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Peer-reviewed articles

1. Sattar, A., Cook, K. L., Rai, S. K., Berthier, E., Allen, S., Rinzin, S., Van Wyk de Vries, M., Haeberli, W., Kushwaha, P., Shugar, D. H., Emmer, A., Haritashya, U. K., Frey, H., Rao, P., Gurudin, K. S. K., Rai, P., Rajak, R., Hossain, F., Huggel, C., Mergili, M., Azam, Mohd. F., Gascoin, S., Carrivick, J. L., Bell, L. E., Ranjan, R. K., Rashid, I., Kulkarni, Anil. V., Petley, D., Schwanghart, W., Watson, C. S., Islam, N., Gupta, M. D., Lane, S. N., and Bhat, S. Y. (2025): The Sikkim flood of October 2023: Drivers, causes and impacts of a multihazard cascade, Science, 0, eads2659. [DOI: 10.1126/science.ads2659]
2. Gnann, S., Baldwin, J., Cuthbert, M., Gleeson, T., Schwanghart, W., Wagener, T. (2025): The influence of topography on the global terrestrial water cycle. Reviews of Geophysics, 63, 1, e2023RG000810. [DOI: 10.1029/2023RG000810]
3. Gailleton, B., Steer, P., Davy, P., Schwanghart, W., Bernard, T.G.A. (2024): GraphFlood 1.0: an efficient algorithm to approximate 2D hydrodynamics for landscape evolution models. Earth Surface Dynamics, 12, 1295–1313. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-12-1295-2024]
4. Issac, I., Goel, N. K., Schwanghart, W., Arora, M. (2024): Comprehensive analysis of hydrological and glacial dynamics in the Himalayas: addressing glacial lake outburst flood risks in hydropower development. Natural Hazards, [DOI: 10.1007/s11069-024-07042-w].
5. Schwanghart, W., Agarwal, A., Cook, K., Ozturk, U., Shukla, R., Fuchs, S. (2024): Preface: Estimating and predicting natural hazards and vulnerabilities in the Himalayan region. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24, 3291-3297. [DOI: 10.5194/nhess-24-3291-2024]
6. Mey, J., Kumar Guntu, R., *Plakias, A., *Silva de Almeida, I., Schwanghart, W. (2024): More than one landslide per road kilometer – surveying and modeling mass movements along the Rishikesh-Joshimath (NH-7) highway, Uttarakhand, India. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24, 3207–3223. [DOI: 10.5194/nhess-24-3207-2024]
7. Avcioglu, A., Antić, N., Kašanin-Grubin, M., Moreno de las Heras, M., Mohammed, A., Schwanghart, W., Yetemen, O., Tosti, T., Dojčinović, B., Görüm, T. (2024): How does climate seasonality influence weathering processes in badland landscapes? CATENA, 243, 108136. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2024.108136]
8. Vogel, S., Emmerich, K., Schröter, I., Bönecke, E., Schwanghart, W., Rühlmann, J., Kramer, E., Gebbers, R. (2024): The effect of soil moisture content and soil texture on fast in situ pH measurements with two types of robust ion-selective electrodes. SOIL, 10, 321–333. [DOI: 10.5194/soil-10-321-2024]
9. Fischer, M.L., Munz, P.M., Foerster, V., Schaebitz, F., Marwan, N., Schwanghart, W., Kaboth-Bahr, S., Trauth, M.H. (2024): Spatio-temporal variations of climate along possible African-Arabian routes of H. sapiens expansion. Quaternary Science Advances, 14, 100174. [DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100174]
10. de Boer, A.-M., Schwanghart, W., Mey, J., Adhikari, B. R., and Reimann, T. (2024): Insight into the dynamics of a long run-out mass movement using single-grain feldspar luminescence in the Pokhara valley, Nepal. Geochronology, 6, 53-70. [DOI: 10.5194/gchron-6-53-2024]
11. Mey, J., Schwanghart, W., de Boer, A.-M., Reimann, T. (2023): Differential bleaching of quartz and feldspar luminescence signals under high turbidity conditions. Geochronology, 5, 377–389. [DOI: 10.5194/gchron-5-377-2023]
12. Rohrmann, A., Kirby, E., Schwanghart, W., 2023: Accelerated Miocene incision along the Yangtze River driven by headward drainage basin expansion. Science Advances, 9, eadh163. [DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh1636] – In the news: phys.org
