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Overview

Kjeld Rasmussen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Rasmussen's work extensively covers subfields such as:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Forestry
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science

The scientist's core research topics involve:

  • Forest ecology and management
  • African Botany and Ecology Studies
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Recent publications demonstrate a consistent engagement with topics related to forests, carbon stocks, and land cover change. Selected papers include:

  • Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration, 2020, Nature Communications
  • An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel, 2020, Nature
  • Accelerating land cover change in West Africa over four decades as population pressure increased, 2020, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Sub-continental-scale carbon stocks of individual trees in African drylands, 2023, Nature
  • 50 years of woody vegetation changes in the Ferlo (Senegal) assessed by high-resolution imagery and field surveys, 2020, Regional Environmental Change

Frequent collaborators in Rasmussen's research include:

  • Martin Brandt
  • Rasmus Fensholt
  • Philippe Ciais
  • Jean-Pierre Wigneron
  • Sassan Saatchi

The scientist's publications have appeared notably in these venues:

  • Nature
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Regional Environmental Change

Best Publications

  • A simple interpretation of the surface temperature/vegetation index space for assessment of surface moisture status

    Inge Sandholt;Kjeld Rasmussen;Jens Asger Andersen

  • Greenness in semi-arid areas across the globe 1981–2007 — an Earth Observing Satellite based analysis of trends and drivers

    Rasmus Fensholt;Tobias Langanke;Kjeld Rasmussen;Anette Reenberg

  • Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries

    Ole Mertz;Kirsten Halsnæs;Jørgen E. Olesen;Kjeld Rasmussen

  • Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration

    Xiaowei Tong;Xiaowei Tong;Martin Brandt;Yuemin Yue;Philippe Ciais

  • Evaluation of earth observation based long term vegetation trends - Intercomparing NDVI time series trend analysis consistency of Sahel from AVHRR GIMMS, Terra MODIS and SPOT VGT data

    Rasmus Fensholt;Kjeld Rasmussen;Thomas Theis Nielsen;Cheikh Mbow

  • An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel

    Martin Brandt;Compton J. Tucker;Ankit Kariryaa;Kjeld Rasmussen

  • Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Clay Minerals. 1. Gibbsite, Kaolinite, Pyrophyllite, and Beidellite

    Brian J. Teppen;Kjeld Rasmussen;Paul M. Bertsch;David M. Miller

  • Analysis of trends in the Sahelian `rain-use efficiency' using GIMMS NDVI, RFE and GPCP rainfall data

    Rasmus Fensholt;Kjeld Rasmussen

  • Desertification in reverse? Observations from northern Burkina Faso

    Kjeld Rasmussen;Bjarne Fog;Jens E Madsen

  • 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

    Feng Tian;Feng Tian;Martin Brandt;Yi Y. Liu;Aleixandre Verger

  • Global Land-Cover Change: Recent Progress, Remaining Challenges

    Navin Ramankutty;Lisa Graumlich;Frédéric Achard;Diogenes Alves

  • Assessing Land Degradation/Recovery in the African Sahel from Long-Term Earth Observation Based Primary Productivity and Precipitation Relationships

    Rasmus Fensholt;Kjeld Rasmussen;Per Skougaard Kaspersen;Silvia Huber

  • Satellite passive microwaves reveal recent climate-induced carbon losses in African drylands.

    Martin Brandt;Jean-Pierre Wigneron;Jérôme Chave;Torbern Tagesson

  • Human population growth offsets climate-driven increase in woody vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa

    Martin Brandt;Kjeld Rasmussen;Josep Peñuelas;Feng Tian

  • Use of remotely sensed precipitation and leaf area index in a distributed hydrological model

    J. Andersen;G. Dybkjær;Karsten Høgh Jensen;J.C. Refsgaard

  • Water availability as the driver of vegetation dynamics in the African Sahel from 1982 to 2007

    Silvia Huber;Rasmus Fensholt;Kjeld Rasmussen

  • The history of environmental change and adaptation in eastern Saloum–Senegal—Driving forces and perceptions

    Cheikh Mbow;Ole Mertz;Awa Diouf;Kjeld Rasmussen

  • Accelerating land cover change in West Africa over four decades as population pressure increased

    Stefanie M. Herrmann;Martin Brandt;Kjeld Rasmussen;Rasmus Fensholt

  • Savanna fires in east-central Senegal: distribution patterns, resource management and perceptions.

    C. Mbow;T. T. Nielsen;K. Rasmussen

  • Adaptation strategies and climate vulnerability in the Sudano-Sahelian region of West Africa

    Ole Mertz;Cheikh Mbow;Anette Reenberg;Lorenzo Genesio

  • Woody plant cover estimation in drylands from Earth Observation based seasonal metrics

    Martin Brandt;Pierre Hiernaux;Torbern Tagesson;Aleixandre Verger

Frequent Co-Authors

Rasmus Fensholt
Rasmus Fensholt University of Copenhagen
Cheikh Mbow
Cheikh Mbow Centre de Suivi Ecologique
Martin Brandt
Martin Brandt University of Copenhagen
Ole Mertz
Ole Mertz University of Copenhagen
Inge Sandholt
Inge Sandholt University of Copenhagen
Compton J. Tucker
Compton J. Tucker Goddard Space Flight Center
Søren Balling Engelsen
Søren Balling Engelsen University of Copenhagen
Claus J. Nielsen
Claus J. Nielsen University of Oslo
Anette Reenberg
Anette Reenberg University of Copenhagen
Laurent Kergoat
Laurent Kergoat Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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