Laboratory for
Climatology and Remote Sensing

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Secretariat Prof. Dr. Jörg Bendix
Philipps-University of Marburg
Faculty of Geography
Laboratory for Climatology and Remote Sensing
Deutschhausstr. 12
35032 Marburg

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Publications and poster presentations:

• 2017
• Andersen, H. (2017): A quantitative, satellite-based analysis of aerosol effects on liquid-water clouds Ruhr-Universität Bochum, phd thesis
• 2015
• Trachte, K.; Bissolli, P.; Kennedy, J.; Parker, D.; Trigo, R. & Barriopedro, D. (2015): Regional climates. Europe and the Middle East [in "State of the Climate in 2014"]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 96(7), S193-200.
• 2014
• Obregon, A.; Gehrig-Downie, C.; Gradstein, S.R. & Bendix, J. (2014): The potential distribution of tropical lowland cloud forest as revealed by a novel MODIS-based fog/low stratus night-time detection scheme.. Remote Sensing of Environment 155, 312–324.
• Träger-Chatterjee, C.; Müller, R.W. & Bendix, J. (2014): Analysis and discussion of atmospheric precursor of European heat summers. Advances in Meteorology 2014, 427916.
• Trachte, K.; Obregon, A.; Bissolli, P.; Kennedy, J.; Parker, D.; Trigo, R. & Barriopedro, D. (2014): Regional climates. Europe and the Middle East [in "State of the Climate in 2013"]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 95(7), S181-193.
• Li, Y.; Zhang, S.; Thies, B.; Trachte, K. & Bendix, J. (2014): Spatio-temporal detection of fog / low stratus top height over the geostationary satellite data as a precondition for ground fog detection – a feasibility study. Atmospheric Research 151, 212-223.
• 2013
• Roos, K.; Bendix, J.; Curatola Fernández, G.F.; Gawlik, J.; Gerique, A.; Hamer, U.; Hildebrandt, P.; Knoke, T.; Meyer, H.; Pohle, P.; Potthast, K.; Thies, B.; Tischer, A. & Beck, E. (2013): Current provisioning services: Pasture development and use, weeds (Bracken) and management. Ecological Studies 221, 205-218.
• Gehrig-Downie, C.; Obregon, A.; Bendix, J. & Gradstein, S.R. (2013): Diversity and vertical distribution of epiphytic liverworts in lowland rain forest and lowland cloud forest of French Guiana. Journal of Bryology 35, 243-254.
• Günter, S.; Calvas, B.; Lotz, T.; Bendix, J. & Mosandl, R. (2013): Knowledge transfer for conservation and sustainable management of natural resources – a case study from southern Ecuador. Ecological Studies 221, 395-410.
• Träger-Chatterjee, C.; Müller, R.W. & Bendix, J. (2013): Analysis of extreme summers and prior late winter/spring conditions in central Europe.. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 13, 1243-1257.
• Beck, E.; Bendix, J.; Silva, B.; Rollenbeck, R.; Lehnert, L.; Hamer, U.; Potthast, K.; Tischer, A. & Roos, K. (2013): Future Provisioning Services: Repasturisation of abandoned pastures, problems and pasture management. Ecological Studies 221, 355-372.
• Pohle, P.; López Sandoval, M.F.; Beck, E. & Bendix, J. (2013): The role of biodiversity research for the local scientific community. Ecological Studies 221, 411-428.
• Richter, M.; Beck, E. & Bendix, J. (2013): The study area. Ecological Studies 221, 3-18.
• Beck, E. & Bendix, J. (2013): Towards a sustainable Land Use portfolio. Ecological Studies 221, 355-372.
• Bendix, J.; Dislich, C.; Huth, A.; Huwe, B.; Ließ, M.; Schröder, B.; Thies, B.; Vorpahl, P.; Wagemann, J. & Wilcke, W. (2013): Natural landslides which impact current Regulating Services: Environmental preconditions and modelling. Ecological Studies 221, 153-170.
