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Peer-reviewed Publications

2011 Prinz, R., A. Fischer, L. Nicholson, and G. Kaser (2011): Seventy-six years of mean mass balance rates derived from recent and re-evaluated ice volume measurements on tropical Lewis Glacier, Mount Kenya, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L20502, doi:10.1029/2011GL049208. Full text auxiliary material (zip)

Cogley J.G., R. Hock, L.A. Rasmussen, A.A. Arendt, A. Bauder, R.J. Braithwaite, P. Jansson, G. Kaser, M. Möller, L. Nicholson, and M. Zemp (2011): Glossary of Glacier Mass Balance and Related Terms. IHP-VII Technical Documents in Hydrology No. 86, IACS Contribution No. 2, UNESCO-IHP, Paris. Full text

Kargel J., Furfaro R., Kaser G., Leonard G., Fink W., Huggel C., Kääb A., Raup B., Reynolds J., Wolfe D., and M. Zapata (2011): ASTER Imaging and Analysis of Glacier Hazards. In: Ramachandran B. , C. O. Justice, and M.J. Abrams (eds.): Land Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change: NASA's Earth Observing System and the Science of Terra and Aqua. Springer: New York, 325-373.

Mölg, T., and G. Kaser (2011): A new approach to resolving climate-cryosphere relations: Downscaling climate dynamics to glacier-scale mass and energy balance without statistical scale linking. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D16101. Full text
  Jarosch, A.H., F.S. Anslow and J. Shea (2011): A versatile tower platform for glacier instrumentation: GPS and Eddy Covariance Measurements. In: Tijm-Reijmer, C.H. and J. Oerlemans (eds.): Workshop on the use of automatic measuring systems on glaciers – Extended abstracts and recommendations. IASC Workshop, 23-26 March 2011, Pontresina (Switzerland). 52-55. Full text (not peer-reviewed)
  Winkler, M., R. Prinz, L. Nicholson, N. Cullen, C. Kinnard (2011): Ice-mounted masts as platforms for micro-meteorological measurements on glaciers. In: Tijm-Reijmer, C.H. and J. Oerlemans (eds.): Workshop on the use of automatic measuring systems on glaciers – Extended abstracts and recommendations. IASC Workshop, 23-26 March 2011, Pontresina (Switzerland). 88-91. Full text (not peer-reviewed)
2010 Kaser, G., M. Großhauser, and B. Marzeion (2010): Contribution potential of glaciers to water availibility in different climate regimes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 20223-20227. Full text

Hofer, M., T. Mölg, B. Marzeion, and G. Kaser (2010): Statistical downscaling of NCEP/NCAR reanalysis to high-resolution air temperature and specific humidity above a glacier surface (Cordillera Blanca, Peru). Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, D12120, doi:10.1029/2009JD012556. Full text
  Marzeion, B., A. Levermann, and J. Mignot (2010): Sensitivity of North Atlantic subpolar gyre and overturning to stratification-dependent mixing: response to global warming. Climate Dynamics, 34, 661-668. Full text

Kaser, G., T. Mölg, N.J. Cullen, D.R. Hardy, and M. Winkler (2010): Is the decline of ice on Kilimanjaro unprecedented in the Holocene? The Holocene, 20, 1079-1091. Full text

Mölg, T., N.J. Cullen, and G. Kaser (2010): Glacier loss on Kilimanjaro is an exceptional case. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 107, E68. Full text

Winkler, M., G. Kaser, N.J. Cullen, T. Mölg, D.R. Hardy, and W.T. Pfeffer (2010): Land-based marginal ice cliffs: focus on Kilimanjaro. Erdkunde, 64, 2, 179-193. Full text

Cogley, J.G., J.S. Kargel, G. Kaser, and C.J. van der Veen (2010): Tracking the Source of Glacier Misinformation. Science, 327, 522. Full text
2009
Kaser, G. and Allison, I. (2009): The Snows of Kilimanjaro*: A critical comment on Numerical Simulations of the Role of Land Surface Conditions on the Climate of Mt. Kilimanjaro Region. CLIVAR Exchanges Newsletter, 48, 7-9. Full text
  Marzeion, B., and A. Levermann (2009): Stratification-dependent mixing may increase sensitivity of a wind-driven Atlantic overturning to surface freshwater flux. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L20602. Full text
  Mölg, T., N.J. Cullen, D.R. Hardy, M. Winkler, and G. Kaser (2009): Quantifying climate change in the tropical mid troposphere over East Africa from glacier shrinkage on Kilimanjaro. Journal of Climate, 22, 4162-4181. Full text

Mölg, T., J.C.H. Chiang, A. Gohm, and N.J. Cullen (2009): Temporal precipitation variability versus altitude on a tropical high mountain: Observations and mesoscale atmospheric modeling. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 135, 1439–1455. Full text

Mölg, T., N.J. Cullen, and G. Kaser (2009): Solar radiation, cloudiness and longwave radiation over low-latitude glaciers: Implications for mass balance modeling. Journal of Glaciology, 55, 292-302. Full text

Winkler, M., I. Juen, T. Mölg, P. Wagnon, J. Gómez, and G. Kaser (2009): Measured and modelled sublimation on the tropical Glaciar Artesonraju. The Cryosphere, 3, 21-30. Full text
2008
Mölg, T., N.J. Cullen, D.R. Hardy, G. Kaser, and L. Klok (2008): Mass balance of a slope glacier on Kilimanjaro and its sensitivity to climate. International Journal of Climatology, 28, 881-892. Full text

Mölg, T., D.R. Hardy, N.J. Cullen, and G. Kaser (2008): Tropical glaciers, climate change, and society: Focus on Kilimanjaro (East Africa). In: Orlove, B., E. Wiegandt, and B. Luckman (eds.): The Darkening Peaks: Glacial Retreat in Scientific and Social Context. University of California Press: Berkeley, London, 168-182. Full text

Vuille, M., G. Kaser, and I. Juen (2008): Glacier mass balance variability in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru and its relationship with climate and the large-scale circulation. Global and Planetary Change, 62, 14-28. Full text
2007
Cullen, N.J., T. Mölg, D.R. Hardy, K. Steffen, and G. Kaser (2007): Energy balance model validation on the top of Kilimanjaro using eddy correlation data. Annals of Glaciology, 46, 227-233. Full text

Juen, I., C. Georges, and G. Kaser (2007): Modelling observed and future runoff from a glacierized tropical catchment (Cordillera Blanca, Perú). Global and Planetary Change, 59, 37-48. Full text

Mote, P.W. and G. Kaser (2007): The shrinking glaciers of Kilimanjaro: Can Global Warming be blamed? American Scientist, 95, 318-325. Full text Full text (German version)
2006
Cullen, N.J., T. Mölg, G. Kaser, K. Hussein, K. Steffen, and D.R. Hardy (2006): Kilimanjaro Glaciers: Recent areal glacier extent from satellite data and new interpretation of observed 20th century retreat rates. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L16502, doi:10.1029/2006GL027084. Full text

Kaser, G., J.G. Cogley, M.B. Dyurgerov, M.F. Meier, and A. Ohmura (2006): Mass balance of glaciers and ice caps: Consensus estimates for 1961–2004. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L19501, doi:10.1029/2006GL027511. Full text.

Mölg, T., M. Renold, M. Vuille, N.J. Cullen, T.F. Stocker, and G. Kaser (2006): Indian Ocean Zonal Mode activity in a multicentury-integration of a coupled AOGCM consistent with climate proxy data. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L18710, doi:10.1029/2006GL026384. Full text.

Mölg, T., H. Rott, G. Kaser, A. Fischer, and N.J. Cullen (2006): Comment on ‘‘Recent glacial recession in the Rwenzori Mountains of East Africa due to rising air temperature’’ by Richard G. Taylor, Lucinda Mileham, Callist Tindimugaya, Abushen Majugu, Andrew Muwanga, and Bob Nakileza. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L20404, doi:10.1029/2006GL027254. Full text.
2005
Kaser, G., C. Georges, I. Juen, and T. Mölg (2005): Low-latitude glaciers: Unique global climate indicators and essential contributors to regional fresh water supply. A conceptual approach. In: Huber, U., H. K. M. Bugmann, and M. A. Reasoner (eds.): Global Change and Mountain Regions: A State of Knowledge Overview. Kluwer: New York, Vol 23., 185-196. Full text
2004
Georges, C. (2004): The 20th century glacier fluctuations in the Cordillera Blanca (Perú). Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research., 36(1), 100-107. Abstract Full text

