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MSc. Johannes Löw
Research focus
  • Ecosystem monitoring
  • Time series analyses
  • Remote sensing
  • Land cover and land use classifications
Scientific career
  • since 07/2022
    Research assistant at the Chair of Geoecology, University of Halle-Wittenberg
  • 09/2020 – 06/2022
    Research assistant at the Chair of Remote Sensing, University of Würzburg, seconded to: Chair of Geoecology, University of Halle-Wittenberg
  • 06/2019 – 06/2020
    Research assistant at the Chair of Remote Sensing, University of Würzburg in the project MedWater
  • 04/2019 – 06/2019
    Student assistant at the Chair of Remote Sensing, University of Würzburg
  • 10/2016 – 03/2019
    Studies in Earth Observation and Geoanalysis “EAGLE” (M.Sc.), University of Würzburg
    Master’s thesis: “Interferometric and polarimetric signatures of agricultural crops using multi-temporal dual-polarimetric Sentinel-1 Imagery: a case study in north-eastern Germany”
  • 11/2017 – 12/2017
    Intern at the WASCAL Competence Center Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
  • 12/2016 – 12/2017
    Student assistant at the Chair of Remote Sensing, University of Würzburg
  • 10/2012 – 09/2016
    Studies of Geography (B.Sc.) with focus on Human Geography and Remote Sensing, University of Würzburg
    Bachelor thesis: Analyse der Bodenfeuchteentwicklung in zentralasiatischen Bewässerungssystemen anhand von CCI Soil moisture-Zeitserien
  • 07/2012 – 08/2015
    Intern, Land Surface Dynamics Department, German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Current project

Publications

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Mahmood, T., Loew, J., Poehlitz, J., Wenzel, J.L. and Conrad, C. (2024) Estimation of 100 m Root Zone Soil Moisture by Downscaling 1 Km Soil Water Index with Machine Learning and Multiple Geodata. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196, 823. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-12969-5.
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Loew, J., Hill, S., Otte, I., Thiel, M., Ullmann, T. and Conrad, C. (2024) How Phenology Shapes Crop-Specific Sentinel-1 PolSAR Features and InSAR Coherence across Multiple Years and Orbits. Remote Sensing, 16, 2791. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16152791.
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Lobert, F., Loew, J., Schwieder, M., Gocht, A., Schlund, M., Hostert, P. and Erasmi, S. (2023) A Deep Learning Approach for Deriving Winter Wheat Phenology from Optical and SAR Time Series at Field Level. Remote Sensing of Environment, 298, 113800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113800.
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Loew, J., Ullmann, T. and Conrad, C. (2021) The Impact of Phenological Developments on Interferometric and Polarimetric Crop Signatures Derived from Sentinel-1: Examples from the DEMMIN Study Site (Germany). Remote Sensing, 13, 2951. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13152951.
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Loew, J., Hill, S., Thiel, M., Ullmann, T. and Conrad, C. (2024) Tracking Crop Phenology across Different Sentinel-1 Orbits by Combining PolSAR Features with Growing Degree Data. Remagen.
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Friedrich, C., Loew, J., Otte, I., Hill, S., Förtsch, S., Schwalb-Willmann, J., Gessner, U., Schierghofer, C., Piernecke, T., Truckenbrodt, S., Schonert, E., Assmann, D., Böttcher, F., Conrad, C. and Thiel, M. (2024) A Multi-Talented Datacube: Integrating, Processing and Presenting Big Geodata for the agricultural End User. Informatik in Der Land-, Forstund: Biodiversität Fördern Durch Digitale Landwirtschaft, Stuttgart-Hohenheim.
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Conrad, C., Schlaak, J., Schmelzer, J. and Loew, J. (2023) Downscaling and Validation of 1km ESA Soil Water Index for Soil Moisture Monitoring on Agricultural Land in Temperate Climate Conditions. EGU, Naples. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-gc8-hydro-97, 2023.
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Loew, J., Hill, S., Thiel, M., Ullmann, T. and Conrad, C. (2024, June 20) How Does Phenology Shape Crop- And Orbit-Specific InSAR Coherence And PolSAR-Signatures Of Sentinel-1. Manchester, UK.
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Friedrich, C., Loew, J., Otte, I., Hill, S., Schierghofer, C., Gessner, U., Truckenbrodt, S., Schonert, E., Piernecke, T., Conrad, C. and Thiel, M. (2024, March 21) DataCube Architecture for Integrating, Processing and Presenting Big Geodata to End Users. Berlin.
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Loew, J., Hill, S., Thiel, M., Ullmann, T. and Conrad, C. (2024, March 15) Tracking Crop Phenology across Different Sentinel-1 Orbits by Combining PolSAR Features with Growing Degree Data. Remagen.
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Friedrich, C., Loew, J., Otte, I., Hill, S., Förtsch, S., Schwalb-Willmann, J., Gessner, U., Schierghofer, C., Piernecke, T., Truckenbrodt, S., Schonert, E., Assmann, D., Böttcher, F., Conrad, C. and Thiel, M. (2024, February 28) A Multi-Talented Datacube: Integrating, Processing and Presenting Big Geodata for the agricultural End User. Stuttgart-Hohenheim.
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Lobert, F., Loew, J., Schwieder, M., Gocht, A., Schlund, M., Hosert, P. and Erasmi, S. (2023) Deriving Winter Wheat Phenology From Combined Optical And SAR Time Series With Deep Learning. The 42nd EARSeL Symposium, Bucharest.
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Lepore, D., Conrad, C., Allocca, V., Cusano, D., Loew, J., El-Hokayem, L. and De Vita, P. (2023) Integration of Remotely Sensed and Field Monitoring Data for Characterizing the Hydrological Regime of Soils Covering Karst Aquifers and Assessing Groundwater Recharge. EGU, Naples. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-gc8-hydro-65, 2023.
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Conrad, C., Schlaak, J., Schmelzer, J. and Loew, J. (2023) Downscaling and Validation of 1km ESA Soil Water Index for Soil Moisture Monitoring on Agricultural Land in Temperate Climate Conditions. EGU, Naples. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-gc8-hydro-97, 2023.
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Loew, J., Hill, S., Ullmann, T. and Conrad, C. (2022) Assessing the Applicability of Interferometric and Polarimetric Time Series Derived from Sentinel-1 for Tracking Phenological Developments of Crops at the JECAM Site DEMMIN (Germany). Arbeitskreis Fernerkundung, Halle (Saale).
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Loew, J., Hill, S., Ullmann, T. and Conrad, C. (2022) Tracking the Phenological Developments of Crops by a Complementary Set of Interferometric and Polarimetric Time Series Derived from Sentinel-1 at the JECAM Site DEMMIN (Germany). ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bonn.
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Nußbaum, P., Somogyvári, M., Bresinsky, L., Loew, J., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Sauter, M., Conrad, C. and Engelhardt, I. (2020) Vulnerability Assessment of Karst Aquifers under Mediterranean Climates. other, oral. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-5112.
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Wenzel, J.L., Loew, J., Poehlitz, J. and Conrad, C. (2023, November 17) Neues von Oben – Aktuelle Entwicklungen Satelliten- Und Drohnenbasierter Digitalisierung Im Pflanzenbau. Oral Presentation, Hannover, Germany.
MSc. Johannes Löw
  • Room H4 1.37
  • Office hours by appointment
  • 0049 (0)345/55-26045
  • johannes.loew@geo.uni-halle.de