• 2012
• Bach, K.; Schäfer, D.; Enke, N.; Seeger, B.; Gemeinholzer, B. & Bendix, J. (2012): A comparative evaluation of technical solutions for long-term datarepositories in integrative biodiversity research. Ecological Informatics 11, 16-24.
• Trachte, K.; Obregon, A.; Bissolli, P.; Kennedy, J.; Parker, D.; Trigo, R. & Barriopedro, D. (2012): Regional climates. Europe and the Middle East [in “State of the Climate in 2011"].. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 93(7), S186-199.
• Enke, N.; Thessen, A.; Bach, K.; Bendix, J.; Seeger, B. & Gemeinholzer, B. (2012): The User’s view on biodiversity data sharing - investigating facts of acceptance and requirements to realize a sustainable use of research data. Ecological Informatics 11, 25-33.
• Gerstner, A.O.; Laffers, W.; Bootz, F.; Farkas, D.L.; Martin, R.; Bendix, J. & Thies, B. (2012): Hyperspectral imaging of mucosal surfaces in patients. Journal of Biophotonics 5(3), 255-262.
• Lakatos, M.; Obregon, A.; Büdel, B. & Bendix, J. (2012): Midday dew - An overlooked factor enhancing photosynthetic activity of corticolous epiphytes in a wet tropical rain forest. New Phytologist 194, 245-253.
• Gehrig-Downie, C.; Marquardt, J.; Obregon, A.; Bendix, J. & Gradstein, S.R. (2012): Diversity and vertical distribution of filmy ferns as a tool for identifying the novel forest type “Tropical Lowland Cloud Forest”. Ecotropica 18, 35-44.
• 2011
• Bendix, A. & Bendix, J. (2011): Reichweite und wirtschaftliche Folgen des El Niño-Phänomens. In: Lozán, J.L., Graßl, H., Karbe, L. & Reise, K. (eds.): Warnsignal Klima? Die Meere ( ), Verlag Wiss. Auswertungen, Hamburg, 271-276.
• Göttlicher, D.; Albert, J.; Nauss, T. & Bendix, J. (2011): Optical properties of selected plants from a tropical mountain ecosystem. - Traits for Plant Functional Types to parametrize a land surface model. Ecological Modelling 222, 493-502.
• Bendix, A. & Bendix, J. (2011): Trends und Prognosen des Klimawandels auf ökozonaler Ebene: der Mediterranraum am Beispiel Malta. Passauer Kontaktstudien Geographie 11, 79-89.
• 2010
• Träger-Chatterjee, C.; Müller, R.W.; Trentmann, J. & Bendix, J. (2010): Evaluation of ER-40 and ERA-interim re-analysis incoming surface shortwave radiation datasets with mesoscale remote sensing data. Meteorologische Zeitschrift 19(6), 631-640.
• Merk, C.; Cermak, J. & Bendix, J. (2010): Retrivals of optical and microphysical cloud properties from Meteosat SEVIRI Data at night - A feasibility study based on radiative transfer calculations. Remote Sensing Letters 2, 357-366.
