2024:

• Y. Qu, H. Vereecken, S. Veraverbeke, and C. Montzka (2024): The Influence of Climate Teleconnections on Global Burned Area. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 19 April 2024, EGU24-4071 (Poster Presentation)

• N. Kupfer, C. Montzka, and T. Quoc Vo (2024): Overcoming Barriers to Sustainable Rice Production: A Remote Sensing-Enabled Approach. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 19 April 2024, EGU24-1481 (Poster Presentation)

• S. Moradi, F. Li, D. Mengen, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2024): Examining the Impact of Modeling Resolution on Soil Moisture Simulation Using Multi-Faceted Remote Sensing Data. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 19 April 2024, EGU24-11072 (Poster Presentation)

• H. Bogena, J. Jakobi, C. Brogi, J.A. Huisman, J. Bates, C. Montzka, and M. Schmidt (2024): A new application of cosmic neutron sensing for monitoring plant traits. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14 – 19 April 2024, EGU24-14860 (Oral Presentation)

2023:

• J. Kusche, H. Gerdener, K. Schulze, A. Springer, Y. Ewerdwalbesloh, L. Fupeng, C. Strohmenger, A. Klos, C. Montzka and V. Sivaprasad (2023): Assimilating gravity mission data into hydrological and land surface models. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 11 - 15 December 2023 (Oral Presentation)

• J. Bates, F. Jonard, R. Bajracharya, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2023): UAS LiDAR Height, Density, and Intensity Parameters and Multispectral Reflectance in Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) for Winter Wheat Biomass Estimations Over a Growing Season. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 11 - 15 December 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• J. Bates, L. Delval, C. Montzka, and F. Jonard (2023): Comparison of UAS LiDAR LAI Retrieval Methods for Vineyards. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 11 - 15 December 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• S. Moradi, D. Mengen, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2023): High-Resolution Soil Moisture Simulation and Evaluation Using Multi-Faceted Remote Sensing Data. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 11 - 15 December 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• C. Montzka (2023): Fernerkundung der Bodenfeuchte und deren Auswirkungen auf den Wasserkreislauf. Fortbildungstag der Deutschen Meteorologischen Gesellschaft Sektion München: "Verfügbarkeit von Wasser", Weßling,  17 November 2023 (Invited Presentation).

• C. Montzka, D. Mengen, A. Balenzano, T. Jagdhuber, and F. Mattia (2023): Soil moisture retrieval by C- and L-band SAR. Indo-German Workshop on Heat waves: Forestry and agriculture under pressure - a remote sensing perspective (RS-HEAT2023), University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad, India, 19-21 October 2023 (Invited Presentation)

• S. Moradi, D. Mengen, and C. Montzka (2023): Towards a sustainable irrigation: Using remote sensing data for spatio-temporal simulation of soil moisture. Indo-German Workshop on Heat waves: Forestry and agriculture under pressure - a remote sensing perspective (RS-HEAT2023), University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad, India, 19-21 October 2023 (Invited Presentation).

• B. Bayat, R. Raj, and C. Montzka (2023): Monitoring European Ecosystems’ Responses to Water Stress using MSG SEVIRI Evapotranspiration Observations. Indo-German Workshop on Heat waves: Forestry and agriculture under pressure - a remote sensing perspective (RS-HEAT2023), University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad, India, 19-21 October 2023 (Invited Presentation).

• R. Raj, C. Montzka, B. Bayat, and A. Raza (2023): Simulation of spatio-temporal leaf area index from high-resolution satellite data. Indo-German Workshop on Heat waves: Forestry and agriculture under pressure - a remote sensing perspective (RS-HEAT2023), University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad, India, 19-21 October 2023 (Invited Presentation)

• C. Montzka, J. Bates, and F. Jonard (2023): Evapotranspiration estimation by drones for agricultural monitoring. Indo-German Workshop on Heat waves: Forestry and agriculture under pressure - a remote sensing perspective (RS-HEAT2023), University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad, India, 19-21 October 2023 (Invited Presentation)

• H. Chen, T. Wang, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2023): A data-driven framework for assembling multiple geoscientific models. 2nd TERENO-OZCAR Conference, Bonn, Germany, 25 – 28 September 2023 (Oral Presentation)

• S. Moradi, C. Montzka, D. Mengen, and H. Vereecken (2023): Simulating soil moisture for sustainable irrigation: Integrating CLM-ParFlow model with multi-resolution data in the NRW domain. 2nd TERENO-OZCAR Conference, Bonn, Germany, 25 – 28 September 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• J. Bates, C. Montzka, H. Vereecken, and F. Jonard (2023): Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Evapotranspiration Estimates Evaluated in Comparison with TERENO Eddy Covariance Measurements. 2nd TERENO-OZCAR Conference, Bonn, Germany, 25 – 28 September 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• R. Raj, C. Montzka, B. Bayat, and A. Raza (2023): Retrieval of high-resolution Leaf Area Index maps from PlanetScope data. 2nd TERENO-OZCAR Conference, Bonn, Germany, 25 – 28 September 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• C. Montzka, L. Liang, S. Wang, J. Bates, B. Bayat, W. Liu, D. Mengen, W. Huang, S. Moradi, Y. Qu, R. Raj, V. Sivaprasad, R. Yang, and L. Wang (2023): Linking Agroecosystem Monitoring with Carbon Farming through Multi-Source Remote Sensing Observations. Dragon 5 Symposium, Hohhot, China, 11 - 15 September 2023 (Oral Presentation)

• X. Li, H. Vereecken, D. Zheng, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, M. Feng, C. Montzka, Y. Chen, Y. Ran, and C. Ma (2023): Prototype Real-time Remote Sensing Land Data Assimilation Along the Silk Road Endorheic River Basins and EUROCORDEX-domain. Dragon 5 Symposium, Hohhot, China, 11 - 15 September 2023 (Oral Presentation)

• B. Bayat, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2023): Agricultural Water Stress Monitoring by MSG-SEVIRI ET Observations Across Europe: a Comprehensive Accuracy Assessment and an ESI-based Water Stress Product. Dragon 5 Symposium, Hohhot, China, 11 - 15 September 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• D. Fan, T. Zhao, X. Jiang, A. García-García, T. Schmidt, L. Samaniego, S. Attinger, H. Wu, Y. Jiang, J. Shi, L. Fan, B. Tang, W. Wagner, W. Dorigo, A. Gruber, F. Mattia, A. Balenzano, L. Brocca, T. Jagdhuber, J.-P. Wigneron, C. Montzka, and J. Peng (2023): A Sentinel-1 Sar-based Global 1 km Resolution Soil Moisture Data Product: Algorithm and Preliminary Assessment. Dragon 5 Symposium, Hohhot, China, 11 - 15 September 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• C. Montzka (2023): Weltall und Bioökonomie. Dialog an Deck: Bioökonomie im All und auf der Erde, MS Wissenschaft, Mainz, Germany, 15 August 2023 (Invited Presentation)

• D. Mengen, A. Balenzano, T. Jagdhuber, F. Mattia, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2023): Extended alpha approximation method for the retrieval of soil moisture under dynamic vegetation by multi-incidence angle Sentinel-1. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, Pasadena, USA, 16 - 21 July 2023 (Oral Presentation)

• A. Fluhrer, T. Jagdhuber, C. Montzka, M. Schumacher, H. Alemohammad, A. Tabatabaeenejad, H. Kunstmann, and D. Entekhabi (2023): Estimating soil moisture profiles by combining P-band SAR with hydrological modeling. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, Pasadena, USA, 16 - 21 July 2023 (Oral Presentation)

• T. Jagdhuber, A. Fluhrer, D. Chaparro, C. Dubios, F. Hellwig, B. Bayat, C. Montzka, M. J. Baur, M. Rahmati, A. Kuebert, M.M. Mueller, K. Schellenberg, M. Boehm, F. Jonard, S. Steele-Dunne, M. Piles, and D. Entekhabi (2023): On the potential of active and passive microwave remote sensing for tracking seasonal dynamics of evapotranspiration. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, Pasadena, USA, 16 - 21 July 2023 (Oral Presentation)

• S. Moradi, H. Zhao, D. Mengen, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2023): Using satellite remote sensing data for soil moisture simulation towards irrigation water management. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, Pasadena, USA, 16 - 21 July 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• C. Montzka, A. Fluhrer, T. Jagdhuber, S. Moradi, H. Zhao, D. Mengen, M. Schumacher, E. Forootan, and N. Mehrnagar (2023): Berechnung der Komponenten des Gesamtwasserdargebots für die Pflanzenproduktion durch Assimilation von Erdbeobachtungsdaten. 4. Symposium zur angewandten Satellitenerdbeobachtung: Neue Perspektiven der Erdbeobachtung, Bonn, Germany, 26 - 28 June 2023 (Invited Presentation)

• C. Montzka (2023): Synergien der Erdbeobachtung mit Modellsimulationen und Messnetzen in IBG-3. 4. Symposium zur angewandten Satellitenerdbeobachtung: Neue Perspektiven der Erdbeobachtung, Bonn, Germany, 26 - 28 June 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• V. Lovynska, O. Wiche, C. Montzka, S. Syntyk, V. Sivaprasad, A. Samarska, and D. Mengen (2023): Influence of soil hydrological conditions on the accumulation of heavy metals in tree species in the post-mining landscape of Freiberg, Germany (Saxony). EGU Galileo Conference on "A European vision for hydrological observations and experimentation", Naples, Italy, 12 - 15 June 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• B. Bayat, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2023): Validating long-term actual and reference SEVIRI-MSG ET estimates along five dimensions. Workshop on Land product Validation and Evolution, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati (Rome), Italy, 12 - 14 June 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• F. Mohseni, A.H. Ahrari, J.-H. Haunert, and C. Montzka (2023): The synergy of microwave coarse-scale measurements and optical/thermal observations in a random forest regression for estimating 1 km soil moisture using Google Earth Engine. Workshop on Land product Validation and Evolution, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati (Rome), Italy, 12 - 14 June 2023 (Poster Presentation)

• S. Moradi, D. Mengen, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2023): Soil moisture simulation at the local scale using satellite remote sensing data towards sustainable irrigation. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24 – 28 April 2023, EGU23-2385, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2385 (Poster Presentation)

• W. Huang, T. Hu, J. Mao, C. Montzka, R. Bol, S. Wan, J. Li, J. Yue, and H. Dai (2023): Hydrological Drivers for the Spatial Distribution of Wetland Herbaceous Communities in Poyang Lake. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24 – 28 April 2023, EGU23-2406, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2406 (Oral Presentation)

• H. Chen, T. Wang, C. Montzka, H. Gao, N. Guo, X. Chen, and H. Vereecken (2023): On the improved ensemble of multi-source precipitation through joint automated machine learning-based classification and regression. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24 – 28 April 2023, EGU23-14002, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-14002 (Oral Presentation)

• M. Rahmati, A. Graf, B. Bayat, C. Montzka, C. Poppe, J. Vanderborght, H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, and H. Vereecken (2023): Lagged correlation between soil water content and evapotranspiration along recent decades and across different land cover types of Europe. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24 – 28 April 2023, EGU23-3771, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-3771 (Oral Presentation)

2022:

• J. Bates, C. Montzka, H. Vereecken, and F. Jonard (2022): UAS Thermal Infrared and Two Source Energy Balance Model Evapotranspiration Estimations for Sugar Beet. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA, 12 - 16 December 2022 (Poster Presentation)

• B. Bayat, A. Graf, M. Rahmati, R. Raj, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2022): Multi-dimensional Evaluation of SEVIRI-MSG ET Products across Europe. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA, 12 - 16 December 2022 (Poster Presentation)

• A. Fluhrer, T. Jagdhuber, C. Montzka, M. Schumacher, H. Alemohammad, A. Tabatabaeenejad, H. Kunstmann, and D. Entekhabi (2022): Soil Moisture Profile Estimation by Combining P-band SAR Polarimetry with Soil Hydrological Modeling. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA, 12 - 16 December 2022 (Oral Presentation)

• H. Zhao, C. Montzka, H. Vereecken, and H.-J. Hendricks Franssen (2022): Comparison of Univariate Assimilation of Different Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture Products and the Assimilation of a Merged Soil Moisture Product, Estimated from the Individual Products and In Situ Data using LSTM. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA, 12 - 16 December 2022 (Oral Presentation)

• B. Oloruntoba, B. Bayat, C. Montzka, S. Kollet, H. Vereecken, and H.-J. Hendricks Franssen (2022): Simulated Groundwater Recharge Trends over Africa for the 21st Century. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA, 12 - 16 December 2022 (Oral Presentation)

• P. McGuire, P.L. Vidale, M. Best, D.H. Case, I. Dharssi, C. Duran Rojas, R.S. Hatcher, G.M.S. Lister, A. Martinez-de la Torre, C. Montzka, O. Müller, V. Predoi, E. Robertson, M. Todt, A. Verhoef, and S. Wilson (2022): AMIP-style global soil simulations with JULES and the Unified Model: The role of soil hydraulics model, pedotransfer function, and basic soil property map. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA, 12 - 16 December 2022 (Poster Presentation)

• S. Moradi, H. Zhao, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2022): Towards Sustainable Irrigation: Spatio-Temporal Simulation of Soil Moisture by Integrating Satellite Remote Sensing Data into Hydrological Models. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA, 12 - 16 December 2022 (Oral Presentation)

• Y. Qu, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2022): Global Spatial Pattern of Wildfire Dominant Precursors. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA, 12 - 16 December 2022 (Poster Presentation)

• M. Rahmati, A. Graf, B. Bayat, C. Montzka, C. Poppe, J. Vanderborght, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, and H. Vereecken (2022): Lagged correlation between soil water content and evapotranspiration along recent decades and across different land cover types of Europe. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA, 12 - 16 December 2022 (Oral Presentation)

• D. Mengen, and C. Montzka (2022): Soil Moisture Remote Sensing using Sentinel-1 time series. Dragon 5 Mid-term Results Symposium, Online, 17 - 21 October 2022 (Poster Presentation)

• H. Zhao, C. Montzka, H. Vereecken, and H.-J. Hendricks Franssen (2022): Added Value of Considering Lateral Flow Processes for Assimilating SMAP Data into a Land Surface Model. Dragon 5 Mid-term Results Symposium, Online, 17 - 21 October 2022 (Poster Presentation)

• L. Liang, C. Montzka, W. Shuguo, W. Lijuan, L. Wensong, Q. Siyi, and W. Qianjie (2022): Remote Sensing Estimation and Spatio-temporal Dynamic Analysis of Vegetation Carbon Sinks at Different Scales. Dragon 5 Mid-term Results Symposium, Online, 17 - 21 October 2022 (Oral Presentation) 

• X. Li, H. Vereecken, D. Zheng, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, M. Feng, and C. Montzka (2022): Prototype Real-time Remote Sensing Land Data Assimilation Along The Silk Road Endorheic River Basins And Eurocordex-domain. Dragon 5 Mid-term Results Symposium, Online, 17 - 21 October 2022 (Oral Presentation) 

• J. Bates, F. Jonard, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2022): UAS LIDAR local maximum filtering for individual maize detection. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Kuala Lumpur, 17 - 22 July 2021 (Poster Presentation)

• J. Bates, F. Jonard, R. Bajracharrya, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2022): UAS LIDAR derived metrics for winter wheat biomass estimations using multiple linear regression. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Kuala Lumpur, 17 - 22 July 2021 (Poster Presentation)

• B. Bayat, B. Oloruntoba, C. Montzka, H. Vereecken, and H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen (2022): Quantifying Groundwater Sustainable Yield and Abstraction Cost in Africa. The XXIV International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, CMWR 2022, Gdansk, Poland, 19 - 23 June 2022 (Oral Presentation) 

• J. Bates, F. Jonard, R. Bajracharya, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2022): Machine Learning with UAS LiDAR for Winter Wheat Biomass Estimations. Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE), Vilnius, 14 - 17 June 2022 (Oral presentation)

• C. Montzka, J. Bolten, and M. Cosh (2022): The soil moisture focus area in the CEOS land parameter validation subgroup. 6th Satellite Soil Moisture Validation and Application Workshop, Perugia, 7 - 9 June 2022 (Oral presentation)

• S. Moradi, D. Mengen, H. Vereecken, and C. Montzka (2022): Integrating satellite remote sensing data and hydrological models by data assimilation for a near real time estimation of the soil water content at local scale. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 23 - 27 May 2022 (Oral presentation)

• W. Huang, T. Hu, J. Mao, C. Montzka, R. Bol, S. Wan, and J. Yue (2022): Hydrological drivers of the spatial distribution of herbaceous wetland communities at Poyang Lake. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 23 - 27 May 2022 (Oral presentation)

• D. Mengen, C. Montzka, T. Jagdhuber, and A. Balenzano (2022): Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture for Agrucultural Areas using combined high-resolution C-band SENTINEL-1 and L-band ALOS-2 SAR timeseries. ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bonn, 23 - 27 May 2022 (Invited Presentation)

• D. Mengen, C. Montzka, T. Jagdhuber, and A. Balenzano (2022): Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture for Agrucultural Areas using spatial and temporal high-resolution Sentinel-1 SAR timeseries in Google Earth Engine. ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bonn, 23 - 27 May 2022 (Poster Presentation)

• C. Montzka, J. Bates, F. Jonard, and H. Vereecken (2022): Towards informing precision agriculture by autonomous UAS. ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bonn, 23 - 27 May 2022 (Poster Presentation)

• Y. Qu, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2022): What Controls Wildfires: Atmospheric, Hydrologic or Vegetation Conditions? ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bonn, 23 - 27 May 2022 (Poster Presentation)

• B. Naz, H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, K. Goergen, B. Bourgart, C. Montzka, C. Comito,  D. Coquelin, and S. Kollet (2022): An ensemble-based parallel data assimilation and data analytics framework for the development of continental-scale high-resolution soil moisture reanalysis. ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bonn, 23 - 27 May 2022 (Poster Presentation)

2021:

• Y. Ma, C. Montzka, B.S. Naz, and S. Kollet (2021): A Novel ML-Based Methodology for Estimating Water Table Depth Anomalies at the European Continent Scale. AGU Fall Meeting, Online, 13 - 17 December 2021 (Poster)

• B.J. Oloruntoba, S. Kollet, C. Montzka, H. Vereecken, and H.-J. Hendricks Franssen (2021): High Resolution Land Surface Modelling over Africa: The Role of Spatial and Temporal Resolution. AGU Fall Meeting, Online, 13 - 17 December 2021 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, J. Bates, F. Jonard, and H. Vereecken (2021): Precision agriculture informed by UAVs. 1st TERENO-OZCAR International Conference, Strassbourg, France, 5-7 October 2021 (Oral Presentation)

• L. Liang, C. Montzka, S. Wang, B. Bayat, W. Liu, D. Mengen, L. Xu, J. Bates, Y. Qu, R. Yang, Y. Ma (2021): Overview of Project 59197 and First Year Results. Dragon Symposium, Dragon 4 Final Results and Dragon 5 First Year Reporting, Online, 19-23 July 2021

• C. Montzka, B. Bayat, A. Tewes, D. Mengen, and H. Vereecken (2021): Spruce Crown transparency Levels detected from Sentinel-2 using Google Earth Engine. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Online, 12 - 16 July 2021 (Oral Presentation)

• Y. Qu, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2021): Causation Discovery of Weather and Vegetation Condition on Global Wildfire using the PCMCI Approach. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Online, 12 - 16 July 2021 (Poster)

• J. Bates, C. Montzka, M. Schmidt, and F. Jonard (2021): UAS LIDAR Crop LAI Estimations from Canopy Density. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Online, 12 - 16 July 2021 (Oral Presentation)

• D. Mengen, C. Montzka, T. Jagdhuber, A. Fluhrer, C. Brogi, S. Baum, D. Schüttemeyer, B. Bayat, H. Bogena, A. Coccia, G. Masalias, V. Trinkel, J. Jakobi, F. Jonard, Y. Ma, F. Mattia, D. Palmisano, U. Rascher, G.  Satalino, M. Schumacher, C. Koyama, M. Schmidt, and H. Vereecken (2021): SARSense: Analyzing air- and space-borne C- and L-band SAR backscattering signals to changes in soil and plant parameters of crops. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Online, 12 - 16 July 2021 (Oral Presentation)

• A. Fluhrer, T. Jagdhuber, A. Tabatabaeenejad, H. Alemohammad, C. Montzka, M. Schumacher, and H. Kunstmann (2021): Complex Permittivity and Penetration Depth Estimation from Airborne P-band SAR Data applying a Hybrid Decomposition Method. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Online, 12 - 16 July 2021 (Oral Presentation)

• P.C. McGuire, P.L. Vidale, M.J. Best, D.H. Case, I. Dharssi, M.C. Duran Rojas, R.S. Hatcher, G.M.S. Lister, A. Martinez de la Torre, C. Montzka, O.V. Müller, V. Predoi, E. Robertson, M. Todt, A. Verhoef, and S.S. Wilson (2021): Improving the global modeling of soils in JULES and the Unified Model: Updating from UM/HWSD to SoilGrids soil properties and from the Brooks & Corey to the van Genuchten soil-hydraulics model. 3rd ISMC Conference Advances in Modeling Soil Systems, Online, 18 - 22 May 2021 (Poster)

• A. Balenzano, G. Satalino, F. Lovergine, D. Palmisano, F. Mattia, M. Rinaldi, and C. Montzka (2021): Combining Sentinel-1 and ALOS-2 observations for soil moisture retrieval. EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19 - 30 April 2021

• J. Bates, C. Montzka, M. Schmidt, and F. Jonard (2021): UAS mounted LiDAR for Estimating LAI Type Metrics for Winter Wheat. EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19 - 30 April 2021

• Y. Ma, C. Montzka, B. Bayat, and S. Kollet (2021): Knowledge transfer from simulation to reality via Long Short-Term Memory networks: Estimating groundwater table depth anomalies over Europe. EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19 - 30 April 2021

• D. Mengen and the SARSense Campaign Team (2021): The SARSense campaign: A dataset for comparing C- and L-band SAR backscattering behaviour to changes of soil and plant parameters in agricultural areas. EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19 - 30 April 2021

• A. Gruber and the Validation Good Practice Team (2021): Validation practices for satellite soil moisture retrievals: What are (the) errors? EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19 - 30 April 2021

• J.S. Bates, C. Montzka, M. Schmidt and F. Jonard (2021): Potential of UAS mounted LiDAR to estimate LAI-related Metrics for Winter Wheat. Annual Meeting of the German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation (DGPF), Online, 10 - 12 March 2021 (Oral Presentation)

2020:

• P. McGuire, P.L. Vidale, M. Best, D.H. Case, C. Duran Rojas, I. Dharssi, R.S. Hatcher, G.M.S. Lister, A. Martinez-de la Torre, C. Montzka, O. Müller, V. Predoi, E. Robertson, M. Todt, A. Verhoef, and S. Wilson (2020): Improving the Global Modeling of Soils in JULES and the Unified Model: Updating from UM/HWSD to SoilGrids Soil Properties and from the Brooks & Corey to the Van Genuchten Soil-hydraulics Model. AGU Fall Meeting, Online, 13 - 17 December 2020 (Poster)

• Y. Ma, C. Montzka, B. Bayat, and S. Kollet (2020): An optimized indirect method to estimate groundwater table depth anomalies over Europe based on Long Short-Term Memory networks. AGU Fall Meeting, Online, 13 - 17 December 2020 (Poster)

• C. Montzka, C. Brogi, D. Mengen, M. Matveeva, S. Baum, D. Schüttemeyer, B. Bayat, H.R. Bogena, A. Coccia, G. Masalias, V. Graf, J. Jakobi, F. Jonard, Y. Ma, F. Mattia, D. Palmisano, U. Rascher, G. Satalino, T. Jagdhuber, A. Fluhrer, M. Schumacher, M. Schmidt, and H. Vereecken (2020): SARSense: A C- and L-band SAR rehearsal campaign in Germany in preparation for ROSE-L. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Online, 26 September - 2 October 2020

• Y. Ma, C. Montzka, B. Bayat, and S. Kollet (2020): Modeling of groundwater table depth anomalies using Long Short-Term Memory networks over Europe. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4 - 8 May 2020

• C. Brogi, J.A. Huisman, M. Herbst, A. Klosterhalfen, H. Bogena, L. Weihermüller, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2020): Improved spatial modelling of crop productivity using geophysics-based soil mapping: Two case studies beyond the field scale. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4 - 8 May 2020

• H. Zhao, R. Baatz, C. Montzka, H. Vereecken, and H.-J. Hendricks Franssen (2020): Multi-scale assimilation of SMAP data: comparison between land surface and land surface-subsurface model. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4 - 8 May 2020

2019:

• C. Montzka, H.R. Bogena, M. Herbst, M.H. Cosh, T. Jagdhuber, and H. Vereecken (2019): An estimation of reference sites numbers necessary for the validation of global soil moisture products. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 9 - 13 December 2019 (Poster)

• B. Naz, S. Kollet, H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, C. Montzka, and W. Kurtz (2019): A high-resolution soil moisture reanalysis over Europe. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 9 - 13 December 2019 (Oral Presentation)

• C.-H. Park, C. Montzka, T. Jagdhuber, A. Behrendt, Y. Kim, J. Lee, S.-O. Hwang, J. Hong, and V. Wulfmeyer (2019): Improvement of a forward model for brightness temperature including the influence of organic matter on soil permittivity. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 9 - 13 December 2019 (Poster)

• B. Naz, S. Kollet, H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, C. Montzka, and W. Kurtz (2019): Assimilation of soil moisture data over EUROCORDEX with CLM for the period 2001-2015. SAGES Global Climate Challenges for a Blue Green Economy Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 27 - 28 November 2019 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, M. Schumacher, A. Fluhrer, and T. Jagdhuber (2019): Water availability for plant production from data assimilation of microwave and gravity observations: The AssimEO framework. Neue Perspektiven in der Erdbeobachtung, Cologne, Germany, 12 - 13 November 2019 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, L. Weihermüller, and H. Vereecken (2019): Scaling soil hydraulic properties – From texture to optimized MvG parameters. Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany, 6 November 2019 (Oral Presentation)

• L. Weihermüller, N. Moosavi, M. Herbst, C. Montzka, A. Verhoef, D. Or, and H. Vereecken (2019): Functional sensitivity study of pedotransfer functions for use in Land Surface Models. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Bern, Switzerland, 24 - 29 August 2019 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, H.R. Bogena, and H. Vereecken (2019): Implications for validation activities of global soil moisture missions by the prediction of sub-grid soil moisture variability. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Yokohama, Japan, 28 July - 2 August 2019 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, H.R. Bogena, M. Herbst, and H. Vereecken (2019): Predicting sub-grid soil moisture variability of passive and active microwave missions: Implications for validation activities. ESA Living Planet Symposium, Milan, Italy, 13 - 17 May 2019 (Poster)

• C. Brogi, J.A. Huisman, M. Herbst, A. Klosterhalfen, L. Weihermüller, C. Montzka, J. van der Kruk, and H. Vereecken (2019): Geophysics-based soil mapping improves the simulation of crop productivity at the field scale and beyond. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria, 7 - 12 April 2019 (Poster)

• H. Vereecken, J. Vanderborght, L. Weihermüller, and C. Montzka (2019): Terrestrial hydrological processes: From observation to prediction. International Soils Meeting, 6 - 9 January 2019, San Diego, CA, USA (Oral Presentation)

2018 and before:

• L. Weihermüller, N. Moosafi, M. Herbst, C. Montzka, A. Verhoef, D. Or, and H. Vereecken (2018): Functional Sensitivity Study of Pedotransfer Functions for use in Land Surface Models. 2nd ISMC Conference: New Perspectives on Soil Models,  5 - 7 November 2018, Wageningen, The Netherlands (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, C. Lorenz, T. Jagdhuber, and H. Kunstmann (2018): A global long-term high resolution brightness temperatures product by Copula-based fusion of SMAP Enhanced and SMOS. 5th Satellite Soil Moisture Validation and Application Workshop, 24 - 25 October 2018, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, H. Bogena, and H. Vereecken (2018): TERENO networks - Soil moisture monitoring in German observatories. SMAP Cal/Val  Workshop, 22 - 23 October 2018, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA (Oral Presentation)

• T. Jagdhuber, D. Entekhabi, N. N. Das, M. Link, M. Baur, R. Akbar, C. Montzka, S. Kim, S. Yueh, and I. Baris (2018): Physics-based modeling of active-passive microwave covariations for geophysical retrievals. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Valencia, Spain, 22 - 27 July 2018 (Oral Presentation)

• S. S. Søbjærg, M. Link, T. Jagdhuber, C. Montzka, F. Jonard, S. Dill, M. Peichl, and T. Meyer (2018): Fully polarimetric L-band brightness temperature signatures of azimuthal permittivity patterns – Measurements and Model simulations. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Valencia, Spain, 22 - 27 July 2018 (Oral Presentation)

• H. Vereecken, M. Rahmati, L. Weihermüller, C. Montzka, M. Herbst, and J. Vanderborght (2018): A global database of soil infiltration data: status and perspectives. 21st World Congress of Soil Science, 12 - 17 July 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka (2018): Soil moisture: From observation to prediction. DLR Conference on Climate Change 2018 – Atmospheric Research for Understanding and Mitigating Climate Change, Cologne, Germany, 17 - 19 April 2018 (Invited Presentation)

• B. S. Naz, W. Kurtz, A. Springer, S. Kollet, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, C. Montzka, W. Sharples, K. Goergen, and J. Keune (2018): Assimilation of remotely sensed soil moisture into the Community Land Model for improving hydrologic predictions over Europe. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, 8 - 13 April 2018 (Oral Presentation)

• T. Jagdhuber, M. Link, C. Montzka, F. Jonard, S. S. Søbjærg, S. Dill, M. Peichl, and T. Meyer (2018): Fully Polarimetric Radiometer Signatures of Azimuthal Permittivity Patterns: Ground-Based L-Band Brightness Temperature Observations and Model Simulations. 15th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad 2018), 27 - 30 March , 2018, Cambridge, MA, USA  (Oral Presentation)

• T. Jagdhuber, M. Baur, M. Link, M. Piles, R. Akbar, D. Entekhabi, C. Montzka, J. Seppaenen, O. Antropov, and J. Praks (2018): Single-Pass Estimation of Vegetation Optical Depth and Effective Scattering Albedo Using Physics-Based Multi-Sensor Data Integration. 15th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad 2018), 27 - 30 March , 2018, Cambridge, MA, USA  (Oral Presentation)

• T. Jagdhuber, D. Entekhabi, N. Das, M. Link, C. Montzka, S. Kim, and S. Yueh (2018): Active-Passive Microwave Covariation Modelling and Inversion for the Single (SMAP) and Dual (SMAP/Sentinel-1) Frequency Case. 15th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad 2018), 27 - 30 March , 2018, Cambridge, MA, USA  (Poster)

