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prof. dr. michael zemp | world glacier monitoring service | university of zurich | switzerland

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upcoming

*Bannwart, J., Piermattei, L., Dussaillant, I., Krieger, L., Floricioiu, D., Berthier, E., Roeoesli, C., Machguth, H., and Zemp, M. (in review): Elevation bias due to penetration of spaceborne radar signal on Grosser Aletschgletscher, Switzerland. Journal of Glaciology.

*Piermattei, L., Zemp, M., Sommer, C., Brun, F., Braun, M. H., Andreassen, L. M., Belart, J. M. C., Berthier, E., Bhattacharya, A., Boehm Vock, L., Bolch, T., Dehecq, A., Dussaillant, I., Falaschi, D., Florentine, C., Floricioiu, D., Ginzler, C., Guillet, G., Hugonnet, R., Huss, M., Kääb, A., King, O., Klug, C., Knuth, F., Krieger, L., La Frenierre, J., McNabb, R., McNeil, C., Prinz, R., Sass, L., Seehaus, T., Shean, D., Treichler, D., Wendt, A., and Yang, R. (in review): Observing glacier elevation changes from spaceborne optical and radar sensors - an inter-comparison experiment using ASTER and TanDEM-X data. The Cryosphere, preprint available from EGUsphere: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2309.

WGMS (2023): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2023-09

*Zemp, M., Nussbaumer, S.U., Welty, E.Z., and Gärtner-Roer, I. (in review): Wie geht es dem "ewigen Eis"? Gletscherbeobachtung am Berg und aus dem Weltall. Geographische Rundschau, 6/2024.

2023

*Berthier, E., Floricioiu, D., Gardner, A.S., Gourmelen, N., Jakob, L., Paul, F., Treichler, D., Wouters, B., Belart, J., Dehecq, A., Dussaillant, I., Hugonnet, R., Kääb, A., Krieger, L., Palsson, F., and Zemp, M. (2023): Measuring glacier mass changes from space - a review. Reports on Progress in Physics. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/acaf8e. pdf (8.0 MB)

Dussaillant, I., Bannwart, J., Paul, F., Zemp, M. (2023): Glacier mass change global gridded data from 1976 to present derived from the Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store (CDS). https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.ba597449

Maussion, F., Hock, R., Paul, F., Raup, B., Rastner, P., Zemp, M, Andreassen, L., Barr, I., Bolch, T., Kochtitzky, W., McNabb, R. and Tielidze, L (2023): The Randolph Glacier Inventory version 7.0 User guide. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8362857. Online access: https://glims-rgi.github.io/rgi_user_guide/welcome.html

RGI 7.0 Consortium (2023): Randolph Glacier Inventory - A Dataset of Global Glacier Outlines, Version 7.0. Boulder, Colorado USA. NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center. doi:10.5067/f6jmovy5navz. Online access: https://doi.org/10.5067/f6jmovy5navz

*von Schuckmann, K., Minière, A., Gues, F., Cuesta-Valero, F. J., Kirchengast, G., Adusumilli, S., Straneo, F., Ablain, M., Allan, R. P., Barker, P. M., Beltrami, H., Blazquez, A., Boyer, T., Cheng, L., Church, J., Desbruyeres, D., Dolman, H., Domingues, C. M., García-García, A., Giglio, D., Gilson, J. E., Gorfer, M., Haimberger, L., Hakuba, M. Z., Hendricks, S., Hosoda, S., Johnson, G. C., Killick, R., King, B., Kolodziejczyk, N., Korosov, A., Krinner, G., Kuusela, M., Landerer, F. W., Langer, M., Lavergne, T., Lawrence, I., Li, Y., Lyman, J., Marti, F., Marzeion, B., Mayer, M., MacDougall, A. H., McDougall, T., Monselesan, D. P., Nitzbon, J., Otosaka, I., Peng, J., Purkey, S., Roemmich, D., Sato, K., Sato, K., Savita, A., Schweiger, A., Shepherd, A., Seneviratne, S. I., Simons, L., Slater, D. A., Slater, T., Steiner, A. K., Suga, T., Szekely, T., Thiery, W., Timmermans, M.-L., Vanderkelen, I., Wjiffels, S. E., Wu, T., and Zemp, M. (2023): Heat stored in the Earth system 1960-2020: where does the energy go?, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, 1675-1709, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1675-2023. pdf (3.0 MB)

WGMS 2023. Global Glacier Change Bulletin No. 5 (2020-2021). Zemp, M., Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S.U., Welty, E., Dussaillant, I. and Bannwart, J., (eds.), ISC(WDS)/IUGG(IACS)/UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland, 134 pp., publication based on database version: doi:10.5904/wgms-fog-2023-09. pdf (8.0 MB)

*Zemp, M., and Welty, E. (2023). Temporal downscaling of glaciological mass balance using seasonal observations. Journal of Glaciology, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.66 . pdf (0.2 MB)

2022

*Gärtner-Roer, I. Nussbaumer, S.U., Raup, B., Paul, F., Welty, E., Windnagel, A., Fetterer, F., M. Zemp (2022): Democratizing glacier data - maturity of the worldwide data sets and future ambitions. Frontiers in Climate, https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.841103. pdf (0.5 MB)

