The Department of Communications Engineering at HTWK Leipzig provides contributions for space-based environmental monitoring
In recent years, space-based animal observation as part of the ICARUS project has provided a large number of research results on the migratory behaviour of birds and large mammals. Migrating animals are fitted with lightweight radio transmitters (tags), which then enable the individuals to be localised worldwide. In parallel to the pure position data, environmental parameters (e.g. temperature) are recorded in the respective habitat. The Department of Communications Engineering, headed by Prof Marco Krondorf, supplied key components of the radio signal transmission between the tags on the ground and the International Space Station ISS for the sensor data transmission in the ICARUS project. Key findings in the field of biodiversity and behavioural research have now been published in the renowned TREE Journal (Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Elsevier) under the title "Biological Earth observation with animal sensors".
Prof Krondorf is currently looking for doctoral students for research projects on space-based environmental monitoring.
