Gábor Timár

1. Natural sciences
- 1.5 Earth and related Environmental sciences
  - Geochemistry and geophysics
  - Geosciences, multidisciplinary
  - Hydrology, Water resources
2. Engineering and technology
- 2.7 Environmental engineering
  - Remote sensing

Main research areas

Geophysics

General geophysics, the Earth as a system, its planetological connections

Keywords

Geophysics

Physical geodesy, shape of the Earth

Definition of the shape of the Earth, its description and applications

Keywords

physical geodesy, shape of the Earth

River dynamics

Morphometric (planform) analysis of the rivers, the physical and geological determination of river planforms. Environmental regimes fitting to long-term geological processes

Keywords

hydrology, river planform analysis, environmental reconstruction

Remote sensing

Processing and analysis of the optical remote sensing images of the Earth (Moon, Mars) and assessment of the environmental status

Keywords

remote sensing, optical remote sensing, analysis of environmental status

Gereference

Fitting of old maps and cartographic databases into GIS applications, in their modern coordinate systems

Keywords

georeference, map fitting, map projections, cartography, computer cartography

Highlighted publications

2008 – Timár, G et al. – Combination of historical maps and satellite images of the Banat region – re-appearance of an old wetland area – mtmt.hu
2003 – Timár, G – Controls on channel sinuosity changes: a case study of the Tisza River, the Great Hungarian Plain – mtmt.hu
2023 – Varga, Peter; Győri, Erzsébet; Fodor, Csilla; Timár, Gábor – An Attempt to Determine the Magnitudes and Epicenters of Significant Historical Earthquakes in the Pannonian Basin – mtmt.hu
2023 – Timár, Gábor – Possible Projection of the First Military Survey of the Habsburg Empire in Lower Austria and Hungary (Late 18th Century)—An Improvement in Fitting Historical Topographic Maps to Modern Cartographic Systems – mtmt.hu
2024 – Timár, Gábor; Jakab, Gusztáv; Székely, Balázs – A Step from Vulnerability to Resilience: Restoring the Landscape Water-Storage Capacity of the Great Hungarian Plain—An Assessment and a Proposal – mtmt.hu