Martin Stefan Brandt

Martin Stefan Brandt

Associate Professor


  1. 2020
  2. Published

    Large scale reforestation of farmlands on sloping hills in South China karst

    Yue, Y., Liao, C., Tong, Xiaowei, Wu, Z., Fensholt, Rasmus, Prishchepov, Alexander V., Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck, Wang, K. & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2020, In: Landscape Ecology. 35, p. 1445–1458 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Nonlinear dynamics of fires in Africa over recent decades controlled by precipitation

    Wei, F., Wang, S., Fu, B., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Pan, N., Wang, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Global Change Biology. 26, 8, p. 4495-4505 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Recent divergence in the contributions of tropical and boreal forests to the terrestrial carbon sink

    Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Schurgers, Guy, Horion, Stéphanie, Ciais, P., Tian, F., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Ahlström, A., Wigneron, J., Ardö, J., Olin, S., Fan, L., Wu, Z. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4, p. 202-209 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The forgotten land use class: Mapping of fallow fields across the Sahel using Sentinel-2

    Tong, Xiaoye, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Hiernaux, P., Herrmann, S., Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Tian, F., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Zhang, W. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 239, 111598.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Tropical forests did not recover from the strong 2015-2016 El Nino event

    Wigneron, J., Fan, L., Ciais, P., Bastos, A., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Chave, J., Saatchi, S., Baccini, A. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Science Advances. 6, 6, 11 p., eaay4603.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Vegetation Optical Depth Retrieval from AMSR-E/AMSR2 Observations Using L-MEB Inversion

    Wang, M., Wigneron, J., Sun, R., Ciais, P., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, Y., Frappart, F., Li, X., Liu, X., Fan, L. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 26 Sep 2020, p. 5003-5006. 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Do afforestation projects increase core forests? Evidence from the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Wang, Y., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Zhao, M., Xing, K., Wang, L., Tong, Xiaowei, Xue, F., Kang, M., Jiang, Y. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 1 Oct 2020, In: Ecological Indicators. 117, 11 p., 106558.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 2021
  13. Published

    Carbon loss from forest degradation exceeds that from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

    Qin, Y., Xiao, X., Wigneron, J., Ciais, P., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fan, L., Li, X., Crowell, S., Wu, X., Doughty, R., Zhang, Y., Liu, F., Sitch, S. & Moore, B., 2021, In: Nature climate change. 11, 5, p. 442-448 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published
  15. Published

    Eco-engineering controls vegetation trends in southwest China karst

    Zhang, Xuemei, Yue, Y., Tong, Xiaowei, Wang, K., Qi, X., Deng, C. & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 770, 145160.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Response to concerns about the African fire trends controlled by precipitation over recent decades

    Wei, F., Wang, S., Fu, B., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Pan, N., Wang, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2021, In: Global Change Biology. p. e4-e6 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Trees outside of forests as natural climate solutions

    Skole, D. L., Mbow, C., Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Brandt, Martin Stefan & Samek, J. H., 2021, In: Nature climate change. 11, p. 1013-1016 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  18. 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

  19. Published

    Responses and feedbacks of African dryland ecosystems to environmental changes

    Wei, F., Wang, S., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fu, B., Meadows, M. E., Wang, L., Wang, L., Tong, Xiaowei & Fensholt, Rasmus, Feb 2021, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 48, p. 29-35 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  20. 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

  21. Published

    Mapping the dynamics of winter wheat in the north china plain from dense landsat time series (1999 to 2019)

    Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Prishchepov, Alexander V., Li, Z., Lyu, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2 Mar 2021, In: Remote Sensing. 13, 6, 1170.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. 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

  23. Published

    Socio-economic and climatic changes lead to contrasting global urban vegetation trends

    Zhang, Wenmin, Randall, Mark Taylor, Jensen, Marina Bergen, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Wang, Q. & Fensholt, Rasmus, Nov 2021, In: Global Environmental Change. 71, 9 p., 102385.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. 2022
  25. 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

  26. Published

    A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China

    Zhang, Xiaoxin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tong, Xiaowei, Ciais, P., Yue, Y., Xiao, X., Zhang, Wenmin, Wang, K. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, In: Nature Sustainability. 5, p. 321–328 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Global quantification of the bidirectional dependency between soil moisture and vegetation productivity

    Zhang, Wenmin, Wei, F., Horion, Stéphanie, Fensholt, Rasmus, Forkel, M. & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2022, In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 313, 9 p., 108735.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. 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

  29. Published

    Large loss and rapid recovery of vegetation cover and aboveground biomass over forest areas in Australia during 2019–2020

    Qin, Y., Xiao, X., Wigneron, J., Ciais, P., Canadell, J. G., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Li, X., Fan, L., Wu, X., Tang, H., Dubayah, R., Doughty, R., Crowell, S., Zheng, B. & Moore, B., 2022, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 278, 16 p., 113087.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Large scale rocky desertification reversal in South China karst

    Yue, Y., Qi, X., Wang, K., Liao, C., Tong, Xiaowei, Brandt, Martin Stefan & Liu, B., 2022, In: Progress in Physical Geography. 46, 5, p. 661-675

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Mapping global lake dynamics reveals the emerging roles of small lakes

    Pi, X., Luo, Q., Feng, L., Xu, Yang, Tang, Jing, Liang, X., Ma, E., Cheng, R., Fensholt, Rasmus, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Cai, X., Gibson, L., Liu, J., Zheng, C., Li, W. & Bryan, B. A., 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 12 p., 5777.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. 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

  33. Published

    Quantifying understory vegetation density using multi-temporal Sentinel-2 and GEDI LiDAR data

    Xi, Y., Tian, Q., Zhang, Wenmin, Zhang, Z., Tong, Xiaoye, Brandt, Martin Stefan & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, In: GIScience and Remote Sensing. 59, 1, p. 2068-2083 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    The Carbon Sink Potential of Southern China After Two Decades of Afforestation

    Zhang, X. M., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y. M., Tong, Xiaowei, Wang, K. L. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, In: Earth's Future. 10, 12, 13 p., e2022EF002674.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    The carbon sink potential of southern China after two decades ofafforestation

    Zhang, X., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y., Tong, Xiaowei, Wang, K. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, 21 p. (Earth's Future).

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  36. Published

    UNSUPERVISED SEGMENTATION OF SMALLHOLDER FIELDS IN MOZAMBIQUE USING PLANETSCOPE IMAGERY

    Picoli, M. C. A., Radoux, J., Tong, Xiaoye, Bey, A., Rufin, P., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fensholt, Rasmus & Meyfroidt, P., 2022, In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives. 43, B3-2022, p. 975-981 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  37. 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

  38. 2023
  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. Published

    Deep learning for mapping water bodies in the Sahel 

    de FLEURY, M., Kergoat, L., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fensholt, Rasmus, Kariryaa, Ankit, Kovács, Gyula Mate, Horion, Stéphanie & Grippa, M., 2023. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    FORMS: Forest Multiple Source height, wood volume, and biomass maps in France at 10 to 30 m resolution based on Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) data with a deep learning approach

    Schwartz, M., Ciais, P., De Truchis, A., Chave, J., Ottlé, C., Vega, C., Wigneron, J., Nicolas, M., Jouaber, S., Liu, Siyu, Brandt, Martin Stefan & Fayad, I., 2023, In: Earth System Science Data. 15, 11, p. 4927-4945 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Forest Plan - pilot project on mapping of forest resources

    Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Tsatsakis, M., Li, Sizhuo, Avila, Linsey Marie, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, Siyu, Morueta-Holme, Naia, Davison, Charles W. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, Copenhagen: Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen. 128 p. (IGN Report; No. March 2023).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportCommissionedpeer-review

  44. Published

    Global increase in biomass carbon stock dominated by growth of northern young forests over past decade

    Yang, H., Ciais, P., Frappart, F., Li, X., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fensholt, Rasmus, Fan, L., Saatchi, S., Besnard, S., Deng, Z., Bowring, S. & Wigneron, J. P., 2023, In: Nature Geoscience. 16, 10, p. 886-892

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. Published

    Mapping tree species diversity of temperate forests using multi-temporal Sentinel-1 and -2 imagery

    Xi, Y., Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tian, Q. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Science of Remote Sensing. 8, 13 p., 100094.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. 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

  50. Published

    More than one quarter of Africa's tree cover is found outside areas previously classified as forest

    Reiner, F., Brandt, M., Tong, X., Skole, D., Kariryaa, A., Ciais, P., Davies, A., Hiernaux, P., Chave, J., Mugabowindekwe, M., Igel, C., Oehmcke, S., Gieseke, F., Li, S., Liu, S., Saatchi, S., Boucher, P., Singh, J., Taugourdeau, S., Dendoncker, M. & 4 others, Song, X., Mertz, Ole, Tucker, C. J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 10 p., 2258.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Nation-wide mapping of tree-level aboveground carbon stocks in Rwanda

    Mugabowindekwe, M., Brandt, M., Chave, J., Reiner, F., Skole, D. L., Kariryaa, A., Igel, C., Hiernaux, P., Ciais, P., Mertz, O., Tong, X., Li, S., Rwanyiziri, G., Dushimiyimana, T., Ndoli, A., Uwizeyimana, V., Lillesø, J-P. B., Gieseke, F., Tucker, C. J., Saatchi, S. & 1 others, Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Nature climate change. 13, p. 91-97

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Projected Rainfall-Driven Expansion of Woody Cover in African Drylands

    Zhang, Wenmin, Fensholt, Rasmus & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2023, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 50, 15, 10 p., e2023GL103932.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Recent decrease of the impact of tropical temperature on the carbon cycle linked to increased precipitation

    Zhang, Wenmin, Schurgers, Guy, Peñuelas, J., Fensholt, Rasmus, Yang, H., Tang, Jing, Tong, Xiaowei, Ciais, P. & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 9 p., 965.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    Reforestation policies around 2000 in southern China led to forest densification and expansion in the 2010s

    Tong, Xiaowei, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y., Zhang, Xiaoxin, Fensholt, Rasmus, Ciais, P., Wang, K., Liu, Siyu, Zhang, Wenmin, Mao, C. & Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck, 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 8 p., 260.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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