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Selected articles about my work
Kääb, A., R. Frauenfelder and I. Roer (2006):
On the response of rockglacier creep to surface temperature increases.
Global and Planetary Change. 56(1-2), 172-187. [PDF 1.3 MB]
Kääb, A., M. Chiarle, B. Raup and C. Schneider (2006):
Climate change impacts on mountain glaciers and permafrost
Global and Planetary Change. 56(1-2), vii-ix. [PDF 0.1 MB]
Raup, B., A. Kääb, J. Kargel, et al. (2006):
Remote sensing and GIS technology in the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Project.
Computers and Geosciences. [PDF 3.5 MB]. Please contact me for obtaining a PDF.
Paul, F. and A. Kääb (2006):
Perspectives on the production of a glacier inventory from multispectral satellite data in Arctic Canada: Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island .
Annals of Glaciology. 42(1), 59-66.
Kääb, A., B. Lefauconnier and K. Melvold (2006):
Flow field of Kronebreen, Svalbard, using repeated Landsat 7 and ASTER data.
Annals of Glaciology. 42(1), 7-13. [PDF 1.1 MB]
Fischer, L., A. Kääb, C. Huggel, and J. Noetzli (2006):
Geology, glacier retreat and permafrost degradation as controlling factors of slope instabilities in a high-mountain rock wall: the Monte Rosa east face.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Science. 6, 761-772. [PDF 6 MB]
Kääb, A., C. Huggel and L. Fischer (2006):
Remote sensing technologies for monitoring climate change impacts on glacier- and permafrost-related hazards.
2006 ECI Conference on Geohazards. Paper 2, 12 pages. [PDF 3.2 MB]
Kääb, A. and Kneisel C. (2006):
Permafrost creep within a recently deglaciated glacier forefield: Muragl, Swiss Alps
Permafrost and Periglacial Process. 17 (1), 79-85. [PDF 0.4 MB]
Huggel, C., Kääb, A. and Salzmann, N. (2006):
Evaluation of QuickBird and IKONOS imagery for assessment of high-mountain hazards.
EARSeL eProceedings, 5(1): 51-62. [PDF 3.8 MB]
Wangensteen, B., Tønsberg, O.M., Kääb, A., Eiken, T. and Hagen, J.O. (2006):
Surface elevation change and high resolution surface velocities for advancing outlets of Jostedalsbreen
Geografiska Annaler. 88A (1), 55-74. [PDF 2.8 MB]
Wangensteen, B., Gudmundsson, A., Eiken, T., Kääb, A., Farbrot, H. and Etzelmüller, B. (2006):
Surface displacements and surface age estimates for creeping slope landforms in Northern and Eastern Iceland usingdigital photogrammetry
Geomorphology. 80(1-2), 59-79. [PDF 2.5 MB]
Kääb, A. (2005):
Remote sensing of mountain glaciers and permafrost creep .
Schriftenreihe Physische Geographie. 48, 266 pages. ISBN 3 85543 244 9
[PDF low resolution, 16 MB].
A paperback of the book can be ordered for ... (Sorry, out of print!).
Kääb, A. , Huggel, C., Fischer, L., Guex, S., Paul, F., Roer, I., Salzmann, N., Schlaefli, S., Schmutz, K., Schneider, D., Strozzi, T., and Weidmann, Y. (2005):
Remote sensing of glacier- and permafrost-related hazards in high mountains: an overview
Natural Hazards and Earth System Science. 5, 527-554. SRef-ID: 1684-9981/nhess/2005-5-527. [PDF low resolution, 2 MB] [PDF high resolution, 22 MB]
Kääb, A. (2005):
Combination of SRTM3 and repeat ASTER data for deriving alpine glacier flow velocities in the Bhutan Himalaya.
