Publications Remote Sensing Research Group

2024

Xiao, Xiongxin; Liang, Shuang (2024). Assessment of snow cover mapping algorithms from Landsat surface reflectance data and application to automated snowline delineation. Remote sensing of environment, 307(114163) Elsevier 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114163

2022

Naegeli, K; Franke, J; Neuhaus, C; Rietze, N; Stengel, M; Wu, X; Wunderle, S (2022). Revealing four decades of snow cover dynamics in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Scientific reports, 12(1), p. 13443. 10.1038/s41598-022-17575-4

Portenier, Céline; Hasler, Martina; Wunderle, Stefan (2022). Estimating Regional Snow Line Elevation Using Public Webcam Images. Remote sensing, 14(19), p. 4730. MDPI 10.3390/rs14194730

2021

Wu, Xiaodan; Naegeli, Kathrin; Premier, Valentina; Marin, Carlo; Ma, Dujuan; Wang, Jingping; Wunderle, Stefan (2021). Evaluation of snow extent time series derived from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer global area coverage data (1982–2018) in the Hindu Kush Himalayas. The Cryosphere, 15(9), pp. 4261-4279. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/tc-15-4261-2021

Lalande, Mickaël; Ménégoz, Martin; Krinner, Gerhard; Naegeli, Kathrin; Wunderle, Stefan (2021). Climate change in the High Mountain Asia in CMIP6. Earth system dynamics, 12(4), pp. 1061-1098. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/esd-12-1061-2021

2020

Osmont, Dimitri; Brügger, Sandra; Gilgen, Anina; Weber, Helga; Sigl, Michael; Modini, Robin L.; Schwörer, Christoph; Tinner, Willy; Wunderle, Stefan; Schwikowski, Margit (2020). Tracing devastating fires in Portugal to a snow archive in the Swiss Alps: a case study. The Cryosphere, 14(11), pp. 3731-3745. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/tc-14-3731-2020

Baracchini, Theo; Chu, Philip Yifei; Šukys, Jonas; Lieberherr, Gian; Wunderle, Stefan; Wüest, Alfred; Bouffard, Damien (2020). Data assimilation of in situ and satellite remote sensing data to 3Dhydrodynamic lake models: a case study using Delft3D-FLOW v4.03and OpenDA v2.4. Geoscientific model development (GMD), 13(3), pp. 1267-1284. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/gmd-13-1267-2020

Wu, Xiaodan; Naegeli, Kathrin; Wunderle, Stefan (2020). Geometric accuracy assessment of coarse-resolution satellite datasets: a study based on AVHRR GAC data at the sub-pixel level. Earth System Science Data, 12(1), pp. 539-553. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/essd-12-539-2020

Portenier, Céline; Hüsler, Fabia; Härer, Stefan; Wunderle, Stefan (2020). Towards a webcam-based snow cover monitoring network: methodology and evaluation. The Cryosphere, 14(4), pp. 1409-1423. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/tc-14-1409-2020

Welty, Ethan; Zemp, Michael; Navarro, Francisco; Huss, Matthias; Fürst, Johannes J.; Gärtner-Roer, Isabelle; Landmann, Johannes; Machguth, Horst; Naegeli, Kathrin; Andreassen, Liss M.; Farinotti, Daniel; Li, Huilin; Contributors, GlaThiDa (2020). Worldwide version-controlled database of glacier thickness observations. Earth System Science Data, 12(4), pp. 3039-3055. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/essd-12-3039-2020

2019

Portenier, Céline; Ott, Beat; Wellig, Peter; Wunderle, Stefan (17 October 2019). Cloud detection and visibility estimation using thermal camera images during night time. Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 11158, p. 5. SPIE 10.1117/12.2533237

Weber, Helga; Wunderle, Stefan (2019). Drifting Effects of NOAA Satellites on Long-Term Active Fire Records of Europe. Remote sensing, 11(4), p. 467. MDPI 10.3390/rs11040467

Naegeli, Kathrin; Huss, Matthias; Hoelzle, Martin (2019). Change detection of bare-ice albedo in the Swiss Alps. The Cryosphere, 13(1), pp. 397-412. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/tc-13-397-2019

2018

Rahaghi, Abolfazl Irani; Lemmin, Ulrich; Cimatoribus, Andrea; Bouffard, Damien; Riffler, Michael; Wunderle, Stefan; Barry, David Andrew (2018). Improving surface heat flux estimation for a large lake through model optimization and two-point calibration: The case of Lake Geneva. Limnology and oceanography: methods, 16(9), pp. 576-593. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography 10.1002/lom3.10267

Lieberherr, Gian; Wunderle, Stefan (2018). Lake Surface Water Temperature Derived from 35 Years of AVHRR Sensor Data for European Lakes. Remote sensing, 10(7), pp. 1-25. MDPI 10.3390/rs10070990

Riihelä, Aku; Manninen, Terhikki; Key, Jeffrey; Sun, Qingsong; Sütterlin, Melanie Beatrice; Lattanzio, Alessio; Schaaf, Crystal (2018). A Multisensor Approach to Global Retrievals of Land Surface Albedo. Remote sensing, 10(848), pp. 1-24. MDPI 10.3390/rs10060848

Bouffard, Damien; Kiefer, Isabel; Wüest, Alfred; Wunderle, Stefan; Odermatt, Daniel (2018). Are surface temperature and chlorophyll in a large deep lake related? An analysis based on satellite observations in synergy with hydrodynamic modelling and in-situ data. Remote sensing of environment, 209, pp. 510-523. Elsevier 10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.056

Adolf, Carole; Wunderle, Stefan; Colombaroli, Daniele; Weber, Helga; Gobet, Erika; Heiri, Oliver; van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F. N.; Bigler, Christian; Connor, Simon E.; Gałka, Mariusz; La Mantia, Tommaso; Makhortykh, Sergey; Svitavská-Svobodová, Helena; Vannière, Boris; Tinner, Willy (2018). The sedimentary and remote-sensing reflection of biomass burning in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(2), pp. 199-212. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/geb.12682

2017

Lieberherr, Gian-Duri; Riffler, Michael; Wunderle, Stefan (2017). Performance Assessment of Tailored Split-Window Coefficients for the Retrieval of Lake Surface Water Temperature from AVHRR Satellite Data. Remote sensing, 9(12), pp. 1-22. MDPI 10.3390/rs9121334

Dizerens, Céline; Ott, Beat; Wellig, Peter; Wunderle, Stefan (2017). Automatic visibility retrieval from thermal camera images. In: Target and Background Signatures III. Proceedings Spie Conferences: Vol. 10432 (p. 21). Spie. Digital Library 10.1117/12.2278652

Dizerens, Céline; Hüsler, Fabia; Wunderle, Stefan (2017). Webcam-based snow cover monitoring in the Swiss Alps: methods and evaluation. In: 15th Swiss Geoscience Meeting (p. 496). Swiss Academy of Science

2016

Weber, Helga; Riffler, Michael; Nõges, T.; Wunderle, Stefan (2016). Lake ice phenology from AVHRR data for European lakes: An automated two-step extraction method. Remote sensing of environment, 174, pp. 329-340. Elsevier 10.1016/j.rse.2015.12.014

Wunderle, Stefan; Gross, Timm; Hüsler, Fabia (2016). Snow Extent Variability in Lesotho Derived from MODIS Data (2000–2014). Remote sensing, 8(6), p. 448. MDPI 10.3390/rs8060448

Woolway, R.I.; Cinque, K.; de Eyto, E.; DeGasperi, C.L.; Dokulil, M.T.; Korhonen, J.; Maberly, S.C.; Marszelewski, W.; May, L.; Merchant, C.J.; Paterson, A.M.; Riffler, Michael; Rimmer, A.; Rusak, J.A.; Schladow, S.G.; Schmid, M.; Teubner, K.; Verburg, P.; Vigneswaran, B.; Watanabe, S.; ... (2016). Lake surface temperatures (in "State of the Climate in 2015"). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(8), pp. 17-18. American Meteorological Society

