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Christian Hauck is affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Pollution.

Their work extensively covers topics including:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Smart Materials for Construction

Christian Hauck has contributed to various scientific papers, with recent publications including:

  • Twenty years of European mountain permafrost dynamics-the PACE legacy, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Assessing the potential of soil moisture measurements for regional landslide early warning, 2020, Landslides
  • Ice content and interannual water storage changes of an active rock glacier in the dry Andes of Argentina, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Petrophysical Joint Inversion Applied to Alpine Permafrost Field Sites to Image Subsurface Ice, Water, Air, and Rock Contents, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Best Practice for Measuring Permafrost Temperature in Boreholes Based on the Experience in the Swiss Alps, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Christian Hauck include:

  • Christin Hilbich
  • Coline Mollaret
  • Lukas U. Arenson
  • Mohammad Farzamian
  • Andreas Kemna

Best Publications

  • Permafrost and climate in Europe: Monitoring and modelling thermal, geomorphological and geotechnical responses

    Charles Harris;Lukas U. Arenson;Hanne H. Christiansen;Bernd Etzelmüller

  • The European mountain cryosphere: a review of its current state, trends, and future challenges

    Martin Beniston;Daniel Farinotti;Daniel Farinotti;Markus Stoffel;Liss M. Andreassen

  • Advances in geophysical methods for permafrost investigations

    Christof Kneisel;Christian Hauck;Richard Fortier;Brian Moorman

  • Applied Geophysics in Periglacial Environments

    C. Hauck;C. Kneisel

  • The Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS): the scientific strategy, the field phase, and research highlights

    Volker Wulfmeyer;Andreas Behrendt;Christoph Kottmeier;Ulrich Corsmeier

  • Frozen ground monitoring using DC resistivity tomography

    C. Hauck;C. Hauck

  • Monitoring mountain permafrost evolution using electrical resistivity tomography : A 7-year study of seasonal, annual, and long-term variations at Schilthorn, Swiss Alps

    C. Hilbich;C. Hauck;M. Hoelzle;M. Scherler

  • A new model for estimating subsurface ice content based on combined electrical and seismic data sets

    Christian Hauck;Christian Hauck;M. Böttcher;M. Böttcher;Hansruedi Maurer

  • Geophysical imaging of alpine rock glaciers

    Hansruedi Maurer;Christian Hauck

  • Applicability of electrical resistivity tomography monitoring to coarse blocky and ice-rich permafrost landforms

    Christin Hilbich;L. Marescot;Christian Hauck;M. H. Loke

  • Mountain permafrost distribution in Dovrefjell and Jotunheimen, southern Norway, based on BTS and DC resistivity tomography data

    Ketil Isaksen;Christian Hauck;Espen Gudevang;Rune S. Ødegård

  • Electrical resistivity tomography monitoring of permafrost in solid rock walls

    Michael Krautblatter;Christian Hauck

  • Twenty years of European mountain permafrost dynamics—the PACE legacy

    Bernd Etzelmüller;Mauro Guglielmin;Christian Hauck;Christin Hilbich

  • Using DC resistivity tomography to detect and characterize mountain permafrost

    Christian Hauck;Daniel Vonder Mühll;Hansruedi Maurer

  • Assessing the potential of soil moisture measurements for regional landslide early warning

    Adrian Wicki;Peter Lehmann;Christian Hauck;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • Degrading Mountain Permafrost in Southern Norway: Spatial and Temporal Variability of Mean Ground Temperatures, 1999–2009

    Ketil Isaksen;Rune Strand Ødegård;Bernd Etzelmüller;Christin Hilbich

  • Mechanisms initiating deep convection over complex terrain during COPS

    Christoph Kottmeier;Norbert Kalthoff;Christian Barthlott;Ulrich Corsmeier

  • Inversion and interpretation of two‐dimensional geoelectrical measurements for detecting permafrost in mountainous regions

    Christian Hauck;Daniel von der Mühll

  • Simulating high-latitude permafrost regions by the JSBACH terrestrial ecosystem model

    Altug Ekici;Altug Ekici;Christian Beer;Christian Beer;Stefan Hagemann;J. Boike

  • Meltwater infiltration into the frozen active layer at an alpine permafrost site

    Martin Scherler;Christian Hauck;Martin Hoelzle;Manfred Stähli

  • Mountain permafrost degradation documented through a network of permanent electrical resistivity tomography sites

    Coline Mollaret;Christin Hilbich;Cécile Pellet;Adrian Flores-Orozco

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Hoelzle
Martin Hoelzle University of Fribourg
Stephan Gruber
Stephan Gruber Carleton University
Reynald Delaloye
Reynald Delaloye University of Fribourg
Ketil Isaksen
Ketil Isaksen Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Nadine Salzmann
Nadine Salzmann University of Fribourg
Norbert Kalthoff
Norbert Kalthoff Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Andreas Kemna
Andreas Kemna University of Bonn
Bernd Etzelmüller
Bernd Etzelmüller University of Oslo
Mauro Guglielmin
Mauro Guglielmin University of Insubria

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