Remote Sensing of Environment. 94 (4), 463–474. [PDF 1 MB]
Kääb, A. and T. Reichmuth (2005):
Advance mechanisms of rock glaciers
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 16 (2), 187-193. [PDF 0.5 MB]
Kääb, A., Reynolds, J.M. and Haeberli, W. (2005):
Glacier and permafrost hazards in high mountains
In: Huber, U.M., Bugmann, H.K.M., Reasoner, M.A. (eds.), Global Change and Mountain Regions (A State of Knowledge Overview). Springer, Dordrecht. 225-234. [PDF 1.3 MB]
Kääb A., Huggel C., Guex S., Paul F., Salzmann N., Schmutz K., Schneider D. and Weidmann Y. (2005):
Glacier hazard assessment in mountains using satellite optical data
EARSeL eProceedings. 4(1), 79-93 . [PDF 2.9 MB]
Kääb, A. (2005):
Remote sensing of mountain environments
UNESCO publications: Proceedings Second and Third GLOCHAMORE Workshop, 92-99. [PDF 1.5 MB]
Kargel, J., M. Abrams, M. Bishop, et al. (2005):
Multispectral imaging contributions to global land ice measurements from space .
Remote Sensing of Environment. 99 (1-2), 187–219. [PDF 16 MB]
Paul F., H. Machguth and A. Kääb. (2005):
On the impact of glacier albedo under conditions of extreme glacier melt: the summer of 2003 in the Alps
EARSeL eProceedings. 4(2), 139-149 . [PDF 2.6 MB]
Julio Miranda, P., Alberto E. Gonzlez-Huesca A.E., Delgado Granados H. and A. Kääb (2005):
Glacier melting and lahar formation during January 22, 2001 eruption, Popocatépetl volcano (Mexico)
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, N.F. Suppl. Vol. 140, 93-102. [PDF 1.1 MB]
Rivera A., G. Casassa, J. Bamber and A. Kääb (2005):
Ice-elevation changes of Glaciar Chico, southern Patagonia, using ASTER DEMs, aerial photographs and GPS data
Journal of Glaciology, 51(172), 105-112.
Huggel C., S. Zgraggen-Oswald, W. Haeberli1, A. Kääb, A. Polkvoj, I. Galushkin, and S. G. Evans (2005):
The 2002 rock/ice avalanche at Kolka/Karmadon, Russian Caucasus: assessment of extraordinary avalanche formation and mobility, and application of QuickBird satellite imagery
Natural Hazards and Earth System Science. 5, 173–187. [PDF 6.5 MB]
Roer I., Kääb A. and Dikau R. (2005):
Rockglacier acceleration in the Turtmann valley (Swiss Alps): Probable controls
Norwegian Journal of Geography. 59, 157–163. [PDF 0.5 MB]
Roer I., Kääb A. and Dikau R. (2005):
Rockglacier kinematics derived from small-scale aerial photography and digital airborne pushbroom imagery
Zeitschrift für Geomorphology N.F. 49(1), 73-87.
Zemp M., Kääb A., Hoelzle M. and Haeberli, W. (2005):
GIS-based modelling of glacial sediment balance
Zeitschrift für Geomorphology N.F. Suppl.-Vol 138, 113-129. [PDF 0.6 MB]
Farbrot H., Isaksen K., Eiken T., Kääb A. and Sollid J.L. (2005):
Composition and internal structures of a rock glacier on the strandflat of western Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Norwegian Journal of Geography. 59, 139–148. [PDF 0.6 MB]
Paul F., C. Huggel and A. Kääb (2004):
Combining satellite multispectral image data and a digital elevation model for mapping debris-covered glaciers
Remote Sensing of Environment. 89(4). 510-518. [PDF 1.9 MB]
Kääb A. and W. Haeberli (2004):
Luft- und weltraumgestützte Messtechnologie – neue Perspektiven für die weltweite Gletscherbeobachtung.
