Thorsten Seehaus
Dr. Thorsten Seehaus
Department Geographie und Geowissenschaften
Department of Geography
Wetterkreuz 15
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-23303
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-22013
- Email: thorsten.seehaus@fau.de
- Website: https://www.geographie.fau.de/personen/thorsten-seehaus/
Curriculum Vitae
since 2017: PostDoc at the Department of Geography, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Group: Remotesensing and GIS
2012-2016: PhD Student at the Department of Geography, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Group: Remotesensing and GIS
2005-2011: Diploma in physics, Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Germany
2004-2005: Intermediate diploma in physical engineering, University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Germany
Publications
Peer-reviewed papers:
2023
- Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2023). Comparability of Deep Learning Techniques for Calving Front Segmentation in SAR Imagery. In Proceedings of the European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2023. Vienna, AT.
- Koch, M., Seehaus, T., Friedl, P., & Braun, M. (2023). Automated Detection of Glacier Surges from Sentinel-1 Surface Velocity Time Series-An Example from Svalbard. Remote Sensing, 15(6). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs15061545
- Temme, F., Farías Barahona, D., Seehaus, T., Janã, R., Arigony-Neto, J., Gonzalez, I.,... Fürst, J. (2023). Strategies for regional modeling of surface mass balance at the Monte Sarmiento Massif, Tierra del Fuego. Cryosphere, 17(6), 2343--2365. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2343-2023
- Wu, F., Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Zhang, J., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2023). AMD-HookNet for Glacier Front Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61, 1-12. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2023.3245419
2022
- Davari, A., Baller, C., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2022). Pixel-wise Distance Regression for Glacier Calving Front Detection and Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 1-10. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2022.3158591
- Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2022). Calving fronts and where to find them: a benchmark dataset and methodology for automatic glacier calving front extraction from synthetic aperture radar imagery. Earth System Science Data, 14(9), 4287--4313. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-4287-2022
- Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2022). Dissecting Glaciers - Can an Automated Bio-Medical Image Segmentation Tool also Segment Glaciers? In Proceedings of the EGU General Assembly 2022. Vienna, Austria.
- Luo, J., Ke, C.-Q., & Seehaus, T. (2022). The West Kunlun Glacier Anomaly and Its Response to Climate Forcing during 2002–2020. Remote Sensing, 14, 3465. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14143465
- Nambiar, K.G., Morgenshtern, V., Hochreuther, P., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2022). A Self-Trained Model for Cloud, Shadow and Snow Detection in Sentinel-2 Images of Snow- and Ice-Covered Regions. Remote Sensing, 14, 1825. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14081825
- Periyasamy, M., Davari, A., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2022). How to Get the Most Out of U-Net for Glacier Calving Front Segmentation. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3148033
- Sommer, C., Seehaus, T., Glazovsky, A., & Braun, M. (2022). Brief communication: Increased glacier mass loss in the Russian High Arctic (2010-2017). Cryosphere, 16(1), 35-42. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-35-2022
- Sommer, C., Seehaus, T., Glazovsky, A., & Braun, M. (2022). Brief communication: Increased glacier mass loss in the Russian High Arctic (2010–2017). Cryosphere, 16, 35-42. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-35-2022
2021
- Davari, A., Islam, S., Seehaus, T., Hartmann, A., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021). On Mathews Correlation Coefficient and Improved Distance Map Loss for Automatic Glacier Calving Front Segmentation in SAR Imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1-12. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3115883
- Davari, A., Islam, S., Seehaus, T., Hartmann, A., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021). On Mathews Correlation Coefficient and Improved Distance Map Loss for Automatic Glacier Calving Front Segmentation in SAR Imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3115883
- Dietrich-Sussner, R., Davari, A., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Christlein, V., Maier, A., & Rieß, C. (2021). Synthetic Glacier SAR Image Generation from Arbitrary Masks Using Pix2Pix Algorithm. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. Brussels, BE.
