Martin Stefan Brandt

Martin Stefan Brandt

Associate Professor


  1. Published

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

    Abel, Christin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tagesson, Håkan Torbern & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, p. 2988-2991 4 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

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

    Abel, Christin, Horion, Stéphanie, Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Brandt, Martin Stefan & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2019, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 224, p. 317-332 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Uncovering Dryland Woody Dynamics Using Optical, Microwave, and Field Data—Prolonged Above-Average Rainfall Paradoxically Contributes to Woody Plant Die-Off in the Western Sahel

    Bernardino, P. N., Brandt, Martin Stefan, De Keersmaecker, W., Horion, Stéphanie, Fensholt, Rasmus, Storms, I., Wigneron, J., Verbesselt, J. & Somers, B., 2020, In: Remote Sensing. 12, 14, 21 p., 2332.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel

    Brandt, M., Tucker, C. J., Kariryaa, A., Rasmussen, K., Abel, C., Small, J., Chave, J., Rasmussen, L. V., Hiernaux, P., Diouf, A. A., Kergoat, L., Mertz, O., Igel, C., Gieseke, F., Schöning, J., Li, S., Melocik, K., Meyer, J., Sinno, S., Romero, E. & 4 others, Glennie, E., Montagu, A., Dendoncker, M. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Nature. 587, p. 78–82

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. E-pub ahead of print

    Severe decline in large farmland trees in India over the past decade

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Gominski, Dimitri Pierre Johannes, Reiner, Florian, Kariryaa, Ankit, Guthula, Venkanna Babu, Ciais, P., Tong, Xiaoye, Zhang, Wenmin, Govindarajulu, D., Ortiz-Gonzalo, Daniel & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Sustainability.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Changes in rainfall distribution promote woody foliage production in the Sahel

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Hiernaux, P., Rasmussen, Kjeld, Tucker, C. J., Wigneron, J., Diouf, A. A., Herrmann, S. M., Zhang, Wenmin, Kergoat, L., Mbow, C., Abel, Christin, Auda, Y. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2019, In: Communications Biology. 2, 10 p., 133.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    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, Rasmus, 2018, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, 5, p. 827-835 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

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

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Hiernaux, P., Herrmann, S., Tucker, C. J., Tong, Xiaoye, Tian, F., Mertz, Ole, Kergoat, L., Mbow, C., David, J. L., Melocik, K. A., Dendoncker, M., Vincke, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Nature Geoscience. 11, 5, p. 328-333 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Grau, T., Mbow, C. & Samimi, C., 2014, In: Land. 3, 3, p. 770-792 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

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

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tappan, G., Diouf, A., Beye, G., Mbow, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: Remote Sensing. 9, 1, 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

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

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Peñuelas, J., Tian, F., Schurgers, Guy, Verger, A., Mertz, Ole, R. B. Palmer, J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1, 6 p., 0081 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Vegetationsveränderungen in westafrika -spiegel von klimawandel und landnutzung

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Paeth, H. & Samimi, C., 2013, In: Geographische Rundschau. 65, 9, p. 36-42 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

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

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Hiernaux, P., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Verger, A., Rasmussen, Kjeld, Diouf, A. A., Mbow, C., Mougin, E. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2016, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 172, p. 28-38

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

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

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Hiernaux, P., Rasmussen, Kjeld, Mbow, C., Kergoat, L., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Ibrahim, Y. Z., Wélé, A., Tucker, C. J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2016, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 183, p. 215-225 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Rural outmigration generates a carbon sink in South China karst

    Chang, J., Yue, Y., Tong, Xiaowei, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Zhang, C., Zhang, Xuemei, Qi, X. & Wang, K., 2023, In: Progress in Physical Geography. 47, 5, p. 655-667

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Iterative integration of deep learning in hybrid Earth surface system modelling

    Chen, M., Qian, Z., Boers, N., Jakeman, A. J., Kettner, A. J., Brandt, M., Kwan, M. P., Batty, M., Li, W., Zhu, R., Luo, W., Ames, D. P., Barton, C. M., Cuddy, S. M., Koirala, S., Zhang, F., Ratti, C., Liu, J., Zhong, T., Liu, J. & 12 others, Wen, Y., Yue, S., Zhu, Z., Zhang, Z., Sun, Z., Lin, J., Ma, Z., He, Y., Xu, K., Zhang, C., Lin, H. & Lü, G., 2023, In: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 4, p. 568–581

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    MAPPING TREE MORTALITY IN CALIFORNIA FROM VERY HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY USING DEEP LEARNING

    Cheng, Yan, Oehmcke, Stefan, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Das, A., Rosenthal, L., Saatchi, S., Wagner, F., Vrieling, A., Verbruggen, Wim, Beier, Claus & Horion, Stéphanie, 2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Mapping and characterising tree mortality in California at individual tree level using deep learning

    Cheng, Yan, Oehmcke, Stefan, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Das, A., Rosenthal, L., Saatchi, S., Wagner, F., Verbruggen, Wim, Vrieling, A., Beier, Claus & Horion, Stéphanie, 2023. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  24. Published

    Scattered tree death contributes to substantial forest loss in California

    Cheng, Yan, Oehmcke, Stefan, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Rosenthal, L., Das, A., Vrieling, A., Saatchi, S., Wagner, F., Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Verbruggen, Wim, Beier, Claus & Horion, Stéphanie, 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, p. 1-13 641.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Climatic and non-climatic vegetation cover changes in the rangelands of Africa

    D'Adamo, F., Ogutu, B., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Schurgers, Guy & Dash, J., Jul 2021, In: Global and Planetary Change. 202, 13 p., 103516.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Mapping tropical forest degradation with deep learning and Planet NICFI data