• C. Montzka, K. Rötzer, H.R. Bogena, and H. Vereecken (2017): A new downscaling approach for SMAP, SMOS and ASCAT by predicting sub-grid soil moisture variability based on soil texture. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orlenas, 10 - 15 December 2017 (Poster)

• C. Montzka (2017): The potential of new global soil maps. ISMC workshop on Pedotransfer functions in Earth system sciences - challenges and perspectives, 10 December 2017, New Orleans, USA (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka (2017): Die Bodenfeuchte als Schlüsselkomponente im (globalen) Wasserkreislauf. Informationsveranstaltung mit Podiumsdiskussion: Highlights aus der Helmholtz-Allianz "Fernerkundung und Dynamik des Erdsystems" und Zukunftsperspektiven durch Tandem-L, Berlin, Germany, 23 November 2017 (Invited Presentation)

• C. Montzka (2017): Integrated hydrological simulations from groundwater to atmosphere and the role of soil moisture observations. Technology of Information for Geographical and Environmental Research and Services (TIGERS) Talks. Geneva, Switzerland, 19 October 2017 (Invited Presentation) 

• K. Rötzer, C. Montzka, H. Bogena, and H. Vereecken (2017): Prediction of satellite soil moisture sub-grid variability based on soil texture information. 4th Satellite Soil Moisture Validation and Application Workshop, Vienna, Austria, 19 - 20 September 2017 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, H. Bogena, M. Zreda, A. Monerris, R. Morrison, S. Muddu, and H. Vereecken (2017): Cosmic-ray neutron probes for satellite soil moisture validation. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Fort Worth, USA, 23 - 28 July 2017 (Oral Presentation)

• T. Jagdhuber, D. Entekhabi, N. N. Das, M. Link, C. Montzka, S. Kim, and S. Yueh (2017): Microwave covariation modeling and retrieval for the dual-frequency active-passive combination of Senteinel-1 and SMAP. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Fort Worth, USA, 23 - 28 July 2017 (Oral Presentation)

• T. Jagdhuber, M. Baur, M. Link, M. Piles, D. Entekhabi, C. Montzka, J. Seppänen, O. Antropov, J. Praks, and A. Löw (2017): Physics-based retrieval of scattering albedo and vegetation optical depth using multi-sensor data integration. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Fort Worth, USA, 23 - 28 July 2017 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka (2017): Overview over the research achievements of the Hydrosphere section. Helmholtz Alliance on Remote sensing and earth system dynamics, Alliance Week, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 26 - 30 June 2017 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, K. Rötzer, H. Bogena, and H. Vereecken (2017): A new downscaling algorithm for SMAP, SMOS and ASCAT by basic soil properties. Helmholtz Alliance on Remote sensing and earth system dynamics, Alliance Week, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 26 - 30 June 2017 (Oral Presentation)

• A. Colliander, T.J. Jackson, R. Bindlish, S. Chan, N. Das, S.B. Kim, M.H. Cosh, R.S. Dunbar, J. Asanuma, K. Aida, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, D. Bosch, T. Caldwell, K. Caylor, D. Goodrich, H. al Jassar, E. Lopez-Baeza, J. Martínez-Fernández, A. González-Zamora, S. Livingston, H. McNairn, A. Pacheco, M. Moghaddam, C. Montzka, C. Notarnicola, G. Niedrist, T. Pellarin, J. Prueger, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautiainen, J. Ramos, M. Seyfried, P. Starks, Z. Su, Y. Zeng, R. van der Velde, M. Thibeault, W. Dorigo, M. Vreugdenhil, J.P. Walker, X. Wu, A. Monerris, P. E. O’Neill, D. Entekhabi, and S. Yueh  (2017): Soil Moisture Validation using In Situ Measurements: The SMAP Approach. 37th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE-37), Tshwane, South Africa, 8 - 12 May 2017 (Oral Presentation)

• M. Schmidt, A. Graf, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2017): Using Carbon flux network data to investigate the impact of new European greening rules on carbon budgets - a case study. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23 - 28 April 2017 (Poster)

• M. Schmidt, A. Graf, P. Ney, A. Klosterhalfen, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2017): Zum Einfluss von Zwischenfruchtanbau auf die Klimabilanz landwirtschaftlicher Flächen. Deutsche IPCC-Jahrestagung 2017, Nauen, Germany, 20-21 February 2017 (Poster)

• A. Colliander, T. Jackson, R. Bindlish, S. Chan, N. N. Das, S. Kim, M. Cosh, R. S. Dunbar, J. Asanuma, K. Aida, A. A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, D. D. Bosch, T. G. Caldwell, K. Caylor, D. C. Goodrich, H. K. Al Jassar, E. Lopez-Baeza, J. Martínez-Fernández, Á. González-Zamora, S. Livingston, H. McNairn, A. Pacheco, M. Moghaddam, C. Montzka, C. Notarnicola, G. Niedrist, T. Pellarin, J. H. Prueger, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautiainen, J. Ramos, M. Seyfried, P. J. Starks, Z. Su, Y. Zeng, R. van der Velde, M. Thibeault, W. Dorigo, M. Vreugdenhil, J. Walker, X. Wu, A. Monerris, P. O'Neill, D. Entekhabi, and S. Yueh (2016): Assessment of SMAP L2/L3 Soil Moisture Products using In Situ Based Core Validation Sites. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 12 - 16 December 2016 (Oral Presentation)

• T. Jagdhuber, N. N. Das, D. Entekhabi, M. Baur, M. Link, M. Piles, R. Akbar, A. G. Konings, K. A. McColl, S. H. Alemohammad, C. Montzka, and H. Kunstmann (2016): A data-driven and physics-based single-pass retrieval of active-passive microwave covariation and vegetation parameters for the SMAP mission. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 12 - 16 December 2016 (Poster)

• M. Schmidt, A. Graf, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2016): Effects of the new European greening rules on local and regional CO2 fluxes. An Analysis based on the intensively used northern Rur catchment in Western Germany. 2nd ICOS Science Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 27 - 29 September 2016 (Poster)

• C. Montzka, H. Bogena, X. Han, K. Rötzer, and H. Vereecken (2016): Predicting texture-induced sub-grid variability of global soil moisture products. 3rd Satellite Soil Moisture Validation and Application Workshop, New York, USA, 21 - 22 September 2016 (Poster)

• C. Montzka, K. Rötzer, H. Bogena, X. Han, and H. Vereecken (2016): SMAP Validation at TERENO Sites. 7th SMAP CAl/Val Workshop,  New York, USA, 19 - 20 September 2016 (Oral Presentation) 

• C. Lorenz, C. Montzka, T. Jagdhuber, and H. Kunstmann (2016): Development of a Copula‐based data merging framework for combining spaceborne soil moisture and ancillary data. DAFOH, HEPEX, FOR2131 Workshop on Data Assimilation in Terrestrial Systems, Bonn, Germany, 19 - 21 September 2016 (Oral Presentation) 

• C. Montzka, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, T. Pütz, X. Han, and H. Vereecken (2016): A Particle Smoother with Sequential Importance Resampling for lysimeter soil hydraulic parameter estimation. Sino-German Lysimeter Workshop, Beijing, China, 14 - 16 August 2016 (Invited Presentation)

• T. Jagdhuber, D. Entekhabi, A. G. Konings, K. A. McColl, S. H. Alemohammad, N. N. Das, C. Montzka, and M. Piles (2016): Physically-based retrieval of SMAP active-passive measurements covariation and vegetation structure parameters. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Beijing, China, 11 - 15 July 2016 (Poster)

• C. Montzka, K. Rötzer, H. Bogena, X. Han, and H. Vereecken (2016): A statistical perspective on the spatio-temporal variability of global soil moisture products. ESA-NRSCC Dragon Conference, Wuhan, China, 4 - 8 July 2016 (Oral Presentation) 

• C. Montzka (2016): Overview over the research achievements of the Hydrosphere section. Helmholtz Alliance on Remote sensing and earth system dynamics, Alliance Week, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 27 June - 1 July 2016 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Lorenz, C. Montzka, T. Jagdhuber, and H. Kunstmann (2016): Development of a Copula-based data combination framework for merging remote-sensing based soil moisture data. Helmholtz Alliance on Remote sensing and earth system dynamics, Alliance Week, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 27 June - 1 July 2016 (Poster)

• M. Schmidt, A. Graf, C. Montzka, A. Klosterhalfen, F. Wilken, and H. Vereecken (2016): Impact of the new European greening rules on regional CO2 fluxes in the intensively used northern Rur catchment, Germany. 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, American Meteorology Society, 32FM, Salt Lake City, USA, 20 - 24 June 2016 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, C. Lorenz, T. Jagdhuber, P. Laux, I. Hajnsek, H. Kunstmann, D. Entekhabi, and H. Vereecken (2016): A Copula-based Algorithm for combining Airborne Active and Passive Microwave Observations. ESA Living Planet Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic, 9 - 13 May 2016 (Oral Presentation)

• T. G. Reichenau, W. Korres, C. Montzka, and K. Schneider (2016): Spatial heterogeneity of leaf area index across scales from simulation and remote sensing. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, 18 - 22 April 2016 (Oral Presentation)

• H. Post, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, X. Han, R. Baatz, C. Montzka, M. Schmidt, and H. Vereecken (2016): Reduced uncertainty of regional scale CLM predictions of net carbon fluxes and leaf area indices with estimated plant-specific parameters. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, 18 - 22 April 2016 (Oral Presentation)

• A. Graf, M. Schmidt, A. Klosterhalfen, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2016): "Off-Season" - CO2-Austausch landwirtschaftlicher Flächen. Deutsche IPCC-Jahrestagung 2016, Nauen, Germany, 29 February - 1 March 2016

• S. Chan, R. Bindlish, A. Colliander, F. Chen, P. O'Neill, T. Jackson, E. Njoku, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, K. Caylor, M. Cosh, H. Al Jassar, E. Lopez-Baeza, J. Martinez-Fernandez, A. Gonzalez-Zamora, H. McNairn, A. Pacheco, M. Moghaddam, C. Montzka, C. Notarnicola, G. Niedrist, T. Pellarin, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautiainen, J. Ramos, M. Seyfried, Z. Su, Y. Zeng, R. van der Velde, M. Thibeault, W. Dorigo, M. Vreugdenhil, J. Walker, X. Wu, J. Asanuma, L. Dang, L. Pashaian, M. Spencer, D. Entekhabi, and S. Yueh (2016): An Intercomparison of SMAP Passive Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithms. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 10 - 14 January (Oral Presentation)

