Horst Machguth

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 horst.machguth@unifr.ch
 +41 26 300 9015
 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5924-0998

Biography

My research focuses on surface mass balance of glaciers and ice sheets. Within this broad field, I contributed to global-scale assessment of ice resources, carried out geophysical process studies on the Greenland ice sheet, made historical data available for modern research and published on theoretical aspects of modelling. Currently I work on firn processes on the Greenland ice sheet and in Central Asia as well as on the relationship of mass balance gradients and climate.

  • since 2020: Assistant Professor, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • since 2015: Senior scientist; University of Fribourg, Switzerland and World Glacier Monitoring Service WGMS, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2015: Researcher; Nagra, Wettingen, Switzerland
  • 2015: Guest researcher; Center for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
  • 2013 – 2015: Postdoctoral fellow; Arctic Technology Center, Technical University of Denmark DTU, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
  • 2011: Guest researcher; CECs, Valdivia, Chile
  • 2009 – 2013: Postdoctoral fellow and researcher; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland GEUS, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2009: Researcher; Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, Villigen, Switzerland
  • 2007: Guest researcher; IMAU, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • 2008: PhD: “On the Use of RCM Data and Gridded Climatologies for Regional Scale Glacier Mass Balance Modelling in High Mountain Topography; The Example of the Swiss Alps” University of Zurich, Switzerland

Research and publications

  • List of Publications

     

