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PROSLIDE: PROSLIDE webinar! SAVE THE DATE for the PROSLIDE online event! June 29th, 2023 10:00 – 11:40 CEST Participation is free with no registration needed. Scan the QR in the flyer to join the meeting or click here. (2023-05-24 09:27:05)

New publication in Frontiers in Earth Science Uncertainty assessment of a permanent long-range terrestrial laser scanning system for the quantification of snow dynamics on Hintereisferner (Austria) (2023-04-27 13:33:19)

PROSLIDE: We are at EGU2023! We are happy to participate in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2023. We are presenting three PROSLIDE contributions in the format of 10-min oral presentations as follows: Functional regression for space-time prediction of precipitation-induced shallow landslides in South Tyrol, Italy NH3.6 – Space and time forecasting of landslides Thursday, April 27th, 08:45 […] (2023-04-24 15:47:00)

PROSLIDE: Presentation at BioSP – INRAE On March 20th, Mateo Moreno gave a talk on findings in the data-driven analyses for the PROSLIDE project. The presentation was part of a series of seminars at the Biostatistics and Spatial Processes (BioSP) unit at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE). (2023-03-23 09:53:34)

PROSLIDE: Research visit BioSP – INRAE In the week of March 20th, Mateo Moreno visited the Biostatistics and Spatial Processes (BioSP) unit at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), Avignon, France. The research visit covered the ongoing analysis regarding dynamic landslide modeling with daily precipitation estimates using functional regression approaches. Biostatistics and Space Processes | Biostatistics […] (2023-03-23 09:45:14)

TracEve Kick-off Meeting Tracing the evergreen broad-leaved species and their spread (2023-03-21 11:36:00)

New publication in Earth Surface Dynamics Multi-sensor monitoring and data integration reveal cyclical destabilization of the Äußeres Hochebenkar rock glacier (2023-03-21 11:11:31)

Uncertainty assessment of a permanent long-range terrestrial laser scanning system (2023-03-21 11:08:57)

Call for Abstracts: VGC 2023 – Unveiling the dynamic Earth with digital methods (2023-03-01 11:26:36)

PROSLIDE: IDC Natural Hazards in Mountain Regions – Winter seminar As part of the yearly IDC – Natural Hazards in Mountain regions winter seminar, Lotte presented the progress of her thesis and work on the PROSLIDE project. The talk was titled: “Spatial transferability of a physically based shallow landslide model (TRIGRS) using parameter ensembles”. The work of the talk shows that when TRIGRS is calibrated […] (2023-01-13 14:16:19)

Terrestrial laser scanning for 3D mapping of an alpine ice cave New publication in The Photogrammetric Record (2022-12-30 10:33:00)

PROSLIDE: Presenting Proslide at the International TransAlp conference On December 13, Stefan Steger presented the data-driven landslide modelling results of Proslide within the Trans-Alp conference at Eurac HQ to researchers and Local and Regional authorities involved in Civil Protection. It was shown how the dynamic landslide prediction modelfrom Proslide can be coupled with dynamic exposure estimates from TransAlp to move towards an impact-oriented […] (2022-12-20 14:01:33)

PhD Student in Environmental Remote Sensing (2022-12-14 10:22:00)

Talk: Caroline Gevaert Responsible AI for spatial data science and sustainable development (2022-12-05 16:56:51)

PROSLIDE: ITC talk On November 15th, Mateo Moreno gave an overview of some of the research findings within the PROSLIDE project. The presentation was entitled Space-time modeling of precipitation-induced shallow landslides in South Tyrol, Italy and it was presented during a series of seminars at the Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente. (2022-11-25 11:29:15)

PROSLIDE: ICG 2022 As it was announced in previous days, we glady had the chance to share with the scientific community at the 10th International Conference of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) two contributions on the frame of the PROSLDIE project. Stefan Steger gave an oral presentation on Applying a hierarchical Generalized Additive Model to integrate predisposing, […] (2022-11-25 10:41:22)

