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2026
Journal Article
Piermattei, L., McNabb, R., Elias, M., Ressl, C., Dehecq, A., Girod, L., Dewez, T., & Eltner, A. (2026).
Unlocking the Past: A review of digital processing of historical aerial and satellite stereo analog imagery for geoscience applications
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, 2–33. https://doi.org/10.1109/mgrs.2025.3645144
2025
Journal Article
Gentner, L. Q., Gou, J., Tourian, M. J., Börger, L., Sneeuw, N., & Soja, B. (2025).
DeepRec: Global Terrestrial Water Storage Reconstruction Since 1941 Using Spatiotemporal‐Aware Deep Learning Model
Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation, 3, e2025JH000889. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025jh000889
Bast, A., Hobi, M., Ginzler, C., Piermattei, L., Fischer, C., Nikolova, P. S., Bührle, L., Kalt, T., & Graf, F. (2025).
An approach to detect and map forest canopy layers in Swiss mountain forests using nationwide airborne laser scanning data
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 145, 104986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2025.104986
The GlaMBIE Team, Zemp, M., Jakob, L., Dussaillant, I., Nussbaumer, S., Gourmelen, N., A, G., Abdullahi, S., Andreassen, L. M., Berthier, E., Bhattacharya, A., Blazquez, A., Boehm Vock, L. F., Bolch, T., Box, J., Braun, M. H., Brun, F., Cicero, E., Colgan, W., … et al. (2025).
Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023
Nature, 639(8054), 382–388. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08545-z
2024
Journal Article
Aga, J., Piermattei, L., Girod, L., Aalstad, K., Eiken, T., Kääb, A., & Westermann, S. (2024).
Acceleration of coastal-retreat rates for high-Arctic rock cliffs on Brøggerhalvøya, Svalbard, over the past decade
Earth Surface Dynamics, 12, 1049–1070. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-1049-2024
Piermattei, L., Zemp, M., Sommer, C., Brun, F., Braun, M. H., Andreassen, L. M., Belart, J. M. C., Berthier, E., Bhattacharya, A., Boehm Vock, L., Bolch, T., Dehecq, A., Dussaillant, I., Falaschi, D., Florentine, C., Floricioiu, D., Ginzler, C., Guillet, G., Hugonnet, R., … et al. (2024).
Observing glacier elevation changes from spaceborne optical and radar sensors – an inter-comparison experiment using ASTER and TanDEM-X data
The Cryosphere, 18, 3195–3230. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3195-2024
Bannwart, J., Piermattei, L., Dussaillant, I., Krieger, L., Floricioiu, D., Berthier, E., Roeoesli, C., Machguth, H., & Zemp, M. (2024).
Elevation bias due to penetration of spaceborne radar signal on Grosser Aletschgletscher, Switzerland
Journal of Glaciology, 70, e1. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.37
Altmann, M., Pfeiffer, M., Haas, F., Rom, J., Fleischer, F., Heckmann, T., Piermattei, L., Wimmer, M., Braun, L., Stark, M., Betz-Nutz, S., & Becht, M. (2024).
Long-term monitoring (1953–2019) of geomorphologically active sections of Little Ice Age lateral moraines in the context of changing meteorological conditions
Earth Surface Dynamics, 12, 399–431. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-399-2024
2023
Journal Article
Ramskogler, K., Knoflach, B., Elsner, B., Erschbamer, B., Haas, F., Heckmann, T., Hofmeister, F., Piermattei, L., Ressl, C., Trautmann, S., Wimmer, M. H., Geitner, C., Stötter, J., & Tasser, E. (2023).
Primary succession and its driving variables – a sphere-spanning approach applied in proglacial areas in the upper Martell Valley (Eastern Italian Alps)
Biogeosciences, 20, 2919–2939. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-2919-2023
Piermattei, L., Heckmann, T., Betz-Nutz, S., Altmann, M., Rom, J., Fleischer, F., Stark, M., Haas, F., Ressl, C., Wimmer, M. H., Pfeifer, N., & Becht, M. (2023).
Evolution of an Alpine proglacial river during 7 decades of deglaciation
Earth Surface Dynamics, 11, 383–403. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-383-2023
2022
Journal Article
Stark, M., Rom, J., Haas, F., Piermattei, L., Fleischer, F., Altmann, M., & Becht, M. (2022).
Long-term assessment of terrain changes and calculation of erosion rates in an alpine catchment based on SfM-MVS processing of historical aerial images. How camera information and processing strategy affect quantitative analysis
Journal of Geomorphology, 0755. https://doi.org/10.1127/jgeomorphology/2022/0755
Paul, F., Piermattei, L., Treichler, D., Gilbert, L., Girod, L., Kääb, A., Libert, L., Nagler, T., Strozzi, T., & Wuite, J. (2022).
Three different glacier surges at a spot: what satellites observe and what not
The Cryosphere, 16, 2505–2526. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2505-2022
2021
Journal Article
Fleischer, F., Haas, F., Piermattei, L., Pfeiffer, M., Heckmann, T., Altmann, M., Rom, J., Stark, M., Wimmer, M. H., Pfeifer, N., & Becht, M. (2021).
Multi-decadal (1953–2017) rock glacier kinematics analysed by high-resolution topographic data in the upper Kaunertal, Austria
The Cryosphere, 15(12), 5345–5369. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5345-2021
Knoflach, B., Ramskogler, K., Talluto, L., Hofmeister, F., Haas, F., Heckmann, T., Pfeiffer, M., Piermattei, L., Ressl, C., Wimmer, M., Geitner, C., Erschbamer, B., & Stötter, J. (2021).
Modelling of Vegetation Dynamics from Satellite Time Series to Determine Proglacial Primary Succession in the Course of Global Warming—A Case Study in the Upper Martell Valley (Eastern Italian Alps)
Remote Sensing, 13, 4450. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13214450
Stark, M., Heckmann, T., Piermattei, L., Dremel, F., Kaiser, A., Machowski, P., Haas, F., & Becht, M. (2021).
From consumer to enterprise grade: How the choice of four UAS impacts point cloud quality
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46, 2019–2043. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5142
2020
Journal Article
Altmann, M., Piermattei, L., Haas, F., Heckmann, T., Fleischer, F., Rom, J., Betz-Nutz, S., Knoflach, B., Müller, S., Ramskogler, K., Pfeiffer, M., Hofmeister, F., Ressl, C., & Becht, M. (2020).
Long-Term Changes of Morphodynamics on Little Ice Age Lateral Moraines and the Resulting Sediment Transfer into Mountain Streams in the Upper Kauner Valley, Austria
Water, 12, 3375. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123375
De Marco, J., Carturan, L., Piermattei, L., Cucchiaro, S., Moro, D., Dalla Fontana, G., & Cazorzi, F. (2020).
Minor Imbalance of the Lowermost Italian Glacier from 2006 to 2019
Water, 12, 2503. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12092503
Flöry, S., Ressl, C., Hollaus, M., Pürcher, G., Piermattei, L., & Pfeifer, N. (2020).
“WebSnow”: Estimation of snow cover from freely accessible webcam images in the Alps
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, V-2–2020, 695–701. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-v-2-2020-695-2020
2019
Journal Article
Piermattei, L., Marty, M., Ginzler, C., Pöchtrager, M., Karel, W., Ressl, C., Pfeifer, N., & Hollaus, M. (2019).
Pléiades satellite images for deriving forest metrics in the Alpine region
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 80, 240–256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2019.04.008
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