Dr. Francesca Pellicciotti
Function
teamleader, senior scientist
Contact
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)
FURTHER INFORMATION
Publications WSL
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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