13. García-Delgado, H., Schwanghart, W., Hoke, G.K., Guerrero, B., Velandia, F., 2023: How erosional efficiency modulates landscape response to drainage reorganization: new empirical evidence from the Andes. Geomorphology, 440, 108893. [DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108893] [free download until Oct 25, 2023]
14. Pfau, M., Veh, G., Schwanghart, W., 2023: Cast shadows reveal changes in glacier thickness, The Cryosphere, 17, 3535–3551. [DOI: 10.5194/tc-17-3535-2023]
15. Horf, M., Bönecke, E., Gebbers, R., Kling, C., Kramer, E., Rühlmann, J., Schröter, I., Schwanghart, W., Vogel, S. 2022: Utility of visible and near‑infrared spectroscopy to predict base neutralizing capacity and lime requirement of quaternary soils. Precision Agriculture, [DOI: 10.1007/s11119-022-09945-9]
16. Smith, A.G.G., Fox, M., Schwanghart, W., Carter, A. 2022: Comparing methods for calculating channel steepness index. Earth-Science Reviews, 227, 103970. [DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.103970]
17. Yadav, A., Sen, S., Mao, L., Schwanghart, W. 2022: Evaluation of flow resistance equations for high gradient rivers using geometric standard deviation of bed material. Journal of Hydrology, 605, 127292. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127292]
18. Zhou, L., Liu, W., Chen, X., Wang, H., Hu, X., Li, X., Schwanghart, W., 2021. Relationship between dams, knickpoints and the longitudinal profile of the Upper Indus River. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. [DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.660996]
19. Ozturk, U., Saito, H., Matsushi, Y., Crisologo, I., Schwanghart, W., 2021. Can global rainfall estimates (satellite and reanalysis) aid landslide hindcasting? Landslides, 18, 3119-3133. [DOI: 10.1007/s10346-021-01689-3]
20. Shugar, D., Jacquemart, M., Shean, D., Bhushan, S., Upadhyay, K., Sattar, A., Schwanghart, W., McBride, S., Van Wyk de Vries, M., Mergili, M., Emmer, A., Deschamps-Berger, C., McDonnell, M., Bhambri, R., Allen, S., Berthier, E., Carrivick, J.L., Clague, J.J., Dokukin, M., Dunning, S.A., Frey, H., Gascoin, S., Haritashya, U.K., Azam, M.F., Cook, S.J., Dimri, A.P., Eriksson, M., Farinotti, D., Fiddes, J., Gnyawali, K.R., Harrison, S., Jha, M., Koppes, M., Kumar, A., Leinss, S., Majeed, U., Mal, S., Muhuri, A., Noetzli, J., Paul, F., Rashid, I., Sain, K., Steiner, J., Ugalde, F., Watson, C.S., Westoby, M.J., 2021. A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya. Science, 373, 300-306. [DOI: 10.1126/science.abh4455]
21. Bernhardt, A., Schwanghart, W., 2020. Where and Why Do Submarine Canyons Remain Connected to the Shore During Sea-level Rise? – Insights from Global Topographic Analysis and Bayesian Regression. Geophysical Research Letters, accepted. [ESSOAr DOI: 10.1002/essoar.10505620.1]
22. Schwanghart, W., Molkenthin, C., Scherler, D., 2021. A systematic approach and software for the analysis of point patterns on river networks. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, accepted. [DOI: 10.1002/esp.5127]
23. Schwanghart, W., Scherler, D., 2020. Divide mobility controls knickpoint migration on the Roan Plateau (Colorado, USA). Geology, 48 (7), 698–702. [DOI: 10.1130/G47054.1]
24. Scherler, D., Schwanghart, W., 2020. Drainage divide networks – Part 1: Identification and ordering in digital elevation models. Earth Surface Dynamics, 8, 245–259. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-8-245-2020]
25. Scherler, D., Schwanghart, W., 2020. Drainage divide networks – Part 2: Response to perturbations. Earth Surface Dynamics, 8, 261-274. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-8-261-2020]
26. Campforts, B., Vanacker, V., Herman, F., Vanmaerke, M., Schwanghart, W., Tenorio, G.E., Willems, P., Govers, G., 2020. Parameterization of river incision models requires accounting for environmental heterogeneity: insights from the tropical Andes. Earth Surface Dynamics, 8, 447–470. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-8-447-2020]
