Background

Dr. Norman Kerle received Masters degrees in geography from the University of Hamburg (Germany) as well as from the Ohio State University (US), and a PhD in geography (volcano remote sensing) from the University of Cambridge, UK (2002).

His activities in volcanology started with project work in Costa Rica in 1994, followed by hazard research in the Philippines (1996). Remote sensing started to become more prominent in 1997 during a project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre, followed by extensive work on a multi-national project in Nicaragua (1998-2001). Since then he has moved into more methodological work related to hazards, risk and disaster damage assessment with multi-type geodata, in addition to landslide research and quantitative geomorphology, frequently with object-oriented analysis methods. He is leading the ITC object-oriented analysis research group (www.itc.nl/OOA-group).

He has published results from those projects in a range of articles in international journals, and book chapters, and presented at various conferences. Before coming to ITC, he also taught at graduate and post-graduate levels in the US, the UK and in Greece. His professional affiliations include the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI), and the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPS). During the 2004-2008 term he co-chaired the ISPRS Technical Commission VII Working Group 8 Innovative problem solving methodologies for less developed countries.

He is a member of Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge University, and a fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

He has served as external PhD thesis examiner, as reviewer for UNESCO World Heritage Site applications, and referee for international prices and funding proposals, such as the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, or the Belgian research programme for earth observation STEREO II.

He is the winner of the 2011 Lloyd's Science of Risk prize in the Natural Hazards category (read more).

Activities in education

During the 2010/2011 academic year, Dr. Kerle is involved in the following teaching:

• Principles of remote sensing (Block 1)
• Geohazards (Block 2)
• Research skills (Module 11, coordinator for the AES course)
• Spatial data for disaster risk management (Module 12)
• Advanced Image Analysis (Module 12)
• Distance education course Multi-hazard risk assessment
• Land administration and geoinformatics for post-disaster areas (Module 13)
• PhD supervision as part of Disaster Management (DMAN), Stochastic methods for image mining and data quality (DAQUAL), and Sustainable Urban-Regional Dynamics (SURD)
• Supervision of MSc students.

Activities in research

His principal research interests relate to the utility of geoinformatics for disaster risk management, in particular questions of assessment of vulnerability, risk and post-disaster structural damage. He is involved in the DMAN project, working on image-based hazard, vulnerability and damage assessment, strongly focusing on object-oriented methods (OOA/OBIA). In addition he contributes to a research project on data mining (DAQUAL), and works on issues of data quality and quantitative geomorphology.

Recently he also started to focus on wireless sensor networks and their potential in environmental monitoring, in particular for volcanic hazard assessment and when integrated with remote sensing data. Within the ITC UNU School on Disaster Geo-Information Management (DGIM) he regularly contributes to research, project and capacity building activities, and coordinates the ITC link to UN-SPIDER, UNOSAT and GEOSS. He also helped to set up the University Network for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa (UNEDRA).

He is also developing a new research strategy focusing on post-disaster damage mapping, which encompasses technical aspects related to damage assessment with remote sensing data, but also data quality (accuracy of damage maps), utility of such maps (how can maps be improved to be of greater value to users), and how knowledge from the affected areas can be better integrated in the map making, especially via neogeography tools and collaborative mapping.

Current PhD students:

• Tapas Martha (NRSA, India) - Automatic landslide detection using multi-temporal and multi-source image and DEM data by object-oriented analysis for landslide hazard and risk modelling in seismically active terrain
• Iswar Das (IIRS, India) - Model based geostatistics and image mining for quantitative hazard and risk mapping with specific reference to landslides
• Shruthi Shruthi - Integrating high resolution image analysis and spatially dynamic erosion modeling to improve gully erosion prediction (part of EU project DESIRE)
• André Stumpf - Remote sensing technologies for landslide detection, monitoring, rapid mapping and early warning (Part of the FP7 SAFELAND project)
• Divyani Kohli - Earth observation methods for monitoring slum development characteristics
• Mathias Leidig - Use of free and open-source geodata and tools for disaster risk management (based at the University of Portsmouth, co-supervised with Dr. Richard Teeuw).

Activities in project services

Over the last years Dr. Kerle coordinated and contributed to several projects and courses on the use of geoinformatics for disaster management, e.g. in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Vietnam, Uganda, Nigeria and Thailand, addressing regional issues of drought or flood risk, food security, or other specific hazards and risks. In addition he contributed to other disaster management-related courses in Japan and India, as well as remote sensing courses in Bhutan and Sri Lanka. He also worked on an EU project on Sustainable Capacity Building on Urban Disaster Mitigation in Asia Using IT & C Learning Tools (CASITA II).

