Torsten Geldsetzer
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Geography, University of Calgary, 2009
Contact Information: Torsten Geldsetzer
CURRENT S&T / RESEARCH – Developing new methods for monitoring the cryosphere in Canada’s north using radar remote sensing.
- Monitoring lake ice break-up, freeze-up, and bottom freezing for shallow Arctic and sub-Arctic lakes using multi-polarized and polarimetric SAR.
- Mapping sea ice types and open water using multi-polarized, polarimetric, and compact polarimetry SAR.
KEY PUBLICATIONS
Geldsetzer, T., A. Langlois and J.J. Yackel, 2009. Dielectric properties of brine-wetted snow on first-year sea ice. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 58: 47-56.
Geldsetzer, T. and J.J. Yackel, 2009. Sea ice type and open water discrimination using dual co-polarized C-band SAR. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(13): 73-84.
Fuller, M.C., T. Geldsetzer and J.J. Yackel, 2009. Surface-based polarimetric C-band scatterometer measurements of snow during a Chinook event. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 47(6): 1766-1776.
Geldsetzer, T., J.B. Mead, J.J. Yackel, R.K. Scharien and S.E.L. Howell, 2007. Surface-based polarimetric C-band scatterometer for field measurements of sea ice. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 45(11): 3405-3416.
Howell, S.E.L., J.J. Yackel, R. De Abreu, T. Geldsetzer and C. Breneman, 2005. On the utility of SeaWinds/QuikSCAT data for the estimation of the thermodynamic state of first-year sea ice. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 43(6): 1338-1350.
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