27. Greene, C.A., Thirumalai, K., Kearney, K.A., Delgado, J.M., Schwanghart, W., Wolfenbarger, N.S., Thyng, K.M., Gwyther, D.E., Gardner, A.S., Blankenship, D.D., 2019. The Climate Data Toolbox for MATLAB. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20, 3774-3781. [DOI: 10.1029/2019GC008392]
28. Stolle, A., Schwanghart, W., Andermann, C., Bernhardt, A., Fort, M., Jansen, J.D., Wittmann, H., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Adhikari, B.R., Korup, O., 2019. Protracted river response to medieval earthquakes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44, 331-341. [DOI: 10.1002/esp.4517]
29. Marrucci, M., Zeilinger, G., Ribolini, A., Schwanghart, W., 2018. Origin of knickpoints in an alpine context subject to different perturbing factors, Stura Valley, Maritime Alps (North-Western Italy). Geosciences, 8(12), 443. [DOI: 10.3390/geosciences8120443]
30. Schwanghart, W., Ryan, M., Korup, O., 2018. Topographic and seismic constraints on the vulnerability of Himalayan hydropower. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 8985-8992. [DOI: 10.1029/2018GL079173]
31. Skinner, C. J., Coulthard, T. J., Schwanghart, W., Van De Wiel, M. J., and Hancock, G. (2018): Global Sensitivity Analysis of Parameter Uncertainty in Landscape Evolution Models, Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 4873-4888. [DOI: 10.5194/gmd-11-4873-2018]
32. Stolle, A., Bernhardt, A., Schwanghart, W., Hoelzmann, P., Adhikari, B.R., Fort, M., Korup, O., 2017. Catastrophic valley fills record large Himalayan earthquakes, Pokhara, Nepal. Quaternary Science Reviews, 177, 88-103. [DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.10.015]
33. Schwanghart, W., Scherler, D., 2017. Bumps in river profiles: uncertainty assessment and smoothing using quantile regression techniques. Earth Surface Dynamics, 5, 821-839. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-5-821-2017]
34. Bernhardt, A., Schwanghart, W., Hebbeln, D., Stuut, J.-B., Strecker, M.R. (2017): Immediate propagation of deglacial environmental change to deep-marine turbidite systems along the Chile convergent margin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 473, 190–204. [DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.017].
35. Bricker, J.D., Schwanghart, W., Adhikari, B.R., Moriguchi, S., Roeber, V., Giri, S. (2017): Performance of models for flash flood warning and hazard assessment: the 2015 Kali Gandaki landslide breach in Nepal. Mountain Research and Development, 37, 5-15. [DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00043.1]
36. Campforts, B., Schwanghart, W., Govers, G. (2017): Accurate simulation of transient landscape evolution by eliminating numerical diffusion: the TTLEM 1.0 model. Earth Surface Dynamics, 5, 47-66. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-5-47-2017]
37. Malinowski, R., Groom, G., Heckrath, G., Schwanghart, W. (2017): Do remote sensing mapping practices adequately address localized flooding? – A critical overview. Springer Science Reviews, 5, 1-2, 1-17. [DOI: 10.1007/s40362-017-0043-8]
38. Rosenwinkel, S., Landgraf, A., Korup, O., Schwanghart, W., Volkmer, F., Dzhumabaeva, A., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Preusser, F. (2017). Late Pleistocene outburst floods from Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42, 10, 1535–1548. [DOI: 10.1002/esp.4109]
39. Schwanghart, W., Worni, R., Huggel, C., Stoffel, M., Korup, O. (2016): Uncertainty in the Himalayan energy-water nexus: estimating regional exposure to glacial lake outburst floods. Environmental Research Letters, 11, 074005. [DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074005]
40. Malinowski, R., Höfle, B., König, K., Groom, G., Schwanghart, W., Heckrath, G. (2016): Local-scale flood mapping on vegetated floodplains from radiometrically calibrated airborne LiDAR data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 119, 267-279 [DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.06.009].
