DOKTRAND Atif Ishaq, M.Sc.
PhD Student
Atif Ishaq has completed his MSc. of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Stuttgart and his BSc. of Space Science at the University of the Punjab. He joined SAI in October 2017. His PhD project focuses on the delineation of wet snow in the Upper Hunza Valley. He is an expert in Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS, who carries the following skills: land use & land cover change analyses, urban planning, multispectral images, SAR data, coherent change detection, InSAR, LIDAR, Ortho-photo, DTM & DEM, GPS, tachymetry and laser scanning.
Selected Publications
Ishaq, A., Pasternak, R., Wessollek, C., 2017. Evaluation of crop development stages with TerraSAR-X backscatter signatures (2010-12) by using Growing Degree Days. Conference proceedings of SPIE Digital Library, SPIE Remote Sensing, 2017, Warsaw, Poland.
Selected Presentations
Ishaq A, Schmidt S & Nüsser M (2022): Snow- Distribution and Melt Monitoring in Hunza Basin, Pakistan. The climate research lab of University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Ishaq A, Schmidt S, Brombierstäudl D & Nüsser M (2022):Wet and Dry Snow mapping: Elevated Snowlines in Upper Hunza, Pakistan. 25th Alpine Glacier Meeting, Munich, Germany.
Ishaq A & Pasternak R (2017): Evaluation of Development Stages of Corn and Wheat per TerraSAR-X Backscatter Signature (2010-12) by using Growing Degree Days. 5th International Conference on Aerospace Science and Engineering (ICASE 2017), Islamabad, Pakistan.
Ishaq A & Pasternak R (2016): Comparison of three years’ TerraSAR-X Backscatter Signatures of Corn and Wheat by using Temperature and Precipitation Data. 2nd International Conference on Space (ICS – 2016), Islamabad, Pakistan.