Prof. Dr. Daniel Farinotti
Fonction
Professeur glaciologie
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Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
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Birmensdorf Bi MG E 37
Professional Curriculum vitae
- since 2016: Assistent professor in glaciology at the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland
- 2014-2016: Research associate at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland
- 2012-2014: Research associate at the Section of Hydrology at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Potsdam, Germany
- 2010 and 2012: Visiting scientist at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge, UK
- 2007 - 2012: Research associate in the glaciology group at the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2009 - 2011 Postgraduate Course in Applied Statistics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2008 - 2010 PhD Thesis at the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2007 Diploma in Environmental Engineering at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Scientific interests
- Hydrology of glacierized catchments
- Estimation of glacier ice thickness
- Glacier-climate interactions
- Long term hydro-glaciological projections and forecasts
Five most influential publications
- D. Farinotti, M. Huss, J.J. Fürst, J. Landmann, H. Machguth, F. Maussion, and A. Pandit (2019). A consensus estimate for the ice thickness distribution of all glaciers on Earth. Nature Geoscience, 12 (3), 168-173. doi: 10.1038/s41561-019-0300-3
- D. Farinotti, V. Round, M. Huss, H. Zekollari, L. Compagno (2019). Large hydropower and water-storage potential in future glacier-free basins. Nature, 575 (7782), 341-344. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1740-z
- H. Zekollari, M. Huss, and D. Farinotti (2019). Modelling the future evolution of glaciers in the European Alps under the EURO-CORDEX RCM ensemble. The Cryosphere. 13 (4), 1125-1146. doi: 10.5194/tc-13-1125-2019
- D. Farinotti, and 36 others (2017). How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison eXperiment. The Cryosphere, 11 (2), 949-970. doi: 10.5194/tc-11-949-2017
- D. Farinotti, L. Longuevergne, G. Moholdt, D. Duethmann, T. Mölg, T. Bolch, S. Vorogushyn, and A. Güntner, 2015. Substantial glacier mass loss in the Tien Shan over the past 50 years. Nature Geosciece, 8 (9), 716-722. doi: 10.1038/NGEO2513
FURTHER INFORMATION
Publications
Peer reviewed publications
Cremona, A.; Huss, M.; Landmann, J.M.; Borner, J.; Farinotti, D., 2023: European heat waves 2022: contribution to extreme glacier melt in Switzerland inferred from automated ablation readings. Cryosphere, 17, 5: 1895-1912. doi: 10.5194/tc-17-1895-2023
Zhang, Q.; Shen, Z.; Pokhrel, Y.; Farinotti, D.; Singh, V.P.; Xu, C.Y.; Wu, W.; Wang, G., 2023: Oceanic climate changes threaten the sustainability of Asia’s water tower. Nature, 615, 7950: 87-93. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05643-8
Rounce, D.R.; Hock, R.; Maussion, F.; Hugonnet, R.; Kochtitzky, W.; Huss, M.; Berthier, E.; Brinkerhoff, D.; Compagno, L.; Copland, L.; Farinotti, D.; Menounos, B.; McNabb, R.W., 2023: Global glacier change in the 21st century: every increase in temperature matters. Science, 379, 6627: 78-83. doi: 10.1126/science.abo1324
Steffen, T.; Huss, M.; Estermann, R.; Hodel, E.; Farinotti, D., 2022: Volume, evolution, and sedimentation of future glacier lakes in Switzerland over the 21st century. Earth Surface Dynamics, 10, 4: 723-741. doi: 10.5194/esurf-10-723-2022
