Publications for (1996-2014)


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Buehler, S. A. and Östman, S. and Melsheimer, C. and Holl, G. and Eliasson, S. and John, V. O. and Blumenstock, T. and Hase, F. and Elgered, G. and Raffalski, U. and Nasuno, T. and Satoh, M. and Milz, M. and Mendrok, J. (2012) A multi-instrument comparison of integrated water vapour measurements at a high latitude site. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12 (22). pp. 10925-10943. ISSN 1680-7324

Cherkasheva, A. and Bracher, A. and Melsheimer, C. and Köberle, C. and Gerdes, R. and Nöthig, E.-M. and Bauerfeind, E. and Boetius, A. (2014) Influence of the physical environment on polar phytoplankton blooms: A case study in the Fram Strait. Journal of Marine Systems, 132 . pp. 196-207. ISSN 09247963

Cherkasheva, A. and Nöthig, E.-M. and Bauerfeind, E. and Melsheimer, C. and Bracher, A. (2013) From the chlorophyll a in the surface layer to its vertical profile: a Greenland Sea relationship for satellite applications. Ocean Science, 9 (2). pp. 431-445. ISSN 1812-0792

Fuhrhop, Rolf and Simmer, Clemens and Schrader, Meeno and Heygster, Georg and Johnsen, Klaus-Peter and Schlüssel, Peter (1996) Study of passive remote sensing of the atmosphere and surface ice. Technical Report. Institut für Meereskunde, Kiel, Germany.

Gang, Hong and Heygster, Georg and Kunzi, Klaus and Wanbiao, Li and Yuanjing, Zhu and Bolin, Zhao (2003) Retrieval of microwave surface emissivities at TMI frequencies in Shouxian. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 20 (2). pp. 253-259. ISSN 0256-1530

HEYGSTER, Georg and WIEBE, Heidrun and SPREEN, Gunnar and KALESCHKE, Lars (2009) AMSR-E Geolocation and Validation of Sea Ice Concentrations Based on 89GHz Data. Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, 29 (1). pp. 226-235.

Heygster, G. and Alexandrov, V. and Dybkjær, G. and von Hoyningen-Huene, W. and Girard-Ardhuin, F. and Katsev, I. L. and Kokhanovsky, A. and Lavergne, T. and Malinka, A. V. and Melsheimer, C. and Toudal Pedersen, L. and Prikhach, A. S. and Saldo, R. and Tonboe, R. and Wiebe, H. and Zege, E. P. (2012) Remote sensing of sea ice: advances during the DAMOCLES project. The Cryosphere, 6 (6). pp. 1411-1434. ISSN 1994-0424

Heygster, G. and Dannenberg, J. and Notholt, J. (2010) Topographic Mapping of the German Tidal Flats Analyzing SAR Images With the Waterline Method. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 48 (3). pp. 1019-1030. ISSN 0196-2892

Heygster, Georg and Melsheimer, Christian and Mathew, Nizy and Toudal, Leif and Andersen, Søren and Tonboe, Rasmus and Saldo, Roberto and Schyberg, Harald and Thomas Tveter, Frank and Thyness, Vibeke and Gustafsson, Nils and Landelius, Tomas and Dahlgren, Peer (2009) POLAR PROGRAM: Integrated Observation and Modeling of the arctic Sea Ice and Atmosphere. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90 (3). pp. 293-297. ISSN 0003-0007

Hong, G. and Heygster, G. and Kunzi, K. (2005) Intercomparison of Deep Convective Cloud Fractions From Passive Infrared and Microwave Radiance Measurements. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2 (1). pp. 18-22. ISSN 1545-598X

Hong, G. and Heygster, G. and Miao, J. and Kunzi, K. (2005) Potential to Estimate the Canting Angle of Tilted Structures in Clouds From Microwave Radiances Around 183 GHz. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2 (1). pp. 40-44. ISSN 1545-598X

Hong, Gang and Heygster, G. and Miao, J. and Kunzi, K. (2005) Detection of tropical deep convective clouds from AMSU-B water vapor channels measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110 (D5). ISSN 0148-0227

Hong, Gang and Heygster, G. and Notholt, J. and Weng, Fuzhong and Liu, Quanhua (2010) Simulations of microwave brightness temperatures at AMSU-B frequencies over a 3D convective cloud system. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31 (7). pp. 1781-1800. ISSN 0143-1161

