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Dr. Guido Grosse

Research Assistant Professor

Permafrost Laboratory
Geophysical Institute
University of Alaska Fairbanks
903 Koyukuk Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA

Phone:(+1)-907-474-7548
Fax: (+1)-907-474-7290
Email: ffgg1@uaf.edu

 

 

Research Interests
Causes, impacts and feedbacks of permafrost degradation; remote sensing of periglacial landscapes; spatial analysis of periglacial geomorphology; permafrost and palaeo-environmental reconstruction; Martian permafrost

Current projects

Previous research

Successful proposals for remote sensing data acquisitions

2007-2009 European Space Agency Remote Sensing Baseline for Long-term Monitoring of the Arctic Circumpolar Coastal Observatory Network (ACCO-Net)
2007-2009 European Space Agency Characterizing Lena Delta Morphology using ALOS satellite data (LEDAM)
2007 Alaska Satellite Facility Investigation of Arctic permafrost degradation using ALOS satellite data (IAPED)

Recent Publications

  • Ulrich M, Grosse G, Schirrmeister L, Chabrillat S (2009): Spectral characterization of periglacial surfaces and geomorphological units in the Arctic Lena Delta using field spectrometry and remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment, 113: 1220-1235. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2009.02.009
  • Schneider J, Grosse G, Wagner D (2009): Land cover classification of tundra environments in the Arctic Lena Delta based on Landsat 7 ETM+ data and its application for upscaling of methane emissions. Remote Sensing of Environment, 113: 380-391. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.10.013
  • Edwards M, Walter K, Grosse G, Plug L, Slater L, Valdes P (2009): Arctic thermokarst lakes and the carbon cycle. PAGES News, 17(1): 16-18.
  • Andreev AA, Grosse G, Schirrmeister L, Kuznetsova TV, Kuzmina SA, Bobrov AA, Tarasov PE, Novenko EYu, Meyer H, Derevyagin AYu, Kienast F, Bryantseva A, Kunitsky VV (2009): Weichselian and Holocene palaeoenvironmental history of the Bol'shoy Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Archipelago, Arctic Siberia. Boreas, 38(1): 72-110. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00039.x
  • Schirrmeister L, Grosse G, Kunitsky V, Magens D, Meyer H, Derivyagin A, Kuznetsova T, Andreev A, Kienast F, Grigoriev M, Preusser F (2008): Periglacial landscape evolution and environmental changes of Arctic lowland areas during the Late Quaternary (Western Laptev Sea coast, Cape Mamontov Klyk). Polar Research, 27: 249-272. doi:10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00067.x
  • Grosse G, Romanovsky V, Walter K, Morgenstern A, Lantuit H, Zimov S (2008): Distribution of Thermokarst Lakes and Ponds at Three Yedoma Sites in Siberia. In: 'Ninth International Conference on Permafrost', Kane DL & Hinkel KM (eds), Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, pp. 551-556.
  • Schirrmeister L, Grosse G, Kunitsky V, Magens D, Meyer H, Derivyagin A, Kuznetsova T, Andreev A, Kienast F, Grigoriev M, Preusser F (2008): Periglacial landscape evolution and environmental changes of Arctic lowland areas during the Late Quaternary (Western Laptev Sea coast, Cape Mamontov Klyk). Polar Research, 27(2): 249 - 272.
  • Walter KM, Edwards M, Grosse G, Chapin III FS, Zimov SA (2007): Thermokarst lakes as a source of atmospheric CH4 during the last deglaciation. Science, 318: 633-636.
  • Morgenstern A, Hauber E, Reiss D, van Gasselt S, Grosse G, Schirrmeister L (2007): Deposition and degradation of a volatile-rich layer in Utopia Planitia, and implications for climate history on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets 112, E06010. (pdf 0.7 MB)
  • Grosse G, Schirrmeister L, Siegert Ch, Kunitsky VV, Slagoda EA, Andreev AA, Dereviagyn AYu (2007): Geological and geomorphological evolution of a sedimentary periglacial landscape in Northeast Siberia during the Late Quaternary. Geomorphology, 86(1-2): 25-51. (pdf 4.1 MB)
  • Grosse G, Schirrmeister L, Malthus TJ (2006): Application of Landsat-7 satellite data and a DEM for the quantification of thermokarst-affected terrain types in the periglacial Lena-Anabar coastal lowland, Polar Research, 25(1): 51-67. (pdf 0.9 MB)
  • Grosse G, Schirrmeister L, Kunitsky VV, Hubberten H-W (2005): The use of CORONA images in remote sensing of periglacial geomorphology: An illustration from the NE-Siberian coast. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 16: 163-172. (pdf 6.8 MB)

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Appointments

2009-present Research Assistant Professor (Remote Sensing / GIS / Permafrost), UAF
2006-2009 IPY Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow (Remote Sensing / GIS / Geocryology / Paleoenvironment), UAF
2006 Postdoctoral Fellow (Remote Sensing), UAF
2001-2006 Research Assistant (Paleoenvironment/Stratigraphy/Remote Sensing/GIS), AWI for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Germany
2004 Visiting Scientist (Remote Sensing), University of Edinburgh, UK
2001 Visiting Scientist (Geocryology/Paleoenvironment), Permafrost Institute Yakutsk, Russia
1999-2001 Student Assistant (Geochronology/Sedimentology), Technical University Freiberg, Germany
1998 Student Internship (Oil & Gas Prodcution Division), INA Oil Industries Inc., Zagreb, Croatia

Education

2005 AWI for Polar and Marine Research, Germany; Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) - Geology (Thesis: Characterisation and evolution of Late Quaternary periglacial landscapes in Northern Siberia - Remote sensing and GIS studies)
2001 Technical University Freiberg, Germany; Diploma (MSc) - Stratigraphy/Economic Geology
1997 Technical University Freiberg, Germany; Pre-Diploma (BSc) -Geology/Paleontology

Professional Memberships
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
United States Permafrost Association (USPA)
Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN)
Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)

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