Kaser, G., C. Georges, I. Juen, T. Mölg, P. Wagnon, and B. Francou (2004): The behavior of modern low-latitude glaciers. Past Global Changes News, 12(1), 15-17. Full text

Kaser, G., D.R. Hardy, T. Mölg, R.S. Bradley, and T.M. Hyera (2004): Modern glacier retreat on Kilimanjaro as evidence of climate change: Observations and facts. International Journal of Climatology, 24, 329-339, doi: 10.1002/joc.1008. Abstract Full text

Mölg, T. and D.R. Hardy (2004): Ablation and associated energy balance of a horizontal glacier surface on Kilimanjaro. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D16104, doi:10.1029/2003JD004338. Abstract Full text
2003 Kaser, G., I. Juen, C. Georges, J. Gomez, and W. Tamayo (2003): The impact of glaciers on the runoff and the reconstruction of mass balance history from hydrological data in the tropical Cordillera Blanca, Perú. Journal of Hydrology, 282, 130-144. Abstract Full text

Kaser, G., A. Fountain, and P. Jansson (2003): A manual for monitoring the mass balance of mountain glaciers. UNESCO: Paris. Full text

Mölg, T., D.R. Hardy, and G. Kaser (2003): Solar-radiation-maintained glacier recession on Kilimanjaro drawn from combined ice-radiation geometry modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D23), 4731, doi:10.1029/2003JD003546. Abstract Full text

Mölg, T., C. Georges, and G. Kaser (2003): The contribution of increased incoming shortwave radiation to the retreat of the Rwenzori Glaciers, East Africa, during the 20th century. International Journal of Climatology, 23, 291-303, doi: 10.1002/joc.877. Abstract Full text
2002
Georges, C. and G. Kaser (2002): Ventilated and unventilated air temperature measurements for glacier-climate studies on a tropical high mountain site. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(D24), 4775, doi:10.1029/2002JD002503. Abstract Full text

Kaser, G. (2002): Glacier mass balance and climate in the South American Andes. In: Casassa, G., F. Sepulveda and R. Sinclair (eds.): The Patagonian Icefields. Kluwer: New York, 89-100.

Kaser, G. and H. Osmaston (2002): Tropical Glaciers. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. Review Order

Mölg, T. (2002): Modellierung der kurzwelligen Einstrahlung mit GIS am Beispiel eines tropischen Hochgebirges. In: Strobl, J., T. Blaschke, and G. Griesebner (eds.): Beiträge zum AGIT-Symposium Salzburg 2002. Wichmann: Berlin, Heidelberg, 347-356. Abstract Full text
2001
Kaser, G. (2001): Glacier-climate interaction at low latitudes. Journal of Glaciology, 47(157), 195-204. Abstract Full text
  Kaser, G., C. Zingerle, C. Oberschmied & M. Munari (2001): An exceptionally negative mass-balance of a small Alpine glacier. Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria, Supplement V, 99-102. Full text
2000
Moser, G., C. Georges, and H. Schirmer (2000): Die neue Alpenvereinskarte Cordillera Blanca 1:100000. In: Östereichischer Alpenverein (ed.): Alpenvereinsjahrbuch 2001, 125, 48 - 53. Innsbruck.
1999
Kaser, G. (1999): A review of the modern fluctuations of tropical glaciers. Global and Planetary Change, 22, 93-103. Abstract Full Text

Kaser, G. and C. Georges (1999): On the mass balance of low latitude glaciers with particular consideration of the peruvian Cordillera Banca. Geografiska Annaler, 81A, 643 - 651. Abstract Full text

Wagnon, P., P. Ribstein, G. Kaser, and P. Berton (1999): Energy balance and runoff seasonality of a Bolivian glacier. Global and Planetary Change, 22, 49-58. Abstract Full Text
1997
Kaser, G. and C. Georges (1997): Changes in the equilibrium line altitude in the tropical Cordillera Blanca (Perú) between 1930 and 1950 and their spatial variations. Annals of Glaciology, 24, 344-349. Abstract Full text
1996
Kaser, G., C. Georges, and A. Ames (1996): Modern glacier fluctuations in the Huascarán - Chopicalqui Massif of the Cordillera Blanca, Perú. Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, 32, 91-99.

