Interpolation
Animated map of US bird migration
Explore daily bird migration patterns across the contiguous United States.
Webapps
Flow
Flowmap 2018
Visualize the movement of birds over one night.
Interpolation
Animated map of year 2018
Visualize bird migration over a year with this animated map.
Visualization
Time series of bird densities
For each weather radar, explore the vertical profile time series of bird densities.
Interpolation
Interactive map of autumn 2016
Visualize the number and movement of birds and explore time series of bird densities for specific locations, areas, or transects.
Publications
Bird migration and wind-energy production across Western Europe.
Bauer, S., Nussbaumer, R., Rojas Tito, D.A. et al.
Nature Sustainability. 2026.
Nocturnal avian migration drives high daily turnover but limited change in abundance on the ground.
Nussbaumer, R., Van Doren, B.M., Hochachka, W.M., Farnsworth, A., La Sorte, F.A., Johnston, A. and Dokter, A.M.
Ecography. 2024. e07107.
Favorable winds speed up bird migration in spring but not in autumn.
Nussbaumer, R., Schmid, B., Bauer, S., Liechti, F.
Ecology and Evolution. 2022. 12, e9146.
Quantifying year-round nocturnal bird migration with a fluid dynamics model.
Nussbaumer, R., Bauer, S., Benoit, L., Mariethoz, G., Liechti, F., Schmid, B.
J. R. Soc. Interface. 2021. 18:20210194.
A Gaussian Mixture Model to Separate Birds and Insects in Single-Polarization Weather Radar Data
Nussbaumer, R., Schmid, B., Bauer, S., Liechti, F.
Remote Sensing. 2021. 13(10). A Geostatistical Approach to Estimate High Resolution Nocturnal Bird Migration Densities from a Weather Radar Network.
Nussbaumer, R., Benoit, L., Mariethoz, G., Liechti, F., Bauer, S., Schmid, B.
Remote Sensing 2019. 11:2233.Presentations
Aerial and terrestrial biomass flows of migratory birds across the US estimated from weather radar and citizen science data
Nussbaumer, R., Dokter, M. A.
28th International Ornithological Congress 2022
Detection du flux migratoire nocturne par les radars meteorologique europeens
Nussbaumer, R., Schmid, B., Liechti, F.
Colloque Migration 2020. Ligue de la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO)
Space-time interpolation of nocturnal bird migration.
Nussbaumer, R., Benoit, L., Mariethoz, G., Liechti, F., Schmid, B.
BOU 2019, Warwick.
How many birds are on the move? Towards quantitative species-specific migration models
Schmid, B., Nussbaumer, R., Schmid, H.
Feb. 2019, EuroBirdPortal.
