| Hertha Firnberg Project |
Monitoring and interpretation of hydrological and landcover parameters in climate change affected permafrost regions using satellite active microwave data |
| environments: | subarctic, boreal, alpine |
| methods: | remote sensing, geographic information systems |
| applications: | hydrology, permafrost, climate change monitoring |
| specific area of interest: | Siberia, Tibet |
| funding: | Austrian Science Fund (FWF) |
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BARTSCH A., PATHE C., WAGNER W., and K. SCIPAL (2008) Detection of permanent open water surfaces in central Siberia with ENVISAT ASAR wide swath data with special emphasis on the estimation of methane fluxes from tundra wetlands. Hydrology Research 39 (2): 89-100. doi:10.2166/nh.2008.041.
BARTSCH, A., KIDD, R., WAGNER, W. and Z. BARTALIS (2007): Temporal and spatial variability of the beginning and end of daily spring freeze/thaw cycles derived from scatterometer data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 106(3), 360-374, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.09.004.
BARTSCH A., KIDD R., PATHE C., WAGNER W., and K. SCIPAL (2007): Satellite radar imagery for monitoring inland wetlands in boreal and sub-arctic environments. Journal of Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 17: 305-317, DOI: 10.1002/aqc.836.
BARTSCH A., WAGNER W., PATHE C., SCIPAL, K., SABEL, D. and P. WOLSKI (in press) Global monitoring of wetlands – the value of ENVISAT ASAR global mode. Journal of Environmental Management.
Bartsch, A. (2008): Time Series Analyses of Active Microwave Satellite Data for Monitoring of Hydrology at High Latitudes. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Permafrost. Extended abstracts, Fairbanks, Alaska. 29.6.-3.7.2008. Volume I, Pages 17-18. http://www.blue-europa.org/nicop_proceedings/01%20Ext%20Abs.pdf
Bartsch, A., Pathe, C., Sabel, D., Wagner, W., Doubkova, M (in press): Soil Moisture Time Series from Active Radar in Support of Runoff Monitoring on Local, Catchment and Regional Scale. Second ESA Space for Hydrology Workshop, Geneva, 12-14 November 2007.
Bartsch, A., Wagner, W., Rupp, K., Kidd, R. (2007): Application of C and Ku-band scatterometer dara for catchment hydrology in northern latitudes. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 23-27 July, Barcelona, Spain.
Bartsch, A., Jansa, J., Schöner, M. and W. Wagner (2007): Monitoring of spring snowmelt with ENVISAT ASAR WS in the eastern Alps by combination of ascending and descending orbits. Proceedings of the ENVISAT Symposium, Montreux 2007.
Bartsch, A., Pathe, C. and W. Wagner (2007): Wetland mapping in the West Siberian Lowlands with ENVISAT ASAR global mode. Proceedings of the ENVISAT Symposium, Montreux 2007.
Bartsch, A., Kidd, R., Wagner, W. (2008): Diurnal thaw and refreeze during spring snowmelt from quikScat over entire Siberia. Proceedings of the 5th EARSEL workshop on Remote Sensing of Snow and Glaciers: Changing Climate – Changing Cryosphere. 10-11 February 2008, Bern.