*Windnagel, A., Hock, R., Maussion, F., Paul, F., Rastner, P., Raup, B., Zemp, M. (2022): Which glaciers are the largest in the world? Journal of Glaciology, p. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.61. pdf (0.2 MB)

*GCOS (2022): GCOS 2022 Implementation Plan. GCOS-244, WMO, UNESCO, IOC, UNEP, ISC: 85 pp & 261 pp ECVs Requirements Appendix. GCOS IP, ECV Requirements

WGMS (2022): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2022-09

2021

*Dorigo W., Dietrich S., Aires F., Brocca L., Carter S., Cretaux J.F., Dunkerley D., Enomoto H., Forsberg R., Güntner A., Hegglin M., Hollmann R., Hurst D.F., Johannessen J.A., Kummerow C., Lee T., Luojus K., Looser U., Miralles D.G., Pellet V., Recknagel T., Ruz Vargas C., Schneider U., Schoeneich P., Schröder M., Tapper N., Vuglinsky V., Wagner W., Yu L., Zappa L., Zemp M., Aich, V. (2021): Closing the water cycle from observations across scales: Where do we stand? Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0316.1

*GCOS (2021). The Status of the Global Climate Observing System 2021: The GCOS Status Report. (GCOS-240), WMO, Geneva, Switzerland, 381 pp. https://gcos.wmo.int/en/gcos-status-report-2021

Thomson, L., Brun, F., Braun, M. and Zemp, M. (2021): Editorial: Observational assessments of glacier mass changes at regional and global level. Front. Earth Sci., 8:641710. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.641710. pdf (0.5 MB)

WGMS 2021. Global Glacier Change Bulletin No. 4 (2018–2019). Zemp, M., Nussbaumer, S.U., Gärtner-Roer, I., Bannwart, J., Paul, F., and Hoelzle, M. (eds.), ISC(WDS)/IUGG(IACS)/UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland, 278 pp. Publication based on database version: doi:10.5904/wgms-fog-2021-05. pdf (36 MB)

WGMS (2021): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2021-05

*Zemp, M. and Marzeion, B. (2021): Dwindling relevance of large volcanic eruptions for global glacier changes in the Anthropocene. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (12), e2021GL092964. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092964. pdf (0.5 MB)

2020

*Alean, J., Schwendener, L., and Zemp, M. (2020): Migrating blocks on the surface of Alpine valley glaciers. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/04353676.2020.1850064. pdf (0.9 MB)

GlaThiDa Consortium (2020): Glacier Thickness Database 3.1. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-glathida-2020-10

*Haeberli, W., Huggel, C., Paul, F. and Zemp, M. (2020): The response of glaciers to climate change: Observations and impacts. Treatise on Geomorphology, 2nd edition, Volume 13, Academic Press, p. 152-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00011-0. pdf (3.8 MB)

*Huber, J., McNabb, R. and Zemp, M. (2020): Elevation changes of west-central Greenland glaciers from 1985 to 2012 from remote sensing. Front. Earth Sci. 8(35). doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00035. pdf (3.8 MB)

*Tielidze, L. G., Bolch, T., Wheate, R. D., Kutuzov, S. S., Lavrentiev, I. I., and Zemp, M. (2020): Supra-glacial debris cover changes in the Greater Caucasus from 1986 to 2014. The Cryosphere, 14, 585-598, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-585-2020. pdf (7.5 MB)

*Sommer, C., Malz, P., Seehaus, T.C., Lippl, S., Zemp, M., and Braun, M.H. (2020): Rapid glacier retreat and downwasting throughout the European Alps in the early 21st century. Nature Communications, 11, 3209. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16818-0. pdf from publisher

*Welty, E., Zemp, M., Navarro, F., Huss, M., Fürst, J.J., Gärtner-Roer, I., Landmann, J., Machguth, H., Naegeli, K., Andreassen, L.M., Farinotti, D., Li, H., and GlaThiDa Contributors (2020): Worldwide version-controlled database of glacier thickness observations. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12, 3039-3055, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3039-2020 pdf (5.7 MB)

WGMS (2020): 125 years of internationally coordinated glacier monitoring: achievements and future challenges – Summary report on the IUGG General Assembly and the WGMS General Assembly of National Correspondents 2019. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland, 63 pp. pdf (4.3 MB)

WGMS (2020): Global Glacier Change Bulletin No. 3 (2016-2017). Zemp, M., Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S. U., Bannwart, J., Rastner, P., Paul, F., and Hoelzle, M. (eds.), ISC(WDS)/IUGG(IACS)/UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland, 274 pp., publication based on database version: doi:10.5904/wgms-fog-2019-12. pdf (20 MB)

WGMS (2020): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2020-08

Zemp, M. (2020): Dreisprung - Eine Frage, drei Antworten: Läuft uns die Zeit davon? Adieu ewig' Eis. UZH Magazine, 20/3. pdf (0.1 MB)

