Michael Avian

914 total citations
30 papers, 523 citations indexed

About

Michael Avian is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Avian has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 523 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Atmospheric Science, 16 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Michael Avian's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (23 papers), Climate change and permafrost (16 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (16 papers). Michael Avian is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (23 papers), Climate change and permafrost (16 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (16 papers). Michael Avian collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Michael Avian's co-authors include Andreas Kellerer‐Pirklbauer, Gerhard Karl Lieb, Matthias Schlögl, Barbara Widhalm, I. Roer, Reynald Delaloye, Andreas Kääb, Karl Krainer, Wilfried Haeberli and Jonathan L. Carrivick and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Remote Sensing and Geomorphology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Avian

28 papers receiving 495 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Avian Austria 13 377 252 67 67 55 30 523
Reinhard Fromm Austria 10 212 0.6× 141 0.6× 88 1.3× 35 0.5× 55 1.0× 22 303
Robert Kenner Switzerland 18 758 2.0× 580 2.3× 88 1.3× 28 0.4× 54 1.0× 33 899
María Gabriela Lenzano Argentina 11 238 0.6× 185 0.7× 63 0.9× 19 0.3× 33 0.6× 40 364
Rafael Caduff Switzerland 12 460 1.2× 324 1.3× 126 1.9× 298 4.4× 30 0.5× 32 669
Line Rouyet Norway 11 345 0.9× 264 1.0× 43 0.6× 85 1.3× 16 0.3× 18 431
N Short Canada 11 494 1.3× 152 0.6× 127 1.9× 234 3.5× 15 0.3× 22 639
Lingcao Huang Hong Kong 13 440 1.2× 195 0.8× 54 0.8× 29 0.4× 6 0.1× 28 602
Jordi Marturià Spain 8 245 0.6× 327 1.3× 118 1.8× 221 3.3× 22 0.4× 19 571
Thomas Zieher Austria 12 120 0.3× 210 0.8× 92 1.4× 35 0.5× 63 1.1× 34 350
Markus Keuschnig Austria 10 314 0.8× 212 0.8× 40 0.6× 14 0.2× 29 0.5× 35 402

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Avian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Avian

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All Works

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Schneider‐Muntau, Barbara, et al.. (2025). The critical role of fracture propagation in the evolution of extensive, structurally preconditioned rockslides. Engineering Geology. 358. 108359–108359.
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Wagner, Thomas, Karl Krainer, Michael Avian, et al.. (2023). The role of thermokarst evolution in debris flow initiation (Hüttekar Rock Glacier, Austrian Alps). Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 23(7). 2547–2568. 3 indexed citations
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Avian, Michael, et al.. (2022). Comparability of multi‐temporal DTMs derived from different LiDAR platforms: Error sources and uncertainties in the application of geomorphic impact studies. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48(6). 1152–1175. 3 indexed citations
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Kellerer‐Pirklbauer, Andreas, et al.. (2021). Buoyant calving and ice-contact lake evolution at Pasterze Glacier (Austria) in the period 1998–2019. ˜The œcryosphere. 15(3). 1237–1258. 13 indexed citations
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Wagner, Thomas, Kay Helfricht, Andrea Fischer, et al.. (2021). Assessment of liquid and solid water storage in rock glaciers versus glacier ice in the Austrian Alps. The Science of The Total Environment. 800. 149593–149593. 46 indexed citations
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Avian, Michael, Christian Bauer, Matthias Schlögl, et al.. (2020). The Status of Earth Observation Techniques in Monitoring High Mountain Environments at the Example of Pasterze Glacier, Austria: Data, Methods, Accuracies, Processes, and Scales. Remote Sensing. 12(8). 1251–1251. 14 indexed citations
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Kellerer‐Pirklbauer, Andreas, et al.. (2019). Rapid supraglacial-lake to proglacial-lake transition in a sediment-rich environment (Pasterze Glacier, Austria). EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 17765. 1 indexed citations
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Schlögl, Matthias, Gerald Richter, Michael Avian, et al.. (2019). On the nexus between landslide susceptibility and transport infrastructure – an agent-based approach. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 19(1). 201–219. 40 indexed citations
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Wujanz, Daniel, et al.. (2018). Identification of stable areas in unreferenced laser scans for automated geomorphometric monitoring. Earth Surface Dynamics. 6(2). 303–317. 21 indexed citations
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Schlögl, Matthias, Michael Avian, Gerald Richter, et al.. (2018). On the nexus between landslide susceptibility and transport infrastructure – agent-based vulnerability assessment of rural road networks in the Eastern European Alps. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 3 indexed citations
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Kellerer‐Pirklbauer, Andreas, Viktor Kaufmann, Michael Avian, & Gerhard Karl Lieb. (2017). One decade of comprehensive permafrost monitoring in Austria by the Graz Permafrost Monitoring Network: A status report. 1 indexed citations
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Kellerer‐Pirklbauer, Andreas, et al.. (2016). A national strategy for a long-term monitoring of permafrost and periglacial processes and their relationship to natural hazard prevention in Austria. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Avian, Michael & Andreas Kellerer‐Pirklbauer. (2012). Modelling of potential permafrost distribution during the Younger Dryas, the Little Ice Age and at present in the Reisseck Mountains, Hohe Tauern Range, Austria__. 105(2). 140–153. 7 indexed citations
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Kellerer‐Pirklbauer, Andreas, Gerhard Karl Lieb, Michael Avian, & Jonathan L. Carrivick. (2012). Climate change and rock fall events in high mountain areas: numerous and extensive rock falls in 2007 at mittlerer burgstall, central austria. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography. 94(1). 59–78. 33 indexed citations
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Lieb, Gerhard Karl, et al.. (2009). Climatic trends at high mountains sites of central Austria during the period 1961-2006. 8064.
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Delaloye, Reynald, Michael Avian, Xavier Bodín, et al.. (2008). Recent interannual variations of rock glacier creep in the European Alps. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 59 indexed citations
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Roer, I., et al.. (2008). Observations and considerations on destabilizing active rock glaciers in the European Alps. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 1505–1510. 65 indexed citations
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Avian, Michael, et al.. (2008). Remote Sensing Data for Monitoring Periglacial Processes in Permafrost Areas: Terrestrial Laser Scanning at the Rock glacier Hinteres Langtalkar, Austria. 77–82. 1 indexed citations
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Kellerer‐Pirklbauer, Andreas, Michael Avian, & Gerhard Karl Lieb. (2006). Supraglacial till on Pasterze Glacier, Austria: spatial distribution, characteristics and significance on change of height. 2024–7006. 1 indexed citations

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