Thomas Nagler

Thomas Nagler (Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. degree in meteorology and the Ph.D. degree in natural sciences from the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, in 1991 and 1996, respectively. From 1991 to 2004, he was a Research Scientist with the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck. He is a Cofounder and, since 2001, the Managing Director of Environmental Earth Observation Information Technology (ENVEO IT) GmbH, Innsbruck. He has been a Principle/Coinvestigator and the Coordinator for several projects of ESA, the European Commission, and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency. He is/was a member of the Mission Advisory Group for Copernicus ROSE-L and Sentinel-1-NG. He has participated in several scientific expeditions to Patagonia, Antarctica, and Alpine Glaciers, and was leading/participating in international field campaigns in preparation for new satellite systems. His main research interests include retrieval methods and applications of microwave and optical remote sensing for snow hydrology, climatology, monitoring Alpine and polar glaciers and ice sheets, and assimilation of remote sensing products into geophysical process models.