    Peer Reviewed Articles

    • Machguth, H., A. Tedstone and E. Mattea (2022): Daily Variations in Western Greenland Slush Limits, 2000 to 2021, mapped from MODIS, Journal of Glaciology.
    • Tedstone, A. and H. Machguth (2022): Increasing surface runoff from Greenland’s firn areas, Nature Climate Change, 12, 672-676.
    • Saks, T., E. Pohl, H. Machguth, A. Dehecq, M. Barandun, R. Kenzhebaev, O. Kalashnikova and M. Hoelzle (2022): Glacier runoff variation since 1981 in the upper Naryn river catchments, Central Tien Shan, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, 780466.
    • Rennermalm, A., R. Hock, F. Covi, J. Xiao, G. Corti, J. Kingslake, S. Z. Leidman, C. Miège, H. Machguth, M. MacFerrin, E. Osterberg, M. Tedesco, T. Kameda, J. McConnell, and (2021): Shallow firn cores 1989 - 2019 in southwest Greenland’s percolation zone reveal decreasing density and ice layer volume after 2012, Journal of Glaciology.
    • Mattea, E., H. Machguth, M. Kronenberg, W. Van Pelt, M. Bassi and M. Hoelzle (2021): Firn changes at Colle Gnifetti revealed by high-resolution physical modelling, The Cryosphere, 15, 3181-3205.
    • Denzinger, F., H. Machguth, M. Barandun, E. Berthier, L. Girod, M. Kronenberg, R. Usubaliev and M. Hoelzle (2021): Geodetic mass balance of Abramov Glacier from 1975 to 2015, Journal of Glaciology, 67(262), 331-342.
    • Kronenberg, M., H. Machguth, A. Eichler, M. Schwikowski, M. Hoelzle (2020): Comparison of historical and recent accumulation rates on Abramov Glacier, Pamir Alay, Journal of Glaciology, 1-16.
    • Welty, E., M. Zemp, F. Navarro, J. J. Fürst, I. Gärtner-Roer, J. Landmann, K. Naegeli, M. Huss, H. Machguth, and GlaThiDa Contributors (2020): Worldwide version-controlled database of glacier thickness observations, Earth System Science Data, 12, 3039–3055.
    • Vandecrux, B., R. Mottram, P. L. Langen, R. S. Fausto, M. Olesen, C. M. Stevens, V. Verjans, A. Leeson, S. Ligtenberg, P. Kuipers Munneke, S. Marchenko, W. van Pelt, C. Meyer, I. Hewitt, S. B. Simonsen, A. Heilig, S. Samimi, H. Machguth, M. MacFerrin, M. Niwano, O. Miller, C. I. Voss and J. E. Box (2020) The meltwater Retention Model Intercomparison Project (RetMIP): Evaluation of nine firn models at four weather station sites on the Greenland ice sheet, The Cryosphere, 14, 3785–3810.
    • Viani, C., H. Machguth, C. Huggel, D. Franco, A. Godio, L. Perotti and M. Giardino (2020): Potential future lakes from continued glacier shrinkage in the Aosta Valley Region (Western Alps, Italy). Geomorphology, 335, 107068.
    • MacFerrin, M., H. Machguth, D. van As, C. Charalampidis, C. Stevens, B. Vandecrux, A. Heilig, P. Langen, R. Mottram, X. Fettweis, M. van den Broeke, W.T. Pfeffer, M. Moussavi and W. Abdalati (2019): Rapid expansion of Greenland’s low-permeability ice slabs, Nature, 473, 403-407.
    • Karlsson, N.B., W. T. Colgan, D. Binder, H. Machguth, J. Abermann and A­. Pedersen (2019): Ice-penetrating radar survey of the subsurface debris field at Camp Century, Greenland, Cold Regions Science and Technology, 165, 102788.
    • Zemp, M., M. Huss, E. Thibert, N. Eckert, R. McNabb, J. Huber, M. Barandun, H. Machguth, S.U. Nussbaumer, I. Gärtner-Roer, L. Thomson, F. Paul, F. Maussion, S. Kutuzov and G. Cogley (2019): Glacier mass-balances and contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016, Nature, 568, 582-586.
    • Vandecrux, B., M. MacFerrin, H. Machguth, W.T. Colgan, D. van As, A. Heilig, C. M. Stevens, C. Charalampidis, R. Fausto, E. Morris, E. Mosley-Thompson, L. Koenig, L.N. Montgomery, C. Miège, S. B. Simonsen, T. Ingeman-Nielsen and J.E. Box (2019): Firn data compilation reveals widespread decrease of firn air content in West Greenland, The Cryosphere, 13, 845-859.
    • Abermann, J., D. van As, S. Wacker, K. Langley, H. Machguth and Robert S. Fausto (2019): Strong spatial glacier mass and energy gradients in western Greenland, Journal of Glaciology, 65(120), 263-269.
    • Farinotti, D., M. Huss, J. Fürst, J. Landmann, H. Machguth, F. Maussion and A. Pandit (2019): A consensus estimate for the ice thickness distribution of all glaciers on Earth, Nature Geoscience, 12, 168-173.
    • Kjær, K.H., N. K. Larsen, T. Binder, A. A. Bjørk, O. Eisen, M. A. Fahnestock, S. Funder, A. A. Garde, H. Haack, V. Helm, M. Houmark-Nielsen, K. K. Kjeldsen, S. A. Khan, H. Machguth, I. MacDonald, M. Morlighem, J. Mouginot, J. D. Paden, T.E. Waight, C. Weikusat, E. Willerslev and J. A. MacGregor (2018): A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland, Science Advances, 4(11), eaar8173.
    • von Albedyll, L., H. Machguth, L., S. Nussbaumer and M. Zemp (2018): Elevation changes 1978 to 2012-2015 of Holm Land Ice Cap, Northeast Greenland, using AeroDEM, ArcticDEM, and TanDEM-X, Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 50(1), e1523638.
    • Colgan, W., A. Pedersen, D. Binder, H. Machguth, J. Abermann and M. Jayred (2018), Initial Field Activities of the Camp Century Climate Monitoring Programme, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin, 41, 75-78.  
    • Machguth H., J.E. Box, R.S. Fausto and W.T. Pfeffer (2018): Editorial: Melt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers, Observations and Modeling, Frontiers in Earth Science, 6:105.
    • Cohen D., F. Gillet-Chaulet, W. Haeberli, H. Machguth, and U. H. Fischer (2018): Numerical reconstructions of the flow and basal conditions of the Rhine glacier, European Central Alps, at the Last Glacial Maximum, The Cryosphere, 12, 2515-2544.
    • Fausto, R.S., J. E. Box, B. Vandecrux, D. van As, K. Steffen, M. J. MacFerrin, H. Machguth, L. Koenig, D. McGrath, C. Charalampidis, R.J. Braithwaite (in press): A snow density dataset for improving surface boundary conditions in Greenland ice sheet firn modeling, Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, 1-10.
