Dr. Thorsten Seehaus
2012-2016: PhD Student at the Department of Geography, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Group: Remotesensing and GIS
2005-2011: Diploma in physics, Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Germany
2004-2005: Intermediate diploma in physical engineering, University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Germany
Peer-reviewed papers:
2020
- Farias Barahona, D., Ayala, Á., Bravo, C., Vivero, S., Seehaus, T., Vijay, S.,... Braun, M. (2020). 60 years of glacier elevation and mass changes in the Maipo River Basin, central Andes of Chile. Remote Sensing, 12(10). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12101658
DOI: 10.3390/rs12101658
BibTeX: Download - Farias Barahona, D., Sommer, C., Sauter, T., Bannister, D., Seehaus, T., Malz, P.,... Braun, M. (2020). Detailed quantification of glacier elevation and mass changes in South Georgia. Environmental Research Letters. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6b32
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab6b32
BibTeX: Download - Lippl, S., Blindow, N., Fürst, J., Marinsek, S., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2020). Uncertainty Assessment of Ice Discharge Using GPR-Derived Ice Thickness from Gourdon Glacier, Antarctic Peninsula. Geosciences, 10, 12. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10010012
DOI: 10.3390/geosciences10010012
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/10/1/12
BibTeX: Download - Seehaus, T. (2020). Die Gletscher der Anden im Klimawandel. In Warnsignal Klima: Hochgebirge im Wandel. (pp. 146-151).
DOI: 10.2312/ warnsignal-klima.hochgebirge-im-wandel.22
URL: http://www.warnsignal-klima.de
BibTeX: Download - Seehaus, T., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Soruco, A., Rabatel, A., & Braun, M. (2020). Mass balance and area changes of glaciers in the Cordillera Real and Tres Cruces, Bolivia, between 2000 and 2016. Journal of Glaciology, 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.94
DOI: 10.1017/jog.2019.94
BibTeX: Download - Seehaus, T., Morgenshtern, V., Hübner, F., Bänsch, E., & Braun, M. (2020). Novel Techniques for Void Filling in Glacier Elevation Change Data Sets. Remote Sensing, 12, 3917. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12233917
DOI: 10.3390/rs12233917
BibTeX: Download - Sommer, C., Malz, P., Seehaus, T., Lippl, S., Zemp, M., & Braun, M. (2020). Rapid glacier retreat and downwasting throughout the European Alps in the early 21st century. Nature Communications, 11(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16818-0
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16818-0
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2019
- Braun, M., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Farias Barahona, D., Sauter, T., Casassa, G.,... Seehaus, T. (2019). Constraining glacier elevation and mass changes in South America. Nature Climate Change, 9(2), 130–136. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0375-7
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0375-7
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0375-7?WT.feed_name=subjects_climate-sciences
BibTeX: Download - Farias Barahona, D., Vivero, S., Casassa, G., Schaefer, M., Burger, F., Seehaus, T.,... Braun, M. (2019). Geodetic Mass Balances and Area Changes of Echaurren Norte Glacier (Central Andes, Chile) between 1955 and 2015. Remote Sensing, 11(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs11030260
DOI: 10.3390/rs11030260
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/3/260
BibTeX: Download - Lippl, S., Friedl, P., Kittel, C., Marinsek, S., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2019). Spatial and Temporal Variability of Glacier Surface Velocities and Outlet Areas on James Ross Island, Northern Antarctic Peninsula. Geosciences, 9, 1-34. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9090374
DOI: 10.3390/geosciences9090374
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/9/374
BibTeX: Download - Seehaus, T., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Farias Barahona, D., & Braun, M. (2019). Continent wide monitoring of glacier surface elevation changes and glacer mass balances. In Proceedings of 2019 Big Data from Space. Munich.
