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2022

• Baade, J., I. Aucamp, A. Collett, F. Eckardt, R. Funk, C. Glotzbach, J. von Holdt, F. Kestel, J. Knot, A. Lombard, T. Morgenthal, A. Msipa & J. J. Le Roux (subm.): Soil erosion, research and soil conservation policy in South Africa. Subm. to G. von Maltitz, G. Midgley, R. Rötter, C. Brümmer, F. Viehberg & M. Veste (Eds.), Sustainability of southern African ecosystems under global change: Science for management and policy interventions. Cham: Springer.
• Schmullius, C., U. Gessner, I. Otte, M. Urban, G. Chirima, M. A. Cho, K. Heckel, S. Hill, A. Hirner, P. Kluter, N. Mashiyi, O. Mutanga, A. Ramoelo, A. Skowno, J. Slingsby & J. Baade (subm.): A new era of Earth observation for the environment – Spatio-temporal monitoring capabilities for land degradation. Subm. to G. von Maltitz, G. Midgley, R. Rötter, C. Brümmer, F. Viehberg & M. Veste (Eds.), Sustainability of southern African ecosystems under global change: Science for management and policy interventions. Cham: Springer.
• Zhang, Z., P. Laux, J. Baade, A. Rebelo, H. Moutahir & H. Kunstmann (subm.): Regional land-atmosphere interactions in southern Africa: potential impact and sensitivity of forest and plantations modification. Subm. to G. von Maltitz, G. Midgley, R. Rötter, C. Brümmer, F. Viehberg & M. Veste (Eds.), Sustainability of southern African ecosystems under global change: Science for management and policy interventions. Cham: Springer.

2021

• Heckel, K., M. Urban, J.-S. Bouffard, J. Baade, P. Boucher, A. Davies, E. G. Hockridge, W. Lück, J. Ziemer, I. Smit, B. Jacobs, M. Norris-Rogers & C. Schmullius (2021): The first sub-meter resolution digital elevation model of the Kruger National Park, South Africa. - Koedoe; Vol 63, No 1 (2021). https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v63i1.1679External link (Open-Access)
• Muumbe, T. P., J. Baade, J. Singh, C. Schmullius & C. Thau (2021): Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Vegetation Analyses with a Special Focus on Savannas. - Remote Sensing, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030507External link (Open-Access)
• Nghiyalwa, H. S., M. Urban, J. Baade, I. P. J. Smit, A. Ramoelo, B. Mogonong & C. Schmullius (2021): Spatio-Temporal Mixed Pixel Analysis of Savanna Ecosystems: A Review. - Remote Sensing, 13(19). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13193870External link (Open-Access)
• Urban, M., K. Schellenberg, T. Morgenthal, C. Dubois, A. Hirner, U. Gessner, B. Mogonong, Z. Zhang, J. Baade, A. Collett & C. Schmullius (2021): Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Time Series for Slangbos Mapping in the Free State Province, South Africa. - Remote Sensing, 13(17), 3342. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13173342External link (Open-Access)

