Dr. Joel Caduff-Fiddes

Function

Scientific staff member

Snow and Atmosphere

Snow Processes

Contact

joel.fiddes(at)slfto make life hard for spam bots.ch

WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
Flüelastrasse 11
7260 Davos Dorf

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Davos Da C 1 48

I am a geoscientist based at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF in Davos with also over 10 years of experience working with international organizations, multilateral donors and UN bodies as a consultant. My main research interest is on high mountain processes related to natural hazards and water resources. I use and develop geoscientific models and other datascience tools in combination with field campaigns to understand these processes and aid the development of operational tools.

I am currently working in Tajikistan together with the Tajik Hydromet, Ministry of Energy and Water on high mountain issues and have recently (2019) established a Permafrost measurement network in the Zerafshan range together with Tajik partners. I also work with the WMO Global Cryosphere Watch as an expert on operational data exchange.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

PAMIR

PAMIR is a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary scientific programme funded by the Swiss Polar Institute to understand the state, changes, and consequences of the cryosphere in the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia.

CROMO-ADAPT

Glacier, snow and permafrost monitoring in Central Asia

Enabling Weather, Water and Climate Services in Tajikistan

Improved resilience of mountain communities in Tajikistan to natural hazards, climate change and climate variability through use of effective weather, water and climate services. Caritas led project with MeteoSwiss and SLF as partners.

Data Access Made Easy interoperable (DAMEi)

Collaboration on data interoperability with WMO Global Cryosphere Watch.

CCAMM Task 1.0: Downscaling Meorological forcings.

The WSL program Climate Change Impacts on Alpine Mass Movements (CCAMM) comprises projects covering a range of topics in natural hazards. Most investigations use models and thus require climate forcing data. The aim of this task is to provide meteorological forcings at the slope scale and in high temporal resolution.

Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Kronenberg, M.; Van Pelt, W.; Machguth, H.; Fiddes, J.; Hoelzle, M.; Pertziger, F., 2022: Long-term firn and mass balance modelling for Abramov Glacier in the data-scarce Pamir Alay. Cryosphere, 16, 12: 5001-5022. doi: 10.5194/tc-16-5001-2022

Alonso-González, E.; Aalstad, K.; Baba, M.W.; Revuelto, J.; López-Moreno, J.I.; Fiddes, J.; Essery, R.; Gascoin, S., 2022: The Multiple Snow Data Assimilation System (MuSA v1.0). Geoscientific Model Development, 15, 24: 9127-9155. doi: 10.5194/gmd-15-9127-2022

Fiddes, J.; Aalstad, K.; Lehning, M., 2022: TopoCLIM: rapid topography-based downscaling of regional climate model output in complex terrain v1.1. Geoscientific Model Development, 15, 4: 1753-1768. doi: 10.5194/gmd-15-1753-2022

Kruyt, B.; Mott, R.; Fiddes, J.; Gerber, F.; Sharma, V.; Reynolds, D., 2022: A downscaling intercomparison study: the representation of slope- and ridge-scale processes in models of different complexity. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10: 789332 (22 pp.). doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.789332

Shugar, D.H.; Jacquemart, M.; Shean, D.; Bhushan, S.; Upadhyay, K.; Sattar, A.; Schwanghart, W.; McBride, S.; Van Wyk de Vries, M.; Mergili, M.; Farinotti, D.; Fiddes, J.; Noetzli, J.; Westoby, M.J., 2021: A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya. Science, 373, 6552: 300-306. doi: 10.1126/science.abh4455

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Further scientific publications

Hoelzle, M.; Barandun, M.; Bolch, T.; Fiddes, J.; Gafurov, A.; Muccione, V.; Saks, T.; Shahgedanova, M., 2019: The status and role of the alpine cryosphere in Central Asia. In: Xenarios, S.; Schmidt-Vogt, D.; Janusz-Pawletta, B.; Abdullaev, I. (eds), 2019: The Aral Sea basin. Water for sustainable development in Central Asia. London, Routledge. 100-121. doi: 10.4324/9780429436475-8

Muccione, V.; Fiddes, J., 2019: State of the knowledge on water resources and natural hazards under climate change in Central Asia and South Caucasus. Thematic Input Paper 1. In: 2019: Managing disaster risks and water under climate change in Central Asia and Caucasus. Sine loco, SDC Network. 7-19.

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