Curriculum Vitae
Schläpfer, Daniel Rolf, Dr.sc.nat., Prof.
Switzerland; born in St.Gallen.
Daniel Schläpfer received a masters degree in geography and atmospheric physics at the University of Zurich in summer 1994. During his dissertation work he focused on the physically based retrieval of atmospheric constituents from imaging spectroscopy data. He received the Ph. degree in natural sciences in fall 1998 and he holds a teacher's degree in geography and physics. In 2009, he received a teaching professor degree from state of St.Gallen.
His current scientific work focuses on the implementation of sophisticated tools for the processing and validation of image spectrometry data. These tasks include:
- the further development for the parametric orthorectification package PARGE which is used for operational geometric processing of hyperspectral data,
- the implementation of tools for the simulation of the hyperspectral signal, maintenance of the Modtran Interface MODO, and
- advancing the technology for radiometric preprocessing of hypersspectral data; including BRDF and compensation of atmospheric effects using ATCOR technology.
In 2000, he founded the company ReSe Applications which was transformed in a limited liability company in 2018. ReSe is focused on the development and distribution of imaging spectroscopy related software. Furthermore, he also holds a teaching position at the physics department of Kantonsschule Wil (Junior College).
Education
- 1987:
- Graduating at high school in St.Gallen, Switzerland.
- 1988 - 1989:
- Electrical engineering at the ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
- 1989 - 1991:
- Bachelor equivalent degree in geography at the University of Zürich. Additional exams in experimental physics, mathematics and geology.
- 1991 - 1994:
- Studies in methodological geography (remote sensing and geographic information systems); RSL, Department of Geography. Master's thesis on imaging spectrometry of atmospheric trace gases.
- 1994:
- Master degree in geography (University of Zürich); additional degree in atmospheric physics (ETH Zürich).
- 1995:
- 'Schläfli' - award by the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences, issued for the Master thesis.
- 1995 - 1996:
- Research semester at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, LANL New Mexico (USA), development of a new methodology for atmospheric water vapor detection.
- 1995 - 1998:
- Ph.D. student at the Remote Sensing Applications Division of RSL and the air quality monitoring group of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI, Villigen)
- Spring 1998:
- Bachelor equivalent degree in physics at the University of Zürich
- Fall 1998:
- Ph.D. Graduation in natural sciences (Dr.sc.nat.) at the University of Zürich.
- Spring 1999:
- Teaching degree in geography and physics by the University of Zürich.
- Summer 2009:
- Teaching professor degree of state St.Gallen.
Professional Activities
Selected Scientific Projects and Activities
- PARGE development of automatic processing chains for NEO Hyspex, Hymap, Headwall Hyperspec, and Specim AISA systems.
- DROACOR development for close range imaging spectroscopy data processing, horizontal ground based data acquisition and thermal infrared temperature-emissivity separation.
- Development of BRDF correction (BREFCOR) and Shadow correction (SHAOT) for high resolution airborne instruments.
- ATCOR-ADS (swisstopo), implementation of operational radiometric processing chain for Leica ADS systems, since 2013.
- BREFCOR (ReSe), development of a model based BRDF effects correction scheme, since 2012.
- EUROSDR - Radiometric Analysis and Atmospheric Correction of Airborne High Resolution Photogrammetric Systems, since 2010.
- Geo-atmospheric Processing (ReSe, ongoing): Development and operationalisation of the parametric geocoding application PARGE. Integration with the atmospheric correction package ATCOR4 in close Collaboration with DLR Munich/Rudolf Richter, since 1996.
- Airborne PRISM Experiment APEX, (ESA): Design of major parts of the APEX prpocessing chain and definition of its specifications, 1998-2008.
- Alpine Ecosystem (SNF): Development of methods for the use of imaging spectrometry data in characterization of permafrost areas in Alpine regions. Support to the development of the 'TEBAL' Energy balance model, 2000-2001.
- Performance and Calibration Requirements for APEX (ESA-Prodex): Development and implementation of methods for the definition of requirements for airborne imaging spectrometers. Derivation of a model for noise equivalent radiance calculation from scientific requirements, 2001.
- HyMus (ESA): Study concerns the synergy of optical data of various scales. Hyperspectral and Multispectral data are compared in relation to the impact on biophysical parameter retrieval at various scales. The scales include the spatial, the temporal, and the spectral dimensions. The study was initiated in connection with the LSPIM mission, 2000
- SENSOR (RSL): Development of an end-to-end sensor simulation tool for hyperspectral images including topography, atmosphere, sensor optics and electronics, 1999
- Swiss National Science foundation (SNF/RSL/PSI): Exploration of the potential of imaging spectrometry data for environmental analysis in atmospheric and limnologic research, 1995-1998.
Recent Publications
Please refer to the publication list for an overview of all recent (and older..) publications.