Martin Stefan Brandt

2019

Changes in rainfall distribution promote woody foliage production in the Sahel

Brandt, M., Hiernaux, P., Rasmussen, K., Tucker, C. J., Wigneron, J.-P., Diouf, A. A., Herrmann, S. M., Zhang, W., Kergoat, L., Mbow, C., Abel, C., Auda, Y. & Fensholt, R., 1 Dec 2019, In: Communications Biology. 2, 10 p., 133.

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17 Citations (Scopus)

44 Downloads (Pure)

Detecting Hardly Visible Roads in Low-Resolution Satellite Time Series Data

Oehmcke, S., Thrysøe, C., Borgstad, A., Vaz Salles, M. A., Brandt, M. S. & Gieseke, F. C., Dec 2019, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2019: Special Session on Intelligent Data Mining. 10 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

Ecological engineering projects increased vegetation cover, production, and biomass in semiarid and subhumid Northern China

Niu, Q., Xiao, X., Zhang, Y., Qin, Y., Dang, X., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Doughty, R. B., Brandt, M., Tong, X., Horion, S., Fensholt, R., Chen, C., Myneni, R. B., Xu, W., Di, G. & Zhou, X., 15 Aug 2019, In: Land Degradation & Development. 30, 13, p. 1620-1631 12 p.

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13 Citations (Scopus)

Ecosystem structural changes controlled by altered rainfall climatology in tropical savannas

Zhang, W., Brandt, M., Penuelas, J., Guichard, F., Tong, X., Tian, F. & Fensholt, R., 1 Dec 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 7 p., 671.

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22 Citations (Scopus)

63 Downloads (Pure)

From woody cover to woody canopies: How Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data advance the mapping of woody plants in savannas

Zhang, W., Brandt, M., Wang, Q., Prishchepov, A. V., Tucker, C. J., Li, Y., Lyu, H. & Fensholt, R., 2019, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 234, 12 p., 111465.

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16 Citations (Scopus)

Satellite-observed pantropical carbon dynamics

Fan, L., Wigneron, J. P., Ciais, P., Chave, J., Brandt, M., Fensholt, R., Saatchi, S. S., Bastos, A., Al-Yaari, A., Hufkens, K., Qin, Y., Xiao, X., Chen, C., Myneni, R. B., Fernandez-Moran, R., Mialon, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. J., Kerr, Y., Tian, F. & Peñuelas, J., 1 Sept 2019, In: Nature Plants. 5, p. 944-951 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

43 Citations (Scopus)

Towards improved remote sensing based monitoring of dryland ecosystem functioning using sequential linear regression slopes (SeRGS)

Abel, C., Horion, S., Tagesson, T., Brandt, M. & Fensholt, R., Apr 2019, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 224, p. 317-332 16 p.

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9 Citations (Scopus)

Trends of land surface phenology derived from passive microwave and optical remote sensing systems and associated drivers across the dry tropics 1992–2012

Tong, X., Tian, F., Brandt, M., Liu, Y., Zhang, W. & Fensholt, R., 2019, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 232, 12 p., 111307.

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11 Citations (Scopus)

2018

An evaluation of SMOS L-band vegetation optical depth (L-VOD) data sets: high sensitivity of L-VOD to above-ground biomass in Africa

Rodríguez-Fernández, N. J., Mialon, A., Mermoz, S., Bouvet, A., Richaume, P., Al Bitar, A., Al-Yaari, A., Brandt, M. S., Kaminski, T., Le Toan, T., Kerr, Y. H. & Wigneron, J.-P., 30 Jul 2018, In: Biogeosciences Discussions. 15, 14, p. 4627-4645 19 p.

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37 Citations (Scopus)

70 Downloads (Pure)

Coupling of ecosystem-scale plant water storage and leaf phenology observed by satellite

Tian, F., Wigneron, J. P., Ciais, P., Chave, J., Ogée, J., Peñuelas, J., Ræbild, A., Domec, J. C., Tong, X., Brandt, M., Mialon, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N., Tagesson, T., Al-Yaari, A., Kerr, Y., Chen, C., Myneni, R. B., Zhang, W., Ardö, J. & Fensholt, R., 2018, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2, 9, p. 1428-1435 8 p.

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48 Citations (Scopus)

Does grazing cause land degradation? Evidence from the sandy Ferlo in Northern Senegal

Rasmussen, K., Brandt, M., Tong, X., Hiernaux, P., Diouf, A. A., Assouma, M. H., Tucker, C. J. & Fensholt, R., Dec 2018, In: Land Degradation and Development. 29, 12, p. 4337-4347 11 p.

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8 Citations (Scopus)

Ecological restoration enhances ecosystem health in the karst regions of southwest China

Liao, C., Yue, Y., Wang, K., Fensholt, R., Tong, X. & Brandt, M. S., Jul 2018, In: Ecological Indicators. 90, p. 416-425 10 p.

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39 Citations (Scopus)

Impacts of the seasonal distribution of rainfall on vegetation productivity across the Sahel

Zhang, W., Brandt, M. S., Tong, X., Tian, Q. & Fensholt, R., 2018, In: Biogeosciences. 15, 1, p. 319-330 12 p.

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23 Citations (Scopus)

76 Downloads (Pure)

Improved Characterization of Dryland Degradation Using Trends in Vegetation/ Rainfall Sequential Linear Regression (Sergs-Trend)

Abel, C., Brandt, M., Tagesson, T. & Fensholt, R., 31 Oct 2018, IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, p. 2988-2991 4 p.

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Increased vegetation growth and carbon stock in China karst via ecological engineering

Tong, X., Brandt, M. S., Yue, Y., Horion, S. M. A. F., Wang, K., Keersmaecker, W. D., Tian, F., Schurgers, G., Xiao, X., Luo, Y., Chen, C., Myneni, R., Shi, Z., Chen, H. & Fensholt, R., 1 Jan 2018, In: Nature Sustainability. 1, 1, p. 44-50 7 p.

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152 Citations (Scopus)

Land Degradation & Development: A new and bright future

Horne, G., Barrow, C., Brandt, M., Frouz, J., Kuzyakov, Y., Nyssen, J., Ojeda, G. & Wong, V., Sept 2018, In: Land Degradation & Development. 29, 9, p. 2775-2777 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

Major forest increase on the Loess Plateau, China (2001–2016)

Wang, Y., Brandt, M., Zhao, M., Tong, X., Xing, K., Xue, F., Kang, M., Wang, L., Jiang, Y. & Fensholt, R., 2018, In: Land Degradation and Development. 29, 11, p. 4080-4091 12 p.

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11 Citations (Scopus)

Reduction of tree cover in West African woodlands and promotion in semi-arid farmlands

Brandt, M. S., Rasmussen, K., Hiernaux, P., Herrmann, S., Tucker, C. J., Tong, X., Tian, F., Mertz, O., Kergoat, L., Mbow, C., David, J. L., Melocik, K. A., Dendoncker, M., Vincke, C. & Fensholt, R., 1 May 2018, In: Nature Geoscience. 11, 5, p. 328-333 6 p.

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40 Citations (Scopus)

Satellite-Observed Major Greening and Biomass Increase in South China Karst During Recent Decade

Brandt, M., Yue, Y., Wigneron, J. P., Tong, X., Tian, F., Jepsen, M. R., Xiao, X., Verger, A., Mialon, A., Al-Yaari, A., Wang, K. & Fensholt, R., Jul 2018, In: Earth's Future. 6, 7, p. 1017-1028 12 p.

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Satellite passive microwaves reveal recent climate-induced carbon losses in African drylands

Brandt, M., Wigneron, J.-P., Chave, J., Tagesson, H. T., Penuelas, J., Ciais, P., Rasmussen, K., Tian, F., Mbow, C., Al-Yaari, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N., Schurgers, G., Zhang, W., Chang, J., Kerr, Y., Verger, A., Tucker, C., Mialon, A., Rasmussen, L. V. & Fan, L. & 1 others, Fensholt, R., 1 May 2018, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, 5, p. 827-835 9 p.

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82 Citations (Scopus)

SMOS-IC: Current Status and Overview of Soil Moisture and VOD Applications

Wigneron, J.-P., Mialon, A., De lannoy, G., Fernandez-Moran, R., Al-Yaari, A., Ebrahimi, M., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N., Kerr, Y., Quets, J., Pellarin, T., Fan, L., Tian, F., Fensholt, R. & Brandt, M., 31 Oct 2018, IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, p. 1451-1454 5 p. (Igarss 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium).

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9 Citations (Scopus)

SMOS-IC vegetation optical depth index in monitoring aboveground carbon changes in the tropical continents during 2010-2016

Fan, L., Wigneron, J. P., Mialon, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. J., Al-Yaari, A., Kerr, Y., Brandt, M. & Ciais, P., 2018, 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 2825-2828 4 p. 8518750. (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 2018-July).