2020

• Baade, J & C Schmullius (2020): Local Validation and Comparison of Global Digital Elevation Models using a Large Assembly of GNSS Ground Measurements. - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings, IGARSS 2020, Proceedings, 5222-5225. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9324695 External link  
• Berger, C, H Lux, M Urban, C Schmullius, J Baade, C Thiel, C Wigley-Coetsee & I Smit (2020): Annual Grass Biomass Mapping with Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Data over Kruger National Park. - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020, Proceedings, 4323-4326. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9324413External link
• Ndyamboti, K, J du Toit, J Baade, A Kaiser, M Urban, C Schmullius, C Thiel, C Berger (2020): A multi-scale remote sensing approach to understanding vegetation dynamics in the Nama Karoo-Grassland ecotone of South Africa. - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020, Proceedings, 4501-4504. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323460External link
• Schmullius, C, M Urban, A Hirner, C Berger, K Schellenberg, A Ramoelo, I Smit, T Strydom, G Chirima, T Morgenthal, B Melly, U Gessner & J Baade (2020): Earth Observation Strategies for Degradation Monitoring in South Africa with the Sentinels - Results from the SPACES II SALDi-Project. - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020, Proceedings, 4783-4786. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.932361External link
• Urban, M., K. Heckel, C. Berger, P. Schratz, I. P. J. Smit, T. Strydom, J. Baade & C. Schmullius (2020a): Woody Cover Mapping in the Savanna Ecosystem of the Kruger National Park Using Sentinel-1 Time Series and LiDAR Data. [datasets and workflows] - Zenodo. [doi:10.5281/zenodo.3728185 / available online: 2020-03-26, Open Access, Link to data repositoryExternal link]
• Urban, M., K. Heckel, C. Berger, P. Schratz, I. P. J. Smit, T. Strydom, J. Baade & C. Schmullius (2020b): Woody Cover Mapping in the Savanna Ecosystem of the Kruger National Park Using Sentinel-1 Time Series Data. - Koedoe, 62(1), a1621.
  https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v62i1.1621External link

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SPACES EMSAfrica & SALDi contributors @ SSNM 2019 in Skukuza, KNP, South Africa

Image: SALDi 2020

2022

EGU General Assembly 2022. Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022

• Baade, J., K. Zoller, W. van Zyl & H. Cawthra (2022): Reservoir siltation mapping uncertainties - experiences from South Africa. EGU General Assembly 2022. Vienna. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-9930External link
• Zhang, Z., P. Laux, J. Arnault, J. Baade, M. Urban, C. Schmullius & H. Kunstmann (2022): Presentation of a high-resolution present-day joint atmosphere-land surface-hydrology simulation dataset for South Africa. EGU General Assembly 2022. Vienna. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10349External link

ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bonn, Germany, 23–27 May 2022

• Otte, I., S. Hill, A. Hirner, M. Urban, M. Kganyago, N. Mashiyi, A. Mlisa, M. Schwinger, M. Thiel, U. Gessner, C. Schmullius & J. Baade (2022): Development of earth observation data cubes for monitoring land degradation processes in South Africa, ESA Living Planet Symposium 2022. Bonn: ESA.

2021 (submitted)

2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, July 11 - 16 2021, Brussels, Belgium

• Urban, M. A. Hirner, J. Ziemer, M. M. Mueller, U. Gessner, J. Baade, B. Mogonong, T. Morgenthal, G. Feig, A. Ramoelo, K. Heckel, H. S. Nghiyalwa & C. Schmullius (subm.): SENTINEL-1 AND SENTINEL-2 TIME SERIES BREAKPOINT DETECTION AS PART OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN LAND DEGRADATION MONITOR (SALDI). 

European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly 2021, 25 - 30 April, 2021, Vienna, Austria.

• Session ITS2.9/SSS3: Land degradation in savanna environments - assessments, dynamics and implications
  | Virtual PICOConvener: Jussi Baade, Co-conveners: Jay J. Le Roux, Theunis Morgenthal, Hilma Nangula Nghiyalwa
• Baade, J., Le Roux, J. J., Morgenthal, T., and Nghiyalwa, H. S. (2021): Land degradation in savanna environments - assessments, dynamics and implications, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-15264, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15264External link
• Baade, J., Schmullius, C., Urban, M., Kunstmann, H., Laux, P., Zhang, Z., Glotzbach, C., Gessner, U., Hirner, A., Kluter, P., Otte, I., Aucamp, I., Chirima, G., Abd Elbasit, M., Morgenthal, T., Smit, I., Strydom, T., Le Roux, J. J., von Maltitz, G., and Msibe, T. (2021): South African Land Degradation Monitor (SALDI) – An overview of recent advancements, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-12808. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12808External link
• Otte, I., Mashiyi, N., Kluter, P., Hill, S., Hirner, A., Eberle, J., Urban, M., Mlisa, A., Kganyago, M., Schwinger, M., Gessner, U., Schmullius, C., and Baade, J. (2021): Development of earth observation data cubes for monitoring land degradation processes in South Africa, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-14349. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14349External link
• Schmullius, C., Urban, M., Heckel, K., Nghiyalwa, H. S., Hirner, A., Gessner, U., Ramoelo, A., Smit, I., Strydom, T., Chirima, G., Morgenthal, T., Feig, G., Mashiyi, N., Mlisa, A., and Baade, J. (2021): Earth Observation Strategies for degradation monitoring in South Africa with Sentinels – Results from the SPACES 2 SALDi-project , EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-15198. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15198External link
• Urban, M., Schellenberg, K., Morgenthal, T., Dubois, C., Hirner, A., Gessner, U., Zhang, Z., Mogonong, B., Baade, J., and Schmullius, C. (2021): Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Time Series for Slangbos Encroachment Mapping in the Free State Province, South Africa, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-3004, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-3004External link
• Zhang, Z., Laux, P., Arnault, J., Wei, J., Baade, J., Urban, M., and Kunstmann, H. (2021): Evaluating the role of soil physical properties on simulated land-atmosphere interactions over South Africa using coupled atmosphere-hydrological modeling, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-9418. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9418External link

