Weather data
A large number of automatic weather stations has been implemented in the frame of the BIOTA AFRICA project by the Namibian National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) and the Group "Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology" (BEE) of the University of Hamburg. The website offers hourly updates of data and graphs of a large number of weather parameters.


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Workpackages of Subproject W01

Workpackage WP01.1

Dr. M. Schmidt, DLR - German Aerospace Centre; Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
michael.schmidt@dlr.de
Dr. Dethardt Goetze, Institute of Biosciences/Botany, University of Rostock, Germany
dethardt.goetze@uni-rostock.de

Remote Sensing Monitoring of Local Scale Spatio-Temporal Vegetation Dynamics, Biophysical Parameters and Structural Diversity in Western Africa

Short description:The aim of this workpackage is the support of remote sensing based monitoring of vegetation dynamics in the Tai National Park, CI, in co-operation with W04, W08 and W09 as well as the analysis of local structural diversity of fragmented landscapes under different human land use intensities (in comparison to the study at Comoé National Park in the Pilot Phase and to the Pendjari National Park study of W11 of the Second Phase)

Workpackage WP01.2

Dr. M. Schmidt, DLR - German Aerospace Centre; Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
michael.schmidt@dlr.de

Continue Maintenance of BIOTA West GIS, support Interoperability with Climatic Databases and Capacity Building

Short description:The permanent update of BIOTA West GIS with concurrent remote sensing and GIS data for use in all disciplines and the homogenisation of climatic databases and climate model output with the BIOTA West GIS are the main objectives of this workpackage. Moreover "Capacity Building" in the fields of remote sensing, geostatistics, bioclimatic modelling will be provided for German and African partners.

Workpackage WP01.3

Dr. M. Schmidt, DLR - German Aerospace Centre; Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
michael.schmidt@dlr.de

Dr. W. Küper, Nees-Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, Bonn, Germany
wk@uni-bonn.de

Remote Sensing Analysis of Regional to Continental Scale Vegetation Dynamics and Changes in relation to Abiotic Drivers and Human induced Changes

Short description:The regional scale time-series and change analysis of vegetation dynamics by moderate resolution remote sensing and the analysis of the relation between vegetation characteristics and climate over the last decades are the crucial points within this workpackage. The analysis of human induced changes in land cover and vegetation state and patterns as well as the assessment of potential versus current biodiversity on the African continent (with W03) are further objectives.

Workpackage WP01.4

Dr. M. Schmidt, DLR - German Aerospace Centre; Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
michael.schmidt@dlr.de

Review of Remote Sensing based Indicators for use in Decision Making of Policy and Biodiversity Management

Short description:The review of remote sensing based indicators (partly developed in previous workpackages) for use in decision making support is conducted with this workpackage. The extrapolation of environmental landscape characteristics of existing restoration areas along the transect intends to support the choice of potential future restoration areas.