The melting of ice in the moraine pedestals leads to the formation of debris flows of gigantic volumes and to the glacier detachments, which determines the need to identify and monitoring them.
Aquatic Biodiversity and the Transformation of Mountain Waterscapes
Patterns of aquatic biodiversity in mountain ecosystems, examples of changes to alpine waterscapes, and potential consequences for the species and biodiversity of these habitats.
Glacier Dynamics in the Indus Basin, Northwestern Himalayas: A Multi-Temporal Satellite Analysis
This study analyzes glacier changes in the Indus Basin (1997–2023) using Landsat imagery, revealing surface area loss, snowline shifts, and glacial lake expansion, highlighting climate change impacts.
Streamflow generation and wetland sustenance in the High and Dry Andes: The role of permafrost and high elevation cryosphere moisture sources
Perennially flowing low elevation streams is predominantly derived from strongly seasonal high elevation precipitation in the glacier-free high and dry Andes (Puna-Altiplano).
Hydroclimatic role of the Alps as a source of precipitation on European agricultural land
This study examines the Alps’ hydroclimatic role in supplying precipitation to European farmlands using a moisture-tracking model and ERA5-Land data (2008-2017)
SPASS – new gridded climatological snow datasets for Switzerland: Method and Potential
We present the first gridded datasets of daily snow water equivalent and depth for Switzerland. These 1km datasets (1962-1999) offer valuable information despite some limitations at low elevations.
Regional glacier elevation changes assessment from optical DEM time series
Optical stereo satellite images support global assessments of glacier mass balance. We developed an approach to estimate glacier elevation changes using DEM time series from SPOT-5 and ArcticDEM.
Key Drivers of Heterogeneous Glacier Area Variation in the Uttarakhand Himalaya
Uttarakhand glaciers lost 0.095% area yearly (2000–2023). Shape index and slope influenced stability, affecting deglaciation and water resources.
High-resolution assessment of rock glacier velocities at a subannual scale using UAV imagery – lessons learned from Dösen rock glacier, Austria
The contribution summarizes key findings and challenges of a high-resolution, sub-seasonal UAV approach to analyze rock glacier velocities at a key site of the Austrian permafrost research
Hydrometeorological characterisation of historic drought events over the Central Andean Altiplano region with high-resolution regional climate model outputs
We analyse temperature and precipitation data from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for the period 1980-2018, to characterise meteorological drought in the Southern Peruvian Andes.