Thomas Esch

72 papers C 20Misc 6Journal 29Unranked 17
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 — conf
The FISHNET Case Study on Implementing and Scaling a Complex Earth Observation Workflow.
eScience
Lorenz Gruber, Nikolas Herbst, Peter Friedl, Thanh Thi Nguyen, Thomas Esch, Samuel Kounev
2025 — conf
Urbanization, Economic Development, and Environmental Quality: Insights from Urban Growth and NO2 Pollution in Megacities.
JURSE
Thilo Erbertseder, Lorenza Gilardi, Thomas Esch, Hannes Taubenböck
2024 J jnl
Analysis of the Integration of a DC-Charging Station Into a Tram Grid by Using Long- Term Field Measurements and a PHiL Setup.
IEEE Access
Thomas Esch, Gerrit Bremer, Wiebke Dirksen, Carlos Muñoz, Karsten von Maydell
2024 J jnl
Modelling and Optimizing a Graph-based Settlement Delineation and Analysis Workflow.
Softwaretechnik-Trends
Lorenz Gruber, Nikolas Herbst, Samuel Kounev, Thomas Esch, Thanh Nguyen
2024 J jnl
NO
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.
Thilo Erbertseder, Hannes Taubenböck, Thomas Esch, Lorenza Gilardi, Heiko Paeth, Stefan W. Dech
2024 C conf
User Optimized Provision of Conflict Related Satellite- and Geoinformation - Ukraine Case Study.
IGARSS
Anne Schneibel, Thomas Esch, Peter Friedl, Sebastian Gapp, Corentin Henry, Mattia Marconcini, Nina Merkle, Annekatrin Metz-Marconcini, Anna Orthofer, Konstanze Lechner
2023 J jnl
Active Label Refinement for Semantic Segmentation of Satellite Images.
CoRR
Tuan Pham Minh, Jayan Wijesingha, Daniel Kottke, Marek Herde, Denis Huseljic, Bernhard Sick, Michael Wachendorf, Thomas Esch
2023 — conf
Earth Observation-based analysis of NO2 pollution and settlement growth in megacities.
JURSE
Thilo Erbertseder, Hannes Taubenböck, Thomas Esch, Lorenza Gilardi, Heiko Paeth, Mattia Marconcini, Stefan W. Dech
2023 — conf
Exploiting Copernicus Core Services for Assessing the Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity.
JURSE
Mattia Marconcini, Annekatrin Metz-Marconcini, Thomas Esch, Giorgos Somarakis, Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Zina Mitraka
2022 J jnl
The Networked Energy Systems Emulation Center at the German Aerospace Center DLR - bridging the gap between digital simulation and real operation of energy grids.
Autom.
Karsten von Maydell, Jan Petznik, Holger Behrends, Thomas Esch, Moiz Ahmed, Alejandro Rubio, Leon Uhse, Rasmus Völker, Sebastian Unglaube, Stefan Geißendörfer, Frank Schuldt, Carsten Agert
2022 J jnl
Towards an Improved Large-Scale Gridded Population Dataset: A Pan-European Study on the Integration of 3D Settlement Data into Population Modelling.
Remote. Sens.
Daniela Palacios-Lopez, Thomas Esch, Kytt MacManus, Mattia Marconcini, Alessandro Sorichetta, Greg Yetman, Julian Zeidler, Stefan W. Dech, Andrew J. Tatem, Peter Reinartz
2021 J jnl
High-Resolution Gridded Population Datasets: Exploring the Capabilities of the World Settlement Footprint 2019 Imperviousness Layer for the African Continent.
Remote. Sens.
Daniela Palacios-Lopez, Felix Bachofer, Thomas Esch, Mattia Marconcini, Kytt MacManus, Alessandro Sorichetta, Julian Zeidler, Stefan W. Dech, Andrew J. Tatem, Peter Reinartz
2020 J jnl
A Novel Hybrid Machine Learning Algorithm for Limited and Big Data Modeling With Application in Industry 4.0.
IEEE Access
Hamid Khayyam, Ali Jamali, Alireza Bab-Hadiashar, Thomas Esch, Seeram Ramakrishna, Mahdi Jalili, Minoo Naebe
2020 J jnl
Annually modelling built-settlements between remotely-sensed observations using relative changes in subnational populations and lights at night.