41. Schwanghart, W., Bernhardt, A., Stolle, A., Hoelzmann, P., Adhikari, B.R., Andermann, C., Tofelde, S., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Fort, M., Korup, O. (2016): Repeated catastrophic valley infill following medieval earthquakes in the Nepal Himalaya. Science, 351, 147-150 [DOI: 10.1126/science.aac9865].
42. Philips, A., Walz, A., Bergner, A., Graeff, T., Heistermann, M., Kienzler, S., Korup, O., Lipp, T., Schwanghart, W., Zeilinger, G. (2015): Immersive 3D Geovisualisation in Higher Education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 39, 437-449. [DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2015.1066314]
43. Blöthe, J.H., Korup, O., Schwanghart, W. (2015): Large landslides lie low: Excess topography in the Himalaya-Karakorum ranges. Geology, 43, 523-526. [DOI: 10.1130/G36527.1]
44. Clason, C.C., Mair, D., Nienow, P., Bartholomew, I., Sole, A., Palmer, S., Schwanghart, W. (2015): Modelling the transfer of supraglacial meltwater to the bed of Leverett Glacier, southwest Greenland. The Cryosphere, 9, 123-138. [DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-123-2015]
45. Heckmann, T., Schwanghart, W., Phillips, J.D. (2015): Graph theory – recent developments of its application in geomorphology. Geomorphology, 243, 130-146. [DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.024]
46. Malinowski, R., Groom, G., Schwanghart, W., Heckrath, G. (2015): Detection and delineation of localised flooding from WorldView-2 multispectral data. Remote Sensing, 7(11), 14853-14875. [DOI: 10.3390/rs71114853]
47. Meyer, N.K., Schwanghart, W., Korup, O., Nadim, F. (2015): Roads at risk – traffic detours from debris flows in southern Norway. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 985-995. [DOI: 10.5194/nhess-15-985-2015]
48. Phillips, J.D., Schwanghart, W., Heckmann, T. (2015): Graph theory in the geosciences. Earth-Science Reviews, 143, 147–160. [DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.02.002]
49. Beck, J., Böller, M., Erhardt, A., Schwanghart, W. (2014): Spatial bias in the GBIF database and its effect on modelling species’ geographic distribution. Ecological Informatics, 19, 10-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2013.11.002]
50. Hunziker, M., Sigurdsson, B.D., Halldorsson, G., Schwanghart, W., Kuhn, N. (2014): Biomass allometries and coarse root biomass distribution of mountain birch in southern Iceland. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences, 27, 111-125. [pdf]
51. Meyer, N.K., Schwanghart, W., Korup, O., Romstad, B., Etzelmüller, B. (2013): Estimating the topographic predictability of debris flows. Geomorphology, 207, 114-125. [DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.10.030]
52. Schwanghart, W., Scherler, D. (2014): TopoToolbox 2 – MATLAB-based software for topographic analysis and modeling in Earth surface sciences. Earth Surface Dynamics, 2, 1-7. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-2-1-2014].