• T. Jackson, A. Colliander, S. Chan, N. Das, S. Kim, S. Dunbar, R. Bindlish, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, K. Caylor, M. Cosh, H. Al Jassar, E. Lopez-Baeza, J. Martinez-Fernandez, A. Gonzalez-Zamora, H. McNairn, A. Pacheco, M. Moghaddam, C. Montzka, C. Notarnicola, G. Niedrist, T. Pellarin, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautianen, J. Ramos, M. Seyfried, Z. Su, Y. Zeng, R. van der Velde, M. Thibeault, W. Dorigo, M. Vreugdenhil, J. Walker, X. Wu, J. Asanuma, L. Dang, L. Pashaian, M. Spencer, P. O'Neill, D. Entekhabi, S. Yueh, and E. Njoku (2016): SMAP L2/L3 Soil Moisture Product Validation with Core Validation Sites. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 10 - 14 January (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, C. Lorenz, T. Jagdhuber, P. Laux, I. Hajnsek, H. Kunstmann, D. Entekhabi, and H. Vereecken (2015): Investigating Baseline, Alternative and Copula-based Algorithm for combining Airborne Active and Passive Microwave Observations in the SMAP Context. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 14 - 18 December 2015 (Poster)

• T. Reichenau, W. Korres, C. Montzka, and K. Schneider (2015): Scaling Properties of the Spatial Heterogeneity of Leaf Area Index on Arable Land Derived from Remote Sensing and Simulation. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 14 - 18 December 2015 (Poster)

• A. Colliander, T. Jackson, S. Chan, N. N. Das, S. Kim, R. S. Dunbar, R. Bindlish, L. Dang, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, K. Caylor, M. Cosh, H. K. Al Jassar, E. Lopez-Baeza, J. Martínez-Fernández, Á. González-Zamora, H. McNairn, A. Pacheco, M. Moghaddam, C. Montzka, C. Notarnicola, G. Niedrist, T. Pellarin, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautiainen, J. Ramos, M. Seyfried, Z. Su, Y. Zeng, R. van der Velde, M. Temimi, M. Thibeault, W. Dorigo, M. Vreugdenhil, J. Walker, X. Wu, T. Caldwell, M. Spencer, P. O'Neill, D. Entekhabi, S. Yueh, and E. Njoku (2015): SMAP L2/L3 Soil Moisture Product Validation using In Situ Based Core Validation Sites. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 14 - 18 December 2015 (Poster) 

• A. Colliander, T. Jackson, N. N. Das, S. Kim, R. Bindlish, M. Cosh, T. G. Caldwell, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, K. Caylor, H. K. Al Jassar, E. Lopez-Baeza, J. Martínez-Fernández, Á. González-Zamora, H. McNairn, A. Pacheco, M. Moghaddam, C. Montzka, C. Notarnicola, G. Niedrist, T. Pellarin, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautiainen, J. Ramos, M. Seyfried, Z. Su, Y. Zeng, R. van der Velde, M. Temimi, M. Thibeault, M. Vreugdenhil, W. Dorigo, J. Walker, X. Wu, M. Spencer, P. O'Neill, D. Entekhabi, S. Yueh, and E. Njoku (2015): SMAP L2/L3 Soil Moisture Product Validation Using in Situ Based Core Validation Sites. SSSA Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, USA, 15 - 18 November 2015 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka (2015): Mikrowellenfernerkundung zur Bodenfeuchtebestimmung. Indikatorgestütztes Bodenfeuchte Monitoring (InBoMo) Workshop, Potsdam, Germany, 3 November 2015 (Invited Presentation)

• C. Montzka, T. Jagdhuber, R. Horn, H. Bogena, I. Hajnsek, A. Reigber and H. Vereecken (2015): Analyzing SMAP fusion algorithms with airborne active and passive L-band microwave remote sensing. Earth Observation for Water Cycle Science 2015, ESA-ESRIN Frascati, Italy, 20 - 23 October 2015 (Oral Presentation)

• T. Jagdhuber, D. Entekhabi, I. Hajnsek, A. G. Konings, K. A. McColl, S. H. Alemohammad, N. N. Das, and C. Montzka (2015): Physically-based Active-Passive Modelling and Retrieval for SMAP Soil Moisture Inversion Algorithm. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Milan, Italy, 26 - 31 July 2015 (Oral Presentation)

• A. Colliander, T. Jackson, S. Chan, N. N. Das, S. Kim, S. Dunbar, R. Bindlish, L. Dang, L. Pashaian, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, K. Caylor, M. Cosh, H. K. Al Jassar, E. Lopez-Baeza, J. Martínez-Fernández, Á. González-Zamora, H. McNairn, A. Pacheco, M. Moghaddam, C. Montzka, C. Notarnicola, G. Niedrist, T. Pellarin, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautiainen, J. Ramos, M. Seyfried, Z. Su, Y. Zeng, R. van der Velde, M. Temimi, M. Thibeault, W. Dorigo, M. Vreugdenhil, J. Walker, X. Wu, A. Monerris-Belda, M. Spencer, P. O'Neill, D. Entekhabi, S. Yueh, and E. Njoku (2015): Early assessment of SMAP Level 2/3 Soil Moisture Products over Core Validation Sites. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Milan, Italy, 26 - 31 July 2015 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka,  Rötzer, K. and H. Vereecken (2015): Spatio-temporal variability of global soil moisture products. ESA-NRSCC Dragon Conference, Interlaken, Switzerland, 22 - 26 June 2015 (Oral Presentation)

• X. Han, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, C. Montzka, H. Vereecken, R. Jin, and X. Li (2015): Multivariate Land Data Assimilation at Global Scale. ESA-NRSCC Dragon Conference, Interlaken, Switzerland, 22 - 26 June 2015 (Poster) 

• C. Montzka, T. Jagdhuber, R. Horn, H. Bogena, I. Hajnsek, A. Reigber and H. Vereecken (2015): Investigation of SMAP fusion algorithms with airborne active and passive L-band microwave remote sensing. Helmholtz Alliance on Remote sensing and earth system dynamics, Alliance Week, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 22  - 26 June 2015 (Poster)

• C. Montzka, U. Wollschläger, and B. Thies (2015): Research Topic: Hydrosphere - Quantifying water cycle dynamics for hydrological prediction. Helmholtz Alliance on Remote sensing and earth system dynamics, Alliance Week, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 22  - 26 June 2015 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Lorenz, C. Montzka, T. Jagdhuber, D. Entekhabi, P. Laux, and H. Kunstmann (2015): Copula-based combination of active and passive L-band observations for soil moisture estimation. Helmholtz Alliance on Remote sensing and earth system dynamics, Alliance Week, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 22  - 26 June 2015 (Poster)

• T. Jagdhuber, I. Hajnsek, C. Montzka, U. Wollschläger, D. Spengler, P. Marzahn, C. Lorenz, H. Kunstmann (2015): Retrieval of Soil Moisture under Vegetation Using SAR Polarimetry. Helmholtz Alliance on Remote sensing and earth system dynamics, Alliance Week, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 22  - 26 June 2015 (Poster)

• C. von Hebel, S. Rudolph, A. Mester, J. A. Huisman, C. Montzka, L. Weihermüller, H. Vereecken, and J. van der Kruk (2015): Large-scale multi-configuration electromagnetic induction: a promising tool to improve hydrological models. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 13 - 17 April 2015 (Oral Presentation)

• X. Han, X. Li, C. Montzka, S. Kollet, H. Vereecken, and H.-J. Hendricks Franssen (2015): DasPy - Open Source Multivariate Land Data Assimilation Framework with High Performance Computing. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 13 - 17 April 2015 (Poster)

• D. Rains, H. Lievens, H. Vernieuwe, B. De Baets, R. Hostache, M. Chini, L. Pfister, P. Matgen, G. He, H. Vereecken, X. Han, C. Montzka, and N. Verhoest (2015): Hydras+ Improving Drought Monitoring by Assimilating multi-source Remote Sensing Observations into Hydrologic Models. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 13 - 17 April 2015 (Poster)

• T. Jagdhuber, I. Hajnsek, D. Entekhabi, C. Montzka, and K. Papathanassiou (2015): Active-Passive Microwave Polarimetry for Soil Moisture Estimation. Polarimetric and Interferometric SAR Workshop (PI-SAR), Frascati, Italy, 26 - 30 January 2015 (Poster)

• C. Montzka, X. Han, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, T. Pütz and H. Vereecken (2014): Performance evaluation of the Particle Smoother with Sequential Importance Resampling for soil hydraulic parameter estimation.  AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 15 - 19 December 2014 (Poster)

• I. Hajnsek, M. Eineder, T. Walter, A. Friedrich, P. Bieber, A. Huth, K. Papathanassiou, C. Montzka, U. Wollschläger, B. Thies, A. Humbert, M. Braun, G. Krieger and A. Moreira (2014): Remote Sensing and Earth System Dynamics: The Helmholtz Alliance. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 15 - 19 December 2014 (Oral Presentation)

• C. von Hebel, S. Rudolph, A. Mester, J.A. Huisman, C. Montzka, L. Weihermüller, H. Vereecken and J. van der Kruk (2014): Towards catchment vadose zone characterization by linking geophysical and remote sensing data. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 15 - 19 December 2014 (Poster) 

• C. Montzka, J. Bendix, T. Blume, H. Bogena, V. Brancato, P. Dietrich, S. Eiermann, T. Grau, A. Güntner, I. Hajnsek, I. Heidbüchel, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, S. Itzerott, T. Jagdhuber, F. Jonard, H. Kunstmann, W. Kurtz, A. Lehmann, C. Lorenz, P. Marzahn, L. Samaniego, I. Schröter, D. Spengler, D. Spieler, S. Suchandt, B. Thies, H. Vereecken, S. Vey, J. Wickert, U. Wollschläger and S. Zwieback (2014): The Hydrosphere section of the Helmholtz Alliance on Remote Sensing and Earth System Dynamics: Enhancing the understanding of hydrological processes by remote sensing. TERENO International Conference, Bonn, Germany, 29 September - 2 October 2014 (Poster)

• C. Montzka (2014): Microwave Remote Sensing for Soil Moisture Estimation. Summer School "GRACE/GRACE-FO applications for the terrestrial water cycle", Mayschoss, Germany, 18 September 2014 (Invited Presentation)

• C. Montzka, H. Bogena, T. Jagdhuber, I. Hajnsek, R. Horn, A. Reigber, S. Hasan, C. Rüdiger, M. Jaeger and H. Vereecken (2014): Active and passive L-band microwave remote sensing for soil moisture – a test bed for SMAP fusion algorithms. International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Quebec, Canada, 13 - 18 July 2014 (Oral Presentation and Paper)

