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Karina Winkler
Karina Winkler is a postdoctoral researcher in the Land Use Change & Climate Research Group. Her studies in Giessen (BSc) and Tübingen (MSc), Germany, first work experience at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and her PhD at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, shaped her background in geography with a focus on geoinformatics/remote sensing.
Karina's research focusses on modelling global land use change at high resolution, linking land use change patterns to management dynamics and their implications for climate change. Her scientific interest include land cover/land use change (esp. agriculture and forests), remote sensing and geospatial data analysis with open source tools.
Email: karina.winkler@kit.edu
Telephone: +49 8821 183 283
Publications
2025
Winkler, K.; Fuchs, R.; Rounsevell, M.; Herold, M.
Six decades of global crop yield increase and cropland expansion from 1960 to 2020
2025. Environmental Research Communications, 7 (5), Art.-Nr.: 055013. doi:10.1088/2515-7620/add3cd
Six decades of global crop yield increase and cropland expansion from 1960 to 2020
2025. Environmental Research Communications, 7 (5), Art.-Nr.: 055013. doi:10.1088/2515-7620/add3cd
Mwanake, R. M.; Wangari, E. G.; Winkler, K.; Gettel, G. M.; Butterbach-Bahl, K.; Kiese, R.
From data to insights: Upscaling riverine GHG fluxes in Germany with machine learning
2025. Science of The Total Environment, 958, 177984. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177984
From data to insights: Upscaling riverine GHG fluxes in Germany with machine learning
2025. Science of The Total Environment, 958, 177984. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177984
2024
Fuchs, R.; Raymond, J.; Winkler, K.; Rounsevell, M.
The EU’s new anti-deforestation law has severe loopholes that could be exploited by the forthcoming EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement
2024. Environmental Research Letters, 19 (9), 091005. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad69ab
The EU’s new anti-deforestation law has severe loopholes that could be exploited by the forthcoming EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement
2024. Environmental Research Letters, 19 (9), 091005. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad69ab
Lauerwald, R.; Bastos, A.; McGrath, M. J.; Petrescu, A. M. R.; Ritter, F.; Andrew, R. M.; Berchet, A.; Broquet, G.; Brunner, D.; Chevallier, F.; Cescatti, A.; Filipek, S.; Fortems-Cheiney, A.; Forzieri, G.; Friedlingstein, P.; Fuchs, R.; Gerbig, C.; Houweling, S.; Ke, P.; Lerink, B. J. W.; Li, W.; Li, W.; Li, X.; Luijkx, I.; Monteil, G.; Munassar, S.; Nabuurs, G.-J.; Patra, P. K.; Peylin, P.; Pongratz, J.; Regnier, P.; Saunois, M.; Schelhaas, M.-J.; Scholze, M.; Sitch, S.; Thompson, R. L.; Tian, H.; Tsuruta, A.; Wilson, C.; Wigneron, J.-P.; Yao, Y.; Zaehle, S.; Ciais, P.; Winkler, K.
Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Budgets of Europe: Trends, Interannual and Spatial Variability, and Their Drivers
2024. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 38 (8), e2024GB008141. doi:10.1029/2024GB008141
Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Budgets of Europe: Trends, Interannual and Spatial Variability, and Their Drivers
2024. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 38 (8), e2024GB008141. doi:10.1029/2024GB008141
2023
Fuchs, R.; Raymond, J.; Winkler, K.; Rounsevell, M.
Short-sighted policies are fuelling Brazilian deforestation
2023. Nature, 624 (7992), 522. doi:10.1038/d41586-023-04057-4
Short-sighted policies are fuelling Brazilian deforestation
2023. Nature, 624 (7992), 522. doi:10.1038/d41586-023-04057-4
McGrath, M. J.; Petrescu, A. M. R.; Peylin, P.; Andrew, R. M.; Matthews, B.; Dentener, F.; Balkovič, J.; Bastrikov, V.; Becker, M.; Broquet, G.; Ciais, P.; Fortems-Cheiney, A.; Ganzenmüller, R.; Grassi, G.; Harris, I.; Jones, M.; Knauer, J.; Kuhnert, M.; Monteil, G.; Munassar, S.; Palmer, P. I.; Peters, G. P.; Qiu, C.; Schelhaas, M.-J.; Tarasova, O.; Vizzarri, M.; Winkler, K.; Balsamo, G.; Berchet, A.; Briggs, P.; Brockmann, P.; Chevallier, F.; Conchedda, G.; Crippa, M.; Dellaert, S. N. C.; Denier van der Gon, H. A. C.; Filipek, S.; Friedlingstein, P.; Fuchs, R.; Gauss, M.; Gerbig, C.; Guizzardi, D.; Günther, D.; Houghton, R. A.; Janssens-Maenhout, G.; Lauerwald, R.; Lerink, B.; Luijkx, I. T.; Moulas, G.; Muntean, M.; Nabuurs, G.-J.; Paquirissamy, A.; Perugini, L.; Peters, W.; Pilli, R.; Pongratz, J.; Regnier, P.; Scholze, M.; Serengil, Y.; Smith, P.; Solazzo, E.; Thompson, R. L.; Tubiello, F. N.; Vesala, T.; Walther, S.
The consolidated European synthesis of CO₂ emissions and removals for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990–2020
2023. Earth System Science Data, 15 (10), 4295–4370. doi:10.5194/essd-15-4295-2023
The consolidated European synthesis of CO₂ emissions and removals for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990–2020
2023. Earth System Science Data, 15 (10), 4295–4370. doi:10.5194/essd-15-4295-2023
Winkler, K.; Yang, H.; Ganzenmüller, R.; Fuchs, R.; Ceccherini, G.; Duveiller, G.; Grassi, G.; Pongratz, J.; Bastos, A.; Shvidenko, A.; Araza, A.; Herold, M.; Wigneron, J.-P.; Ciais, P.