Currently he is coordinating ITC's contribution to the FP7 project GMES and Africa: Regional Network for Information Exchange and Training in Emergencies (GARNET-E), and contributing to the FP7 project Living with landslide risk in Europe: Assessment, effects of global change, and risk management strategies (SafeLand) project.

Publications

ISI Journal Articles

Martha, T.R., Kerle, N., van Westen, C.J., Jetten, V.G. and Kumar, K.V. (2012) Object - oriented analysis of multi - temporal panchromatic images for creation of historical landslide inventories. In: ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, 67 (2012) pp. 105-119. Full text | Full text

Kohli, D., Sliuzas, R.V., Kerle, N. and Stein, A. (2012) An ontology of slums for image - based classification. In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems : an international journal, 36 (2012)2 pp. 154-163. Full text | Full text

Gerke, M. and Kerle, N. (2011) Automatic structural seismic damage assessment with airborne oblique pictometry imagery. In: PE&RS = Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 77 (2011)9 pp. 885-898. Full text

Shafique, M., van der Meijde, M., Kerle, N. and van der Meer, F.D. (2011) Impact of DEM source and resolution on topographic seismic amplification. In: International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation : JAG, 13 (2011)3 pp. 420-427. Full text | Full text

Shruthi, R.B.V., Kerle, N. and Jetten, V.G. (2011) Object - based gully feature extraction using high spatial resolution imagery. In: Geomorphology : an international journal of pure and applied geomorphology, 134 (2011)3-4 pp. 260-268. Full text | Full text

Lu, P., Stumpf, A., Kerle, N. and ... [et al.] (2011) Object - oriented change detection for landslide rapid mapping. In: IEEE Geoscience and remote sensing letters, 8 (2011)4 pp. 701-705. Full text | Full text

Stumpf, A. and Kerle, N. (2011) Object - oriented mapping of landslides using random forests. In: Remote sensing of environment, 115 (2011)10 pp. 2564-2577. Full text | Full text

Gao, Y., Mas, J.F., Kerle, N. and ... [et al.] (2011) Optimal region growing segmentation and its effect on classification accuracy. In: International journal of remote sensing, 32 (2011)13 pp. 3747-3763. Full text | Full text

Das, I., Stein, A., Kerle, N. and ... [et al.] (2011) Probabilistic landslide hazard assessment using homogeneous susceptible units, HSU, along a national highway corridor in the northern Himalayas, India. In: Landslides : journal of the International Consortium on Landslides, 8 (2011)3 pp. 293-308. Full text | Full text

Martha, T.R., Kerle, N., van Westen, C.J., Jetten, V.G. and ... [et al.] (2011) Segment optimization and data - driven tresholding for knowledge - based landslide detection by object - based image analysis. In: IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, 49 (2011)12 pp. 4928-4943. Full text | Full text

Martha, T.R., Kerle, N., Jetten, V.G., van Westen, C.J. and ... [et al.] (2010) Characterising spectral, spatial and morphometric properties of landslides for semi - automatic detection using object - oriented methods. In: Geomorphology : an international journal of pure and applied geomorphology, 116 (2010)1-2 pp. 24-36. Full text | Full text

Martha, T.R., Kerle, N., van Westen, C.J., Jetten, V.G. and Kumar, K.V. (2010) Effect of sun elevation angle on DSMs derived from Cartosat - 1 data. In: PE&RS = Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 76 (2010)4 pp. 429-438. Full text

Martha, T.R., Kerle, N., Jetten, V.G., van Westen, C.J. and Kumar, V. (2010) Landslide volumetric analysis using cartosat - 1 - derived DEMs. In: IEEE Geoscience and remote sensing letters, 7 (2010)3 pp. 582-586. Full text | Full text

Kumar, U., Kerle, N. and ... [et al.] (2010) Mining land cover information using multilayer perception and decision tree from MODIS data. In: Journal of the Indian society of remote sensing = Photonirvachak, 38 (2010)4 pp. 592-603. Full text | Full text

Kerle, N. (2010) Satellite - based damage mapping following the 2006 Indonesia earthquake : How accurate was it?. In: International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation : JAG, 12 (2010)6 pp. 466-476. Full text | Full text