• C. Montzka, H. Bogena, T. Jagdhuber, I. Hajnsek, R. Horn, A. Reigber, S. Hasan, C. Rüdiger, M. Jaeger and H. Vereecken (2014): Active and passive L-band microwave remote sensing for soil moisture – a test bed for SMAP fusion algorithms. HGF Alliance Week, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 30. June - 4. July 2014 (Oral Presentation)

• R. Baatz, H. Bogena, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, J. A. Huisman, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2014): Quantification of seasonal biomass effects on cosmic-ray soil water content determination. HGF Alliance Week, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 30. June - 4. July 2014 (Poster)

• A. Sorrentino, T. Jagdhuber, I. Hajnsek, C. Montzka, K.P. Papathanassiou, A. Iodice (2014): Investigation of Polarimetric Active/Passive Microwave Scattering Towards Soil Moisture Estimation. IEEE GOLD Remote Sensing Conference, Berlin, Germany, 5 - 6 June 2014 (Poster)

• A. Sorrentino, T. Jagdhuber, I. Hajnsek, C. Montzka, K.P. Papathanassiou, A. Iodice (2014): Investigation of Polarimetric Active/Passive Microwave Scattering Towards Soil Moisture Estimation. EUSAR 2014 – 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Berlin, Germany, 3 - 5 June 2014 (Poster)

• K. Rötzer, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2014): Global soil moisture products and their spatial and temporal variability. ESA Dragon 3 Symposium, Chengdu, China, 26 - 29 May 2014 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, H. Bogena, T. Jagdhuber, I. Hajnsek, R. Horn, A. Reigber, S. Hasan, C. Rüdiger, M. Jaeger and H. Vereecken (2014): Soil moisture estimation by airborne active and passive microwave remote sensing: A test-bed for SMAP fusion algorithms. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 2 May 2014 (Poster)

• C.M. Mboh, C. Montzka, R. Baatz and H. Vereecken (2014): A novel partial grid search approach for handling complex multi-dimensional parameter estimation and state improvement at the catchment scale. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 2 May 2014 (Poster)

• M. Ali, C. Montzka, A. Graf, F. Jonard and H. Vereecken (2014): Catchment scale estimation of evapotranspiration from remote sensing data based on an energy balance approach: A validation study for the Rur catchment, Germany. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 2 May 2014 (Poster)

• R. Baatz, H. Bogena, H.-J. Hendriks-Franssen, J.A. Huisman, C. Montzka and H. Vereecken (2014): Quantification of seasonal biomass effects on cosmic-ray soil water content determination. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 2 May 2014 (Poster)

• C. Montzka, T. Jagdhuber, H. Bogena, I. Hajnsek, R. Horn, A. Reigber, S. Hasan and H. Vereecken (2014): Fusion of Active and Passive Microwave: TERENO 2013. HGF Alliance Hydrosphere Meeting, Alexisbad, 10 - 11 March 2014 (Oral Presentation) 

• C. Montzka, S. Hasan, C. Rüdiger, M. Ali, A. Stadler, G. Menz, H. Bogena and H. Vereecken (2014): Using RapidEye LAI for soil moisture estimation. 6. RapidEye Science Archive Workshop, DLR Bonn-Oberkassel, 5 - 6 March 2014 (Oral Presentation) 

• A. Stadler , S. Rudolph, M. Ali, M. Kupisch, C. Montzka, M. Langensiepen and F. Ewert (2014): Modeling crop growth heterogeneity patterns using apparent soil electrical conductivity maps. International Conference on Global Vegetation Monitoring and Modeling, Avignon, France, 3 - 7 February 2014 (Poster Presentation) 

• K. Rötzer, C. Montzka and H. Vereecken (2013): Spatial and temporal variability of modeled and remotely sensed soil moisture products. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 8 - 13 December 2013

• C. Montzka, J. Grant, X. Han, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen and H. Vereecken (2013): A Particle Smoother with Sequential Importance Resampling for lysimeter soil hydraulic parameter estimation. Sino-German Symposium on Water Resources Under Stress: Facing Challenges of Land Use and Climate Change, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, 21 - 25 October 2013 (Oral Presentation) 

• Zhu, Z., S. Liu, G. C. Yang, H. Vereecken and C. Montzka (2013): Evapotranspiration processes observed by lysimeters in Huailai station. Sino-German Symposium on Water Resources Under Stress: Facing Challenges of Land Use and Climate Change, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, 21 - 25 October 2013 (Oral Presentation) 

• C. Montzka, J. Grant, X. Han, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen and H. Vereecken (2013): A Particle Smoother with Sequential Importance Resampling. HGF Alliance Week, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 7 – 10 October 2013 (Oral Presentation) 

• C. Montzka, J. Grant, M. Drusch, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen and H. Vereecken (2013): L-band Radiative Transfer Parameter Estimation with a Particle Smoother. ESA Living Planet Symposium, Edinburgh, UK, 9 - 13 September 2013 (Oral Presentation) 

• C.M. Mboh, C. Montzka, P. Kumbhar and H. Vereecken (2013): Feasibility of Estimating Soil Surface Roughness and Vegetation Opacity from Disaggregated SMOS Brightness Temperatures. ESA Living Planet Symposium, Edinburgh, UK, 9 - 13 September 2013 (Poster) 

• C. Montzka, J. P. Grant, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, M. Drusch, and H. Vereecken (2013): A particle smoother with sequential importance resampling for radiative transfer parameter estimation. International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Melbourne, Australia, 21 - 26 July 2013. DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723566 (Oral Presentation and Paper)

• M. Ali, C. Montzka, A. Stadler, G. Menz, and H. Vereecken (2013): Estimation and validation of leaf area index time series for crops on 5m scale from space. International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Melbourne, Australia, 21 - 26 July 2013. DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723668 (Poster and Paper)

• H. Vereecken, H. Bogena, A. Weuthen, U. Rosenbaum, J.A. Huisman, J. van der Kruk, H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, C. Montzka, F. Jonard, and J. Vanderborght (2013): Soil water content and hydrological fluxes in terrestrial systems: from measurement to prediction. SPA International Conference, Neapel, Italy, 20 June 2013 (Invited Presentation)

• C. Montzka, J. Grant, X. Han, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, M. Drusch, H. Vereecken (2013): Radiative Transfer Parameter Estimation with a Particle Smoother. ESA Dragon 3 Symposium, Palermo, Italy, 3 - 7 June 2013 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, H. Moradkhani, and H. Vereecken (2013): Surface soil moisture product validation and data assimilation for soil moisture profile estimation. 6th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research, Koblenz, Germany, 3 – 7 June 2013 (Oral Presentation)

• K. Rötzer, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2013): Spatio-temporal variability of global remotely sensed soil moisture products. 6th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research, Koblenz, Germany, 3 – 7 June 2013 (Poster)

• H. Bogena, R. Baatz, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, J. A. Huisman, C. Montzka and H. Vereecken (2013): Effects of soil heterogeneity and vegetation on cosmic ray soil moisture observations. 12th International UFZ-Deltares Conference on Groundwater-Soil-Systems and Water Resource Management, Barcelona, Spain, 16 – 19 April 2013 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, H. Moradkhani, T. Pütz, X. Han and H. Vereecken (2013): A Particle Smoother with Sequential Importance Resampling for soil hydraulic parameter estimation: A lysimeter experiment. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, 7 – 12 April 2013 (Oral Presentation)

• X. Han, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, C. Montzka and H. Vereecken (2013): Joint State and Parameter Estimation in CLM4 with Remotely Sensed Brightness Temperature. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, 7 – 12 April 2013 (Oral Presentation)

• S. Rudolph, C. von Hebel, M. Ali, A. Stadler, M. Herbst, C. Montzka, S. Pätzold, L. Weihermüller, J. van der Kruk and H. Vereecken (2013): Validation of a paleo river system derived by ground based electromagnetic induction measurements with satellite based RapidEye images. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, 7 – 12 April 2013 (Oral Presentation)

• C. M. Mboh, C. Montzka, P. Kumbhar, X. Han and H. Vereecken (2013): Effect of uncertainty on CMEM forcing data on SMOS brightness temperature predictions in the Rur and Erft Catchments in Germany. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, 7 – 12 April 2013 (Poster)

• W. Kessomkiat, C. Montzka, L. Weihermüller, H. Vereecken and H.-J. Hendricks Franssen (2013): Joint assimilation of soil moisture and eddy covariance data with the particle filter in the HYDRUS model. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, 7 – 12 April 2013 (Poster)

• K. Rötzer, C. Montzka and H. Vereecken (2013): Spatial and temporal variability of SMOS and ASCAT soil moisture products. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, 7 – 12 April 2013 (Poster) 

• S. Hasan, C. Montzka, H. Bogena, C. Rüdiger, M. Ali and H. Vereecken (2013): Vegetation effects on airborne passive microwave response to soil moisture: A case study for the Rur catchment, Germany. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, 7 – 12 April 2013 (Poster) 

• C. Montzka and Xujun Han (2013): SMASPARES: SMOS Tb assimilation for parameter estimation. Sci_net workshop, Frascati, Italy, 25 - 26 March 2013 (Oral Presentation) 

• M. Ali, C. Montzka, A. Stadler and H. Vereecken (2013): Validation of Leaf Area Index calculated on RapidEye imagery against in situ measurements in Rur catchment, Germany. In: Borg, Daedelow, Johnson (eds), Proceedings of 5th RESA workshop (From the Basics to the Service), Neustrelitz, Germany, 20 - 21 March 2013, pp. 159-171 (Oral presentation and Paper)

• C. Montzka, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, H. Moradkhani, T. Pütz, X. Han and H. Vereecken (2013): A Sequential Importance Resampling Particle Smoother for soil hydraulic parameter estimation: A lysimeter experiment. International Symposium on Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Systems: Monitoring, Modelling & Data Assimilation, Bonn, Germany, 11 - 14 March 2013 (Oral Presentation)

• X. Han, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, C. Montzka, H. Vereecken (2013): Joint State and Parameter Estimation with Sequential Data Assimilation in CLM4. International Symposium on Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Systems: Monitoring, Modelling & Data Assimilation, Bonn, Germany, 11 - 14 March 2013 (Poster)