Tagungsbericht und wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. 54. Deutscher Geographentag Bern 2003. 28. September bis 4. Oktober 2003. – Heidelberg, Bern. 133-140. [PDF 0.8MB]
Kääb A., C. Huggel, S. Barbero, M. Chiarle, M. Cordola, F. Epifani, W. Haeberli, G. Mortara, P. Semino, A. Tamburini and G. Viazzo (2004):
Glacier hazards at Belvedere Glacier and the Monte Rosa east face, Italian Alps: Processes and Mitigation.
Proceedings Interpraevent 2004. Volume 1. 67-78. [PDF 0.7MB]
Huggel C., A. Kääb and N. Salzmann. (2004):
GIS-based modeling of glacial hazards and their interactions using Landsat-TM and IKONOS imagery.
Norwegian Journal of Geography. 58. 61-73. [PDF 1.4MB]
Salzmann N., A. Kääb, C. Huggel, B. Allgöwer and W. Haeberli. (2004):
Assessment of the hazard potential of ice avalanches using remote
sensing and GIS-modelling.
Norwegian Journal of Geography. 58. 74-84. [PDF 0.8MB]
Strozzi. T, A. Kääb, R. Frauenfelder. (2004):
Detecting and quantifying mountain permafrost creep from in situ inventory, space-borne radar interferometry and airborne digital photogrammetry
International Journal of Remote Sensing. 25(15). 2919–2931. [PDF 0.8MB]
Kääb A. and Weber M. (2004):
Development of transverse ridges on rock glaciers: field measurements and laboratory experiments.
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 15(4), 379-391. [PDF 0.6MB]
Huggel C., W.Haeberli, A. Kääb, D. Bieri and S. Richardson. (2004):
Assessment procedures for glacial hazards in the Swiss Alps.
Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 41(6). [PDF 1 MB]
Paul F., A. Kääb, M. Maisch, T. Kellenberger, and W. Haeberli. (2004):
Rapid disintegration of Alpine glaciers observed with satellite data
Geophysical Research Letters. 31, L21402. [PDF 0.2 MB]
Burga C.A., R. Frauenfelder, J. Ruffet, M. Hoelzle and A. Kääb. (2004):
Vegetation on Alpine rock glacier surfaces: a contribution to abundance and dynamics on extreme plant habitats
Flora. 199(6), 505-501. [PDF 0.4 MB]
Kääb A. (2004):
Permafrost hazards in mountains.
Frozen Ground. 28, 9-10. [PDF 0.2MB]
Kääb A., Wessels R., Haeberli W., Huggel C., Kargel J.S., Khalsa S.J.S (2003):
Rapid ASTER imaging facilitates timely assessment of glacier hazards and disasters .
EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 84(13). 117, 121. [PDF 3.4 MB]
Kääb A., C. Huggel, F. Paul, R. Wessels, B. Raup, H. Kieffer and J. Kargel (2003):
Glacier Monitoring from ASTER Imagery: Accuracy and Applications.
Proceedings of EARSeL-LISSIG-Workshop Observing our Cryosphere from Space, Bern, March 11 – 13, 2002. EARSeL e Proceedings. 2. 43-53. [PDF 2.5 MB]
Kääb A., Y. Isakowski, F. Paul, A. Neumann und R. Winter (2003):
Glaziale und periglaziale Prozesse: Von der statischen zur dynamischen Visualisierung.
Kartographische Nachrichten. 5/2003. 206-212. [PDF 5.8 MB]
Kääb A., F. Paul und C. Huggel (2003):
Gletscherbeobachtung aus dem Weltall
Die Alpen, Schweizer Alpenclub. 2/2002. 54-56. [PDF 1.2MB]
Paul F., A. Kääb, M. Maisch, T. Kellenberger und W. Haeberli (2003):
Das neue Schweizer Gletscherinventar 2000: Anwendungen in der Gebirgskartographie.
Kartographische Nachrichten. 5/2003. 212-217.