Devoli, G., Cepeda, J. and Kerle, N. (2009) The 1998 Casita volcano flank failure revisited : new insights into geological setting and failure mechanisms. In: Engineering geology, 105 (2009)1-2 pp. 65-83. Full text | Full text

Kerle, N. and de Leeuw, J. (2009) Reviving legacy population maps with object - oriented image processing techniques. In: IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, 47 (2009)7 pp. 2392-2404. Full text

Kant, Y., Bharath, B.D., Mallick, J., Atzberger, C. and Kerle, N. (2009) Satellite - based analysis of the role of land use : land cover and vegetation density on surface temperature regime of Delhi, India. In: Journal of the Indian society of remote sensing = Photonirvachak, 37 (2009)2 pp. 201-214. Full text | Full text

Ebert, A., Kerle, N. and Stein, A. (2009) Urban social vulnerability assessment with physical proxies and spatial metrics derived from air- and spaceborne imagery and GIS data. In: Natural hazards : journal of the international society for the prevention and mitigation of natural hazards, 48 (2009)2 pp. 275-294. Full text | Full text

Arciniegas, G.A., Bijker, W., Kerle, N. and Tolpekin, V.A. (2007) Coherence- and amplitude based analysis of seismogenic damage in Bam, Iran, using ENVISAT ASAR data. In: IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, 45 (2007)6 pp. 1571-1581. Full text

Scott, K.M., Vallance, J.W., Kerle, N., Macias, J.L., Strauch, W. and Devoli, G. (2005) Catastrophic precipitation - triggered lahar at Casita volcano, Nicaragua : occurrence, bulking and transformation. In: Earth surface processes and landforms, 30 (2005)1 pp. 59-79. Full text

Kerle, N., van Wyk de Vries, B. and Oppenheimer, C. (2003) New insights into the factors leading to the 1998 flank collapse and lahar disaster at Casita volcano, Nicaragua. In: Bulletin of Volcanology, 65(2003)5, 331-345.

Kerle, N., Froger, N.G., Oppenheimer, C. and van Wyk de Vries, B. (2003) Remote sensing of the 1998 mudflow at Casita volcano, Nicaragua. In: International journal of remote sensing, 24 (2003)23 pp. 4791-4816. Full text

Lawrence, W.T., Imhoff, M.L., Kerle, N. and Stutzer, D. (2002) Quantifying urban land use and impact on soils in Egypt using diurnal satellite imagery of the earth surface. In: International journal of remote sensing, 23 (2002)19 pp. 3921-3937. Full text | Full text

Kerle, N. and Oppenheimer, C. (2002) Satellite remote sensing as a tool in Lahar disaster management. In: Disasters : the journal of disaster studies policy and management, 26 (2002)2 pp. 140-160.

Kerle, N. (2002) Volume estimation of the 1998 flank collapse at Casita volcano, Nicaragua : a comparison of photogrammetric and conventional techniques. In: Earth surface processes and landforms, 27 (2002)7 pp. 759-772. Full text | Full text

Kerle, N. and van Wyk de Vries, N. (2001) The 1998 debris avalanche at Casita volcano, Nicaragua : investigation of structural deformation as the cause of slope instability using remote sensing. In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 105(2001)1, pp. 49-63.

van Wyk de Vries, B., Kerle, N. and Peltey, D. (2000) Sector collapse forming at Castia volcano, Nicaragua. In: Geology, 28 (2000)2 pp. 167-170.

Lagmay, A.M.E., van Wyk de Vries, B., Kerle, N. and Pyle, D.M. (2000) Volcano instability induced by strike - slip faulting. In: Bulletin of Volcanology, 62(2000)4-5, pp. 331-346.

Other Refereed Journal Articles

Stumpf, A. and Kerle, N. (2011) Combining random forests and object - oriented analysis for landslide mapping from very high resolution imagery + abstract. In: Procedia Environmental Sciences : Volume 3 : 1st Conference on Spatial Statistics 2011 – Mapping Global Change, Enschede, 23-25 March 2011 / ed. by A. Stein, E. Pebesma and G. Heuvelink. pp. 123-129. Abstract published in: Spatial statistics 2011 : mapping global change, abstracts for the conference, 23-25 March, 2011, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands / - Enschede : University of Twente Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation ITC, 2011. 2 p. Full text | Full text | Full text

de Leeuw, J., Georgiadou, P.Y., Kerle, N., de Gier, A. and ... [et al.] (2010) The function of remote sensing in support of environmental policy. In: Remote Sensing : open access, 2 (2010)7 pp. 1731-1750. Full text | Full text