Comput. Environ. Urban Syst.
Jeremiah J. Nieves, Alessandro Sorichetta, Catherine Linard, Maksym Bondarenko, Jessica E. Steele, Forrest R. Stevens, Andrea E. Gaughan, Alessandra Carioli, Donna J. Clarke, Thomas Esch, Andrew J. Tatem
2020 J jnl
Digital world meets urban planet - new prospects for evidence-based urban studies arising from joint exploitation of big earth data, information technology and shared knowledge.
Int. J. Digit. Earth
Thomas Esch, Hubert Asamer, Felix Bachofer, Jakub Balhar, Martin Böttcher, Enguerran Boissier, Pablo d'Angelo, Caroline M. Gevaert, Andreas Hirner, Katerina Jupova, Franz Kurz, Andy Yaw Kwarteng, Emmanuel Mathot, Mattia Marconcini, Alessandro Marin, Annekatrin Metz-Marconcini, Fabrizio Pacini, Marc Paganini, Hans Permana, Tomás Soukup, Soner Üreyen, Christopher Small, Vaclav Svaton, Julian Nils Zeidler
2020 J jnl
The Generalised Settlement Area: mapping the Earth surface in the vicinity of built-up areas.
Int. J. Digit. Earth
Aneta J. Florczyk, Michele Melchiorri, Julian Zeidler, Christina Corbane, Marcello Schiavina, Sérgio Freire, Filip Sabo, Panagiotis Politis, Thomas Esch, Martino Pesaresi
2020 J jnl
Towards a Large-Scale 3D Modeling of the Built Environment - Joint Analysis of TanDEM-X, Sentinel-2 and Open Street Map Data.
Remote. Sens.
Thomas Esch, Julian Zeidler, Daniela Palacios-Lopez, Mattia Marconcini, Achim Roth, Milena Mönks, Benjamin F. Leutner, Elisabeth Brzoska, Annekatrin Metz-Marconcini, Felix Bachofer, Sveinung Loekken, Stefan W. Dech
2019 — conf
Facade Segmentation from Oblique UAV Imagery.
JURSE
Xiangyu Zhuo, Milena Mönks, Thomas Esch, Peter Reinartz
2019 Misc conf
HPC-as-a-Service via HEAppE Platform.
CISIS
Vaclav Svaton, Jan Martinovic, Jan Krenek, Thomas Esch, Pavel Tomancak
2019 J jnl
Large-Area Characterization of Urban Morphology - Mapping of Built-Up Height and Density Using TanDEM-X and Sentinel-2 Data.
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.
Christian Geiß, Tobias Leichtle, Michael Wurm, Patrick Aravena Pelizari, Ines Standfuß, Xiao Xiang Zhu, Emily So, Stefan Siedentop, Thomas Esch, Hannes Taubenböck
2019 J jnl
Outlining where humans live - The World Settlement Footprint 2015.
CoRR
Mattia Marconcini, Annekatrin Metz-Marconcini, Soner Üreyen, Daniela Palacios-Lopez, Wiebke Hanke, Felix Bachofer, Julian Zeidler, Thomas Esch, Noel Gorelick, Ashwin Kakarla, Emanuele Strano
2019 — conf
Remote sensing-supported generation of surface descriptors for a highly detailed urban climate model.
JURSE
Wieke Heldens, Björn Maronga, Julian Zeidler, Farah Kanani-Sühring, Wiebke Hanke, Thomas Esch
2019 — conf
The Urban Thematic Exploitation Platform - Processing, Analysing and Visualization of Heterogeneous Data for Urban Applications.
JURSE
Felix Bachofer, Thomas Esch, Jakub Balhar, Martin Böttcher, Enguerran Boissier, Fabrice Brito, Mattia Marconcini, Annekatrin Metz-Marconcini, Marc Paganini, Tomás Soukup, Vaclav Svaton, Julian Zeidler
2018 C conf
New Prospects in Analysing Big Data from Space - The Urban Thematic Exploitation Platform.
