Cyrus Samimi: Publikationen

Peer reviewed

2021

Kassam, K., Ruelle, M., Haag, I., Bulbulshoev, U., Kaziev, D., Louis, L., Ullmann, A., Edwards, I., Khan, A., Trabucco, A., Samimi, C.: Engaging Transformation : Using Seasonal Rounds to Anticipate Climate Change. Human Ecology, (2021).
doi:10.1007/s10745-021-00269-2

Vanselow, K., Zandler, H., Samimi, C.: Time Series Analysis of Land Cover Change in Dry Mountains : Insights from the Tajik Pamirs. Remote Sensing, 13(19), No. 3951 (2021).
doi:10.3390/rs13193951

Nabavi, S., Nölscher, A., Samimi, C., Thomas, C., Haimberger, L., Lüers, J., Held, A.: Site-scale modeling of surface ozone in Northern Bavaria using machine learning algorithms, regional dynamic models, and a hybrid model. Environmental Pollution, 268(Part A), No. 115736 (2021).
doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115736

Haag, I., Kassam, K., Senftl, T., Zandler, H., Samimi, C.: Measurements meet human observations : integrating distinctive ways of knowing in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan to assess local climate change. Climatic Change, 165(1/2), No. 5 (2021).
doi:10.1007/s10584-021-02988-3

Essien, E., Samimi, C.: Evaluation of Economic Linkage between Urban Built-Up Areas in a Mid-Sized City of Uyo (Nigeria). Land, 10(10), 15 S (2021).
doi:10.3390/land10101094

2020

Samimi, C., Ghosh, A., Fickert, T.: Die tropischen Zyklone Idai und Fani im Jahr 2019. Geographische Rundschau, 72(4), 34-37 (2020).

2019

Zandler, H., Haag, I., Samimi, C.: Evaluation needs and temporal performance differences of gridded precipitation products in peripheral mountain regions. Scientific Reports, 9, No. 15118 (2019).
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-51666-z

Haag, I., Jones, P., Samimi, C.: Central Asia's Changing Climate : How Temperature and Precipitation Have Changed across Time, Space, and Altitude. Climate, 7(10), No. 123 (2019).
doi:10.3390/cli7100123

Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Purschke, O., Hennekens, S., Chytrý, M., Pillar, V., Jansen, F., Kattge, J., Sandel, B., Aubin, I., Biurrun, I., Field, R., Haider, S., Jandt, U., Lenoir, J., Peet, R., Peyre, G., Sabatini, F., Schmidt, M., Schrodt, F., Winter, M., Aćić, S., Agrillo, E., Alvarez, M., Ambarlı, D., Angelini, P., Apostolova, I., Arfin Khan, M., Arnst, E., Attorre, F., Baraloto, C., Beckmann, M., Berg, C., Bergeron, Y., Bergmeier, E., Bjorkman, A., Bondareva, V., Borchardt, P., Botta-Dukát, Z., Boyle, B., Breen, A., Brisse, H., Byun, C., Cabido, M., Casella, L., Cayuela, L., Černý, T., Chepinoga, V., Csiky, J., Curran, M., Ćušterevska, R., Dajić Stevanović, Z., De Bie, E., de Ruffray, P., De Sanctis, M., Dimopoulos, P., Dressler, S., Ejrnæs, R., El-Sheikh, M., Enquist, B., Ewald, J., Fagúndez, J., Finckh, M., Font, X., Forey, E., Fotiadis, G., García-Mijangos, I., de Gasper, A., Golub, V., Gutierrez, A., Hatim, M., He, T., Higuchi, P., Holubová, D., Hölzel, N., Homeier, J., Indreica, A., Işık Gürsoy, D., Jansen, S., Janssen, J., Jedrzejek, B., Jiroušek, M., Jürgens, N., Kącki, Z., Kavgacı, A., Kearsley, E., Kessler, M., Knollová, I., Kolomiychuk, V., Korolyuk, A., Kozhevnikova, M., Kozub, Ł., Krstonošić, D., Kühl, H., Kühn, I., Kuzemko, A., Küzmič, F., Landucci, F., Lee, M., Levesley, A., Li, C., Liu, H., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Lysenko, T., Macanović, A., Mahdavi, P., Manning, P., Marcenò, C., Martynenko, V., Mencuccini, M., Minden, V., Moeslund, J., Moretti, M., Müller, J., Munzinger, J., Niinemets, Ü., Nobis, M., Noroozi, J., Nowak, A., Onyshchenko, V., Overbeck, G., Ozinga, W., Pauchard, A., Pedashenko, H., Peñuelas, J., Pérez-Haase, A., Peterka, T., Petřík, P., Phillips, O., Prokhorov, V., Rašomavičius, V., Revermann, R., Rodwell, J., Ruprecht, E., Rūsiņa, S., Samimi, C., Schaminée, J., Schmiedel, U., Šibík, J., Šilc, U., Škvorc, Ž., Smyth, A., Sop, T., Sopotlieva, D., Sparrow, B., Stančić, Z., Svenning, J., Swacha, G., Tang, Z., Tsiripidis, I., Turtureanu, P., Uğurlu, E., Uogintas, D., Valachovič, M., Vanselow, K., Vashenyak, Y., Vassilev, K., Vélez-Martin, E., Venanzoni, R., Vibrans, A., Violle, C., Virtanen, R., von Wehrden, H., Wagner, V., Walker, D., Wana, D., Weiher, E., Wesche, K., Whitfeld, T., Willner, W., Wiser, S., Wohlgemuth, T., Yamalov, S., Zizka, G., Zverev, A.: sPlot : A new tool for global vegetation analyses. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30(2), 161-186 (2019).
doi:10.1111/jvs.12710

