Lindsey Nicholson, Ph.D.
currently on maternity leave
Assistant Professor
Ice and Climate
Research Interests
- Glacier-climate interaction
- Debris-covered glaciers
- Glacier mass and surface energy balance modelling
- Climate change impacts on mountain environments
- Mountain geomorphology and hazards
Projects
- Atmospheric drivers of glacier change
- Development of snow and ice penitents in relation to their impact on surface meltwater production from snow and ice in the semi-arid Andes
- Dynamics of debris-covered glaciers in the Hindu Kush-Karakoram-Himalaya
- Glaciers-to-Rivers Sediment Transfer in Alpine Basins (GLORI)
- GLISTT
- High resolution spaceborne studies of mass balance processes on glaciers of the Khumbu Himal, Nepal (GlHima-Sat)
- Modeling of debris-covered glaciers
- Climate-glacier relationship on Mount Kenya
- Hintereisferner - an Open Air Laboratory
- Hintereisferner Experiment (HEFEX)
- hiSNOW
- Mass Balance of Hintereisferner
- Mass Balance of Kesselwandferner
- Reconstruction and Projecting the Global Behaviour of Glaciers from 1850 - 2300
- The Influence of Tropical Cyclones on Kilimanjaro’s Glaciers (TC_EEA)
Courses
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Publications 2025
Contributions to Books / Journals
Journal Article (Original Paper)
- Beck, Calvin; Nicholson, Lindsey (2025): Numerical study of the error sources in the experimental estimation of thermal diffusivity: an application to debris-covered glaciers.
In: The Cryosphere 19/7, pp. 2715 - 2731. (DOI) (Web link) - Goger, Brigitta; Stiperski, Ivana; Ouy, Matthis; Nicholson, Lindsey (2025): Investigating the influence of changing ice surfaces on gravity wave formation impacting glacier boundary layer flow with large-eddy simulations.
In: Weather and Climate Dynamics 6/2, pp. 345 - 367. (DOI) (Web link) - Nicholson, L.; Stiperski, I.; Nitti, G.; Prinz, R.; Georgi, A.; Groos, A. R.; Shaw, T. E.; Sauter, T.; Haugeneder, M.; Mott, R.; Sicart, JE.; Brock, B. W.; Albers, R.; Allegri, B.; Barral, H.; Biron, R.; Charrondiere, C.; Coulaud, C.; Fischer, A.; Reynolds, D.; Richter, N.; Schroeder, M.; Vettori, P.; Voordendag, A.; Wydra, C. (2025): The Second Hintereisferner Experiment (HEFEX II): Initial Insights into Boundary Layer Structure and Surface–Atmosphere Exchange Processes from Intensive Observations at a Valley Glacier.
In: Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society 106/10, pp. E2143 - E2169. (DOI) (Web link)
Journal Article (Other)
- Alam, Brishty; Deifel, Valerie; Lalonde, Chloe; Nicholson, Lindsey (2025): Apprenticeship to Glaciology: Thickening description of thinning ice.
In: Landing 1, pp. 77 - 101. (DOI) (Web link)
Book Chapter (Other)
- Formayer, H.; Parajka, J.; Petermann, J.S.; ..., ...; Nicholson, L; Keiler, M.; et al. (2025): Chapter 1. Physical and ecological manifestation of climate change in Austria.
In: Huppmann, D.; Keiler, M.; Riahi, K.; Rieder, H. (Eds.): APCC (2025): Second Austrian Assessment Report on Climate Change (AAR2) of the Austrian Panel on Climate Change (APCC). Wien: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press., ISBN 978-3-7001-5110-4, p. 82. (DOI) (Web link)
Publications 2024
Contributions to Books / Journals
Journal Article (Original Paper)
- Davies, B.; McNabb, R.; Bendle, J.; Carrivick, J.; Ely, J.; Holt, T.; Markle, B.; McNeil, C.; Nicholson, L.; Pelto, M. (2024): Accelerating glacier volume loss on Juneau Icefield driven by hypsometry and melt-accelerating feedbacks.
In: Nature Communications 15, No. 5099. (DOI) (Web link) - Engel, M.; Coviello, V.; Savi, S.; Buter, A.; Andreoli, A.; Miyata, S.; Marchetti, G.; Scorpio, V.; Rathburn, S.; Nicholson, L.; Comiti, F. (2024): Meltwater-driven sediment transport dynamics in two contrasting alpine proglacial streams.
In: Journal of Hydrology 635, No. 131171. (DOI) (Web link) - Evatt, GW.; Mayer, C.; Wirbel, A.; Abrahams, ID.; Nicholson, L. (2024): A reassessment of ice cliff dynamics upon debris-covered glaciers.
In: Annals of Glaciology 65, No. e33. (DOI) (Web link)