*Zemp, M., Huss, M., Eckert, N., Thibert, E., Paul, F., Nussbaumer, S.U., and Gärtner-Roer, I. (2020): Brief communication: Ad hoc estimation of glacier contributions to sea-level rise from latest glaciological observations. The Cryosphere, 14, 1043-1050, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1043-2020 . pdf (2.5 MB)

2019

*Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S.U., Hüsler, F., and Zemp, M. (2019): Worldwide assessment of national glacier monitoring and future perspectives. Mountain Research and Development, 39(2). https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-19-00021.1 pdf (1 MB)

GlaThiDa Consortium (2019): Glacier Thickness Database 3.0. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-glathida-2019-03

*Haeberli, W., Oerlemans, J., and Zemp, M. (2019): The future of Alpine glaciers and beyond. In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science. Oxford University Press. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.769 pdf (1 MB)

WGMS (2019): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2019-12

*Zemp, M., Huss, M., Thibert, E., Eckert, N., McNabb, R., Huber, J., Barandun, M., Machguth, H., Nussbaumer, S.U., Gärtner-Roer, I., Thomson, L., Paul, F., Maussion, F., Kutuzov, S., and Cogley, J.G. (2019): Global glacier mass changes and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016. Nature, 568, p. 382–386. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1071-0. [ShareIt link from publisher] [Author's Accepted Manuscript]

Zemp, M., Sajood, A.A., Pitte, P., van Ommen, T., Fischer, A., Soruco, A., Thomson, L., Schaefer, M., Li, Z., Ceballos Lievano, J.L., Cáceres Correa, B.E., Vincent, C., Tielidze, L., Braun, L.N., Ahlstrøm, A.P., Hannesdóttir, H., Dobhal, D.P., Karimi, N., Baroni, C., Fujita, K., Severskiy, I., Prinz, R., Usubaliev, R., Delgado-Granados, H., Demberel, O., Joshi, S.P., Anderson, B., Hagen, J.O., Dávila Roller, L.R., Gadek, B., Popovnin, V.V., Cobos, G., Holmlund, P., Huss, M., Kayumov, A., Lea, J.M., Pelto, M., and Yakovlev, A. (2019): Glacier monitoring tracks progress in limiting climate change. Nature, 576, p. 39, go.nature.com/34ak25y

2018

*von Albedyll, L., Machguth, H., Nussbaumer, S.U. and Zemp, M. (2018): Elevation changes of the Holm Land Ice Cap, northeast Greenland, from 1978 to 2012–2015, derived from high-resolution digital elevation models. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 50:1, DOI: 10.1080/15230430.2018.1523638. pdf (2.9 MB)

WGMS (2018): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2018-11

Zemp, M. (2018): Geleitwort zu "Gletscher im Wandel, 125 Jahre Gletschermessdienst des Alpenvereins". Fischer, A., Patzelt, G., Achrainer, M., Groß, G., Lieb, G., Kellerer-Pirklbauer-Eulenstein, A. and Bendler, G. (eds.), Springer Spektrum. foreword as pdf (0.9 MB), book online available

2017

GTN-G (2017): GTN-G Glacier Regions. Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/gtng-glacreg-2017-07

*Hoelzle, M., Azisov, E., Barandun, M., Huss, M., Farinotti, D., Gafurov, A., Hagg, W., Kenzhebaev, R., Kronenberg, M., Machguth, H., Merkushkin, A., Moldobekov, B., Petrov, M., Saks, T., Salzmann, N., Schöne, T., Tarasov, Y., Usubaliev, R., Vorogushyn, S., Yakovlev, A., and Zemp, M. (2017): Re-establishing glacier monitoring in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 6, 397-418, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-397-2017. pdf (16 MB)

*Huber, J., Cook, A.J., Paul, F. and Zemp, M. (2017): A complete glacier inventory of the Antarctic Peninsula based on Landsat7 images from 2000–2002 and other pre-existing datasets. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9: p. 115-131. doi:10.5194/essd-9-115-2017 pdf (7.5 MB)

*Mölg, N., Ceballos, J.L., Huggel, C., Micheletti, N., Rabatel, A. and Zemp, M (2017): Ten years of monthly mass balance of Conejeras glacier, Colombia, and their evaluation using different interpolation methods. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/04353676.2017.1297678 pdf (4 MB)

*Nussbaumer, S.U., Hoelzle, M., Hüsler, F., Huggel, C., Salzmann, N. and Zemp, M. (2017): Glacier monitoring and capacity building: important ingredients for sustainable mountain development. Mountain Research and Development, 37 (1): p. 141-152. doi:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-15-00038.1 pdf (7.5 MB)

Nussbaumer, S.U., Zemp, M., Mölg, N., Huber J. and Gärtner-Roer, I. (2017): Weltweit Gletscher per Smartphone beobachten. GeoAgenda, 2017/05, SCNAT. pdf (1 MB)

*Rabatel, A., Ceballos, J.L., Micheletti, N., Jordan, E., Braitmeier, M., Gonzales, J., Moelg, N., Ménégoz, M., Huggel, C. and Zemp, M. (2017): Toward an imminent extinction of Colombian glaciers? Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 100(1), p. 75-95, doi: 10.1080/04353676.2017.1383015. pdf (4 MB)