Essien, E., Samimi, C.: Detection of Urban Development in Uyo (Nigeria) Using Remote Sensing. Land, 8(6), No. 102 (2019).
doi:10.3390/land8060102

2018

Mayr, M., Vanselow, K., Samimi, C.: Fire regimes at the arid fringe : A 16-year remote sensing perspective (2000-2016) on the controls of fire activity in Namibia from spatial predictive models. Ecological Indicators, 91, 324-337 (2018).
doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.022

Nabavi, S., Haimberger, L., Abbasi, R., Samimi, C.: Prediction of aerosol optical depth in West Asia using deterministic models and machine learning algorithms. Aeolian Research, 35, 69-84 (2018).
doi:10.1016/j.aeolia.2018.10.002

Reinhardt, K., Samimi, C.: Comparison of different wind data interpolation methods for a region with complex terrain in Central Asia. Climate Dynamics, 51(9/10), 3635-3652 (2018).
doi:10.1007/s00382-018-4101-y

Kassam, K., Ruelle, M., Samimi, C., Trabucco, A., Xu, J.: Anticipating Climatic Variability : The Potential of Ecological Calendars. Human Ecology, 46(2), 249-257 (2018).
doi:10.1007/s10745-018-9970-5

2017

Zandler, H., Morche, T., Samimi, C.: Wind and solar power as possible energy alternatives in peripheral high mountains? : Insights from the Eastern Pamirs of Tajikistan. Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories, 9(4), 343-354 (2017).
doi:10.21177/1998-4502-2017-9-4-343-354

Nabavi, S., Haimberger, L., Samimi, C.: Sensitivity of WRF-chem predictions to dust source function specification in West Asia. Aeolian Research, 24, 115-131 (2017).
doi:10.1016/j.aeolia.2016.12.005

Krüger, F., Samimi, C.: Environmental management and the reshaping and respacing of livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa : a short commentary on recent trends and conceptual ideas. African Geographical Review, 1-7 (2017).
doi:10.1080/19376812.2017.1286244

Mayr, M., Malß, S., Ofner, E., Samimi, C.: Disturbance feedbacks on the height of woody vegetation in a savannah : a multi-plot assessment using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). International Journal of Remote Sensing, 1-25 (2017).
doi:10.1080/01431161.2017.1362132

2016

Schumacher, P., Mislimshoeva, B., Brenning, A., Zandler, H., Brandt, M., Samimi, C., Koellner, T.: Do Red Edge and Texture Attributes from High-Resolution Satellite Data Improve Wood Volume Estimation in a Semi-Arid Mountainous Region?. Remote Sensing, 8(7), 19 Seiten (2016).
doi:10.3390/rs8070540

Zandler, H., Mislimshoeva, B., Samimi, C.: Scenarios of Solar Energy Use on the “Roof of the World” : Potentials and Environmental Benefits. Mountain Research and Development, 36(3), 256-266 (2016).
doi:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-15-00077.1