Savanna Science Network Meeting 2021, 7 - 11 March 2021, Skukuza, Mpumalanga, South Africa (canceled on 2021-02-03)

• Baade, J, A Kaiser, C Schmullius, C Thau, M Urban, TP Muumbe, HN Nghiyalwa, K Ndyamboti, U Gessner, A Hirner, IPJ Smit & T Strydom, T. (sub.): In situ Measurements on Land Surface Dynamics in Pristine Environments – CO-LD-EMS Second Years Activities.
• Muumbe, TP, C Thau, M Urban, J Baade, T Strydom & C Schmullius, C (sub): Comparison of Tree Volume Reconstruction Algorithms to estimate Above Ground Biomass of Savanna Vegetation from TLS Point Clouds. (in cooperation with EMSAfrica)
• Nghiyalwa HS,  M Urban , J Henschel, H van der Merwe, G Feig,  J Baade & C Schmullius (sub.): Multi-temporal metrics from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 to analyse mixed pixel in a savanna biome.
• Ndyamboti, KS, J du Toit, A Kaiser, C Thau, M Urban, J Baade & C Schmullius (sub): Ultra-high spatial resolution UAV data as an alternative to field-data collection for upscaling savanna woody fractional vegetation cover in the Bushbuckridge area using Sentinel 1/2 data. (in cooperation with EMSAfrica).
• Urban, M, K Heckel, J Baade, T Strydom, A Hirner, I P J Smit, U Gessner & C Schmullius (sub.): Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Surface Moisture and Vegetation Dynamics using Sentinel-1 & Sentinel-2 time series for the southern Kruger National Park and surrounding areas.

2020

SPACES II Virtual Midterm Meeting, 21 Oct. 2020

• Baade, J on behalf of SALDi Consortium (2020): SALDi – South African Land Degradation Monitor Joint Project Status Report 2018-2020. (Oral presentation).
• Baade, J, A Kaiser, M Geissler, C Schmullius, M Urban, H Kunstmann, P Laux, Z Zhang, C Glotzbach, U Gessner, A Hirner, H Asamer, I Aucamp, G Chirima, M Abd Elbasit, I Smit, T Strydom, A van Niekerk, J le Roux, M Cho, G von Maltitz, T Msibe, E Hahndiek, B Melly, T Morgenthal (2020): South African Land Degradation Monitor — A project overview. (Download Poster)pdf, 3 mb 
• The SALDi Consortium Team Members (2020): SALDi – South African Land Degradation Monitor Project Status Report 2018-2020. Additional material. (Download pdf-document, 9 MB)pdf, 9 mb · de

2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 26 Sep. - 2 Oct. 2020, Virtual Symposium
           (for extended abstracts see our publication list above)

