Harald Zandler

Research Group of Climatology

Research interests:

• High mountain and dryland research
• Ecological Climatology
• Remote Sensing
• GIS
• Central Asia

Selected Publications

Peer reviewed

2022

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

2021

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, 5 (2021).
doi:10.1007/s10584-021-02988-3

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

2020

Zandler, H., Senftl, T., Vanselow, K.: Reanalysis datasets outperform other gridded climate products in vegetation change analysis in peripheral conservation areas of Central Asia. Scientific Reports, 10, No. 22446 (2020).
doi:10.1038/s41598-020-79480-y

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

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

2016

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

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), 540 (2016).
doi:10.3390/rs8070540

2015

Hohberg, G., Kreczi, F., Zandler, H.: High mountain societies and limited local resources : livelihoods and energy utilization in the Eastern Pamirs, Tajikistan. Erdkunde, 69(3), 233-246 (2015).
doi:10.3112/erdkunde.2015.03.03

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

Books and Book sections

2022

van Dijk, H., Samimi, C., Zandler, H.: 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 (eds.): Drylands Facing Change. - London : Routledge, 2022. - 15-31.
doi:10.4324/9781003174486-3

2021

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

Other publications

2015

Zandler, H.: 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 p.
(Thesis, 2015, Universität Bayreuth, Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften)