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Marijn van der Velde is affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on the interplay of agricultural systems, environmental sciences, and remote sensing technologies to understand and forecast crop and ecosystem dynamics.

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications covering topics such as remote sensing in agriculture, climate change impacts on agriculture, land use and ecosystem services, and applications of remote sensing and LiDAR technologies. Their work also spans subfields like ecology, global and planetary change, plant science, environmental engineering, and intersections within ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Frequent publication venues for Marijn van der Velde include:

  • Earth system science data
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Field Crops Research

They have collaborated extensively with several scholars, notably:

  • Raphaël d'Andrimont
  • Laura Martinez-Sanchez
  • Momchil Yordanov
  • Astrid Verhegghen
  • Martin Claverie

Their published papers demonstrate a focus on practical agricultural monitoring and forecasting techniques using satellite data. Selected recent works include:

  • From parcel to continental scale - A first European crop type map based on Sentinel-1 and LUCAS Copernicus in-situ observations (2021, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • Detecting flowering phenology in oil seed rape parcels with Sentinel-1 and -2 time series (2020, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • Machine learning for regional crop yield forecasting in Europe (2021, Field Crops Research)
  • LUCAS Copernicus 2018: Earth-observation-relevant in situ data on land cover and use throughout the European Union (2021, Earth system science data)
  • Climate variability and simultaneous breadbasket yield shocks as observed in long-term yield records (2023, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)

Their research applies machine learning approaches and remote sensing techniques to address challenges in agricultural yield forecasting and phenology detection. They engage with datasets such as Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite observations alongside in-situ land use data, focusing on European agricultural regions.

Overall, Marijn van der Velde's work intersects multiple scientific disciplines to provide insights into agricultural systems resilience and environmental changes, with a prominent role in integrating Earth observation data for agricultural and ecological research purposes.

Best Publications

  • A quantitative review of the effects of biochar application to soils on crop productivity using meta-analysis

    S. Jeffery;F.G.A. Verheijen;M. van der Velde;A.C. Bastos

  • Climate extremes and the carbon cycle

    Markus Reichstein;Michael Bahn;Philippe Ciais;Dorothea Frank

  • Human-induced nitrogen–phosphorus imbalances alter natural and managed ecosystems across the globe

    Josep Peñuelas;Benjamin Poulter;Jordi Sardans;Philippe Ciais

  • Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts, processes and potential future impacts

    Dorothe A. Frank;Markus Reichstein;Michael Bahn;Kirsten Thonicke

  • Biochar Application to Soils - A Critical Scientific Review of Effects on Soil Properties, Processes and Functions

    F. Verheijen;S. Jeffery;M. van der Velde;I. Diafas

  • Mapping global cropland and field size

    Steffen Fritz;Linda See;Ian McCallum;Liangzhi You

  • Climate change impact and adaptation for wheat protein

    Senthold Asseng;Pierre Martre;Andrea Maiorano;Reimund P Rötter

  • Geo-Wiki: An online platform for improving global land cover

    Steffen Fritz;Ian McCallum;Christian Schill;Christoph Perger

  • Environmental footprint family to address local to planetary sustainability and deliver on the SDGs

    Davy Vanham;Adrian Leip;Alessandro Galli;Thomas Kastner

  • A comparison of global agricultural monitoring systems and current gaps

    Steffen Fritz;Linda See;Juan Carlos Laso Bayas;François Waldner;François Waldner

  • Assessing the impact of soil degradation on food production

    Prem S Bindraban;Prem S Bindraban;Marijn van der Velde;Liming Ye;Maurits van den Berg

  • Estimating irrigation water requirements in Europe

    Gunter Wriedt;Marijn Van der Velde;Alberto Aloe;Fayçal Bouraoui

  • Highlighting continued uncertainty in global land cover maps for the user community

    Steffen Fritz;Linda See;Ian McCallum;Christian Schill;Christian Schill

  • Uncertainty in soil data can outweigh climate impact signals in global crop yield simulations

    Christian Folberth;Christian Folberth;Rastislav Skalský;Elena Moltchanova;Elena Moltchanova;Juraj Balkovič;Juraj Balkovič

  • From parcel to continental scale – A first European crop type map based on Sentinel-1 and LUCAS Copernicus in-situ observations

    Raphaël d’Andrimont;Astrid Verhegghen;Guido Lemoine;Pieter Kempeneers

  • Causes and implications of the unforeseen 2016 extreme yield loss in the breadbasket of France.

    Tamara Ben-Ari;Julien Boé;Philippe Ciais;Remi Lecerf

  • Pan-European crop modelling with EPIC: Implementation, up-scaling and regional crop yield validation

    Juraj Balkovič;Juraj Balkovič;Marijn van der Velde;Erwin Schmid;Rastislav Skalský

  • Impacts of extreme weather on wheat and maize in France: evaluating regional crop simulations against observed data

    Marijn van der Velde;Francesco N. Tubiello;Anton Vrieling;Fayçal Bouraoui

  • Impact of meteorological drivers on regional inter-annual crop yield variability in France

    Andrej Ceglar;Andrea Toreti;Rémi Lecerf;Marijn Van der Velde

  • Phytoremediation: using plants as biopumps to improve degraded environments

    Brett Robinson;Steve Green;Tessa Mills;Brent Clothier

  • Comparing the quality of crowdsourced data contributed by expert and non-experts.

    Linda See;Alexis John Comber;Carl Salk;Carl Salk;Steffen Fritz

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Obersteiner
Michael Obersteiner University of Oxford
Steffen Fritz
Steffen Fritz International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Linda See
Linda See International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Nikolay Khabarov
Nikolay Khabarov International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Ian McCallum
Ian McCallum International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Brent Clothier
Brent Clothier Plant & Food Research
Wei Xiong
Wei Xiong University of Pittsburgh
Christian Folberth
Christian Folberth International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Marnik Vanclooster
Marnik Vanclooster Université Catholique de Louvain
Steve Green
Steve Green Plant & Food Research

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