WGMS (2017): Global Glacier Change Bulletin No. 2 (2014-2015). Zemp, M., Nussbaumer, S.U., Gärtner-Roer, I., Huber, J., Machguth, H., Paul, F. and Hoelzle, M. (eds.), ICSU(WDS)/IUGG(IACS)/UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland, 244 pp. Based on database version: doi: 10.5904/wgms-fog-2017-10. pdf (20 MB)

WGMS (2017): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2017-10

Zemp, M. (2017): Toteis, Kalbungsfronten & galoppierende Gletscher. In: Füglister, K.M., Hicklin, M. and Mäser, P (eds): natura obscura. Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Basel (NGIB), Schwabe, ISBN 978-3-7965-3686-1: p. 217. pdf (1 MB)

Zemp, M., Nussbaumer, S.U., Gärtner-Roer, I., Machguth, H., Paul, F. and Hoelzle, M. (2017): Global watch on melting glaciers. Alerta mundial por el deshielo de los glaciares. In: Kopelman, I., van Duijvenboden, N. and Willems, R. (eds.): On Glaciers and Avalanches, Notes on Representation Vol. 8, Roma Publications 297: p. 87-89. pdf (2 MB)

2016

GlaThiDa Consortium (2016): Glacier Thickness Database 2.1. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-glathida-2016-07

*Rastner, P., Joerg, P.C., Huss, M. and Zemp, M. (2016): Historical analysis and visualization of the retreat of Findelengletscher, Switzerland, 1859–2010. Global and Planetary Change, 145: p. 67-77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.07.005.pdf (3 MB)

*Sold, L., Huss, M., Machguth, H., Joerg, P.C., Leysinger Vieli, G., Linsbauer, A., Salzmann, N., Zemp, M. and Hoelzle, M. (2016): Mass balance re-analysis of Findelengletscher, Switzerland; benefits of extensive snow accumulation measurements. Frontiers in Earth Science, 4:18. doi:10.3389/feart.2016.00018 pdf (1.5 MB)

*Thomson, L.I., Zemp, M., Copland, L., Cogley, J.G. and Ecclestone, M. (2016): Comparison of geodetic and glaciological mass budgets for White Glacier, Axel Heiberg Island, Canada. Journal of Glaciology. doi:10.1017/jog.2016.112 pdf (1 MB)

WGMS (2016): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2016-08

2015

*Joerg, P.C., Weyermann, J., Morsdorf, F., Zemp, M., Schaepman, M.E. (2015): Computation of a distributed glacier surface albedo using airborne laser scanning intensity data and in-situ spectro-radiometric measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 160, p. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.017

*Mernild, S.H., Beckerman, A.P., Yde, J.C., Hanna, E., Malmros, J.K., Wilson, R. and Zemp, M. (accepted, 2015): Mass loss and imbalance of glaciers along the Andes Cordillera to the sub-Antarctic islands. Global and Planetary Change, 133, p. 109-119. pdf (1.5 MB)

WGMS (2015): Global Glacier Change Bulletin No. 1 (2012–2013). Zemp, M., Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S. U., Hüsler, F., Machguth, H., Mölg, N., Paul, F., and Hoelzle, M. (eds.), ICSU(WDS)/IUGG(IACS)/ UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland, 230 pp., publication based on database version: doi:10.5904/wgms-fog-2015-11.

WGMS (2015): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2015-11

*Zemp, M., Frey, H., Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S.U., Hoelzle, M., Paul, F., Haeberli, W., Denzinger, F., Ahlstroem, A.P., Anderson, B., Bajracharya, S., Baroni, C., Braun, L.N., Caceres, B.E., Casassa, G., Cobos, G., Davila, L.R., Delgado Granados, H., Demuth, M.N., Espizua, L., Fischer, A., Fujita, K., Gadek, B., Ghazanfar, A., Hagen, J.O., Holmlund, P., Karimi, N., Li, Z., Pelto, M., Pitte, P., Popovnin, V.V., Portocarrero, C.A., Prinz, R., Sangewar, C.V., Severskiy, I., Sigurdsson, O., Soruco, A., Usubaliev, R., and Vincent, C. (2015): Historically unprecedented global glacier decline in the early 21st century. Journal of Glaciology, 61 (228), p. 745-762. doi: 10.3189/2015JoG15J017 pdf (3.3 MB)

2014

*Bojinski, S., Verstraete, M., Peterson, T.C., Richter, C., Simmons, A. and Zemp, M. (2014): The concept of Essential Climate Variables in support of climate research, applications, and policy. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 95, 9: p. 1431-1443. e-View: doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00047.1

*Gärtner-Roer, I., Naegeli, K., Huss, M., Knecht, T., Machguth, H. and Zemp, M. (2014): A database of worldwide glacier thickness observations. Global and Planetary Change, 122, p. 330-344. e-View: doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.09.003

GlaThiDa Consortium (2014): Glacier Thickness Database 1.0. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-glathida-2014-09

*Huss, M., Zemp, M., Joerg, P.C. and Salzmann, N. (2014): High uncertainty in 21st century runoff projections from glacierized basins. Journal of Hydrology, 510: p. 35-48. pdf (1.8 MB)

