Geoinformatik / GIS

Dr. Andreas Braun

Address:
Universität Tübingen
Geographisches Institut
Rümelinstr. 19-23
D-72070 Tübingen

Westbau 1. OG / Raum W403
Tel.: +49-(0)7071-29-78940
E-Mail: an.braun(at)uni-tuebingen.de

CV

since 11/2013
University of Tübingen

Researcher at the working group for geoinformatics and lecturer at the chair for Physical geography and GIS

06/2014 - 07/2019
Dissertation at Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen

Title of PhD thesis: Radar satellite imagery for humanitarian response. Bridging the gap between technology and application. URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10900/91317

2015 - 2017
Studies of university didactics

Received Baden-Württemberg certificate at the HDZ: http://www.hdz-bawue.de/das-angebot-des-hdz/baden-wuerttemberg-zertifikat/

07/2013 - 10/2013
Stadtmessungsamt Stuttgart, Fachbereich Geoinformatik

Land surveying office, department for geoinformatics

10/2010 - 06/2013
M.Sc. "Landscape System Science / Geography" at Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen

"Landscape System Science" Master thesis: "Rekonstruktion und Modellierung von Landschaftsveränderungen mit Geosimulation" (Reconstruction and modeling of landscape change with geosimulation)

10/2007 - 09/2010
B.Sc. Geography at Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen

Bachelor thesis: "Störung und Sukzession: Möglichkeiten agentenbasierter Systeme zur Modellierung empfindlicher Ökosysteme" (Disturbance and succession: Potential of agent-based systems for the modeling of vulnerable ecosystems)

Research Interests

Geographic Information Systems

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

Geospatial Python Programming

Urban Remote Sensing

Landscape Systems

Urban Ecology and Biodiversity

Agent-based Modelling

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Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

  • Braun, A.; Fakhri, F.; Hochschild, V. (2019): Refugee Camp Monitoring and Environmental Change Assessment of Kutupalong, Bangladesh, Based on Radar Imagery of Sentinel-1 and ALOS-2. Remote Sensing 11(17), 2074. doi:10.3390/rs11172047. PDF

  • Bachofer, F.; Braun, A; Adamietz, F. Murray, S.; d’Angelo, P.; Kyazze, E.; Mumuhire, A.P.; Bower, J. (2019: Building Stock and Building Typology of Kigali, Rwanda. Data 4(3), 105. doi:10.3390/data4030105. PDF

  • Warth, G.; Braun, A.; Bödinger, C.; Hochschild, V.; Bachofer, F. (2019): DSM-based identification of changes in highly dynamic urban agglomerations. European Journal of Remote Sensing 52(1), 322-334. doi:10.1080/22797254.2019.1604083. PDF
  • Braun, A.; Wagner, J.; Hochschild, V. (2018): Above-ground biomass estimates based on active and passive sensor imagery in low-biomass savanna ecosystems. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 12(4). doi:10.1117/1.JRS.12.046027. PDF
  • Braun, A. (2018): Assessment of building damage in Raqqa during the Syrian civil war using time-series of radar satellite imagery. Journal for Geographic Information Science 1/2018. 228-242. doi:10.1553/giscience2018_01_s228. PDF
  • Braun, A.; Hochschild, V. (2017): Potential and limitations of radar remote sensing for humanitarian operations. Journal for Geographic Information Science 1/2017. 228-243. doi:10.1553/giscience2017_01_s228. PDF
  • Braun, A.; Hochschild, V. (2017): A SAR-Based Index for Landscape Changes in African Savannas. Remote Sensing 9(4), 359; doi:10.3390/rs9040359. PDF.
  • Braun, A.; Lang, S.; Hochschild, V. (2016): Impact of refugee camps on their environment. A case study using multi-temporal SAR data. Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International 4(2), 1–17. doi:10.9734/JGEESI/2016/22392. PDF
  • Braun, A.; Hochschild, V. (2015): Combining SAR and optical data for environmental assessments around refugee camps. Geospatial Minds For Society, 424–433. doi:10.1553/giscience2015s424. PDF
  • Wendt, L.; Hilberg, S.; Robl, J.; Braun, A.; Lang, S.: Using remote sensing and GIS to support drinking water supply in refugee/IDP camps. Geospatial Minds For Society, 449–458. doi:10.1553/giscience2015s449. PDF
  • Braun, A.; Rosner, H.J.; Hagensieker, R.; Dieball, S. (2015): Multi-method dynamical reconstruction of the ecological impact of copper mining on Chinese historical landscapes. Ecological Modelling 303, 42–54. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.02.013. URL
  • Neckel, N.; Braun, A.; Kropácek, J.; Hochschild, V. (2013): Recent mass balance of Purogangri ice cap, central Tibetan Plateau, by means of differential X-band SAR interferometry. The Cryosphere 7, 1623–1633. doi:10.5194/tc-7-1623-2013. PDF