Yan Gao, Kerle, N. and Mas, J.F. (2009) Object based image analysis for coal fire related land cover mapping coal mining areas. In: Geocarto International : a multi - disciplinary journal of remote sensing, 24 (2009)1 pp. 25-36. Full text | Full text

Shafique, M., van der Meijde, M., Kerle, N., van der Meer, F.D. and ... [et al.] (2008) Predicting topographic aggravation of seismic ground shaking by applying geospatial tools. In: Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 41(2008), pp. 33-43. Full text | Full text

Book Chapters

Kerle, N. and Alkema, D. (2012) Multiscale flood risk assessment in urban areas : a geoinformatics approach. In: Applied urban ecology : a global framework. / ed. by. Richter, M. and Weiland, U. Chichester, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-4443-3339-8. pp. 93-105. Full text

Maiyo, L., Kerle, N. and Köbben, B.J. (2010) Collaborative post - disaster damage mapping via geo web services. In: Geographic information and cartography for risk and crisis management : towards better solutions : e-book / editor M. Konecny, S. Zlatanova, T.L. Bandrova ; SpringerLink (Online service). - Berlin : Springer, 2010. - 437 p. - (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography). ISBN 978-3-642-03442-8. pp. 221-231. Full text | Full text

Shafique, M., van der Meijde, M., Kerle, N. and van der Meer, F.D. (2009) Impact of topographic parameters on seismic amplification applying geospatial tools. In: Remote sensing for a changing Europe : proceedings of the 28th EARSeL symposium, 2-7 June 2008, Istanbul, Turkey / ed by. D. Maktav. Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-58603-986-8-386. pp. 386-394. Full text

Kumar, U., Kerle, N. and Ramachandra, T.V. (2008) Constrained linear spectral unmixing technique for regional land cover mapping using MODIS data. In: Innovations and advanced techniques in systems, computing sciences and software engineering / ed by Khaled Elleithy. Berlin : Springer, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-4020-8734-9. paper 87. pp. 416-423. Full text

Stein, A. and Kerle, N. (2008) Environmental remediation. In: Encyclopedia of quantitative risk analysis and assessment : Vol. 2 D - I / ed. by Edward L. Melnick and Brian S. Everitt. Wiley, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-470-03549-8. pp. 606-611. Full text

Kerle, N. and Widartono, B. (2008) Geoinformation - based response to the 27 May Indonesia earthquake : an initial assessment. In: Remote sensing and GIS technologies for monitoring and prediction of disasters / ed. by S. Nayak and S. Zlatanova. Heidelberg : Springer, 2008. ISBN 978-3-540-79258-1 (Environmental science and engineering ) pp. 11-23. Full text

Kerle, N., Heuel, S.R.K.B. and Pfeifer, N. (2008) Real - time data collection and information generation using airborne sensors. In: Geospatial information technology for emergency response / ed. by S. Zlatanova and J. Li. London : Taylor & Francis, 2008. ISBN 978-0-415-42247-5 (ISPRS Book series ; 6) pp. 43-74. Full text

Zhang, Y. and Kerle, N. (2008) Satellite remote sensing for near - real time data collection. In: Geospatial information technology for emergency response / ed. by S. Zlatanova and J. Li. London : Taylor & Francis, 2008. ISBN 978-0-415-42247-5 (ISPRS Book series ; 6) pp. 75-102. Full text

Kerle, N., Stekelenburg, R., van den Heuvel, F. and Gorte, B.G.H. (2005) Near - real time post - disaster damage assessment with airborne oblique video data. In: Geo-information for disaster management Gi4DM : proceedings of the 1st international symposium on geo-information for disaster management : Delft, The Netherlands, 21-23 March 2005. / ed. by P.J.M. van Oosterom, S. Zlatanova, M. Elfriede. Berlin etc. : Springer, 2005. pp. 337-353.