- Friedl, P., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2021). Global time series and temporal mosaics of glacier surface velocities derived from Sentinel-1 data. Earth System Science Data, 13, 4653-4675. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4653-2021
- Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Davari, A., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021). Tapping the Potential of Earth Observation - Calving Front Detection in SAR Images using Deep Learning Techniques. In Proceedings of the EGU General Assembly 2021.
- Hartmann, A., Davari, A., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021). Bayesian U-Net for Segmenting Glaciers in Sar Imagery. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. Brussels, BE.
- Holzmann, M., Davari, A., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021). Glacier Calving Front Segmentation Using Attention U-Net. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IGARSS). Brussels, BE.
- Malz, P., Sommer, C., Seehaus, T., Farías-Barahona, D., & Braun, M. (2021). Global glacier surface elevation change and geodetic mass balance estimations. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR (pp. 652-654). Virtual, DE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
- Rounce, D.R., Hock, R., McNabb, R.W., Millan, R., Sommer, C., Braun, M.,... Shean, D.E. (2021). Distributed Global Debris Thickness Estimates Reveal Debris Significantly Impacts Glacier Mass Balance. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(8). https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091311
- Seehaus, T., Nambiar, K.G., Morgenshtern, V., Hochreuther, P., & Braun, M. (2021). Deep learning based F-Mask alternative for Sentinel-2 images in polar regions. In Proceedings of the EGU General Assembly.
- Shahateet, K., Seehaus, T., Navarro, F., Sommer, C., & Braun, M. (2021). Geodetic Mass Balance of the South Shetland Islands Ice Caps, Antarctica, from Differencing TanDEM-X DEMs. Remote Sensing, 13, 3408. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13173408
- Sochor, L., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2021). Increased Ice Thinning over Svalbard measured by ICESat/ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry. Remote Sensing, 13(11). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13112089
2020
- Farías Barahona, D., Ayala, Á., Bravo, C., Vivero, S., Seehaus, T., Vijay, S.,... Braun, M. (2020). 60 years of glacier elevation and mass changes in the Maipo River Basin, central Andes of Chile. Remote Sensing, 12(10). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12101658
- Farías Barahona, D., Sommer, C., Sauter, T., Bannister, D., Seehaus, T., Malz, P.,... Braun, M. (2020). Detailed quantification of glacier elevation and mass changes in South Georgia. Environmental Research Letters. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6b32
- Lippl, S., Blindow, N., Fürst, J., Marinsek, S., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2020). Uncertainty Assessment of Ice Discharge Using GPR-Derived Ice Thickness from Gourdon Glacier, Antarctic Peninsula. Geosciences, 10, 12. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10010012
- Seehaus, T. (2020). Die Gletscher der Anden im Klimawandel. In Warnsignal Klima: Hochgebirge im Wandel. (pp. 146-151).
- Seehaus, T., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Soruco, A., Rabatel, A., & Braun, M. (2020). Mass balance and area changes of glaciers in the Cordillera Real and Tres Cruces, Bolivia, between 2000 and 2016. Journal of Glaciology, 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.94
- Seehaus, T., Morgenshtern, V., Hübner, F., Bänsch, E., & Braun, M. (2020). Novel Techniques for Void Filling in Glacier Elevation Change Data Sets. Remote Sensing, 12, 3917. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12233917
- Sommer, C., Malz, P., Seehaus, T., Lippl, S., Zemp, M., & Braun, M. (2020). Rapid glacier retreat and downwasting throughout the European Alps in the early 21st century. Nature Communications, 11(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16818-0
2019
- Braun, M., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Farías Barahona, D., Sauter, T., Casassa, G.,... Seehaus, T. (2019). Constraining glacier elevation and mass changes in South America. Nature Climate Change, 9(2), 130–136. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0375-7
- Farías Barahona, D., Vivero, S., Casassa, G., Schaefer, M., Burger, F., Seehaus, T.,... Braun, M. (2019). Geodetic Mass Balances and Area Changes of Echaurren Norte Glacier (Central Andes, Chile) between 1955 and 2015. Remote Sensing, 11(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs11030260
- Lippl, S., Friedl, P., Kittel, C., Marinsek, S., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2019). Spatial and Temporal Variability of Glacier Surface Velocities and Outlet Areas on James Ross Island, Northern Antarctic Peninsula. Geosciences, 9, 1-34. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9090374
- Seehaus, T., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Farías Barahona, D., & Braun, M. (2019). Continent wide monitoring of glacier surface elevation changes and glacer mass balances. In Proceedings of 2019 Big Data from Space. Munich.
