Adrian Wicki

Function

PhD student

Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements

Torrents and Mass Movements

Contact

adrian.wicki(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 23 27+41 44 739 23 27

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi LG D 01

Activities at WSL

Since 2018: PhD student in the project Assessing the potential of soil wetness data for landslide early warning.

Since 2020: Collaboration in the project Regional landslide early warning: Pilot region Napf

Research interests

Soil moisture monitoring
Early Warning Systems
Natural Hazards Management
Geophysical Methods

Education

2013 – 2016: Master of Science in Geography, University of Fribourg
Focus: soil moisture dynamics in permafrost, geophysical methods, natural hazards
2009 – 2013: Bachelor of Science in Geography, University of Bern

Professional experience

2016 – 2018: Property Treaty Underwriter, Swiss Re Ltd (Zürich)
Internships and Civil Service at various engineering companies and authorities

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

Regional warnings for slope instabilities: Napf pilot study

In this project, elements of regional landslide early warning are applied in a pilot early warning system in the Napf region, and their added value for such early warning systems is assessed.

Assessing the potential of soil wetness data for landslide early warning

This SNF-project assesses the value of in-situ soil wetness measurements in advertising imminent occurrence of landslides for potential use in future Landslide Early Warning Systems.

Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Wicki, A.; Jansson, P.; Lehmann, P.; Hauck, C.; Stähli, M., 2021: Simulated or measured soil moisture: which one is adding more value to regional landslide early warning?. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25, 8: 4585-4610. doi: 10.5194/hess-25-4585-2021

Wicki, A.; Lehmann, P.; Hauck, C.; Seneviratne, S.I.; Waldner, P.; Stähli, M., 2020: Assessing the potential of soil moisture measurements for regional landslide early warning. Landslides, 17: 1881-1896. doi: 10.1007/s10346-020-01400-y

Further scientific publications

Stähli, M.; Wicki, A., 2021: The value of soil wetness measurements for regional landslide early warning systems. In: Casagli, N.; Tofani, V.; Sassa, K.; Bobrowsky, P.T.; Takara, K. (eds), 2021: Understanding and reducing landslide disaster risk. Monitoring and early warning. Fifth world landslide forum, Kyoto, Japan. 203-208. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-60311-3_23