Dr. Matthias Huss

Position

• Senior Lecturer

Office: 334

Phone: +41 26 300 90 29 / Fax: +41 26 300 97 46

Email: matthias DOT huss AT unifr DOT ch

Personal Homepage : http://www.unifr.ch/geosciences/geographie/huss

• Mass balance of alpine glaciers
• Hydrological modelling of highly glacierized drainage basins
• Response of mountain glaciers to past and future climate change

[37] Huss, M., 2013. Density assumptions for converting geodetic glacier volume change to mass change. The Cryosphere Discussions, 7, 219-244.
http://www.the-cryosphere-discuss.net/7/219/2013/tcd-7-219-2013-discussion.html

[36] Huss, M., Sold, L., Hoelzle, M., Stokvis, M., Salzmann, N., Farinotti, D. and Zemp, M., 2013. Towards remote monitoring of sub-seasonal glacier mass balance. Annals of Glaciology, 54(63), 85-93.
http://www.igsoc.org/annals/54/63/t63A427.html

[35] Zemp, M., Thibert, E., Huss, M., Stumm, D., Rolstad-Denby, C., Nuth, C., Nussbaumer, S.U., Moholdt, G., Mercer, A., Mayer, C., Joerg, P.C., Jansson, P., Hynek, B., Fischer, A., Escher-Vetter, H., Elvehøy, H., and Andreassen, L.M., 2013. Uncertainties and re-analysis of glacier mass balance measurements. The Cryosphere Discussions, 7, 789-839.
http://www.the-cryosphere-discuss.net/7/789/2013/tcd-7-789-2013.pdf

[34] Finger, D., Hugentobler, A., Huss, M., Voinesco, A., Wernli, H.R., Fischer, D., Weber, E., Jeannin, P-Y., Kauzlaric, M., Wirz, A., Vennemann, T., Hüsler, F., Schädler, B. and Weingartner, R., 2013. Identification of glacial melt water runoff in a karstic environment and its implication for present and future water availability. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 10, 2743–2788.
http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/10/2743/2013/hessd-10-2743-2013.pdf

[33] Farinotti, D., Huss, M., submitted. An upper-bound estimate for the accuracy of volume-area scaling. The Cryosphere.

[32] Sold, L., Huss, M., Hoelzle, M., Joerg, P.C., Zemp, M, submitted. Methodological approaches to inferring end-of-winter snow distribution on alpine glaciers. Journal of Glaciology.

Huss, M., Joerg, P.C., Zemp, M., Salzmann, N., in preparation. High uncertainty in 21st century runoff projections from glacierized basins. Journal of Hydrology.

Huss, M., Voinesco, A., Hoelzle, M., in preparation. Implications of climate change on Glacier de la Plaine Morte. Geographica Helvetica.

[31] Huss, M. and Farinotti, D., 2012. Distributed ice thickness and volume of all glaciers around the globe. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, F04010, doi:10.1029/2012JF002523.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2012/2012JF002523.shtml

[30] Huss, M., 2012. Extrapolating glacier mass balance to the mountain-range scale: The European Alps 1900-2100. The Cryosphere, 6, 713-727, doi:10.5194/tc-6-713-2012.
http://www.the-cryosphere.net/6/713/2012/tc-6-713-2012.html

[29] Huss, M., Hock, R., Bauder, A. and Funk. M., 2012. Conventional versus reference-surface mass balance. Journal of Glaciology, 58 (208), 278-286.
http://www.igsoc.org/journal/58/208/j11J216.html

[28] Farinotti, D., Usselmann, S., Huss, M., Bauder, A. and Funk, M., 2012. The 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.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.8276/pdf

[27] Levermann, A., Bamber, J., Drijfhout, S., Ganopolski, A., Haeberli, W., Harris, N.R.P., Huss, M., Krüger, K., Lenton, T.M., Lindsay, R.W., Notz, D., Wadhams, P., Weber, S., 2012. Potential climatic transitions with profound impact on Europe. Climatic Change, 110, 845-878, doi: 10.1007/s10584-011-0126-5.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/t435328g93882946/

[26] Dalban, P., Failletaz, J., Walter, F. and Huss, M., 2012. Seismic activity and surface motion of a steep temperate glacier, a study on Triftgletscher, Switzerland. Journal of Glaciology, 58 (209), 513-528.
http://www.igsoc.org/journal/58/209/t11J104.html

[25] Huss, M., 2011. Present and future contribution of glaciers to runoff from macroscale drainage basins in Europe. Water Resources Research, 47, W07511, doi:10.1029/2010WR010299.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2011/2010WR010299.shtml

[24] Jouvet, G., Huss, M., Blatter, H. and Funk. M., 2011. Modelling the retreat of Great Aletschgletscher in a changing climate. Journal of Glaciology, 57(206), 1033-1045.
http://www.igsoc.org/journal/current/206/t11J026.pdf

[23] Jouvet, G., Picasso, M., Rappaz, J., Huss, M. and Funk. M., 2011. Modelling and numerical simulation of the dynamics of glaciers including local damage effects. Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena, 6(5), 263-280.

[22] Junghans, N., Cullmann, J. and Huss, M., 2011. Evaluating the effect of snow- and icemelt in a Swiss headwater catchment and further downstream in the River Rhine. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 56(6), 981-993.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02626667.2011.595372.

[21] Schaefli, B. and Huss, M., 2011. Integrating point glacier mass balance observations into hydrologic model identification, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol. 15, 1227-1241.
http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/15/1227/2011/hess-15-1227-2011.html

[20] Sugiyama, S., Yoshizawa, T., Huss, M., Tsutaki, S. and Nishimura, D., 2011. Spatial distribution of surface ablation in the terminus of Rhonegletscher, Switzerland. Annals of Glaciology, 52(58), 1-8.
http://www.igsoc.org/annals/v52/58/a58a005.pdf

[19] Huss, M., Hock, R., Bauder, A. and Funk, M., 2010. 100-year glacier mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. Geophyiscal Research Letters, 37, L10501, doi:10.1029/2010GL042616.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2009GL042616.shtml

[18] Huss, M., Jouvet, G., Farinotti, D. and Bauder, A., 2010. Future high-mountain hydrology: a new parameterization of glacier retreat. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14, 815-829.
http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/14/815/2010/hess-14-815-2010.pdf

[17] Huss, M., Usselmann, S., Farinotti, D. and Bauder, A., 2010. Glacier mass balance in the south-eastern Swiss Alps since 1900 and perspectives for the future. Erdkunde, 64(2), 119-140.
http://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/download_unprotected/2010_64/EK-64-2010-2-02.pdf

[16] Huss, M., 2010. Mass balance of Pizolgletscher. Geographica Helvetica, 65(2), 80-92.

[15] Huss, M., Hock, R., Bauder, A. and Funk, M., 2010. Reply to the Comment of Leclercq et al. on “100-year mass changes in the Swiss Alps linked to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation�. The Cryosphere Discuss., 4, 2587-2592.
http://www.the-cryosphere-discuss.net/4/2587/2010/tcd-4-2587-2010.html

[14] Farinotti, D., Magnusson, J., Huss, M. and Bauder, A., 2010. Snow accumulation distribution inferred from time-lapse photography and simple modelling. Hydrological Processes, 24, 2087-2097, doi:10.1002/hyp.7629.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123329125/abstract

[13] Huss, M., Funk, M. and Ohmura, A., 2009. Strong Alpine glacier melt in the 1940s due to enhanced solar radiation. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L23501, doi:10.1029/2009GL040789.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2009GL040789.shtml

[12] Huss, M., Bauder, A. and Funk, M., 2009. Homogenization of long-term mass balance time series, Annals of Glaciology, 50(50), 198–206. http://www.igsoc.org/annals/50/50/t50A053.pdf

[11] Huss, M. and Bauder, A., 2009. 20-th century climate change inferred from four long term point observations of seasonal mass balance, Annals of Glaciology, 50(50), 207–214. http://www.igsoc.org/annals/50/50/t50A076.pdf

