Kjeld Rasmussen
Professional Address: Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Tel: +45 35322500, Fax: +45 35322501
E-mail: kr@geogr.ku.dk
Born: Sept. 17, 1950 in Copenhagen
Nationality: Danish
Occupation: Associate professor, Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen
University degrees: 1977 MSc in geophysics, Institute of Geophysics, UC
1977 BSc in geography, IGUC
1981 PhD in geography, IGUC
Employment record:
1978-81 PhD-scholarship at IGUC
1981-83 Assistent professor at IGUC
1983- Associate professor at IGUC
Recent, selected scientific projects and activities:
1987-2003: Responsible for the collaboration between IGUC and 'Centre de Suivi Écologique', Dakar, Senegal, conc. development of methodologies for monitoring natural vegetation crops, agrometeorological parameters and fires by remote sensing.
1994-99: Participation in the 'Sahel-Sudan Environmental Research Initiative' (SEREIN), with responsibility for a sub-project on remote sensing applications in land use/cover mapping and monitoring in Burkina Faso and on the sensitivity of Burkinabè agriculture to climatic change.
1996-2001: Project coordinator: Framework project ‘Fire in Tropical Ecosystems’
1996-2002: Project coordinator: ‘Integration of Earth Observation Data in Distributed Agrohydrological Models’ (INTEO).
2000-2004: Participant in project on use of ENVISAT data for vegetation and hydrological monitoring in Senegal.
2000-: Participant in a collaborative project with Hanoi Agricultural University on deforestation in the highlands of Vietnam, with responsibility for a sub-project on shifting cultivation systems.
2002-2005: Participant in the INTEO2 project on remote sensing of vegetation and water resources in Senegal.
2005-: Participant in the AMMA-EU project (WP3.2) on adaptation to changes in the West-African Monsoon.
Major grants:
Over the period 1987 -, a total of more than 15 mill DKK for research and capacity building in West Africa.
Current research areas:
- Adaptation to and mitigation of climate change
- Modelling of agricultural systems (with emphasis on shifting cultivation)
Current teaching areas:
- Natural resource management & environmental economics
- Human ecology
- Global change, climate and land use
- Theory and methodology of science
Popularization of research
· Several public lectures on desertification, climate change and ethics etc.
· Several popular papers on environmental change in the third world.
· Organization of training course for high-school teachers on energy and climate.
· Teaching materials on environmental monitoring for high-school students.
Selected, reviewed publications 2000 -.
Mbow, C., Nielsen, T.T. & Rasmussen, K. (2000): Savanna fires in east-central Senegal: Distribution patterns, resource management and perceptions. Human Ecology 28, 4: 561 - 583.
Sandholt, I., Rasmussen, K. & Andersen, J. (2001): Derivation of a dryness index from NOAA-AVHRR data for use in large scale hydrological mapping. In Remote Sensing and Hydrology 2000, Proc. IAHS/ICRSDT Symposium on Remote Sensing and Hydrology 2000: 212 - 216. IAHS Publications no.267.
Rasmussen, K. (2001): Effects of climate change on agriculture and environment in the semi-arid tropics - with Senegal as an example. In Jørgensen, A.M.K., Fenger, J. & Halsnæs, K. (2001): Climate Change Research - Danish Contributions: 331 - 340. Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen
Nielsen, T.T. & Rasmussen, K. (2001): Utilization of NOAA AVHRR for assessing the determinants of fire distribution in Burkina Faso. Int. J. Wildfire 10, 2: 129 - 135.
Rasmussen, K., Fog, B. & Madsen, J. (2001): Desertification in reverse ? Observations from northern Burkina Faso. Global Environmental Change 11, 4: 271 - 282.
Sandholt, I., Rasmussen, K. & Andersen, J. (2002): A simple interpretation of the temperature/vegetation index space for assessment of soil moisture status. Remote Sensing of Environment 79: 213-224.
Andersen, J., Dybkjaer, G., Jensen, K.H., Refsgaard, J.C. & Rasmussen, K. (2002). Use of Remotely Sensed Precipitation and Leaf Area Index in a Distributed Hydrological Model. Journal of Hydrology 264: 34-50.
Elberling, B., Touré, A. & Rasmussen, K. (2003): Changes in soil organic matter following groundnut-millet cropping at three locations in semi-arid Senegal, West Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 96: 37-47.
Sandholt, I., Nyborg, L., Fog, B., Lo, M., Bocoum, O. & Rasmussen, K. (2003): Remote sensing techniques for flood monitoring in the Senegal River valley. Danish Journal of Geography 103(1): 71-81.
Touré, A., Rasmussen, K., Diallo, O. & Diouf, A. (2003): Actual and potential carbon stocks in the north-sudanian zone. A case study: The forests of Delbi and Paniates in Senegal. Danish Journal of Geography 103(1): 63-70.
Lind, M., Rasmussen, K., Adriansen, H. & Ka, A. (2003): Estimating vegetative productivity gradients around watering points in the rangelands of northern Senegal based on NOAA AVHRR data. Danish Journal of Geography 103(1): 1-15.
Nielsen, T.T., Rasmussen, K., Mbow, C. & Touré, A. (2003): The fire regime of Senegal and its determinants. Danish Journal of Geography 103(1): 43-53.
Dybkjær, G., Nielsen, T.T., Rasmussen, K., Rasmussen, M.S., Hansen, L.B., Touré, A. (2003): Documentation and evaluation of the CSE NOAA AVHRR data set. Danish Journal of Geography 103(1): 125-135.
Sandholt, I., Andersen, J., Dybkjær, G., Nyborg, L., Lo, M., Rasmussen, K., Refsgaard, J.-C., Jensen, K.H. & Touré, A. (2003): Integration of earth observation data in distributed hydrological models: the Senegal River basin. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 29, 6: 701-710.
Wardell, D.A., Nielsen, T.T., Rasmussen, K. & Mbow, C. (2004). Fire history, fire regimes and fire management in West Africa - an overview. In: Goldammer, J.G. & de Ronde, C. (eds.): Wildland Fire Management Handbook for Sub-Sahara Africa. Global Fire Management Centre/Oneworldbooks: 350-381.
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