• Baade, J & C Schmullius (2020): Local Validation and Comparison of Global Digital Elevation Models using a Large Assembly of GNSS Ground Measurements.
• Berger, C, H Lux, M Urban, C Schmullius, J Baade, C Thiel, C Wigley-Coetsee & I Smit (2020): Annual Grass Biomass Mapping with Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Data over Kruger National Park.
• Ndyamboti, K, J du Toit, J Baade, A Kaiser, M Urban, C Schmullius, C Thiel, C Berger (2020): A multi-scale remote sensing approach to understanding vegetation dynamics in the Nama Karoo-Grassland ecotone of South Africa.
• Schmullius, C, M Urban, A Hirner, C Berger, K Schellenberg, A Ramoelo, I Smit, T Strydom, G Chirima, T Morgenthal, B Melly, U Gessner & J Baade (2020): Earth Observation Strategies for Degradation Monitoring in South Africa with the Sentinels - Results from the SPACES II SALDi-Project.

European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020. EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online at a glance, 4 - 8 May 2020, Virtual Symposium

• Baade, J, A Kaiser, M Geissler, C Schmullius, M Urban, H Kunstmann, P Laux, Z Zhang, C Glotzbach, U Gessner, A Hirner, H Asamer, I Aucamp, G Chirima, M Elbasit, I Smit, T Strydom, A van Niekerk, J le Roux, M A Cho, G von Maltitz & T Msibe (2020): South African Land Degradation Monitor (SALDI) – A German - South African SPACES collaboration to advance land degradation assessments. link to EGU2020-21870_presentation.pdfExternal link
• Kaiser, A, M Geissler, J le Roux, M Stander, G van Zijl & J Baade (2020): Simulating heavy rainfall events for parameterizing a first application of the physically based soil erosion model EROSION3D in South Africa. link to EGU2020-18155_presentation.pdfExternal link
• Zhang, Z, J Arnault, P Laux, J Baade & H Kunstmann (2020): Assessing the interactions of atmosphere and land surface over South Africa with convective-permitting coupled atmospheric-hydrological modeling. link to EGU2020-17772_presentation.pdfExternal link

Savanna Science Network Meeting 2020, 2 - 6 March 2020, Skukuza, Mpumalanga, South Africa

• Baade, J, A Kaiser, M Geißler, C Schmullius, C Berger, M Urban, U Gessner, A Hirner, H Asamer, C Glotzbach, I P J Smit & T Strydom (2020): In situ Measurements on Land Surface Dynamics in Pristine Environments – CO-LD-EMS First Years Activities.
• Geißler, M, H Cawthra, A Kaiser, G Daut & J Baade (2020): The connection between land use change and catchment scale soil erosion derived from reservoir siltation data across South Africa.
• Kaiser, A, M Geißler, T Strydom & J Baade (2020): Rainfall and runoff experiments to learn about the erodibility of soils within the southern part of Kruger National Park, South Africa.
• Schmullius, C, C Berger, M Urban, A Hirner, H Asamer, U Gessner, J Baade, A Kaiser, A Ramoelo, I P J Smit & T Strydom (2020): Earth Observation Strategies for Land Surface Dynamics in Pristine Environments - CO-LD-EMS 1st-Year Activities and Findings from Sentinel-1 and -2 Time-Series since 2015.
• Urban, M, C Berger, K Heckel, J Baade, T Strydom, I P J Smit & C Schmullius (2020): Surface Moisture Monitoring using Sentinel-1 time series information and in situ data as part of the South African Land Degradation Monitor (SALDi).