Hong, Gang and Heygster, Georg (2008) Intense Tropical Thunderstorms Detected by the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46 (4). pp. 996-1005. ISSN 0196-2892

Hong, Gang and Heygster, Georg and Miao, Jungang and Kunzi, Klaus (2005) Sensitivity of microwave brightness temperatures to hydrometeors in a tropical deep convective cloud system at 89-190 GHz. Radio Science, 40 (4). n/a-n/a. ISSN 00486604

Hong, Gang and Heygster, Georg and Notholt, Justus and Buehler, Stefan A. (2008) Interannual to Diurnal Variations in Tropical and Subtropical Deep Convective Clouds and Convective Overshooting from Seven Years of AMSU-B Measurements. Journal of Climate, 21 (17). pp. 4168-4189. ISSN 0894-8755

Hong, Gang and Heygster, Georg and Rodriguez, Carlos Augusto Morales (2006) Effect of cirrus clouds on the diurnal cycle of tropical deep convective clouds. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111 (D6). ISSN 0148-0227

Hong, Gang and Yang, Ping and Baum, Bryan A. and Heymsfield, Andrew J. and Weng, Fuzhong and Liu, Quanhua and Heygster, Georg and Buehler, Stefan A. (2009) Scattering database in the millimeter and submillimeter wave range of 100–1000 GHz for nonspherical ice particles. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114 (D6). ISSN 0148-0227

Huntemann, M. and Heygster, G. and Kaleschke, L. and Krumpen, T. and Mäkynen, M. and Drusch, M. (2014) Empirical sea ice thickness retrieval during the freeze-up period from SMOS high incident angle observations. The Cryosphere, 8 (2). pp. 439-451. ISSN 1994-0424

Huntemann, Marcus and Heygster, Georg and Hong, Gang (2011) Discrete dipole approximation simulations on GPUs using OpenCL—Application on cloud ice particles. Journal of Computational Science, 2 (3). pp. 262-271. ISSN 18777503

Kaleschke, L. and Maaß, N. and Haas, C. and Hendricks, S. and Heygster, G. and Tonboe, R. T. (2010) A sea-ice thickness retrieval model for 1.4 GHz radiometry and application to airborne measurements over low salinity sea-ice. The Cryosphere, 4 (4). pp. 583-592. ISSN 1994-0424

Kaleschke, Lars and Heygster, Georg (2004) Towards multi-sensor microwave remote sensing of frost flowers on sea ice. Annals of Glaciology, 39 . pp. 219-222. ISSN 0260-3055

Li, Zhen and Heygester, Georg and Notholt, J. (2012) Topographic mapping of Wadden Sea, with SAR images and waterlevel model data. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS).

Li, Zhen and Heygster, Georg and Notholt, Justus (2014) Intertidal Topographic Maps and Morphological Changes in the German Wadden Sea between 1996–1999 and 2006–2009 from the Waterline Method and SAR Images. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 7 (8). pp. 3210-3224. ISSN 1939-1404

Liu, Shuang and Heygster, Georg and Zhang, Suping (2010) Comparison of CloudSat cloud liquid water paths in arctic summer using ground-based microwave radiometer. Journal of Ocean University of China, 9 (4). pp. 333-342. ISSN 1672-5182

Lohmann, Gerrit and Grosfeld, Klaus and Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter and Wegner, Anna and Notholt, Justus and Unnithan, Vikram (2012) Remote Sensing and Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry and Sea Ice Parameters. Earth System Science: Bridging the Gaps between Disciplines . pp. 9-56. ISSN 2191-589X

MELSHEIMER, Christian and HEYGSTER, Georg and MATHEW, Nizy and PEDERSEN, Leif TOUDAL (2009) Retrieval of Sea Ice Emissivity and Integrated Retrieval of Surface and Atmospheric Parameters Over the Arctic from AMSR-E Data. Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, 29 (1). pp. 236-241.

Mathew, N. and Heygster, G. and Melsheimer, C. (2009) Surface Emissivity of the Arctic Sea Ice at AMSR-E Frequencies. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 47 (12). pp. 4115-4124. ISSN 0196-2892

Mathew, N. and Heygster, G. and Rosenkranz, P. (2006) Retrieval of Emissivity and Temperature Profile in Polar Regions. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS).