IGARSS
Thomas Esch, Hubert Asamer, Felix Bachofer, Jakub Balhar, Martin Böttcher, Enguerran Boissier, Andreas Hirner, Emmanuel Mathot, Mattia Marconcini, Annekatrin Metz-Marconcini, Hans Permana, Tomás Soukup, Vaclav Svaton, Soner Üreyen, Julian Zeidler
2018 J jnl
Where We Live - A Summary of the Achievements and Planned Evolution of the Global Urban Footprint.
Remote. Sens.
Thomas Esch, Felix Bachofer, Wieke Heldens, Andreas Hirner, Mattia Marconcini, Daniela Palacios-Lopez, Achim Roth, Soner Üreyen, Julian Zeidler, Stefan W. Dech, Noel Gorelick
2017 — conf
ANthropogenic heat FLUX estimation from Space.
JURSE
Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Mattia Marconcini, Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry, C. S. B. Grimmond, Christian Feigenwinter, Fredrik Lindberg, Fabio Del Frate, Judith Klostermann, Zina Mitraka, Thomas Esch, Lucas Landier, Andy Gabey, Eberhard Parlow, Frans Olofson
2017 — conf
Earth observation-supported service platform for the development and provision of thematic information on the built environment - the TEP-Urban project.
JURSE
Thomas Esch, Soner Üreyen, Hubert Asamer, Andreas Hirner, Mattia Marconcini, Annekatrin Metz, Julian Zeidler, Martin Böttcher, Hans Permana, Fabrice Brito, Emmanuel Mathot, Tomás Soukup, Jakub Balhar, Filip Stanek, Stepan Kuchar
2017 C conf
The Landsat soil composite mapping processor (SCMAP): AN OPUS product.
IGARSS
Derek M. Rogge, Julian Zeidler, Agnes Bauer, Andreas Müller, Thomas Esch, Uta Heiden
2016 C conf
A novel approach for anthropogenic heat flux estimation from space.
IGARSS
Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Wieke Heldens, Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry, Sue Grimmond, Christian Feigenwinter, Fredrik Lindberg, Fabio Del Frate, Judith Klostermann, Zina Mitraka, Thomas Esch, Ahmad Al Bitar, Andrew Gabey, Eberhard Parlow, Frans Olofson
2016 J jnl
Deep Learning Earth Observation Classification Using ImageNet Pretrained Networks.
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Dimitrios Marmanis, Mihai Datcu, Thomas Esch, Uwe Stilla
2016 C conf
Earth observation-based service platforms - a new instrument to provide geo-information for urban and regional planning.
IGARSS
Thomas Esch, Hubert Asamer, Martin Böttcher, Fabrice Brito, Andreas Hirner, Mattia Marconcini, Emmanuel Mathot, Annekatrin Metz, Hans Permana, Tomás Soukup, Filip Stanek, Stepán Kuchár, Julian Zeidler
2016 C conf
Suitability of remote sensing based surface information for a three-dimensional urban microclimate model.
IGARSS
Wieke Heldens, Uta Heiden, Thomas Esch, Andreas Müller, Stefan W. Dech
2015 — conf
Urban monitoring in support of sustainable cities.
JURSE
Mattia Marconcini, Annekatrin Metz, Julian Zeidler, Thomas Esch
2014 J jnl
A Conceptual List of Indicators for Urban Planning and Management Based on Earth Observation.
ISPRS Int. J. Geo Inf.
Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Christian Feigenwinter, Dimitrios P. Triantakonstantis, Igor Penyevskiy, Abraham Tal, Eberhard Parlow, Guy Fleishman, H. Sebnem Düzgün, Thomas Esch, Mattia Marconcini
2014 C conf
A novel method for building height estmation using TanDEM-X data.
IGARSS
Mattia Marconcini, Dimitrios Marmanis, Thomas Esch, Andreas Felbier
2014 C conf
Classification of grassland types by means of multi-seasonal TerraSAR-X and RADARSAT-2 imagery.
IGARSS
Annekatrin Metz, Mattia Marconcini, Thomas Esch, Peter Reinartz, Manfred Ehlers
2014 J jnl
Combined use of multi-seasonal high and medium resolution satellite imagery for parcel-related mapping of cropland and grassland.
Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinformation
Thomas Esch, Annekatrin Metz, Mattia Marconcini, Manfred Keil
2014 C conf
Global urban growth monitoring by means of SAR data.
IGARSS
Mattia Marconcini, Annekatrin Metz, Thomas Esch, Julian Zeidler
2014 J jnl
Pan-European Grassland Mapping Using Seasonal Statistics From Multisensor Image Time Series.
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Obs. Remote. Sens.
Erik Zillmann, Adrián González, Enrique Montero Herrero, Joeri van Wolvelaer, Thomas Esch, Manfred Keil, Horst Weichelt, Antonio M. Garzón
2014 C conf
The global urban footprint - Processing status and cross comparison to existing human settlement products.
IGARSS
Andreas Felbier, Thomas Esch, Wieke Heldens, Mattia Marconcini, Julian Zeidler, Achim Roth, Martin Klotz, Michael Wurm, Hannes Taubenböck
2013 — conf
Mapping of grassland using seasonal statistics derived from multi-temporal satellite images.
MultiTemp
Erik Zillmann, Horst Weichelt, Enrique Montero Herrero, Thomas Esch, Manfred Keil, Joeri van Wolvelaer
2013 C conf
Towards EO-based sustainable urban planning and management.
IGARSS
Mattia Marconcini, Thomas Esch, Nektarios Chrysoulakis, H. Sebnem Düzgün, Abraham Tal, Christian Feigenwinter, Eberhard Parlow
2013 C conf
Unsupervised high-resolution global monitoring of urban settlements.
IGARSS
Mattia Marconcini, Thomas Esch, Andreas Felbier, Wieke Heldens
2013 J jnl
Urban Footprint Processor - Fully Automated Processing Chain Generating Settlement Masks From Global Data of the TanDEM-X Mission.
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Thomas Esch, Mattia Marconcini, Andreas Felbier, Achim Roth, Wieke Heldens, Martin Huber, Max Schwinger, Hannes Taubenböck, Andreas Müller, Stefan W. Dech
2012 Misc conf
An information theoretic view on Artificial Bandwidth Extension in noisy environments.
ICASSP
Thomas Esch, Peter Vary
2012 C conf
Application of quadpolarimetric TerraSAR-X data for landcover characterization in tropical regions - A case study in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.
IGARSS
Tobias Ullmann, Parivash Lumsdon, Felicitas von Poncet, Thomas Esch, Oliver Lang, Marek Tinz, Steffen Kuntz, Stefan W. Dech
2012 C conf
Description of settlement patterns using VHR SAR data of the German TanDEM-X mission.
IGARSS
Thomas Esch, Wieke Heldens, Andreas Felbier, Hannes Taubenböck, Achim Roth
2012 J jnl
Estimation of Rapidly Time-Varying Harmonic Noise for Speech Enhancement.
IEEE Signal Process. Lett.
Thomas Esch, Matthias Rüngeler, Florian Heese, Peter Vary
2012 C conf
Supporting urban micro climate modelling with airborne hyperspectral data.
IGARSS
Wieke Heldens, Thomas Esch, Uta Heiden
2012 C conf
Synergetic use of TerraSAR-X and Radarsat-2 time series data for identification and characterization of grassland types - a case study in Southern Bavaria, Germany.
IGARSS
Annekatrin Metz, Andreas Schmitt, Thomas Esch, Peter Reinartz, Sascha Klonus, Manfred Ehlers
2011 J jnl
Can the Future EnMAP Mission Contribute to Urban Applications? A Literature Survey.
Remote. Sens.
Wieke Heldens, Uta Heiden, Thomas Esch, Enrico Stein, Andreas Müller
2011 J jnl
Characterization of Land Cover Types in TerraSAR-X Images by Combined Analysis of Speckle Statistics and Intensity Information.
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Thomas Esch, Andreas Schenk, Tobias Ullmann, Michael Thiel, Achim Roth, Stefan W. Dech
2011 — conf
Comparison of selected impervious surface products derived from remote sensing data - A case study for the city of Munich.
JURSE
Christian Geiss, Michael Wurm, Hannes Taubenböck, Wieke Heldens, Thomas Esch
2011 — conf
Feature selection analysis of WorldView-II data for similar urban objects distinction.
