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Prof. Dr. Birgit Kleinschmit
[1]
- © B. Kleinschmit
Head
Phone: +49 (0)30
/ 314 - 72 84 7
Email: birgit.kleinschmit(at)tu-berlin.de
[2]
Room: EB 235a
Consultation hour: by arrangement
Date and place of birth: 1973
(Münster, Westphalia, Germany) |
2011 | Announced
as University Professor and Head of the Department of
Geoinformation in Environmental Planning at the Institute of Landscape
Architecture and Environmental Planning of the Berlin University of
Technology |
2003-2011 | Assistant
Professor (“Juniorprofessorin”) at the Department of
Geoinformation Processing for Landscape and Environmental Planning of
the Berlin University of Technology |
2001-2003 | Consultant and
software developer, INTEND Geoinformatik GmbH,
Kassel,
Germany |
1998-2001 | Scientific
staff member ("Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin"),
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Department of Forest Assessment
& Remote Sensing, Forest Growth, Forest Planning |
1993-1998 | Diploma study
of forest science at the University of
Göttingen |
2001 | Doctorate
(doctor forest), Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Grade:
magna cum
laude |
1998 | Diploma,
Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Grade: 1,9 (on a scale
from 1 to 6, where 1 is
highest) |
Research Topics
- Studying land use dynamics on different scales to understand natural and human environmental systems using geospatial information technologies (GIS & Remote Sensing)
- Modelling environmental changes and assessing the impacts on humans and ecosystems
- Knowledge-based combination of geoinformation and remote sensing data
- Evaluating of new sensor technologies
Important Functions, Awards, Honors
- Since 2019
Member of Scientific Advisory Board on Forest Policy at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture - Since
2019
Research Transfer advisory board Member, TU Berlin - Since 2018
Deputy Director, Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, TU Berlin - Since
2015
Co-speaker of the DFG research training group Urban water interfaces - Since 2016
Admissions and Steering Committee member of the Berlin International Graduate School in Model and Simulation based Research (BIMoS), TU Berlin - 2012-2018
Leader of the Special Interest Group „Analysis of remote sensing data” of the German Association for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation - Since
2018
Member of the Commission for the Allocation of Doctoral Grants of Elsa Neumann Scholarships - Since
2010
Steering Committee member of Geo.X – Research Network for Geosciences in Berlin and Potsdam
Other Publications
Citation key | Vulova2021 |
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Author | Vulova, S. and Meier, F. and Rocha, A. D. and Quanz, J. and Nouri, H. and and Kleinschmit, B. |
Pages | 1-13 |
Year | 2021 |
ISSN | 0048-9697 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147293 |
Journal | Science of The Total Environment |
Volume | 786 |
Abstract | As climate change progresses, urban areas are increasingly affected by water scarcity and the urban heat island effect. Evapotranspiration (ET) is a crucial component of urban greening initiatives of cities worldwide aimed at mitigating these issues. However, ET estimation methods in urban areas have so far been limited. An expanding number of flux towers in urban environments provide the opportunity to directly measure ET by the eddy covariance method. In this study, we present a novel approach to model urban ET by combining flux footprint modeling, remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) data, and deep learning and machine learning techniques. This approach facilitates spatio-temporal extrapolation of ET at a half-hourly resolution; we tested this approach with a two-year dataset from two flux towers in Berlin, Germany. The benefit of integrating remote sensing and GIS data into models was investigated by testing four predictor scenarios. Two algorithms (1D convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and random forest (RF)) were compared. The best-performing models were then used to model ET values for the year 2019. The inclusion of GIS data extracted using flux footprints enhanced the predictive accuracy of models, particularly when meteorological data was more limited. The best-performing scenario (meteorological and GIS data) showed an RMSE of 0.0239 mm/h and R2 of 0.840 with RF and an RMSE of 0.0250 mm/h and a R2 of 0.824 with 1D CNN for the more vegetated site. The 2019 ET sum was substantially higher at the site surrounded by more urban greenery (366 mm) than at the inner-city site (223 mm), demonstrating the substantial influence of vegetation on the urban water cycle. The proposed method is highly promising for modeling ET in a heterogeneous urban environment and can support climate change mitigation initiatives of urban areas worldwide. |
Bibtex Type of Publication | Kleinschmit |
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Fax: +49 (0)30 314 - 23 50 7
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