    • Colgan, W., A. Pedersen, D. Binder, H. Machguth, J. Abermann and M. Jayred (in press), Initial Field Activities of the Camp Century Climate Monitoring Programme, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin.
    • Bjørk, A.A., S. Aagaard, A. Hallander, S.A. Khan, J.E. Box, K.K. Kjeldsen, N.K. Larsen, N.J. Korsgaard, J. Cappelen, W.T. Colgan, H. Machguth, C. S. Andresen, Y. Peings and K.H. Kjær (2017): Changes in Greenland’s peripheral glaciers linked to the North Atlantic Oscillation, Nature Climate Change, 8, 48-52.
    • Kapitsa, V., M. Shahgedanova, H. Machguth, I. Severskiy and A. Medeu (2017): Assessment of Evolution of Mountain Lakes and Risks of Glacier Lake Outbursts in the Djungarskiy (Jetysu) Alatau, Central Asia, using Landsat Imagery and Glacier Bed Topography Modelling, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 1837-1856.
    • Hoelzle, M., M. Barandun, E. Azisov, M. Huss, R, Kenzhebaev, M. Kronenberg, T. Saks, H. Machguth, D. Farinotti, A. Gafurov, W. Hagg, A. Merkushkin, N. Salzmann, T. Schöne, M. Petrov, R. Usubaliev, S. Vorogushin, and M. Zemp, (2017): Re-establishing a monitoring programme for glaciers in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 6, 397-418.
    • Marcer, M., P.A. Stentoft, E. Bjerre, E. Cimoli, A.A. Bjørk, L. Stenseng, and H. Machguth (2017): Three decades of volume change of a small Greenlandic glacier using ground penetrating radar, Structure from Motion and aerial photogrammetry, Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 49(3), 411-425.
    • Fettweis, X., J. E. Box, C. Agosta, C. Amory, C. Kittel, C. Lang, D. van As, H. Machguth and H. Gallée (2017): Reconstructions of the 1900-2015 Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance using the regional climate MAR model, The Cryosphere, 11, 1015-1033.
    • Farinotti, D., D. Brinkerhoff, G.K.C. Clarke, J.J. Fürst, H. Frey, P. Gantayat, F. Gillet-Chaulet, C. Girard, M. Huss, P.W. Leclercq, A. Linsbauer, H. Machguth, C. Martin, F. Maussion, M. Morlighem, C. Mosbeux, A. Pandit, A. Portmann, A. Rabatel, R. Ramsankaran, T.J. Reerink, O. Sanchez, P.A. Stentoft, S.S. Kumari, W.J.J. van Pelt, B. Anderson, T. Benham, D. Binder, J.A. Dowdeswell, A. Fischer, K. Helfricht, S. Kutuzov, I. Lavrentiev, R. McNabb, G.H. Gudmundsson, H. Li and L.M. Andreassen (2017): How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison eXperiment, The Cryosphere, 11, 949-970.
    • Noël, B., W.J. van de Berg, S. Lhermitte, B. Wouters, H. Machguth, I. Howat, M. Citterio, G. Moholdt, J.T.M. Lenaerts, and M.R. van den Broeke (2017): A tipping point in refreezing accelerates Greenland’s glaciers and ice caps mass loss, Nature Communications, 8, 14730.
    • Marchenko, S., W.J.J. van Pelt, B. Claremar, V. Pohjola, R. Pettersson, H. Machguth and C. Tijm-Reijmer (2017): Parameterizing deep-water percolation improves subsurface temperature simulations by a multilayer firn model, Frontiers in Earth Science, 5, 1-20.
    • Machguth, H., H.H. Thomsen, A. Weidick, J. Abermann, A.P. Ahlstrøm, M. L. Andersen, S.B. Andersen, A. A. Bjørk, J. E. Box, R. J. Braithwaite, C.E. Bøggild, M. Citterio, P. Clement, W. Colgan, R. S. Fausto, K. Gleie, B. S. Gubler, Hasholt, B. Hynek, N.T. Knudsen, S.H. Larsen, S. Mernild, J. Oerlemans, H. Oerter, O.B. Olesen, C.J.P.P. Smeets, K. Steffen, M. Stober, S. Sugiyama D. van As, M.R. van den Broeke and R. S. van de Wal (2016): Greenland surface mass balance observations from the ice sheet ablation area and local glaciers, Journal of Glaciology, 62(235), 861-887.
    • Colgan, W., H. Machguth, M. MacFerrin, J. D. Colgan, D. van As and J. A. MacGregor (2016): The abandoned ice-sheet base at Camp Century, Greenland, in a warming climate, Geophysical Research Letters, 43(15), 8091–8096.
    • Van As, D., R.S. Fausto, J. Cappelen, R.S.W. van de Wal, R.J. Braithwaite, H. Machguth, and the PROMICE project team, (2016): Placing Greenland ice sheet ablation measurements in a multi-decadal context, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin, 35, 71-74.
    • Charalampidis, C., D. van As, W. T. Colgan, R. S. Fausto, M. MacFerrin and H. Machguth (2016): Thermal tracing of retained meltwater in the lower accumulation area of the Southwestern Greenland ice sheet, Annals of Glaciology, 57(12), 1-10.
    • Machguth, H., M. MacFerrin, D. van As, J. E. Box, C. Charalampidis, W. Colgan, R. S. Fausto, H. A. J. Meijer, R. S. W. van de Wal and E. Mosley-Thompson (2016): Greenland meltwater storage in firn limited by near-surface ice formation, Nature Climate Change, 6, 390-393.
    • Marchenko, S., V. A. Pohjola, R. Pettersson, W. J. J. van Pelt, C. P. Vega, H. Machguth, C. E. Bøggild, and E. Isaksson (2016): A plot-scale study of firn stratigraphy at Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard, using ice cores, borehole video and GPR surveys in 2012-2014, Journal of Glaciology, 63(237) 67-78.
    • Noël, B., W. J. van de Berg, H. Machguth, S. Lhermitte, I. Howat, X. Fettweis, and M. van den Broeke, (2016): A daily, 1-km resolution dataset of downscaled Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance (1958-2015), The Cryosphere, 10, 2361-2377.
    • Sold, L., M. Huss, H. Machguth, P.C. Joerg, G. Leysinger Vieli, A. Linsbauer, N. Salzmann, M. Zemp and M. Hoelzle (2016): Mass balance reanalysis of Findelengletscher, Switzerland, benefits from extensive snow accumulation measurements, Frontiers, 4, 18p.
    • Linsbauer, A. H. Frey, W. Haeberli, H. Machguth, M. F. Azam, J. G. Pottakkal and S. Allen (2016): Modelling glacier-bed overdeepenings and possible future lakes for the glaciers in the Himalaya-Karakoram region, Annals of Glaciology, 57, 119-130.
    • Charalampidis, C., D. van As, J. E. Box, M. R. van den Broeke, W. T. Colgan, S. H. Doyle, A. L. Hubbard, M. MacFerrin, H. Machguth and C. J. P. P. Smeets (2015): Changing surface-atmosphere energy exchange and refreezing capacity of the lower accumulation area, west Greenland, The Cryosphere, 9, 2163-2181,
    • Schaefer, M., H. Machguth, M. Falvey, G. Cassasa and E. Rignot (2015): Quantifying mass balance processes on the Southern Patagonian Icefield, The Cryosphere, 9, 25-35.
    • Frey, H., H. Machguth, M. Huss, S. Bajracharya, T. Bolch, C. Huggel, A. Kulkarni, A. Linsbauer, N. Salzmann, M. Stoffel (2014): Ice volumes in the Himalaya-Karakoram region: evaluating different assessment methods, The Cryosphere, 8, 2313-2333.
    • Gärtner-Roer, I., K. Naegeli, M. Huss, T. Knecht, H. Machguth and M. Zemp (2014): A database of worldwide glacier thickness observations, Global and Planetary Change, 122, 330-344.
    • Machguth, H. and M. Huss (2014): The length of the world's glaciers – a new approach for the global calculation of center lines, The Cryosphere, 8, 1741-1755.
    • Machguth, H. (2014): Atmospheric science: Glaciers between two drivers, Nature Climate Change, 4, 12-13.
    • Machguth, H., P. Rastner, T. Bolch, N. Mölg, L. S. Sørensen, G. Aðalgeirsdottir, J. van Angelen, M. van den Broeke and X. Fettweis (2013): Future sea level rise contribution of Greenland’s glaciers and ice caps, Environmental Research Letters, 8, 025005.
    • van As, D. and the PROMICE project team (including H. Machguth) (2013): Darkening of the Greenland ice sheet due to the melt albedo feedback observed at PROMICE weather stations. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin, 2013, 25, 69-72.
    • Herren, P-A., A. Eichler, H. Machguth, T. Papina, L. Tobler, A. Zapf and M. Schwikowski (2013): The onset of Neoglaciation 6000 years ago in western Mongolia revealed by an ice core from Tsambagarav glacier, Quarternary Science Reviews, 69, 59-68.
    • Bolch, T., L. S. Sørensen, S. B. Simonsen N. Mölg, H. Machguth, P. Rastner and F. Paul (2013): Mass loss of Greenland's glaciers and ice caps 2003-2008 revealed from ICESat data, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 875-881.   
    • Schaefer, M., H. Machguth, M. Falvey and G. Casassa (2013): Modelling the surface mass balance of the Northern Patagonian Icefield, Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 571-588.
    • Linsbauer, A., F. Paul, H. Machguth and W. Haeberli (2013): Comparing three different methods to model scenarios of future glacier change for the entire Swiss Alps, Annals of Glaciology, 54, 241-253.
    • Ahlstrøm, A. P., S. B. Andersen, M. L. Andersen, H. Machguth, F. M. Nick, I. Joughin, C. H. Reijmer, R. S. W. van de Wal, J. P. Merryman Boncori, J. E. Box, M. Citterio, D. van As, R. S. Fausto and A. Hubbard (2013): Seasonal velocities of eight major marine-terminating outlet glaciers of the Greenland ice sheet from continuous in situ GPS instruments, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 5, 277-287.
    • Barrand, N. E., H. Machguth and J. O. Hagen (2013): Observing Changes in Near-Polar Glaciers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 94, 208.
    • Salzmann, N., H. Machguth and A. Linsbauer (2012): The Swiss Alpine glacier’s response to the “2 °C air temperature target”, Environmental Research Letters, 7, 044001.
    • Rastner, P., T. Bolch, N. Mölg, H. Machguth, R. Le Bris and F. Paul (2012): The first complete inventory of the local glaciers and ice caps on Greenland, The Cryosphere, 6, 1483-1495.
    • Machguth, H., W. Haeberli and F. Paul (2012): Mass balance parameters derived from a synthetic network of mass balance glaciers, Journal of Glaciology, 58, 965-979.
    • Fausto, R. S., D. van As, A. P. Ahlstrøm, S. B. Andersen, M. L. Andersen, M. Citterio, K. Edelvang, S. H. Larsen, H. Machguth, S. Nielsen and A. Weidick (2012): Ablation records for 2008-2011 from the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE), Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin, 26, 73-76.
    • Van As, D., R. S. Fausto, A. P. Ahlstrøm, S. B. Andersen, M. L. Andersen, M. Citterio, K. Edelvang, P. Gravesen, H. Machguth, F. M. Nick, S. Nielsen and A. Weidick (2011):  Temperature and ablation records from the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE), Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin, 23, 73-76.
    • Machguth, H., F. Paul, S. Kotlarski and M. Hoelzle (2009): Calculating distributed glacier mass balance for the Swiss Alps from RCM output: A methodical description and interpretation of the results, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, D19106.
    • Paul, F., H. Escher-Vetter and H. Machguth (2009): Comparison of mass balances for Vernagtferner obtained from direct measurements and distributed modelling. Annals of Glaciology, 50, 169-177.
    • Machguth, H., R. S. Purves, J. Oerlemans, M. Hoelzle, and F. Paul (2008): Exploring uncertainty in glacier mass balance modelling with Monte Carlo simulation, The Cryosphere, 2, 191-204.
    • Machguth, H., O. Eisen, F. Paul and M. Hoelzle (2006): Strong spatial variability of snow accumulation observed with helicopter-borne GPR on two adjacent Alpine glaciers, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L13503.
    • Machguth, H., F. Paul, M. Hoelzle and W. Haeberli (2006): Distributed glacier mass-balance modelling as an important component of modern multi-level glacier monitoring, Annals of Glaciology, 43, 335-343.
    • Ceballos J. L., C. Euscategui, J. Ramirez, M. Cañon, C. Huggel, W. Haeberli and H. Machguth (2006): Fast shrinking of tropical glaciers in Colombia. Annals of Glaciology, 43, 194-201.
    • Paul, F., H. Machguth and A. Kääb (2005): On the impact of glacier albedo under conditions of extreme glacier melt: the summer of 2003 in the Alps, in: EARSeL eProceedings, 4, 139-148.