• Andruleit, H.; Bach, W.; Balzer, D.; Bau, M.; Becker, H.; Bendix, J.; Bens, O.; Bill, R.; Bismayer, U.; von Blanckenburg, F.; Blotevogel, H.; Boetius, A.; Bork, H.; Bosbach, D.; Bräuer, V.; Brückner, H.; Buchholz, P.; Bunge, P.; Cermak, J.; Chakraborty, S.; Christensen, U.; Clauser, C.; Claußen, M.; Cubasch, M.; Delisle, G.; Deutsch, A.; Diepenbroek, M.; Dikau, R.; Dingwell, D.; Dott, W.; Dresen, G.; Dürr, S.; Elsner, H.; Emmermann, R.; Erbacher, J.; Flurly, J.; Franke, W.; Franz, G.; Freiwald, A.; Friederich, W.; Friedrich, A.; Frost, D.; Gaupp, R.; Gebhardt, H.; Gerling, P.; Gestermann, N.; Gleixner, G.; Grathwohl, P.; Günther, A.; Handy, M.; Hartmann, J.; Heinrich, W.; Hemmer, I.; Hennings, V.; Hezel, D.; Hinderer, M.; Horsfield, B.; Huch, M.; Hüser, K.; Hüttl, R.; Isenbeck-Schröter, M.; Keppler, H.; Kiessling, W.; Kind, R.; Kolditz, O.; Kothe, E.; Kraas, F.; Kudrass, H.; Kuhn, D.; Kühn, M.; Kümpel, H.; Langenhorst, F.; Leiss, B.; Leythäuser, D.; Littke, R.; Maronde, D.; Maccammon, C.; Megerle, H.; Mezger, K.; Mosbrugger, V.; Mulch, A.; Münker, C.; Ochmann, N.; Oncken, O.; Otto, K.; Palme, H.; Peckmann, J.; Pollock, K.; Di Primio, R.; Radtke, U.; Ranke, U.; Reichert, C.; Röhling, S.; Rust, J.; Samuel, H.; Scheck-Wenderoth, M.; Scherbaum, F.; Schmidt, U.; Schmidt-Thome, M.; Schulz, M.; Schütt, B.; Schwalb, A.; Schwarz-Schampera, U.; Sester, M.; Spohn, T.; Steinbach, V.; Steininger, F.; Steinle-Neumann, G.; Stöckhert, B.; Stöffler, D.; Strecker, M.; Thiede, J.; Tischner, T.; Trumbull, R.; Ulbrich, U.; Vasters, J.; Vereecken, H.; Wagner, M.; Weber, M.; Wefer, G.; Wellmer, F.; Welte, D.; Wenzel, F.; Westphal, H.; Wiesmüller, G.; Wippermann, T.; Woith, H.; Wörner, G. & Zschau, J. 2010: Dynamische Erde - Zukunftsaufgaben der Geowissenschaften : Strategieschrift, Senatskommission für geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsforschung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft. (DFG).
• 2009
• Cermak, J.; Eastman, R.M.; Bendix, J. & Warren, S.G. (2009): European climatology of fog and low stratus based on geostationary satellite observations. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 135(645), 2125-2130.
• Cermak, J. & Bendix, J., Automated Fog Detection Using Meteosat 8 Data( Proceedings Climatology Session, 30th Congress of the International Geographical Union, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2009).
• Bendix, J. & Beck, E. (2009): Spatial aspects of ecosystem research in a biodiversity hot spot of southern Ecuador - an introduction. Erdkunde 63, 305-308.
• 2008
• Sklenar, P.; Bendix, J. & Balslev, H. (2008): Cloud frequency correlates to plant species composition in the high Andes of Ecuador. Basic and Applied Ecology 9, 504-513.
• Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Göttlicher, D.; Nauss, T. & Fabian, P. (2008): Seasonality and diurnal pattern of very low clouds in a deeply incised valley of the eastern tropical Andes (South Ecuador) as observed by a costeffective WebCam system. Meteorological Applications 15(2), 281-291.
• Cermak, J. & Bendix, J. (2008): A Novel Approach to Fog/Low Stratus Detection Using Meteosat 8 Data. Atmospheric Research 87(3-4), 279-292.
• Cermak, J.; Bendix, J. & Dobbermann, M. (2008): FMet - An Integrated Framework for Meteosat Data Processing for Operational Scientific Applications. Computers & Geosciences 34, 1638–1644.
• Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Richter, M.; Fabian, P. & Emck, P. (2008): Climate. Ecological Studies 198, 63-73.
• Jacobs, W.; Nietosvaara, V.; Bendix, J.; Cermak, J.; Bott, A. & Michaelides, S. (2008): Overall conclusions. In: JACOBS, W., NIETOSVAARA, V., BOTT, A., BENDIX, J., CERMAK, J., MICHAELIDES, S. & GULTEPE, I. (eds.): EUR22978 – Cost Action 722 – Earth system science andenvironmental management – short range forecast ( ), COST office, Luxembourg, 442-451.