Pruessner, L.; Huss, M.; Farinotti, D., 2022: Temperature evolution and runoff contribution of three rock glaciers in Switzerland under future climate forcing. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 33, 3: 310-322. doi: 10.1002/ppp.2149
Magazine article and brochures
Further publications
2017
Farinotti, D. (2017). Cryospheric science: Asia's glacier changes. Nature Geoscience,10 (9), 621-622, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2995
Farinotti, D., 2017: Glacier modeling. In: Richardson, D. (eds), 2017: The international encyclopedia of geography: people, the earth, environment, and technology. Chichester, Wiley. 1-4. doi: 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0038
Hoelzle, M., E. Azisov, M. Barandun, M. Huss, D. Farinotti, A. Gafurov, W. Hagg, R. Kenzhebaev, M. Kronenberg, H. Machguth, A. Merkushkin, B. Moldobekov, M. Petrov, T. Saks, N. Salzmann, T. Schöne, Y. Tarasov, R. Usubaliev, S. Vorogushin, A. Yakovlev, and M. Zemp (2017). Re-establishing glacier monitoring in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems Discussions, 2017, 1-36, doi: 10.5194/gi-2017-31
Farinotti, D., D. Brinkerhoff, G.K.C. Clarke, J.J. Fürst, H. Frey, P. Gantayat, F. Gillet-Chaulet, C. Girard, M. Huss, P.W. Leclercq, A. Linsbauer, H. Machguth, C. Martin, F. Maussion, M. Morlighem, C. Mosbeux, A. Pandit, A. Portmann, A. Rabatel, R. Ramsankaran, T.J. Reerink, O. Sanchez, P.A. Stentoft, S.S. Kumari, W.J.J. van Pelt, B. Anderson, T. Benham, D. Binder, J.A. Dowdeswell, A. Fischer, K. Helfricht, S. Kutuzov, I. Lavrentiev, R. McNabb, G.H. Gudmundsson, H. Li, and L.M. Andreassen (2017). How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison eXperiment. The Cryosphere, 11, 949-970. doi: 10.5194/tc-11-949-2017
Gindraux, S., R. Boesch, and D. Farinotti, 2017. Accuracy assessment of digital surface models from unmanned aerial vehicles' imagery on glaciers. Remote Sensing, 9 (2), 186, doi: 10.3390/rs9020186
Schmale, J., M. Flanner, S. Kang, M. Sprenger, Q. Zhang, J. Guo, Y. Li, M. Schwikowski, and D. Farinotti (2017). Modulation of snow reflectance and snowmelt from Central Asian glaciers by anthropogenic black carbon. Scientific Reports, 7, 40501, doi: 10.1038/srep40501
Beniston, M., D. Farinotti, M. Stoffel, L.M. Andreassen, E. Coppola, N. Eckert, A. Fantini, F. Giacona, C. Hauck, M. Huss, H. Huwald, M. Lehning, J.-I. López-Moreno, J. Magnusson, C Marty, E Moran-Tejéda, S Morin, M. Naaim, A. Provenzale, A. Rabatel, D. Six, J. Stötter, U. Strasser, S. Terzago, and C. Vincent (2017). The European mountain cryosphere: A review of past, current and future issues. The Cryosphere Discussions, 2017, 1-60. doi: 10.5194/tc-2016-290
2016
Farinotti, D., D. Brinkerhoff, G.K.C. Clarke, J.J. Fürst, H. Frey, P. Gantayat, F. Gillet-Chaulet, C. Girard, M. Huss, P.W. Leclercq, A. Linsbauer, H. Machguth, C. Martin, F. Maussion, M. Morlighem, C. Mosbeux, A. Pandit, A. Portmann, A. Rabatel, R. Ramsankaran, T.J. Reerink, O. Sanchez, P.A. Stentoft, S.S. Kumari, W.J.J. van Pelt, B. Anderson, T. Benham, D. Binder, J.A. Dowdeswell, A. Fischer, K. Helfricht, S. Kutuzov, I. Lavrentiev, R. McNabb, G.H. Gudmundsson, H. Li, and L.M. Andreassen (2016). How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison eXperiment. The Cryosphere Discussions, 2016, 1-34. doi: 10.5194/tc-2016-250
Parrella, G., D. Farinotti, I. Hajnsek, and K.P. Papathanassiou (2016). Monitoring the subsurface of an Alpine glacier using polarimetric SAR observations at L-band. In Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), 800-805, ISBN: 978-3-8007-4228-8
Farinotti, D., A. Pistocchi, and M. Huss (2016). From dwindling ice to headwater lakes: could dams replace glaciers in the European Alps? Environmental Research Letters, 11, 054022. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/5/054022