Kääb A., V. Kaufmann, R. Ladstädter and T. Eiken (2003):
Rock glacier dynamics: implications from high-resolution measurements of surface velocity fields.
Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Permafrost, 21-25 July 2003, Zurich, Switzerland. 1. 501-506. [PDF 3.8 MB]
Lerjen M., A. Kääb, M. Hoelze and W. Haeberli (2003):
Local distribution pattern of discontinuous mountain permafrost. A process study at Flüela Pass, Swiss Alps.
Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Permafrost, 21-25 July 2003, Zurich, Switzerland. 2. 667-672. [PDF 2.8 MB]
Ikeda A., N. Matsuoka and A. Kääb (2003):
A rapidly moving small rock glacier at the lower limit of the mountain permafrost belt in the Swiss Alps.
Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Permafrost, 21-25 July 2003, Zurich, Switzerland. 1. 455-460. [PDF 1.3 MB]
Huggel, C., A. Kääb, W. Haeberli and B. Krummenacher (2003):
Regional-scale GIS-models for assessment of hazards from glacier lake outbursts: evaluation and application in the Swiss Alps
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 3(6). 647-662. [PDF 1.8 MB]
Huggel C., A. Kääb, W. Haeberli, P. Teysseire and F. Paul (2002):
Remote sensing based assessment of hazards from glacier lake outbursts: a case study in the Swiss Alps.
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 39, 316-330. [PDF 1.8MB]
Kääb A, K. Isaksen, T. Eiken and H. Farbrot. (2002):
Geometry and dynamics of two lobe-shaped rock glaciers in the permafrost of Svalbard.
Norwegian Journal of Geography. 56. 152-160. [PDF 0.8MB]
Haeberli W., A. Kääb, F. Paul, M. Chiarle, G. Mortara, A. Mazza, P. Deline and S. Richardson. (2002):
A surge-type movement at Ghiacciaio del Belvedere and a developing slope instability in the east face of Monte Rosa, Macugnaga, Italian Alps.
Norwegian Journal of Geography. 56. 104-111. [PDF 2.4MB]
Paul F., A. Kääb, M. Maisch, T. Kellenberger and W. Haeberli (2002):
The new remote-sensing-derived Swiss glacier inventory: I. Methods.
Annals of Glaciology. 34. 355-361. [PDF 0.3 MB]
Kääb A, F. Paul, M. Maisch, M. Hoelzle and W. Haeberli (2002):
The new remote-sensing-derived Swiss glacier inventory: II. First results.
Annals of Glaciology. 34. 362-366. [PDF 1 MB]
Philipps M., L. Arenson, A. Kääb und M. Hoelzle (2002):
Dem Permafrost oberhalb von Pontresina auf der Spur: vielfältige Untersuchungen geben Aufschluss über den Zustand des Blockgletschers
Bündnerwald 4/02. 55. Jahrgang. 79-83.
Kääb A (2002):
Monitoring high-mountain terrain deformation from repeated air- and spaceborne optical data: examples using digital aerial imagery and ASTER data.
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing. 57 (1-2). 39-52. [PDF 1.3 MB]
Kääb A. (2001):
Photogrammetric reconstruction of glacier mass-balance using a kinematic ice-flow model. A 20-year time-series on Grubengletscher, Swiss Alps.
Annals of Glaciology. 31. 45-52. [PDF 1MB]
Frauenfelder R. and Kääb A. (2001):
Towards a paleoclimatic model of rock-glacier formation in the Swiss Alps.
Annals of Glaciology. 31. 281-286.[PDF 1.3MB]
Haeberli W., Kääb A., Vonder Mühll D. and Teysseire P. (2001):
Prevention of outburst floods from periglacial lakes at Grubengletscher, Valais, Swiss Alps.
Journal of Glaciology. 47(156). 111-122.
Kääb A. (2001):
Digitale Photogrammetrie zur Beobachtung alpiner Massenbewegungen.
