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 journal articles / peer reviewed

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. pdf

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. pdf

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. pdf

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.



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