Sütterlin, Melanie; Stöckli, R.; Schaaf, C. B.; Wunderle, Stefan (2016). Albedo climatology for European land surfaces retrieved from AVHRR data (1990-2014) and its spatial and temporal analysis from green-up to vegetation senescence. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(14), pp. 8156-8171. American Geophysical Union 10.1002/2016JD024933

2015

Sütterlin, Melanie; Schaaf, C.B.; Stöckli, R.; Sun, Q.; Hüsler, Fabia; Neuhaus, Christoph; Wunderle, Stefan (2015). Albedo and reflectance anisotropy retrieval from AVHRR operated onboard NOAA and MetOp satellites: Algorithm performance and accuracy assessment for Europe. Remote sensing of environment, 168, pp. 163-176. Elsevier 10.1016/j.rse.2015.06.023

Eckert, Sandra; Hüsler, Fabia; Liniger, Hanspeter; Hodel, Elias (2015). Trend analysis of MODIS NDVI time series for detecting land degradation and regeneration in Mongolia. Journal of Arid Environments, 113, pp. 16-28. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.09.001

Schwaab, J.; Bavay, M.; Davin, E.; Hagedorn, F.; Hüsler, Fabia; Lehning, M.; Schneebeli, M.; Thürig, E.; Bebi, P. (2015). Carbon storage versus albedo change: radiative forcing of forest expansion in temperate mountainous regions of Switzerland. Biogeosciences, 12(2), pp. 467-487. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/bg-12-467-2015

Riffler, Michael; Lieberherr, Gian-Duri; Wunderle, Stefan (2015). Lake surface water temperatures of European Alpine lakes (1989–2013) based on the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) 1 km data set. Earth System Science Data, 7(1), pp. 1-17. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/essd-7-1-2015

Aksakal, Sultan; Neuhaus, Christoph; Baltsavias, Emmanuel; Schindler, Konrad (2015). Geometric Quality Analysis of AVHRR Orthoimages. Remote sensing, 7(3), pp. 3293-3319. MDPI 10.3390/rs70303293

Butz, Christoph Florian; Grosjean, Martin; Fischer, Daniela; Wunderle, Stefan; Tylmann, Wojciech; Rein, Bert (2015). Hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy: a promising method for the biogeochemical analysis of lake sediments. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 9(1), 096031. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 10.1117/1.JRS.9.096031

2014

Hüsler, Fabia; Jonas, T.; Riffler, Michael; Musial, Jan Pawel; Wunderle, Stefan (2014). A satellite-based snow cover climatology (1985–2011) for the European Alps derived from AVHRR data. The Cryosphere, 8(1), pp. 73-90. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/tc-8-73-2014

Musial, Jan Pawel; Hüsler, Fabia; Sütterlin, Melanie; Neuhaus, Christoph; Wunderle, Stefan (2014). Probabilistic approach to cloud and snow detection on Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imagery. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT), 7(3), pp. 799-822. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/amt-7-799-2014

Musial, Jan Pawel; Hüsler, Fabia; Sütterlin, Melanie; Neuhaus, Christoph; Wunderle, Stefan (2014). Daytime Low Stratiform Cloud Detection on AVHRR Imagery. Remote sensing, 6(6), pp. 5124-5150. MDPI 10.3390/rs6065124

Magnusson, Jan; Gustafsson, David; Hüsler, Fabia; Jonas, Tobias (2014). Assimilation of point SWE data into a distributed snow cover model comparing two contrasting methods. Water resources research, 50(10), pp. 7816-7835. American Geophysical Union 10.1002/2014WR015302