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Smos L-Band Vegetation Optical Depth is Highly Sensitive to Aboveground Biomass

Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. J., Mialon, A., Mermoz, S., Bouvet, A., Richaume, P., Al Bitar, A., Al-Yaari, A., Brandt, M., Kaminski, T., Toan, T. L., Kerr, Y. H. & Wigneron, J.-P., 31 Oct 2018, IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, p. 9038-9041 4 p. (Igarss 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium).

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3 Citations (Scopus)

2017

How conflict affects land use: agricultural activity in areas seized by the Islamic State

Eklund, L., Degerald, M., Brandt, M. S., Prishchepov, A. & Pilesjö, P., 28 Apr 2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 5, 10 p., 054004.

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25 Citations (Scopus)

185 Downloads (Pure)

Human population growth offsets climate-driven increase in woody vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa

Brandt, M. S., Rasmussen, K., Peñuelas, J., Tian, F., Schurgers, G., Verger, A., Mertz, O., R. B. Palmer, J. & Fensholt, R., 6 Mar 2017, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1, 6 p., 0081 .

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86 Citations (Scopus)

144 Downloads (Pure)

Mapping gains and losses in woody vegetation across global tropical drylands

Tian, F., Brandt, M. S., Liu, Y. Y., Rasmussen, K. & Fensholt, R., 1 Apr 2017, In: Global Change Biology. 23, 4, p. 1748-1760 13 p.

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45 Citations (Scopus)

240 Downloads (Pure)

Quantifying the effectiveness of ecological restoration projects on long-term vegetation dynamics in the karst regions of Southwest China

Tong, X., Wang, K., Yue, Y., Brandt, M. S., Liu, B., Zhang, C., Liao, C. & Fensholt, R., 1 Feb 2017, In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 54, p. 105-113 9 p.

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101 Citations (Scopus)

202 Downloads (Pure)

Revisiting the coupling between NDVI trends and cropland changes in the Sahel drylands: a case study in western Niger

Tong, X., Brandt, M. S., Hiernaux, P., Herrmann, S. M., Tian, F., Prishchepov, A. & Fensholt, R., 2017, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 191, p. 286-296 11 p.

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32 Citations (Scopus)

122 Downloads (Pure)

Using long-term daily satellite based rainfall data (1983-2015) to analyze spatio-temporal changes in the sahelian rainfall regime

Zhang, W., Brandt, M. S., Guichard, F., Tian, Q. & Fensholt, R., Jul 2017, In: Journal of Hydrology. 550, p. 427-440 14 p.

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23 Citations (Scopus)

400 Downloads (Pure)

Woody vegetation die off and regeneration in response to rainfall variability in the West African Sahel

Brandt, M. S., Tappan, G., Diouf, A., Beye, G., Mbow, C. & Fensholt, R., 2017, In: Remote Sensing. 9, 1, 21 p.

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30 Citations (Scopus)

357 Downloads (Pure)

2016

Adaptation as by-product: migration and environmental change in Nguith, Senegal

Romankiewicz, C., Doevenspeck, M., Brandt, M. S. & Samimi, C., 2016, In: Die Erde – Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin. 147, 2, p. 95-108 14 p.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

103 Downloads (Pure)

Assessing future vegetation trends and restoration prospects in the Karst regions of Southwest China

Tong, X., Wang, K., Brandt, M. S., Yue, Y., Liao, C. & Fensholt, R., 2016, In: Remote Sensing. 8, 5, 17 p., 357.

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51 Citations (Scopus)

242 Downloads (Pure)

Assessing woody vegetation trends in Sahelian drylands using MODIS based seasonal metrics

Brandt, M. S., Hiernaux, P., Rasmussen, K., Mbow, C., Kergoat, L., Tagesson, H. T., Ibrahim, Y. Z., Wélé, A., Tucker, C. J. & Fensholt, R., 2016, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 183, p. 215-225 11 p.

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50 Citations (Scopus)

100 Downloads (Pure)

Data and methods in the environment-migration nexus: a scale perspective

Eklund, L., Romankiewicz, C., Brandt, M. S., Doevenspeck, M. & Samimi, C., 2016, In: Die Erde – Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin. 147, 2, p. 139-152 14 p.

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10 Citations (Scopus)

38 Downloads (Pure)

Do agrometeorological data improve optical satellite-based estimations of the herbaceous yield in Sahelian semi-arid ecosystems?