• S. Hasan, C. Montzka, H. Bogena, C. Rüdiger, M. Ali, H. Vereecken (2013): Vegetation effects on airborne passive microwave response to soil moisture: A case study for the Rur catchment, Germany. International Symposium on Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Systems: Monitoring, Modelling & Data Assimilation, Bonn, Germany, 11 - 14 March 2013 (Oral Presentation) 

• C. Montzka, K. Rötzer and H. Vereecken (2013): SMOS brightness temperature and soil moisture validation in the Rur/Erft Catchment, Germany. SMOS Land Applications Workshop, Frascati, Italy, 25 - 27 February 2013 (Oral Presentation)

• C. Montzka, S. Hasan, H. Bogena, I. Hajnsek, R. Horn, T. Jagdhuber, A. Reigber, N. Hermes, C. Rüdiger and H. Vereecken (2012): Active and passive airborne microwave remote sensing for soil moisture retrieval in the Rur catchment, Germany. International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Munich, Germany, 22 - 27 July 2012, 6956 - 6959. DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352562 (Oral Presentation and Paper)  

• K. Rötzer, C. Montzka, H. Bogena, W. Wagner, R. Kidd and H. Vereecken (2012): Time series analysis of SMOS and ASCAT: Soil moisture product validation in the Rur and Erft catchments. International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Munich, Germany, 22 - 27 July 2012, 3716 - 3719. DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350510 (Oral Presentation and Paper)  

• Mboh, C. M., C. Montzka and H. Vereecken (2012): Possibility of improving SMOS soil moisture retrieval from brightness temperatures using data assimilation. 5th International Workshop on Catchment Hydrological Modeling and Data Assimilation (CAHMDA-V), Enschede, The Netherlands, 9 - 13 July 2012 (Poster)

• Baatz, R., H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, X. Han, H. Bogena, Q. Wei, C. Montzka and H. Vereecken (2012): Development of a Non-Linear Measurement Operator for Cosmic Ray Soil Moisture Measurements in a Land Surface Model. 5th International Workshop on Catchment Hydrological Modeling and Data Assimilation (CAHMDA-V), Enschede, The Netherlands, 9 - 13 July 2012 (Poster) 

• Kessomkiat, W., H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, C. Montzka, L. Weihermüller and H. Vereecken (2012): Assimilation of Soil Moisture and Eddy Covariance Data by Particle Filter to Improve Predictions with HYDRUS-1D. 5th International Workshop on Catchment Hydrological Modeling and Data Assimilation (CAHMDA-V), Enschede, The Netherlands, 9 - 13 July 2012 (Poster) 

• Jagdhuber, T., M. Kohling, I. Hajnsek, C. Montzka, and K.P. Papathanassiou (2012): Validation of Distributed Soil Moisture: Airborne Polarimetric SAR vs. Ground-based Sensor Networks. Geophysical Research Abstracts 14, EGU2012-5695, EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna, 22 - 27 April 2012 (Oral Presentation)

• Qu, W., H. Bogena, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2012): Temporal stability of soil water content in a small grassland head water catchment in western Germany observed by a wireless sensor network. Geophysical Research Abstracts 14, EGU2012-6280-1, EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna, 22 - 27 April 2012 (Poster)

• Hasan, S., C. Montzka, H. Bogena, C. Rüdiger, and H. Vereecken (2012): Airborne Passive microwave response to soil moisture: A case study for the Rur catchment. Geophysical Research Abstracts 14, EGU2012-9509-1, EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna, 22 - 27 April 2012 (Poster)

• Baatz, R., H. Bogena, H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, J.A. Huisman, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2012): Development of a measurement operator for cosmic ray soil moisture observations. Geophysical Research Abstracts 14, EGU2012-11085, EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna, 22 - 27 April 2012 (Poster)

• Rötzer, K., C. Montzka, H. Bogena, W. Wagner, R. Kidd, and H. Vereecken (2012): Validation of SMOS and ASCAT Soil Moisture Products - Time Series Analysis in the Rur and Erft Catchments. Geophysical Research Abstracts 14, EGU2012-7343, EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna, 22 - 27 April 2012 (Oral Presentation)

• Zhao, L., K. Yang, J. Qin, Y. Chen, W. Tang, H. Wu, C. Lin, M. Han, and C. Montzka (2012): Spatiotemporal analysis of soil moisture at a Tibetan Plateau soil moisture/temperature monitoring network. Geophysical Research Abstracts 14, EGU2012-511-3, EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna, 22 - 27 April 2012 (Oral Presentation)

• Montzka, C., S. Hasan, H. Bogena, I. Hajnsek, R. Horn, T. Jagdhuber, A. Reigber, N. Hermes, C. Rüdiger, and H. Vereecken (2012): Active and passive airborne microwave remote sensing for soil moisture retrieval in the Rur catchment, Germany. Joint HOBE - Transregio32 Workshop, Sandbjerg Castle, Sonderborg, Denmark, 1 - 4 April 2012 (Oral Presentation)

• Qu, W., H. Bogena, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2012): Temporal stability of soil water content in a small grassland head water catchment in western Germany observed by a wireless sensor network. Joint HOBE - Transregio32 Workshop, Sandbjerg Castle, Sonderborg, Denmark, 1 - 4 April 2012 (Poster)

• Hasan, S., C. Montzka, H. Bogena, C. Rüdiger, and H. Vereecken (2012): Airborne Passive microwave response to soil moisture: A case study for the Rur catchment. Joint HOBE - Transregio32 Workshop, Sandbjerg Castle, Sonderborg, Denmark, 1 - 4 April 2012 (Poster)

• Baatz, R. , H. Bogena, H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, S. Huisman, C. Montzka, and H. Vereecken (2012): Development of a measurement operator for cosmic ray soil moisture observations. Joint HOBE - Transregio32 Workshop, Sandbjerg Castle, Sonderborg, Denmark, 1 - 4 April 2012 (Poster)

• Montzka, C. (2012): Brightness Temperature Validation and Assimilation of SMOS Products. GRACE Workshop, Bonn, 13 - 14 February 2012 (Invited Presentation)

• Montzka, C., H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, M. Drusch, H. Moradkhani, L. Weihermüller, H. Bogena, J. Vanderborght and H. Vereecken (2011): Radiative Transfer Parameter Estimation for SMOS Soil Moisture Retrieval. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 5 - 9 December 2011 (Poster)

• Vereecken, H. H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, C. Montzka, H. Bogena, U. Rosenbaum; J. A. Huisman, J. van der Kruk and J. Vanderborght (2011): Soil water content and hydrological fluxes in terrestrial systems: from measurement to prediction. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 5 - 9 December 2011 (Invited Presentation)

• Bogena, H., D. Metzen, R. Baatz, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, J. A. Huisman, C. Montzka and H. Vereecken (2011): Evaluation of the cosmic-ray neutron method for measuring integral soil moisture dynamics of a forested head water catchment. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 5 - 9 December 2011 (Oral Presentation)

• Jonard, F., C. Montzka, L. Weihermüller and H. Vereecken (2011): Ground-Based Radiometer Activities at the Agrosphere Institute. ELBARA II Workshop for data processing and quality control, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk (The Netherlands), 8 - 9 November 2011 (Oral Presentation)

• Montzka, C., J. Grant, H. Moradkhani, H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, L. Weihermüller, M. Drusch and H. Vereecken (2011): Estimation of radiative transfer parameters for soil moisture retrieval from SMOS. Sino-German Symposium on Modeling Approaches and Observational Techniques for the Quantification of Fast Environmental Changes and its Impacts on Land Use and Water Resources, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 24 - 28 October 2011 (Oral Presentation)

• Montzka, C., J. Grant, H. Moradkhani, H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, L. Weihermüller, M. Drusch and H. Vereecken (2011): SMASPARES - SMos data ASsimilation for PARameter EStimation in hydrological and radiative transfer models. ESA Support to Science Element (STSE) Workshop, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, 20 - 21 October 2011 (Oral Presentation)

• Baatz, R., C. Montzka, X. Han, H. Bogena, H. Vereecken and H.-J. Hendricks Franssen (2011): Improving soil moisture states and model parameters of a coupled land surface model (ParFlow-CLM). German Symposium On Data Assimilation, Offenbach, Germany, 28 - 30 September 2011 (Poster) 

• Montzka, C., H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, M. Drusch, H. Moradkhani, L. Weihermüller, D. Fernandez Prieto, H. Bogena, J. Vanderborght and H. Vereecken (2011): Estimation of radiative transfer parameters for soil moisture retrieval from SMOS brightness temperatures – A synthetic 1D experiment with the Particle Filter. International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vancouver, Canada, 24 - 29 July 2011. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049874 (Poster and paper) 

• Montzka, C., H. Bogena, L. Weihermüller, F. Jonard, M. Dimitrov, C. Bouzinac, J. Kainulainen, J. E. Balling, J. Vanderborght and H. Vereecken (2011): Radiobrightness validation on different spatial scales during the SMOS Validation Campaign 2010 in the Rur catchment, Germany. International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vancouver, Canada, 24 - 29 July 2011. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050043 (Oral Presentation and paper)

• Hendricks Franssen, H.-J., H. Bogena, C. Montzka, A. Graf, S. Huisman, J. Vanderborght and H. Vereecken (2011): Conditioning data for physically based hydrological models: the complex link between data and the unknown „reality“. Water Science Horizon Conference, Berlin, 8 - 9 June (Invited Presentation)

• Vereecken, H., H. Bogena, J.A. Huisman, J. van der Kruk, S. Lambot, C. Montzka, T. Pütz, J. Vanderborght and L. Weihermüller (2011): Terrestrial Environmental Observatories. New Research Tool. In-situ Environmental Monitoring and Policy, The Application of Sensors and Passive Samplers, Ghent, Belgium, 26 May 2011 (Invited Presentation)

• Jonard, F., C. Montzka, H. Bogena, S. Hasan and H. Vereecken (2011): SMAP validation activities of the Agropshere Institute in the Rur catchment, Germany. SMAP Cal/Val Workshop, Oxnard (California, USA), 3 - 5 May (Oral Presentation)

• Hendricks Franssen, H.-J., W. Kurtz, C. Montzka, H. Zhou, L. Li, W. Kessomkiat and H. Vereecken (2011): Sequential data assimilation for improved identification of aquifer, soil and river bed properties. Tübingen, 19 April (Invited Presentation)

• Montzka, C. (2011): Multiscale soil moisture observations and data assimilation. Center for Environmental Systems Research, Kassel, 18 April 2011 (invited Presentation)