Vanselow, K., Samimi, C., Breckle, S.: Preserving a Comprehensive Vegetation Knowledge Base : An Evaluation of Four Historical Soviet Vegetation Maps of the Western Pamirs (Tajikistan). PLoS One, 11(2), e0148930 (2016).
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148930

Eklund, L., Romankiewicz, C., Brandt, M., Doevenspeck, M., Samimi, C.: Data and methods in the environment-migration nexus : a scale perspective. Die Erde, 147(2), 139-152 (2016).
doi:10.12854/erde-147-10

Nabavi, S., Haimberger, L., Samimi, C.: Climatology of dust distribution over West Asia from homogenized remote sensing data. Aeolian Research, 21, 93-107 (2016).
doi:10.1016/j.aeolia.2016.04.002

Romankiewicz, C., Doevenspeck, M., Brandt, M., Samimi, C.: Adaptation as by-product : Migration and environmental change in Nguith, Senegal. Die Erde, 147(2), 95-108 (2016).
doi:10.12854/erde-147-7

2015

Zandler, H., Samimi, C., Brenning, A.: Potential of Space-Borne Hyperspectral Data for Biomass Quantification in an Arid Environment : Advantages and Limitations. Remote Sensing, 7(4), 4565-4580 (2015).
doi:10.3390/rs70404565

Zandler, H., Samimi, C., Brenning, A.: Quantifying dwarf shrub biomass in an arid environment : comparing empirical methods in a high dimensional setting. Remote Sensing of Environment, 158, 140-155 (2015).
doi:10.1016/j.rse.2014.11.007

Spiekermann, R., Brandt, M., Samimi, C.: Woody vegetation and land cover changes in the Sahel of Mali (1967-2011). International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 34, 113-121 (2015).
doi:10.1016/j.jag.2014.08.007

Brandt, M., Mbow, C., Diouf, A., Verger, A., Samimi, C., Fensholt, R.: Ground- and satellite-based evidence of the biophysical mechanisms behind the greening Sahel. Global Change Biology, 21(4), 1610-1620 (2015).
doi:10.1111/gcb.12807

Mayr, M., Samimi, C.: Comparing the dry season in-situ leaf area index (lai) derived from high-resolution rapideye imagery with MODIS LAI in a Namibian savanna. Remote Sensing, 7(4), 4834-4857 (2015).
doi:10.3390/rs70404834

2014

Staska, B., Essl, F., Samimi, C.: Density and age of invasive "Robinia pseudoacacia" modulate its impact on floodplain forests. Basic and Applied Ecology, 15(6), 551-558 (2014).
doi:10.1016/j.baae.2014.07.010

Brandt, M., Romankiewicz, C., Spiekermann, R., Samimi, C.: Environmental change in time series : An interdisciplinary study in the Sahel of Mali and Senegal. Journal of Arid Environments, 105, 52-63 (2014).
doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.02.019

Kraudzun, T., Vanselow, K., Samimi, C.: Realities and myths of the Teresken Syndrome : An evaluation of the exploitation of dwarf shrub resources in the Eastern Pamirs of Tajikistan. Journal of Environmental Management, 132, 49-59 (2014).

Vanselow, K., Samimi, C.: Predictive Mapping of Dwarf Shrub Vegetation in an Arid High Mountain Ecosystem Using Remote Sensing and Random Forests. Remote Sensing, 6(7), 6709-6726 (2014).
doi:10.3390/rs6076709

Brandt, M., Grau, T., Mbow, C., Samimi, C.: Modeling Soil and Woody Vegetation in the Senegalese Sahel in the Context of Environmental Change. Land, 3(3), 770-792 (2014).
doi:10.3390/land3030770

Brandt, M., Verger, A., Diouf, A., Baret, F., Samimi, C.: Local vegetation trends in the sahel of Mali and Senegal using long time series FAPAR satellite products and field measurement (1982-2010). Remote Sensing, 6(3), 2408-2434 (2014).
doi:10.3390/rs6032408

Mislimshoeva, B., Hable, R., Fezakov, M., Samimi, C., Abdulnazarov, A., Koellner, T.: Factors influencing households' firewood consumption in the Western Pamirs, Tajikistan. Mountain Research and Development, 34(2), 147-156 (2014).
doi:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-13-00113.1

2013

Mislimshoeva, B., Samimi, C., Kirchhoff, J., Koellner, T.: Analysis of costs and people's willingness to enroll in forest rehabilitation in Gorno Badakhshan, Tajikistan. Forest Policy and Economics, 37, 75-83 (2013).
doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2012.12.001

Brandt, M., Paeth, H., Samimi, C.: Vegetationsveränderungen in Westafrika im Spiegel des Klimawandels und der Landnutzung. Geographische Rundschau, 65(9), 36-42 (2013).