*Joerg, P.C. and Zemp, M. (2014): Evaluating volumetric glacier change methods using airborne laser scanning data. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 96: p. 135-145. doi: 10.1111/geoa.12036 pdf (1.1 MB)

*Naegeli, K., Lovell, H., Zemp, M. and Benn, D.I. (2014): Dendritic subglacial drainage systems in cold glaciers formed by cut-and-closure processes. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 96: p. 591-608. doi:10.1111/geoa.12059 pdf (4.9 MB)

WGMS (2014): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2014-09

*Zemp, M., Armstrong, R., Gärtner-Roer, I., Haeberli, W., Hoelzle, M., Kääb, A., Kargel, J.S., Singh Khalsa, S.J., Leonard, G.J., Paul, F. and Raup, B. (2014): Chapter 1: Introduction: Global glacier monitoring - a long-term task integrating in situ observations and remote sensing. In: Kargel, J.S., Leonard, G.J., Bishop, M.P., Kääb, A. and Raup, B.H. (eds.): Global Land Ice Measurements from Space. Springer Praxis Books, Heidelberg, p. 1-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79818-7_1 pdf (2.2 MB)

Zemp, M., Haeberli, W., Hoelzle, M., Usubaliev, R., Azisov, E., Caceres, B. and Ceballos, J.L. (2014): Mountain glaciers: on thinning ice. In: Kohler, T., Wehrli, A. and Jurek, M. (eds.): Mountains and Climate Change: a global concern. Sustainable Mountain Development Series. Swiss Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), and Geographica Bernensia, Bern, Switzerland: p. 51-59. EN-pdf (2.5 MB) ES-pdf (2.5 MB)

2013

Haeberli, W., Paul, F. and Zemp, M. (2013): Vanishing glaciers in the European Alps. In: Crutzen, P.J., Bengtsson, L. and Ramanathan, V. (eds.): Fate of Mountain Glaciers in the Anthropocene. Proceedings of the Working Group 2-4 April 2011, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Scripta Varia, 118: p. 1-9. pdf (1.8 MB)

*Haeberli, W., Huggel, C., Paul, F. and Zemp, M. (2013): Glacial responses to climate change. In: Shroder, J.F., James, L., Harden, C.P. and Clague, J.J. (eds.): Treatise on Geomorphology, Volume 13, Academic Press, San Diego: p. 152-175. pdf (2.6 MB)

*Huss, M., Sold, L., Hoelzle, M., Stokvis, M., Salzmann, N., Farinotti, D. and Zemp, M. (2013): Towards remote monitoring of sub-seasonal glacier mass balance. Annals of Glaciology, 54 (63), p. 85-93. pdf (2.6 MB)

*Mernild, S.H., Lipscomb, W.H., Bahr, D.B., Radic, V. and Zemp, M. (2013): Global glacier changes: a revised assessment of committed mass losses and samling uncertainties. The Cryosphere, 7, 1565-1577, doi:10.5194/tc-7-1565-2013 html

*Sold, L., Huss, M., Hoelzle, M., Andereggen, H., Joerg, P.C. and Zemp, M. (2013): Methodological approaches to infer end-of-winter snow distribution on alpine glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 59 (218), p. 1047-1059. pdf (0.9 MB)

WGMS (2013): Glacier Mass Balance Bulletin No. 12 (2010–2011). Zemp, M., Nussbaumer, S. U., Naegeli, K., Gärtner-Roer, I., Paul, F., Hoelzle, M., and Haeberli, W. (eds.), ICSU(WDS)/IUGG(IACS)/UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland, 106 pp., publication based on database version: doi:10.5904/wgms-fog-2013-11. pdf

WGMS (2013): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2013-11

*Zemp, M., Thibert, E., Huss, M., Stumm, D., Rolstad Denby, C., Nuth, C., Nussbaumer, S.U., Moholdt, G., Mercer, A., Mayer, C., Joerg, P.C., Jansson, P., Hynek, B., Fischer, A., Escher-Vetter, H., Elvehøy, H., and Andreassen, L.M. (2013): Reanalysing glacier mass balance measurement series. The Cryosphere, 7, 1227-1245, doi:10.5194/tc-7-1227-2013. html

2012

Joerg, P.C. Morsdorf, F. and Zemp, M. (2012): Topographic change of Findelengletscher, Valais, Switzerland, 2005-2010. Map 1:15'000. In: WGMS (2012): Fluctuations of Glaciers 2005-2010 (Vol. X): Zemp, M., Frey, H., Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S.U., Hoelzle, M., Paul, F. and Haeberli, W. (eds.), ICSU (WDS) / IUGG (IACS) / UNEP / UNESCO / WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 336 pp. Available from the WGMS.

