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Irena Hajnsek publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Irena Hajnsek sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 580 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Irena Hajnsek D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Irena Hajnsek sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Irena Hajnsek is a researcher affiliated with the German Aerospace Center in Germany. Their work predominantly spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in several specialized subfields including Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics in Hajnsek's research focus on Cryospheric studies and observations, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques, Climate change and permafrost, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Landslides and related hazards, and Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques.

Hajnsek has contributed extensively to various scientific venues, with frequent publications in the following outlets:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
  • The Cryosphere
  • IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

Recent notable publications include:

  • "TanDEM-X: 10 Years of Formation Flying Bistatic SAR Interferometry" (2021), published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Mapping Retrogressive Thaw Slumps Using Single-Pass TanDEM-X Observations" (2020), published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Assessing volumetric change distributions and scaling relations of retrogressive thaw slumps across the Arctic" (2022), published in The Cryosphere
  • "Modeling and Compensation of the Penetration Bias in InSAR DEMs of Ice Sheets at Different Frequencies" (2020), published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Polarimetric SAR Time Series Change Analysis Over Agricultural Areas" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Collaborations have been a significant part of Hajnsek's career, with frequent co-authors including Paolo Gamba, D Kunkee, Lorenzo Bruzzone, John P. Kerekes, and William J. Emery.

In addition to articles, Hajnsek has authored a book titled Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar published by Springer Nature (Netherlands) in 2021.

Best Publications

  • A tutorial on synthetic aperture radar

    A. Moreira;P. Prats-Iraola;M. Younis;G. Krieger

  • TanDEM-X: A Satellite Formation for High-Resolution SAR Interferometry

    G. Krieger;A. Moreira;H. Fiedler;I. Hajnsek

  • Inversion of surface parameters from polarimetric SAR

    I. Hajnsek;E. Pottier;S.R. Cloude

  • A Network of Terrestrial Environmental Observatories in Germany

    Steffen Zacharias;Heye Bogena;Luis Samaniego;Matthias Mauder

  • Tandem-L: A Highly Innovative Bistatic SAR Mission for Global Observation of Dynamic Processes on the Earth's Surface

    Alberto Moreira;Gerhard Krieger;Irena Hajnsek;Konstantinos Papathanassiou

  • Very-High-Resolution Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging: Signal Processing and Applications

    A. Reigber;R. Scheiber;M. Jager;Pau Prats-Iraola

  • Potential of Estimating Soil Moisture Under Vegetation Cover by Means of PolSAR

    I. Hajnsek;T. Jagdhuber;H. Schon;K.P. Papathanassiou

  • TanDEM-X: A satellite formation for high-resolution SAR interferometry

    G. Krieger;H. Fiedler;M. Zink;I. Hajnsek

  • 2011 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS)

    Helmut Rott;Donald W. Cline;Claude Duguay;Richard Essery

  • Tropical-Forest-Parameter Estimation by Means of Pol-InSAR: The INDREX-II Campaign

    I. Hajnsek;F. Kugler;Seung-Kuk Lee;K.P. Papathanassiou

  • TanDEM-X Pol-InSAR Performance for Forest Height Estimation

    Florian Kugler;Daniel Schulze;Irena Hajnsek;Hans Pretzsch

  • Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Missions Employing Formation Flying

    Gerhard Krieger;Irena Hajnsek;Konstantinos Panagiotis Papathanassiou;Marwan Younis

  • TanDEM-X: a TerraSAR-X add-on satellite for single-pass SAR interferometry

    A. Moreira;G. Krieger;I. Hajnsek;D. Hounam

  • TanDEM-X: A radar interferometer with two formation-flying satellites

    Gerhard Krieger;Manfred Zink;Markus Bachmann;Benjamin Bräutigam

  • TanDEM-X: The New Global DEM Takes Shape

    Manfred Zink;Markus Bachmann;Benjamin Brautigam;Thomas Fritz

  • Forest Height Estimation by Means of Pol-InSAR Data Inversion: The Role of the Vertical Wavenumber

    Florian Kugler;Seung-Kuk Lee;Irena Hajnsek;Konstantinos P. Papathanassiou

  • Snow Water Equivalent of Dry Snow Measured by Differential Interferometry

    Silvan Leinss;Andreas Wiesmann;Juha Lemmetyinen;Irena Hajnsek

  • Polarimetric and interferometric characterization of coherent scatterers in urban areas

    R.Z. Schneider;K.P. Papathanassiou;I. Hajnsek;A. Moreira

  • First Results of Rice Monitoring Practices in Spain by Means of Time Series of TerraSAR-X Dual-Pol Images

    J M Lopez-Sanchez;J D Ballester-Berman;I Hajnsek

  • Surge dynamics and lake outbursts of Kyagar Glacier, Karakoram

    Vanessa Round;Vanessa Round;Silvan Leinss;Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;Christoph Haemmig

  • Snow Height Determination by Polarimetric Phase Differences in X-Band SAR Data

    Silvan Leinss;Giuseppe Parrella;Irena Hajnsek

  • TanDEM-X: A Satellite Formation for High Resolution Radar Interferometry

    Alberto Moreira;Gerhard Krieger;Hauke Fiedler;Irena Hajnsek

Frequent Co-Authors

Konstantinos Papathanassiou
Konstantinos Papathanassiou German Aerospace Center
Alberto Moreira
Alberto Moreira German Aerospace Center
Gerhard Krieger
Gerhard Krieger German Aerospace Center
Marwan Younis
Marwan Younis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Michael Eineder
Michael Eineder German Aerospace Center
Andreas Reigber
Andreas Reigber German Aerospace Center
Helmut Rott
Helmut Rott University of Innsbruck
Pau Prats
Pau Prats German Aerospace Center
Jong-Sen Lee
Jong-Sen Lee United States Naval Research Laboratory
Carsten Montzka
Carsten Montzka Forschungszentrum Jülich

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