PhD Theses

Martha, T.R., Jetten, V.G. (Promotor) , van Westen, C.J. (assistant promotor) and Kerle, N. (assistant promotor)  (2011) Detection of landslides by object - oriented image analysis. Enschede, University of Twente Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation ITC, 2011. ITC Dissertation 189, ISBN: 978-90-6164-309-8. Full text

Das, I., Stein, A. (Promotor) and Kerle, N. (assistant promotor)  (2011) Spatial statistical modelling for assessing landslide hazard and vulnerability. Enschede, University of Twente Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation ITC, 2011. ITC Dissertation 192, ISBN: 978-90-6164-312-8. Full text

Conference Proceedings (full papers)

Gerke, M. and Kerle, N. (2011) Graph matching in 3D space for structural seismic damage assessment. In: 2011 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops : ICCV Workshops, 6-13 November 2011, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 204-211. Full text | Full text

Lu, P., Casagli, N., Catani, F., Tofani, V., Stumpf, A. and Kerle, N. (2010) Rapid mapping and detection of landslides through remote sensing. In: Mountain risks : bringing science to society : proceedings of the Mountain Risks International Conference, Firenze, Italy, 24-26 November 2010 / ed. by J.-P. Malet, T. Glade and N. Casagli. - Strasbourg : CERG, 2010. ISBN 2-95183317-1-5. pp. 19-24. Full text

Martha, T.R. and Kerle, N. (2010) Segment optimisation for object - based landslide detection. In: GEOBIA 2010 : geographic object - based image analysis, 29 June-2 July 2010, Ghent, Belgium : proceedings / editor E.A. Addink, F.M.B. Van Coillie. - [s.l.] : International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), 2010. - (International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing : IAPRS : ISPRS ; XXXVIII-4/C7). 6 p. Full text | Full text

Kerle, N. (2009) AIDA : providing a framework for objective assessment of ICT for disaster risk management in Africa. In: Proceedings of the 6th international ISCRAM conference, for crisis response and management : boundary spanning initiatives and new perspectives, Gothenburg, Sweden, 10-13 May 2009 / ed. by J. Landgren, U. Nulden and B van de Walle. ISCRAM, 2009. ISBN 978-91-633-4715-3. 8 p. Full text | Full text

Maiyo, L., Köbben, B.J. and Kerle, N. (2009) Collaborative post - disaster damage mapping via geo web services. In: Cartography and geoinformatics for early warning and emergency management : towards better solutions, proceedings of the joint symposium of ICA working group on CEWaCM and JBGIS Gi4DM, January 19-22, 2009 Prague, Czech Republic. Brno, Masaryk University, 2009. / ed. by Konecny, M. and ... [et al.] ISBN: 978-80-210-4796-9. pp. 386-395. Full text

Sliuzas, R.V., Kerle, N. and Kuffer, M. (2008) Object - oriented mapping of urban poverty and deprivation. In: Proceedings of the 4th EARSeL workshop on remote sensing for developing countries in conjunction with GISDECO 8 : June 4-7, 2008, Istanbul, Turkey / European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL), 2008. 12 p. Full text

Ebert, A. and Kerle, N. (2008) Urban social vulnerability assessment using object - oriented analysis of remote sensing and GIS data : a case study for Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In: ISPRS 2008 : Proceedings of the XXI congress : Silk road for information from imagery : the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 3-11 July, Beijing, China. Comm. VII, WG VII/7. Beijing : ISPRS, 2008. pp. 1307-1311. Full text | Full text

Gao, Y., Kerle, N. and ... [et al.] (2007) Optimized image segmentation and its effect on classification accuracy. In: Proceedings of the 5th International symposium on Spatial Data Quality SDQ 2007, Modelling qualities in space and time, ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands, 13-15 June, 2007. Enschede : ITC, 2007. 4 p. Full text

Ebert, A., Kerle, N. and Stein, A. (2007) Remote sensing based assessment of social vulnerability. In: Proceedings of the 5th international workshop on remote sensing applications to natural hazards, 10-11 September 2007, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. : George Washington University : The Space Policy Institute, 2007. art. 12. 7 p. Full text | Full text | Full text | Full text

Shamaoma, H., Kerle, N. and Alkema, D. (2006) Extraction of flood - modelling related base - data from multi - source remote sensing imagery. In: ISPRS 2006 : ISPRS mid-term symposium 2006 remote sensing : from pixels to processes, 8-11 May 2006, Enschede, the Netherlands. Enschede : ITC, 2006. 7 p. Full text

Kerle, N. (2006) Geoinformation - based response to the 27 May Indonesia earthquake : an initial assessment. In: ACRS 2006 : Proceedings of the 27th Asian conference on remote sensing ACRS, 9-13 October, 2006 Ulanbaatar, Mongolia. Bangkok : Asian Association of Remote Sensing (AARS), 2006. 6 p. Full text

