DGFI-TUM - Müller, Felix

Felix Müller, Dr.-Ing.

Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut und
Lehrstuhl für Geodätische Geodynamik (Prof. Seitz)

Postadresse
Arcisstr. 21
80333 München

Tel.: +49 (89) 289-23758
felix-lucian.mueller@tum.de

Research Area

Satellite Altimetry, Physical Oceanography, Polar Seas

Academic Career

01/2021, PhD in Geodesy at the Technische Universität München (Dr.-Ing.)
04/2018 - 05/2018, Visiting scientist at Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
since 07/2015, Research associate at DGFI-TUM
10/2012 - 03/2015, Master of Science in Geodesy and Geoinformation at TUM (M.Sc.)
10/2009 - 09/2012, Bachelor of Science in Geodesy and Geoinformation at TUM (B.Sc.)

Functions/Memberships

Centre National d`Etudes Spatiales (CNES) / National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

SWOT Science Team, Member (since 2024)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Polarforschung (DGP)

AK Polargeodäsie und Glaziologie , Member (since 2022)

International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Team

Extension and Improvement of the Mean Sea Level Estimation in the Arctic Regions Using Space Altimetry Data, Member (2017)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Geodesy and Geoinformation, Academic Program Coordination and Study Advice (since 2022)

Publications

2024

Dettmering D., Schwatke C., Müller F. L.: The Impact of Different Geophysical Corrections on Altimetry-Derived Sea Level Rise Estimates - Wet Troposphere. In: (Eds.), International Association of Geodesy Symposia, 10.1007/1345_2024_262, 2024

2023

Müller F. L., Paul S., Hendricks S., Dettmering D.: Monitoring Arctic thin ice: a comparison between CryoSat-2 SAR altimetry data and MODIS thermal-infrared imagery. The Cryosphere, 17(2), 809-825, 10.5194/tc-17-809-2023, 2023 (Open Access)

Schwatke C., Dettmering D., Passaro M., Hart-Davis M.G., Scherer D., Müller F.L., Bosch W., Seitz F.: OpenADB: DGFI‐TUM's Open Altimeter Database. Geoscience Data Journal, 10.1002/gdj3.233, 2023 (Open Access)

2022

Passaro M., Rautiainen L., Dettmering D., Restano M., Hart-Davis M.G., Schlembach F., Särkkä J., Müller F. L., Schwatke C., Benveniste J.: Validation of an Empirical Subwaveform Retracking Strategy for SAR Altimetry. Remote Sensing, 14(16), 4122, 10.3390/rs14164122, 2022 (Open Access)

2021

Dettmering D., Müller F. L., Oelsmann J., Passaro M., Schwatke C., Restano M., Benveniste J., Seitz F.: North SEAL: a new dataset of sea level changes in the North Sea from satellite altimetry. Earth System Science Data, 13(8), 3733-3753, 10.5194/essd-13-3733-2021, 2021

(Open Access)

Müller F. L., Oelsmann J., Dettmering D., Passaro M., Schwatke C., Restano M., Benveniste J., Seitz F.: North SEAL: Gridded Sea Level Anomalies and Trends for the North Sea from Multi-Mission Satellite Altimetry (data). Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut, München. SEANOE, 10.17882/79673, 2021 (Open Access)

Müller F. L.: Improved polar geostrophic surface currents from satellite altimetry. Dissertation, Technische Universität München und Reihe C der Deutschen Geodätischen Kommission, ISBN 978-3-7696-5278-9, 2021

Passaro M., Müller F.L., Oelsmann J., Rautiainen L., Dettmering D., Hart-Davis M.G., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O.B., Høyer J., Madsen K., Ringgaard I., Särkkä J., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Tuomi L., Restano M., Benveniste J.: Absolute Baltic Sea Level Trends in the Satellite Altimetry Era: A Revisit. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 10.3389/fmars.2021.647607, 2021

(Open Access)

2019

Müller F. L., Dettmering D., Wekerle C., Schwatke C., Bosch W., Seitz F.: Geostrophic Currents in the northern Nordic Seas - A Combined Dataset of Multi-Mission Satellite Altimetry and Ocean Modeling (data). Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut, München , 10.1594/PANGAEA.900691, 2019

(Open Access)

Müller F. L., Dettmering D., Wekerle C., Schwatke C., Passaro M., Bosch W., Seitz F.: Geostrophic currents in the northern Nordic Seas from a combination of multi-mission satellite altimetry and ocean modeling. Earth System Science Data, 11(4), 1765-1781, 10.5194/essd-11-1765-2019, 2019

