Jan-Christoph Otto

Dr. Jan-Christoph Otto
Postdoc
Dept. of Geography & Geology
University of Salzburg
Hellbrunnerstrasse 34
AT-5020 Salzburg
Austria


Phone: +43 (0)662 8044 5291
E-mail: jan-christoph.otto(at)sbg.ac.at
URL Institution: www.geomorphology.at/
Personal URL: link


Key Publications of Jan-Christoph Otto (up to ten) :
Otto, J.-C., Helfricht, K., Prasicek, G., Binder, D. & Keuschnig, M. (2021) Testing the performance of ice thickness models to estimate the formation of potential future glacial lakes in Austria. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 1– 19. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5266
Fleischer, F, Otto, J-C, Junker, RR, Hölbling, D. Evolution of debris cover on glaciers of the Eastern Alps, Austria, between 1996 and 2015. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms. 2021; 46: 1673– 1691. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5065
Haselberger, S, Ohler, L-M, Junker, RR, Otto, J-C, Glade, T, Kraushaar, S. Quantification of biogeomorphic interactions between small-scale sediment transport and primary vegetation succession on proglacial slopes of the Gepatschferner, Austria. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms. 2021; 46: 1941– 1952. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5136
Chandler, B.M.P., Lovell, H., Boston, C.M., Lukas, S., Barr, I.D., Benediktsson, Í.Ö., Benn, D.I., Clark, C.D., Darvill, C.M., Evans, D.J.A., Ewertowski, M.W., Loibl, D., Margold, M., Otto, J.-C., Roberts, D.H., Stokes, C.R., Storrar, R.D., Stroeven, A.P. (2018) Glacial geomorphological mapping: A review of approaches and frameworks for best practice. Earth-Science Reviews, 185, pp. 806-846. https://DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.07.015
Messenzehl K, Viles H, Otto J?C, Ewald A, Dikau R. Linking rock weathering, rockwall instability and rockfall supply on talus slopes in glaciated hanging valleys (Swiss Alps). Permafrost and Periglac Process. 2018;1–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1976
Buckel, J., Otto, J.C., Prasicek, G. and Keuschnig, M., 2018. Glacial lakes in Austria - Distribution and formation since the Little Ice Age. Global and Planetary Change, 164, 39-51. /10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.03.003
Otto, J.-C., Prasicek, G., Blöthe, J. and Schrott, L., 2017. GIS Applications in Geomorphology, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10029-6
Lothar Schrott, Jan-Christoph Otto, Felix Keller (2012): Modelling alpine permafrost distribution in the Hohe Tauern region, Austria. In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, 105/2, 169-183.
Otto, J.-C., Keuschnig, M., Götz, J., Marbach, M. and Schrott, L. (2012): Detection of mountain permafrost by combining high-resolution surface and subsurface information – An example from the Glatzbach catchment, Austrian Alps. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 94, 43-57. 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2012.00455.x
Otto, J.C., L. Schrott, M. Jaboyedoff & R, Dikau (2009): Quantifiying sediment storage in a high alpine valley (Turtmanntal, Switzerland). In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34, pp. 1726-1742.
Otto, J.C. & O. Sass (2006): Comparing geophysical methods for talus slope investigations in the Turtmann valley (Swiss Alps). Geomorphology, 76, 3-4, pp.257-272.



Expertise of Jan-Christoph Otto:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Expert Type
	Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic Cryosphere	Cryosphere
	Permafrost / Solifluction
Topic Pedosphere	Pedosphere
	Geology / Sediments
Topic Lithosphere	Lithosphere
	Morphodynamics
Time Scale	Time Scale
	Seasonal / Annual
	Decadal / Centennial
	Millenial
Methods	Method
	Data Collection - Measurement
	Data Analysis
	Literature Study
	Modeling
Mountain Research Initiative	MRI Research area
	Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount
	Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins
	Europe (including Eastern Europe)

Specialties of Jan-Christoph Otto:
Mountain Geomorphology, Permafrost, Glaciers, Lakes, Sediment transfer, geophysics, GIS

Last update: 11/28/22
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