Publications
”One part of knowledge consists in being ignorant of such things as are not worthy to be known.”
– Crates.
2024
Journal Articles
Synthetic Wind Estimation for Small Fixed-Wing Drones
Atmosphere. 2024. Vol. 15, num. 11. DOI : 10.3390/atmos15111339.Post-depositional modification on seasonal-to-interannual timescales alters the deuterium-excess signals in summer snow layers in Greenland
The Cryosphere. 2024. Vol. 18, num. 8, p. 3653 – 3683. DOI : 10.5194/tc-18-3653-2024.Wind tunnel experiments to quantify the effect of aeolian snow transport on the surface snow microstructure
The Cryosphere. 2024. Vol. 18, num. 8, p. 3633 – 3652. DOI : 10.5194/tc-18-3633-2024.Linear Estimation of Deterministic Accelerometer Errors
Navigation-Journal Of The Institute Of Navigation. 2024. Vol. 71, num. 3. DOI : 10.33012/navi.656.Identifying Aerodynamics of Delta-Wing Drones for Model-Based Navigation: A Comparative Study
IEEE Access. 2024. Vol. 12, p. 91649 – 91663. DOI : 10.1109/access.2024.3421579.Influence of air flow features on alpine wind energy potential
Frontiers In Energy Research. 2024. Vol. 12, p. 1379863. DOI : 10.3389/fenrg.2024.1379863.Formulation of stress intensity factor under pure bending condition in multilayer pavements using numerical study and model tree approach
Fatigue & Fracture Of Engineering Materials & Structures. 2024. DOI : 10.1111/ffe.14314.Aerodynamic modeling of a delta-wing UAV for model-based navigation
CEAS Aeronautical Journal. 2024. Vol. 15, p. 283 – 301. DOI : 10.1007/s13272-024-00727-9.Airborne sensor fusion: Expected accuracy and behavior of a concurrent adjustment
ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 2024. Vol. 12, num. April, p. 100057. DOI : 10.1016/j.ophoto.2023.100057.VDMNav: Software Architecture for Aerodynamically Constrained Navigation on Small Fixed-Wing Drones
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2024. Vol. 9, num. 3, p. 2869 – 2876. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2024.3358758.On the importance of the humidity flux for the surface mass balance in the accumulation zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Cryosphere. 2024. Vol. 18, num. 1, p. 289 – 305. DOI : 10.5194/tc-18-289-2024.Turbulence in the Strongly Heterogeneous Near-Surface Boundary Layer over Patchy Snow
Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 2024. Vol. 190, num. 2, p. 1 – 28. DOI : 10.1007/s10546-023-00856-4.Understanding snow saltation parameterizations: lessons from theory, experiments and numerical simulations
The Cryosphere. 2024. Vol. 18, num. 3, p. 1287 – 1313. DOI : 10.5194/tc-18-1287-2024.Impact of intercepted and sub-canopy snow microstructure on snowpack response to rain-on-snow events under a boreal canopy
The Cryosphere. 2024. Vol. 18, num. 6, p. 2783 – 2807. DOI : 10.5194/tc-18-2783-2024.Conference Papers
Model-Based Fusion of GNSS and Multiple-IMUs
2024. 11th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace), Lublin, Poland, 2024-06-03-2024-06-05. DOI : 10.1109/metroaerospace61015.2024.10591587.Influence of sun cups on surface albedo of wet Alpine snowpack
2024. EGU23, the 25th EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria and Online, 23-28 April, 2023. DOI : 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-14338.Theses
Turbulence and Heat exchange in the Near-Surface Boundary Layer over Patchy Snow
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.Good enough: Intermediate complexity atmospheric models improve the representation of processes affecting seasonal snow