DOI: 10.2760/848593
URL: http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/111111111/55347
BibTeX: Download - Seehaus, T., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Lippl, S., Cochachin, A., & Braun, M. (2019). Changes of the tropical glaciers throughout Peru between 2000 and 2016 - Mass balance and area fluctuations. Cryosphere, 13(10), 2537-2556. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2537-2019
DOI: 10.5194/tc-13-2537-2019
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2018
- Friedl, P., Seehaus, T., Wendt, A., Braun, M., & Hoeppner, K. (2018). Recent dynamic changes on Fleming Glacier after the disintegration of Wordie Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. Cryosphere. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1347-2018
DOI: 10.5194/tc-12-1347-2018
BibTeX: Download - Fürst, J., Navarro, F.J., Gillet-Chaulet, F., Huss, M., Moholdt, G., Fettweis, X.,... Braun, M. (2018). The ice‐free topography of Svalbard. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(21), 11760-11769. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079734
DOI: 10.1029/2018GL079734
URL: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1029/2018GL079734
BibTeX: Download - Seehaus, T., Cook, A., Silva, A., & Braun, M. (2018). Changes in glacier dynamics in the northern Antarctic Peninsula since 1985. Cryosphere, 12(2), 577-594. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-577-2018
DOI: 10.5194/tc-12-577-2018
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2017
- Fürst, J., Gillet-Chaulet, F., Benham, T., Dowdeswell, J., Grabiec, M., Navarro, F.J.,... Braun, M. (2017). Application of a two-step approach for mapping ice thickness to various glacier types on Svalbard. Cryosphere, 11(5), 2003-2032. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2003-2017
DOI: 10.5194/tc-11-2003-2017
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2016
- Seehaus, T., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., van Wessem, J.M., Reijmer, C., Seco, J.L., & Braun, M. (2016). Dynamic response of Sjögren inlet glaciers, Antarctic Peninsula, to ice shelf breakup derived from multi-mission remote sensing time series. Frontiers of Earth Science, 4. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2016.00066
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2016.00066
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2015
- Seehaus, T., Marinsek, S., Helm, V., Skvarca, P., & Braun, M. (2015). Changes in ice dynamics, elevation and mass discharge of Dinsmoor-Bombardier-Edgeworth glacier system, Antarctic Peninsula. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 427, 125-135. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.047
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.047
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Conference contributions:
Talks:
- Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Ice dynamics and elevation changes on the Antarctic Peninsula, HGF-EDA Alliance Cryosphere Workshop Bremerhaven, 2013
- Braun, M., Seehaus, T., Marinsek, S., Steinhage, D., Skvarca, P., Changes in ice dynamics of tributary glaciers of former Larsen-A and Prince-Gustav-Channel Ice Shelf (Antarctic Peninsula), SCAR Open Science Conference Auckland, 2014
- Braun et al., Integrating TanDEM-X and other remote sensing time series for glaciological applications, IGARSS 2015, Mailand
- Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Changes in ice dynamics of tributary glaciers of former Larsen-A and Prince-Gustav-Channel Ice Shelf (Antarctic Peninsula), IGS Symposium, Cambridge, 2015
- Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Recent changes in ice dynamics of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers revealed from multi-mission remote sensing data, Int. Polartagung, München, 2015
- Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Marinsek, S., Helm, V., van Wessem, J., Skvarca, P., Changes in ice dynamics at the northern Antarctic Peninsula, IMCONET EU FP7 IRSES Workshop, Bremerhaven, 2016
- Braun, M., Seehaus, T., Marinsek, S., Helm, V., van Wessem, J., Skvarca, P., Mass budget estimates for the northern Antarctic Peninsula, 36th EARSel Symposium Bonn, 2016
- Seehaus, T., Lippl, S., Braun, M., Assessment of essential climate variables – Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes, EO4GEOSS Kickoff Meeting, DLR Bonn, 2016
- Seehaus, T., Cook, A., van Wessem, J., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Braun, M., Changes in ice dynamics along the northern Antarctic Peninsula, TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, 2016
- Seehaus, T., Cook, A., van Wessem, J., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Braun, M., Changes in ice dynamics along the northern Antarctic Peninsula, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2017, marked as „session highlight„
- Seehaus, T, Braun, M., Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes by SAR remote sensing, DLR Symposium „Neue Perspektiven der Erdbeobachtung“, Cologne, 2018
- Seehaus, T, Malz P., Sommer C., Farias D., Sauter T., Braun M., Glacier elevation and mass changes over whole South America derived from satellite InSAR data between 2000 and 2011-16, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., 2018, invited talk
- Seehaus, T, Malz P., Sommer C., Farias D., Sauter T., Braun M., Monitoring of glacier changes throughout South America with a focus on the tropical Andes, Alpine Glaciology Meeting, Innsbruck, 2019
- Seehaus, T, Malz P., Sommer C., Stefan L., Soruco A., Cochachin A., Braun M., Glacier Recession in the tropical Andes – Area and Mass Changes 2000-2016, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2019
Poster:
- Seehaus, T., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Braun, M., Velocities, elevation changes and mass budgets of glaciers on the northern Antarctic Peninsula (Dinsmoor-Bombardier-Edgeworth Glacier System), EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2013
- Seehaus, T., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Braun, M., Ice dynamics and mass budget of Northern Antarctic Peninsula glaciers, 5. TerraSAR-X Science Team Meeting Oberpfaffenhofen, 2013