• Cermak, J. & Bendix, J. (2008): Inventory of suitable indirect profiling methods. In: JACOBS, W., NIETOSVAARA, V., BOTT, A., BENDIX, J., CERMAK, J., MICHAELIDES, S. & GULTEPE, I. (eds.): EUR22978 – Cost Action 722 – Earth system science andenvironmental management – short range forecast ( ), COST office, Luxembourg, 125 - 126.
• Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Fabian, P.; Emck, P.; Richter, M. & Beck, E. (2008): Climate variability. Ecological Studies 198, 280-291.
• Cermak, J. & Bendix, J. (2008): Overview of activities of the working group on initial data. In: JACOBS, W., NIETOSVAARA, V., BOTT, A., BENDIX, J., CERMAK, J., MICHAELIDES, S. & GULTEPE, I. (eds.): EUR22978– Cost Action 722 – Earth system science and environmental management –short range forecast ( ), COST office, Luxembourg, 35 – 40.
• Beck, E.; Bendix, J.; Kottke, I.; Makeschin, F. & Mosandl, R. 2008: Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem of Ecuador.: Ecological Studies 198 (Springer).
• Beck, E.; Makeschin, F.; Haubrich, F.; Richter, M.; Bendix, J. & Valerezo, C. (2008): The ecosystem (Reserva Biologica San Francisco). Ecological Studies 198, 1-13.
• Cermak, J. & Bendix, J. (2008): Satellite climatology of fog and low stratus & retrieval of fog and fog properties. In: JACOBS, W., NIETOSVAARA, V., BOTT, A., BENDIX, J., CERMAK, J., MICHAELIDES, S. & GULTEPE, I. (eds.): EUR22978 – Cost Action 722 – Earth system science andenvironmental management – short range forecast ( ), COST office, Luxembourg, 349 -351.
• Beck, E.; Kottke, I.; Bendix, J.; Makeschin, F. & Mosandl, R. (2008): Gradients in a tropical mountain ecosystem – a synthesis. Ecological Studies 198, 467-479.
• Cermak, J. & Bendix, J. (2008): Satellite climatology of fog and low stratus & retrieval of fog and fog properties. In: JACOBS, W., NIETOSVAARA, V., BOTT, A., BENDIX, J., CERMAK, J., MICHAELIDES, S. & GULTEPE, I. (eds.): EUR22978– Cost Action 722 – Earth system science and environmental management –short range forecasti ( ), COST office, Luxembourg, 55 – 62.
• Jacobs, W.; Nietosvaara, V.; Bott, A.; Bendix, J.; Cermak, J.; Michaelides, S. & Gultepe, I. 2008: EUR 22978 – Cost Action 722 – Earth system science and environmental management – short range forecasting methods of fog, visibility and low cloud. (COST office, Luxembourg).
• 2007
• Cermak, J. & Bendix, J. (2007): Dynamical nighttime fog/low stratus detection based on Meteosat SEVIRI data: A feasibility study. Pure and Applied Geophysics 164(6), 1179-1192.
• Früh, B.; Bendix, J.; Nauss, T.; Paulat, M.; Pfeiffer, A.; Schipper, J.W.; Thies, B. & Wernli, H. (2007): Verification of precipitation from regional climate simulations and remote-sensing observations with respect to ground-based observations in the upper Danube catchment. Meteorologische Zeitschrift 16(3), 275-293.
• Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Nauss, T.; Göttlicher, D. & Fabian, P., Fog in a tropical mountain rain forest ecosystem of southern Ecuador(Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew, La Serena (Chile), 2007), pp. 407-410.
• Gultepe, I.; Tardif, R.; Michaelides, S.; Cermak, J.; Bott, A.; Bendix, J.; Müller, M.; Pagowski, M.; Hansen, B.; Ellrod, G.; Jacobs, W.; Toth, G. & Cober, S. (2007): Fog Research: A review of past achievements and future perspectives. Pure and Applied Geophysics 164, 1121-1159.
• Reudenbach, C.; Nauss, T. & Bendix, J. (2007): Retrieving precipitation with GOES, Meteosat and Terra/MSG at the tropics and midlatitudes. In: Levizzani, V., P. Bauer & F. J. Turk (eds.): Measuring precipitation form space. Advances in Global Change Research ( 28), Springer, 509-519.
• Cermak, J. & Bendix, J., Fog/low stratus detetction and discrimination using satellite data(COST Office, Brussels, 2007), pp. 50-58.
• Nauss, T. & Bendix, J. (2007): Extreme Witterungsereignisse – Tornados, Hurrikans, Stürme. In: Felgentreff, C. & Glade, T. (eds.): Naturrisiken und Sozialkatastrophen ( ), Spektrum-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, 181-186.
• Cermak, J. & Bendix, J., Ground fog detection with Meteosat Second Generation SEVIRI data(Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew, La Serena (Chile), 2007), pp. 97-99.
• 2006
• Bendix, J.; Thies, B.; Nauss, T. & Cermak, J. (2006): A feasibility study of daytime fog and low stratus detection with TERRA/AQUA-MODIS over land. Meteorological Applications 13(2), 111-125.
• Bendix, J.; Homeier, J.; Cueva Ortiz, E.; Emck, P.; Breckle, S.; Richter, M. & Beck, E. (2006): Seasonality of weather and tree phenology in tropical evergreen mountain rain forest. International Journal of Biometeorology 50, 370-384.
• Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R. & Reudenbach, C. (2006): Diurnal patterns of rainfall in a tropical Andean valley of southern Ecuador as seen by a vertically pointing K-band Doppler Radar. International Journal of Climatology 25, 829-846.
• Bendix, A. & Bendix, J. (2006): Heavy rainfall episodes in Ecuador during El Nino events and associated regional atmospheric circulation and SST patterns. Advances in Geosciences 6, 43-49 .
• Bendix, A. & Bendix, J. (2006): El Nino - Ein Dauerbrenner. In: Glaser, R. & Kremb, K. (eds.): Planet Erde - Nord- und Südamerika ( ), WBG, Darmstadt, 176-185.
• Cueva Ortiz, E.; Homeier, J.; Breckle, S.; Bendix, J.; Emck, P.; Richter, M. & Beck, E. (2006): Seasonality in an evergreen tropicalmountain rainforest in southern Ecuador. Ecotropica 12, 69-85.
• Cermak, J. & Bendix, J., Fog/Low Stratus Discrimination Using MSG SEVIRI Data(Proceedings of the 2005 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Dubrovnik, 2006).
• Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Göttlicher, D. & Cermak, J. (2006): Cloud occurence and cloud properties in Ecuador. Climate Research 30, 133-147.
• Cermak, J.; Schneebeli, M.; Nowak, D.; Vuilleumier, L. & Bendix, J. (2006): Characterization of low clouds with satellite and ground-based remote sensing systems. Meteorologische Zeitschrift 15, 65-72.
• 2005
• Bendix, J.; Thies, B.; Cermak, J. & Nauss, T. (2005): Ground fog detection scheme from space based on MODIS daytime data - a feasibilty study. Weather and Forecasting 20, 989-1005.
• Cermak, J.; Bendix, J. & Nauss, T., Retrieval of fog and fog properties from Meteosat 8 data – first results(ESA SP-582, 2005), pp. 79-83.
• Schweitzer, C.; Rücker, G.; Conrad, C.; Strunz, G. & Bendix, J. (2005): Knowledge-based land use classification combining expert knowledge, GIS, multi-temporal Landsat 7 ETM+ and MODIS time series data in Khorezem, Uzbekistan. Göttinger Geographische Abhandlungen 113, 116-123.
• Nauss, T.; Kokhanovsky, A.; Nakajima, T.; Reudenbach, C. & Bendix, J. (2005): The intercomparison of selected cloud retrieval algorithms. Atmospheric Research 78, 46-78.
• Cermak, J. & Bendix, J., Satellite-based nowcasting of fog and low stratus(CD Digest 5.06, 2005), pp. 4pp.
• Bendix, J.; Bott, A.; Trautmann, T. & Jacobs, W. (2005): German report: Forecasting methods for fog and low clouds in Germany. In: JACOBS W. et al. (eds.): Short-range forecasting methods of fog, visibility and low clouds ( ), COST office Luxembourg, 74-80.