53. Beck, J., Holloway, J.D., Schwanghart, W. (2013): Undersampling and the measurement of beta diversity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 370-382. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12023]
54. Heckmann, T., Schwanghart, W. (2013): Geomorphic coupling and sediment connectivity in an alpine catchment – exploring sediment cascades using graph theory. Geomorphology, 182, 89-103. [DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.10.033]
55. Hikel, H., Yair, A., Schwanghart, W., Hoffmann, U., Straehl, S., Kuhn, N.J. (2013): Experimental investigation of soil ecohydrology on rocky desert slopes in the Negev Highlands, Israel. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Suppl. 57, 39-58. [DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2012/S-00116]
56. Schwanghart, W., Groom, G.B., Kuhn, N.J., Heckrath, G. (2013): Flow network derivation from a high resolution DEM in a low relief, agrarian landscape. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 38, 1576-1586. [DOI: 10.1002/esp.3452]
57. Yair, A., Bryan, R.B., Lavee, H., Schwanghart, W., Kuhn, N.J. (2013): The resilience of a badland area to climate change in an arid environment. CATENA, 106, 12-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.04.006]
58. Schwanghart, W., Heckmann, T. (2012): Fuzzy delineation of drainage basins through probabilistic interpretation of diverging flow algorithms. Environmental Modelling & Software, 33, 106-113. [DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.01.016]
59. Beck, J., Schwanghart, W., Khen, C. V., Holloway, J. D. (2011): Predicting geometrid moth diversity in the Heart of Borneo. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 4, 173-183. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00119.x]
60. Gartmann, A., Fister, W., Schwanghart, W., Müller, M. (2011): CFD modelling and validation of measured wind field data in a portable wind tunnel. Aeolian Research, 3, 315-325. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2011.07.002]
61. Klinger, R., Schwanghart, W., Schütt, B. (2011): Landscape classification using principal component analysis and fuzzy classification: Archaeological sites and their natural surroundings in Central Mongolia. Die Erde, 142(3), 213-233. [pdf]
62. Schwanghart, W., Jarmer, T. (2011): Linking spatial patterns of soil organic carbon to topography – a case study from south-eastern Spain. Geomorphology, 126, 252-263. [DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.11.008]
63. Beck, J., Schwanghart, W. (2010): Comparing measures of species diversity from incomplete inventories: an update. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 1, 38-44. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2009.00003.x]
64. Schwanghart, W., Kuhn, N. J. (2010): TopoToolbox: a set of Matlab functions for topographic analysis. Environmental Modelling & Software, 25, 770-781. [DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.12.002]
65. Kuhn, N. J., Hoffmann, T., Schwanghart, W., Dotterweich, M. (2009): Agricultural Soil Erosion and Global Carbon Cycle: Controversy over? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34, 1033-1038. [DOI: 10.1002/esp.1796]
66. Schwanghart, W., Frechen, M., Kuhn, N. J., Schütt, B. (2009): Holocene environmental changes in the Ugii Nuur basin, Mongolia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 279, 160-171. [DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.05.007]
67. Schwanghart, W., Beck, J., Kuhn, N. J. (2008): Measuring population densities in a heterogeneous world. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 17, 4, 566-568. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00390.x]
68. Schwanghart, W., Schütt, B. (2008): Meteorological causes of Harmattan dust in West Africa. Geomorphology, 95, 3-4, 412-428. [DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.07.002]
69. Schwanghart, W., Schütt, B. (2008): Holocene morphodynamics in the Ugii Nuur basin, Mongolia – insights from a sediment profile and 1D electrical resistivity tomography. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Suppl. 52, 2, 35-55. [DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2008/0052S2-0035]
70. Schwanghart, W., Schütt, B., Walther, M. (2008): Holocene climate evolution of the Ugii Nuur basin, Mongolia. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 25, 6, 986-998. [DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0986-4]

Book chapters

1. Andermann, C., Nepal, S., Wagnon, P. Veh., G., Maharjan, S.B., Azam M. F., Brun, F., Schwanghart, W. (2023): Glaciers and Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in the Himalaya. Himalaya, Dynamics of a Giant (3 Current Activity of the Himalayan Range), coordinated by Cattin, R. and Epard, J.-L., ISTE, Wiley, 57-93. [DOI: 10.1002/9781394228683.ch3]
2. Marc, O., Gnyawali, K., Schwanghart, W., Fort. M. (2023): Landsliding in the Himalaya: Causes and Consequences. Himalaya, Dynamics of a Giant (3 Current Activity of the Himalayan Range), coordinated by Cattin, R. and Epard, J.-L., ISTE, Wiley, 95-130. [DOI: 10.1002/9781394228683.ch4]
3. Bemmann, J., Pohl, E., Schütt, B., Schwanghart, W. (2010): Archeological findings in the Upper and Middle Orkhon Valley and their geographical setup. In: Mongolian-German Karakorum Expedition, Bemmann, J., Erdenebat, E., Pohl, E. (eds.), Forschungen zur Archäologie Aussereuropäischer Kulturen, Band 8, Bonn, 307-320. [Link]
4. Schwanghart, W., Schütt, B., Möller, S. (2010): Environmental characteristics of the Upper and Middle Orkhon Valley, Mongolia. In: Mongolian-German Karakorum Expedition, Bemmann, J., Erdenebat, E., Pohl, E. (eds.), Forschungen zur Archäologie Aussereuropäischer Kulturen, Band 8, Bonn, 14-26. [Link]