- Seehaus, T., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Braun, M., Ice dynamics of Northern Antarctic Peninsula glaciers from multi-mission remote sensing data, HGF-EDA Alliance Week Garmisch-Patenkirchen, 2013
- Seehaus, T., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Braun, M., Velocities, elevation changes and mass budgets of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers, DFG SPP 1158 Coordination workshop Bochum, 2013
- Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Steinhage, D., Effects of ice-shelf disintegration on tributary glaciers at the Antarctic Peninsula, IGS Symposium Chamonix-Mont Blanc, 2014
- Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Recent changes in ice dynamics of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers revealed from multi-mission SAR data, SCAR Open Science Conference Auckland, 2014
- Braun, M., Seehaus, T., Sommer, C., Marinsek, S., Area changes and frontal ablation of glaciers on James Ross Island, SCAR Open Science Conference Auckland, 2014
- Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Hübner, F., Flow and ice discharge of tributary glaciers of Larsen-D Ice Shelf, SCAR Open Science Conference Auckland, 2014
- Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Velocities, elevation changes and mass budgets of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers, DFG SPP 1158 Coordination workshop Dresden, 2014
- Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Steinhage, D., Helm, V., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Dynamic adjustments of tributary glaciers to ice shelf disintegration, HGF-EDA Alliance Week Garmisch-Patenkirchen, 2015
- Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Velocities, elevation changes and mass budgets of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers, DFG SPP 1158 Coordination workshop Frankfurt, 2015
- Seehaus, T., Cook, A., Barbosa, A., Marinsek, S., Braun, M., Observed changes in ice dynamics on the northern Antarctic Peninsula, ESA Living Planet Symposium Prague, 2016
- Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Velocities, elevation changes and mass budgets of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers, DFG SPP 1158 Coordination workshop Rostock, 2016
- Seehaus, T., Lippl, S., Braun, M., Assessment of essential climate variables – Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes, TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, 2016
- Seehaus, T. Cook, A., Marinsek, S., Braun Matthias, Changes in ice dynamics along the northern Antarctic Peninsula, AGU Fall Meeting, San Fransisco, 2016
- Seehaus, T., Lippl, S., Braun, M., Assessment of essential climate variables – Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes, AGU Fall Meeting, San Fransisco, 2016
- Seehaus, T., Lippl, S., Braun, M., Assessment of essential climate variables – Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes, Alpine Glaciology Meeting, Zürich, 2017
- Seehaus, T., Lippl, S., Braun, M., Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes by SAR remote sensing ,EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2017
- Seehaus, T., Lippl, S., Braun, M., Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes by SAR remote sensing, ESA Fringe Meeting, Helsinki, 2017
- Seehaus, T., Friedl, P., Braun, M., Ice discharge of Larsen C Ice Shelf tributary glaciers, Internationale Polartagung, Rostock, 2018
- Seehaus, T., Cook, A., van Wessem, J., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., Braun, M., Glaciological changes on the northern Antarctic Peninsula, SCAR POLAR 18, Davos, 2018
Disappearing Peruvian glaciers: Team of FAU researchers investigate dramatic glacial melting
Ook de tropische gletsjers in peru kwijnen voor onze ogen weg
Amazon Fires Contribute to Andean Glacier Melting
Andes Meltdown: New Insights Into Rapidly Retreating Glaciers
La Tierra se calienta, los Andes se derriten
Cold War-era satellites bring bad news about melting glaciers around Everest
Polargebiete, Glaziologie, Radar-Fernerkundung,
Projects:
VELMAP: Velocities, elevation and mass changes of Antarctic Peninsula Glaciers
GEKKO: Assessment of essential climate variables – Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes,
IMPECCAPLE: IMProved gEodetiC glaCier mAss BaLancE measurements by integrating remote sensing, surface mass balance and firn compaction modelling – a case study from James Ross Island, Antarctica
Regions:
Methods:
- Multi-sensor remote sensing
- SAR offset tracking procedures
- SAR Interferometry
- Dif.-GNSS Surveys
- Altimetry
- GIS
Bachelor of Science:
- Lukas Sochor (2017): Ice velocities of the northern section of the Larsen C Ice Shelf
- Marcel Petrik (2017): Spatial patterns of ice discharge at the Werstern Antarctic Peninsuala
- Marcello Minutella (2017): Temporal variability of ice discharge at the Western Antarctic Peninsula
- Dominik Nerreter (2017): Glacier velocity changes of tributaries of the southern section of the Larsen C Ice Shelf
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Anna Katarzyna Leś (2016): Analyse der SAR-Signal-Eindringtiefe auf Vega Island (Antarktisch Halbinsel)
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Christian Sommer (2015): Area and mass changes of the James Ross Island ice cover, Antarctic Peninsula
- Felix Hübner (2014): Eisdynamik und Eismassenabfluss auf der südöstlichen Antarktischen Halbinsel
Master of Science
- Raymond Ogueri (2020): Mapping snow cover from optical time series over glaciers: Using automated Otsu’s thresholding
- David Georg (2020): The impact of ash cover on glacier mass balances in Kamchatka
- Lukas Sochor (2020): Ice volume change of Svalbard derived from Icesat 1&2 data
- Roman Guliaev (2018): Evaluation and Quantification of SAR-Signal Penetration using TanDEM-X data
- Moritz Schilling (2015): Ableitung der basalen Schmelzrate des SCAR-Inlet Shelfeises mittels verschiedener Fernerkundungsdaten und Auswerteverfahren
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Tobias Betsch (2015): Ableitung von digitalen Geländemodellen für King George Island mittels TanDEM-X bistatischen SAR-Daten
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Peter Friedl (2015): Ableitung glaziologischer Parameter aus ERS-SAR Daten auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel
Phd:
- Kaian Shahateet (running since 2019 at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)