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Linking the Remote Sensing of Geodiversity and Traits Relevant to Biodiversity—Part II: Geomorphology, Terrain and Surfaces

Lausch, Angela; Schaepman, Michael E.; Skidmore, Andrew K.; Truckenbrodt, Sina C.; Hacker, Jörg M.; Baade, Jussi; Bannehr, Lutz; Borg, Erik; Bumberger, Jan; Dietrich, Peter; Gläßer, Cornelia; Haase, Dagmar; Heurich, Marco; Jagdhuber, Thomas; Jany, Sven; Krönert, Rudolf; Möller, Markus; Mollenhauer, Hannes; Montzka, Carsten; Pause, Marion; Rogass, Christian; Salepci, Nesrin; Schmullius, Christiane; Schrodt, Franziska; Schütze, Claudia; Schweitzer, Christian; Selsam, Peter; Spengler, Daniel; Vohland, Michael; Volk, Martin; Weber, Ute; Wellmann, Thilo; Werban, Ulrike; Zacharias, Steffen; Thiel, Christian

Authors

Angela Lausch

Michael E. Schaepman

Andrew K. Skidmore

Sina C. Truckenbrodt

Jörg M. Hacker

Jussi Baade

Lutz Bannehr

Erik Borg

Jan Bumberger

Peter Dietrich

Cornelia Gläßer

Dagmar Haase

Marco Heurich

Thomas Jagdhuber

Sven Jany

Rudolf Krönert

Markus Möller

Hannes Mollenhauer

Carsten Montzka

Marion Pause

Christian Rogass

Nesrin Salepci

Christiane Schmullius

Claudia Schütze

Christian Schweitzer

Peter Selsam

Daniel Spengler

Michael Vohland

Martin Volk

Ute Weber

Thilo Wellmann

Ulrike Werban

Steffen Zacharias

Christian Thiel



Abstract

The status, changes, and disturbances in geomorphological regimes can be regarded as controlling and regulating factors for biodiversity. Therefore, monitoring geomorphology at local, regional, and global scales is not only necessary to conserve geodiversity, but also to preserve biodiversity, as well as to improve biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. Numerous remote sensing (RS) approaches and platforms have been used in the past to enable a cost-effective, increasingly freely available, comprehensive, repetitive, standardized, and objective monitoring of geomorphological characteristics and their traits. This contribution provides a state-of-the-art review for the RS-based monitoring of these characteristics and traits, by presenting examples of aeolian, fluvial, and coastal landforms. Different examples for monitoring geomorphology as a crucial discipline of geodiversity using RS are provided, discussing the implementation of RS technologies such as LiDAR, RADAR, as well as multi-spectral and hyperspectral sensor technologies. Furthermore, data products and RS technologies that could be used in the future for monitoring geomorphology are introduced. The use of spectral traits (ST) and spectral trait variation (STV) approaches with RS enable the status, changes, and disturbances of geomorphic diversity to be monitored. We focus on the requirements for future geomorphology monitoring specifically aimed at overcoming some key limitations of ecological modeling, namely: the implementation and linking of in-situ, close-range, air-and spaceborne RS technologies, geomorphic traits, and data science approaches as crucial components for a better understanding of the geomorphic impacts on complex ecosystems. This paper aims to impart multidimensional geomorphic information obtained by RS for improved utilization in biodiversity monitoring.

Journal Article Type Review
Acceptance Date Nov 3, 2020
Online Publication Date Nov 10, 2020
Publication Date Nov 10, 2020
Deposit Date Oct 17, 2023
Publicly Available Date Nov 9, 2023
Electronic ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 12
Issue 22
Article Number 3690
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12223690
Keywords General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5039752
Publisher URL https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/22/3690

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