     

    Books and Theses 

    • Pfeffer, W.T., J. Box, R.S. Fausto and H. Machguth (Eds.) (2018): Melt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers, Observations and Modeling, eBook, Frontiers in Earth Science.
    • WGMS, (2017): Global Glacier Change Bulletin No. 2 (2014-2015), Zemp, M., S.U. Nussbaumer, I. Gärtner-Roer, J. Huber, H. Machguth, F. Paul, and M. Hoelzle (eds.), Zürich, ICSU(WDS)/IUGG(IACS)/ UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, 244 pp.
    • WGMS, (2015): Global Glacier Change Bulletin no. 1 (2012-2013), Zemp, M., I. Gärtner-Roer, S.U. Nussbaumer, F. Hüsler, H. Machguth, N. Mölg, F. Paul, M. Hoelzle (eds.), Zürich, ICSU(WDS)/IUGG(IACS)/ UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, 230 pp.
    • Machguth, H. (2008): On the Use of RCM Data and Gridded Climatologies for Regional Scale Glacier Mass Balance Modelling in High Mountain Topography; The Example of the Swiss Alps. PhD Thesis, University of Zurich, 196 pp.
    • Machguth, H. and S. Margreth (eds.) (2005): Baikal Exkursion 2004, ein wissenschaftlicher Überblick zum Baikal-Raum und Reisebericht (The Baikal Excursion 2004; a Scientific Overview of the Baikal Area and Travellogue), Schriftenreihe Physische Geographie, 46, Geographisches Institut Universität Zürich, 143 pp. (In German).
    • Machguth, H. (2004): Messung und Modellierung der Massenbilanzverteilung auf Gletschern der Schweizer Alpen (Measuring and modelling the mass balance distribution of glaciers in the Swiss Alps), Diploma Thesis (equivalent to MSc Thesis), University of Zurich, 158 pp. (In German).