Book chapters, conference proceedings and others

  • Rogenhofer, E.; de Laborderie, S.; Vyncke, J.; Braun, A.; Schwendemann, G. (2020): EO data supporting Médecins Sans Frontières's medical interventions. In: Ferretti, S. (Ed.): Space Capacity Building in the XXI century. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-030-21938-3.
  • Braun, A.; Warth, G.; Bachofer, F.; Hochschild, V. (2019): Identification of roof materials in high-resolution multispectral images for urban planning and monitoring. Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE). doi:10.1109/JURSE.2019.8809026.
  • Braun, A.; Hagensieker, R.; Hochschild, V. (2016): Filling of Cloud-Induced Gaps for Land Use and Land Cover Classifications Around Refugee Camps. Proceedings of Living Planet Symposium (SP740) 09.–13.05.2016, Prague. PDF
  • Schillaci, C.; Braun, A.; Kropácek, J. (2015): Terrain Analysis and Landform Recognition. In: Clarke, L.E & Nield, J.M. (Eds.) Geomorphological Techniques (Online Edition). Chapter 2.4.2. British Society for Geomorphology; London, UK. ISSN: 2047-0371. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3895.2802. PDF
  • Braun, A.; Hochschild, V. (2015): Combined use of SAR and optical data for environmental assessments around refugee camps in semiarid landscapes. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XL-7/W3, 777–782. doi:10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-W3-777-2015. PDF
  • Unterweger, P.; Braun, A. (2015): Die Initiative Bunte Wiese. Machen wir's bunt! Natur & Garten 1/2015, 6-11. ISSN: 2199-7012
  • Claus, C.; Braun, A.; Scholz, D.; Tielbörger, K. (2014): GLOWA JR Atlas: Results of the GLOWA Jordan River Project. Online-Publikation. URL
  • Unterweger, P.; Braun, A. Koltzenburg, M.; Betz, O.: Die Initiative Bunte Wiese - Für mehr Artenvielfalt auf öffentlichem Grün. In: Korn, H.; Bockmühl, K.; Schliep, R. (Eds.): Biodiversität und Klimawandel. Vernetzung der Akteure in Deutschland. Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn / Bad Godesberg, 53–54, ISBN 978-3-89624-092-7. PDF
  • Braun, A.; Rosner, H.J. (2013): Agent-based modeling of landscape dynamics due to copper mining industry in the north-earstern Yunnan Province, Southeast China, during Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). In: Vogel, H.U.; Cao, J.; Shan, K. (2012): Proceedings of the fifth international Workshop of the DFG Research Group Monies, Markets and Finance in China and East Asia 1600 - 1900 (in press).
  • Unterweger, P.; Ade, J.; Braun, A.; Koltzenburg, M.; Kricke, C.; Schnee, L.; Wastian, L.; Betz, O.: Langfristige Etablierung extensiver Grünflächenpflege in Stadtgebieten. Die Initiative „Bunte Wiese“ der Stadt Tübingen. In: Veit, U.; Korn, H. (Eds.): Treffpunkt Biologische Vielfalt. Aktuelle Forschung im Rahmen des Übereinkommens über die biologische Vielfalt vorgestellt auf einer wissen-schaftlichen Expertentagung an der Internationalen Naturschutzakademie Insel Vilm vom 20. - 24. August 2012. PDF
  • Braun, A.; Rosner, H.J. (2011): Modellierung ökologischer Sukzession mit Multiagentensystemen. In: Helbich, M.; Dreierling, H.; Zipf, A. (Eds.): Heidelberger Geographische Bausteine 19, 95–101. ISBN: 978-3-88570-819-3.
  • Braun, A.; Rosner, H.J. (2011): Disturbance and succession. Potential of agent-based systems for modeling vulnerable ecosystems. Application to land degradation pro-cesses. In: Car, A.; Griesebner, G.; Strobl, J. (Eds.): Geospatial Crossroads at GI_Forum 2011. Proceedings of the Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg, 05. - 08.06. University Of Salzburg, Wichmann Verlag, Berlin, 12–21. ISBN: 978-3-87907-496-9. PDF

 