• 2004
• Bendix, J.; Cermak, J. & Thies, B., New perspectives in remote sensing of fog and low stratus – TERRA/AQUA-MODIS and MSG(2004), pp. G2, 1-4.
• Bendix, J.; Fabian, P. & Rollenbeck, R., Gradients of fog and rain in a tropical montane cloud forest of southern Ecuador and its chemical composition(2004), pp. H7, 1-4.
• Bendix, J. 2004: Geländeklimatologie. (Studienbücher der Geographie).
• Bendix, J.; Thies, B. & Cermak, J., Fog detection with TERRA-MODIS and MSG-SEVIRI(EUMETSAT, 2004), pp. 429-435.
• Bendix, J. & Bachmann, M. (2004): Nebelklima der Schweiz. In: Hurni (eds.): Atlas der Schweiz, interaktiv (DVD) ( ), Bundesamt für Landestopographie, Wabern CH.
• Nauss, T.; Reudenbach, C. & Bendix, J. (2004): Precipitation retrieval for the severe European summer flooding 2002 using Meteosat and TERRA MODIS data. Geophysical Research Abstracts 6, 07782.
• Nauss, T.; Wagner, M. & Bendix, J., Operational retrieval of microphysical properties for day- and night-time MSG/MODIS data(EUMETSAT, 2004), pp. 281-285.
• Bendix, J. (2004): Extremereignisse und Klimavariabilität in den Anden von Ecuador und Peru. Geographische Rundschau 56, 10-16.
• Lauer, W. & Bendix, J. 2004: Klimatologie. (Das Geographische Seminar).
• Göttlicher, D. & Bendix, J. (2004): Eine modulare Multi-User Datenbank für eine ökologische Forschergruppe mit heterogenem Datenbestand. Zeitschrift der Agrarinformatik 4(12), 95-103.
• Nauss, T.; Reudenbach, C.; Cermak, J. & Bendix, J., Operational Identification and Visualisation of Cloud Processes for General Aviation Using Multispectral Data(2004), pp. 169 - 172.
• 2003
• Reudenbach, C. & Bendix, J., Satellite based rainfall retrieval with Meteosat, GOES and MSG in the Mid-Latitudes and the Tropics(EUM P34, EUMETSAT, Madrid, 2003), pp. 135-144.
• Lauer, W.; Rafiqpoor, M.D. & Bendix, J. 2003: Vergleichende Geoökologie der Hochgebirge der nördlichen (Mexiko) und südlichen (Bolivien) Randtropen sowie der inneren Tropen (Ecuador).: Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse 1 (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz).
• 2002
• Nauss, T.; Reudenbach, C. & Bendix, J. (2002): Retrieval of convective precipitation in the Danube collection area by means of Meteosat Second Genertion (MSG) and Meteosat, Issue 46. GLOWA-Status Report 2002.
• 2001
• Bendix, J., A fog climatology of Germany and the Alpine region based on AVHRR data(2001), pp. 414-419.
• Bendix, J., A 10-years fog climatology of Germany and the Alpine region based on satellite data - preliminary results(2001), pp. 357-360.
• Bendix, J. (2001): 48 Stichworte zur Klimageographie (z.B. Nebel, Niederschlag). In: BRUNOTTE, E. et al. (eds.): Lexikon der Geographie ( Band II), Spektrum Verlag, Heidelberg u. Berlin.
• Bendix, J. (2001): 23 Stichworte zur Klimageographie. In: BRUNOTTE, E. et al. (eds.): Lexikon der Geographie ( Band I), Spektrum Verlag, Heidelberg u. Berlin.
• 1998
• Bendix, J. 1998: Ein neuer Methodenverbund zur Erfassung der klimatologisch-lufthygienischen Situation in NRW. Untersuchungen mit Hilfe boden- und satellitengestützter Fernerkundung und numerischer Modellierung. 98 (Bonner Geographische Abhandlungen).
• 1993
• Bendix, J. 1993: Wettersatelliten im Unterricht. Buchmanuskript für den Orbit-Verlag. (Orbit-Verlag, Bonn).