Affiliated Researcher Dr. Dagmar Brombierstäudl
Dagmar Brombierstäudl is passionate about earth observation and approaches from an applied perspective. Her research area is the Trans-Himalaya and although she primarily works on the cryosphere, her interests are versatile and she is eager to explore the possibilities remote sensing provides to support and answer problems emerging from a rapidly changing world.
She holds a BA in South Asian Studies and a M.Sc. in Geography from Heidelberg University. She has completed her doctorate with a study about aufeis in the Trans-Himalaya at the department, where she has worked from 2020 to 2024. Since 2025, she works at the Institute of Environmental Social Scienes and Geography at the University of Freiburg.
Research Topics
Earth observation
Applied remote sensing
Satellite image analysis & processing
Spatial analysis
Environmental changes
Cryosphere
Selected Publications
Brombierstäudl D, Schmidt S, Soheb M & Nüsser M (2024): Aufeis thickness and volume estimations from stereo satellite imagery and terrestrial photographs: Evidence from Central Ladakh, India. Science of The Total Environment 954. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176180
Schmitt T, Brombierstäudl D, Schmidt S, Nüsser M (2024): Giant aufeis in the Pangong Tso Basin: Inventory of a neglected cryospheric component in Eastern Ladakh and Western Tibet. Athmosphere 15(30): 263. doi: 10.3390/atmos15030263
Brombierstäudl D, Schmidt S, Nüsser M (2023): Spatial and temporal dynamics of aufeis in the Tso Moriri Basin, Eastern Ladakh, India. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 34(1): 81-93. doi:10.1002/ppp.2173
Brombierstäudl D, Schmidt S, Nüsser M (2021): Distribution and relevance of aufeis (icing) in the Upper Indus Basin. Science of The Total Environment (780): 146604. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146604
Selected Presentations
Brombierstäudl D, Schmitt T, Schmidt S & Nüsser M (2023): Aufeis in High Mountain Asia: Evidence from two endorheic basins (Tso Moriri and Pangong Tso). EGU, Remote Sensing of Cold Regions (CR5.2), 23.–28.04.2023, Vienna.
Brombierstäudl D, Schmidt S & Nüsser M (2022): Aufeis in Ladakh: Spatial and temporal dynamics in the Tso Moriri basin. Jahrestagung des AK Hochgebirge, 20.-22.05.2022, Heidelberg.
Brombierstäudl D, Schmidt S & Nüsser M (2022): Aufeis: A neglected cryosphere component in the Trans-Himalaya of Ladakh. 25th Alpine Glaciology Meeting, 24./25. März, München.
Brombierstäudl, D., Schmidt, S., Nüsser, M. (2021): Mapping aufeis in the Upper Indus Basin with time-series analysis. ICIMOD Cryosphere Forum 2021, 20.-23.09.2022 (online).
Award
Dagmar Brombierstäudl received the “Forschungspreis Geographien Südasiens” in 2020 for her Master thesis on a time-series analysis of the vegetation dynamic after the ice- and debris avalanche in Langtang Valley, Nepal.