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.Efficient Mountainous Wind Energy Assessment through the Combination of Models and Measurements
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.Linking snow microstructural parameters to modeling specific surface area evolution based on 3D tomography data
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.Talks
Flow and Snow in Complex Terrain
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Berlin, Germany, July 12-16, 2023.The influence of sub-seasonal to seasonal atmospheric temperature variability on alpine permafrost
EGU2024.Developing, Testing, and Modeling of an Innovative Thermal Stabilization Method for Alpine Permafrost Protection
EGU2024.Using stable water isotopes to improve our understanding of snow processes across scales
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 14-19, 2024.Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Extreme Precipitation and Dry Spells in Alpine Catchments under Changing Climatic Conditions
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 14-19, 2024.Aeolian snow transport induces airborne snow metamorphism with implications for snowpack physical properties
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 14-19, 2024.2023
Journal Articles
Inter-comparison of spatial models for high shares of renewable electricity in Switzerland
Applied Energy. 2023. Vol. 350, p. 121700. DOI : 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121700.Retrieval of Snow Depth on Arctic Sea Ice From Surface-Based, Polarimetric, Dual-Frequency Radar Altimetry
Geophysical Research Letters. 2023. Vol. 50, num. 20, p. e2023GL104461. DOI : 10.1029/2023GL104461.Snow-Atmosphere Humidity Exchange at the Ice Sheet Surface Alters Annual Mean Climate Signals in Ice Core Records
Geophysical Research Letters. 2023. Vol. 50, num. 20, p. e2023GL104249. DOI : 10.1029/2023GL104249.Geospatial segmentation of high-resolution photovoltaic production maps for Switzerland
Frontiers In Energy Research. 2023. Vol. 11, p. 1254932. DOI : 10.3389/fenrg.2023.1254932.The High-resolution Intermediate Complexity Atmospheric Research (HICAR v1.1) model enables fast dynamic downscaling to the hectometer scale
Geoscientific Model Development. 2023. Vol. 16, num. 17, p. 5049 – 5068. DOI : 10.5194/gmd-16-5049-2023.FLIIMP : a community software for the processing, calibration, and reporting of liquid water isotope measurements on cavity-ring down spectrometers
MethodsX. 2023. Vol. 11, p. 102297. DOI : 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102297.Determining return levels of extreme daily precipitation, reservoir inflow, and dry spells
Frontiers In Water. 2023. Vol. 5, p. 1141786. DOI : 10.3389/frwa.2023.1141786.An empirical model to calculate snow depth from daily snow water equivalent: SWE2HS 1.0
Geoscientific Model Development. 2023. Vol. 16, num. 14, p. 4063 – 4081. DOI : 10.5194/gmd-16-4063-2023.A Case Study on Drivers of the Isotopic Composition of Water Vapor at the Coast of East Antarctica
Journal Of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface. 2023. Vol. 128, num. 7, p. e2023JF007062. DOI : 10.1029/2023JF007062.CRYOWRF—Model Evaluation and the Effect of Blowing Snow on the Antarctic Surface Mass Balance
Journal Of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. 2023. Vol. 128, num. 12, p. e2022JD037744. DOI : 10.1029/2022JD037744.A Database of Snow on Sea Ice in the Central Arctic Collected during the MOSAiC expedition
Scientific Data. 2023. Vol. 10, num. 1, p. 398. DOI : 10.1038/s41597-023-02273-1.Convection of snow: when and why does it happen?