Rasika, A.K., Kerle, N. and Heuel, S.R.K.B. (2006) Multi - scale texture and color segmentation of oblique airborne video data for damage classification. In: ISPRS 2006 : ISPRS mid-term symposium 2006 remote sensing : from pixels to processes, 8-11 May 2006, Enschede, the Netherlands. Enschede : ITC, 2006. 8 p. Full text

Arciniegas, G., Bijker, W., Kerle, N. and Tolpekin, V.A. (2005) Analysis of seismogenic damage in Bam, Iran, using Envisat ASAR data. In: ACRS 2005 : proceedings of the 26th Asian conference on remote sensing, ACRS 2005, 7-11 November 2005, Hanoi, Vietnam. Hanoi : Asian Association on Remote Sensing (AARS), Geoinformatics Center, Asian Institute of Technology, 2005. 10 p. Full text

Kufoniyi, O. and Kerle, N. (2005) Towards innovative problem solving methodologies for less developed countries. In: Proceedings AfricaGIS 2005 : beyond talk: geo-information working for Africa : 31 October - 4 November 2005, Pretoria. Pretoria : EIS-Africa, 2005. ISBN 1-920-01710-0. pp. 398-403. Full text

Kerle, N. and Kufoniyi, O. (2005) Towards innovative problem solving methodologies for less developed countries in Asia. In: ACRS 2005 : proceedings of the 26th Asian conference on remote sensing, ACRS 2005, 7-11 November 2005, Hanoi, Vietnam. Hanoi : Asian Association on Remote Sensing (AARS), Geoinformatics Center, Asian Institute of Technology, 2005. 6 p. Full text

Kerle, N. and Stekelenburg, R. (2004) Advanced structural disaster damage assessment based on aerial oblique video imagery and integrated auxiliary data sources. In: ISPRS 2004 : proceedings of the XXth ISPRS congress : Geo-imagery bridging continents, 12-23 July 2004, Istanbul, Turkey. Comm. VII, TS-PG: WG VII/5. pp. 580-585. Full text | Full text

Ozisik, D. and Kerle, N. (2004) Post - earthquake damage assessment using satellite and airborne data in the case of the 1999 Kocaeli earthquake, Turkey. In: ISPRS 2004 : proceedings of the XXth ISPRS congress : Geo-imagery bridging continents, 12-23 July 2004, Istanbul, Turkey. Comm. VII, TS-PG: WG VII/5. pp. 686-691. Full text | Full text

Lawrence, W.T., Imhoff, M.L., Stutzer, C. and Kerle, N. (1998) Population growth and land cover change in Egypt : evaluating the utility of archival and recent DMSP - OLS data for urbanization studies. In: ISPRS proceedings Vol. XXXII Commission VII symposium, 1998. pp. 443-448.

Scientific and Professional Publications

Kerle, N. (2011) Remote sensing based post - disaster damage mapping : ready for a collaborative approach. In: Earthzine : fostering earth observation and global awareness, 23 March 2011. Full text

Kerle, N. (2010) Depicting capacity needs. In: GIM international : the global magazine for geomatics, 24 (2010)2 pp. 33. Full text | Full text

Kerle, N. and Neussner, O. (2010) Local flood early warning based on low - tech geoinformatics approaches and community involvement : a solution for rural areas in the Philippines. In: Geoinformation for Disaster and Risk Management : Examples and Best Practices / ed. by O. Altan ... [et al.]. - Copenhagen : Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JBGIS), 2010. ISBN 978-87-90907-88-4 pp. 57-62. Full text | Full text

Köbben, B.J., Maiyo, L. and Kerle, N. (2009) Disaster mapping 2.0 : collaborating via GIS and Geo - webservices. In: GIM international : the global magazine for geomatics, 23 (2009)7 pp. 12-15. Full text | Full text

Kerle, N. and Kooiman, A. (2009) Draft overview report of national case studies : AÏDA : advancing ICT for disaster risk management in Africa : FP7 - CSA Grant Agreement Number 223824. AIDA, 2009. Full text

Tempfli, K. (editor) , Huurneman, G.C. (editor) , Bakker, W.H. (editor) , Janssen, L.L.F. (editor) , Bakker, W.H., Feringa, W.F., Gieske, A.S.M., Grabmaier, K.A., Hecker, C.A., Horn, J.A., Huurneman, G.C., Kerle, N., van der Meer, F.D., Parodi, G.N., Pohl, C., Reeves, C.V., van Ruitenbeek, F.J.A., Schetselaar, E.M., Weir, M.J.C., Westinga, E. and Woldai, T. (2009) Principles of remote sensing : an introductory textbook. Enschede, ITC, 2009. ITC Educational Textbook Series 2, ISBN: 978-90-6164-270-1. Full text

Kerle, N. (2008) Geodata : limitations in current concepts. In: GIM international : the global magazine for geomatics,  (2008) pp. 41. Full text

Kerle, N. (editor) and Skidmore, A.K. (editor)  (2006) ISPRS 2006 : ISPRS mid-term symposium 2006 : from pixels to processes : ITC, Enschede, the Netherlands, 8-11 May 2006. Enschede, ITC, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), 2006. Full text

Janssen, L.L.F., Weir, M.J.C., Grabmaier, K.A. and Kerle, N. (2004) Geometric aspects. In: Principles of remote sensing : an introductory textbook. / ed. by N. Kerle - Third edition. - Enschede : ITC, 2004. (ITC Educational Textbook Series ; 2) pp. 143-155.

Kerle, N. (editor) , Janssen, L.L.F. (editor) , Huurneman, G.C. (editor) , Bakker, W.H., Grabmaier, K.A., Huurneman, G.C., van der Meer, F.D., Prakash, A., Tempfli, K., Gieske, A.S.M., Hecker, C.A., Janssen, L.L.F., Parodi, G.N., Reeves, C.V., Weir, M.J.C., Gorte, B.G.H., Horn, J.A., Kerle, N., Pohl, C., van Ruitenbeek, F.J.A. and Woldai, T. (2004) Principles of remote sensing : an introductory textbook. Enschede, ITC, 2004. ITC Educational Textbook Series 2, ISBN: 90-6164-227-2.

Presentations

Stumpf, A., Niethhammer, U., Rothmund, S., Mathieu, A., Malet, J.P., Kerle, N. and ... [et al.] (2011) Advanced image analysis for automated mapping of landslide surface fissures. Presented at the Second World Landslide Forum, 3-9 October 2011, Rome, Italy. 6 p. Full text

Kerle, N. and Neussner, O. (2011) Local flood early warning based on low - tech geoinformatics approaches and community involvement : a solution for rural areas in the Philippines : powerpoint. Presented at Workshop on Facing the Abnormal Flood : New Vision for APEC Member Economies, 27-29 July 2011, Da Nang, Vietnam, 20 slides. Full text

van den Eeckhaut, M., Kerle, N. and ... [et al.] (2011) Mapping of landslides under dense vegetation cover using object - oriented analysis and LiDAR derivatives. Presented at the Second World Landslide Forum, 3-9 October 2011, Rome, Italy. 6 p. Full text

van den Eeckhaut, M., Kerle, N. and Hervas, J. (2011) Mapping vegetated landslides using LiDAR derivatives and object - oriented analysis. Presented at Ninth International Workshop on Remote Sensing for Disaster Response, 15-16 September 2011, Stanford, USA. 4 p. Full text

Stumpf, A., Niethhammer, U., Rothmund, S., Mathieu, A., Malet, J.P., Kerle, N. and ... [et al.] (2011) Object - oriented analysis of unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, imagery for mapping and monitoring fissures in landslide bodies. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13(2011) EGU2011-9856, EGU general assembly 2011. 1 p. + 1 slide. Full text | Full text | Full text

Das, I., Stein, A., Kerle, N. and ... [et al.] (2011) Probabilistic landslide hazard assessment using segmentation based homogenous susceptible units : abstract. In: Spatial statistics 2011 : mapping global change, abstracts for the conference, 23-25 March, 2011, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands / editor A. Stein, , E. Pebesma, , G.B.M. Heuvelink. - Enschede : University of Twente Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation ITC, 2011. 1 p. Full text

Miura, H., Midorikawa, S. and Kerle, N. (2010) Building damage distribution of the 2006 Central Java, Indonesia, earthquake detected form satellite optical images + powerpoint. In: the 8th International Workshop on Remote Sensing for Disaster Management, 30 September-1 October 2010, Tokyo, Japan. 9 p. + 14 slides. Full text | Full text | Full text | Full text

Martha, T.R. and Kerle, N. (2010) Object - oriented and cognitive detection and characterisation of landslides : abstract + powerpoint. Presented at the 8th International Workshop on Remote Sensing for Disaster Management, 30 September-1 October 2010, Tokyo, Japan. 2 p. + 21 slides. Full text | Full text | Full text | Full text

