Spatial modelling of renewable energy integrating remote sensing data [Elektronische Ressource] / by Shifeng Wang

SPATIAL MODELLING OF RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATING REMOTE SENSING DATA Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree Doctor rer. nat. of the Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany By Shifeng Wang Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany 2010 Dean: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gero Becker Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Barbara Koch 2nd Reviewer: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Rudolf Pelz Disputation: 7.12.2010 Acknowledgements I sincerely express my gratitude to Prof. Dr. Barbara Koch for accepting me as a doctoral student at the Department of Remote Sensing and Landscape Information Systems (FELIS). She introduced me to a new field of renewable energy, helped me to completely ―enter‖ the field and encouraged me to think critically and analytically. Without her invaluable supervision, support and contribution, I would not have obtained such interesting results in my research. I am indebted to her. I delightedly acknowledge another supervisor Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter R. Pelz from the Department of Forest Biometry. He gave me a lot of wonderful suggestions, comments and criticisms for my research. Thank him for his help. Thanks to my colleagues at FELIS, especially Dr. Matthias Dees and Mr.