Selected presentations

  • Bower, J.; Bachofer, F.; Braun, A.; Brimble, P.; McSharry, P.: A New approach to property valuation using remote sensing data and machine learning in Kigali, Rwanda. Mapping Urban Areas From Space (MUAS). 30.-31. October 2018, Frascati.
  • Braun, A.: DSM-based identification of changes for urban planning in highly dynamic urban agglomerations. 5th Joint EARSeL Workshop "Urban Remote Sensing - Challenges and Solutions", 24.-26. September 2018, Bochum.
  • Braun, A.: Benefits of radar satellite imagery for humanitarian NGOs. GIS-Fair hosted by the Austrian Red Cross, 5. June 2018, Vienna.
  • Braun, A.; Hochschild, V.: Mapping sea surface dynamics in the context of displaced persons. Mapping Water Bodies From Space (MWBS), 26.-.29. March 2018, Frascati. URL
  • Braun, A.: Assessment of building damage in Raqqa during the Syrian civil war using time-series of radar satellite imagery. GI_Forum, 3. - 6. July 2018, Salzburg.
  • Braun, A.: Unterstützung humanitärer Einsätze durch Methoden der Radarfernerkundung. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, 29. September - 3. October 2017, Tübingen. 
  • Braun, A.: Radarfernerkundung zur Unterstützung humanitärer Einsätze. 37. Wissenschaftlich-Technische Jahrestagung der DGPF, 8. - 10. March 2017, Würzburg.
  • Braun, A. & Hagensieker, R.: Filling of cloud-induced gaps for land use and land cover classifications around refugee camps. ESA Living Planet Symposium, 9. - 13. May 2016, Praque. URL
  • Braun, A.: Combining SAR and optical data for environmental assessments around refugee camps. GI_Forum, 7. - 10. July 2015, Universität Salzburg.
  • Braun, A., Hochschild, V.: Combined use of SAR and optical data for environmental assessments around refugee camps in semiarid landscapes. 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 11. - 15. May 2015, Berlin.
  • Braun, A., Hochschild, V.: Radar remote sensing supporting humanitarian operations – Challenges & outlooks. Gemeinsamer Workshop der Arbeitskreise "Auswertung von Fernerkundungsdaten der DGPF e.V." und "Fernerkundung der DGfG e.V.", 9 - 10. October 2014, TU Berlin. URL
  • Braun, A.: Simulation historischer Landschaftsveränderungen durch Kupferbergbau in China. Deutscher Geographentag, 2.- 8. October 2013, Universität Passau.
  • Braun, A.: Intitative Bunte Wiese - Mehr Artenvielfalt auf öffentlichem Grün. NABU-Workshop „Mehr Natur im Siedlungsgrün“ RP Tübingen, 19. June 2013, Bad Saulgau. URL
  • Braun, A.; Hagensieker, R.: Landscape Reconstruction and Dynamical Landscape Modeling in Northeast Yunnan Province of the Qing Period. Fifth international project conference of MMF, 5. - 8. October 2011 an der Universität Tübingen.
  • Tielbörger, K.; Claus, C.; Braun, A.: The GLOWA JR Atlas. Making the results of the project available to stakeholders and scientists. Final project conference GLOWA Jordan River project, 5. - 7. September 2011, Limassol, Zypern. URL
  • Braun, A.: Störung und Sukzession - Möglichkeiten agentenbasierter Systeme zur Modellierung empfindlicher Ökosysteme. 19. Deutschsprachiges Kolloquium für Theorie und Quantitative Methoden in der Geographie (TQMG), 24. - 26. February 2011, Universität Heidelberg.

Teaching

  • Applied Remote Sensing
    Excercise within module Geo 87 (M.Sc.)
    Summer semester 2015, 2017 and 2018
  • Geoinformation und Flüchtlingslager (Geoinformation and refugee camps)
    Lecture, Seminar and Excercise (B.Sc. and M.Sc.)
    Funded by the Innovation Fund for Sustainable Development
    Summer semester 2016
  • OpenSource GIS
    Course within qualification program "Geodatenmanager"
    Certificate Of Advanced Studies (CAS): Geodaten
    2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Remote Sensing 2
    Course within qualification program "Geodatenmanager"
    Certificate Of Advanced Studies (CAS): Fernerkundung
    Autumn 2016, 2018
  • IT-Grundlagen (IT basics)
    Ressourcenmanagement Wasser / Resource management water
    Hochschule für Forstwirtschaft Rottenburg (HFR)
    Winter 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19
  • Agentenbasierte Simulation in der Geographie (Agent-based modeling in Geography)
    Course at the Center for Geoinformatics
    Summer semester 2014
  • Integratives Projekt (Integrative project)
    Supervision of student research projects within module Geo 51 (B.Sc.)
    Winter semester 2014/15 and 2017/18
  • Klimatologie und Hydrologie (Climatology and Hydrology)
    Tutorial within Geo 31 (B.Sc.)
    Winter semesters 2011/12, 2010/11 und 2009/10
  • Geoinformatik (Geoinformatics)
    Practical exercise within module Geo 44 (B.Sc.)
    Summer semester 2013
  • GIS für Geowissenschaftler (GIS for Geoscientists)
    Course within modules 'Geoinformatik
    und Geosystemmodellierung (B.Sc)' and 'Systemanalyse' (B.Sc.)
    Summer semester 2013, 2012 und 2011
  • Grundlagen Geographischer Informationssysteme (GIS Basics)
    Compact course at the GIS-Zentrum
    Summer semesters 2013, 2014 and 2015
  • Geographische Informationssysteme (Geographic Information Systems)
    Practical exercise within module Geo 24 (B.Sc.)
    Summer semester 2010, 2013 and 2017