Kaser, G., S. Hastenrath, and A. Ames (1996): Mass balance profiles on tropical glaciers. Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, 32, 75-81.

Kaser, G. and B. Noggler (1996): Glacier fluctuations in the Rwenzori Range (East Africa) during the 20th century - a preliminary report. Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, 32, 109-117.
1995
Kaser, G. (1995): Some notes on the behaviour of tropical glaciers. Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines, 24(3), 671 - 681. Full text

Kaser, G. (1995): How do tropical glaciers behave? Some comparisons between tropical and midlatitude glaciers. In: Ribstein, P. and B. Francou (eds.): Aguas glaciares y cambios climaticos en los andes tropicales. Conferencias y posters del semenario internacional, La Paz, 207 - 218.
1992
Kaser, G. (1992): Le fluttuazioni dei ghiacci del Ruwenzori (Africa Orientale) dalla spedizione del Duca degli Abruzzi (1906) sino agli anni '90. Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria, 15(1/2), 121 - 125.
1991
Kaser, G. and B. Noggler (1991): Observations on Speke Glacier, Rwenzori Range, Uganda. Journal of Glaciology, 37(127), 313-318. Full text
1990
Kaser, G., A. Ames, and M. Zapata (1990): Glacier Fluctuations and Climate in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Annals of Glaciology, 14, 136 - 140. Full text

 

Completed Theses

2011 Winkler, M. (2011): Kilimanjaro Ice Cliffs: morphology, recession, micro-climate, and how they determine glacier area loss. Doctoral Thesis, University of Innsbruck, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics. Full text
2009 Maurer, D. (2009): Past and future runoff from glacier-covered tropical catchment basins in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru. A modeling approach based on IPCC scenarios. Master thesis, University of Innsbruck, Department of Geography. Full text
  Hoinkes, S. (2009): Measured glaciers: Representativity and performance in extrapolating their mass balance to larger regions. A case study in the Ötztal Alps and in the Cordillera Blanca. Master thesis, University of Innsbruck, Department of Geography. Full text
2008
Mölg, T. (2008): Climate change in the tropics derived from glacier-atmosphere interactions. A multi-scale study combining direct field measurements, observations, climate proxies, and numerical modeling. Habilitation thesis, University of Innsbruck, Faculty of Geosciences and Atmospheric Sciences.
2007
Hofer, M. (2007): Statistical downscaling of NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data to air temperature and specifc humidity above an outer tropical glacier surface: Artesonraju (Peru). Master thesis, University of Innsbruck, Department of Meteorology. Full text
  Prinz, R. (2007): Vergleiche von Klimainformationen aus Gletschermassenbilanzmessungen an Punkt und Fläche. - Auswertungen der Massenbilanzreihen von Hintereis-, Weißbrunn- und Kesselwandferner mit Hilfe von Klimadaten. Diplomarbeit. Institut für Geographie, Universität Innsbruck. Full text

Winkler, M. (2007): Die Rolle der Sublimation in der Energie– und Massenbilanz des tropischen Glaciar Artesonraju. Master thesis, University of Innsbruck, Department of Meteorology. Full text
2006
Hölzli, M. (2006): Weiterentwicklung des Abflussmodells ITGG2.0-R durch hochaufgelöste Strahlungsmodellierung: Anwendung in einem tropischen, vergletscherten Einzugsgebiet (Cordillera Blanca, Peru). Master thesis, University of Innsbruck, Department of Meteorology. Full text

Juen, I. (2006): Glacier mass balance and runoff in the Cordillera Blanca, Perú. Doctoral Thesis, University of Innsbruck, Department of Geography. Full text
2005 Georges, C. (2005): Recent Glacier Fluctuations in the Tropical Cordillera Blanca and Aspects of the Climate Forcing. Doctoral Thesis, University of Innsbruck, Department of Geography. Full text
2003 Mölg, T. (2003): Glacier recession on Kilimanjaro in the context of modern climate change. A hypothesis and first evaluation based on micrometeorological modeling. Doctoral Thesis, University of Innsbruck, Department of Geography.
2001 Mölg, T. (2001): Modellierung der Globalstrahlung in Zusammenhang mit neuzeitlichen Gletscherschwankungen am Ruwenzori. Master Thesis, University of Innsbruck, Department of Geography.

 

Contribution Potential of Glaciers to Water Availability in Different Climate Regimes

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