2012

Vanselow, K., Kraudzun, T., Samimi, C.: Grazing practices and pasture tenure in the Eastern Pamirs : The nexus of pasture use, pasture potential, and property rights. Mountain Research and Development, 32(3), 324-336 (2012).
doi:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-12-00001.1

Samimi, C., Fink, A., Paeth, H.: The 2007 flood in the Sahel : Causes, characteristics and its presentation in the media and FEWS NEt. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 12(2), 313-325 (2012).
doi:10.5194/nhess-12-313-2012

2011

Paeth, H., Fink, A., Pohle, S., Keis, F., Mächel, H., Samimi, C.: Meteorological characteristics and potential causes of the 2007 flood in sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Climatology, 31(13), 1908-1926 (2011).
doi:10.1002/joc.2199

Zech, M., Bimüller, C., Hemp, A., Samimi, C., Broesike, C., Hörold, C., Zech, W.: Human and climate impact on 15N natural abundance of plants and soils in high-mountain ecosystems : A short review and two examples from the Eastern Pamirs and Mt. Kilimanjaro. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 47(3), 286-296 (2011).
doi:10.1080/10256016.2011.596277

Koller, R., Samimi, C.: Deforestation in the Miombo woodlands : A pixel-based semi-automated change detection method. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32(22), 7631-7649 (2011).
doi:10.1080/01431161.2010.527390

2010

Hassler, S., Kreyling, J., Beierkuhnlein, C., Eisold, J., Samimi, C., Wagenseil, H., Jentsch, A.: Vegetation pattern divergence between dry and wet season in a semiarid savanna - Spatio-temporal dynamics of plant diversity in northwest Namibia. Journal of Arid Environments, 74(11), 1516-1524 (2010).
doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.05.021

Krüger, F., Samimi, C.: Entwicklung und Umwelt im südlichen Afrika. Geographische Rundschau, 62(6), 4-10 (2010).

2009

Kraus, T., Schmidt, M., Dech, S., Samimi, C.: The potential of optical high resolution data for the assessment of leaf area index in East African rainforest ecosystems. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(19), 5039-5059 (2009).
doi:10.1080/01431160903022878

Brandt, M., Bäumler, R., Samimi, C.: Agricultural suitability of dune system and Limpopo Basin soils near Xai-Xai, Mozambique. South African Journal of Plant and Soil, 26(4), 206-212 (2009).
doi:10.1080/02571862.2009.10639956

2007

Wagenseil, H., Samimi, C.: Woody vegetation cover in Namibian savannahs : A modelling approach based on remote sensing. Erdkunde, 61(4), 325-334 (2007).
doi:10.3112/erdkunde.2007.04.03

2006

Samimi, C., Nüsser, M.: Visionen der Vernetzung von Schutzgebieten im südlichen Afrika. Natur und Landschaft, 81(4), 185-192 (2006).

Samimi, C., Krüger, F.: Miombo - Ökologische und soziale Veränderungen im größten Trockenwald der Erde. Geographische Rundschau, 58(10), 40-47 (2006).

Wagenseil, H., Samimi, C.: Assessing spatio-temporal variations in plant phenology using Fourier analysis on NDVI time series : Results from a dry savannah environment in Namibia. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(16), 3455-3471 (2006).
doi:10.1080/01431160600639743

2004

Samimi, C., Kraus, T.: Biomass estimation using Landsat-TM and -ETM+ : Towards a regional model for Southern Africa?. GeoJournal, 59(3), 177-187 (2004).
doi:10.1023/B:GEJO.0000026688.74589.58

2002

Kraus, T., Samimi, C.: Biomass estimation for land use management and fire management using Landsat-TM and -ETM+. Erdkunde, 56(2), 130-143 (2002).