Publikationen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung. 10. 451-458. [PDF 6.2MB]
Kääb A. und Vollmer M. (2001):
Digitale Photogrammetrie zur Deformationsanalyse von Massenbewegungen im Hochgebirge.
Vermessung Photogrammetrie Kulturtechnik. 8/2001. 538-543.
Kääb A. und Haeberli W. (2001):
Evolution of a High-Mountain Thermokarst Lake in the Swiss Alps.
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 33(4). 385-390. [PDF 1.6MB]
Haeberli, W., M. Hoelze und A. Kääb (2001):
Alpiner Permafrost - Perspektiven eines jungen Forschungsgebietes.
Schweizer Gesellschaft für Boden- und Felsmechanik. Tagung "Frost in der Geotechnik". 14pp.
Hurni L., Kääb A. und Häberling Ch. (2000):
Kartographische Darstellung glazialer Phänomene. Zeitliche Entwicklung und heutiger Stand.
Salzburger Geographische Arbeiten. 36, 23-38.
Kääb A., Haeberli W., Huggel, C. und Paul, F. (2000):
Glacier- and permafrost-related hazards in high mountains: Integrative assessment in the Swiss Alps based on remote sensing and geo-information systems.
X Congresso Peruano de Geologia. Lima. 2000. Volumen de Presentaciones. CD-ROM.[PDF 0.7MB]
Kääb A. (2000):
Photogrammetry for early recognition of high mountain hazards: new techniques and applications.
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 25(9), 765-770. [PDF 1.5MB]
Kääb A., Huggel, C. und Paul, F. (2000):
Früherkennung hochalpiner Naturgefahren mittels Fernerkundung.
Tagungspublikation Interpraevent 2000. Band1.49-60. [PDF 2.2MB]
Kääb A. and Vollmer M. (2000):
Surface geometry, thickness changes and flow fields on creeping mountain permafrost: automatic extraction by digital image analysis.
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.11, 315-326. [PDF 0.7MB]
Kääb A. (1999):
Fernerkundung und gletscher- und permafrostbedingte Naturgefahren.
Fachtagung. Naturgefahren: Gletscher und Permafrost, 29.3.99, CENAT, 63-68.
Haeberli, W., Kääb, A., Wagner, S., Geissler, P., Haas, J.N., Glatzel-Mattheier, H., Wagenbach, D. and Vonder Mühll, D. (1999):
Pollen analysis and 14C-age of moss remains recovered from a permafrost core of the active rock glacier Murtèl/Corvatsch (Swiss Alps): geomorphological and glaciological implications.
Journal of Glaciology. 45(149), 1-8.
Haeberli, W., Kääb, A., Hoelzle, M., Bösch, H., Funk, M., Vonder Mühll, D. und Keller, F. (1999):
Eisschwund und Naturkatastrophen im Hochgebirge.
Schlussbericht NFP31. vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich. 190 pp.
Kääb, A. and Funk, M. (1999):
Modelling mass balance using photogrammetric and geophysical data. A pilot study at Gries glacier, Swiss Alps.
Journal of Glaciology. 45(151), 575-583.
Kääb A. (1998):
Oberflächenkinematik ausgewählter Blockgletscher des Oberengadins.
In: Beiträge aus der Gebirgs-Geomorphologie. Jahrestagung 1997 der Schweizerischen Geomorphologischen Gesellschaft. Mitteilungen der Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie (VAW) der ETH Zürich. 158, S. 121-140.
Kääb A. (1998) :
Visualisierung glazialer und periglazialer Prozesse: Probleme und Ansätze.
Arbeitskreis "Hochgebirgskartographie", DGfK. Workshop Silvretta 1998. Wiener Schriften zur Geographie und Kartographie, 11, 94-101.
Kääb, A. (1998):
Area-wide flow fields of rock glaciers Gruben, Muragl and Murtel. Swiss Alps.
