Tomas Kloucek

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Researcher exploring how remote sensing technologies can enhance our understanding and protection of the environment — from mapping land cover changes to monitoring vegetation health. Passionate about teaching and mentoring, with a focus on guiding students through the exciting world of remote sensing and cycling.

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Research publicatons

Publication are ordered chronological: 2025 | 2024 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | 2015

2025

[17] Procházka, J., Komárek, J., Moravec, D., Rous, J., Klouček, T.
Pansharpening Largely Preserves the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index: A Multi-Sensor Comparison with PRISMA, Landsat 9, and Field Spectroscopy.
Frontiers in Remote Sensing | In review

[16] Klouček, T., Modlinger, R., Zikmundová, Štěpánová, K., Pracná, P., Rous, J., Kozhoridze, G., Štych, P., Laštovička, J., Komárek, J.
The sensitivity of UAV-borne thermal imagery for early detection of the bark beetle-infested spruce trees.
Journal of Forestry Research | In review

[15] Berka, M., Hendrzchová, M., Klouček, T., Zikmundová, M., Svobodová, K. (2025).
On-Site and Remote Sensing Assessment of Water Pollution in the Sokolov Coal Basin, Czech Republic
Environmental Management | 10.1007/s00267-025-02252-9

[14] Mosig, C., Vajna-Jehle, J., Mahecha, D., M., Cheng, Y., Hartmann, H., Montero, D., Junttila, S., Horion, S., ... Klouček, T., ..., Kattenborn, T. (2025).
deadtrees.earth - An Open-Access and Interactive Database for Centimeter-Scale Aerial Imagery to Uncover Global Tree Mortality Dynamics
Remote Sensing of Environment | Accepted

[13] Komárek, J., Rous. J., Klouček, T. (2025).
The bigger, the better? Sample size effects in drone-estimated forest height.
Journal of Forestry Research | Accepted

2024

[12] Chakhvashvili, E., Machwitz, M., Antala, M., Rozenstein, O., Prikaziuk, E., Schlerf, M., ..., Komárek, J., Klouček, T., ... & Rascher, U. (2024).
Crop stress detection from UAVs: best practices and lessons learned for exploiting sensor synergies.
Precision Agriculture, 25(5), 2614-2642. | 10.1007/s11119-024-10168-3

[11] Kozhoridze, G., Korolyova, N., Komárek, J., Kloucek, T., Moravec, D., Simova, P., & Jakuš, R. (2024).
Direct and mediated impacts of mixed forests on Norway spruce infestation by European bark beetle Ips typographus.
Forest Ecology and Management, 569, 122184. | 10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122184

[10] Rech, B., Moreira, R. N., Mello, T. A. G., Klouček, T., Komárek, J. (2024).
Assessment of daytime and nighttime surface urban heat islands across local climate zones–A case study in Florianópolis, Brazil.
Urban Climate, 55, 101954 | 10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101954

[09] Klouček, T., Modlinger, R., Zikmundová, M., Kycko, M., Komárek, J. (2024).
Early detection of bark beetle infestation using UAV-borne multispectral imagery: a case study on the spruce forest in the Czech Republic.
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 7, 1215734 | 10.3389/ffgc.2024.1215734

[08] Komárek, J., Lagner, O., Klouček, T. (2024).
UAV leaf-on, leaf-off and ALS-aided tree height: A case study on the trees in the vicinity of roads.
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 93, 128229 | 10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128229

2022

[07] Klouček, T., Klápště, P., Marešová, J., Komárek, J. (2022).
UAV-Borne Imagery Can Supplement Airborne Lidar in the Precise Description of Dynamically Changing Shrubland Woody Vegetation.
Remote Sensing, 14(9), 2287 | 10.3390/rs14092287

[06] Komárek, J., Klápště, P., Hrach, K., Klouček, T. (2022).
The Potential of Widespread UAV Cameras in the Identification of Conifers and the Delineation of Their Crowns.
Forests, 13(5), 710 | 10.3390/f13050710

2019

[05] Klouček, T., Komárek, J., Surový, P., Hrach, K., Janata, P., Vašíček, B. (2019).
The use of UAV mounted sensors for precise detection of bark beetle infestation.
Remote Sensing, 11(13) | 1561 10.3390/rs11131561

2018

[04] Klouček, T., Moravec, D., Komárek, J., Lagner, O., Štych, P. (2018).
Selecting appropriate variables for detecting grassland to cropland changes using high resolution satellite data.
PeerJ, 6, e5487 | 10.7717/peerj.5487

[03] Lagner, O., Klouček, T., Šímová, P. (2018).
Impact of input data (in)accuracy on overestimation of visible area in digital viewshed models
PeerJ, 6:e4835 | 10.7717/peerj.4835

[02] Komárek, J., Klouček, T., Prošek, J. (2018).
The potential of Unmanned Aerial Systems: A tool towards precision classification of hard-to-distinguish vegetation types?.
International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation, 71, 9-19 | 10.1016/j.jag.2018.05.003

2015

[01] Klouček, T., Lagner, O., Šímová, P. (2015).
How does data accuracy influence the reliability of digital viewshed models? A case study with wind turbines
Applied Geography, 64 | 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.09.005

Grants and research projects

Pan-European Network of Green Deal Agriculture and Forestry Earth Observation Science (PANGEOS)
Role: MC member, WGs member
Founder: European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
Duration: 2023-2026
Web

Monitoring and evaluation of risk phenomena in the vicinity of transport infrastructure using remote sensing
Role: Co-investigator
Founder: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (Doprava2002+ program)
Duration: 2021-2024
Web

Advanced methods for detecting trees infested with bark beetles.
Role: Principal investigator
Founder: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (Gama program)
Duration: 2020-2021
Web

Vegetation health monitoring under ongoing climate change using remote sensing
Role: Co-investigator
Founder: Norway Grants & State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic
Duration: 2019-2020
Web

Vegetation health monitoring under ongoing climate change using remote sensing
Role: Co-investigator
Founder: VisegradFunds
Duration: 2019-2020
Web

Safety mapping of the vegetation along the transport infrastructure
Role: Co-investigator
Founder: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (Zéta program)
Duration: 2019-2020
Web

Optical synergies for spatiotemporal SENsing of Scalable ECOphysiological traits (SENSECO)
Role: MC member, WGs member
Founder: European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
Duration: 2018-2022
Web

Detection of infection forest bark beetle (Ips typographus) in advance using unmanned air vehicles
Role: Principal investigator
Founder: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (Zéta program)
Duration: 2019-2019
Web

Remote sensing: an effective tool for the study of spatial dynamics of bark beetles at Krkonoše National Park
Role: Principal investigator
Founder: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Duration: 2019-2019
Web

Influence of Remote Sensing Data Resolution in Evaluating Ecological Measures
Role: Co-investigator
Founder: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Duration: 2017-2019

IGA
Role: Principal investigator
Founder: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Duration: 2015-2016

Dissemination


Published contributions

Potenciál dronů pro detekci stromů napadených kůrovcem
2018, Fórum Ochrany přírody 3/2018

Drony. Přeceňovaný fenomén, nebo nástroj pro včasnou detekci kůrovce?
2018, Lesnická práce 09/2018


Other activities

Popularisation lecture, CITY, Czech Republic.
YYYY/MM, Lecture for high school students.

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