(Open Access)

Müller F. L., Wekerle C., Dettmering D., Passaro M., Bosch W., Seitz F.: Dynamic ocean topography of the northern Nordic seas: a comparison between satellite altimetry and ocean modeling. The Cryosphere, 13, 611–626, 10.5194/tc-13-611-2019, 2019

(Open Access)

Quartly G. D., Rinne E., Passaro M., Andersen O. B., Dinardo S., Fleury S., Guillot A., Hendricks S., Kurekin A., Müller F. L., Ricker R., Skourup H., Tsamados M.: Retrieving Sea Level and Freeboard in the Arctic: A Review of Current Radar Altimetry Methodologies and Future Perspectives. Remote Sensing, 11(7), 881, 10.3390/rs11070881, 2019

(Open Access)

2018

Dettmering D., Wynne A., Müller F.L., Passaro M., Seitz F.: Lead Detection in Polar Oceans—A Comparison of Different Classification Methods for Cryosat-2 SAR Data. Remote Sensing, 10(8), 1190, 10.3390/rs10081190, 2018 (Open Access)

2017

Müller F.L., Dettmering D., Bosch W., Seitz F.: Monitoring the Arctic Seas: How Satellite Altimetry Can Be Used to Detect Open Water in Sea-Ice Regions. Remote Sensing, 9(6), 551, 10.3390/rs9060551, 2017

(Open Access)

Passaro M., Müller F., Dettmering D.: Lead Detection using Cryosat-2 Delay-Doppler Processing and Sentinel-1 SAR images. Advances in Space Research, 10.1016/j.asr.2017.07.011, 2017

2016

Göttl F., Dettmering D., Müller F.L., Schwatke C.: Lake level estimation based on CryoSat-2 SAR altimetry and multi-looked waveform classification. Remote Sensing, 8(11), 885, 10.3390/rs8110885, 2016

(Open Access)

Müller F., Passaro M., Dettmering D., Bosch W.: Sea ice leads and polynya detection using multi-mission altimetry in the Greenland Sea. In: Ouwehand L. (Ed.) Proceedings of the Living Planet Symposium 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, ESA SP-740, 2016

Posters/Presentations

2024

Müller F. L., Dettmering D., Seitz F.: Open water classification with CryoSat-2, ICESat-2, and other altimetry missions. Cryo2ice Symposium 2024, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2024

Müller F. L., Dettmering D., Seitz F.: SMAPS - SWOT for Marine Applications in the Polar Seas. 2024 Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Science Team Meeting, Jun. 17-21, 2024, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 2024 (Poster)

Müller F. L., Pisareva M., Hart-Davis M., Dettmering D., Schwatke C., Passaro M., Seitz F.: Improving the representation of the Arctic sea level, ocean currents, and tides using multi-mission satellite altimetry. 29. Internationale Polartagung 2024, Rauris, Austria, 2024

Pisareva M. N., Müller F. L., Dettmering D., Seitz F., Passaro M., Schwatke C.: Chukchi and Beaufort Seas circulation in 2013-2023 from satellite radar altimetry. 2024 European Polar Science Week, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2024 (Poster)

Schwatke C., Dettmering D., Passaro M., Hart-Davis M., Scherer D., Müller F.L., Bosch W., Seitz F.: OpenADB: DGFI-TUM's Open Altimeter Database. 30 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry Symposium, ESA, Montpellier, France, 2024

Schwatke C., Dettmering D., Passaro M., Hart-Davis M., Scherer D., Müller F.L., Bosch W., Seitz F.: OpenADB: DGFI-TUM's Open Altimeter Database. FGS-Workshop 2024, Forschungsgruppe Satellitengeodäsie, 2024 (Poster)

2023

Müller F. L., Paul S., Hendricks S., Dettmering D. : Observing Arctic Thin Ice: A comparison between Cryosat-2 altimetry data and thermal imagery from MODIS. 28th IUGG General Assembly, Berlin, Germany, 2023

Müller F. L., Pisareva M., Hart-Davis M., Dettmering D., Schwatke C., Passaro M., Seitz F. : Towards an improved representation of Arctic sea level, ocean currents and tidal modelling using multi-mission satellite altimetry. The Nansen Legacy Symposium “Towards the new Arctic Ocean – Past, Present, Future”, Tromsø, Norway, 2023

Pisareva M.N., Müller F.L., Seitz F., Dettmering D., Schwatke C.: Circulation in the Chukchi Sea from a long-term dataset of satellite radar altimetry. 28th IUGG General Assembly, Berlin, Germany, 2023

2022

González-Haro C., Passaro M., Müller F. L., Oelsmann J., González-Gambau V., Olmedo E., García-Espriu A., Turiel A., Fernández Prieto D., Sabia R., Restano M., Benveniste J.: Exploring synergies between remote sensing products developed under the framework of ESA Baltic+ initiative: Sea Surface Salinity and Sea Level. ESA Living Planet Symposium 2022, Bonn, Germany, 2022 (Poster)

Müller F. L., Paul S., Dettmering D., Hendricks S.: A comparison between Cryosat-2 radar altimetry and MODIS imagery for monitoring thin ice in the Laptev Sea. 28. Internationale Polartagung 2022, Potsdam, Germany, 2022

Müller F. L., Paul S., Dettmering D., Hendricks S.: Monitoring Arctic thin ice: A comparison between Cryosat-2 SAR altimetry data and MODIS thermal-infrared imagery. ESA Living Planet Symposium 2022, Bonn, Germany, ESA, Bonn, 2022 (Poster)

Passaro M., Müller F., Abulaitijang A., Andersen O.B., Chalencon E., Dettmering D., Hart-Davis M., Hoyer J.L., Oelsmann J., Ruatiainen L., Ringgaard I.M., Särkkä J., Scarrot R., Schwatke C., Skovgaard Madsen K., Tuomi L., Restano M., Benvenist J.: Baltic SEAL: new insights into the mean and variability of the sea level in the Satellite Altimetry era. OSTST Meeting 2022, Venice (Italy), 2022 (Poster)

Passaro M., Müller F.L., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O.B., Chalençon E., Dettmering D., Hart-Davis M., Høyer J.L., Oelsmann J., Rautiainen L., Ringgaard I.M., Särkkä J., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Skovgaard Madsen K., Tuomi L., Restano M., Benveniste J.: Baltic SEAL: new insights into the mean and variability of the sea level in the Satellite Altimetry era. ESA Living Planet Symposium 2022, ESA, Bonn (Germany), 2022 (Poster)

Veng T., Müller F. L., Dettmering D., Seitz F., Andersen O.: Detecting Arctic sea ice openings with Cryosat-2 InSAR observations as a basis for improved ocean surface circulation monitoring . ESA Living Planet Symposium 2022, Bonn, Germany, 2022 (Poster)

2021

Oelsmann J., Passaro M., Müller F.L., Dettmering D., Hart-Davis M.G., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O.B., Chalençon E., Høyer J.L., Johansson M., Rautiainen L., Ringgaard I.M., Rinne E., Särkkä J., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Skovgaard Madsen K., Tuomi L., Ambrozio A., Restano M., Benveniste J.: Absolute Baltic Sea Level Trends in the Satellite Altimetry Era: A Revisit. EGU General Assembly 2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-2649, 2021

Passaro M., Müller F.L., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O. B., Dettmering D., Høyer J., Johansson M., Oelsmann J., Rautiainen L., Ringgaard I., Rinne E., Särkkä J., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Skovgaard Madsen K., Tuomi L., Ambrozio A., Restano M., Benveniste J.: Baltic SEAL: New regional sea level product offers opportunities to clarify basin sea level budgets. HYDROSPACE-GEOGloWS 2021 'Inland Water Storage and Runoff: Modeling, In Situ Data and Remote Sensing', online, 2021 (Poster)

Passaro M., Müller F.L., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O.B., Chalençon E., Dettmering D., Hart-Davis M.G., Høyer J.L., Oelsmann J., Rautiainen L., Ringgaard I.M., Särkkä J., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Madsen K.S., Tuomi L., Restano M., Benveniste J.: Baltic SEAL: new insights into the mean and variability of the sea level in the Satellite Altimetry era. 1st Workshop of Inter-Commission Committee on Geodesy for Climate Research (ICCC) of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), Online, 2021 (Poster)

Passaro M., Müller F.L., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O.B., Chalençon E., Dettmering D., Hart-Davis M.G., Høyer J.L., Oelsmann J., Rautiainen L., Ringgaard I.M., Särkkä J., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Madsen K.S., Tuomi L., Restano M., Benveniste J.: Baltic SEAL: new insights into the mean and variability of the sea level in the Satellite Altimetry era. 1st ESA Ocean Science Cluster Collocation Meeting, European Space Agency, online, 2021

Passaro M., Rautiainen L., Müller F.L., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O.B., Dettmering D., Høyer J.L., Madsen K.S., Oelsmann J., Ringgard I.M., Särkkä J., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Tuomi L., Restano M., Benveniste J.: Baltic SEAL: assessment and perspectives of Ku and Ka band sea level retrieval with and without sea ice coverage. DUAL-CRYO ESA Workshop, online, 2021