PROSLIDE: IMC (International Mountain Conference) and S4SS Summer School 2022 In the first and second week of September, Lotte de Vugt took part in both the IMC conference and the related Student4Students Summerschool. At the IMC she presented her work on the spatial transferability analysis of the model TRIGRS, where the calibration of TRIGRS for the Passeier valley was compared to calibration of TRIGRS from […] (2022-10-05 12:41:35)

PROSLIDE: Extended partner meeting On the 1st of September, at the Eurac Research headquarters, we hosted the extended partner meeting for the PROSLIDE project with representatives from partner and associated partner institutions. The event had the goal of providing an overview of the recent progress developed within the project, offering room for discussion on improvement options and perspectives on […] (2022-09-09 10:02:33)

Sensing Mountains Proceedings of the 4th edition of the international Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research 2022 – Close-range Sensing Techniques in Alpine Terrain are printed. (2022-08-22 18:46:23)

Spatial assessment of probable recharge areas – investigating the hydrogeological controls of an active deep-seated gravitational slope deformation (2022-08-11 09:29:42)

Extending the integrated monitoring of deep-seated landslide activity into the past using FOSS photogrammetry Award for the Best Master Thesis (2022-06-17 12:32:40)

GeographieDiskurse - Sommersemester 2022 Geographie - Einheit in der Vielfalt (2022-04-25 11:40:00)

Three-dimensional Forest Ecosystem Monitoring and Better Understanding by Terrestrial-based Technologies (2022-03-29 08:54:24)

Confirmed Keynotes - Close Range Sensing Techniques in Alpine Terrain We are happy to announce six confirmed keynotes for the Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research 2022 - Close Range Sensing Techniques in Alpine Terrain. (2022-03-21 16:12:00)

Extended Deadlines - Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research The deadlines for pre-registration have been extended. Submit your motivation letter, cv and abstract... (2022-01-31 11:33:00)

Call for Pre-registration (2021-12-21 17:01:00)

Research and Career Network: Close-range Sensing Techniques in Alpine Terrain (2021-11-05 13:30:17)

Topographic LiDAR UAV flight (2021-11-03 14:50:00)

OMCAP - Observation and Modeling of CAscade Processes Within the doctoral program „Natural Hazards in Mountain Regions“ of the University of Innsbruck, a PhD-position is vacant. (2021-06-22 10:22:56)

XXIVth ISPRS Congress - digital edition Join the 2021 digital edition of the XXIVth ISPRS Congress and attend the contributions of our research group. (2021-06-14 10:27:10)

E-learning course on Time Series Analysis in Remote Sensing for Understanding Human-Environment Interactions (2021-05-31 08:52:00)

Challenges in remote sensing of snow-vegetation interaction Assoc. Prof. Noah Molotch vom Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder spricht am Di. 11.05.2021 16:30 im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe GeographieDiskurse über die Herausforderung der Fernerkundung im Themenbereich Schnee-Vegetationsinteraktion. (2021-05-03 09:02:08)

Quantifying the hydrological drivers of an active deep-seated gravitational slope deformation New paper published in ESPL. (2021-04-13 13:46:20)

Die Vortragsreihe GeographieDiskurse befasst sich im Sommersemester mit dem Thema "γεωγραφία (geographia): Earth Description – Earth Observation" Prof. Lars Eklundh (Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University) spricht im Rahmen der GeographieDiskurse über "Characterizing vegetation phenology and productivity using remotely sensed data at different scales." (2021-04-06 14:06:12)

Towards an operationalisation of nature-based solutions for natural hazards New publication on monitoring nature-based solutions has been accepted for publication. (2021-03-19 08:21:14)

The Potential of Earth Observation for the Analyses of Land Surface Dynamics Die Vortragsreihe GeographieDiskurse befasst sich im Sommersemester mit dem Thema "γεωγραφία (geographia): Earth Description – Earth Observation". Prof. Claudia Künzer spricht am 9.3.2021 um 12:00 in ihrem Online-Vortrag über "The Potential of Earth Observation for the Analyses of Land Surface Dynamics". (2021-03-01 15:27:46)

Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research 2022 - Close Range Sensing Techniques in Alpine Terrain (2021-02-04 12:57:00)

ETRAINEE: New project website launched E-learning course on Time Series Analysis in Remote Sensing for Understanding Human-Environment Interactions (E-TRAINEE) is an ERASMUS+ Strategic partnership project (ID 2020-1-CZ01-KA203-078308) scheduled from September 2020 to August 2023. (2021-01-13 17:14:59)

γεωγραφία (geographia): Earth Description – Earth Observation (2021-01-11 10:52:00)

Close-range sensing and geomorphological information extraction from images and 3D point clouds (2020-11-19 13:20:00)

Terrestrial laser scanning of an alpine ice cave (2020-11-18 09:27:49)

Nomination for Lehreplus! Award 2020 (2020-11-13 10:28:00)

Researcher in Remote Sensing Time Series Analysis (2020-11-05 09:33:23)

Researcher in Physical Geography and Remote Sensing (2020-11-05 09:23:00)

PhD researcher in physically-based slope stability modelling (2020-10-06 13:45:00)

New project PROSLIDE granted (2020-09-24 17:27:19)

Exploring the potential of land surface phenology and seasonal cloud free composites of one year of Sentinel-2 imagery for tree species mapping in a mountainous region (2020-08-27 13:02:57)

Report of 3rd international Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research online now (2020-08-26 09:58:23)

Impressions of the Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research 2019 (2020-08-06 11:48:03)

New publication: 3D point errors and change detection accuracy of unmanned aerial vehicle laser scanning (2020-08-06 09:31:00)

EGU 2020 Contributions (2020-03-25 16:36:30)

Slope processes in challenging environments - tools, approaches and perspectives (2020-02-17 17:09:27)

Researching deep-seated gravitational slope deformations (2020-02-17 16:48:00)

Digitalisierung der Landschaft (2020-01-30 14:58:00)

4D-LAMB: Die Digitalisierung der Landschaft Die Laserscanner des Instituts für Geographie liefern hochgenaue Daten über Wälder, Berghänge, Gletscher und Permafrostgebiete, seit Neuestem auch aus der Luft. Mit dem Multicopter-Laserscanner können schwer zugängliche Gebiete beﬂogen werden, die gewonnenen Informationen erlauben Aussagen über große Flächen und kleinste Details, über ganze Blockgletscher und Blätter im Wald. https://www.uibk.ac.at/newsroom/zukunft-forschung-jaenner-2020.html.de (2020-01-30 13:47:20)

Unmanned Laser Scanning for Environmental Mapping (2020-01-30 10:27:00)

4D-LAMB: Die Vermessung der Welt per Drohne Um die Erdoberfläche dreidimensional zu erfassen, nutzen Geographen der Uni Innsbruck einen Fernerkundungs-Multicopter und Laserscanningverfahren. Ziel ist es, mit eigens entwickelten Algorithmen Objekte wie Felsen oder Bäume in den Daten automatisiert zu erkennen. Daraus können viele verschiedene Informationen abgeleitet werden, von Baumhöhen bis zu Hangbewegungen. https://www.uibk.ac.at/newsroom/die-vermessung-der-welt-per-drohne.html.de (2020-01-30 09:30:01)

Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research 2021 (2019-12-11 11:53:00)

Observation of Mountain Processes (2019-09-18 10:58:00)

ISPRS Laser Scanning Workshop 2019 (2019-06-15 23:54:00)

ISPRS Geospatial Week 2019 - Programme (2019-04-29 08:18:23)

Remote sensing techniques and data for natural hazard research (2019-02-12 11:37:00)

ISPRS Laser Scanning 2019 (2019-01-08 09:20:13)

Final Call for Abstracts - EGU 2019 (2019-01-08 09:14:00)

