Presentations, posters, and abstracts at international conferences

Kappas, M. & Propastin, P. 2012. Evaluation of MODIS LAI in drylands of Central Kazakhstan using in situ measurements ? designing a new LAI data set. Annual Conference of German Remote Sensing Society, 4-5 October, Bochum, Germany. (oral presentation by Kappas)

Propastin, P. & Panfyorov, O. 2012. Absorption of photosynthetically active radiation by a tropical rainforest in Indonesia, measurements and modelling. Tropentag 2012, September 19-21, Göttingen, Germany, (poster).

Propastin, P. 2012. Patterns of the Balkhash Lake level change and its climatic correlates during 1992-2010. 32nd International Geographical Congress, 26-30 August, Cologne, Germany, (oral presentation).

Propastin, P., Kappas, M. & Muratova, N. 2009. Land cover and carbon sequestration in drylands of Kazakhstan: assessing by remote sensing and field data. Joint NASA LCLUC Science Team Meeting and GOFC-GOLD/NERIN, NEESPI, MAIRS Workshop, September 15-18, 2009, Almaty, Kazakhstan, (poster).

Propastin, P. 2009. Monitoring water level in Lake Balkhash and discharge of the Ili River: application of remote sensing. Joint NASA LCLUC Science Team Meeting and GOFC-GOLD/NERIN, NEESPI, MAIRS Workshop, September 15-18, 2009, Almaty, Kazakhstan. (poster)

Propastin, P. 2009. Monitoring system for assessment of vegetation sensitivity to El-Nino over Africa. 12th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science: Advances in GIScience. June 2 ? 5, 2009, Hannover, Germany. (oral presentation)

Propastin, P. & Kappas, M. 2009. A spatiotemporal model for separating driving forces of environmental change: integrating remote sensing and ground based data. StatGIS 2009: Geoinformatics for environmental surveillance. 17-19 June 2009, Milos island, Greece. (abstract)

Propastin, P. & Kappas, M. 2009. Monitoring grassland carbon sequestration in Central Kazakhstan with remote sensing and carbon cycle modelling. International Conference on Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions. Copenhagen, Denmark, 10-12 March 2009. (poster presentation)

Propastin, P. A., Kappas, M., Von Bismark, C. 2008. Integration of Landsat ETM+ data with field measurements for mapping Leaf Area Index in grassland of Central Kazakhstan. 9th International Conference on Dryland Development: Sustainable Development in the Drylands ? Meeting the Challenge of Global Climate Change. 7-10 November, 2008. Alexandria, Egypt. Abstracts of poster presentations: 38 pp. International Dryland Development Commission, November 2008. (poster presentation) http://www.icarda.cgiar.org/Announcement/2008/9th-IDDC/AbstractBookPosterPresentation9thICDDComplete11Nov.pdf

Propastin, P. A. & Kappas, M. 2008. Modelling climate impact on carbon budget in drylands of Kazakhstan using remote sensing data and field measurements. 9th International Conference on Dryland Development: Sustainable Development in the Drylands ? Meeting the Challenge of Global Climate Change. 7-10 November, 2008. Alexandria, Egypt. Abstracts of oral presentations: 43-44 pp. International Dryland Development Commission, November 2008. http://www.icarda.cgiar.org/Announcement/2008/9th-IDDC/AbstractBookOralPresentation9thICDD-Complete13Nov.pdf

Propastin, P., Kappas, M. 2008. A satellite based system for detection of human-induced trends of vegetation activity: a powerful tool for assessing land degradation/rehabilitation. 5th International Conference on Land Degradation. Valenzano, Bari, Italy, 18-22 September 2008. (abstract)

Propastin, P. A., Erasmi, S., Panfyorov, O. & Kappas, M. 2008. Patterns of vegetation response to ENSO warm events in Indonesia during the period 1982-2007. In: M. Grosse, W. Lorenz, S. Tarigan & A. Malik (Eds.). Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change. Proceedings of International Symposium. October 5-9, Bali, Indonesia. Universitätsverlag Göttingen. http://www.globalchange-2008.org/STORMA2_book.pdf (oral presentation)

Propastin, P. A. & Erasmi, S. 2008. Derivation and validation of temporal LAI and fPAR data sets for Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: integration of medium- and fine-resolution satellite data with in situ measurements. In: M. Grosse, W. Lorenz, S. Tarigan & A. Malik (Eds.). Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change. Proceedings of International Symposium. October 5-9, Bali, Indonesia. Universitätsverlag Göttingen. http://www.globalchange-2008.org/STORMA2_book.pdf (poster)

Panferov, O., Erasmi, S., Propastin, P., Seidel, D., Kreilein, H., Gravenhorst, G. 2008. How much shade the shade trees provide? In: M. Grosse, W. Lorenz, S. Tarigan & A. Malik (Eds.). Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change. Proceedings of International Symposium. October 5-9, Bali, Indonesia. Universitätsverlag Göttingen. http://www.globalchange-2008.org/STORMA2_book.pdf (poster)

Moser, G., Barus, H., Culmsee, H., Erasmi, S., Hertel, D., Hölscher, D., Horna, V., Köhler, M., Leitner, D., Leuschner, K., Michalzik, B., Mogea, J., Pitopang, R., Propastin, P., Schuldt, B., Schwendenmann, L., Stenchly, K., Tjoa, A., Tscharntke, T., van Straaten, O. & Veldkamp., E. 2008. The Sulawesi throughfall displacement experiment ? simulated ENSO drought effects on primary rainforest. In: M. Grosse, W. Lorenz, S. Tarigan & A. Malik (Eds.). Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change. Proceedings of International Symposium. October 5-9, Bali, Indonesia. Universitätsverlag Göttingen. http://www.globalchange-2008.org/STORMA2_book.pdf (poster)