2019

Future Perspectives of Earth Observation, 2nd Symposium on applied Earth Observation Methods, 12 - 13 Nov. 2019, Cologne, Deutschland

• Baade, J, A Kaiser, M Geißler, C Schmullius, M Urban, H Kunstmann, P Laux, Z Zhang, C Glotzbach, U Gessner, A Hirner, H Asamer, I Aucamp, G Chirima, MAM Abd Elbasit, I Smit, T Strydom, A van Niekerk, J Le Roux, MA Cho, G von Maltitz, T Msibe, E Hahndiek & B Melly (2019): South African Land Degradation Monitor (SALDI) – A new German - South African SPACES collaboration to advance land degradation assessments.
• Urban, M, C Schmullius, K Heckel, C Berger, F Cremer, W Lück, T Strydom, IPJ Smit, B Melly & J Baade (2019): Monitoring Surface Moisture Dynamics as Part of a South African Land Degradation Monitor (SALDi), Future Perspectives of Earth Observation,

2019 Biennial Conference of the Southern African Association of Geomorphologists (SAAG), 16 - 17 Sep. 2019, Chintsa, Eastern Cape, South Africa

• Baade, J, A Kaiser, M Geißler, C Schmullius, M Urban, H Kunstmann, P Laux, C Glotzbach, U Gessner, A Hirner, H Asamer, I Aucamp, G Chirima, M A M Abd Elbasit, I Smit, T Strydom, A van Niekerk, J Le Roux, M A Cho, G von Maltitz, T Msibe & E Hahndiek (2019): South African Land Degradation Monitor (SALDI) – A new German - South African SPACES collaboration to advance land degradation assessments. 
• Geißler, M, G Daut, H Cawthra, A Kaiser & J Baade (2019): Reservoir siltation surveys as proxy for catchment scale soil erosion estimations.
• Reinwarth, B., E S Ridell, R Petersen, C. Glotzbach, J le Roux & J Baade (2019): Reservoir siltation, contemporary erosion and longer term denudation in Kruger National Park – Final results. 
• Kaiser, A, M Geißler, M Stander, J le Roux, G van Zijl & J Baade (2019): First experiences with a physically-based erosion modelling approach in South African catchments using EROSION 3D.

ESA Living Planet Symposium, 13 - 17 May 2019, Milano, Italy

• Heckel, K, M Urban, J S Bouffard, W Lück, M Norris-Rogers, C Berger & C Schmullius (2019): Creation of a very high-resolution Digital Surface Model of the Kruger National Park from CDNGI aerial imagery using PCI GXL.  
• Schmullius, C, U Gessner, J Baade, C Berger, M Urban, G Chirima & I P J Smit (2019): SALDI-EMSAfrica-COLDEMS: A Cooperative Remote Sensing Project between German and South African Partners. 
• Urban, M, C Berger, K Heckel, P Schratz & C Schmullius (2019): Woody Cover Classification in the Savanna Ecosystem of the Kruger National Park Using Sentinel-1 Time Series.
• Urban, M, C Berger, T E Mudau, K Heckel, T Strydom, I P J Smit, J Baade & C Schmullius (2019): Surface Moisture Monitoring as part of a South African Degradation Monitor (SALDi) – early results.

Savanna Science Network Meeting 2019, 3 - 7 Mar. 2019, Skukuza, Mpumalanga, South Africa

• Baade, J, C Schmullius, C Berger, U Gessner, C Glotzbach & T Strydom (2019): CO-LD-EMS – Remote sensing and Ground Truthing of Land Surface Dynamics in Pristine Environments – An Introduction.  
• Baade, J, C Schmullius, H Kunstmann, P Laux, C Glotzbach, U Gessner, I Aucamp, G Chirima, M Elbasit, I Smit, T Strydom, A van Niekerk, J Kemp, J Le Roux, R Mathieu & T Msibe (2019): South African Land Degradation Monitor (SALDI) – A new SPACES collaboration to advance land degradation assessments.

2018

4th National Conference on Global Change, 3 - 6 Dec. 2018, Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa

• Baade, J, C Schmullius, H Kunstmann, P Laux, C Glotzbach, U Gessner, I Aucamp, G Chirima, M Elbasit, I Smit, T Strydom, A van Niekerk, J Kemp, J le Roux, R Mathieu & T Msibe (2018): South African Land Degradation Monitor (SALDI) – A new German – South African SPACES collaboration to advance land degradation assessments.

This link provides access to an extended abstractpdf, 227 kb submitted to the Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Global Change in Polokwane, South Africa, in December 2019.

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