M. Kronenberg, M. Barandun, M. Hoelzle, M. Huss, D. Farinotti, E. Azisov, R. Usubaliev, A. Gafurov, D. Petrakov and A. Kääb (2016). Mass balance reconstruction for Glacier No. 354, Tien Shan, from 2003-2014. Annals of Glaciology, 57 (71), 92-102. doi: 10.3189/2016AoG71A032
2015
Farinotti, D., L. Longuevergne, G. Moholdt, D. Duethmann, T. Mölg, T. Bolch, S. Vorogushyn, and A. Güntner (2015). Substantial glacier mass loss in the Tien Shan over the past 50 years. Nature Geosciece, 8 (9), 716-722. doi: 10.1038/NGEO2513
Barandun, M., M. Huss, L. Sold, D. Farinotti, E. Azisov, N. Salzmann, R. Usubaliev, A. Merkushkin and M. Hoelzle (2015). Re-analysis of seasonal mass balance at Abramov Glacier 1968-2014. Journal of Glaciology, 61 (230), 1103-1117. doi: 10.3189/2015JoG14J239
Duethmann, D., T. Bolch, D. Farinotti, D. Kriegel, S. Vorogushyn, B. Merz, T. Pieczonka, T. Jiang, B. Su and A. Güntner (2015). Attribution of streamflow trends in headwater catchments of the Tarim River, Central Asia. Water Resources Research, 51 (6), 4727-4750. doi: 10.1002/2014WR016716
Gafurov, A., S. Vorogushyn, D. Farinotti, D. Duethmann, A. Merkushkin and B. Merz (2015). Snow-cover reconstruction methodology for mountainous regions based on historic in situ observations and recent remote sensing data. The Cryosphere, 9 (2), 451-463. doi: 10.5194/tc-9-451-2015
2014
Farinotti, D., E.C. King, A. Albrecht, M. Huss, and G.H. Gudmundsson (2014). The bedrock topography of Starbuck Glacier, Antarctic Peninsula, as measured by radio-echo soundings. Annals of Glaciology, 55 (67), 22-28. doi: 10.3189/2014AoG67A025
Huss, M. and D. Farinotti (2014). A high-resolution bedrock map for the Antarctic Peninsula. The Cryosphere, 8 (4), 1261-1273. doi: 10.5194/tc-8-1261-2014
Michel, L., M. Picasso, D. Farinotti, A. Bauder, M. Funk, and H. Blatter (2014). Estimating the ice thickness of mountain glaciers with a shape optimization algorithm using surface topography and mass-balance. Journal of Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems, 22 (6), 787-818. doi: 10.1515/jip-2013-0016
Michel, L., M. Picasso, D. Farinotti, M. Funk, and H. Blatter (2014). Estimating the ice thickness of shallow glaciers from surface topography and mass-balance data with a shape optimization algorithm. Computers & Geosciences, 66, 182-199. doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2014.01.012
Michel, L., M. Picasso, D. Farinotti, M. Funk, and H. Blatter (2014). Bedrock topography reconstruction of glaciers from surface topography and mass-balance data. Computational Geosciences, 18 (6), 969-988. doi: 10.1007/s10596-014-9439-6
2013
Farinotti, D., and M. Huss (2013). An upper-bound estimate for the accuracy of glacier volume-area scaling. The Cryosphere, 7, 1707-1720. doi: 10.5194/tc-7-1707-2013
Farinotti, D. (2013). On the effect of climate variability on mountain glaciers - insights from a case study. Journal of Glaciology, 59 (217), 992-1006. doi: 10.3189/2013JoG13J080
Farinotti, D., H. Corr, and G.H. Gudmundsson (2013). The ice thickness distribution of Flask Glacier, Antarctic Peninsula, determined by combining radio-echo soundings, surface velocity data, and flow modelling. Annals of Glaciology, 54 (63), 18-24. doi: 10.3189/2013AoG63A603
Unger-Shayesteh, K., S. Vorogushyn, D. Farinotti, A. Gafurov, D. Duethmann, A. Mandychev and B. Merz (2013). What do we know about past changes in the water cycle of Central Asian headwaters? A review. Global and Planetary Change, 110, 4-25. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.02.004