*Joerg, P.C., Morsdorf, F. and Zemp, M. (2012): Uncertainty assessment of multi-temporal airborne laser scanning data: A case study at an Alpine glacier. Remote Sensing of Environment, 127: p. 118-129. pdf (2.6 MB)

Nussbaumer, S.U., Zemp, M. and Jansson, P. (2012): Summary report on the Workshop on Measurement and Ucertainty Assessment of Glacier Mass Balance, 9-11 July 2012, Tarfala, Sweden. World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 11 pp. pdf (1.3 MB)

Nussbaumer, S.U., Jansson, P. and Zemp, M. (2012): WGMS Workshop on measurement and uncertainty assessment of glacier mass balance, Tarfala, Sweden, 9-11 July 2012. ICE, News Bulletin of the International Glaciological Society, 160(3): p. 26-28. pdf (2.3 MB)

WGMS (2012): Fluctuations of Glaciers 2005-2010 (Vol. X): Zemp, M., Frey, H., Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S.U., Hoelzle, M., Paul, F. and Haeberli, W. (eds.), ICSU (WDS) / IUGG (IACS) / UNEP / UNESCO / WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 336 pp. Publication based on database version: doi:10.5904/wgms-fog-2012-11 pdf

WGMS (2012): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/10.5904/wgms-fog-2012-11

WGMS and NSIDC. 1989, updated 2012. World Glacier Inventory. Compiled and made available by the World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder CO, U.S.A. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.7265/N5/NSIDC-WGI-2012-02

Zemp, M. (2012): The monitoring of glaciers at local, mountain, and global scale. Habilitationsschrift zur Erlangung der Venia Legendi, Faculty of Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland: 72 pp & Appendix.
- Faculty edition:
Part A: Overview (1.3 MB), Part B: Publications (44.3 MB)
- Edition published in Schriftenreihe Physische Geographie, Vol. 65:
pdf (3.8 MB); a limited number of hard copies are available on request.

2011

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. pdf (2.8 MB)

WGMS (2011): Glacier Mass Balance Bulletin No. 11 (2008-2009). Zemp, M., Nussbaumer, S.U., Gärtner-Roer, I., Hoelzle, M., Paul, F. and Haeberli, W. (eds.), ICSU (WDS) / IUGG (IACS) / UNEP / UNESCO / WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 102 pp. pdf

Zemp, M., Paul, F., Andreassen, L.M., Arino, O., Bippus, G., Bolch, T., Braithwaite, R., Braun, L., Cáceres, B.E., Casassa, G., Casey, K.A., Ceballos, C.L., Citterio, M., Delgado, H., Demuth, M., Espizua, L.E., Farokhnia, A., Fischer, A., Foppa, N., Frey, H., Fujita, K., Gärtner-Roer, I., Glowacki, P., Haeberli, W., Hagen, J.O., Hoelzle, M., Holmlund, P., Giesen, R.H., Kääb, A., Khromova, T., Kotlarski, S., Le Bris, R., Li, Z., Meier, M., Meneghel, M., Mool, P., Nussbaumer, S.U., Peduzzi, P., Plummer, S., Popovnin, V.V., Prinz, R., Rack, W., Rastner, P., Raup, B., Rinne, E., Seifert, F.M., Seiz, G., Severskiy, I., Shepherd, A., Sigurðsson, O., Strozzi, T., Vincent, C., Wheate, R. and Yakovlev, A. (2011): Summary of international glacier monitoring summit. The Earth Observer, 23 (4): p. 28-31. pdf (0.5 MB)

Zemp, M., Zumbühl, H.J., Nussbaumer, S.U., Masiokas, M.H., Espizua, L.E. and Pitte, P. (2011): Extending glacier monitoring into the Little Ice Age and beyond. PAGES news, 19 (2): p. 67-69. pdf (4.2 MB), full references (0.2 MB)

2010

Haeberli, W. and Zemp, M. (2010): The uncertain future of European glaciers. In: European Environment Agency, EEA (ed.): Europe’s ecological backbone: recognising the true value of our mountains. Copenhagen, DK, European Environment Agency: p. 88-93.

*Koblet, T, Gärtner-Roer, I., Zemp, M., Jansson, P., Thee, P., Haeberli, W. and Holmlund, P. (2010): Reanalysis of multi-temporal aerial images of Storglaciären, Sweden (1959-99) - Part 1: Determination of length, area, and volume changes. The Cryosphere, 4: p. 333-343. pdf (1.7 MB)

*Paul, F., Barry, R.G., Gogley, J.G., Frey, H., Haeberli, W., Ohmura, A., Ommanney, S.C.L., Raup, B., Rivera, A. and Zemp, M. (2010): Recommendations for the compilation of glacier inventory data from digital sources. Annals of Glaciology, 50 (53). pdf (0.2 MB)

Voigt, T., Füssel, H.M., Gärtern-Roer, I., Huggel, C., Marty, C. and Zemp, M. (2010, eds.): Impacts of climate change on snow, ice, and permafrost in Europe: Observed trends, future projections, and socioeconomic relevance. European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change, Technical Paper 2010/13: 117pp. pdf (7.1 MB)

*Winkler, S., Chinn, T., Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S.U., Zemp, M. and Zumbühl, H.J. (2010.): An introduction to mountain glaciers as climate indicators with spatial and temporal diversity. Erdkunde, 64 (2): p. 97-118. pdf (7.2 MB)

