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 2023
Contributions to Books / Journals
Journal Article (Original Paper)
Steiner, J.; Buri, P.; Abermann, J.; Prinz, R.; Nicholson, L. (2023): Steep ice – progress and future challenges in research on ice cliffs.
In: Annals of Glaciology 63/87-89, pp. 132 - 136. (DOI) (Web link)
Publications 2022
Contributions to Books / Journals
Journal Article (Original Paper)
- Goger, B.; Stiperski, I.; Nicholson, L.; Sauter, T. (2022): Large-eddy Simulations of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over an Alpine Glacier: Impact of Synoptic Flow Direction and Governing Processes.
In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 148/744, pp. 1319 - 1343. (DOI) (Web link) - Racoviteanu, A. E.; Nicholson, L; Glasser, N. F.; Miles, E.; Harrison, S.; Reynolds J. (2022): Debris-covered glacier systems and associated glacial lake outburst flood hazards: challenges and prospects.
In: Journal Of The Geological Society 179/3, Nr. jgs2021-084. (DOI) (Web link)
Journal Article (Other)
- Price, Martin F.; Gurgiser, Wolfgang; Juen, Irmgard; Adler, Carolina; Wymann von Dach, Susanne; Kaser, Georg; Mayr, Stefan; Bahn, Michael; Björnsen Gurung, Astrid; Dax, Thomas; Duglio, Stefano; Fischer, Jan-Thomas; Füreder, Leopold; Kurmayer, Rainer; Machold, Ingrid; Mailer, Markus; Marke, Thomas; Marzeion, Ben; McDowell, Graham Matthew; Meyer, Michael; Neuburger, Martina; Nicholson, Lindsey; Nicolussi, Kurt; Oedl-Wieser, Theresia; Peters, Mike; Richter, Kristin; Rotach, Mathias; Rüdisser, Johannes; Ruiz Peyré, Fernando; Rutzinger, Martin; Schermer, Markus; Schirpke, Ute; Schneiderbauer, Stefan; Steiger, Robert; Stotten, Rike; Szarzynski, Joerg; Tappeiner, Ulrike; Ueno, Kenichi; Wohlfahrt, Georg (2022): The International Mountain Conference, Innsbruck, Austria, September 2019 (IMC2019): A Synthesis with Recommendations for Research.
In: Mountain Research And Development 42/1, pp. A1 - A16. (DOI) (Web link)
Journal Article (Editorial)
- Shukla, A.; Nicholson, L.; Banerjee, A.; Fujita, K.; Quincey, D. J. (2022): Formation, governing processes, present status and future directions.
In: Frontiers in Earth Science 10, No. 1021292. (DOI) (Web link)
Proceedings Article (Abstract)
- Beck, C.; Nicholson, Lindsey; Wirbel, Anna; Simon, Thorsten (2022): Characterizing the role of supraglacial debris thickness variability on underlying ice ablation.
In: 10th International Conference on Geomorphology. Coimbra, Portugal, 12–16 Sep 2022,. Göttingen: Copernicus., Vol. ICG2022-325. (Web link)