Kriegel, D., C. Mayer, W. Hagg, S. Vorogushyn, D. Duethmann, A. Gafurov and D. Farinotti (2013). Changes in glacierisation, climate and runoff in the second half of the 20th century in the Naryn basin, Central Asia. Global and Planetary Change, 110, 51-56. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.014
Dalban Canassy, P., F. Walter, S. Husen, H. Maurer, J. Faillettaz, and D. Farinotti (2013). Investigating dynamics of an Alpine glacier using probabilistic icequake locations (Triftgletscher, Switzerland). Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 1-16. doi: 10.1002/jgrf.20097
Michel, L., M. Picasso, D. Farinotti, M. Funk, and H. Blatter (2013). Estimating the ice thickness of mountain glaciers with an inverse approach using surface topography and mass-balance. Inverse Problems, 29 (3), 035002. doi: 10.1088/0266-5611/29/3/035002
Huss, M., L. Sold, M. Hoelzle, M. Stokvis, N. Salzmann, D. Farinotti, and M. Zemp (2013). Towards remote monitoring of sub-seasonal glacier mass balance. Annals of Glaciology, 54 (63), 75-83. doi: 10.3189/2013AoG63A427
2012
Farinotti, D., S. Usselmann, M. Huss, A. Bauder and M. Funk (2012). Runoff evolution in the Swiss Alps: Projections for selected high-alpine catchments based on ENSEMBLES scenarios. Hydrological Processes, 26 (13), 1909-1924. doi: 10.1002/hyp.8276
Huss, M., and D. Farinotti (2012). Distributed ice thickness and volume of all glaciers around the globe. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, F04010. doi: 10.1029/2012JF002523
Gabbi, J., D. Farinotti, A. Bauder, and H. Maurer (2012). Ice volume distribution and implications on runoff projections in a glacierized catchment. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16, 4543-4556. doi: 10.5194/hess-16-4543-2012
Smittenberg, R.H., M. Gierga, H. Göransson, I. Christl, D. Farinotti, and S.M. Bernasconi (2012). Climate-sensitive ecosystem carbon dynamics along the soil chronosequence of the Damma glacier forefield, Switzerland. Global Change Biology, 18 (6), 1941-1955. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02654.x
2011
Magnusson, J., D. Farinotti, T. Jonas and M. Bavay (2011). Quantitative evaluation of different hydrological modelling approaches in a partly glacierized Swiss watershed. Hydrological Processes, 25 (13), 2071-2084. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7958
2010
Farinotti, D., J. Magnusson, M. Huss and A. Bauder (2010). Snow accumulation distribution inferred from time-lapse photography and simple modelling. Hydrolocical Processes, 24, 2087-2097. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7629
Huss, M., G. Jouvet, D. Farinotti and A. Bauder (2010). Future high-mountain hydrology: a new parameterization of glacier retreat, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14, 815-829. doi: 10.5194/hess-14-815-2010
Huss, M., S. Usselmann, D. Farinotti and A. Bauder (2010). Glacier mass balance in the south-eastern Swiss Alps since 1900 and perspectives for the future. Erdkunde, 64 (2), 119-140. doi: 10.3112/erdkunde.2010.02.02
2009
Farinotti, D., M. Huss, A. Bauder and M. Funk (2009). An estimate of the glacier ice volume in the Swiss Alps. Global and Planetary Change, 68 (3), 225-231. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.05.004
Farinotti, D., M. Huss, A. Bauder, M. Funk and M. Truffer (2009). A method to estimate the ice volume and ice-thickness distribution of alpine glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 55 (191), 422-430. doi: 10.3189/002214309788816759
2008
