Catch-Mekong

Publications

Journal Papers

2020

  • Mengen, D., Ottinger, M., Leinenkugel, P., Ribbe, L. (2020) Modeling River Discharge Using Automated River Width Measurements Derived from Sentinel-1 Time Series. Remote Sensing, 12 (19), 1-24, doi:10.3390/rs12193236.
  • Jordan, C., Visscher, J., Dung, V.D., Apel, H., Schlurmann, T. (2020) Impacts of Human Activity and Global Changes on Future Morphodynamics within the Tien River, Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Water, 12(8), 2204, doi:10.3390/w12082204.

2019

  • Kuenzer, C., Heimhuber, V., Huth, J., Dech, S. (2019) Remote Sensing for the Quantification of Land Surface Dynamics in Large River Delta Regions - A Review. Remote Sensing, 11(17), 1985, doi:10.3390/rs11171985.
  • Jordan, C., Tiede, J., Lojek, O., Visscher, J., Apel, H., Nguyen, H.Q., Quang, C.N.X, Schlurmann, T. (2019) Sand mining in the Mekong Delta revisited - current scales of local sediment deficits. Scientific Reports, 9, 17823. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53804-z.
  • Apel, H., Khiem, M., Quan, N. H., and Toan, T. Q. (2019) Brief communication: Seasonal prediction of salinity intrusion in the Mekong Delta. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss. doi: 10.5194/nhess-2019-276.
  • Le Duy, N., N. V. Dung, I. Heidbüchel, H. Meyer, M. Weiler, B. Merz, and H. Apel (2019) Identification of groundwater mean transit times of precipitation and riverbank infiltration by two-component lumped parameter models, Hydrological Processes, 33(24), 3098-3118. doi: 10.1002/hyp.13549.

2018

  • Clauss, K., Ottinger, M., Leinenkugel, P., Kuenzer, C. (2018) Estimating rice production in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, utilizing time series of Sentinel-1 SAR data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2018 (73), p. 574-585. Elsevier.
  • Ottinger, M., Clauss, K., Kuenzer, C. (2018) Opportunities and Challenges for the Estimation of Aquaculture Production Based on Earth Observation Data. Remote Sensing, 10 (7): 1-24.
  • Nguyen, L. D., Heidbüchel, I., Meyer, H., Merz, B., Apel, H. (2018) What controls the stable isotope composition of precipitation in the Mekong Delta? A model-based statistical approach. - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (NHESS), 22, 2, pp. 1239-1262.
  • Nguyen, V. K. T., Nguyen, D., Merz, B., Apel, H. (2018) Towards risk-based flood management in highly productive paddy rice cultivation – concept development and application to the Mekong Delta. - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS), 18, 11, pp. 2859-2876.
  • Phan, H., Le Toan, T., Bouvet, A., Nguyen, L. D., Pham Duy, T., & Zribi, M. (2018). Mapping of Rice Varieties and Sowing Date Using X-Band SAR Data. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 18, 1, 316.

2017

  • Clauss, K., Ottinger, M., Kuenzer, C. (2017) Mapping rice areas with Sentinel-1 time series and superpixel segmentation. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39 (5): 1399-1420.
  • Chinh, D., Dung, N., Gain, A., Kreibich, H. (2017). Flood Loss Models and Risk Analysis for Private Households in Can Tho City, Vietnam. Water, 9(5): 313.
  • Mack, B., Leinenkugel, P., Kuenzer, C., and Dech, S., (2017): A Semi-Automated Approach for the Generation of a New Land Use and Land Cover Product for Germany Based on Landsat Time-Series and Lucas in-Situ Data. In: Remote Sensing Letters 8 (3): 244–253.
  • Sun Z., Leinenkugel, P., Guo, H., Huang, C., and Kuenzer, C. (2017): Extracting distribution and expansion of rubber plantations from Landsat imagery using the C5.0 decision tree method. In: J. Appl. Remote Sens. 11(2).
  • Nguyen, V. K. T., Nguyen, D., Fujii, H., Kummu, M., Merz, B., Apel, H. (2017) Has dyke development in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta shifted flood hazard downstream? - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21, pp. 3991-4010.

2016

  • Apel, H., Martinez Trepat, O., Hung, N. N., Do, T. C., Merz, B., Nguyen, D. (2016): Combined fluvial and pluvial urban flood hazard analysis: concept development and application to Can Tho city, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) 16, 941—961.

2015

  • Dung, N.V., Merz, B., Bárdossy, A., Apel, H. (2015): Handling uncertainty in bivariate quantile estimation – An application to flood hazard analysis in the Mekong Delta. Journal of Hydrology, 527, 704-717
  • Kuenzer, C., Klein, I., Ullmann, T., Georgiou, Efi F.m, Baumhauer, R., Dech, S. (2015): Remote Sensing of River Delta Inundation: Exploiting the Potential of Coarse Spatial Resolution, Temporally-Dense MODIS Time Series. Remote Sensing 7 (7): 8516-8542. MDPI.
  • Leinenkugel, P., Wolters, .M. L., Oppelt, N., and Kuenzer, C. (2015): Tree cover and forest cover dynamics in the Mekong Basin from 2001 to 2011 In: Remote Sensing of Environment 158: 376-392.
  • Nguyen, M. V., Nguyen, D., Hung, N. N., Kummu, M., Merz, B., Apel, H. (2015): Future sediment dynamics in the Mekong Delta floodplains: Impacts of hydropower development, climate change and sea level rise. Global and Planetary Change, 127: 22—33.
  • Nguyen, Duy Ba, Clauss, K., Cao, Senmao, Naeimi, V., Kuenzer, C., Wagner, W. (2015): Mapping Rice Seasonality in the Mekong Delta with Multi-Year Envisat ASAR WSM Data. Remote Sensing 7: 15868-15893. MDPI.
  • Vo, Quoc Tuan, Kuenzer, C., Oppelt, N. (2015): How remote sensing supports mangrove ecosystem service valuation: A case study in Ca Mau province, Vietnam. Ecosystem Services 14, 67-75. Elsevier.
  • Wolters, M., Kuenzer C. (2015). Vulnerability Assessments of Coastal River Deltas - Categorization and Review In: Journal of Coastal Conservation 19 (3): 345–368.

2014

  • Heege, T., Kiselev,V., Wettle, M., Nguyen Nghia Hung (2014): Operational multi-sensor monitoring of turbidity for the entire Mekong Delta, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(8): 2910-2926.
  • Frey, C., Kuenzer, C. (2014): Land-surface temperature dynamics in the Upper Mekong Basin derived from MODIS time series. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35 (8): 2780-2798.
  • Funkenberg, T., Tran Thai Binh, Florian M., Dech, S. (2014): The Ha Tien Plain – wetland monitoring using remote-sensing techniques, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35 (8): 2893-2909.
  • Kuenzer, C. (2014): Remote sensing the Mekong, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35 (8): 2747-2751.
  • Kuenzer, C., Leinenkugel, P., Vollmuth, M., Dech, S. (2014): Comparing global land-cover products – implications for geoscience applications: an investigation for the trans-boundary Mekong Basin. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35 (8): 2752-2779.
  • Leinenkugel, P., Oppelt, N., Kuenzer, C. (2014): A new land cover map for the Mekong: Southeast Asia’s largest transboundary river basin.Pacific Geographies (41): 10-15.
  • Leinenkugel, P., Wolters, M., Kuenzer, C., Oppelt, N., Dech, S. (2014): Sensitivity analysis for predicting continuous fields of tree-cover and fractional land-cover distributions in cloud-prone areas, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35 (8): 2799-2821.
  • Hung, N. N., Delgado, J. M., Guentner, A., Merz, B., Bárdossy, A., Apel, H. (2014): Sedimentation in the floodplains of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam Part I: Suspended sediment dynamics. Hydrological Processes, 28 (7): 3132-3144.
  • Hung, N. N., Delgado, J. M., Guentner, A., Merz, B., Bárdossy, A., Apel, H. (2014): Sedimentation in the floodplains of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam Part II: Deposition and erosion. Hydrological Processes, 28 (7): 3145-3160.
  • Nguyen, Van Manh, Nguyen, Dung, Nguyen, Nghia Hung, Merz, B., Apel, H. (2014): Large-scale suspended sediment transport and sediment deposition in the Mekong Delta. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 18, 3033-3053.
  • Zhang, Binghua, Zhang, Li, Guo, Huadong, Leinenkugel, P., Shen, Qian (2014): Drought Impact on Vegetation Productivity in the Lower Mekong Basin. International Journal of Remote Sensing 35 (8): 2835-2856. Taylor and Francis.