In: International Permafrost Association, Data and Information Working Group, comp. Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS), version 1.0. CD-ROM, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Kääb, A. (1998):
Murgänge und Permafrost.
Extended abstract. Fachtagung Murgänge, CENAT, 7.10.1998, ETH Zürich. 7-8.
Kääb A., Gudmundsson G.H. and Hoelzle M. (1998):
Surface Deformation of Creeping Mountain Permafrost.Photogrammetric Investigations on Rock Glacier Murtèl, Swiss Alps.
Proceedings the 7th International Conference on Permafrost, 531-537. [PDF 2.1MB]
Haeberli, W., Hoelzle, M., Kääb, A., Keller, F., Vonder Mühll, D. and Wagner, S. (1998):
Ten years after drilling through the permafrost of the active rock glacier Murtèl, Eastern Swiss Alps: answered questions and new perspectives.
Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Permafrost. 403-410.
Hoelzle, M., Wagner, S., Kääb, A. and Vonder Mühll, D. (1998):
Surface movement and internal deformation of ice-rock mixtures within rock glaciers in the Upper Engadin, Switzerland.
Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Permafrost. 465-472.
Kääb A. (1997) :
Räumliche Analyse der Schwankungen von Gletschern und ihrer Kinematik.
Mitteilungen der Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie (VAW) der ETH Zürich. 149, S.39-50.
Kääb A., Haeberli W. and Gudmundsson G.H. (1997) :
Analyzing the creep of mountain permafrost using high precision aerial photogrammetry: 25 years of monitoring Gruben rock glacier, Swiss Alps.
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 8(4), 409-426 . [PDF 0.5MB]
Dramis, F., Haeberli, W., Vonder Mühll, D., Kääb, A., Philipps, M., Wegmann, M., Krum-menacher, B., Mittaz, C., Matsuoka, N., Guglielmin, M., Cannone, N. and Smiraglia, C. (1997):
Mountain permafrost and slope stability in the periglacial belt of the Alps.
Fourth International Conference on Geomorphology, Excursion Guide and Meeting IPA 1997 in Italy, Zurich-Bormio, August 22-27. Supplementi di Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria suppl. III, t. 2, 181-203.
Vonder Mühll, D., Haeberli, W., Kääb, A. and Klingelé, E. (1997):
Geophysical and photogrammetrical investigations to prevent natural hazards at Gruben (Valais, Swiss Alps).
Supplementi di Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria. Suppl. III. Fourth International Conference on Geomorhology, Bologna, Abstracts. 396-397.
Kääb A. (1996) :
Photogrammetrische Analyse zur Früherkennung gletscher- und permafrostbedinger Naturgefahren im Hochgebirge.
Mitteilungen der Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie (VAW) der ETH Zürich. 145.
Kääb A. (1996) :
Photogrammetrische Analyse von Gletschern und Permafrost.
Zeitschrift für Vermessung, Photogrammetrie und Kulturtechnik. 12/96, S.639-644.
Kääb A. und Haeberli W. (1996) :
Früherkennung und Analyse glazialer Naturgefahren im Gebiet Gruben, Wallis, Schweizer Alpen.
Interpraevent 1996. 4, S.113-122.
Kääb A., Haeberli W. und Teysseire P. (1996) :
Entwicklung und Sanierung eines Thermokarstsees am Gruben-Blockgletscher (Wallis).
UKPIK (Institut de Géographie de l'Université de Fribourg) 10, S. 145-153.
Kääb, A. und Glass, E. (1990):
Bestimmung und Darstellung der Veränderung von Gletschern der Stubaier Alpen.
Diploma thesis. Technical University Munich.
Wyss, T., Klingelé, E. und Kääb, A. (1995):
Gravimetric investigations in the confluence area of the Unteraar glacier (Switzerland).
Berichte des Instituts für Geodäsie und Photogrammetrie, ETH Zürich. 243, 59pp.