Snowline4DailyWater

Monitoring sub-seasonal glacier mass balances and glacier melt water contribution to the total river system for Central Asia

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  • Project duration: -
  • Project status: finished
  • Funding:
    Direct Award Contracts (Province BZ funding / Project)
  • Institute: Institute for Earth Observation


The objective of Snowline4DailyWater is to provide sub-seasonal monitoring of glacier response to climate change and the associated melt water release for glaciers in Central Asia. For this purpose, transient snowlines derived automatically from remote sensing images will be used as a proxy for glacier surface mass balances and an energy balance model will be employed to calculate the glacier meltwater contribution. The main project outputs will be related to the development of novel approaches based on multi-source satellite data integration to map snowlines and of an operational tool enabling sub-seasonal monitoring for individual glaciers and catchments, based on the aforementioned relation. This tool will help relevant policymakers and stakeholders to improve their water resource management with a cost-effective strategy to better cope with climate change related challenges.

Contact persons:

Martina Barandun, martina.barandun@eurac.edu

Mattia Callegari, mattia.callegari@eurac.edu

Claudia Notarnicola, claudia.notarnicola@eurac.edu

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Publications
Using close-to-daily snowline observations to derive glacier melt water contribution to total river runoff
Barandun M, Becker C, Warscher M, Callegari M, Notarnicola C, Mayer C, Strasser U (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Workshop Alpine Hydrology 2021 | Obergurgel | 24.11.2021 - 26.11.2021

Using close-to-daily snowline observations from multi-sensor satellite images to derive glacier melt water contribution to total river runoff
Barandun M, Callegari M, Hanzer F, Mayer CH, Strasser U, Notarnicola C (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: ESA Living Planet Symposium 2022 | Bonn | 23.5.2022 - 27.5.2022

Glaciers Mass Balance Sensitivity to Meteorological Variability
Kutuzov S, Barandun M (2022)
Journal issue (editorship)
Atmosphere
The Albedo-Ablation couple: a complex relationship with severe consequences
Naegeli K, Barandun M (2022)
Copernicus GmbH
Conference proceedings article

Conference: EGU General Assembly 2022 | Vienna | 23.5.2022 - 27.5.2022

More information: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-6364

https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-6364

Glacier Runoff Variation Since 1981 in the Upper Naryn River Catchments, Central Tien Shan
Saks T, Pohl E, Machguth H, Dehecq A, Barandun M, Kenzhebaev R, Kalashnikova O, Hoelzle M (2022)
Frontiers Media SA
Journal article
Frontiers in Environmental Science

More information: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.780466

https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.780466

Reconstructed Centennial Mass Balance Change for Golubin Glacier, Northern Tien Shan
Azisov E, Hoelzle M, Vorogushyn S, Saks T, Usubaliev R, Esenaman uulu M, Barandun M (2022)
Journal article
Atmosphere

More information: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13060954

https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13060954

Glacier runoff variation since 1981 in the upper Naryn river catchments, Central Tien Shan
Saks T, Pohl E, Machguth H, Dehecq A, Barandun M, Kenzhebaev R, Kalashnikova O, Hoelzle M (2022)
Copernicus GmbH
Conference proceedings article

Conference: EGU General Assembly 2022 | Vienna | 23.5.2022 - 27.5.2022

More information: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4317

https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4317

Using close-to-daily snowline observations to derive glacier melt water contribution to total river runoff
Barandun M, Becker C, Warscher M, Callegari M, Notarnicola C, Mayer C, Strasser U (2021)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Workshop Alpine Hydrology 2021 | Obergurgel | 24.11.2021 - 26.11.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18602

Towards daily snowline observations on glaciers using multi-source and multi-resolution satellite data
Barandun M, Callegari M, Strasser U, Notarnicola C (2021)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: SPIE.remote sensing | Madrid | 13.9.2021 - 17.9.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18546