2013

Finger, David Christian; Hugentobler, Andreas; Huss, M.; Voinesco, A.; Wernli, Hans Rudolf; Fischer, Daniela; Weber, E.; Jeannin, P.-Y.; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina; Wirz, Andrea Corinne; Vennemann, T.; Hüsler, Fabia; Schädler, Bruno; Weingartner, Rolf (2013). Identification of glacial meltwater runoff in a karstic environment and its implication for present and future water availability. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 17(8), pp. 3261-3277. European Geosciences Union EGU 10.5194/hess-17-3261-2013

Rist, Armin; Keller, Felix; Schmid, Christian; Gerber, Claudia; Vogel, Dragan; Bozzini, Claudio; Wunderle, Stefan; Veit, Heinz (2013). Une lente mais constante avancée - Le cheminement des lobes de solifluxion du Munt Chavagl. In: Haller, Rudolf; Haller, Heinrich; Eisenhut, Antonia (eds.) Atlas des Schweizerischen Nationalparks - die ersten 100 Jahre (pp. 208-209). Bern: Haupt Verlag

2012

Fontana, Fabio M.A.; Coops, Nicholas C.; Khlopenkov, Konstantin V.; Trishchenko, Alexander P.; Riffler, Michael; Wulder, Michael A. (2012). Generation of a novel 1 km NDVI data set over Canada, the northern United States, and Greenland based on historical AVHRR data. Remote sensing of environment, 121, pp. 171-185. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.rse.2012.01.007

Hüsler, Fabia; Jonas, Tobias; Wunderle, Stefan; Albrecht, Simon (2012). Validation of a modified snow cover retrieval algorithm from historical 1-km AVHRR data over the European Alps. Remote sensing of environment, 121, pp. 497-515. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.rse.2012.02.018

Zieger, Paul; Kienast-Sjšgren, Erika; Starace, Marco; von Bismarck, Jonas; Bukowiecki, Nicolas; Baltensperger, Urs; Wienhold, Frank G.; Peter, Thomas; Ruhtz, Thomas; Collaud Coen, Martine; Vuilleumier, Laurent; Maier, Olaf; Emili, Emanuele; Popp, Christoph; Weingartner, Ernst (2012). Spatial variation of aerosol optical properties around the high-alpine site Jungfraujoch (3580 m a.s.l.). Atmospheric chemistry and physics, 12(15), pp. 7231-7249. Katlenburg-Lindau (D): European Geosciences Union 10.5194/acp-12-7231-2012

Hüsler, Fabia (2012). A satellite-based snow cover climatology derived from AVHRR data over the European Alps. Bern: Geographisches Institut der Universität Bern

2011

Emili, Emanuele; Lyapustin, Alexei; Wang, Y.; Popp, Christoph; Korkin, Sergey; Zebisch, Marc; Wunderle, Stefan; Petitta, Marcello (2011). High spatial resolution aerosol retrieval with MAIAC: Application to mountain regions. Journal of geophysical research, 116(D23), n/a-n/a. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union 10.1029/2011JD016297

Emili, Emanuele; Popp, Christoph; Wunderle, Stefan; Zebisch, Marc; Petitta, Marcello (2011). Mapping particulate matter in alpine regions with satellite and ground-based measurements: An exploratory study for data assimilation. Atmospheric environment, 45(26), pp. 4344-4353. Oxford: Pergamon 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.051

Musial, Jan P.; Verstraete, Michael M.; Gobron, Nadine (2011). Technical Note: Comparing the effectiveness of recent algorithms to fill and smooth incomplete and noisy time series. Atmospheric chemistry and physics, 11(15), pp. 7905-7923. Katlenburg-Lindau (D): European Geosciences Union 10.5194/acp-11-7905-2011

Hüsler, Fabia; Fontana, Fabio; Neuhaus, Christoph; Riffler, Michael; Musial, Jan; Wunderle, Stefan (2011). AVHRR Archive and Processing Facility at the University of Bern: A comprehensive 1-km satellite data set for climate change studies. EARSeL eProceedings, 10(2), pp. 83-101. Oldenburg: BIS Verlag