Kohli, D., Sliuzas, R.V. and Kerle, N. (2010) Ontology of slums as a basis for object - oriented image classification. Presented at Earsel Joint SIG Workshop : Urban - 3D - Radar - Thermal Remote Sensing and Developing Countries, 22-24 September 2010, Ghent, Belgium. 8 p. Full text

Kerle, N. and Martha, T.R. (2010) The potential of object - based and cognitive methods for rapid detection and characterisation of landslides. Presented at the GI4DM 2010 : 6th International Symposium on Geo-information for Disaster Management, 2-4 February 2010, Torino, Italy. 6p. Full text

Gerke, M. and Kerle, N. (2010) Use of oblique airborne images for automatic structural damage assessment : abstract + powerpoint. Presented at the 8th International Workshop on Remote Sensing for Disaster Management, 30 September-1 October 2010, Tokyo, Japan. 2 p. + 25 slides. Full text | Full text | Full text | Full text

Kooiman, A. and Kerle, N. (2009) Assessment of information and communication technology for disaster risk management in four African countries for the AIDA project. Presented at AfricaGIS 2009 international conference : geo - spatial information and sustainable development in Africa : facing challenges of global changes, 26-30 October 2009, Kampala, Uganda. 8 p. Full text

Devoli, G., Cepeda, J. and Kerle, N. (2009) Geological setting and failure mechanisms of the 1998 Casita volcano landslide, Nicaragua : abstract + The 1998 Casita volcano flank failure revisited : new insights into geological setting and failure mechanisms : poster. In: European Geosciences Union General Assemby 19-24 April 2009, Vienna. Austria : Geophysical research abstracts, 11(2009)EGU2009-4745. 1 p. Full text | Full text | Full text

Kerle, N. and Aubrecht, C. (2009) Object - oriented and cognitive methods for urban structural and functional assessment as basis for disaster risk management : abstract. Presented at 7th International Workshop on Remote Sensing and Disaster Response, 22-23 October 2009, Austin Texas, USA. 4 p. Full text

Aubrecht, C., Elvidge, C.D., Ziskin, D., Baugh, K.E., Tuttle, B.T., Erwin, E. and Kerle, N. (2009) Observing power blackouts from space : a disaster related study : abstract + poster. In: European Geosciences Union General Assemby 19-24 April 2009, Vienna. Austria : Geophysical research abstracts, 11(2009)EGU2009-7266. 1 p. Full text | Full text | Full text

Devoli, G., Cepeda, J. and Kerle, N. (2008) The 1998 Casita volcano flank collapse and lahar : an overview : abstract. Presented at the 33rd International Geological Congress : Earth system science: foundation for sustainable development, 6-14 August 2008, Oslo, Norway. 2 p. Full text

Martha, T.R., Kerle, N., van Westen, C.J. and Kumar, K.V. (2008) High resolution DEM from Cartosat - 1 for landslide investigation in the Himalayan region, India : powerpoint. Presented at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2008, 13-18 April 2008, Vienna, Austria 14 slides. Full text

Shafique, M., van der Meijde, M., Kerle, N. and van der Meer, F.D. (2008) Impact of topographic parameters on seismic amplification applying geospatial tools : a case study of Kashmir earthquake, 2005 , Pakistan : powerpoint. Presented at the 28th EARSeL symposium an workshops : remote sensing for a changing Europe, 2-7 June 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. 17 slides. Full text

Shafique, M., van der Meijde, M., Kerle, N., van der Meer, F.D. and Khan, M.A. (2008) Predicting topographic aggravation of seismic ground shaking by applying geo - spatial tools : a case study of Kashmir eartquake 2005, Pakistan : powerpoint. Presented at Earthquake hazards Pakistan : post-October 08 2005 Muzafarabad earthquake scenario, 22-23 August 2008, Baragali, Pakistan. 13 slides. Full text

Ebert, A. and Kerle, N. (2006) Social vulnerability assessment using satellite data : a case study for Tegucigalpa, Honduras : abstract. In: Abstracts of the workshop on modern aspects of remote sensing and geospatial data processing, NRSA - ITC, Hyderabad, India, 24-25 November 2006 / ed by. K.M.M. Rao, A. Stein, P.S. Roy and A.S. Manjunath. Hyderabad : National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), 2006. 2 p. Full text

Kerle, N. and ... [et al.] (2005) What happened to the potential of video data for post - disaster damage assessment?. Presented at the 1st international conference on urban disaster reduction ICUDR, 18-20 January, Kobe Japan, 2005. 8 p. Full text