2020

Müller F. L., Dettmering D., Passaro M., Seitz F.: Improving our knowledge on Arctic Ocean currents by combining enhanced satellite altimetry and numerical ocean modelling. 2020 European Polar Week, Virtual Meeting, 2020

Müller F. L., Dettmering D., Wekerle C., Schwatke C., Passaro M., Bosch W., Seitz F: Ocean Surface Currents in the northern Nordic Seas from a combination of multimission satellite altimetry and numerical modeling. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, 2020

Müller F., Passaro M., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O., Chalencon E., Dettmering D., Høyer J., Johansson M., Madsen K., Rautiainen L., Ringgaard I., Rinne E., Särkkä J., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Tuomi L., Ambrozio A., Restano M., Benveniste J.: Baltic SEAL: Exploiting regional opportunities and a natural laboratory to advance processing algorithms for altimetry derived Sea Surface Height estimation. ESA-Baltic Earth Workshop on Earth Observation in the Baltic Sea region, 2020

Passaro M., Müller F. L., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O. B., Dettmering D., Høyer J., Johansson M., Oelsmann J., Skovgaard Madsen K., Rautiainen L., Ringgaard I., Rinne E., Särkkä J., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Tuomi L., Ambrozio A., Restano M., Benveniste J.:: Using the Baltic Sea to advance algorithms to extract altimetry-derived sea-level data from complex coastal areas, featuring seasonal sea-ice. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, 2020

Passaro M., Müller F., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O., Chalencon E., Dettmering D., Høyer J., Johansson M., Madsen K., Rautiainen L., Ringgaard I., Rinne E., Särkkä J., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Tuomi L., Ambrozio A., Restano M., Benveniste J.: Baltic SEAL: new insights into the mean and variability of the sea level in the Satellite Altimetry era. ESA-Baltic Earth Workshop on Earth Observation in the Baltic Sea region, 2020

Passaro M., Müller F., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O., Dettmering D., Høyer J., Johansson M., Oelsmann J., Skovgaard Madsen K., Rautiainen L., Ringgaard I., Rinne E., Särkkä J., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Tuomi L., Ambrozio A., Restano M., Benveniste J.: Coastal altimetry at high-latitudes: the Baltic SEAL project observing sea level among jagged coastline and sea ice . 12th Coastal Altimetry Workshop, ESA, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati (Rome), Italy, 2020

Rautiainen L., Tuomi L., Sarkka J., Johansson M., Müller F.L., Passaro M., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O.B., Dettmering D., Hoyer J.L., Oelsmann J., Ringgaard I.J., Rinne E., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Madsen K., Ambrozio A., Restano M., Benveniste J.: ESA Baltic+ SEAL: Using the Baltic Sea as a test-bed for developing advanced, regionalised sea-level products. 3rd Baltic Earth Conference, Helmhotz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Online Event, 2020 (Poster)

2019

Müller F. L., Dettmering D., Wekerle C., Bosch W., Seitz F.: The Dynamic Ocean Topography in the Greenland Sea - Combining Multi-Mission Satellite Altimetry with Ocean Modeling. ESA Living Planet Symposium 2019, 2019 (Poster)

Müller F. L., Passaro M., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O. B., Dettmering D., Høyer J., Johansson M., Skovgaard Madsen K., Rautiainen L., Ringgaard I., Rinne E., Särkkä J., Scarrott R., Schwatke C., Seitz F., Tuohy E., Tuomi L., Ambrozio A., Restano M., Benveniste J.: Baltic SEAL: Building a Sea Level Product for Climate Research in a Region Featuring Jagged Coastline and Sea-ice Coverage. OSTST Meeting 2019, Chicago, IL, USA , 2019

Müller F. L., Passaro M., Dettmering D., Seitz F.: Geostrophic currents in polar oceans - combining satellite altimetry measurements with model simulations. World Ocean Circulation User Consultation Meeting, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati (Rome), Italy, 2019 (Poster)

Scarrott R., Flood S., Passaro M., Müller F. L., Abulaitijiang A., Andersen O. B., Dettmering D., Høyer J., Johansson M., Skovgaard Madsen K., Rautiainen L., Ringgaard I., Rinne E., Särkkä J., Schwatke C., Oelsmann J., Seitz F., Tuomi L., Ambrozio A., Restano M., Benveniste J.: ESA Baltic SEAL: Setting course to advance satellite-derived sea-level products for jagged coastlines. 13th Irish Earth Observation Symposium (IEOS), Galway, Ireland, 2019 (Poster)

2018

Angermann D., Müller F.: Lecture 'Geodäsie und Geoinformation'. Berufsinformationsveranstaltung am Gymnasium Raubling, Raubling, 2018

Müller F. L., Wekerle C., Dettmering D., Bosch W., Seitz F.: Arctic Ocean Topography from Ocean Modeling and Satellite Altimetry: Correspondence, discrepancies and prospects for combination. 27th International Polar Conference 2018, Rostock, Germany, 2018 (Poster)

Müller F. L., Wekerle C., Dettmering D., Bosch W.: Die Meerestopographie der Grönland See - ein Vergleich zwischen Satellitenaltimetrie und Ozeanmodellierung. Geodätische Woche 2018, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland, 2018

Müller F., Wekerle C., Dettmering D., Bosch W., Seitz F.: Arctic Ocean Topography from Ocean Modeling and Satellite Altimetry: Correspondence, discrepancies and prospects for combination . International Review Workshop on Satellite Altimetry Cal/Val Activities & Applications, Chania, Crete, Greece, 2018 (Poster)

2017

Göttl F., Dettmering D., Müller F.L., Schwatke C.: A new processing strategy for CryoSat-2 SAR data over lakes based on waveform classification, sub-waveform retracking and outlier rejection. EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 2017 (Poster)

Müller F. L., Dettmering D., Bosch W.: Satellite altimetry in sea ice regions- detecting open water for estimating sea surface heights. EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 2017

Müller F., Dettmering D., Bosch W.: Classification: innovations in multi-mission unsupervised methods and use of Range Integrated Power for Delay-Doppler. Extension and improvement of the Mean Sea Level estimation in the Arctic regions using space altimetry data, International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland, 2017

Müller F., Dettmering D., Bosch W.: Satellite altimetry in sea ice regions - detecting open water for estimating sea surface heights. AK-Treffen Polargeodäsie and Glaziologie, 2017

Müller F., Dettmering D., Bosch W.: Variations in ocean currents, sea ice concentration, and sea surface temperature along the North-East coast of Greenland (NEG-OCEAN). Research stay, Alfred Wegener Institut, Helmoltz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, 2017

Müller F.: Using SAR Imaging to validate classification: Open Water detection by pixel based SAR image processing. Extension and improvement of the Mean Sea Level estimation in the Arctic regions using space altimetry data, International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland, 2017

2016

Müller F., Passaro M., Dettmering D., Bosch W.: Sea Ice Leads and Polynya Detection using Multi-Mission altimetry in the Greenland Sea. ESA Living Planet Symposium 2016, European Space Agency, Prague, Czech Republic, 2016

Müller F., Passaro M., Schwatke C., Dettmering D., Bosch W.: Unsupervised classification of multi-mission altimetry data for open water detection in the Greenland Sea. OSTST 2016, La Rochelle, France, 2016 (Poster)

Passaro M., Müller F., Dettmering D.: Exploring Cryosat-2 stack data for nadir-lead detection in sea-ice regions. SAR Altimetry Wokshop, La Rochelle, France, 2016

2015

Bosch W., Müller F., Dettmering D.: Validating geostrophic currents of a dynamic ocean topography estimate with data of ARGO floats and surface drifters. EGU General Assembly 2015, 2015 (Poster)

Dettmering D., Müller F., Bosch W.: Validation of altimetry-derived Ocean Dynamic Topography by in-situ measurements of ocean currents. IUGG General Assembly 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015

Müller F., Bosch W., Dettmering D.: Validating geostrophic currents of a dynamic ocean topography with data of ARGO floats and surface drifters. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2015

Müller F., Bosch W., Dettmering D.: Vergleich der aus geodätischen Weltraumverfahren abgeleiteten, zeitvariablen Meerestopographie mit in-situ Beobachtungssystemen der Ozeanographie. Geodetic Week 2015, Stuttgart, Deutschland, 2015

Müller F., Dettmering D., Bosch W.: Pointwise comparison of geostrophic currents of altimetry-derived instantaneous Ocean Dynamic Topography with in-situ measurements. OSTST 2015, Reston, USA, 2015

2014

Bosch W., Müller F., Dettmering D., Schwatke C.: Validating space-based time-variable dynamic ocean topography by surface currents observed by ARGO floats and surface drifters. Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Meeting, Lake Constance, Germany, 2014 (Poster)

Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Florian Seitz

Technische Universität München
Arcisstraße 21
80333 München