WGMS (2010): Summary report on the WGMS General Assembly of the National Correspondents 2010. Zemp, M., Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S.U., Paul, F., Hoelzle, M. and Haeberli, W. (eds.), World Glacier Monitoring Serivce, Zurich, Switzerland. pdf (1.8 MB)

Zemp, M., Andreassen, L.M., Braun, L., Chueca, J., Fischer, A., Hagen, J.O., Hoelzle, M., Jansson, P., Kohler, J., Meneghel, M., Stastny, P. and Vincent, C. (2010): Glacier and Ice Caps. In: Voigt, T., Füssel, H.M., Gärtern-Roer, I., Huggel, C., Marty, C. and Zemp, M. (eds.): Impacts of climate change on snow, ice, and permafrost in Europe: Observed trends, future projections, and socioeconomic relevance. European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change, Technical Paper 2010/13: p. 46-65. pdf (7.1 MB)

*Zemp, M., Jansson, P., Holmlund, P., Gärtner-Roer, I., Koblet, T., Thee, P. and Haeberli, W. (2010): Reanalysis of multi-temporal aerial images of Storglaciären, Sweden (1959-99) - Part 2: Comparison of glaciological and volumetric mass balances. The Cryosphere, 4: p. 345-357. pdf (0.6 MB)

2009

GTOS (2009): Assessment oft he status oft he development oft he standards fort he terrestrial Essential Climate Variables: T06 - Glaciers and Ice Caps. Zemp, M., Gärtner-Roer, I., Haeberli, W., Hoelzle, M., Paul, F., Armstrong, R., Barry, R., Cihlar, J., Kääb, A., Kargel, J., Khalsa, S.J., Monteduro, M., Raup, B., Seiz, G. and Sessa, R. (eds.), Global Terrestrial Observing System, 61: 17 pp. pdf (0.9 MB)

Haeberli, W., Chinn, T., Mool, P., Zapata, M. and Zemp, M. (2009): Mountain glaciers: on thin ice. In: CDE (eds.): Mountains and Climate Change: from Understanding to Action. Swiss Centre for Development and Environment: p. 21-29.

Koç, N., Njåstad. B., Armstrong, R., Corell, R.W., Jensen, D.D., Leslie, K.R., Rivera, A., Tandong, Y. and Winther, J.-G. (eds.; 2009): Melting snow and ice: a call for action. Centre for Ice, Climate and Ecosystems, Norwegian Polar Institute. 92 pp.

WGMS (2009): Glacier Mass Balance Bulletin No. 10 (2006–2007). Haeberli, W., Gärtner-Roer, I., Hoelzle, M., Paul, F. and Zemp, M. (eds.), ICSU(WDS)/IUGG(IACS)/UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 96 pp. pdf

Zemp, M. (2009): Glacier changes in the Alps. In: Strahovnik, V., Bizjak, J., Lenarcic, M. and Lenarcic, M. (eds.): The Alps - a bird's eye-view. UNESCO: p. 463–464. pdf (0.3 MB)

* Zemp, M., Hoelzle, M. and Haeberli, W. (2009): Six decades of glacier mass balance observations - a review of the worldwide monitoring network. Annals of Glaciology, 50: p. 101–111. pdf (0.3 MB)

Zemp, M., Maisch, M. and Hoelzle, M. (2009): Der Gletscherschwund verändert die Alpenlandschaft. Die Lupe, Das Briefmarkenmagazin der Schweizer Post, 1/2009: p. 16–18. pdfDE pdfFR pdfIT pdfEN (0.5 MB)

2008

*Haeberli, W., Hoelzle, M., Paul, F. and Zemp, M. (2008): Integrated glacier monitoring strategies: comments on a recent correspondence. Journal of Glaciology, 54 (188): p. 947–948.pdf (0.5 MB).

*WGMS (2008a): Global Glacier Changes: facts and figures. Zemp, M., Roer, I., Kääb, A., Hoelzle, M., Paul, F. and Haeberli, W. (eds.), UNEP, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 88 pp. online pdf (26 MB)

WGMS (2008b): Fluctuations of Glaciers 2000-2005 (Vol. IX). Haeberli, W., Zemp, M., Kääb, A., Paul, F. and Hoelzle, M. (eds.), ICSU (FAGS) / IUGG (IACS) / UNEP / UNESCO / WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 266 pp. pdf

WGMS (2008): Fluctuations of Glaciers Database. World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), Zurich, Switzerland. Digital media. https://doi.org/10.5904/10.5904/wgms-fog-2008-12

* Zemp, M., Paul, F., Hoelzle, M. and Haeberli, W. (2008): Glacier fluctuations in the European Alps 1850–2000: an overview and spatio-temporal analysis of available data. In: Orlove, B., Wiegandt, E. and B. Luckman (eds.): The darkening peaks: Glacial retreat in scientific and social context. University of California Press: p. 152–167. pdf (1.9 MB).

2007

* Haeberli, W., Hoelzle, M., Paul, F. and Zemp, M. (2007): Integrated monitoring of mountain glaciers as key indicators of global climate change: the European Alps. Annals of Glaciology, 46: p. 150–160. pdf (0.5 MB).