Changes in land use and management led to a decline in Eastern Europe’s terrestrial carbon sink
2023. Communications Earth & Environment, 4 (1), Art.Nr.: 237. doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00893-4
Changes in land use and management led to a decline in Eastern Europe’s terrestrial carbon sink
2023. Communications Earth & Environment, 4 (1), Art.Nr.: 237. doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00893-4
Winkler, K.
A data-driven reconstruction of global land use change : Dynamics, drivers and impacts. PhD dissertation
2023, May 2. Wageningen University. doi:10.18174/587224
A data-driven reconstruction of global land use change : Dynamics, drivers and impacts. PhD dissertation
2023, May 2. Wageningen University. doi:10.18174/587224
Lee, H.; Pugh, T. A. M.; Patacca, M.; Seo, B.; Winkler, K.; Rounsevell, M.
Three billion new trees in the EU’s biodiversity strategy: low ambition, but better environmental outcomes?
2023. Environmental Research Letters, 18 (3), Art.-Nr.: 034020. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acb95c
Three billion new trees in the EU’s biodiversity strategy: low ambition, but better environmental outcomes?
2023. Environmental Research Letters, 18 (3), Art.-Nr.: 034020. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acb95c
2022
Estoque, R. C.; Dasgupta, R.; Winkler, K.; Avitabile, V.; Johnson, B. A.; Myint, S. W.; Gao, Y.; Ooba, M.; Murayama, Y.; Lasco, R. D.
Spatiotemporal pattern of global forest change over the past 60 years and the forest transition theory
2022. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (8), Art.-Nr.: 084022. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac7df5
Spatiotemporal pattern of global forest change over the past 60 years and the forest transition theory
2022. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (8), Art.-Nr.: 084022. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac7df5
Ganzenmüller, R.; Bultan, S.; Winkler, K.; Fuchs, R.; Zabel, F.; Pongratz, J.
Land-use change emissions based on high-resolution activity data substantially lower than previously estimated
2022. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (6), 064050. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac70d8
Land-use change emissions based on high-resolution activity data substantially lower than previously estimated
2022. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (6), 064050. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac70d8
Bastos, A.; Ciais, P.; Sitch, S.; Aragão, L. E. O. C.; Chevallier, F.; Fawcett, D.; Rosan, T. M.; Saunois, M.; Günther, D.; Perugini, L.; Robert, C.; Deng, Z.; Pongratz, J.; Ganzenmüller, R.; Fuchs, R.; Winkler, K.; Zaehle, S.; Alvergel, C.
On the use of Earth Observation to support estimates of national greenhouse gas emissions and sinks for the Global stocktake process: lessons learned from ESA-CCI RECCAP2
2022. Carbon Balance and Management, 17 (1), Art.Nr. 15. doi:10.1186/s13021-022-00214-w
On the use of Earth Observation to support estimates of national greenhouse gas emissions and sinks for the Global stocktake process: lessons learned from ESA-CCI RECCAP2
2022. Carbon Balance and Management, 17 (1), Art.Nr. 15. doi:10.1186/s13021-022-00214-w
2021
Winkler, K.; Fuchs, R.; Rounsevell, M.; Herold, M.
Global land use changes are four times greater than previously estimated
2021. Nature Communications, 12 (1), Artikel-Nr.: 2501. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22702-2
Global land use changes are four times greater than previously estimated
2021. Nature Communications, 12 (1), Artikel-Nr.: 2501. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22702-2
2018
Müller, I.; Hipondoka, M.; Winkler, K.; Geßner, U.; Martinis, S.; Taubenböck, H.
Monitoring flood and drought events - earth observation for multiscale assessment of water-related hazards and exposed elements
2018. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa – assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions, 136–143, Klaus Hess Publishers. doi:10.7809/b-e.00315
Monitoring flood and drought events - earth observation for multiscale assessment of water-related hazards and exposed elements
2018. Climate change and adaptive land management in southern Africa – assessments, changes, challenges, and solutions, 136–143, Klaus Hess Publishers. doi:10.7809/b-e.00315
Roth, A.; Marschalk, U.; Winkler, K.; Schättler, B.; Huber, M.; Georg, I.; Künzer, C.; Dech, S.
Ten Years of Experience with Scientific TerraSAR-X Data Utilization
2018. Remote sensing, 10 (8), 1170. doi:10.3390/rs10081170
Ten Years of Experience with Scientific TerraSAR-X Data Utilization
2018. Remote sensing, 10 (8), 1170. doi:10.3390/rs10081170
Wohlfart, C.; Winkler, K.; Wendleder, A.; Roth, A.
TerraSAR-X and Wetlands: A Review
2018. Remote sensing, 10 (6), Art.Nr.: 916. doi:10.3390/rs10060916
TerraSAR-X and Wetlands: A Review
2018. Remote sensing, 10 (6), Art.Nr.: 916. doi:10.3390/rs10060916
2017
Winkler, K.; Gessner, U.; Hochschild, V.
Identifying Droughts Affecting Agriculture in Africa Based on Remote Sensing Time Series between 2000–2016: Rainfall Anomalies and Vegetation Condition in the Context of ENSO
2017. Remote sensing, 9 (8), Art.Nr.: 831. doi:10.3390/rs9080831
Identifying Droughts Affecting Agriculture in Africa Based on Remote Sensing Time Series between 2000–2016: Rainfall Anomalies and Vegetation Condition in the Context of ENSO
2017. Remote sensing, 9 (8), Art.Nr.: 831. doi:10.3390/rs9080831