@article{WielandDalchowSommeretal.2011,
  author    = {Wieland, Ralf and Dalchow, Claus and Sommer, Michael and Fukuda, Kyoko},
  title     = {Multi-Scale Landscape Analysis (MSLA) a method to identify correlation of relief with ecological point data},
  series = {Ecological informatics : an international journal on ecoinformatics and computational ecolog},
  volume    = {6},
  journal   = {Ecological informatics : an international journal on ecoinformatics and computational ecolog},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {1574-9541},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.ecoinf.2010.09.002},
  pages     = {164 -- 169},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {A common problem in ecology is identifying the relationship between relief and site properties obtainable only by point measurements. The method of Multi-Scale Landscape Analysis (MSLA) identifies such correlations. MSLA combines frequency filtering of the digital elevation model (DEM) with an estimation of the optimum filter coefficients using an optimization procedure. Tested using point data of soil decarbonation from a German young moraine landscape, MSLA provided significant results. Implemented within open source software SAMT. MSLA is comfortable and flexible to use, offering applications for numerous other spatial analysis problems.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ZhangWielandReicheetal.2011,
  author    = {Zhang, Zhuodong and Wieland, Ralf and Reiche, Matthias and Funk, Roger and Hoffmann, Carsten and Li, Yong and Sommer, Michael},
  title     = {Wind modelling for wind erosion research by open source computational fluid dynamics},
  series = {Ecological informatics : an international journal on ecoinformatics and computational ecolog},
  volume    = {6},
  journal   = {Ecological informatics : an international journal on ecoinformatics and computational ecolog},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {1574-9541},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.ecoinf.2011.02.001},
  pages     = {316 -- 324},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {The open source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) wind model (CFD-WEM) for wind erosion research in the Xilingele grassland in Inner Mongolia (autonomous region, China) is compared with two open source CFD models Gerris and OpenFOAM. The evaluation of these models was made according to software technology, implemented methods, handling, accuracy and calculation speed. All models were applied to the same wind tunnel data set. Results show that the simplest CFD-WEM has the highest calculation speed with acceptable accuracy, and the most powerful OpenFOAM produces the simulation with highest accuracy and the lowest calculation speed. Gerris is between CFD-WEM and OpenFOAM. It calculates faster than OpenFOAM, and it is capable to solve different CFD problems. CFD-WEM is the optimal model to be further developed for wind erosion research in Inner Mongolia grassland considering its efficiency and the uncertainties of other input data. However, for other applications using CFD technology, Gerris and OpenFOAM can be good choices. This paper shows the powerful capability of open source CFD software in wind erosion study, and advocates more involvement of open source technology in wind erosion and related ecological researches.},
  language  = {en}
}