Key research areas

Geoinformatics, remote sensing, geostatistics, machine learning

Selected publications

  • Hartmann, D, Gravey, M, Price, TD, Nijland, W, de Jong & Michael, S 2025, 'Surveying Nearshore Bathymetry Using Multispectral and Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning', Remote Sensing, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 291. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17020291
  • Braun, V, Gravey, M, Haller, A, Heinrich, K, Keiler, M, Polderman, A & Ruiz Peyré, F 2024, 'Tackling Inter- and Transdisciplinary Challenges: A New Research Approach for the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research', Mountain Research and Development, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. P1-P2. https://doi.org/10.1659/mrd.2024.00029
  • Postnicov, V, Samarin, A, Karsanina, MV, Gravey, M, Khlyupin, A & Gerke, KM 2024, 'Evaluation of classical correlation functions from 2/3D images on CPU and GPU architectures: Introducing CorrelationFunctions.jl', Computer Physics Communications, vol. 299, no. June 2024, pp. 109134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2024.109134
  • Schoedl, NW, MacKie, EJ, Field, MJ, Stubbs, EA, Zhang, A, Hibbs, M & Gravey, M 2023, 'A Python multiprocessing approach for fast geostatistical simulations of subglacial topography', Computing in Science and Engineering, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2023.3317773
  • Liang, T, Tian, F, Zou, L, Gravey, M & Rumpf, SB 2026, 'Global elevational shifts and drivers of alpine treelines', International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, vol. 146, 105088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2026.105088
  • Fu, S, de Jong, SM, Nijland, W, Gravey, M, Kraaijenbrink, P & de Haas, T 2025, 'Retrieving 4D landslide displacement using Pléiades satellite stereo pairs on the La Valette landslide', International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, vol. 140, 104613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2025.104613
  • Zhang, C, Gravey, M, Mariethoz, G & Irving, J 2024, 'Reconstruction of High-Resolution 3D GPR Data from 2D Profiles: A Multiple-Point Statistical Approach', Remote Sensing, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. ARTN 2084. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16122084
  • Kalthof, MW, Gravey, M, Wijnands, F & Karssenberg, D 2023, 'Predicting Continental Scale Malaria With Land Surface Water Predictors Based on Malaria Dispersal Mechanisms and High-Resolution Earth Observation Data', GeoHealth, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. e2023GH000811. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GH000811
  • Cochard, R, Gravey, M, Rasera, LG, Mariethoz, G & Kull, CA 2023, 'The nature of a 'forest transition' in Thừa Thiên Huế Province, Central Vietnam – A study of land cover changes over five decades', Land Use Policy, vol. 134, pp. 106887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106887
  • Gravey, M & Mariethoz, G 2023, 'AutoQS v1: automatic parametrization of QuickSampling based on training images analysis', Geoscientific Model Development, no. 16, pp. 5265–5279. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5265-2023
  • Panchard, T, Broennimann, O, Gravey, M, Mariethoz, G & Guisan, A 2023, 'Snow cover persistence as a useful predictor of alpine plant distributions', Journal of Biogeography, no. 00, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14689
  • Nussbaumer, R, Gravey, M, Briedis, M, Liechti, F & Sheldon, D 2023, 'Reconstructing bird trajectories from pressure and wind data using a highly optimized hidden Markov model', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1118-1129. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14082
  • Nussbaumer, R, Gravey, M, Briedis, M & Liechti, F 2023, 'Global positioning with animal-borne pressure sensors', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1104-1117. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14043
  • Phelps, LN, Andela, N, Gravey, M, Davis, DS, Kull, CA, Douglass, K & Lehmann, CER 2022, 'Madagascar's fire regimes challenge global assumptions about landscape degradation', Global Change Biology, vol. 28, no. 23, pp. 6944-6960. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16206
  • Rumpf, SB, Gravey, M, Bronnimann, O, Luoto, M, Cianfrani, C, Mariethoz, G & Guisan, A 2022, 'From white to green: Snow cover loss and increased vegetation productivity in the European Alps', Science, vol. 376, no. 6597, pp. 1119-1122. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn6697
  • Nussbaumer, R, Gravey, M, Nussbaumer, A & Jackson, C 2021, 'Investigating the influence of the extreme Indian Ocean Dipole on the 2020 influx of Red-necked Phalaropes <i>Phalaropus lobatus</i> in Kenya', Ostrich, vol. 92, no. 4, pp. 307-315. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2021.1995908
  • Gravey, M & Mariethoz, G 2020, 'QuickSampling v1.0: a robust and simplified pixel-based multiple-point simulation approach', Geoscientific Model Development, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 2611-2630. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2611-2020
  • Rasera, LG, Gravey, M, Lanes, SN & Mariethoz, G 2020, 'Downscaling Images with Trends Using Multiple-Point Statistics Simulation: An Application to Digital Elevation Models', Mathematical Geosciences, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 145-187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-019-09818-4
  • Rasera, LG, Gravey, M, Lane, SN & Mariethoz, G 2020, 'Downscaling Images with Trends Using Multiple-Point Statistics Simulation: An Application to Digital Elevation Models (vol 11, pg 214, 2019)', Mathematical Geosciences, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 189-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-019-09831-7
  • Benoit, L, Gourdon, A, Vallat, R, Irarrazaval, I, Gravey, M, Lehmann, B, Prasicek, G, Graff, D, Herman, F & Mariethoz, G 2019, 'A high-resolution image time series of the Gorner Glacier - Swiss Alps - derived from repeated unmanned aerial vehicle surveys', Earth System Science Data, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 579-588. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-579-2019
  • Gravey, M, Rasera, LG & Mariethoz, G 2019, 'Analogue-based colorization of remote sensing images using textural information', ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, vol. 147, pp. 242-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.11.003
  • Nussbaumer, R, Mariethoz, G, Gravey, M, Gloaguen, E & Holliger, K 2018, 'Accelerating Sequential Gaussian Simulation with a constant path', Computers and Geosciences, vol. 112, pp. 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2017.12.006
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