JURSE
Tessio Novack, Hermann J. H. Kux, Thomas Esch, Uwe Stilla
2011 C conf
Identification and characterization of urban structures using VHR SAR data.
IGARSS
Thomas Esch, Martin Schmidt, Markus Breunig, Andreas Felbier, Hannes Taubenböck, Wieke Heldens, Christian Riegler, Achim Roth, Stefan W. Dech
2011 J jnl
Machine Learning Comparison between WorldView-2 and QuickBird-2-Simulated Imagery Regarding Object-Based Urban Land Cover Classification.
Remote. Sens.
Tessio Novack, Thomas Esch, Hermann Kux, Uwe Stilla
2011 Misc conf
Model-based speech enhancement using SNR dependent MMSE estimation.
ICASSP
Thomas Esch, Peter Vary
2011 J jnl
Pattern-Based Accuracy Assessment of an Urban Footprint Classification Using TerraSAR-X Data.
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Hannes Taubenböck, Thomas Esch, Andreas Felbier, Achim Roth, Stefan W. Dech
2011 J jnl
Remote Sensing-Based Characterization of Settlement Structures for Assessing Local Potential of District Heat.
Remote. Sens.
Christian Geiß, Hannes Taubenböck, Michael Wurm, Thomas Esch, Michael Nast, Christoph Schillings, Thomas Blaschke
2010 — conf
A Modified Minimum Statistics Algorithm for Reducing Time Varying Harmonic Noise.
Sprachkommunikation
Thomas Esch, Matthias Rüngeler, Florian Heese, Peter Vary
2010 J jnl
Delineation of Urban Footprints From TerraSAR-X Data by Analyzing Speckle Characteristics and Intensity Information.
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.
Thomas Esch, Michael Thiel, Andreas Schenk, Achim Roth, Andreas Müller, Stefan W. Dech
2010 C conf
Estimation of building density using Terrasar-X-Data.
IGARSS
Martin Schmidt, Thomas Esch, Doris Klein, Michael Thiel, Stefan W. Dech
2010 C conf
Land cover classification based on single-polarized VHR SAR images using texture information derived via speckle analysis.
IGARSS
Thomas Esch, Andreas Schenk, Michael Thiel, Tobias Ullmann, Martin Schmidt, Stefan W. Dech
2010 J jnl
Model-Based Dereverberation Preserving Binaural Cues.
IEEE Trans. Speech Audio Process.
Marco Jeub, Magnus Schäfer, Thomas Esch, Peter Vary
2010 — conf
Noise Reduction for Wideband Speech Exploiting Spectral Dependencies Based on Conditional Estimation.
Sprachkommunikation
Florian Heese, Thomas Esch, Bernd Geiser, Peter Vary
2010 Misc conf
Wideband noise suppression supported by artificial bandwidth extension techniques.
ICASSP
Thomas Esch, Florian Heese, Bernd Geiser, Peter Vary
2009 — conf
Assessment of Urban Extent and Imperviousness of Cape Town using TerraSAR-X and Landsat Images.
IGARSS (3)
Doris Klein, Thomas Esch, Vitus Himmler, Michael Thiel, Stefan W. Dech
2009 Misc conf
Efficient musical noise suppression for speech enhancement system.
ICASSP
Thomas Esch, Peter Vary
2009 — conf
Modeling of Impervious Surface in Germany using Landsat Images and Topographic Vector Data.
IGARSS (3)
Thomas Esch, Doris Klein, Vitus Himmler, Manfred Keil, Harald Mehl, Stefan W. Dech
2008 J jnl
Improvement of Image Segmentation Accuracy Based on Multiscale Optimization Procedure.
IEEE Geosci. Remote. Sens. Lett.
Thomas Esch, Michael Thiel, Michael Bock, Achim Roth, Stefan W. Dech
2008 Misc conf
Speech enhancement using a modified Kalman filter based on complex linear prediction and supergaussian priors.
ICASSP
Thomas Esch, Peter Vary
2007 C conf
Analysis of urban land use pattern based on high resolution radar imagery.
IGARSS
Thomas Esch, Achim Roth, Stefan W. Dech