- Seehaus, T., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Lippl, S., Cochachin, A., & Braun, M. (2019). Changes of the tropical glaciers throughout Peru between 2000 and 2016 - Mass balance and area fluctuations. Cryosphere, 13(10), 2537-2556. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2537-2019
2018
- Friedl, P., Seehaus, T., Wendt, A., Braun, M., & Hoeppner, K. (2018). Recent dynamic changes on Fleming Glacier after the disintegration of Wordie Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. Cryosphere. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1347-2018
- Fürst, J., Navarro, F.J., Gillet-Chaulet, F., Huss, M., Moholdt, G., Fettweis, X.,... Braun, M. (2018). The ice‐free topography of Svalbard. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(21), 11760-11769. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079734
- Seehaus, T., Cook, A., Silva, A., & Braun, M. (2018). Changes in glacier dynamics in the northern Antarctic Peninsula since 1985. Cryosphere, 12(2), 577-594. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-577-2018
2017
- Fürst, J., Gillet-Chaulet, F., Benham, T., Dowdeswell, J., Grabiec, M., Navarro, F.J.,... Braun, M. (2017). Application of a two-step approach for mapping ice thickness to various glacier types on Svalbard. Cryosphere, 11(5), 2003-2032. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2003-2017
2016
- Seehaus, T., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., van Wessem, J.M., Reijmer, C., Seco, J.L., & Braun, M. (2016). Dynamic response of Sjögren inlet glaciers, Antarctic Peninsula, to ice shelf breakup derived from multi-mission remote sensing time series. Frontiers of Earth Science, 4. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2016.00066
2015
- Seehaus, T., Marinsek, S., Helm, V., Skvarca, P., & Braun, M. (2015). Changes in ice dynamics, elevation and mass discharge of Dinsmoor-Bombardier-Edgeworth glacier system, Antarctic Peninsula. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 427, 125-135. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.047
Conference contributions:
Talks:
- Ice dynamics and elevation changes on the Antarctic Peninsula, HGF-EDA Alliance Cryosphere Workshop Bremerhaven, 2013
- Changes in ice dynamics of tributary glaciers of former Larsen-A and Prince-Gustav-Channel Ice Shelf (Antarctic Peninsula), IGS Symposium, Cambridge, 2015
- Recent changes in ice dynamics of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers revealed from multi-mission remote sensing data, Int. Polartagung, München, 2015
- Changes in ice dynamics at the northern Antarctic Peninsula, IMCONET EU FP7 IRSES Workshop, Bremerhaven, 2016
- Assessment of essential climate variables – Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes, EO4GEOSS Kickoff Meeting, DLR Bonn, 2016
- Changes in ice dynamics along the northern Antarctic Peninsula, TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, 2016
- Changes in ice dynamics along the northern Antarctic Peninsula, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2017, marked as “session highlight“
- Glacier elevation and mass changes over whole South America derived from satellite InSAR data between 2000 and 2011-16, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., 2018, invited talk
- Monitoring of glacier changes throughout South America with a focus on the tropical Andes, Alpine Glaciology Meeting, Innsbruck, 2019
- Glacier Recession in the tropical Andes – Area and Mass Changes 2000-2016, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2019
- Glacier Changes in the Andes, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, 2020, invited talk (virtual meeting)
- Glacier mass changes in South America from synthetic aperture radar interferometry, Meeting of IACS Working Group on “Regional Assessments of Glacier Mass Change”, 2020, invited talk (virtual meeting)
- Determination of mass changes of Arctic and Antarctic glaciers, AK Fernerkundung Treffen, #GeoWoche2021, 2021, (virtual meeting)
- Vermessung und Monitoring von Gletschern und Eisschilden mittels Erdbeobachtung, First German Space Science Meeting by DLR, Bonn, 2022, invited talk