Frontiers In Earth Science. 2023. Vol. 11, p. 1167760. DOI : 10.3389/feart.2023.1167760.Evidence of Strong Flux Underestimation by Bulk Parametrizations During Drifting and Blowing Snow (vol 182, pg 119, 2022)
Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 2023. DOI : 10.1007/s10546-023-00809-x.Combining Weather Station Data and Short-Term LiDAR Deployment to Estimate Wind Energy Potential with Machine Learning: A Case Study from the Swiss Alps
Boundary Layer Meteorology. 2023. Vol. 188, num. 1, p. 185 – 208. DOI : 10.1007/s10546-023-00808-y.Decentralized green energy transition promotes peace
Frontiers In Environmental Science. 2023. Vol. 11, p. 1118987. DOI : 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1118987.Wind conditions for snow cornice formation in a wind tunnel
Cryosphere. 2023. Vol. 17, num. 2, p. 639 – 651. DOI : 10.5194/tc-17-639-2023.A Snapshot on the Buildup of the Stable Water Isotopic Signal in the Upper Snowpack at EastGRIP on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Journal Of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface. 2023. Vol. 128, num. 2, p. e2022JF006767. DOI : 10.1029/2022JF006767.Introducing CRYOWRF v1.0: multiscale atmospheric flow simulations with advanced snow cover modelling
Geoscientific Model Development. 2023. Vol. 16, num. 2, p. 719 – 749. DOI : 10.5194/gmd-16-719-2023.Wind Transport of Snow Impacts Ka- and Ku-band Radar Signatures on Arctic Sea Ice
The Cryosphere. 2023. Vol. 17, num. 6, p. 2211 – 2229. DOI : 10.5194/tc-2022-116.Correction to: Evidence of Strong Flux Underestimation by Bulk Parametrizations During Drifting and Blowing Snow
Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 2023. Vol. 188, p. 345. DOI : 10.1007/s10546-023-00809-x.Inverter Heat Pumps as a Variable Load for Off-Grid Solar-Powered Systems
Energies. 2023. Vol. 16, num. 16, p. 5987. DOI : 10.3390/en16165987.On the possibility of extending the service life of winter roads using renewable energy sources
Arctic: Ecology and Economy. 2023. Vol. 13, num. 4, p. 570 – 578. DOI : 10.25283/2223-4594-2023-4-570-578.A Novel Method to Quantify Near-Surface Boundary-Layer Dynamics at Ultra-High Spatio-Temporal Resolution
Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 2023. Vol. 186, p. 177 – 197. DOI : 10.1007/s10546-022-00752-3.Conference Papers
What drives electricity tariffs in Switzerland? Two-stage statistical and geospatial analysis of structural differences across 1913 municipalities
2023. IEEE ISGT Europe 2023, Grenoble, France, October 23-26, 2023. DOI : 10.1109/ISGTEUROPE56780.2023.10407610.Wind Tunnel Characterization of a Delta-Wing UAV for – Model-Based Navigation
2023. Aerospace Europe Conference 2023 – 10ᵀᴴ EUCASS – 9ᵀᴴ CEAS, Lausanne, July 9-13, 2023. DOI : 10.13009/EUCASS2023-585.Reviews
A Mini-Review of Current Activities and Future Trends in Agrivoltaics
Energies. 2023. Vol. 16, num. 7, p. 3009. DOI : 10.3390/en16073009.Theses
Snow transport in extreme environments: from small to large scale modeling
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.Assessing sublimation during snow transport and sublimation effects on the isotopic composition of water vapor
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Snow on Central Arctic Sea Ice and its Implications
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.Working Papers
Thermal Conductivity of Snow on Arctic Sea Ice
2023
A Case Study on Drivers of the Isotopic Composition of Water Vapour at the Coast of East Antarctica
2023
Towards a fully physical representation of snow on Arctic sea ice using a 3D snow-atmosphere model
2023
Reports
Maximum Wind Energy Production (MaxWEP): Maximizing Winter Production of Energy by Exploiting Terrain Potential
2023
Seasonal asymmetries and long-term trends in atmospheric and ionospheric temperatures in polar regions and their dependence on solar activity (SATS)
2023
Posters
What can we learn from d-excess in polar snow?
American Geophysical Union Annual meeting 2023, San Francisco, 2023-12-11 – 2023-12-15.The Effect of Wind on the Surface Snow Microstructure – Experimental Insights
AGU23 Annual Meeting: Wide. Open. Science., San Francisco, CA, USA, 11-15 December 2023.Characterizing airborne snow metamorphism using stable water isotope measurements in snow and vapor from ring wind tunnel experiments
AGU23 Annual Meeting: Wide. Open. Science., San Francisco, CA, USA, 11-15 December 2023.Talks
From Probability Graphical Models to Dynamic Networks — A Bayesian perspective on Smooth Best Estimate of Trajectory with applications in Geodetic Engineering
Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2023, Mendrisio, Switzerland, November 17-19, 2023.Methods of trajectory estimation in challenging mapping scenarios
IUGG General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Berlin, Germany, July 11-20, 2023.Flow and Snow in Complex Terrain: across-scale modelling for a correct surface mass balance
28th IUGG General Assembly 2023, Berlin, July 11-20, 2023.Coupling of submeso-scale motion with near-surface turbulence over patchy snow cover
28th IUGG General Assembly 2023, Berlin, July 11-20, 2023.Southward shift in the zero-degree isotherm latitude (ZIL) in the Antarctic Peninsula
28th IUGG General Assembly 2023, Berlin, July 11-20, 2023.Towards a fully physical representation of snow on Arctic sea ice using a 3D snow-atmosphere model
2nd MOSAiC Science Conference, Boulder, CO, USA, 13-17 February 2023.Constraining Latent and Sensible Heat Fluxes during Drifting and Blowing Snow Events in Antarctica using in–situ Measurements and Large–Eddy Simulations
24th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Denver, USA and online, January 8-12, 2023.Towards continuous measurements of snow drift and sublimation in polar environments
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Berlin, Germany, July 12-16, 2023.Measuring snow transport and sublimation near Princess Elisabeth Station, Antarctica
SINTER seminar, Online, 2023-10-27.Datasets
Reproducibility Dataset for CRYOWRF v1.0
2023.2022
Journal Articles
Observations and simulations of new snow density in the drifting snow-dominated environment of Antarctica
Journal Of Glaciology. 2022. p. PII S0022143022001022. DOI : 10.1017/jog.2022.102.Fingerprints of Frontal Passages and Post-Depositional Effects in the Stable Water Isotope Signal of Seasonal Alpine Snow
Journal Of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. 2022. Vol. 127, num. 22, p. e2022JD037469. DOI : 10.1029/2022JD037469.Future trends in wind resources and their consistency in the Indian sub-continent
Sustainable Energy Technologies And Assessments. 2022. Vol. 53, p. 102460. DOI : 10.1016/j.seta.2022.102460.Considering snow depositions and transport mechanisms in meteorological analysis of predicting snow loads on buildings
Cold Regions Science And Technology. 2022. Vol. 201, p. 103614. DOI : 10.1016/j.coldregions.2022.103614.Modeling the small-scale deposition of snow onto structured Arctic sea ice during a MOSAiC storm using snowBedFoam 1.0.
Geoscientific Model Development. 2022. Vol. 15, num. 16, p. 6429 – 6449. DOI : 10.5194/gmd-15-6429-2022.Impact of turbulence on aeolian particle entrainment: results from wind-tunnel experiments
Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics. 2022. Vol. 22, num. 14, p. 9525 – 9535. DOI : 10.5194/acp-22-9525-2022.Snowfall and snow accumulation during the MOSAiC winter and spring seasons
Cryosphere. 2022. Vol. 16, num. 6, p. 2373 – 2402. DOI : 10.5194/tc-16-2373-2022.Idealized Study of a Static Electrical Field on Charged Saltating Snow Particles
Frontiers In Earth Science. 2022. Vol. 10, p. 880466. DOI : 10.3389/feart.2022.880466.Climate Change Impact Assessment for Future Wind and Solar Energy Installations in India
Frontiers In Energy Research. 2022. Vol. 10, p. 859321. DOI : 10.3389/fenrg.2022.859321.Wind-Topo: Downscaling near-surface wind fields to high-resolution topography in highly complex terrain with deep learning
Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society. 2022. DOI : 10.1002/qj.4265.TopoCLIM: rapid topography-based downscaling of regional climate model output in complex terrain v1.1
Geoscientific Model Development. 2022. Vol. 15, num. 4, p. 1753 – 1768. DOI : 10.5194/gmd-15-1753-2022.Future water temperature of rivers in Switzerland under climate change investigated with physics-based models
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2022. Vol. 26, num. 4, p. 1063 – 1087. DOI : 10.5194/hess-26-1063-2022.A Downscaling Intercomparison Study: The Representation of Slope- and Ridge-Scale Processes in Models of Different Complexity
Frontiers In Earth Science. 2022. Vol. 10, p. 789332. DOI : 10.3389/feart.2022.789332.Wind-tunnel experimental studies of the spatial snow distribution over grass and bush surfaces
Journal Of Hydrodynamics. 2022. Vol. 34, num. 1, p. 85 – 93. DOI : 10.1007/s42241-022-0009-4.Reports
Sources of Primary Electricity Supply
2022