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Overview

Felix Morsdorf is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland, focusing primarily on environmental science with an emphasis on ecology and global and planetary change. Their research encompasses subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, and ecological modeling.

The scientist's work addresses various topics related to remote sensing and lidar applications, remote sensing in agriculture, and forest ecology and management. Additional areas of interest include land use and ecosystem services, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, as well as plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Felix Morsdorf has published extensively in journals including Remote Sensing of Environment, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), SSRN Electronic Journal, and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. The frequent publication venues showcase a consistent focus on remote sensing and ecological applications.

Some recent papers include:

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Standardizing Ecosystem Morphological Traits from 3D Information Sources, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Mapping functional diversity using individual tree-based morphological and physiological traits in a subtropical forest, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Above-ground biomass references for urban trees from terrestrial laser scanning data, 2021, Annals of Botany
  • Assessing biodiversity from space: Impact of spatial and spectral resolution on trait-based functional diversity, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment

Morsdorf frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Notable coauthors include Michael E. Schaepman, Bernhard Schmid, Fabian Schneider, Meredith C. Schuman, and Daniel Kükenbrink, demonstrating an interconnected research network within environmental and remote-sensing sciences.

Best Publications

  • An International Comparison of Individual Tree Detection and Extraction Using Airborne Laser Scanning

    Harri Kaartinen;Juha Hyyppä;Xiaowei Yu;Mikko Vastaranta

  • Estimation of LAI and fractional cover from small footprint airborne laser scanning data based on gap fraction

    Felix Morsdorf;Benjamin Kötz;Erich Meier;K.I. Itten

  • LIDAR-based geometric reconstruction of boreal type forest stands at single tree level for forest and wildland fire management

    Felix Morsdorf;Erich Meier;Benjamin Kötz;Klaus I. Itten

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission

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  • Mapping functional diversity from remotely sensed morphological and physiological forest traits.

    Fabian D. Schneider;Felix Morsdorf;Bernhard Schmid;Owen L. Petchey

  • Forest Canopy Gap Fraction From Terrestrial Laser Scanning

    F.M. Danson;D. Hetherington;F. Morsdorf;B. Koetz

  • The fourth phase of the radiative transfer model intercomparison (RAMI) exercise: Actual canopy scenarios and conformity testing

    Jean Luc Widlowski;Corrado Mio;Mathias Disney;Jennifer Adams

  • Multi-source land cover classification for forest fire management based on imaging spectrometry and LiDAR data

    B. Koetz;F. Morsdorf;S. van der Linden;T. Curt

  • Assessing forest structural and physiological information content of multi-spectral LiDAR waveforms by radiative transfer modelling

    Felix Morsdorf;Felix Morsdorf;Caroline Nichol;Timothy Malthus;Iain H. Woodhouse

  • Radiative transfer modeling within a heterogeneous canopy for estimation of forest fire fuel properties

    Benjamin Kötz;Michael Schaepman;Felix Morsdorf;Paul Bowyer

  • International Benchmarking of the Individual Tree Detection Methods for Modeling 3-D Canopy Structure for Silviculture and Forest Ecology Using Airborne Laser Scanning

    Yunsheng Wang;Juha Hyyppa;Xinlian Liang;Harri Kaartinen

  • Simulating imaging spectrometer data: 3D forest modeling based on LiDAR and in situ data

    Fabian D. Schneider;Reik Leiterer;Felix Morsdorf;Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry

  • Fusion of imaging spectrometer and LIDAR data over combined radiative transfer models for forest canopy characterization

    Benjamin Koetz;Guoqing Sun;Felix Morsdorf;K.J. Ranson

  • Discrimination of vegetation strata in a multi-layered Mediterranean forest ecosystem using height and intensity information derived from airborne laser scanning

    Felix Morsdorf;Anders Mårell;Benjamin Koetz;Nathalie Cassagne

  • Inversion of a lidar waveform model for forest biophysical parameter estimation

    B. Koetz;F. Morsdorf;G. Sun;K.J. Ranson

  • Quantifying 3D structure and occlusion in dense tropical and temperate forests using close-range LiDAR

    Fabian D. Schneider;Fabian D. Schneider;Daniel Kükenbrink;Michael E. Schaepman;David S. Schimel

  • A Multispectral Canopy LiDAR Demonstrator Project

    I. H. Woodhouse;C. Nichol;P. Sinclair;J. Jack

  • Status and prospects for LiDAR remote sensing of forested ecosystems

    Michael A Wulder;Nicholas C Coops;Andrew T Hudak;Felix Morsdorf

  • Standardizing Ecosystem Morphological Traits from 3D Information Sources

    Ruben Valbuena;Ruben Valbuena;Ruben Valbuena;Brian O’Connor;Florian Zellweger;William Simonson

  • Canopy closure, LAI and radiation transfer from airborne LiDAR synthetic images

    David Moeser;Jiri Roubinek;Patrick Schleppi;Felix Morsdorf

  • Assessment of the influence of flying altitude and scan angle on biophysical vegetation products derived from airborne laser scanning

    F. Morsdorf;O. Frey;E. Meier;K. I. Itten

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Schaepman
Michael E. Schaepman University of Zurich
Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry
Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Alexander Damm
Alexander Damm University of Zurich
Veronika Braunisch
Veronika Braunisch University of Bern
Michael Zemp
Michael Zemp University of Zurich
David S. Schimel
David S. Schimel Jet Propulsion Lab
Guoqing Sun
Guoqing Sun University of Maryland, College Park
Mathias Disney
Mathias Disney University College London
Nicholas C. Coops
Nicholas C. Coops University of British Columbia

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