This study models snowpack dynamics in a Southern Andes forest using FSM and CHM, analyzing snow variability, wind transport effects, and validating results with satellite images and field measurement
Extreme precipitation in the Greater Alpine Region: a CMIP6 and EURO-CORDEX model view
Different CMIP6 and EURO-CORDEX models are employed to calculate and analyse precipitation extreme events in the Greater Alpine Region.
Insights from two-decades of climate observations sustained collaboratively with near-surface sensors vertically embedded along a tropical Peruvian Andean slope
Andean sensors (20yrs) reveal faster warming at higher elevations, especially dry season nights, and decreased lapse rates. Humidity also increases with height, strongest in the wet season.
Snow melt dynamics of an Alpine snowpack from multitemporal Sentinel-1 backscattering, high-resolution ground measurements, and radiative transfer modeling
We collected the first dataset of wet snow properties tailored for SAR applications and used it to detect snowmelt from S1 and highlight challenges in radiative transfer modeling of wet snow.
Application of the Random Forest classification algorithm with radar images in the mapping of the glacier cover of the Cordillera Blanca
This study was conducted in the Cordillera Blanca and evaluated Sentinel-1 images with Random Forest, seeking to optimize monitoring and improve the accuracy of glacier mapping.
A comprehensive overview of climate change impacts on the Karnali River Basin, Nepal
We assess the future spatio-temporal trends for the water balance components under climate projections and analyze the results to understand the basin’s vulnerability under changing climate.
Plastic Surfaces Shape Early Microbial Biofilms and Reveal Potential Degraders in Proglacial Lake in the Austrian Alps
Early microbial biofilms on different plastic surfaces in a proglacial lake that vary initially, temporally converge. Detected polymer degraders indicate cryospheric microbes may adapt to plastics as
Patterns of glacier elevation change and appropriate models to assess observed and future ice loss
Classifying glacier elevation change patterns improves model selection, enhancing prediction accuracy and supporting AI-based automatic analysis using distinct models for different dynamic processes.
Glacier Ecosystem Services: Systematic analysis of contribution of glaciers to the water, energy & food security in dry and arid Lahaul Valley in Western Himalayas
We present a conceptual framework for quantifying Glacier Ecosystem Services and showcase a case study in a dry and arid region in Western Himalayas.
Glacier fleas (Collembola) biodiversity and distribution as bioindicators of glacial ecosystems, also through “glacial” Citizen Science
The rich biodiversity of glacier fleas, together with their ecology, and the opportunity to involve non-expert samplers increase allow to use glacier fleas as bioindicators in glacial monitoring progr