[10] Farinotti, D., Huss, M., Bauder, A., Funk, M. and Truffer, M., 2009. A method to estimate ice volume and ice thickness distribution of alpine glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 55(191), 422-430. http://www.igsoc.org/journal/55/191/t08J055.pdf

[9] Farinotti, D., Huss, M., Bauder, A. and Funk, M., 2009. An estimate of the glacier ice volume in the the Swiss Alps. Global and Planetary Change, 68(3), 225-231, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.05.004.
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0921818109001015

[8] Jouvet, G., Huss, M., Blatter, H., Picasso, M. and Rappaz, J., 2009. Numerical simulation of Rhonegletscher from 1874 to 2100. Journal of Computational Physics, 228(17), 6426-6439, doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2009.05.033.
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S002199910900285X

[7] Huss, M., Bauder, A., Funk, M. and Hock, R. 2008. Determination of the seasonal mass balance of four Alpine glaciers since 1865, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, F01015, doi:10.1029/2007JF000803.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2008/2007JF000803.shtml

[6] Huss, M., Farinotti, D., Bauder, A. and Funk, M. 2008. Modelling runoff from highly glacierized alpine drainage basins in a changing climate, Hydrological Processes, 22(19), 3888–3902, doi:10.1002/hyp.7055. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118859399/abstract

[5] Huss, M., Stöckli, R., Kappenberger, G. and Blatter, H. 2008. Temporal and spatial changes of Laika Glacier, Canadian Arctic, since 1959 inferred from satellite remote sensing and mass balance modelling, Journal of Glaciology, 54(188), 857–866. http://www.igsoc.org/journal/54/188/t08j018.pdf

[4] Sugiyama, S., Bauder, A., Huss, M., Riesen, P. and Funk, M., 2008. Triggering and drainage mechanisms of the 2004 glacier-dammed lake outburst in Gornergletscher, Switzerland. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, F04019, doi:10.1029/2007JF000920. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2008/2007JF000920.shtml

[3] Huss M., Sugiyama, S., Bauder, A. and Funk, M., 2007. Retreat scenarios of Unteraargletscher, Switzerland, using a combined ice-flow mass-balance model. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 39(3), 422–431.
http://instaar.metapress.com/content/h34167j3l82g51k6/

[2] Huss, M., Bauder, A., Werder, M., Funk, M. and Hock, R., 2007. Glacier-dammed lake outburst events of Gornersee, Switzerland Journal of Glaciology, 53(181), 189–200. http://www.igsoc.org/journal/53/181/j06j061.pdf

[1] Bauder, A., Funk, M. and Huss, M., 2007. Ice volume changes of selected glaciers in the Swiss Alps since the end of the 19th century. Annals of Glaciology, 46, 145–149. http://www.igsoc.org/annals/46/a46a159.pdf

Some papers (links see above) may require a journal subscription. If you do not have access to the journal please send me an email to obtain a pdf of the paper.

Hauck, C., Collet, C., Delaloye, R., Hilbich, C., Hoelzle, M., Huss, M., Salzmann, N., 2012. The potential of new measurement and modelling techniques in alpine cryosphere and geomorphology research. Geographica Helvetica, 1-2, 26-37.

Huss, M., 2011. Melting glaciers: Is there an impact on the Danube hydrology? Danube News, 23, 5-8.

Huss, M., 2011. Ein Gletscher in seinen letzten Zügen, Geosciences Actuel, 1/2011, 23-26.

Farinotti, D., Bauder, A., Huss, M., Jouvet, G., Widmer, F. and Boes, R., 2011. Future glacier evolution and impact on the runoff regime in the catchments of Alpine reservoirs: the Aletsch area, Switzerland, in Symposium Book “Dams in Switzerland - Source for Worldwide Swiss Dam Engineering� (Swiss Committee on Dams), 283-289, ISBN: 978-3-85545-158-6.

Huss, M., 2009. Past and future changes in glacier mass balance. PhD thesis, ETH Zürich, VAW-Mitteilungen 211.

Huss, M., 2005. Gornergletscher - Gletscherseeausbrüche und Massenbilanzabschätzungen. Diploma (MSc) thesis, ETH Zürich, 204 pp.