Glaciology (Prof. Farinotti)Open OpportunitiesImplement and benchmark a reduced-complexity ice flow model to run in parallel on graphical processing units (GPUs) using the the Julia language and the finite-difference method. | The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) enables glaciologists to measure surface motion at unrivaled temporal resolution. This project will use data from on-ice GNSS measurements to gain insights into the response of the subglacial hydraulic system to ice melt, thus telling how glacier basal s - Geodesy, Glaciology
- Semester Project
| Continuous records of more than a century of precipitation and glacier mass balance exit at Silvrettagletscher. Accumulation is mainly influenced by precipitation. These simultaneous long-term records offer great potential to investigate systematic biases and glacier-climate interactions. - Climatology (incl. Palaeoclimatology), Glaciology
- Bachelor Thesis, Semester Project
| Snow accumulation is a critical parameter for glacier mass balance investigations. Conventional measurements include snow depth probings while ground penetrating radar (GPR) has been successfully applied for continuous measurements of the snow cover thickness. - Geophysics, Glaciology
- Bachelor Thesis, Semester Project
| Glaciers are shrinking globally, losing both thickness and surface area. Outlining glaciers is instrumental to robust observational and modelling efforts, but is complex due to the fast retreat. This project aims at assessing time-varying positions from recent elevation change observations. | Monitoring unstable slopes is a core task of operational slope monitoring. However, ground -based geophysical tools such as radar and lidar are still rarely used to fulfil this task. This project explores how terrestrial lidar compares to UAV-based photogrammetry for monitoring landslides. | Due to glacier retreat, changes in future water yields from high-alpine basins are expected. These changes are of concern to different actors, including e.g. hydropower companies. This thesis will investigate two methods for downscaling future projections of glacier runoff to the hourly time scale. | Boulders lying on top of glacier surfaces might seem to travel only passively with the ice flow. In fact, they also move because of the peculiar melt patterns produced by their own shadows. This thesis will use repeated aerial imagery to quantify this movement for various glaciers in the Swiss Alps. |
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