Martin Stefan Brandt

Martin Stefan Brandt

Associate Professor


  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Published

    Adaptation as by-product: migration and environmental change in Nguith, Senegal

    Romankiewicz, C., Doevenspeck, M., Brandt, Martin Stefan & Samimi, C., 2016, In: Die Erde – Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin. 147, 2, p. 95-108 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. 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

  7. Published

    An evaluation of SMOS L-band vegetation optical depth (L-VOD) data sets: high sensitivity of L-VOD to above-ground biomass in Africa

    Rodríguez-Fernández, N. J., Mialon, A., Mermoz, S., Bouvet, A., Richaume, P., Al Bitar, A., Al-Yaari, A., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Kaminski, T., Le Toan, T., Kerr, Y. H. & Wigneron, J., 30 Jul 2018, In: Biogeosciences Discussions. 15, 14, p. 4627-4645 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 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

  9. Published

    Assessing future vegetation trends and restoration prospects in the Karst regions of Southwest China

    Tong, X., Wang, K., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y., Liao, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2016, In: Remote Sensing. 8, 5, 17 p., 357.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Published

    Central African biomass carbon losses and gains during 2010–2019

    Zhao, Z., Ciais, P., Wigneron, J. P., Santoro, M., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Kleinschroth, F., Lewis, S. L., Chave, J., Fensholt, Rasmus, Laporte, N., Sonwa, D. J., Saatchi, S. S., Fan, L., Yang, H., Li, X., Wang, M., Zhu, L., Xu, Y., He, J. & Li, W., 2024, In: One Earth. 7, 3, p. 506-519 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Published
  18. Published

    Coupling of ecosystem-scale plant water storage and leaf phenology observed by satellite

    Tian, F., Wigneron, J. P., Ciais, P., Chave, J., Ogée, J., Peñuelas, J., Ræbild, Anders, Domec, J. C., Tong, Xiaoye, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Mialon, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Al-Yaari, A., Kerr, Y., Chen, C., Myneni, R. B., Zhang, Wenmin, Ardö, J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2, 9, p. 1428-1435 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. Published

    Detecting Hardly Visible Roads in Low-Resolution Satellite Time Series Data

    Oehmcke, Stefan, Thrysøe, C., Borgstad, A., Vaz Salles, M. A., Brandt, Martin Stefan & Gieseke, Fabian Cristian, 2019, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2019: Special Session on Intelligent Data Mining. IEEE, p. 2403-2412 9006251,

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

  23. Published

    Do Red Edge and Texture Attributes from High-Resolution Satellite Data Improve Wood Volume Estimation in a Semi-Arid Mountainous Region?

    Schumacher, P., Mislimshoeva, B., Brenning, A., Zandler, H., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Samimi, C. & Koellner, T., 2016, In: Remote Sensing. 8, 7, 19 p., 540.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. Published

    Does grazing cause land degradation? Evidence from the sandy Ferlo in Northern Senegal

    Rasmussen, Kjeld, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tong, Xiaoye, Hiernaux, P., Diouf, A. A., Assouma, M. H., Tucker, C. J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, Dec 2018, In: Land Degradation and Development. 29, 12, p. 4337-4347 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. 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

  28. Published

    Ecological engineering projects increased vegetation cover, production, and biomass in semiarid and subhumid Northern China

    Niu, Q., Xiao, X., Zhang, Y., Qin, Y., Dang, X., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Doughty, R. B., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tong, Xiaowei, Horion, Stéphanie, Fensholt, Rasmus, Chen, C., Myneni, R. B., Xu, W., Di, G. & Zhou, X., 2019, In: Land Degradation & Development. 30, 13, p. 1620-1631 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. 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

  30. Published

    Ecosystem structural changes controlled by altered rainfall climatology in tropical savannas

    Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Penuelas, J., Guichard, F., Tong, Xiaoye, Tian, F. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 7 p., 671.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. 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

  32. Published

    Even low levels of tree cover improve dietary quality in West Africa

    den Braber, B., Hall, C., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Reiner, Florian, Mugabowindekwe, Maurice & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 1 Feb 2024, In: PNAS Nexus. 3, 2, pgae067.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. Published

    Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration

    Tong, Xiaowei, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y., Ciais, P., Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck, Penuelas, J., Wigneron, J. P., Xiao, X., Song, X. P., Horion, Stéphanie, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Saatchi, S., Fan, L., Wang, K., Zhang, B., Chen, Z., Wang, Y., Li, X. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, 10 p., 129.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    From woody cover to woody canopies: How Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data advance the mapping of woody plants in savannas

    Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Wang, Q., Prishchepov, Alexander V., Tucker, C. J., Li, Y., Lyu, H. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2019, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 234, 12 p., 111465.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. Published

    High-resolution canopy height map in the Landes forest (France) based on GEDI, Sentinel-1, and Sentinel-2 data with a deep learning approach

    Schwartz, M., Ciais, P., Ottlé, C., De Truchis, A., Vega, C., Fayad, I., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fensholt, Rasmus, Baghdadi, N., Morneau, F., Morin, D., Guyon, D., Dayau, S. & Wigneron, J. P., 2024, In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 128, 18 p., 103711.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. Published

    Impacts of the seasonal distribution of rainfall on vegetation productivity across the Sahel

    Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tong, Xiaoye, Tian, Q. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Biogeosciences. 15, 1, p. 319-330 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. 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

  48. Published

    Increased vegetation growth and carbon stock in China karst via ecological engineering

    Tong, X., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y., Horion, Stéphanie, Wang, K., Keersmaecker, W. D., Tian, F., Schurgers, Guy, Xiao, X., Luo, Y., Chen, C., Myneni, R., Shi, Z., Chen, H. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Nature Sustainability. 1, 1, p. 44-50 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. 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

  50. Published

    Karst ecosystem observation and assessment at local and regional scales

    Wang, K., Yue, Y., Brandt, Martin Stefan & Tong, Xiaowei, 2019, In: InterCarto, InterGIS. 25, p. 43-47 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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