* Hoelzle, M., Chinn, T., Stumm, D., Paul, F., Zemp, M. and Haeberli, W. (2007): The application of glacier inventory data for estimating past climate-change effects on mountain glaciers: a comparison between the European Alps and the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Global and Planetary Change, 56: p. 69–82, doi:10.1016/j.goplacha.2006.07.001. pdf (0.7 MB).

Paul, F., Zemp, M., Hoelzle, M. and Haeberli, W. (2007): Recent and future glacier changes in the European Alps. Ice and Climate News No. 9: p. 8. pdf (1.6 MB).

WGMS (2007): Glacier Mass Balance Bulletin No. 9 (2004–2005). Haeberli, W., Hoelzle, M. and Zemp, M. (eds.), ICSU(FAGS)/IUGG(IACS)/UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 100 pp.pdf

Zemp, M., Armstrong, R., Haeberli, W., Hoelzle, M., Kääb, A., Kargel, J., Paul, F. and Raup, B.H. (2007): Worldwide glacier monitoring – present state and current challenges. Ice and Climate News No. 9: p. 4. pdf (1.6 MB).

* Zemp, M., Haeberli, W., Bajracharya, S., Chinn, T.J., Fountain, A.G., Hagen, J.O., Huggel, C., Kääb, A., Kaltenborn, B.P., Karki, M., Kaser, G., Kotlyakov, V.M., Lambrechts, C., Li, Z.Q., Molnia, B.F., Mool, P., Nellemann, C., Novikov, V., Osipova, G.B., Rivera, A., Shrestha, B., Svoboda, F., Tsvetkov D.G. and Yao, T.D. (2007): Glaciers and ice caps. Part I: Global overview and outlook. Part II: Glacier changes around the world. In: UNEP: Global outlook for ice & snow. UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Norway: p. 115–152. pdf (20 MB).
The entire book is available from:
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* Zemp, M., Hoelzle, M. and Haeberli, W. (2007): Distributed modelling of the regional climatic equilibrium line altitude of glaciers in the European Alps. Global and Planetary Change, 56: p. 83–100, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.07.002. pdf (1.7 MB).

Zemp, M., Hoelzle, M. and Haeberli, W. (2007): World Glacier Monitoring Service – Call-for-data for the observation period 2000–2005 and International Polar Year activities. GLACIODYN Workshop, extended abstract: p. 134–136. pdf (0.1 MB).

Zemp, M., Haeberli, W., Hoelzle, M., Maisch, M. and Paul, F. (2007): Europäische Alpen bald ohne Gletscher? In: Altner, G., Leitschuh-Fecht, H., Michelsen, G., Edonis, U.E. und von Weizsäcker, E.U. (eds.): Jahrbuch Ökologie, 2008. C.H. Beck Verlag, München: p. 68–83. pdf (0.7 MB).

2006 or older

Zemp, M. (2006): Glaciers and climate change – Spatio-temporal analysis of glacier fluctuations in the European Alps after 1850. PhD thesis, University of Zurich: 201 pp. Summary (10 KB). Zusammenfassung (10 KB). pdf (7.4 MB).

* Zemp, M., Haeberli, W., Hoelzle, M. and Paul, F. (2006): Alpine glaciers to disappear within decades? Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L13504, doi:10.1029/2006GL026319. pdf (0.3 MB). AGU press release. unicom Medienmitteilung.

Frauenfelder, R., Zemp, M., Haeberli, W. and Hoelzle, M. (2005): Worldwide glacier mass balance measurements: trends and first results of an extraordinary year in Central Europe. Ice and Climate News, No. 6: p. 9–10. pdf.

WGMS (2005a): Fluctuations of glaciers 1995–2000, Volume VIII. Haeberli, W., Zemp, M., Frauenfelder, R., Hoelzle, M. and Kääb, A., (eds.), IUGG(CCS)/UNEP/UNESCO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 288 pp. pdf

WGMS (2005b): Glacier Mass Balance Bulletin No. 8 (2002-2003). Haeberli, W., Noetzli, J, Zemp, M., Baumann, S., Frauenfelder, R. and Hoelzle, M. (eds.), IUGG(CCS)/UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 100 pp. pdf

* Zemp, M., Frauenfelder, R., Haeberli, W. and Hoelzle, M. (2005): Worldwide glacier mass balance measurements: general trends and first results of the extraordinary year 2003 in Central Europe. Data of Glaciological Studies [Materialy glyatsiologicheskih issledovanii], 99, Moscow, Russia: p. 3–12. pdf

* Zemp, M., Kääb, A., Hoelzle, M. and Haeberli, W. (2005): GIS-based modelling of glacial sediment balance. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie N.F., Suppl.-Vol. 138: p. 113–129. pdf

WGMS (2003): Glacier Mass Balance Bulletin No. 7 (2000-2001). Haeberli, W., Frauenfelder, R., Hoelzle, M. and Zemp, M. (eds.), IAHS(ICSI)/UNEP/UNESCO/WMO, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland: 87 pp. pdf.

Zemp, M. (2002): GIS-basierte Modellierung der glazialen Sedimentbilanz. Diploma thesis. Department of Geography, University of Zurich: 99 pp. pdf (9 MB)

 

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