Martin Stefan Brandt

Martin Stefan Brandt

Associate Professor


  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Published

    Urban Core Greening Balances Browning in Urban Expansion Areas in China during Recent Decades

    Zhang, Xiaoxin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tong, Xiaoye, Tong, Xiaowei, Zhang, Wenmin & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2024, In: Journal of Remote Sensing (United States). 4, 10 p., 0112.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Published

    Using long-term daily satellite based rainfall data (1983-2015) to analyze spatio-temporal changes in the sahelian rainfall regime

    Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Guichard, F., Tian, Q. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: Journal of Hydrology. 550, p. 427-440 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Published

    SMOS-IC: Current Status and Overview of Soil Moisture and VOD Applications

    Wigneron, J. -., Mialon, A., De lannoy, G., Fernandez-Moran, R., Al-Yaari, A., Ebrahimi, M., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N., Kerr, Y., Quets, J., Pellarin, T., Fan, L., Tian, F., Fensholt, Rasmus & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2018, IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, p. 1451-1454 5 p. (Igarss 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium).

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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. Published

    Major forest increase on the Loess Plateau, China (2001–2016)

    Wang, Y., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Zhao, M., Tong, Xiaowei, Xing, K., Xue, F., Kang, M., Wang, L., Jiang, Y. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Land Degradation and Development. 29, 11, p. 4080-4091 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. Published

    Satellite observed aboveground carbon dynamics in Africa during 2003–2021

    Wang, M., Ciais, P., Fensholt, Rasmus, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tao, S., Li, W., Fan, L., Frappart, F., Sun, R., Li, X., Liu, X., Wang, H., Cui, T., Xing, Z., Zhao, Z. & Wigneron, J. P., 2024, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 301, 19 p., 113927.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. 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

  33. Published

    Sub-meter tree height mapping of California using aerial images and LiDAR-informed U-Net model

    Wagner, F. H., Roberts, S., Ritz, A. L., Carter, G., Dalagnol, R., Favrichon, S., Hirye, M. C. M., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Ciais, P. & Saatchi, S., 2024, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 305, 13 p., 114099.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Sub-continental-scale carbon stocks of individual trees in African drylands

    Tucker, C., Brandt, M., Hiernaux, P., Kariryaa, A., Rasmussen, K., Small, J., Igel, C., Reiner, F., Melocik, K., Meyer, J., Sinno, S., Romero, E., Glennie, E., Fitts, Y., Morin, A., Pinzon, J., McClain, D., Morin, P., Porter, C., Loeffler, S. & 10 others, Kergoat, L., Issoufou, B., Savadogo, P., Wigneron, J., Poulter, B., Ciais, P., Kaufmann, R., Myneni, R., Saatchi, S. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Nature. 615, 7950, p. 80-86

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Trends of land surface phenology derived from passive microwave and optical remote sensing systems and associated drivers across the dry tropics 1992–2012

    Tong, Xiaoye, Tian, F., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, Y., Zhang, Wenmin & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2019, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 232, 12 p., 111307.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Revisiting the coupling between NDVI trends and cropland changes in the Sahel drylands: a case study in western Niger

    Tong, X., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Hiernaux, P., Herrmann, S. M., Tian, F., Prishchepov, Alexander V. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 191, p. 286-296 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. Published

    Quantifying the effectiveness of ecological restoration projects on long-term vegetation dynamics in the karst regions of Southwest China

    Tong, X., Wang, K., Yue, Y., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, B., Zhang, C., Liao, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 54, p. 105-113 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. Published

    Remote sensing of vegetation dynamics in drylands: Evaluating vegetation optical depth (VOD) using AVHRR NDVI and in situ green biomass data over West African Sahel

    Tian, F., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, Y. Y., Verger, A., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Diouf, A. A., Rasmussen, Kjeld, Mbow, C., Wang, Y. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 1 May 2016, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 177, p. 265-276 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. 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

  45. Published

    Mapping gains and losses in woody vegetation across global tropical drylands

    Tian, F., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, Y. Y., Rasmussen, Kjeld & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: Global Change Biology. 23, 4, p. 1748-1760 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. 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

  47. Woody vegetation and land cover changes in the Sahel of Mali (1967-2011)

    Spiekermann, R., Brandt, Martin Stefan & Samimi, C., 2015, In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 34, 1, p. 113-121 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

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