Presentation Abstracts

The abstracts are listed in the order received.

Martina Schäfer, LGGE - Grenoble, France
Mountain glacier flow modelling: a comparison of different models from Shallow Ice Approximation to the Full-Stokes solution
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Christian Vincent, LGGE - Grenoble, France
Hazards relative to glacial lake of Rochemelon (French Alps)
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Olaf Eisen, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Bremerhaven
Can we detect fast fabric changes in glaciers and ice sheets remotely?
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Ludwig N. Braun, Commission for Glaciology, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich
Water balance of the highly glaciated Vernagt basin, Ötztal Alps, based on 32 years fo measurements
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Jean-Pierre Dedieu, Laboratoire EDYTEM, Université de Savoie, le Bourget du Lac, France
Snow cover modelling under Climate Change conditions in North Calcareous Alps (Austria)
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Johanna Nemec, Institut für Meteorologie, Universität Wien, Austria
Reconstruction of the surface mass balance of Morteratschgletscher since the Little Ice Age
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Katrin Röhl, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (now in Kiel, Germany)
Recent terminus development at debris-covered glaciers in the Southern Alps of New Zealand and implications for future behaviour
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Gernot Koboltschnig, Institut fuer Wasserwirtschaft, Hydrologie und Konstruktiven Wasserbau, Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur, Wien, Austria
Missing snow: calibration and validation of a water balance model in a glacierized high alpine basin
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Anna Riccardi, University of Milan, Italy
The recent evolution of Mount S. Matteo avalanching glacier (Ortles-Cevedale Group, Italy)
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Ludovic Ravanel, Savoie University (EDYTEM), Chambéry, France
Recent slope instabilities in steep alpine rockwalls affected by permafrost: a case study in the Mont Blanc massif (the Drus)
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Michael Zemp, Department of Geography Universität Zürich, Switzerland
World Glacier Monitoring Service - operations, current call-for-data and International Polar Year activities
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Claudia Mihalcea, University of Milan, Italy
Spatial distribution of surface temperatures, from ground-based and ASTER derived measurements on debris covered glaciers. Study case of Miage Glacier, Mont Blanc Massif, Italy
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Carlo D'Agata, University of Milan, Italy
Recent evolution of the largest debris covered glacier of the Italian Alps: Miage Glacier (Mont Blanc Massif, Italy)
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Pierre-François Roux, Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique Le Bourget-du-lac,France
Seismic evidence for stick-slip processes in an Alpine glacier
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Reinhard Böhm, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), Vienna, Austria
HISTALP - 250 years of instrumental climate in the alpine realm - status and first results
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Astrid Lambrecht, Institut für Meteorology und Geophysik Universität Innsbruck, Austria
Ablation conditions across the Karakoram Range, a comparison
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Michele Citterio, Guglielmina Diolaiuti, Claudio Smiraglia Gianpietro Verza and Eraldo Meraldi,
First results from the automatic weather station (AWS) on the ablation tongue of Forni glacier (Upper Valtellina, Italy)
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Christoph Mayer, Wilfried Hagg, Astrid Lambrecht, Achim Helm, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich, Germany
Post-drainage ice dam response at Merzbacher Lake, Inylchek glacier, Kyrgyzstan
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Andy Aschwanden, Heinz Blatter, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich
Modeling polythermal glaciers: regularization with a brine pocket scheme
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Marco Carenzo, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich
A study of the transferability and robustness of an enhanced temperature-index glacier melt model
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M. Vagliasindi, "Ardito Desio" Earth Sciences Department, University of Milan, Italy
The new Glacier Inventory of Aosta Valley Region (Italy)
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Ben Brock, Geography, School of Social Sciences University of DundeeScotland, U.K.
The surface energy balance of debris-covered Miage Glacier, Mont Blanc Massif, Italy
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Mauro Werder, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Gorner jökulhlaups: Hydraulic model explaining temporary englacial storage of water and flood delay
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Tracer experiments during the superficial drainage of Gornersee
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Manuela Pelfini, "Ardito Desio" Earth Sciences Department, University of Milan, Italy
Kinematic waves and supraglacial tree responses on Miage Glacier (Western Italian Alps)
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Christine Kroisleitner, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics Wien, Austria
Snow chemistry studies of a high alpine snowcover on the examples Wurtenkees and Goldbergkees (Hohe Tauern, Austria)
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Alexandre Loye, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Evolution of the drainage system during a jökulhlaup as revealed by dye tracer experiments on the Gornergletscher.
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Ralph Böhlert, Geographisches Institut Universtität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Exploring landscape dynamics in the Eastern Swiss Alps (Albula region, Grisons) during the Lateglacial and early Holocene
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Andreas Hasler, Glaciology and Geomorphodynamics Group Department of Geography University of Zürich, Switzerland
Investigating steep Bedrock Permafrost with Wireless Sensor Networks
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Rainer Prinz, Institut für Geographie, Universität Innsbruck, Austria
A Comparison of Climate Information as derived from Mean Specific Mass Balance and Ablation Stake Records
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Matthias Huss, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Determination of seasonal mass balance of four Alpine glaciers since 1865
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Jeannette Nötzli, Department of Geography University of Zürich, Switzerland
3D modelling of transient permafrost temperatures below steep alpine topography
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Frank Paul, Department of Geography University of Zürich, Switzerland
A new glacier inventory for the Svartisen area (Norway) from Landsat ETM+: Methodological challenges and first results
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Fabian Walter, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Seismic activity during Gornersee jökulhlaups of summers 2004 and 2006
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Alexandra Mittermeier, Meteorologisches Institut, Universität München, Germany
Parameterization of snow albedo - an empirical analysis based on records from different environments
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Jerome Faillettaz, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Breaking off of large ice masses: Logperiodic oscillations, icequakes and model.
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Martin Funk, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Consequences of the rapid changes on Unterer Grindelwaldgletscher
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Roger Rüegg, Martin Lüthi, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Structural glaciology of Gornergletscher
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Stefano Endrizzi, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Università di Trento, Italy
Application of a physically-based hydrological model on an alpine glacier
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Participants without presentation

Heinz Slupetzky

Ruzica Dadic, Institute of Environmental Engineering ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Hans Röthlisberger, (formerly at VAW/ETHZ), Uerikon, Switzerland

Melanie Raymond, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland