DGFI-TUM - 2026

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Collins C.O. III, Amador A., Babanin A., Behrens J., Benetazzo A., Bergamasco F., Blenkinsopp C., Bonneton P., Breivik Ø., Christensen K.H., Colosi L., Ewans K., Gemmrich J., Glover H., Grare L., Grigorieva V., Gulev S., Hauser D., Hole L.R., Hope G., Houghton I., Hsu J.-Y., Laxague N.J.M., Lenain L., Lund B., O'Dea A., Pistellato M., Magnusson A.K., Martins K., Matsuba Y., McAllister M., Merrifield S., Müller M., Passaro M., Rabault J., Roarty H., Skvortsov A., Smit P., Smith M.M., Tamura H., Terrill E., Tilinina N., Timmermans B., Thomson J., Voermans J., Wengrove M., Wyatt L.R., Yoo J., Young I., Zappa C.J., Zhang D.: Measuring Ocean Surface Waves. Reviews of Geophysics, 64(3), 10.1029/2025rg000888, 2026

Dangendorf S., Oelsmann J., Mitrovica J., Törnqvist T., Piecuch C., Creel R. Coronel W., Thompson P., Ebinger C., Wahl T.: Variable contributions of vertical land motion to sea-level change inferred at tide gauges. Nature Geoscience, 10.1038/s41561-026-02005-1, 2026 (Open Access)

Dettmering D., Schwatke C.: Assessment of Ionospheric Delay Corrections: Insights from Jason-3 and Sentinel-6A Tandem Phases. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 64(4109409), 4109409-4109409, 10.1109/tgrs.2026.3708009, 2026 (Open Access)

Gerzen T., Minkwitz D.: Simultaneous multiplicative column-normalized method with time propagation (4DSMART+) for 4D tomography of topside ionosphere and plasmasphere in comparison with NeQuick and SMART+. Advances in Space Research, 10.1016/j.asr.2025.12.113, 2026 (Open Access)

Gruber T., Angermann D., Sánchez L.: Definition of Essential Geodetic Variables (EGV): Contribution of Geodesy to Earth Observation, White Paper, Version 7.. Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS), 10.5281/zenodo.18313946, 2026

(Open Access)

Halicki M., Niedzielski T., Schwatke C.: Forecasting River Water Levels At Virtual Stations of Altimetry Satellites. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 1-17, 10.1109/jstars.2026.3681863, 2026 (Open Access)

Halicki M., Niedzielski T., Schwatke C., Scherer D., Dettmering D.: Daily river water levels from multi-mission altimetry: A reach-based regression method using the unique SWOT data geometry. Journal of Hydrology, 135367, 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.135367, 2026 (Open Access)

Han X., Zhang G., Crétaux J-F., Wang J., Schwatke C., Peng M., Wang X., Shum C.K., Woolway R.I., Ke Y., Wang Y., Zhou T., Xu F.: SWOT performance in monitoring water level of high-mountain lakes on the Tibetan Plateau. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 148, 105236, 10.1016/j.jag.2026.105236, 2026 (Open Access)

Hart-Davis M., Monahan T., Vos K., Andersen O.: Beach scale tidal variations observed from satellite-derived shoreline time series. Communications Earth & Environment, 7(1), 10.1038/s43247-026-03943-9, 2026 (Open Access)

Hart-Davis M., Scherer D., Schwatke C., Sawyer A., Pavelsky T., Ray R., Matte P., Dettmering D., Seitz F.: Observing the tidal pulse of rivers from wide-swath satellite altimetry. Nature, 10.1038/s41586-026-10287-z, 2026 (Open Access)

Hart-Davis M., Sulzbach R., Talke S.A., Haigh I.D., Marcos M., Woodworth P., Ray R., Andersen O.B., Lyard F., Fouchet E., Dettmering D., Thomas M., Seitz F.: Tide of the Time: Global tidal characteristics observed from in-situ measurements. Ocean Science, 22(3), 1681--1709, 10.5194/os-22-1681-2026, 2026 (Open Access)

Leclercq L., Oelsmann J., Cazenave A., Passaro M., Jevrejeva S., Connors S., Legeais J.-F., Birol F., Abarca-del-Rio R.: Abrupt trend change in global mean sea level and its components in the early 2010s. Communications Earth & Environment, 7(1), 10.1038/s43247-025-03149-5, 2026 (Open Access)

Lehmann N., Aybar C., Shah A., Passaro M., Bamber J., Zhu X.: OceanTACO: a multi-sensor global ocean sea surface state dataset. Earth System Science Data, 18(9), 6815-6840, 10.5194/essd-18-6815-2026, 2026

Liebisch T., Cubel K., Schnatz H., ... Sánchez L., Schäfer V., Schaefer W., ... Zopf M.: The QTF Backbone: proposal for a nationwide optical fibre backbone in Germany for quantum technology and time and frequency metrology. The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 235(14), 3353-3387, 10.1140/epjs/s11734-026-02451-3, 2026 (Open Access)

