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Dr. Francesca Pellicciotti
Function
Teamleader, Senior Scientist
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Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Site
Birmensdorf Bi MG E 37
Current Position
Previous Positions
Research Interests
Complete Publication List
Complete publication list of Francesca Pellicciotti (download .doc)
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Publications WSL
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
Miles, E.S.; Steiner, J.F.; Buri, P.; Immerzeel, W.W.; Pellicciotti, F., 2022: Controls on the relative melt rates of debris-covered glacier surfaces. Environmental Research Letters, 17, 6: 064004 (16 pp.). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac6966
Compagno, L.; Huss, M.; Miles, E.S.; McCarthy, M.J.; Zekollari, H.; Dehecq, A.; Pellicciotti, F.; Farinotti, D., 2022: Modelling supraglacial debris-cover evolution from the single-glacier to the regional scale: an application to High Mountain Asia. Cryosphere, 16, 5: 1697-1718. doi: 10.5194/tc-16-1697-2022
Fugger, S.; Fyffe, C.L.; Fatichi, S.; Miles, E.; McCarthy, M.; Shaw, T.E.; Ding, B.; Yang, W.; Wagnon, P.; Immerzeel, W.; Liu, Q.; Pellicciotti, F., 2022: Understanding monsoon controls on the energy and mass balance of glaciers in the Central and Eastern Himalaya. Cryosphere, 16, 5: 1631-1652. doi: 10.5194/tc-16-1631-2022
Orr, A.; Ahmad, B.; Alam, U.; Appadurai, A.; Bharucha, Z.P.; Biemans, H.; Bolch, T.; Chaulagain, N.P.; Dhaubanjar, S.; Dimri, A.P.; Dixon, H.; Fowler, H.J.; Gioli, G.; Halvorson, S.J.; Hussain, A.; Jeelani, G.; Kamal, S.; Khalid, I.S.; Liu, S.; ... Wescoat Jr., J.L., 2022: Knowledge priorities on climate change and water in the Upper Indus Basin: a horizon scanning exercise to identify the top 100 research questions in social and natural sciences. Earth's Future, 10, 4: e2021EF002619 (22 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2021EF002619
Zhong, Y.; Liu, Q.; Westoby, M.; Nie, Y.; Pellicciotti, F.; Zhang, B.; Cai, J.; Liu, G.; Liao, H.; Lu, X., 2022: Intensified paraglacial slope failures due to accelerating downwasting of a temperate glacier in Mt. Gongga, southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Earth Surface Dynamics, 10, 1: 23-42. doi: 10.5194/esurf-10-23-2022
Kneib, M.; Miles, E.S.; Buri, P.; Molnar, P.; McCarthy, M.; Fugger, S.; Pellicciotti, F., 2021: Interannual dynamics of ice cliff populations on debris-covered glaciers from remote sensing observations and stochastic modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface, 126, 10: e2021JF006179 (23 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2021JF006179
Menenti, M.; Li, X.; Jia, L.; Yang, K.; Pellicciotti, F.; Mancini, M.; Shi, J.; Escorihuela, M.J.; Zheng, C.; Chen, Q.; Lu, J.; Zhou, J.; Hu, G.; Ren, S.; Zhang, J.; Liu, Q.; Qiu, Y.; Huang, C.; Zhou, J.; ... Paolini, G., 2021: Multi-source hydrological data products to monitor high asian river basins and regional water security. Remote Sensing, 13, 24: 5122 (29 pp.). doi: 10.3390/rs13245122
Fyffe, C.L.; Potter, E.; Fugger, S.; Orr, A.; Fatichi, S.; Loarte, E.; Medina, K.; Hellström, R.Å.; Bernat, M.; Aubry-Wake, C.; Gurgiser, W.; Perry, L.B.; Suarez, W.; Quincey, D.J.; Pellicciotti, F., 2021: The energy and mass balance of Peruvian glaciers. Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 126, 23: e2021JD034911 (22 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2021JD034911
Shaw, T.E.; Yang, W.; Ayala, Á.; Bravo, C.; Zhao, C.; Pellicciotti, F., 2021: Distributed summer air temperatures across mountain glaciers in the south-east Tibetan Plateau: temperature sensitivity and comparison with existing glacier datasets. Cryosphere, 15, 2: 595-614. doi: 10.5194/tc-15-595-2021
Ren, S.; Miles, E.S.; Jia, L.; Menenti, M.; Kneib, M.; Buri, P.; McCarthy, M.J.; Shaw, T.E.; Yang, W.; Pellicciotti, F., 2021: Anisotropy parameterization development and evaluation for glacier surface albedo retrieval from satellite observations. Remote Sensing, 13, 9: 1714 (28 pp.). doi: 10.3390/rs13091714
Kneib, M.; Miles, E.S.; Jola, S.; Buri, P.; Herreid, S.; Bhattacharya, A.; Watson, C.S.; Bolch, T.; Quincey, D.; Pellicciotti, F., 2021: Mapping ice cliffs on debris-covered glaciers using multispectral satellite images. Remote Sensing of Environment, 153: 112201 (18 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.112201
Buri, P.; Miles, E.S.; Steiner, J.F.; Ragettli, S.; Pellicciotti, F., 2021: Supraglacial ice cliffs can substantially increase the mass loss of debris-covered glaciers. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, 6: e2020GL092150 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2020GL092150
Miles, E.; McCarthy, M.; Dehecq, A.; Kneib, M.; Fugger, S.; Pellicciotti, F., 2021: Health and sustainability of glaciers in High Mountain Asia. Nature Communications, 12: 2868 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23073-4
Stewart, R.L.; Westoby, M.; Pellicciotti, F.; Rowan, A.; Swift, D.; Brock, B.; Woodward, J., 2021: Using climate reanalysis data in conjunction with multi-temporal satellite thermal imagery to derive supraglacial debris thickness changes from energy-balance modelling. Journal of Glaciology, 67, 262: 366-384. doi: 10.1017/jog.2020.111
Yang, W.; Zhao, C.; Westoby, M.; Yao, T.; Wang, Y.; Pellicciotti, F.; Zhou, J.; He, Z.; Miles, E., 2020: Seasonal dynamics of a temperate Tibetan glacier revealed by high-resolution UAV photogrammetry and in situ measurements. Remote Sensing, 12, 15: 2389 (16 pp.). doi: 10.3390/RS12152389
Immerzeel, W.W.; Lutz, A.F.; Andrade, M.; Bahl, A.; Biemans, H.; Bolch, T.; Hyde, S.; Brumby, S.; Davies, B.J.; Elmore, A.C.; Emmer, A.; Feng, M.; Fernández, A.; Haritashya, U.; Kargel, J.S.; Koppes, M.; Kraaijenbrink, P.D.A.; Kulkarni, A.V.; Mayewski, P.A.; ... Baillie, J.E.M., 2020: Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers. Nature, 577: 364-369. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1822-y
Herreid, S.; Pellicciotti, F., 2020: The state of rock debris covering Earth's glaciers. Nature Geoscience, 13: 621-627. doi: 10.1038/s41561-020-0615-0
Shaw, T.E.; Caro, A.; Mendoza, P.; Ayala, Á.; Pellicciotti, F.; Gascoin, S.; McPhee, J., 2020: The utility of optical satellite winter snow depths for initializing a glacio-hydrological model of a high-elevation, Andean catchment. Water Resources Research, 56, 8: e2020WR027188 (19 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2020WR027188
Ayala, Á.; Farías-Barahona, D.; Huss, M.; Pellicciotti, F.; McPhee, J.; Farinotti, D., 2020: Glacier runoff variations since 1955 in the Maipo River basin, in the semiarid Andes of central Chile. Cryosphere, 14, 6: 2005-2027. doi: 10.5194/tc-14-2005-2020
Troxler, P.; Ayala, Á.; Shaw, T.E.; Nolan, M.; Brock, B.W.; Pellicciotti, F., 2020: Modelling spatial patterns of near-surface air temperature over a decade of melt seasons on McCall Glacier, Alaska. Journal of Glaciology, 66, 257: 386-400. doi: 10.1017/jog.2020.12
Shaw, T.E.; Gascoin, S.; Mendoza, P.A.; Pellicciotti, F.; McPhee, J., 2020: Snow depth patterns in a high mountain Andean catchment from satellite optical tristereoscopic remote sensing. Water Resources Research, 56, 2: e2019WR024880 (23 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2019WR024880
Steiner, J.F.; Buri, P.; Miles, E.S.; Ragettli, S.; Pellicciotti, F., 2019: Supraglacial ice cliffs and ponds on debris-covered glaciers: spatio-temporal distribution and characteristics. Journal of Glaciology, 65, 252: 617-632. doi: 10.1017/jog.2019.40
Girona‐Mata, M.; Miles, E.S.; Ragettli, S.; Pellicciotti, F., 2019: High‐resolution snowline delineation from Landsat imagery to infer snow cover controls in a Himalayan catchment. Water Resources Research, 55, 8: 6754-6772. doi: 10.1029/2019WR024935
Wijngaard, R.R.; Steiner, J.F.; Kraaijenbrink, P.D.A.; Klug, C.; Adhikari, S.; Banerjee, A.; Pellicciotti, F.; Van Beek, L.P.H.; Bierkens, M.F.P.; Lutz, A.F.; Immerzeel, W.W., 2019: Modeling the response of the Langtang glacier and the Hintereisferner to a changing climate since the little ice age. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7: 143 (24 pp.). doi: 10.3389/feart.2019.00143
Burger, F.; Ayala, A.; Farias, D.; Shaw, T.E.; MacDonell, S.; Brock, B.; McPhee, J.; Pellicciotti, F., 2019: Interannual variability in glacier contribution to runoff from a high-elevation Andean catchment: understanding the role of debris cover in glacier hydrology.. Hydrological Processes, 33: 214-229. doi: 10.1002/hyp.13354
Miles, E.S.; Willis, I.; Buri, P.; Steiner, J.F.; Arnold, N.S.; Pellicciotti, F., 2018: Surface pond energy absorption across four Himalayan glaciers accounts for 1/8 of total catchment ice loss. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 19: 10464-10473. doi: 10.1029/2018GL079678
Clemenzi, I.; Pellicciotti, F.; Burlando, P., 2018: Snow depth Structure, fractal Behavior, and interannual consistency over Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland. Water Resources Research, 54, 10: 7929-7945. doi: 10.1029/2017WR021606