Call for pre-registration: Close-Range Sensing Techniques in Alpine Terrain (2018-11-14 08:50:00)

Machine Learning and Information Extraction for 3D Data Capture (2018-11-05 08:34:51)

Call for Abstracts - Close-Range Sensing of Environment (2018-10-23 14:42:32)

Open Educational Data for Environmental Monitoring (2018-10-11 09:38:00)

4D-LAMB: 3D rock glacier mapping The high resolution surface data from LiDAR UAV gives new insights on patterns and block distributions of rock glaciers. (2018-10-03 13:08:18)

BritInn Fellowship (2018-09-27 18:45:45)

4D-LAMB: Mapping Erosion Areas The RiCOPTER System is used for mapping erosion areas for the scientific project ERODYN. The project investigates shallow erosion dynamics in mountain grasslands of South Tyrol by monitoring of erosion processes and mitigation measures with close range and remote sensing techniques. (2018-07-31 11:46:49)

4D-LAMB: Test flights in high alpine environments In July 2018 two test flights were conducted in the area of Obergurgl (Ötztal, Austria). The areas of interest were the lowest part of the Hochebenkar rockglacier and the Rotmoos valley. (2018-07-31 10:12:04)

Call for Papers - ISPRS Workshop Laser Scanning 2019 (2018-07-12 16:02:00)

1st Call for Participation online now - Close Range Sensing Techniques in Alpine Terrain (2018-06-13 10:25:00)

Contributions to ISPRS TC II Symposium 2018 (2018-06-07 16:36:00)

4D-LAMB: Hot Copter Thermogramm after copter mission. 4D Lidar mountAin Monitoring laB (4D-LAMB) is running. (2018-04-27 14:03:37)

Education and Capacity Building Initiatives Spreading out the Knowledge from ISPRS Educational Events using a Dissemination Internet Platform (2018-02-20 11:02:49)

Multi-temporal fine-scale modelling of Larix decidua forest plots using terrestrial LiDAR and hemispherical photographs (2018-02-09 11:41:00)

Object-based classification of terrestrial laser scanning point clouds for landslide monitoring Extracting meaningful objects in a complex and dynamic environment is challenging. (2018-02-09 11:18:45)

Von Anthropozän bis Digitalisierung Call for Abstracts für die Geographie‐Werkstatt Österreich bis 31.3.2018. (2018-02-09 10:54:00)

4D-LAMB: Students learn about close-range sensing of environment Last week a group of students of the Institute of Geography (University of Innsbruck) tested a mulit-sensor set-up for mapping different environmental phenomena using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), dense matching from terrestial oblique images, thermography and unmanned laser scanning (ULS). (2017-11-21 09:29:18)

Close-Range Sensing of Environment (2017-10-13 14:00:00)

4D-LAMB: German Congress of Geography The 4D LiDAR Mountain Monitoring Lab has been presented at the German Congress of Geography in Tübingen (Germany). (2017-10-02 16:21:33)

LiDAR research @ German Congress of Geography (2017-10-02 10:00:00)

Geographie im Digitalen Zeitalter (2017-07-03 10:00:00)

3D Point Cloud Session at DKG 2017 (2017-06-20 16:00:00)

EroDyn (2017-05-24 10:00:00)

4D-LAMB: Training has started… (2017-05-16 14:29:08)

Calibration and Validation of a Detailed Architectural Canopy Model Reconstruction (2017-02-28 17:00:00)

Beiträge von Hydrogeologie und Untergrunderkundung zur Naturgefahrenanalyse und -prävention (2017-02-07 08:00:00)

Deutscher Kongress für Geographie 2017 (2017-02-01 11:00:00)

Community-based Tropical Forest Monitoring Using Emerging Technologies (2017-01-26 12:00:00)

1st Call for Papers – Laser Scanning 2017 (2017-01-18 09:00:00)

Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Mass Movements (2016-12-06 08:00:00)

New Article in the Journal of Hydrology (2016-11-17 16:00:00)