Dr.-Ing. Katja Richter

Research associate

Ms Dr.-Ing. Katja Richter

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Hülße-Bau (HÜL), Room W537 [temporarily NÜR; Room 206]

Curriculum vitae

Geodesy studies at the TU Dresden 2003-2008
Staff member at the IPF since 2008
2018 Completion of PhD on "Analysis of full-waveform airborne laser scanner data for volumetric representation in environmental applications." (PhD Thesis Katja Richter)

SICK Measurement Technology Award 2018 for the best dissertation on the topic "Measurement Technology" SICK Measurement Technology Award 2018
Teaching Award 2021 for the course "Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Area and Stock Inventories" Teaching Award 2021
Remote Sensing Award from the Nico Rüpke Foundation and the DGPF for the best paper in the 2026 conference proceedings, titled "Classifying Morphologially Similar Tree Species in Central European Forests using Geometric Bark-Structure Features Derived from Terrestrial Laser Scanning" Remote Sensing Award 2026

DFG project "Effective methods for assessing vegetation structure and change
from multi-echo and full-waveform laser scanner data of terrestrial
LiDAR systems"
DFG project (completed) "Tomographic approaches to laser bathymetry data processing".
DFG project (completed) "Development of a model for the strict consideration of refraction effects in airborne laser scanning bathymetry".
DFG project (completed) "Volumetric forest structure reconstruction from full-waveform airborne laser scanner data"
Project (completed) "Derivation of turbidity parameters and performance improvements of the evaluation algorithms of laser bathymetry in the area of Elbe/Klöden".
DFG project (completed) "Reflective optics for wide band photogrammetric measurement systems".
Project (completed) "Generation of surface models with the triangulation sensor Microscribe/ Microscan".

Supervision of Bachelor and Master Theses
Lecture: Introduction to geodesy - lecture series, part photogrammetry
Lecture: Basics of Photogrammtry - Part 2
Lecture: Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Area and Stock Inventories
Lecture: Methods of Remote Sensing and Data Analysis - Laser Scanning in Forestry Applications
Exercise: Airborne Laser Scanning

43 Entries

An approach for considering beam divergence in voxel space transformation of full-waveform airborne laser scanning dataStelling, N., Richter, K. & Maas, H., 2016, Virtual Geoscience ProceedingsElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Korrektur der Signaldämpfung und Analyse zur Bestimmbarkeit der Gewässertrübung in Laserbathymetrie-DatenRichter, K., Westfeld, P., Maas, H. & Weiß, R., 2016, DGPF Tagungsband. Vol. 25. p. 230-239, 10 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Voxel Based Representation of Full-waveform Airborne Laser Scanner Data for Forestry ApplicationsStelling, N. & Richter, K., 2016, In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences . XLI-B8, p. 755-762, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

Reference value provision schemes for attenuation correction of full-waveform airborne laser scanner dataRichter, K., Blaskow, R., Stelling, N. & Maas, H. -., 2015, In: ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. II-3, W5, p. 65-72, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Untersuchungen zu Dämpfungseffekten in der Baumkrone bei Full-Waveform LaserscannerdatenRichter, K., Blaskow, R., Bienert, A., Stelling, N. & Maas, H., 2015, DGPF Tagungsband. Vol. 24Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution

3D-Vegetationsmodell aus Laserscannerdaten für forstmeteorologische Anwendungen am Beispiel des TurbEFA-ProjektesBienert, A., Richter, K., Stelling, N. & Maas, H., 2014Research output: Contribution to conferences > Poster
Attenuation correction of full-waveform airborne laser scanning data for improving the quality od volumetric forest reconstructions by simplified waveform history analysisRichter, K., Stelling, N. & Maas, H., 2014, Proceedings of the 34th EARSel Symposium. p. 273-280, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
Correcting attenuation effects caused by interactions in the forest canopy in full-waveform airborne laser scanner dataRichter, K., Stelling, N. & Maas, H., 2014, In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences . 2014, XL-3, p. 273-280, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

Development of a geometric model for an allreflective camera systemRichter, K., Mader, D., Seidl, K. & Maas, H., 2013, In: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. p. 41-51, 11 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Entwicklung und Validierung eines geometrischen Modells für ein voll-reflektives Kamerasystem für NahbereichanwendungenRichter, K., Mader, D., Seidl, K. & Maas, H., 2013, Beiträge der Oldenburger 3D-Tage 2013. p. 400-410, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution