Horst Machguth

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University of Fribourg

Switzerland

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Horst Machguth is an Assistant Professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. His research primarily focuses on glaciology, including the evolution of cold firn, ice slab dynamics, and the climatic drivers affecting ice structures in glaciated regions. Recent publications highlight his work on various glaciers and ice caps, with particular attention to Greenland and the Swiss/Italian Alps.

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Measuring Firn Hydrology and Ice Dynamics at the Greenland Runoff Limit

Open Date: 2023-12-01

Close Date: 2024-12-01

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Timescapes of ice: Soviet glacier science in Central Asia, 1950s-1980s

Open Date: 2021-03-01

Close Date: 2025-02-28

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Geodetic mass balance of Abramov Glacier 1975 to 2015

Open Date: 2021-01-01

Close Date: 2021-01-31

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Comparison of historical and recent accumulation rates on Abramov Glacier, Pamir Alay

Open Date: 2020-12-01

Close Date: 2020-12-31

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The Hydrology of Icy Firn

Open Date: 2019-12-01

Close Date: 2021-11-30

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Amaury Dehecq

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

FRANCE

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Anja Eichler

Paul Scherrer Institut

SWITZERLAND

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Andrew Tedstone

University of Bristol

UNITED KINGDOM

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Eric Pohl

Lecturer/Senior researcher

University of Fribourg

SWITZERLAND

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Paolo Colosio

University of Brescia

ITALY

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Stanislav Kutuzov

Ohio State University

UNITED STATES

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Etienne Berthier

Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

FRANCE

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Ward van Pelt

Senior lecturer

Uppsala University

SWEDEN

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Ines Dussaillant

University of Zurich

SWITZERLAND

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N. Wever

UNITED STATES

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Enrico Mattea

University of Fribourg

SWITZERLAND

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Martin Hoelzle

SWITZERLAND

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Livia Piermattei

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University of Zurich

SWITZERLAND

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Modelling cold firn evolution at Colle Gnifetti, Swiss/Italian Alps

Concurrent superimposed ice formation and meltwater runoff on Greenland’s ice slabs

Comparing GPR with ice thickness and thermal models: Insights from two polythermal glaciers in West Greenland

Constraining ice slab thickness at the onset of visible surface runoff from the Greenland ice sheet

Fifty years of firn evolution on Grigoriev ice cap, Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan

Elevation bias due to penetration of spaceborne radar signal on Grosser Aletschgletscher, Switzerland

Climatic Drivers of Ice Slabs and Firn Aquifers in Greenland

Area, volume and ELA changes of West Greenland local glaciers and ice caps from 1985–2020

Modelling lateral meltwater flow and superimposed ice formation atop Greenland's near-surface ice slabs

Daily variations in Western Greenland slush limits, 2000–2021

Glacier Runoff Variation Since 1981 in the Upper Naryn River Catchments, Central Tien Shan

In situ measurements of meltwater flow through snow and firn in the accumulation zone of the SW Greenland Ice Sheet

Increasing surface runoff from Greenland’s firn areas

Long-term firn and mass balance modelling for Abramov Glacier in the data-scarce Pamir Alay

Long-term firn and mass balance modelling for Abramov Glacier in the data-scarce Pamir Alay

Firn changes at Colle Gnifetti revealed with a high-resolution process-based physical model approach

Collaborators (13)

Amaury Dehecq

Anja Eichler

Andrew Tedstone

Eric Pohl

Paolo Colosio

Stanislav Kutuzov

Etienne Berthier

Ward van Pelt

Ines Dussaillant

N. Wever

Enrico Mattea

Martin Hoelzle

Livia Piermattei

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