Melsheimer, Christian and Heygster, Georg (2008) Improved Retrieval of Total Water Vapor Over Polar Regions From AMSU-B Microwave Radiometer Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46 (8). pp. 2307-2322. ISSN 0196-2892

Melsheimer, Christian and Heygster, Georg and Notholt, Justus (2011) Sea-ice minimum is not a one-off. Nature, 478 (7368). p. 188. ISSN 0028-0836

Mills, Peter (2009) Isoline retrieval: An optimal sounding method for validation of advected contours. Computers & Geosciences, 35 (10). pp. 2020-2031. ISSN 00983004

Mills, Peter and Heygster, Georg (2011) Retrieving Ice Concentration From SMOS. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 8 (2). pp. 283-287. ISSN 1545-598X

Mills, Peter and Heygster, Georg (2011) Sea Ice Emissivity Modeling at L-Band and Application to 2007 Pol-Ice Campaign Field Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49 (2). pp. 612-627. ISSN 0196-2892

Narvekar, P.S. and Heygster, G. and Jackson, T.J. and Bindlish, R. and Macelloni, G. and Notholt, J. (2010) Passive Polarimetric Microwave Signatures Observed Over Antarctica. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 48 (3). pp. 1059-1075. ISSN 0196-2892

Narvekar, Parag S. and Heygster, Georg and Tonboe, Rasmus and Jackson, Thomas J. (2011) Analysis of WindSat Third and Fourth Stokes Components Over Arctic Sea Ice. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49 (5). pp. 1627-1636. ISSN 0196-2892

Palm, M. and Melsheimer, C. and Noël, S. and Heise, S. and Notholt, J. and Burrows, J. and Schrems, O. (2010) Integrated water vapor above Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen: a multisensor intercomparison. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10 (3). pp. 1215-1226.

Rinke, A. and Melsheimer, C. and Dethloff, K. and Heygster, G. (2009) Arctic Total Water Vapor: Comparison of Regional Climate Simulations with Observations, and Simulated Decadal Trends. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 10 (1). pp. 113-129. ISSN 1525-755X

Schlüter, Norbert and Heygster, Georg (2002) Remote sensing of Antarctic clouds with infrared and passive microwave sensors. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 11 (1). pp. 21-36. ISSN 0941-2948

Selbach, Nathalie and Hewison, Tim J. and Heygster, Georg and Miao, Jungang and McGrath, Andrew J. and Taylor, Jonathan P. (2003) Validation of total water vapor retrieval with an airborne millimeter wave radiometer over Arctic sea ice. Radio Science, 38 (4). n/a-n/a. ISSN 00486604

Spreen, G. and Kaleschke, L. and Heygster, G. (2008) Sea ice remote sensing using AMSR‐E 89‐GHz channels. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 113 (C2). ISSN 0148-0227

Vey, Sibylle and Dietrich, R and Johnsen, K.-P and Miao, Jibylle and Heygster, G (2004) Comparison of Tropospheric Water Vapour over Antarctica Derived from AMSU-B Data, Ground-Based GPS Data and the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 82 (1B). pp. 259-267. ISSN 0026-1165

Voss, Stefan and Heygster, Georg and Ezraty, Robert (2003) Improving sea ice type discrimination by the simultaneous use of SSM/I and scatterometer data. Polar Research, 22 (1). pp. 35-42. ISSN 0800-0395

Wiebe, H. and Heygster, G. and Markus, T. (2009) Comparison of the ASI Ice Concentration Algorithm With Landsat-7 ETM+ and SAR Imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 47 (9). pp. 3008-3015. ISSN 0196-2892

Wiebe, H. and Heygster, G. and Meyer-Lerbs, L. (2008) Geolocation of AMSR-E Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46 (10). pp. 3098-3103. ISSN 0196-2892

Wiebe, Heidrun and Heygster, Georg and Zege, Eleonora and Aoki, Teruo and Hori, Masahiro (2013) Snow grain size retrieval SGSP from optical satellite data: Validation with ground measurements and detection of snow fall events. Remote Sensing of Environment, 128 . pp. 11-20. ISSN 00344257

Zege, E.P. and Katsev, I.L. and Malinka, A.V. and Prikhach, A.S. and Heygster, G. and Wiebe, H. (2011) Algorithm for retrieval of the effective snow grain size and pollution amount from satellite measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115 (10). pp. 2674-2685. ISSN 00344257