Books and Book sections

2021

Sowe, S., Schönfeld, M., Samimi, C., Steiner, P., Huisl, J.: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for North-South Research Collaboration : An Experience Report. In: Companion Volume to the Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Open Collaboration. - Madrid : ACM, 2021. - 18-21.

Vanselow, K., Zandler, H., Samimi, C.: Methods of Assessing Vegetation Dynamics and Pasture Potentials in Arid Mountain Regions. In: Lothar Mueller, Viktor G. Sychev, Nikolai M. Dronin, Frank Eulenstein (eds.): Exploring and Optimizing Agricultural Landscapes. - Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2021. - 373-382.
doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67448-9_16

2018

Vanselow, K., Zandler, H., Samimi, C.: Methods of Assessing Vegetation Dynamics and Pasture Potentials in High Mountain Regions. In: Viktor G. Sychev, Lothar Mueller (eds.): Novel Methods and Results of Landscape Research in Europe, Central Asia and Siberia. Vol. III. Landscape Monitoring and Modelling. - Moscow : 2018. - 209-213.
doi:10.25680/1490.2018.71.71.003

2017

Samimi, C.: Klimatologischer Überblick. In: Ludwig Zöller, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Cyrus Samimi, Dominik Faust (eds.): Die Physische Geographie Deutschlands. - Darmstadt : WBG (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft), 2017. - 167-179.

2015

Folgen des Klimawandels. - Obermaier, G., Samimi, C. (eds.). - Bayreuth : Verlag Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Bayreuth e.V., 2015. - 175

Samimi, C.: Aktuelle Tendenzen des Klimawandels. In: Gabriele Obermaier, Cyrus Samimi (eds.): Folgen des Klimawandels. - Bayreuth : Verlag Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Bayreuth e.V., 2015. - 7-24.

2014

Glade, T., Bell, R., Dobesberger, P., Embleton-Hamann, C., Fromm, R., Fuchs, S., Hagen, K., Hübl, J., Lieb, G., Otto, J., Perzl, F., Peticzka, R., Prager, C., Samimi, C., Sass, O., Schöner, W., Schröter, D., Schrott, L., Zangerl, C., Zeidler, A.: Der Einfluss des Klimawandels auf die Reliefsphäre. In: Helga Kromp-Kolb (eds.): Österreichischer Sachstandsbericht Klimawandel 2014 = Austrian Assessment Report 2014 (AAR14): Austrian Panel on Climate Change (APCC). - Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2014. - 557-600.

2013

Kastler, B., Samimi, C.: The Impact of "Robinia pseudoacacia" on Ground Vegetation and Plant Nutrient Matter in Donau-Auen National Park. In: 5th Symposium for Research in Protected Areas: 10-12 June 2013, Mittersill ; conference volume. - Mittersill : Hohe Tauern National Park Salzburg, 2013. - 345-352.

2012

Vanselow, K., Kraudzun, T., Samimi, C.: Land stewardship in practice : An example from the Eastern pamirs of Tajikistan. In: Victor Squires (eds.): Rangeland Stewardship in Central Asia : balancing improved livelihoods, biodiversity conservation and land protection. - Dordrecht; Heidelberg, New York; London : Springer, 2012. - 71-90.
doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5367-9_4

2009

Kraus, T., Schmidt, M., Dech, S., Samimi, C.: Combination of remote sensing and in situ measurements for a detailed assessment of biophysical properties of East African rainforests : A case study for Kakamega Forest, Kenya, and Budongo Forest, Uganda. In: 2009 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium : IGARSS 2009; Proceedings. Band 3. - Piscataway : IEEE, 2009. - 326-329.
doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417766

Other publications

2019

Haag, I., Kassam, K., Samimi, C.: Ökologische Kalender im Pamir : Anpassung an den Klimawandel auf dem Dach der Welt. Geographische Rundschau, 71(12), 26-31 (2019).

2015

Obermaier, G., Samimi, C.: Transnationale Schutzgebiete im südlichen Afrika. Praxis Geographie, 45(4), 24-27 (2015).

2012

Romankiewicz, C., Samimi, C., Brandt, M., Spiekermann, R.: Detecting environmental change using time series, high resolution imagery and field work : a case study in the Sahel of Mali. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14, EGU2012-10583 (2012).

Climate Change, Environment and Migration in the Sahel : Selected Issues with a Focus on Senegal and Mali. - Frankfurt am Main, 2012. - 81 p.