- Remote sensing of glaciers – How satellites help us to monitor ice mass changes, Polarstunde by German Polar Scienes Socitey and APECS German National Comittee, 2022, invited talk (virtual event)
Poster:
- Velocities, elevation changes and mass budgets of glaciers on the northern Antarctic Peninsula (Dinsmoor-Bombardier-Edgeworth Glacier System), EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2013
- Ice dynamics and mass budget of Northern Antarctic Peninsula glaciers, 5. TerraSAR-X Science Team Meeting Oberpfaffenhofen, 2013
- Ice dynamics of Northern Antarctic Peninsula glaciers from multi-mission remote sensing data, HGF-EDA Alliance Week Garmisch-Patenkirchen, 2013
- Velocities, elevation changes and mass budgets of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers, DFG SPP 1158 Coordination workshop Bochum, 2013
- Effects of ice-shelf disintegration on tributary glaciers at the Antarctic Peninsula, IGS Symposium Chamonix-Mont Blanc, 2014
- Recent changes in ice dynamics of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers revealed from multi-mission SAR data, SCAR Open Science Conference Auckland, 2014
- Area changes and frontal ablation of glaciers on James Ross Island, SCAR Open Science Conference Auckland, 2014
- Flow and ice discharge of tributary glaciers of Larsen-D Ice Shelf, SCAR Open Science Conference Auckland, 2014
- Velocities, elevation changes and mass budgets of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers, DFG SPP 1158 Coordination workshop Dresden, 2014
- Dynamic adjustments of tributary glaciers to ice shelf disintegration, HGF-EDA Alliance Week Garmisch-Patenkirchen, 2015
- Velocities, elevation changes and mass budgets of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers, DFG SPP 1158 Coordination workshop Frankfurt, 2015
- Observed changes in ice dynamics on the northern Antarctic Peninsula, ESA Living Planet Symposium Prague, 2016
- Velocities, elevation changes and mass budgets of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers, DFG SPP 1158 Coordination workshop Rostock, 2016
- Assessment of essential climate variables – Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes, TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, 2016
- Changes in ice dynamics along the northern Antarctic Peninsula, AGU Fall Meeting, San Fransisco, 2016
- Assessment of essential climate variables – Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes, AGU Fall Meeting, San Fransisco, 2016
- Assessment of essential climate variables – Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes, Alpine Glaciology Meeting, Zürich, 2017
- Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes by SAR remote sensing ,EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2017
- Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes by SAR remote sensing, ESA Fringe Meeting, Helsinki, 2017
- Ice discharge of Larsen C Ice Shelf tributary glaciers, Internationale Polartagung, Rostock, 2018
- Glaciological changes on the northern Antarctic Peninsula, SCAR POLAR 18, Davos, 2018
- Glacier Changes in the Tropical Andes, TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, 2019
- Image Inpainting techniques for void filling in glaciological remote sensing products, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2020 (Sharing Geoscience Online conference)
- FAU Glacier portal: Near global, freely available Sentinel-1 glacier velocities database outside the polar ice sheets, AGU Fall-Meeting, New Orleans, 2021 (online poster contribution)
- Glacier changes along the Antarctic Peninsula derived from multi-mission remote sensing data, ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bonn, 2022
- FAU Glacier portal: Near global, freely available Sentinel-1 glacier velocities database outside the polar ice sheets for analysing the evolution of glacier dynamics, ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bonn, 2022
- Quantification of glacier changes along the Antarctic Peninsula using aerial imagery, DFG SPP 1158 Coordination workshop Bielefeld, 2022