Diouf, A. A., Hiernaux, P., Brandt, M. S., Faye, G., Djaby, B., Diop, M. B., Ndione, J. A. & Tychon, B., 2016, In: Remote Sensing. 8, 8, 668.

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14 Citations (Scopus)

456 Downloads (Pure)

Do Red Edge and Texture Attributes from High-Resolution Satellite Data Improve Wood Volume Estimation in a Semi-Arid Mountainous Region?

Schumacher, P., Mislimshoeva, B., Brenning, A., Zandler, H., Brandt, M. S., Samimi, C. & Koellner, T., Jul 2016, In: Remote Sensing. 8, 7, 19 p., 540.

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19 Citations (Scopus)

93 Downloads (Pure)

Remote sensing of vegetation dynamics in drylands: Evaluating vegetation optical depth (VOD) using AVHRR NDVI and in situ green biomass data over West African Sahel

Tian, F., Brandt, M. S., Liu, Y. Y., Verger, A., Tagesson, H. T., Diouf, A. A., Rasmussen, K., Mbow, C., Wang, Y. & Fensholt, R., 1 May 2016, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 177, p. 265-276 12 p.

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102 Citations (Scopus)

397 Downloads (Pure)

Woody plant cover estimation in drylands from Earth Observation based seasonal metrics

Brandt, M. S., Hiernaux, P., Tagesson, H. T., Verger, A., Rasmussen, K., Diouf, A. A., Mbow, C., Mougin, E. & Fensholt, R., 1 Jan 2016, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 172, p. 28-38

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57 Citations (Scopus)

92 Downloads (Pure)

2015

Fodder Biomass Monitoring in Sahelian Rangelands Using Phenological Metrics from FAPAR Time Series

Diouf, A. A., Brandt, M. S., Verger, A., El Jarroudi, M., Djaby, B., Fensholt, R., Ndione, J. A. & Tychon, B., 2015, In: Remote Sensing. 7, 7, p. 9122-9148

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30 Citations (Scopus)

221 Downloads (Pure)

Ground-and satellite-based evidence of the biophysical mechanisms behind the greening Sahel

Brandt, M. S., Mbow, C., Diouf, A. A., Verger, A., Samimi, C. & Fensholt, R., 1 Apr 2015, In: Global Change Biology. 21, 4, p. 1610-1620 11 p.

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79 Citations (Scopus)

What four decades of earth observation tell us about land degradation in the Sahel?

Mbow, C., Brandt, M. S., Ouedraogo, I., de Leeuw, J. & Marshall, M., 1 Apr 2015, In: Remote Sensing. 7, 4, p. 4048-4067 20 p.

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47 Citations (Scopus)

262 Downloads (Pure)

Woody vegetation and land cover changes in the Sahel of Mali (1967-2011)

Spiekermann, R., Brandt, M. S. & Samimi, C., 2015, In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 34, 1, p. 113-121 9 p.

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28 Citations (Scopus)

2014

Environmental change in time series - An interdisciplinary study in the Sahel of Mali and Senegal

Brandt, M. S., Romankiewicz, C., Spiekermann, R. & Samimi, C., 2014, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 105, p. 52-63 12 p.

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52 Citations (Scopus)

Local vegetation trends in the sahel of mali and senegal using long time series FAPAR satellite products and field measurement (1982-2010)

Brandt, M. S., Verger, A., Diouf, A. A., Baret, F. & Samimi, C., 2014, In: Remote Sensing. 6, 3, p. 2408-2434 27 p.

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40 Citations (Scopus)

Modeling soil and woody vegetation in the senegalese Sahel in the context of environmental change

Brandt, M. S., Grau, T., Mbow, C. & Samimi, C., 1 Jun 2014, In: Land. 3, 3, p. 770-792 23 p.

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9 Citations (Scopus)

2013

Vegetationsveränderungen in westafrika -spiegel von klimawandel und landnutzung

Translated title of the contribution: Vegetation change in west Africa in the context of climate change and land useBrandt, M. S., Paeth, H. & Samimi, C., 2013, In: Geographische Rundschau. 65, 9, p. 36-42 7 p.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

2009

Agricultural suitability of dune system and limpopo basin soils near xai-xai, mozambique

Brandt, M., Bäumler, R. & Samimi, C., 1 Jan 2009, In: South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 26, 4, p. 206-212 7 p.

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