Müller F. L., Dettmering D., Seitz F.: First arctic-wide assessment of SWOT swath altimetry with ICESat-2 over sea ice. The Cryosphere, 20(1), 397-409, 10.5194/tc-20-397-2026, 2026 (Open Access)

Oelsmann J., Nicholls R., Lincke D., Marcos M., Shirzaei M., Sánchez L., Ohenhen L., Dettmering D., Hinkel J., Horton B., Seitz F.: Subsidence more than doubles sea-level rise today along densely populated coasts. Nature Communications, 17, 10.1038/s41467-026-72293-z, 2026

(Open Access)

Passaro M., Dodet G., Ardhuin F., Cipollini P.: WHALES: An enhanced retracker for satellite radar altimeter delay-only waveforms in sea state applications. Remote Sensing of Environment, 342, 115482, 10.1016/j.rse.2026.115482, 2026

Reinhold A., Glaser S., Neumayer K. H., Klug J., Seitz M.: First Results on Simulation Studies for Innovative Combination Strategies Utilizing Novel Clock Technologies. In: (Eds.), International Association of Geodesy Symposia, 10.1007/1345_2026_355, 2026

Rudenko S., Dettmering D., Lemoine J.-M., Bloßfeld M., Zeitlhöfler J.: Impact of Earth’s mean time-variable gravity field models on precise orbits of altimetry satellites. Surveys in Geophysics, 10.1007/s10712-026-09942-x, 2026 (Open Access)

Rudenko S., Moreaux G., Susnik A., Reinhold A., Glaser S., Ampatzidis D., Klemm L., Thaller D., Seitz M., Bloßfeld M.: Benchmarks for assessment of different Terrestrial Reference System realizations: Insights of the IAG-IERS Joint Working Group 1.2.4. In: (Eds.), International Association of Geodesy Symposia, 10.1007/1345_2026_417, 2026

Sánchez L., Riddell A., Angermann D., Sehnal M., Gruber T., Rodríguez J., Gross R., Lidberg M., Craddock A., Miyahara B., Vergos G., Tocho C.: Strategic Goals of the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS). International Association of Geodesy Symposia Series, Geodesy for a Changing Environment: Proceedings of the 2025 IAG Scientific Assembly , 10.1007/1345_2026_312, 2026

(Open Access)

Schreiter L., Brack A., Männel B., Schuh H.: Ionospheric reconstruction from LEO-GNSS, LEO-PNT, and ground-GNSS using an information-filter. Advances in Space Research, 77(6), 7240-7256, 10.1016/j.asr.2026.01.078, 2026 (Open Access)

Seitz M., Bloßfeld M., Glomsda M., Angermann D., Rudenko S., Zeitlhöfler J., Seitz F.: DTRF2020: The ITRS 2020 realization of DGFI-TUM. Journal of Geodesy, 100(15), 10.1007/s00190-026-02032-1, 2026 (Open Access)

Tarpanelli A., Massari C., Revilla-Romero B., Tourian M. J., Saemian P., Elmi O., Scherer D., Pedinotti V., Kittel C., Benveniste J., Bauer-Gottwein P., Ciabatta L., Chewning C., Barbetta S., Filippucci P., Cantoni È., Dettmering D., Andersson J., Gal L., Gustafsson D., Hundecha Y., Larnicol G., Larnier K., Nielsen K., Paris A., Sadki M., Schwatke C., Tamagnone P., Vrettou A., Douch K., Volden E., Schumann G.: The Potential of EO Data for Enhanced Flood Monitoring and Forecasting: A Consortium Assessment. Surveys in Geophysics, 10.1007/s10712-026-09935-w, 2026 (Open Access)

Wermuth M., Montenbruck O., Abgrall M., Allard E., Bize S., Cacciapuoti L., Clairon A., Crescence P., Delva P., Diener W. A., Eckl J., Enzer D., Esnault F.-X., Fuijeda M., Gibble K., Goujon D., Guerlin C., Helm A., Ichikawa R., Jetzer P., Kehrer J., Kodet J., Lachaud R., Laurent P., Leger B., Le Poncin-Lafitte C., Lilley M., Lorini L., Lours M., Marz S., Massonet D., McKelvy J., Niedermeier T., Pataraia S., Patla B., Peignier T., Peik E., Perri A., Pittet J., Plumaris M., Prochazka I., Roze J., Salomon C., Santarelli G., Savalle E., Schlicht A., Schreiber U., Schwatke C., Sekido M., Thulliez E., Tjoelker R., Vollmair P., Wang Q., Weinberg S., Wolf P., Yu N.: Precise Orbit Determination of the ISS in the frame of ACES. 2026 12th Workshop on Satellite Navigation Technologies (NAVITEC), 1-9, 10.1109/navitec202669090.2026.11692547, 2026

Zeitlhöfler J., Bloßfeld M., Rudenko S., Baumgartner M.: DGFI-TUM Associate Analysis Center. In: Soudarin L. and Manfredi C. (Eds.) (Eds.), IDS Activity report 2025, 10.24400/312072/i02-2026.001, 2026

Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Florian Seitz

Technische Universität München
Arcisstraße 21
80333 München