Laboratory of Forest Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis

Laboratory Details

Laboratory Title: Laboratory of Forest Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis

Faculty: Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences

School: Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources

Email: tkatagis@fmenr.duth.gr

Telephone: 2552041130

Official Gazette of Establishment:

Introduction - Presentation

Field of Research

Land use/land cover and forest mapping, Application of remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) methods for monitoring forest ecosystems, Analysis of Earth Observation data, Classification of satellite images, Forest fires

Laboratory Members

Name	Position/Capacity	Email	Telephone
Thomas Katagis	Director	tkatagis@fmenr.duth.gr	2552041130

Featured Research Programs

Programme Title	Duration	Funding
Enhancing Accessibility, Biodiversity, and Climate Resilience through Sustainable Practices: Sustain BIO&CLIMA ACCESS, Interreg Next Black Seas Basin.	12/2025 - 06/2028	Interreg funds
Exploitation of modern LiDAR and remote sensing technologies in the context of supporting fire-prevention planning in a Mediterranean ecosystem	12/2025 - 06/2029	Green Fund, GR
Ανάπτυξη μεθοδολογικού πλαισίου για τον εντοπισμό πιθανών διαβρωσιγενών και πλημμυρικών περιοχών μετά από πυρκαγιά, (PEFI Post Fire Erosion and Flood Prone Identification Framework)	03/2024–08/2024	«Duth to the People», Democritus University of Thessaloniki

Featured Publications

Chronological Order	APP	doi
Abdollahnejad A., Georgopoulos N., Katagis T., Stavrakoudis D., Gitas I. Z. (2025). A Sentinel-2-based forest type mapping framework for supporting forest inventory at the regional scale. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 00(00), 1–19		https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2025.2597676
Katagis T., Abdollahnejad A., Gkounti E., Georgopoulos, N., Gitas, I. Z. (2025) Accuracy assessment of global and regional land cover maps: a case study in Northern Greece, Proc. SPIE 13816, Eleventh International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2025), 138160O (19 Sept 2025);		https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3072484
Kolkos, G, Katagis T., Arabatzis G., Kantartzis A., Stergiadou A. (2025) Forest Road Design and Calculation of Biomass Removal Volume Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Combined with LiDAR Sensors. E3S Web of Conferences 669:04005. doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/202566904005.		https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202566904005