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 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. (early view): Meltwater-driven sediment transport dynamics in two contrasting alpine proglacial streams.
In: Journal of Hydrology, No. 131171. (DOI) (Web link)