2013

  • Kuenzer, C. (2013): Field Note: Threatening Tonle Sap: Challenges for Southeast-Asia’s largest Freshwater Lake, In: Pacific Geographies, 40: 29-31.
  • Kuenzer, C., Campbell, I., Roch, M., Leinenkugel, P., Vo Quoc, T. and Dech, S. (2013): Understanding the Impacts of Hydropower Developments in the context of Upstream-Downstream Relations in the Mekong River Basin. In: Sustainability Science 8 (4): 565-584.
  • Kuenzer, C., Guo, H., Schlegel, I., Vo T., Li, X., and Dech. S. (2013): Varying Scale and Capability of Envisat ASAR-WSM, TerraSAR-X Scansar and TerraSAR-X Stripmap Data to Assess Urban Flood Situations: A Case Study of the Mekong Delta in Can Tho Province. In: Remote Sensing 5 (10): 5122–5142.
  • Kuenzer, C., Guo, H., Huth, J., Leinenkugel, P., Li, X., and Dech. S. (2013): Flood Mapping and Flood Dynamics of the Mekong Delta: ENVISAT-ASAR-WSM Based Time Series Analyses. In: Remote Sensing 5 (2): 687–715.
  • Kuenzer, C., Vo Quoc, Tuan (2013): Assessing the Ecosystem Services Value of Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve: Combining Earth-Observation- and Household-Survey-based Analyses. Applied Geography 45, 167-184.
  • Leinenkugel, P., Kuenzer, C., Dech, S. (2013): Comparison and enhancement of MODIS cloud mask products for Southeast Asia. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34 (8): 2730-2748.
  • Leinenkugel, P., Kuenzer, C., Oppelt, N. and Dech, S. (2013): Characterisation of land surface phenology and land cover based on moderate resolution satellite data in cloud prone areas — A novel product for the Mekong Basin. In: Remote Sensing of Environment, 136: 180-198.
  • Naeimi, V., Leinenkugel, P., Sabel, D., Wagner, W., Apel, H., and Kuenzer, C. (2013): Evaluation of Soil Moisture Retrieval from the ERS and Metop Scatterometers in the Lower Mekong Basin. In: Remote Sensing 5 (4): 1603–1623.
  • Vo, Quoc Tuan, Oppelt, N., Leinenkugel, P., and Kuenzer. C. (2013): Remote Sensing in Mapping Mangrove Ecosystems — An Object-Based Approach. In: Remote Sensing 5 (1): 183–201.

2012

  • Vo, Quoc Tuan, Kuenzer, C., Vo, Quang Minh, Moder, F., Oppelt, N. (2012): Review of valuation methods for mangrove ecosystem services. Ecological Indicators 23, 431-446.

2011

  • Kuenzer, C., Bluemel, A., Gebhardt, S., Vo, Quoc Tuan, Dech, S. (2011): Remote Sensing of Mangrove Ecosystems: A Review. Remote Sensing 3, 878-928. MDPI.

