Ing. Markéta Potůčková, Ph.D.

Research interests

photogrammetry, laser scanning, SAR, image spectroscopy, applications of remote sensing for vegetation (forest, tundra), education in RS

Selected projects:

2024–2027: Modeling satellite-derived soil moisture content over grasslands under different climatic conditions; Ministry of education, youth, and sports of the Czech Rep., programme INTER-EXCELLENCE/INTER-ACTION, project ID: LUAIZ24067

2025–2027: Identification of potential hazards in sandstone areas due to forest fires (Firerisk), Interreg Czechia-Saxsony

2020 – 2023: E-learning course on Time Series Analysis in Remote Sensing for Understanding Human-Environment Interactions (E-TRAINEE); Erasmus+ Strategic partnership, project ID: 2020-1-CZ01-KA203-078308

As a project team member:

2025–2027: Transboundary information system and forest monitoring in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park (TransForMon), Interreg Czechia-Saxsony

2024–2026: Use of remote sensing technologies for the surveillance activities of the the Czech Environmental Inspectorate; Czech Technological Agency, project ID: SS07010417

2024–2026: Monitoring the spread and management of invasive and expansive plants using advanced remote sensing methods; Czech Technological Agency, project ID: SS07020317

2023–2026: Towards sustainable land-use strategies in the context of climate change and biodiversity challenges in Europe (EUROPE – LAND); Horizon Europe, project ID: 101081307 - GAP-101081307

Selected publications (WoS, ORCID, Google Scholar)

Lhotáková, Z., Neuwirthová, E., Potůčková, M. et al. (2025). Mind the leaf anatomy while taking ground truth with portable chlorophyll meters. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 1855.

Šrollerů, A., Potůčková, M. (2024). Evaluating the applicability of high-density UAV LiDAR data for monitoring tundra grassland vegetation. International Journal for Remote Sensing. 1-35. ISSN 0143-1161. DOI 10.1080/01431161.2024.2383381.

Moudrý, V., …, Potůčková, M. et al. (2024). How to Find Accurate Terrain and Canopy Height GEDI Footprints in Temperate Forests and Grasslands? Earth and Space Science, 11(10), e2024EA003709. ISSN 2333-5084. DOI 10.1029/2024EA003709.

Moudrý, V., …, Potůčková, M. et al. (2024). Comparison of three global canopy height maps and their applicability to biodiversity modeling: Accuracy issues revealed. Ecosphere, 15(10), e70026. ISSN 2150-8925. DOI 10.1002/ecs2.70026.

Kupková, L., Červená, L., Potůčková, M., Lysák, J., Roubalová, M., Hrázský, Z., Březina, S., Epstein H.E., Müllerová, J. (2023). Towards reliable monitoring of grass species in nature conservation: Evaluation of the potential of UAV and PlanetScope multi-temporal data in the Central European tundra. Remote Sensing of Environment, 294, 113645.

Zakrzewska, A., Kopeć, D., Ochtyra, A., Potůčková, M. (2023). Can canopy temperature acquired from an airborne level be a tree health indicator in an urban environment? Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 79, 127807.

Tomíček, J., Mišurec, J., Lukeš, P., Potůčková, M. (2022). Retrieval of Harmonized LAI Product of Agricultural Crops from Landsat OLI and Sentinel-2 MSI Time Series. Agriculture, 12(12), 2080.

Tomková, M., Potůčková, M., Lysák, J., Jančovič, M., Holman, L., Vilímek, V. (2022). Improvements to airborne laser scanning data filtering in sandstone landscapes. Geomorphology, 414, 108377. 

Dvořák, J., Potůčková, M., Treml, V. (2022). Weakly supervised learning for treeline ecotone classification based on aerial orthoimages and an ancillary DSM. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 3, 33-38.

Potůčková, M., Kupková, L., Červená, L., Lysák, J., Krause, D., Hrázský, Z., Březina, S., Müllerová, J. (2021). Towards resolving conservation issues through historical aerial imagery: vegetation cover changes in the Central European tundra. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30(12), 3433-3455.

Šafář, V., Potůčková, M., Karas, J., Tlustý, J., Štefanová, E., Jančovič, M., Cígler Žofková, D. (2021). The Use of UAV in Cadastral Mapping of the Czech Republic. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(6), 380.

Kupková, L., Potůčková, M., Lhotáková, Z., Albrechtová, J. (2018). Forest cover and disturbance changes, and their driving forces: A case study in the Ore Mountains, Czechia, heavily affected by anthropogenic acidic pollution in the second half of the 20th century. Environmental Research Letters, 13(9), 095008. 

Potůčková, M., Červená, L., Kupková, L., Lhotáková, Z., Lukeš, P., Hanuš, J., Albrechtová, J. (2016). Comparison of reflectance measurements acquired with a contact probe and an integration sphere: Implications for the spectral properties of vegetation at a leaf level. Sensors, 16(11), 1801. 

Potůčková, M., Hofman, P. (2016). Comparison of quality measures for building outline extraction. The Photogrammetric Record, 31(154), 193-209.