    Dalagnol, R., Wagner, F. H., Galvão, L. S., Braga, D., Osborn, F., Sagang, L. B., da Conceição Bispo, P., Payne, M., Silva Junior, C., Favrichon, S., Silgueiro, V., Anderson, L. O., Aragão, L. E. O. E. C. D., Fensholt, Rasmus, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Ciais, P. & Saatchi, S., 2023, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 298, 18 p., 113798.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    50 years of woody vegetation changes in the Ferlo (Senegal) assessed by high-resolution imagery and field surveys

    Dendoncker, M., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Taugourdeau, S., Fensholt, Rasmus, Tucker, C. J. & Vincke, C., 1 Dec 2020, In: Regional Environmental Change. 20, 4, 13 p., 137.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Reliability of using vegetation optical depth for estimating decadal and interannual carbon dynamics

    Dou, Y., Tian, F., Wigneron, J. P., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Du, J., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, Y., Zou, L., Kimball, J. S. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 285, 14 p., 113390.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

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

    Eklund, L., Degerald, M., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Prishchepov, Alexander V. & Pilesjö, P., 2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 5, 10 p., 054004.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Satellite-observed pantropical carbon dynamics

    Fan, L., Wigneron, J. P., Ciais, P., Chave, J., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fensholt, Rasmus, 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., 2019, In: Nature Plants. 5, p. 944-951 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Siberian carbon sink reduced by forest disturbances

    Fan, L., Wigneron, J. P., Ciais, P., Chave, J., Brandt, M., Sitch, S., Yue, C., Bastos, A., Li, X., Qin, Y., Yuan, W., Schepaschenko, D., Mukhortova, L., Li, X., Liu, X., Wang, M., Frappart, F., Xiao, X., Chen, J., Ma, M. & 5 others, Wen, J., Chen, X., Yang, H., van Wees, D. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Nature Geoscience. 16, p. 56–62

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    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, Martin Stefan & 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).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    A global increase in tree cover extends the growing season length as observed from satellite records

    Fang, Zhongxiang, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Wang, L. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 806, Part 3, 9 p., 151205.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Globally Increasing Atmospheric Aridity Over the 21st Century

    Fang, Zhongxiang, Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Abdi, A. M. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, In: Earth's Future. 10, 10, 13 p., e2022EF003019.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Accelerating land cover change in West Africa over four decades as population pressure increased

    Herrmann, S. M., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Rasmussen, Kjeld & Fensholt, Rasmus, 1 Dec 2020, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 1, 1, 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Woody plant decline in the Sahel of western Niger (1996–2017):is it driven by climate or land use changes?

    Hiernaux, P., Adamou Kalilou, A., Kergoat, L., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Mougin, E. & Fitts, Y., May 2022, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 200, 12 p., 104719.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Land Degradation & Development: A new and bright future

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  41. Published

    The confounding effect of snow cover on assessing spring phenology from space: A new look at trends on the Tibetan Plateau

    Huang, Ke, Zhang, Y., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Wang, L., Chen, N., Zu, J., Jin, H., Cai, Z., Tong, Xiaowei, Cong, N. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 1 Feb 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 756, 15 p., 144011.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    The preservation of old forests in southwest China is closely linked to the presence of ethnic minorities

    Li, Q., Yue, Y., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Chen, Z., Tong, X., Liu, Siyu, Yang, F., Xiao, X. & Wang, K., 2024, In: Applied Geography. 165, 9 p., 103245.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Beyond tree cover: Characterizing southern China's forests using deep learning

    Li, Q., Yue, Y., Liu, Siyu, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Chen, Z., Tong, Xiaowei, Wang, K., Chang, J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 9, 1, p. 17-32

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Deep learning enables image-based tree counting, crown segmentation and height prediction at national scale

    Li, Sizhuo, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fensholt, Rasmus, Kariryaa, Ankit, Igel, Christian, Gieseke, Fabian Cristian, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Oehmcke, Stefan, Carlsen, Ask Holm, Junttila, S., Tong, Xiaoye, d’Aspremont, A. & Ciais, P., 2023, In: PNAS Nexus. 2, 4, 16 p., pgad076.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Global-scale assessment and inter-comparison of recently developed/reprocessed microwave satellite vegetation optical depth products

    Li, X., Wigneron, J., Frappart, F., Fan, L., Ciais, P., Fensholt, Rasmus, Entekhabi, D., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Konings, A. G., Liu, X., Wang, M., Al-Yaari, A. & Moisy, C., Feb 2021, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 253, 19 p., 112208.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

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

    Liao, C., Yue, Y., Wang, K., Fensholt, Rasmus, Tong, Xiaowei & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2018, In: Ecological Indicators. 90, p. 416-425 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    The overlooked contribution of trees outside forests to tree cover and woody biomass across Europe

    Liu, Siyu, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Chave, J., Reiner, Florian, Lang, Nico, Tong, Xiaoye, Ciais, P., Igel, Christian, Pascual, A., Guerra-hernandez, J., Li, Sizhuo, Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Saatchi, S., Yue, Y., Chen, Z. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 37, 15 p., eadh4097.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Changes in vegetation-water response in the Sahel-Sudan during recent decades

    Lu, Tingting, Zhang, Wenmin, Abel, Christin, Horion, Stéphanie, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Huang, Ke & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2024, In: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 52, 10 p., 101672.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Mapping the Abundance of Multipurpose Agroforestry Faidherbia albida Trees in Senegal

    Lu, Tingting, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tong, Xiaoye, Hiernaux, P., Leroux, L., Ndao, B. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, In: Remote Sensing. 14, 3, 16 p., 662.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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