Book Contributions

2018

  • Lucas, R., Vazquez Lule, A., Rodrigez, M.T., Kamal, M., Thomas, N., Asbridge, E., Kuenzer, C. (2018) Spatial Ecology of Mangrove Forests: A Remote Sensing Perspective pp. 87-112, In: Rivera-Monroy, V.-H. et al. (eds.) Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective., Springer.

2017

  • Kuenzer, Claudia, Leinenkugel, Patrick, Dech, Stefan (2017): Remote Sensing the Mekong. ISBN: 978-0415306386

2016

  • Kuenzer, Claudia, Moder, Florian, Jaspersen, Verena and Dech, Stefan (2016) A Water related Information System for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta: Experiences of the German-Vietnamese WISDOM Project. In: Integrated Water Resources Management: Concept, Research and Implementation Springer International Publishing. pp. 11-22. ISBN 978-3-319-25069-4.
  • Kuenzer, Claudia, Moder, Florian, Jaspersen, Verena, Ahrens, Malte, Fabritius, Manuel, Funkenberg, Tim, Huth, Juliane, Vo Khac, Tri, Trinh Thi, Long, Lam Dao, Nguyen and Dech, Stefan (2016) A Water Related Information System for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta: Experiences of the German-Vietnamese WISDOM Project. In: Integrated Water Resources Management: Concept, Research and Implementation Springer. pp. 377-412. ISBN 978-3-319-25069-4.

2015

  • Frey, Corinne and Kuenzer, Claudia (2015): Analysing a 13 years MODIS Land Surface Temperature Time Series in the Mekong Basin. In: Remote Sensing Time Series Analyses revealing Land Surface Dynamics Springer. p.119-141. ISSN 1567-3200

2012

  • Moder, Florian, Kuenzer, Claudia, Xu, Z., Leinenkugel, Patrick, Bui Van, Quyen (2012) IWRM for the Mekong Basin. In: Springer. pp. 133-166. ISBN: 978-94-007-3961-1.
  • Renaud, Fabrice and Kuenzer, Claudia (eds.) (2012): The Mekong Delta System—Interdisciplinary Analyses of a River Delta. Springer, 440 p. ISBN: 978-94-007-3962-8.

Conference Talks

2021

  • Huth, J., Ottinger, M., Apel, H., Schlurmann, T., Jordan, C., Grimmeisen, F., Heege, T., Lam Dao, N., Chau Ngyuen, X. Q., Kuenzer, C. (2021) Catch-MEKONG – Saltwater Intrusion and Morphodynamics in the Mekong Delta: Status, Impacts and Future Developments. Results of a 5-year Research Project. Water Security and Climate Change Conference, 1-3 March 2021, Hanoi, Vietnam, Online.

2019

  • Leinenkugel, P., Huth, J., Ottinger, M., Jaspersen, V., Klein, D., Kuenzer, Claudia (2019) Potentials of Earth Observation for Water Resources Management - Examples from the Catch-Mekong Project. Pecora 21 - ISRSE 38, 6-11 October 2019, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Ottinger, M., Clauss, K., Leinenkugel, P., Kuenzer, C. (2019) Copernicus Sentinel Data for Supporting the Estimation of Aquaculture Production in Coastal Regions. ESA Living Planet Symposium 2019, 13-17 May 2019, Milan, Italy.
  • Clauss, C., Ottinger, M., Leinenkugel, P., Kuenzer, C. (2019) Seasonal Paddy Rice Production Estimation Derived from Copernicus Sentinel-1 Time Series. ESA Living Planet Symposium 2019, 13-17 May 2019, Milan, Italy.
  • Dinh, D. A., Elmahrad, B., Leinenkugel, P., Newton, A. (2019) Time series of flood mapping in the Mekong Delta using high resolution satellite images. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES), 266 (012011), 1-10. IOP Publishing. 4th International Forum on Sustainable Future in Asia / 4th NIES International Forum, 23–24 January 2019, Hanoi, Vietnam.

