Harald Zandler

Abteilung Klimatologie

Forschungsthemen:

• Ökologische und klimatologische Fernerkundung
• Monitoring natürlicher Ressourcen
• Fernerkundungsbasierte Modellierung von Pflanzenbiomasse und Solarstrahlung
• Regionaler Fokus: Hochgebirge und Trockengebiete Zentralasiens

Ausgewählte Publikationen

2025

Saeed Akhtar Khan, Harald Zandler, Oliver Sass: Climate change impacts on livelihoods in the Eastern Hindu Kush: integrating local perceptions and biophysical data. In: Regional Environmental Change, 25 (2025). - 114.
doi:10.1007/s10113-025-02414-9

2024

Harald Zandler, Cyrus Samimi: Cooling Potential of Urban Tree Species during Extreme Heat and Drought : A Thermal Remote Sensing Assessment. In: Remote Sensing, 16 (2024). - 2059.
doi:10.3390/rs16122059

Behnaz Arabi, Masoud Moradi, Harald Zandler, Cyrus Samimi, Wouter Verhoef: Developing a novel index for detection of optically shallow waters using multispectral satellite imagery and radiative transfer modelling. In: International Journal of Remote Sensing, 45 (2024). - S. 4788-4819.
doi:10.1080/01431161.2024.2368931

2023

Behnaz Arabi, Masoud Moradi, Cyrus Samimi, Wouter Verhoef, Harald Zandler: Developing A New Index for the Detection of Optically Shallow Waters in Complex Coastal Areas from Multi-Spectral Satellite Images Using Radiative Transfer Modelling. - (Vortrag), Veranstaltung: AGU 23, 11-15 December 2023, San Francisco, CA & Online.

2022

Han van Dijk, Cyrus Samimi, Harald Zandler: Climate variability and institutional flexibility : Resource governance at the intersection between ecological instability and mobility in drylands. In: Angela García Kronenburg, Tobias Haller, Han van Dijk, Cyrus Samimi, Jereon Warner (Hrsg.): Drylands Facing Change. - London : Routledge, 2022. - S. 15-31.
doi:10.4324/9781003174486-3

Harald Zandler, Sorosh Poya Faryabi, Stephane Ostrowski: Contributions to Satellite-Based Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Quantification and Grassland Monitoring in Central Asian Highlands Using Sentinel-2 and MODIS Data. In: Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10 (2022). - 684589.
doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.684589

2021

Isabell Haag, Karim-Aly Kassam, Thomas Senftl, Harald Zandler, Cyrus Samimi: Measurements meet human observations : integrating distinctive ways of knowing in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan to assess local climate change. In: Climatic Change, 165 (2021). - 5.
doi:10.1007/s10584-021-02988-3

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

Kim André Vanselow, Harald Zandler, Cyrus Samimi: Time Series Analysis of Land Cover Change in Dry Mountains : Insights from the Tajik Pamirs. In: Remote Sensing, 13 (2021). - 3951.
doi:10.3390/rs13193951

2020

Harald Zandler, Thomas Senftl, Kim André Vanselow: Reanalysis datasets outperform other gridded climate products in vegetation change analysis in peripheral conservation areas of Central Asia. In: Scientific Reports, 10 (2020). - 22446.
doi:10.1038/s41598-020-79480-y

2019

Harald Zandler, Isabell Haag, Cyrus Samimi: Evaluation needs and temporal performance differences of gridded precipitation products in peripheral mountain regions. In: Scientific Reports, 9 (2019). - 15118.
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-51666-z

2018

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

2017

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

2016

Paul Schumacher, Bunafsha Mislimshoeva, Alexander Brenning, Harald Zandler, Martin Brandt, Cyrus Samimi, Thomas Koellner: Do Red Edge and Texture Attributes from High-Resolution Satellite Data Improve Wood Volume Estimation in a Semi-Arid Mountainous Region?. In: Remote Sensing, 8 (2016). - 540.
doi:10.3390/rs8070540

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

2015

Harald Zandler:Assessment of Woody Biomass and Solar Energy Resources with Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques : A Regional Study in the High Mountains of the Eastern Pamirs (Tajikistan). - Bayreuth: 2015. - XVIII, 131 S.
(Dissertation, 2015, Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften)

Georg Hohberg, Fanny Kreczi, Harald Zandler: High mountain societies and limited local resources : livelihoods and energy utilization in the Eastern Pamirs, Tajikistan. In: Erdkunde, 69 (2015). - S. 233-246.
doi:10.3112/erdkunde.2015.03.03

Harald Zandler, Cyrus Samimi, Alexander Brenning: Potential of Space-Borne Hyperspectral Data for Biomass Quantification in an Arid Environment : Advantages and Limitations. In: Remote Sensing, 7 (2015). - S. 4565-4580.
doi:10.3390/rs70404565

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