- E-mailBenjamin.Robson@uib.no
- Visitor AddressDepartment of Geography, Fosswinckelsgate 6BergenRoom744
- Postal AddressPostboks 78025020 Bergen
My research is focused on using remote sensing datasets to understand glacial and periglacial landscapes and how they have been changing. I use a variety of remote sensing techniques including object-based image analysis (OBIA), photogrammetry and DEM comparison, structure from motion (SfM), LiDAR and time-series analysis. I'm active in research in the Nepali Himalayas, European Alps, Norwegian mainland, and the Tien Shan mountains. I am also an affiliated external member of the Mountain Cryosphere research group at the University of Zurich.
- 2018. Occurrence, evolution and ice content of ice‐debris complexes in the Ak‐Shiirak, Central Tien Shan revealed by geophysical and remotely‐sensed investigations. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 1-15. doi: 10.1002/esp.4487
- 2018. Erosional and depositional subglacial streamlining processes at Skálafellsjökull, Iceland: an analogue for a new bedform continuum model. GFF. 140: 153-169. doi: 10.1080/11035897.2018.1477830
- 2018. Spatial variability in patterns of glacier change across the Manaslu Range, Central Himalaya. Frontiers in Earth Science. 6. 19 pages. doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00012
- 2016. Decadal scale changes in Glacier area in the Hohe Tauern national park (Austria) determined by object-based image analysis. Remote Sensing. 8:67. 23 pages. doi: 10.3390/rs8010067
- 2015. Automated classification of debris-covered glaciers combining optical, SAR and topographic data in an object-based environment. Remote Sensing of Environment. 170: 372-387. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.10.001
- 2016. Quantification and Change Assessment of Debris-Covered Glaciers using Remote Sensing. Universitetet i Bergen.
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Select Conference presentations
Robson, B. A., Nuth, C., Dahl, S. O., Hendrickx, M., & Nielsen, P. R. (2015). Glacier Surface Lowering and Stagnation in the Manaslu Region of Nepal. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA
Robson, B.A., Pulwicki, A., Stearns, L., Hölbling, D., Koller M., Nielsen, P.R (2016) A Fully Automated, Multi-sensor Assessment of Terminus Position and Iceberg Density of Helheim Outlet Glacier. GSA Annual Meeting 2016, Denver, CO, USA.
Koller, M., Hölbling, D., Robson. B (2016). Quantifying and visualizing flood erosional processes using multi-temporal LIDAR data. GSA Annual Meeting 2016, Denver, CO, USA.
Select Publications
Robson, B. A., Nuth, C., Dahl, S. O., Hölbling, D., Strozzi, T., & Nielsen, P. R. (2015). Automated classification of debris-covered glaciers combining optical, SAR and topographic data in an object-based environment. Remote Sensing of Environment, 170, 372-387.
Robson, B.A.; Hölbling, D.; Nuth, C.; Strozzi, T.; Dahl, S.O. (2016) Decadal scale changes in glacier area in the Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria determined by Object-Based Image Analysis. Remote Sensing. doi:10.3390/rs8010067
Robson, B.A., Nuth, C., Nielsen, P.R., Girod, L., Hendrickx, M. and Dahl, S.O., 2018. Spatial Variability in Patterns of Glacier Change across the Manaslu Range, Central Himalaya. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, p.12.
Hart, J.K., Clayton, A.I., Martinez, K. and Robson, B.A., 2018. Erosional and depositional subglacial streamlining processes at Skálafellsjökull, Iceland: an analogue for a new bedform continuum model. GFF, pp.1-17.
Bolch, T., Rohrbach, N., Kutuzov, S., Robson, B.A. and Osmonov, A., Occurrence, evolution and ice content of ice‐debris complexes in the Ak‐Shiirak, Central Tien Shan revealed by geophysical and remotely‐sensed investigations. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
Robson, B. A.; Hölbling, D.; Vatle, S.; Nuth, C.; Andreassen, L.; Dahl, S.O. Towards automatic glacier mapping: A new glacier inventory of Norway using OBIA. (in progress)
Robson, B., Nuth, C., Girod, L., Andreassen, L. M. & Dahl, S. O. 2016. Use of a GoPro camera and acrobatic plane for high resolution glacier mapping of Nigardsbreen using Structure from Motion (SfM). 2nd Virtual Geoscience Conference, Bergen, Norway (21-23rd September 2016)
Hölbling, D., Koller, M., Albrecht, F., Robson, B. A., Eisank, C., & Weinke, E. (2016) Object-based time series analysis for landslide change detection using optical remote sensing imagery: Examples from Austria and Norway. 2nd Virtual Geoscience Conference, Bergen, Norway (21-23rd September 2016)
University of Wales, Aberystwyth (2007-2010) Geography, BSc
University of Bergen (2010-2012) Earth Science, MSc
University of Bergen (2012-2016) Physical Geography, PhD