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Horst Machguth is affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, focusing primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers atmospheric science, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as pulmonary and respiratory medicine, environmental chemistry, and astronomy and astrophysics.

The scientist's research is heavily concentrated on cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, landslides and related hazards, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics. Other topics include winter sports injuries and performance, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Machguth has published notably in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • The Cryosphere
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science

Some recent publications include:

  • The firn meltwater Retention Model Intercomparison Project (RetMIP): evaluation of nine firn models at four weather station sites on the Greenland ice sheet, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • Worldwide version-controlled database of glacier thickness observations, 2020, Earth System Science Data
  • Shallow firn cores 1989-2019 in southwest Greenland's percolation zone reveal decreasing density and ice layer thickness after 2012, 2021, Journal of Glaciology
  • Geodetic mass balance of Abramov Glacier from 1975 to 2015, 2021, Journal of Glaciology
  • Increasing surface runoff from Greenland's firn areas, 2022, Nature Climate Change

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Machguth include:

  • Andrew Tedstone
  • Martin Hoelzle
  • Nicolas Jullien
  • Marlene Kronenberg
  • Enrico Mattea

Best Publications

  • Global glacier mass changes and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016

    Michael Zemp;Matthias Huss;E Thibert;N Eckert

  • 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

  • Reconstructions of the 1900–2015 Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance using the regional climate MAR model

    Xavier Fettweis;Jason E. Box;Cécile Agosta;Charles Amory

  • Estimating the volume of glaciers in the Himalayan–Karakoram region using different methods

    H. Frey;Horst Machguth;Matthias Huss;C. Huggel

  • Greenland meltwater storage in firn limited by near-surface ice formation

    Horst Machguth;Horst Machguth;Mike MacFerrin;Dirk van As;Jason E. Box

  • 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

  • A daily, 1 km resolution data set of downscaled Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance (1958–2015)

    Brice Noël;Willem Jan van de Berg;Horst Machguth;Horst Machguth;Horst Machguth;S.L.M. Lhermitte

  • Modelling glacier-bed overdeepenings and possible future lakes for the glaciers in the Himalaya-Karakoram region

    Andreas Linsbauer;H. Frey;Winfried Haeberli;Horst Machguth

  • Strong spatial variability of snow accumulation observed with helicopter-borne GPR on two adjacent Alpine glaciers

    H Machguth;O Eisen;O Eisen;Frank Paul;Martin Hoelzle

  • The first complete inventory of the local glaciers and ice caps on Greenland

    P. Rastner;T. Bolch;T. Bolch;N. Mölg;H. Machguth;H. Machguth

  • Mass loss of Greenland's glaciers and ice caps 2003–2008 revealed from ICESat laser altimetry data

    Tobias Bolch;Tobias Bolch;L Sandberg Sørensen;S B Simonsen;Nico Mölg

  • Rapid expansion of Greenland's low-permeability ice slabs.

    M. MacFerrin;Horst Machguth;Horst Machguth;D. van As;C. Charalampidis

  • Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE): first temperature and ablation record

    D. van As;R.S. Fausto;A.P. Ahlström;S.B. Andersen

  • A tipping point in refreezing accelerates mass loss of Greenland’s glaciers and ice caps

    B.P.Y. Noël;W.J. van de Berg;S. Lhermitte;B. Wouters

  • Distributed glacier mass-balance modelling as an important component of modern multi-level glacier monitoring

    Horst Machguth;Frank Paul;Martin Hoelzle;Wilfried Haeberli

  • Fast shrinkage of tropical glaciers in Colombia

    Jorge Luis Ceballos;Christian Euscátegui;Jair Ramírez;Marcela Cañon

  • Parameterizing Deep Water Percolation Improves Subsurface Temperature Simulations by a Multilayer Firn Model

    Sergey Marchenko;Sergey Marchenko;Ward J. J. van Pelt;Björn Claremar;Veijo Pohjola

  • Modeling past and future surface mass balance of the Northern Patagonia Icefield

    M. Schaefer;M. Schaefer;H. Machguth;H. Machguth;M. Falvey;G. Casassa;G. Casassa

  • A snow density dataset for improving surface boundary conditions in Greenland ice sheet firn modeling

    Robert S. Fausto;Jason E. Box;Baptiste Robert Marcel Vandecrux;Dirk van As

  • Quantifying mass balance processes on the Southern Patagonia Icefield

    M. Schaefer;Horst Machguth;M. Falvey;G. Casassa

  • A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland

    Kurt H. Kjær;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Tobias Binder;Anders A. Bjørk;Anders A. Bjørk;Anders A. Bjørk

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Huss
Matthias Huss University of Fribourg
Frank Paul
Frank Paul University of Zurich
Martin Hoelzle
Martin Hoelzle University of Fribourg
William Colgan
William Colgan Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Michael Zemp
Michael Zemp University of Zurich
Jason E. Box
Jason E. Box Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Robert S. Fausto
Robert S. Fausto Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Anders A. Bjørk
Anders A. Bjørk University of Copenhagen
Dirk van As
Dirk van As Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Nadine Salzmann
Nadine Salzmann University of Fribourg

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