• Montzka, C., H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, M. Drusch, H. Moradkhani, L. Weihermüller, D. Fernandez Prieto, H. Bogena, J. Vanderborght and H. Vereecken (2011): A Synthetic 1D Data Assimilation Experiment for SMOS Radiative Transfer Parameter Estimation. Geophysical Research Abstracts 13, EGU2011-3092, EGU General Assembly 2011, Vienna, 3- 8 April 2011 (Oral Presentation)

• Kessomkiat, W., H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, C. Montzka, A. Graf and H. Vereecken (2011): Assimilation of Eddy Covariance Data by the Particle Filter. REKLIM Workshop, Bremerhaven, Germany, 29 - 30 March 2011 (Poster)

• Hendricks Franssen, H.-J., W. Kessomkiat, C. Montzka, H. Zhou, W. Kurtz, G. Bauser and H. Vereecken (2011): Issues concerning the assimilation of eddy covariance data in landsurface models. Leipzig, 24 February (Invited Presentation)

• Montzka, C., H. Bogena, L. Weihermüller, F. Jonard, M. Dimitrov, C. Bouzinac, J. Kainulainen, J. E. Balling, E. Rouhe, J. Vanderborght and H. Vereecken (2010): Analyses of brightness temperatures on different spatial scales during the SMOS Validation Campaign in the Rur catchment, Germany. SMOS Validation and Retrieval Team Workshop, Frascati, Italy, 29 - 30 November 2010 (Oral Presentation) 

• Montzka, C., H. Moradkhani, L. Weihermüller, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, M. Canty and H. Vereecken (2010): Estimation of Hydraulic Parameters by Simulated Remotely-Sensed Top Soil Moisture Observations with the Particle Filter. Workshop on Remote Sensing Methods for Change Detection and Process Modelling, Cologne, 18 - 19 November 2010 (Poster)

• Montzka, C., H. Moradkhani, L. Weihermüller, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, M. Canty and H. Vereecken (2010): Estimation of Hydraulic Parameters by Remotely-Sensed Top Soil Moisture Observations with the Particle Filter – A Synthetic Experiment. International Workshop on Data Assimilation for Operational Hydrologic Forecasting and Water Resources Management, Delft, The Netherlands, 1 - 3 November 2010 (Oral Presentation)

• Montzka, C., M. Dimitrov, H. Moradkhani, L. Weihermüller, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, J. A. Huisman, J. Rings, J. Vanderborght and H. Vereecken (2010): Estimating the influence of soil surface structure on evapotranspiration by soil moisture data assimilation, Conference on Earth Observation for Land-Atmosphere Interaction Science, Frascati, Italy, 3 - 5 November 2010 (Poster) 

• Montzka, C. and H. Vereecken (2010): Experimental measurements of soil water fluxes from local to catchment scale, Sino-German Workshop on Land Use and Water Resources Management under Fast Environmental Change, Nanchang, China, 21 - 26 October 2010 (invited talk)

• Montzka, C., H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, H. Bogena, J. Vanderborght and H. Vereecken (2010): Die SMOS Validierungskampagne 2010 und Datenassimilierung zur Parameterschätzung für die Strahlungstransfermodellierung, 3. SMOS Nutzerworkshop Hamburg, 20 October 2010 (Oral Presentation)

• Montzka, C., M. Dimitrov, H. Moradkhani, L. Weihermüller, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, J. A. Huisman, J. Rings, J. Vanderborght and H. Vereecken (2010): Estimating the temporal dynamics of top soil hydraulic parameters with the particle filter. Fourth International Workshop on Catchment-scale Hydrological Modeling and Data Assimilation (CAHMDA-IV), Lhasa, China, 21 - 23 July 2010 (Oral Presentation)

• Montzka, C., H. Bogena, U. Rosenbaum, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, H. Moradkhani, A. Weuthen and H. Vereecken (2010): Assimilation of wireless sensor network data for estimating soil hydraulic properties at the catchment scale. Fourth International Workshop on Catchment-scale Hydrological Modeling and Data Assimilation (CAHMDA-IV), Lhasa, China, 21 - 23 July 2010 (Poster)

• Montzka, C., H. Bogena, J. Vanderborght and H. Vereecken (2010): Validation of Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission data in the Rur and Erft catchments, Germany. Fourth International Workshop on Catchment-scale Hydrological Modeling and Data Assimilation (CAHMDA-IV), Lhasa, China, 21 - 23 July 2010 (Poster) 

• Hallikainen, M., J. Kainulainen, P. Sievinen, J. Seppänen, E. Rouhe, J. dall’Amico, F. Schlenz, A. Loew, S. Bircher and C. Montzka (2010): SMOS Cal/Val 2010 Activities and RFI Research with Airborne HUT-2D Radiometer. URSI Commission F Microwave Signatures 2010 - Specialist Symposium on Microwave Remote Sensing of the Earth, Oceans, and Atmosphere Florence, Italy, 4 - 8 October 2010 (Oral Presentation)

• Kainulainen, J., K. Rautiainen, P. Sievinen, J. Seppänen, E. Rouhe, M. Hallikainen , J. dall’Amico, F. Schlenz, A. Loew, S. Bircher and C. Montzka (2010): SMOS Calibration and Validation activities with airborne interferometric radiometer HUT-2D during spring 2010. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (IGARSS) Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 25 - 30 July 2010. DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5654137 (Oral Presentation and paper) 

• Montzka, C., H. Bogena and J. Vanderborght (2010): SMOS Validation at the Rur and Erft catchments, Germany. ESA Living Planet Symposium Bergen, Norway, 28 June - 2 July 2010 (Poster)

• Montzka, C., M. Canty, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, H. Moradkhani, L. Weihermüller and H. Vereecken (2010): Estimation of soil hydraulic parameters by satellite observations and particle filtering – a virtual experiment. ESA Living Planet Symposium Bergen, Norway, 28 June - 2 July 2010 (Poster)

• Montzka, C., M. Canty, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, H. Moradkhani, L. Weihermüller and H. Vereecken (2009): Assessing the value of remotely sensed top soil moisture for soil moisture profile estimation with data assimilation. ESA Proceedings of the Earth Observation and Water Cycle Science Conference, Frascati, Italy, 18 - 20 November 2009 (Paper and Poster)

• Montzka, C., H. Bogena and J. Vanderborght (2009): SMOS Cal/Val activities in the Rur catchment (Germany). Geophysical Research Abstracts 11, EGU2009-6060, EGU General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, 19 - 24 April 2009 (Poster)

• Montzka, C., H. Bogena and J. Vanderborght (2009): SMOS Cal/Val in a heterogeneous site - The Rur and Erft catchment example. SMOS Validation Retrieval Team Workshop. Lisbon, Portugal, 10 - 13 March 2009 (Poster)

• Schoen, H., I. Hajnsek, C. Montzka and H. Bogena (2008): Soil Moisture Estimation With Airborne Polarimetric SAR Using Data From the TERENO Campaign in the Rur Catchment. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, San Francisco, 15 - 19 December

• Montzka, C., H. Bogena, J. Vanderborght and C. Wilske (2008). SMOS Validation Rehearsal Campaign in the Rur catchment. SMOS Validation Rehearsal Campaign Workshop. Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 17 - 18 November 2008

• Montzka, C., H. Bogena and J. Vanderborght (2008): Messung und Modellierung der Bodenfeuchte im Rureinzugsgebiet für SMOS CAL/VAL. 2. SMOS Nutzerworkshop Hamburg, 28 - 29 August 2008

• Montzka, C., M. Canty, R. Kunkel, H. Vereecken and F. Wendland (2008): Assimilation of multispectral satellite imagery to a nitrate model system. Sino-German Workshop on Advanced Technologies of Remote Sensing and its Application in Understanding Earth Processes. Beijing, China, 26 - 30 May 2008

• Montzka, C., M. Canty, R. Kunkel, H. Vereecken and F. Wendland (2008): Assimilation of multispectral remotely sensed data in nitrate modelling. Geophysical Research Abstracts 10, EGU2008-A-01106, EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, 13 - 18 April 2008 (Poster and Abstract)

• Montzka, C., H. Bogena and J. Vanderborght (2007): Distribution of surface soil moisture: Measuring and modelling at the Rur test sites for SMOS Cal/Val. SMOS Cal/Val Workshop, ESA ESRIN Frascati, Italy, 29 – 31 October 2007 (Poster and Abstract)

• Montzka, C., M. Canty, R. Kunkel, G. Menz and F. Wendland (2006): Der Versiegelungsgrad in der Wasserhaushaltsmodellierung mesoskaliger Flusseinzugsgebiete. In: U. Michel und K. Behncke (ed.): Veroeffentlichungen des AK Fernerkundung 2006, Institute for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing (IGF) of the University of Osnabrueck, gi-reports@igf 5, 68 - 77

• Montzka, C., M. Canty, R. Kunkel, G. Menz and F. Wendland (2006): Remotely sensed land cover and impervious surfaces applied in water balance modelling of a mesoscale catchment. Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Land Use and Land Cover, Bonn, 28 - 30 September 2006

• Montzka, C., M. Canty, P. Kreins, R. Kunkel and F. Wendland (2006): Implementing remote sensing data in matter flux modelling of mesoscale catchments – determination of nitrogen concentrations in the leachate. Proceedings of the 10th Int. Specialized Conference on Diffuse Pollution and Sustainable Basin Management, Istanbul, Turkey, 18 – 22 September 2006. CD-ROM

• Montzka, C., M. Canty, P. Kreins, R. Kunkel, G. Menz and F. Wendland (2006): The key role of multispectral remote sensing data in nitrogen flux modeling of mesoscale catchments. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2006, Wien, 2 – 7 April 2006 (Poster and Abstract)

• Montzka, C., H. Bogena, M. Canty, R. Kunkel and F. Wendland (2006): Combining agricultural economic and hydrological models with the aid of remote sensing data. In: André Marçal (ed.): Global Developments in Environmental Earth Observation from Space. Proceedings of the 25th EARSeL Symposium Porto, 6 - 11 June 2005, 299 - 304

• Bogena, H., R. Kunkel, C. Montzka and F. Wendland (2005): Uncertainties in the simulation of groundwater recharge at different scales. Advances in Geosciences 5, 25 - 30

• Kunkel R., H. Bogena, C. Montzka and F. Wendland (2005): Landcover dependent runoff modelling for large catchment areas with the GROWA model; concepts, validation and uncertainty analysis. Sustainable Management of Residues Emanating from Water and Wastewater Treatment, Johannesburg, South Africa, 9 - 12 August 2005: Proceedings of the International Conference. CD-ROM