     

    Book chapters

    • Nussbaumer, S. U., M. Huss, H. Machguth and D. Steiner (2016): Gletscherentwicklung und Klimawandel – von der Vergangenheit in die Zukunft, in: Zumbühl, H. J., S. U. Nussbaumer, H. Holzhauser and R. Wolf (eds.); Die Grindelwaldgletscher, Kunst und Wissenschaft. Haupt Verlag, Bern.
    • Jóhannesson, T. and 16 co-authors (including H. Machguth) (2011): Hydropower, Snow and Ice, In: Thorsteinsson, T. and H. Björnsson (eds.); Climate Change and Energy Systems, Impacts, Risks and Adaptation in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen.
    • Paul, F., H. Machguth, M. Hoelzle, N. Salzmann and W. Haeberli (2007): Alpine-wide distributed glacier mass balance modelling: a tool for assessing future glacier change? In: Orlove, B., Wiegandt, E. and Luckman, B. (Eds.): The Darkening Peaks: Glacial Retreat in Scientific and Social Context. University of California Press.

     

    Other publications

    • Machguth, H, and D. Cohen (2016): Estimating the Surface Mass Balance Gradient of the Rhine Glacier at the Last Glacial Maximum, Technical Report, National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra), Wettingen, Switzerland, 26p.
    • Van As., D., H. Machguth and M. MacFerrin (2016): How meltwater can create an ice lid in the snow blanket over the Greenland ice sheet, PROMICE Newsletter No. 9, Andersen, S.B. and J. Holst (eds.).
    • Colgan, W., Machguth, H. and Ahlstrøm, A. P. (2014): Data Rescue: Greenland Surface Mass Budget Database, PROMICE Newsletter No. 7, Andersen, S. B. (ed.).
    • Andersen, M. L., and 50 others (including H. Machguth) (2014): Interim report of dynamic changes of land ice in the Arctic and North-Atlantic region. In: Ahlstrøm, A. P. (ed.), Report from the Nordic centre of excellence SVALI.
    • Andersen, S. B., L. M. Andreassen, H. Björnsson, M. Citterio, R. Forsberg, S. Gudmundsson, J. O. Hagen, S. M. Hvidegaard, P. Jansson, T. Johanneson, J. Kohler, H. Machguth, F. Palsson and L. S. Sørensen (2012): Interim report of current rates of changes of land ice in the Arctic and North Atlantic region - Stability and Variations of Arctic Land Ice (SVALI).
    • Machguth, H., M. Schwikowski, P.-A. Herren, B. Rufibach, T. Papina, E. Mitrofanova, T. Uskov and O. Demberel (2012): Sutai Uul Mountain (4210 m a.s.l.), a potential second ice core drilling site in the Mongolian Altai? Annual Report 2011 of the Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, PSI-ETH and University of Bern.
    • Machguth, H., (2011): Mass balance of Findelengletscher 2004-2007, In: Bauder, A. and C. Ryser (eds.); Glaciological Report No. 127/128, The Swiss Glaciers 2005/06 and 2006/07. Cryospherical Commission (EKK) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT).
    • Citterio, M., R. S. Fausto and H. Machguth (2011): Glaciological hydropower feasibility in the Qasigiannguit area, West Greenland: Technical report. Geological survey of Denmark and Greenland, Ministry of Energy and Climate, Copenhagen, Denmark.
    • Machguth, H., and A. Ahlstrøm (2010): Ice Sheet Surface Mass Balance at Paakitsôq, West Greenland, derived from future scenario regional climate model data. Technical report, Geological survey of Denmark and Greenland, Ministry of Energy and Climate, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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