2010

Emili, Emanuele; Popp, Christoph; Petitta, Marcello; Riffler, Michael; Wunderle, Stefan; Zebisch, Marc (2010). PM(10) remote sensing from geostationary SEVIRI and polar-orbiting MODIS sensors over the complex terrain of the European Alpine region. Remote sensing of environment, 114(11), pp. 2485-2499. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.rse.2010.05.024

Fontana, Fabio; Trishchenko, Alexander; Luo, Yi; Khlopenkov, Konstantin; Nussbaumer, Samuel; Wunderle, Stefan (2010). Perennial Snow and Ice Variations (2000-2008) in the Arctic Circumpolar Land Area from Satellite Observations. Journal of geophysical research, 115(F4) Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union 10.1029/2010JF001664

Riffler, Michael; Popp, Christoph; Hauser, Adrian; Fontana, Fabio; Wunderle, Stefan (2010). Validation of a modified AVHRR aerosol optical depth retrieval algorithm over Central Europe. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT), 3(5), pp. 1255-1270. Göttingen: Copernicus Publications 10.5194/amt-3-1255-2010

2008

Fontana, Fabio; Rixen, Christian; Jonas, Tobias; Aberegg, Gabriel; Wunderle, Stefan (2008). Alpine Grassland Phenology as Seen in AVHRR, VEGETATION, and MODIS NDVI Time Series. A Comparison with In Situ Measurements. Sensors, 8(4), pp. 2833-2853. Basel: MDPI 10.3390/s8042833

2007

Foppa, Nando; Hauser, Adrian; Oesch, David; Wunderle, Stefan; Meister, Roland (2007). Validation of operational AVHRR subpixel snow retrievals over the European Alps based on ASTER data. International journal of remote sensing, 28(21), pp. 4841-4865. London: Taylor & Francis 10.1080/01431160701253287

Popp, Christoph; Hauser, Adrian; Foppa, Nando; Wunderle, Stefan (2007). Remote sensing of aerosol optical depth over central Europe from MSG-SEVIRI data and accuracy assessment with ground-based AERONET measurements. Journal of geophysical research, 112(D24), D24S11. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union 10.1029/2007JD008423

Riffler, Michael; Popp, Christoph; Hauser, Adiran; Wunderle, Stefan (2007). Aerosol optical depth retrieval over land from NOAA AVHRR: sensitivity studies. In: Proceedings Joint 2007 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference and the 15th Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography Conference of the American Meteorological Society, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Darmstadt: EUMETSAT

Popp, Christoph; Riffler, Michael; Hauser, Adrian; Wunderle, Stefan (2007). Approximation of aerosol type over land surfaces from MSG-SEVIRI data. In: Proceedings Joint 2007 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference and the 15th Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography Conference of the American Meteorological Society, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Darmstadt: EUMETSAT

Fontana, Fabio; Rixen, Christian; Jonas, Tobias; Aberegg, Gabriel; Wunderle, Stefan (2007). Relationship between AVHRR NDVI Time Series and Single Point Vegetation Measurements from an Automated Climate Station Network in the Swiss Alps. In: 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. San José, Costa Rica. 25.-29.06.2007.

Popp, Christoph; Asch, Andreas; Riffler, Michael; Wunderle, Stefan (2007). A method for the retrieval and post-processing of aerosol optical depth from MSG-SEVIRI data. In: 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, June 25-29, 2007, San José, Costa Rica (p. 1). Verlag fehlt

2006

Popp, Christoph; Foppa, Nando; Wunderle, Stefan; Hauser, Adrian (2006). Aerosol optical depth retrieval over land using Meteosat-8 SEVIRI data. In: Atmospheric Science Conference, 8-12 May 2006, Frascati, Italy (p. 1). Paris: European Space Agency

2002

Wunderle, Stefan; Droz, M.; Kleindienst, H. (2002). Spatial and temporal analysis of the snow line in the alps : based on NOAA-AVHRR data. Geographica Helvetica, 57(3), pp. 170-183. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/gh-57-170-2002