion

18:00 – 18:30 | Poster Session 1

PresenterInstitutionTitle
Antje UhdeMax Planck Institute for BiogeochemistryFlooding Dynamics of Tropical Floodplain Forests in the Western Amazon
Graciela Tejada PinellNational Institute for Space Research (Brazil)Greenhouse gases, natural processes and land use in the Amazon
Elham ShafeianKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyMulti-scale large-area fractional woody cover estimation across mountainous semi-arid forests
Imran SajidUniversity of BonnPerformance evaluation and water availability of canal irrigation schemes in Pakistan
Kirsten KrügerPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact ResearchAnalysis of forest gap dynamics with repeat lidar in Berchtesgaden National Park

18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner

20:00 – 20:30 | Poster Session 2

PresenterInstitutionTitle
Xiao LiuTechnical University DresdenEstimating the vertical distribution of above-ground biomass using spaceborne lidar and TomoSAR
Luana BassoNational Institute for Space Research (Brazil)Estimation of Amazon carbon balance from atmospheric concentrations using inverse modelling
Nele RömerEberswalde University for Sustainable DevelopmentAbove-ground carbon storage analysis in the Schorfheide-Chorin biosphere reserve
Sunni Kanta Prasad KushwahaIndian Institute of Technology RoorkeeForest degradation assessment using UAV photogrammetry and SAR data
Gulam MohiuddinEberswalde University for Sustainable DevelopmentStatistical relation between vegetation cover and land surface temperature in Phnom Penh

June 01

TimeSessionSpeaker / Institution
09:00 – 10:00Amazon rainforest responses to environmental change & DiscussionAnja Rammig, TUM
10:00 – 10:30Introduction to Forest ModellingFriedrich Bohn, UFZ
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30Simulation and Analysis of Forest Factory RTMHans Henniger & Kim Schmidt, UFZ
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
13:30 – 14:00Bridging models and observationsNuno Carvalhais, MPI-BGC
14:00 – 15:30Exploratory model–data integration exercisesYang, Koirala & Wang, MPI-BGC
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30Q & A
17:30 – 18:00Feedback & Wrap-up