
Research Associate
+386 5 700 19 20
jaroslav.obu@zrc-sazu.si
- Periglacial and karst geomorphology
- Cryoturbation
- Cave ice dynamics
- Arctic carbon cycle
- Permafrost
- Geographical information systems (GIS)
PALMTAG, Juri, OBU, Jaroslav, KUHRY, Peter, RICHTER, Andreas, SIEWERT, Matthias B., WEISS, Niels, WESTERMANN, Sebastian, HUGELIUS, Gustaf. A high spatial resolution soil carbon and nitrogen dataset for the northern permafrost region based on circumpolar land cover upscaling. Earth system science data. 2022, vol. 14, issue 9, str. 4095-4110. ISSN 1866-3508. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/4095/2022/essd-14-4095-2022.pdf, DOI: 10.5194/essd-14-4095-2022.
RAN, Youhua, LI, Xin, CHENG, Guodong, CHE, Jingxin, AALTO, Juha, KARJALAINEN, Olli, HJORTH, Jan, LUOTO, Miska, JIN, Huijun, OBU, Jaroslav, et al. New high-resolution estimates of the permafrost thermal state and hydrothermal conditions over the Northern Hemisphere. Earth system science data. str. 1-27. ISSN 1866-3508. https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2021-83/, DOI: 10.5194/essd-2021-83.
OBU, Jaroslav. How much of the Earth's surface is underlain by permafrost?. Journal of geophysical research. Earth surface. May 2021, vol. 126, issue 5, str. 1-5. ISSN 2169-9011. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021JF006123, DOI: 10.1029/2021JF006123.
OBU, Jaroslav, WESTERMANN, Sebastian, VIEIRA, Gonçalo, ABRAMOV, Andrey, BALKS, M. R., BARTSCH, Annett, HRBÁČEK, Filip, KÄÄB, Andreas, RAMOS, Miguel. Pan-Antarctic map of near-surface permafrost temperatures at 1 km2 scale. The cryosphere. 2020, vol. 14, issue 2, str. 497-519, graf. prikazi, zvd. ISSN 1994-0416. https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/497/2020/tc-14-497-2020.pdf, DOI: 10.5194/tc-14-497-2020.
ALEXANDER, Andreas, OBU, Jaroslav, SCHULER, Thomas V., KÄÄB, Andreas, CHRISTIANSEN, Hanne H. Subglacial permafrost dynamics and erosion inside subglacial channels driven by surface events in Svalbard. The cryosphere. 2020, vol. 14, issue 11, str. 4217-4231.ISSN 1994-0416. https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/4217/2020/, DOI: 10.5194/tc-14-4217-2020.
NESTEROVA, N. B., OBU, Jaroslav. Analiz točnosti i čuvstvitelʹnosti globalʹnoj modeli mnogoletnemërzlyh porod GlobPermafrost na territoriju Skandinavii. Sovremennye problemy distancionnogo zondirovaniâ Zemli iz kosmosa. 2020, t. 17, no. 1, str. 101-110. ISSN 2070-7401. http://d33.infospace.ru/d33_conf/sb2020t1/101-110.pdf, DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2020-17-1-101-110.
OBU, Jaroslav, WESTERMANN, Sebastian, BARTSCH, Annett, BERDNIKOV, Nikolai, CHRISTIANSEN, Hanne H., DASHTSEREN, Avirmed, DELALOYE, Reynald, ELBERLING, Bo, ETZELMÜLLER, Bernd, KHOLODOV, Alexander, et al. Northern Hemisphere permafrost map based on TTOP modelling for 2000–2016 at 1 km2 scale. Earth-science reviews. [Print ed.]. June 2019, vol. 193, str. 299-316. ISSN 0012-8252. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825218305907?via%3Dihub#!, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.04.023.
COCH, Caroline, LAMOUREUX, Scott F., KNOBLAUCH, Christian, EISCHEID, Isabell, FRITZ, Michael, OBU, Jaroslav, LANTUIT, Hugues. Summer rainfall dissolved organic carbon, solute, and sediment fluxes in a small Arctic coastal catchment on Herschel Island (Yukon Territory, Canada). Arctic science. December 2018, vol. 4, no. 4, str. 750-780. ISSN 2368-7460. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2018-0010, DOI: 10.1139/as-2018-0010.