2018

  • Ottinger, M., Huth, J., Leinenkugel, P., Kuenzer, C. (2018) Sentinel-1 to estimate Aquaculture Production: Opportunities and Challenges. Workshop on Copernicus for Fisheries and Aquaculture. European Commission, Brussels, October 2, 2018.
  • Clauss, K., Ottinger, M., Leinenkugel, P., Kuenzer, C. (2018) Estimating Paddy Rice Production and Cropping Intensification in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. 38th EARSeL Symposium 2018, 9-12 July 2018, Chania, Greece.
  • Clauss, K., Ottinger, M., Leinenkugel, P., Kuenzer, C. (2018) Land Cover / Land Use Mapping in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, with focus on pond aquaculture and paddy rice utilizing time series of Copernicus Sentinel data. European Geosciences Union. EGU General Assembly 2018, 8-13 April 2018, Vienna, Austria.
  • Ottinger, M. Clauss, K. Huth, J., Eisfelder, C. Leinenkugel, P. Kuenzer, C. (2018) Time series Sentinel-1 SAR Data for the Mapping of Aquaculture Ponds in Coastal Asia. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 22-27 July 2018, Valencia, Spain.
  • Ottinger, M., Clauss, C., Leinenkugel, P., Kuenzer, C. (2018) Earth Observation for the Assessment of Pond Aquaculture in Coastal Asia - Status and Future Potentials. 38th EARSeL Symposium, 9-12 July 2018, Chania, Greece.
  • Wei, Chunzhu, Leinenkugel P., Huth J., Eisfelder C., Kuenzer C. (2018) Potential risk estimation in global coastal deltas. EGU General Assembly 2018, 8-13 April 2018, Vienna, Austria.

2015

  • Kuenzer, Claudia, Leinenkugel, Patrick, Frey, Corinne, Huth, Juliane, Ottinger, Marco, Gessner, Ursula and Dech, Stefan (2015): The Land-Use Dynamics and Water Nexus for the transboundary Mekong Basin: Potentials and Limitations of Earth Observation Dresden Nexus Conference 2015, 25.-27. March 2015, Dresden, Germany.
  • Leinenkugel, Patrick, Oppelt, Natascha, and Kuenzer, Claudia (2015): Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Tree Cover Dynamics in the Mekong Basin between 2001 and 2011. 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 11-15 May, Berlin, Germany.

2014

  • Frey, Corinne and Kuenzer, Claudia (2014): Spatial and temporal patterns of land surface temperature in the Mekong Basin. 3rd EarthTemp Meeting, 23.-25. June 2014, Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • Frey, Corinne and Kuenzer, Claudia (2014): Spatial and temporal patterns of land surface temperature in the Mekong Basin. 34th EARSeL Symposium, 16.-20. June 2014, Warschau, Poland.

2013

  • Frey, C. and Tran Thai, Binh (2013): Land Surface Temperature Time Series in the Upper Mekong Basin. Mekong Envionmental Symposium, 5.-7. March 2013, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Leinenkugel, P., Kuenzer, C., Oppelt, N. and Dech, S. (2013): A phenological land cover map for the Mekong Basin on the basis of multitemporal and multispectral satellite data from the MODIS sensor. Mekong Envionmental Symposium, 5.-7. March 2013, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Renaud, F., Sebesvari, Z. (2013): The Mekong Delta: a giant with feet of clay?. Mekong Environmental Symposium, 5.-7. March 2013, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Sabel, D., Naemi, V., Snachis-Dufau, A., Greifeneder, F., Kuenzer, C. (2013): Monitoring soil moisture with Earth observation satellite radars inthe Mekong Basin. Mekong Environmental Symposium, 5.-7. March 2013, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • Schlurmann, S., Goseberg, N., Bung, D. (2013): Hydropower development, its implications and changes in hydrology, morphodynamics and ecology: Review and impact assessment from Germany. Mekong Environmental Symposium, 5.-7. March 2013, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.