Voordendag, A., Prinz, R., Schuster, L., & Kaser, G. (2023). Brief communication: The Glacier Loss Day as an indicator of a record-breaking negative glacier mass balance in 2022. The Cryosphere, 17(8), 3661–3665. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3661-2023
Steiner, J. F., Buri, P., Abermann, J., Prinz, R., & Nicholson, L. (2023). Steep ice – progress and future challenges in research on ice cliffs. Annals of Glaciology, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.41.
Voordendag, A., Goger, B., Klug, C., Prinz, R., Rutzinger, M., Sauter, T., & Kaser, G. (2023). Uncertainty assessment of a permanent long-range terrestrial laser scanning system for the quantification of snow dynamics on Hintereisferner (Austria). Frontiers in Earth Science, 11, 261. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1085416.
Voordendag, A. B., Goger, B., Klug, C., Prinz, R., Rutzinger, M., & Kaser, G. (2022). The stability of a permanent terrestrial laser scanning system - a case study with hourly scans. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLIII-B2-2, 1093–1099. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B2-2022-1093-2022.
Voordendag, A. B., Goger, B., Klug, C., Prinz, R., Rutzinger, M., & Kaser, G. (2021). Automated and permanent long-range terrestrial laser scanning in a high mountain environment: setup and first results. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, V-2–2021, 153–160. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-V-2-2021-153-2021.
Abermann, J., Steiner, J. F., Prinz, R., Wecht, M., & Lisager, P. (2020): The Red Rock ice cliff revisited – six decades of frontal, mass and area changes in the Nunatarssuaq area, Northwest Greenland. Journal of Glaciology, 66(258), 567-576. doi: 10.1017/jog.2020.28. pdf
Shahi, S., Abermann, J., Heinrich, G., Prinz, R., & Schöner, W. (2020): Multi-decadal changes in temperature inversions in Greenland. Journal of Climate, 33(21). 9391-9407. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0962.1 pdf
Mölg, T., Hardy, D. R., Collier, E., Kropač, E., Schmid, C., Cullen, N. J., Kaser, G., Prinz, R., & Winkler, M. (2020): Mesoscale atmospheric circulation controls of local meteorological elevation gradients on Kersten Glacier near Kilimanjaro summit. Earth System Dynamics, 11, 653-672. doi: 10.5194/esd-11-653-2020. pdf
Rastner, P., Prinz, R., Notarnicola, C., Nicholson, L., Sailer, R., Schwaizer, G., & Paul, F. (2019): On the Automated Mapping of Snow Cover on Glaciers and Calculation of Snow Line Altitudes from Multi-Temporal Landsat Data. Remote Sensing, 11(12), 1410. doi: 10.3390/rs11121410. pdf
Prinz, R., Heller, A., Ladner, M., Nicholson, L. I., & Kaser, G. (2018): Mapping the Loss of Mt. Kenya’s Glaciers: An Example of the Challenges of Satellite Monitoring of Very Small Glaciers. Geosciences, 8, 174. doi: 10.3390/geosciences050174. pdf
Klug, C., Bollmann, E., Galos, S. P., Nicholson, L., Prinz, R., Rieg, L.,, Sailer, R., Stötter, J., and Kaser, G. (2018): Geodetic reanalysis of annual glaciological mass balances (2001-2011) of Hintereisferner, Austria. The Cryosphere, 12, 833–849. doi: 10.5194/tc-12-833-2018. pdf
Prinz, R., L. Nicholson, T. Mölg, W. Gurgiser, and G. Kaser (2016): Climatic controls and climate proxy potential of Lewis Glacier, Mt. Kenya, The Cryosphere, 10(1), 133–148, doi:10.5194/tc-10-133-2016. pdf
Galos, S. P., C. Klug, R. Prinz, L. Rieg, R. Sailer, R. Dinale, and G. Kaser (2015): Recent glacier changes and related contribution potential to river discharge in the Vinschgau / Val Venosta, Italian Alps, Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria, 38(2), 143–154, doi:10.4461/GFDQ.2015.38.13. pdf
Zemp, M., Frey, H., Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S. U., Hoelzle, M., Paul, F., Haeberli, W., Denzinger, F., Ahlstrøm, A. P., Anderson, B., Bajracharya, S., Baroni, C., Braun, L. N., Cáceres, B. E., Casassa, G., Cobos, G., Dávila, L. R., Granados, H. D., Demuth, M. N., Espizua, L., Fischer, A., Fujita, K., Gadek, B., Ghazanfar, A., Hagen, J. O., Holmlund, P., Karimi, N., Li, Z., Pelto, M., Pitte, P., Popovnin, V. V, Portocarrero, C. A., Prinz, R., Sangewar, C. V, Severskiy, I., Sigurðsson, O., Soruco, A., Usubaliev, R. and Vincent, C. (2015): Historically unprecedented global glacier decline in the early 21st century, Journal of Glaciology, 61(228), 745–762, doi:10.3189/2015JoG15J017. pdf
Mölg, T., N. J. Cullen, D. R. Hardy, G. Kaser, L. Nicholson, R. Prinz and M. Winkler (2013): East African glacier loss and climate change: Corrections to the UNEP article “Africa without ice and snow”, Environmental Development, 6, 1–6,doi:10.1016/j.envdev.2013.02.001.