OBU, Jaroslav, KOŠUTNIK, Jure, OVERDUIN, Paul P., BOIKE, Julia, BLATNIK, Matej, ZWIEBACK, Simon, GOSTINČAR, Petra, MIHEVC, Andrej. Sorted patterned ground in a karst cave, Ledenica pod Hrušico, Slovenia. Permafrost and periglacial processes. Apr.-June 2018, vol. 29, iss. 2, str. 121-130. ISSN 1099-1530. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp.1970, DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1970.
OBU, Jaroslav, LANTUIT, Hugues, GROSSE, Guido, GÜNTHER, Frank, SACHS, Torsten, HELM, Veit, FRITZ, Michael. Coastal erosion and mass wasting along the Canadian Beaufort Sea based on annual airborne LiDAR elevation data. 2017, vol. 293, part b, str. 331-346. ISSN 0169-555X. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169555X16300502?via%3Dihub#!, DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.02.014.
OBU, Jaroslav, LANTUIT, Hugues, MYERS-SMITH, I., HEIM, B., WOLTER, Juliane, FRITZ, Michael. Effect of terrain characteristics on soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks in soils of Herschel Island, western Canadian Arctic. Permafrost and periglacial processes. January/March 2017, vol. 28, no. 1, str. 92-107. ISSN 1045-6740. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp.1881, DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1881.
OBU, Jaroslav, LANTUIT, Hugues, FRITZ, Michael, POLLARD, Wayne H., SACHS, Torsten, GÜNTHER, Frank. Relation between planimetric and volumetric measurements of permafrost coast erosion : a case study from Herschel Island, western Canadian Arctic. Polar research. 2016, vol. 35, str. 1-13. ISSN 1751-8369. https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3258/8612, DOI: 10.3402/polar.v35.30313.
FRITZ, Michael, WOLTER, Juliane, RUDAYA, Natalia, PALAGUSHKINA, Olga, NAZAROVA, Larisa, OBU, Jaroslav, RETHEMEYER, Janet, LANTUIT, Hugues, WETTERICH, Sebastian. Holocene ice-wedge polygon development in northern Yukon permafrost peatlands (Canada). Quaternary science reviews. 2016, vol. 147, str. 279-297. ISSN 0277-3791. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379116300403#!, DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.02.008.
OBU, Jaroslav, PODOBNIKAR, Tomaž. Algoritem za prepoznavanje kraških kotanj na podlagi digitalnega modela reliefa = Algorithm for karst depression recognition using digital terrain models. Geodetski vestnik : glasilo Zveze geodetov Slovenije. 2013, letn. 57, št. 2, str. 260-270. ISSN 0351-0271. http://drugg.fgg.uni-lj.si/4499/.
OBU, Jaroslav. Periglacialne in ledeniške oblike v zahodnem delu Pohorja. Dela. 2011, [št.] 35, str. 55-71. ISSN 0354-0596. http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/Dela/article/view/dela.35.4.55-71/700, DOI: 10.4312/dela.35.4.55-71.
EDUCATION
2011: Diploma in Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.
2016: Doctor rerum naturalium, Faculty of Science, University of Potsdam.
RESEARCH POSITIONS:
2022 –: Principal investigator of CryoKarst project funded by Slovene Research Agency. Karst Research Institute, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
2019 – 2021: Researcher, ESA-funded CCI Permafrost project. Department of Geosciences, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo.
2016 – 2019: Postdoctoral researcher, ESA-funded GlobPermafrost project. Department of Geosciences, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo.
2012 – 2016: PhD student, COPER project (Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft). Alfred Wegener Institute and University of Potsdam.
TEACHING:
2020 – 2021: GEO2210 Geomorphology Bachelor course. Department of Geosciences, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo.
2016 – 2019: GEO4410 Glacial and periglacial geomorphology Master course. Department of Geosciences, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo.
2017: Lecturer at UiO International Summer School "A Changing Arctic
GRANTED FUNDING
2022: Research project from Slovene research Agency for young researchers (3 years). Understanding cryoturbation – using karst caves to improve predictions of soil carbon fate upon thawing permafrost (CryoKarst)
2020: Arctic Field Grant from The Research Council of Norway. Funded field work in karst caves near Ny-Ålesund.
2015: POLMAR outgoing scholarship for research stay in Svalbard at UNIS. Three-month scholarship from AWI graduate school.
2012: PhD Scholarship from Slovene human resources development and scholarship fund. Three-year scholarship for a PhD study at the University of Potsdam.