- Geodetic Mass Balance along the Antarctic Peninsula, Cryosphere Symposium, IGS, Reykjavik, 2022
Public relations and other output
Disappearing Peruvian glaciers: Team of FAU researchers investigate dramatic glacial melting
Ook de tropische gletsjers in peru kwijnen voor onze ogen weg
Amazon Fires Contribute to Andean Glacier Melting
Andes Meltdown: New Insights Into Rapidly Retreating Glaciers
La Tierra se calienta, los Andes se derriten
Cold War-era satellites bring bad news about melting glaciers around Everest
Thwaites bricht?!, Families for Future, Fürth, 2022
Research
Polargebiete, Glaziologie, Radar-Fernerkundung,
Projects:
Running:
M3OCCA: International Doctoral Programme: Measuring and Modelling Mountian Glaciers in a Changing Climate, ENB
LASSI: Large-scale Automatic Calving Front Segmentation and Frontal Ablation Analysis of Arctic Glaciers using Synthetic-Aperture Radar Image Sequences, DFG
UNLOC: Unlocking the glaciological information of historical aerial imagery to obtain long-term glacier mass balance information and to identify drivers of glacier changes on the Antarctic Peninsula, DFG
MIT-AP: Mass balance and ice dynamics of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers, ESA
INSULATE & APGCP: Polar-5 geodetic & geophysical airborne surveys on the Antarctic Peninsula, AWI/HGF
Completed:
VELMAP: Velocities, elevation and mass changes of Antarctic Peninsula Glaciers, DFG
HGF Alliance “Remote Sensing and Earth System Dynamics” (EDA)
GEKKO: Assessment of essential climate variables – Observation of glacier changes in the tropical Andes, BMWi/DLR
IMPECCAPLE: IMProved gEodetiC glaCier mAss BaLancE measurements by integrating remote sensing, surface mass balance and firn compaction modelling – a case study from James Ross Island, Antarctica, DFG
RETREAT: Operational glacier velocities processing from Sentinel-1 data, BMBF/DLR
PPF-TA: Assessment of glacier changes in the Tropical Andes, FAU Emerging Talents Initative
TAPE: Tapping the potential of Earth Observations, FAU Emerging Fields Initiative
Regions:
- Antarctic Peninsula
- Tropical Andes
- Svalbard
Methods:
- Multi-sensor remote sensing
- Photogrammetry
- SAR offset tracking procedures
- SAR Interferometry
- GNSS and GPR
- Surveys
- Altimetry
- GIS
Supervision
Bachelor of Science:
- Mass balance of Zongo Glacier derived from historical imagery and InSAR data (2022)
- Ice velocities of the northern section of the Larsen C Ice Shelf (2017)
- Spatial patterns of ice discharge at the Werstern Antarctic Peninsuala (2017)
- Temporal variability of ice discharge at the Western Antarctic Peninsula (2017)
- Glacier velocity changes of tributaries of the southern section of the Larsen C Ice Shelf (2017)
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Analyse der SAR-Signal-Eindringtiefe auf Vega Island (Antarktisch Halbinsel) (2016)
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Area and mass changes of the James Ross Island ice cover, Antarctic Peninsula (2015)
- Eisdynamik und Eismassenabfluss auf der südöstlichen Antarktischen Halbinsel (2014)
Master of Science
- A semi-automated approach for glacier surge detection based on Sentinel-1 timeseries analysis (2021)
- Identification and Detection of Birds Using Deep Learning and Aerial Imagery (2021)
- Mapping snow cover from optical time series over glaciers: Using automated Otsu’s thresholding (2020)
- The impact of ash cover on glacier mass balances in Kamchatka (2020)
- Ice volume change of Svalbard derived from Icesat 1&2 data (2020)
- Evaluation and Quantification of SAR-Signal Penetration using TanDEM-X data (2018)
- Ableitung der basalen Schmelzrate des SCAR-Inlet Shelfeises mittels verschiedener Fernerkundungsdaten und Auswerteverfahren (2015)
- Ableitung von digitalen Geländemodellen für King George Island mittels TanDEM-X bistatischen SAR-Daten (2015)
- Ableitung glaziologischer Parameter aus ERS-SAR Daten auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel (2015)
Phd:
- Kaian Shahateet (running since 2019 at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)