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Daniel Farinotti

Daniel Farinotti

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Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
11985
World Ranking
3171
National Ranking
85

Overview

Daniel Farinotti is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and focuses their research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work covers specialized subfields including Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Global and Planetary Change, and Water Science and Technology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Climate variability and models

Farinotti's recent publications demonstrate an active role in advancing knowledge on glaciers, climate impacts, and associated geophysical phenomena. Key papers include:

  • "Manifestations and mechanisms of the Karakoram glacier Anomaly," 2020, published in Nature Geoscience
  • "A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya," 2021, published in Science
  • "Global glacier change in the 21st century: Every increase in temperature matters," 2023, published in Science
  • "Oceanic climate changes threaten the sustainability of Asia's water tower," 2023, published in Nature
  • "Ice thickness distribution of all Swiss glaciers based on extended ground-penetrating radar data and glaciological modeling," 2021, published in Journal of Glaciology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Farinotti include Matthias Huss, Harry Zekollari, Romain Hugonnet, Mauro Werder, and Amaury Dehecq.

Their work appears regularly in several scientific venues, notably:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)

Best Publications

  • Accelerated global glacier mass loss in the early twenty-first century

    Romain Hugonnet;Romain Hugonnet;Romain Hugonnet;Robert McNabb;Robert McNabb;Etienne Berthier;Brian Menounos

  • A consensus estimate for the ice thickness distribution of all glaciers on Earth

    Daniel Farinotti;Daniel Farinotti;Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;Johannes J. Fürst;Johannes Marian Landmann;Johannes Marian Landmann

  • A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya

    D. H. Shugar;M. Jacquemart;M. Jacquemart;M. Jacquemart;D. Shean;S. Bhushan

  • 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

  • Global glacier change in the 21st century: Every increase in temperature matters

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  • Distributed ice thickness and volume of all glaciers around the globe

    Matthias Huss;Daniel Farinotti

  • Modelling runoff from highly glacierized alpine drainage basins in a changing climate

    Matthias Huss;Daniel Farinotti;Andreas Bauder;Martin Funk

  • Substantial glacier mass loss in the Tien Shan over the past 50 years

    Daniel Farinotti;Laurent Longuevergne;Geir Moholdt;Doris Duethmann

  • A method to estimate the ice volume and ice-thickness distribution of alpine glaciers

    Daniel Farinotti;Matthias Huss;Andreas Bauder;Martin Funk

  • Manifestations and mechanisms of the Karakoram glacier Anomaly

    Daniel Farinotti;Daniel Farinotti;Walter W. Immerzeel;Remco J. de Kok;Duncan J. Quincey

  • Massive collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 after surge-like instability

    Andreas Kääb;Silvan Leinss;Adrien Gilbert;Yves Bühler

  • Future high-mountain hydrology: a new parameterization of glacier retreat

    Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;Guillaume Jouvet;Daniel Farinotti;Andreas Bauder

  • What do we know about past changes in the water cycle of Central Asian headwaters? A review

    Katy Unger-Shayesteh;Sergiy Vorogushyn;Daniel Farinotti;Abror Gafurov

  • Modelling the future evolution of glaciers in the European Alps under the EURO-CORDEX RCM ensemble

    Harry Zekollari;Harry Zekollari;Harry Zekollari;Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;Daniel Farinotti;Daniel Farinotti

  • How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison eXperiment

    Daniel Farinotti;Daniel Farinotti;Douglas J. Brinkerhoff;Garry K.C. Clarke;Johannes J. Fürst

  • Accuracy Assessment of Digital Surface Models from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles’ Imagery on Glaciers

    Saskia Gindraux;Ruedi Boesch;Daniel Farinotti

  • Runoff evolution in the Swiss Alps: projections for selected high-alpine catchments based on ENSEMBLES scenarios

    Daniel Farinotti;Stephanie Usselmann;Matthias Huss;Andreas Bauder

  • Chemical and Biological Gradients along the Damma Glacier Soil Chronosequence, Switzerland

    Stefano M. Bernasconi;Andreas Bauder;Bernard Bourdon;Ivano Brunner

  • An estimate of the glacier ice volume in the Swiss Alps

    Daniel Farinotti;Matthias Huss;Andreas Bauder;Martin Funk

  • Attribution of streamflow trends in snow and glacier melt-dominated catchments of the Tarim River, Central Asia

    Doris Duethmann;Tobias Bolch;Daniel Farinotti;David Kriegel

  • Present and future water scarcity in Switzerland: Potential for alleviation through reservoirs and lakes.

    Manuela I. Brunner;Astrid Björnsen Gurung;Massimiliano Zappa;Harry Zekollari

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Huss
Matthias Huss University of Fribourg
Andreas Bauder
Andreas Bauder ETH Zurich
Martin Funk
Martin Funk ETH Zurich
Sergiy Vorogushyn
Sergiy Vorogushyn Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Horst Machguth
Horst Machguth University of Fribourg
Andreas Güntner
Andreas Güntner University of Potsdam
Martin Hoelzle
Martin Hoelzle University of Fribourg
Andreas Kääb
Andreas Kääb University of Oslo
Massimiliano Zappa
Massimiliano Zappa Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Tobias Bolch
Tobias Bolch Graz University of Technology

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