Schwendenmann, L., Anas, I., Tjoa, A., Djajakirana, G., Erasmi, S., Hasanah, U., Hendrayanto, Hertel, D., Hölscher, D., Kadir, A., Kappas, M., Köhler, M., Leitner, D., Leuschner, C., Michalzik, B., Moser, G., Prihastani, E., Propastin, P., Schmidt, C., Stechnly, K., Tondok, E. T., Tscharntke, T., van Straaten, O., Veldkamp, E. & Vidal, S. 2008. Effects of an experimental drought on a cacao agroforestry, Sulawesi, Indonesia. In: M. Grosse, W. Lorenz, S. Tarigan & A. Malik (Eds.). Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change. Proceedings of International Symposium. October 5-9, Bali, Indonesia. Universitätsverlag Göttingen. http://www.globalchange-2008.org/STORMA2_book.pdf (abstract)

Propastin P. A., Kappas, M. & Muratova, N. R. 2008. Impact of climate change on locust habitats in the Lake Balkhash?s drainage basin, Kazakhstan: application of remote sensing techniques. Climate 2008: The world?s CO2-friendly Scientific Climate Conference. 3-7 November, 2008. Hamburg, Germany. (abstract)

Propastin, P. A., Kappas, M. and Muratova, N. R. 2008. Integrating remote sensing and field data for modelling ecosystem productivity in grassland of Kazakhstan. 37th COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) Scientific Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 13-20 July 2008. (abstract) http://www.cospar-assembly.org/abstractcd/COSPAR-08/abstracts/data/pdf/abstracts/A31-0001-08.pdf

Propastin, P. A., Kappas, M. and Erasmi, S. 2007. Modelling incident solar radiation in equatorial rainforest in Indonesia by integrating remote sensing data and in situ measurements. The 6th International Symposium ?Advances in Remote Sensing: methods and technologies of environmental monitoring?, Moscow, Russia, 14-17 November 2007. (poster)

Propastin, P. A., Erasmi, S., Kappas, M. and Panfyorov, O. 2007. Remote sensing based investigation of vegetation response to the El-Nino caused drought conditions over Indonesia. Tropentag 2007, 9-11 October, Witzenhausen, Germany. (abstract and poster) http://www.tropentag.de/2007/proceedings/proceedings.pdf

Propastin, P. A., Kappas, M., Erasmi, S. and N. R. Muratova. 2007. Evaluation of land degradation in Kazakhstan and Middle Asia using multi-temporal NDVI and rainfall time-series. Deutscher Geographentag, 29.09 ? 05.10. 2007. Bayreuth, Germany. (oral presentation)

Kappas M., Muratova N. & Propastin, P. 2007. Impact of current climate change on ecosystems in Central Asia: inter-annual vegetation dynamics and their relationship to precipitation and temperature from 1982 to 2003. Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, 29-31 August, London. (oral presentation)

Kappas M. & Propastin P. 2007. Reducing uncertainty in analysing NDVI-precipitation relationship by scaling down from regional to local model. Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, 29-31 August, London. (oral presentation)

Propastin, P. A., Kappas, M. & Muratova, N. R. 2006. Application of NOAA-AVHRR NDVI and rainfall time-series to assess desertification in Central Asia. International Symposium on Dryland Ecology and Human Security (ISDEHS). 4-9 December, Dubai. (oral presentation)

Propastin, P. A. & Kappas, M. 2006. Evaluating trends in spatial relationship between NOAA/AVHRR-NDVI and rainfall as computed by geographically weighted regression: a case study from a dry region in the Middle Kazakhstan. International Symposium on Dryland Ecology and Human Security (ISDEHS). 4-9 December, Dubai. (poster)

Propastin, P. A., Kappas, M., Muratova, N. R. 2006. Application of NOAA-AVHRR data to analysing land surface thermoregulation in drylands of Central Asia. 2nd International Conference ?Goettingen GIS & Remote Sensing Days?. 3-5 October 2006, Goettingen, Germany. (poster)
Propastin, P. A. and Kappas, M. 2006. Dependence of AVHRR/NDVI-ecoclimatological relations on land use cover change in a semi-arid region in Kazakhstan. Abstract for EaRSEL Conference on Monitoring Land Use Land Cover Change. 28-30 September, Bonn, Germany. (poster)
Propastin, P. A. and Kappas, M. 2006. Detecting human-induced land degradation using regression model between time-series of AVHRR-NDVI and precipitation. Abstract for EaRSEL Conference on Monitoring Land Use Land Cover Change. 28-30 September, Bonn, Germany. (poster)
Propastin, P. A. and Kappas, M. 2006. Remote sensing based monitoring iron oxides in soils of the Sahel in Burkina Faso. EaRSEL Conference on Monitoring Land Use Land Cover Change. 28-30 September, Bonn, Germany. (poster)
Propastin, P. A. and Kappas, M. 2006. Increasing accuracy in analysis NDVI-precipitation relationship through scaling down from regional to local models. EaRSEL Conference on Monitoring Land Use Land Cover Change. 28-30 September, Bonn, Germany. (poster)