Bernasconi, S. and BigLink project members (2008). Weathering, soil formation and initial ecosystem evolution on a glacier forefield: a case study from the Damma Glacier, Switzerland. Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (1), 19-22. doi: 10.2136/vzj2010.0129
Huss, M., D. Farinotti, A. Bauder and M. Funk (2008). Modelling runoff from highly glacierized alpine catchment basins in a changing climate. Hydrol. Proc., 22 (19), 3888-3902. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7055
Books and Book chapters
Farinotti, D., 2017. Glacier modeling. In: International Encyclopedia of Geography, Wiley-Blackwell and the Association of American Geographers. D. Richardson, N. Castree, M.F. Goodchild, A. Kobayashi, W. Liu, and R.A. Marston (Eds.). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. doi: 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0038
Marty, C., B. Abegg, A. Bauder, A. Marmy, M.P. Lüthi, M. Bavay, C. Hauck, M. Hoelzle, M. Huss, N. Salzmann, S. Schlögl, R. Steiger and D. Farinotti, 2014. Cryospheric aspects of climate change – impacts on snow, ice, and ski tourism. In CH2014-Impacts. Toward quantitative scenarios of climate change impacts in Switzerland. OCCR, FOEN, MeteoSwiss, C2SM, Agroscope, and ProClim. Bern, Switzerland, 136 pp. ISBN: 978-3-033-04406-7
Farinotti, D., 2011. Estimating glacier ice thickness and snow accumulation - Simple methods for inferring the distribution of two variables of difficult access from readily available data. Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften. ISBN: 978-3-8381-2823-8
Farinotti, D., A. Bauder, M. Huss, G. Jouvet, F. Widmer and R. Boes, 2011. Future glacier evolution and impact on the runoff regime in the catchments of Alpine reservoirs: the Aletsch area, Switzerland. In Dams in Switzerland - Source for Worldwide Swiss Dam Engineering, Swiss Committee on Dams. 283-289. ISBN: 978-3-85545-158-6
Theses
Farinotti, D., 2010. Simple methods for inferring glacier ice-thickness and snow-accumulation distribution. Doctoral Thesis. ETH Zurich, Dissertation No. 19268. doi: 10.3929/ethz-a-006194634
Farinotti, D., 2007. Zinal Project - Estimation of the ice volume, calculation of the glacier bed topography and runoff projections until the year 2100 for the realization of new water intakes of the Forces Motrices de la Gougra AG. Diploma Thesis (in german). ETH Zurich, Institute of Environmental Engineering.
Selected Non Peer Reviewed Publications
Farinotti, D., A. Güntner, F. Barthelmes, S. Vorogushyn and D. Düthmann, 2013. Über den Zustand der Gletscher in Zentralasien - Eine Lageabschätzung aufgrund Satelliten- und bodengestützten Messungen. System Erde - GFZ Journal, 3 (2), 38-43.
Farinotti, D., A. Bauder and M. Funk, 2011. Gletscherrückgang - Bleibt noch genügend Wasser für die Wasserkraftnutzung? In Natur und Mensch - Sonderheft Quo vadis, Wasserkraft?; Rheinaubund, Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Natur und Heimat, 53 (4), 21-23.
Farinotti, D., A. Bauder and M. Funk, 2011. Veränderung der Gletscher und ihrer Abflüsse 1900-2100 - Fallstudien Gornergletscher und Mattmark. Wasser Energie Luft, 103 (4), 273-278.
Farinotti, D., A. Bauder and M. Funk, 2011. Impact of climate change on hydropower exploitation in glacierized basins. In Hydropower: Higher Efficiency under Changing Conditions; Newsletter of the Energy Science Center at ETH Zurich, 4.
Links
- Publication list and profile on ResearchGate
- WSL Research Unit Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements
- Glaciology group at the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich
- IACS working group on glacier ice thickness estimation
- Available Master-, Bachelor-, and Semester-Theses