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Fabian Walter

Fabian Walter

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
3648
World Ranking
8440
National Ranking
180

Overview

Fabian Walter is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several key subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Artificial Intelligence, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main research topics covered in Fabian Walter's work include:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Climate change and permafrost

Among recent papers authored by Fabian Walter are:

  • Distributed acoustic sensing of microseismic sources and wave propagation in glaciated terrain, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fabian Walter include:

  • Dominik Gräff
  • Małgorzata Chmiel
  • Andreas Fichtner
  • Patrick Paitz
  • Fabian Lindner

Fabian Walter's publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • The Cryosphere
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)

Research topics and methodologies employed by Fabian Walter include the use of distributed acoustic sensing technology, seismic wave analysis, and monitoring of cryospheric environments. Their work addresses phenomena such as microseismic sources, glacial wave propagation, seasonal and diurnal dynamics of subglacial channels, and the emergence of Green's functions from seismic wave field interferometry in glacier contexts.

Best Publications

  • Distributed acoustic sensing of microseismic sources and wave propagation in glaciated terrain

    Fabian Walter;Dominik Gräff;Fabian Lindner;Patrick Paitz

  • Cryoseismology

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  • Environmental seismology: What can we learn on earth surface processes with ambient noise?

    Eric Larose;Eric Larose;Simon Carrière;Simon Carrière;Christophe Voisin;Christophe Voisin;Pierre Bottelin;Pierre Bottelin

  • Direct observations of a three million cubic meter rock-slope collapse with almost immediate initiation of ensuing debris flows

    Fabian Walter;Florian Amann;Andrew Kos;Robert Kenner

  • Basal icequakes during changing subglacial water pressures beneath Gornergletscher, Switzerland

    Fabian Walter;Nicholas Deichmann;Martin Funk

  • Moment tensor inversions of icequakes on Gornergletscher, Switzerland

    Fabian Walter;John F. Clinton;Nicholas Deichmann;Douglas S. Dreger

  • Empirical Investigations of the Instrument Response for Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) across 17 Octaves

    Patrick Paitz;Pascal Edme;Dominik Gräff;Fabian Walter

  • Sustained seismic tremors and icequakes detected in the ablation zone of the Greenland ice sheet

    Claudia Röösli;Fabian Walter;Stephan Husen;Lauren C Andrews

  • Machine Learning improves debris flow warning

    Małgorzata Chmiel;Fabian Walter;Fabian Walter;Michaela Wenner;Michaela Wenner;Zhen Zhang;Zhen Zhang

  • Iceberg calving during transition from grounded to floating ice: Columbia Glacier, Alaska

    Fabian Walter;Shad O'Neel;Daniel McNamara;W. T. Pfeffer

  • Testing seismic amplitude source location for fast debris-flow detection at Illgraben, Switzerland

    Fabian Walter;Arnaud Burtin;Brian W. McArdell;Niels Hovius

  • Infrasound Array Analysis of Debris Flow Activity and Implication for Early Warning

    E. Marchetti;F. Walter;G. Barfucci;R. Genco

  • Thick sediments beneath Greenland's ablation zone and their potential role in future ice sheet dynamics

    Fabian Walter;Julien Chaput;Martin P. Lüthi

  • Quantification of seasonal and diurnal dynamics of subglacial channels using seismic observations on an Alpine glacier

    Ugo Nanni;Florent Gimbert;Christian Vincent;Dominik Gräff

  • Infrasonic and Seismic Analysis of Debris‐Flow Events at Illgraben (Switzerland): Relating Signal Features to Flow Parameters and to the Seismo‐Acoustic Source Mechanism

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  • Meltwater influences on deep stick‐slip icequakes near the base of the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Claudia Roeoesli;Claudia Roeoesli;Agnes Helmstetter;Fabian Walter;Fabian Walter;Fabian Walter;Edi Kissling

  • Using glacier seismicity for phase velocity measurements and Green's function retrieval

    Fabian Walter;Fabian Walter;Philippe Roux;Philippe Roux;Claudia Roeoesli;Claudia Roeoesli;Albanne Lecointre;Albanne Lecointre

  • Tide-modulated ice flow variations drive seismicity near the calving front of Bowdoin Glacier, Greenland

    Evgeny A. Podolskiy;Shin Sugiyama;Martin Funk;Fabian Walter

  • Analysis of low‐frequency seismic signals generated during a multiple‐iceberg calving event at Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland

    Fabian Walter;Fabian Walter;Fabian Walter;Jason M. Amundson;Shad O'Neel;Martin Truffer

  • Seismic Network in Greenland Monitors Earth and Ice System

    John F. Clinton;Meredith Nettles;Fabian Walter;Kent Anderson

  • On the Green's function emergence from interferometry of seismic wave fields generated in high-melt glaciers: implications for passive imaging and monitoring

    Amandine Sergeant;Amandine Sergeant;Małgorzata Chmiel;Fabian Lindner;Fabian Walter

  • Evidence for Near-Horizontal Tensile Faulting at the Base of Gornergletscher, a Swiss Alpine Glacier

    Fabian Walter;Douglas S. Dreger;John F. Clinton;Nicholas Deichmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian W. McArdell
Brian W. McArdell Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Martin Funk
Martin Funk ETH Zurich
Emanuele Marchetti
Emanuele Marchetti University of Florence
John Clinton
John Clinton ETH Zurich
Anne Mangeney
Anne Mangeney Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Agnès Helmstetter
Agnès Helmstetter Grenoble Alpes University
Edi Kissling
Edi Kissling ETH Zurich
Philippe Roux
Philippe Roux Grenoble Alpes University

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