Nicholson, L., R. Prinz, T. Mölg and G. Kaser (2013): Micrometeorological conditions and surface mass and energy fluxes on Lewis Glacier, Mt Kenya, in relation to other tropical glaciers, The Cryosphere, 7(4), 1205–1225, doi:10.5194/tc-7-1205-2013. pdf
Prinz, R., L. Nicholson and G. Kaser (2012): Variations of the Lewis Glacier, Mount Kenya, 2004-2012. Erdkunde, 66(3), 255–262. doi:10.3112/erdkunde.2012.03.05. pdf
Prinz, R., A. Fischer, L. Nicholson and G. Kaser (2011): Seventy-six years of mean mass balance rates derived from recent and re-evaluated ice volume measurements on tropical Lewis Glacier, Mount Kenya, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L20502, doi:10.1029/2011GL049208. pdf
book sections
Prinz, R., & Mölg, T. (2020): Tropische Gletscher: Ostafrika. In J. L. Lozán, S.-W. Breckle, H. Escher-Vetter, H. Grassl, D. Kasang, F. Paul, & U. Schickhoff (Eds.), Warnsignal Klima: Hochgebirge im Wandel (pp. 23–27). https://doi.org/10.2312/warnsignal-klima.hochgebirge-im-wandel.03. pdf
conference proceedings / extended abstracts / other articles
Mölg, T., R. Prinz, and W. Schöner (2016): Energie- und Massenbilanz von Hochgebirgsgletschern, promet, 98, 68–77. pdf
Rastner, P., C. Notarnicola, L. Nicholson, R. Prinz, and R. Sailer (2015): Mapping the snow line altitude for large glacier samples from multitemporal Landsat imagery, in 8th International Workshop on the Analysis of Multitemporal Remote Sensing Images (Multi-Temp), 2015, IEEE, doi: 10.1109/Multi-Temp.2015.7245788.
Rott, H., T. Nagler, E. Ripper, K. Voglmeier, R. Prinz, R. Fromm, A. Coccia, A. Meta, D. Di Leo, and D. Schüttemeyer (2014): KU- and X-band backscatter analysis and SWE retrieval for Alpine snow, in Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp. (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE Int.pdf
Rott, H., T. Nagler, E. Ripper, K. Voglmeier, R. Prinz, and R. Fromm (2014): Retrieval of Snow Mass using Ku- and X-band SAR Data, in Proceedings of EUSAR 2014; 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, pp. 896–899, VDE, Berlin. pdf
Rott, H., T. Nagler, R. Prinz, K. Voglmeier, R. Fromm, M. Adams, S.H. Yueh, K. Elder, H.-P. Marshall, A. Coccia, E. Imbembo, D. Schüttemeyer and M. Kern (2013): ALPSAR 2012-13, a field experiment on snow observations and parameter retrievals with Ku- and X-band radar, in Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium, ESA-SP722, Edinburgh, UK 2013, ESA Communications, ESTEC, Noordwijk.
Prinz, R. (2012), Lewis Glacier, Mount Kenya, 2010 (1:2500), in Fluctuations of Glaciers 2005-2010, Volume X, edited by M. Zemp, H. Frey, I. Gärtner-Roer, S. U. Nussbaumer, M. Hoelzle, F. Paul, and W. Haeberli, p. 66, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zürich. pdf
Winkler, M., R. Prinz, L. Nicholson, N.J. Cullen and C. Kinnard (2011): Ice-mounted masts as platforms for micro-meteorological measurements on glaciers, IASC Workshop on the Use of Automatic Measuring Systems on Glaciers, Pontresina, Switzerland. Extended Abstracts and Recommendations, C. H. Tijm-Reijmer and J. Oerlemans (eds.), pp. 88-91, University of Utrecht, Utrecht. pdf
theses
Prinz, R. (2015): Climatic Controls and Climatic Proxy Potential from Glacier Retreat on Lewis Glacier, Mt Kenya, PhD Thesis, Faculty of Geo- and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck. pdf
Prinz, R. (2007): Vergleiche von Klimainformationen aus Gletschermassenbilanzmessungen an Punkt und Fläche. - Auswertungen der Massenbilanzreihen von Hintereis-, Weißbrunn- und Kesselwandferner mit Hilfe von Klimadaten, Master Thesis, Institut für Geographie, Universität Innsbruck.