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Nadine Salzmann is affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions to several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Geophysics, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's published work encompasses a range of topics related to climate and environmental dynamics. These main topics include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Among Salzmann's recent papers are:

  • Towards improved understanding of cascading and interconnected risks from concurrent weather extremes: Analysis of historical heat and drought extreme events (2022, PLOS Climate)
  • Spatio-temporal reconstruction of winter glacier mass balance in the Alps, Scandinavia, Central Asia and western Canada (1981-2019) using climate reanalyses and machine learning (2023, The Cryosphere)
  • Characterising the coincidence of soil moisture - precipitation extremes as a possible precursor to European floods (2023, Journal of Hydrology)
  • Can Weather Radars Be Used to Estimate Snow Accumulation on Alpine Glaciers? An Evaluation Based on Glaciological Surveys (2020, Journal of Hydrometeorology)
  • Continuous Spatio-Temporal High-Resolution Estimates of SWE Across the Swiss Alps - A Statistical Two-Step Approach for High-Mountain Topography (2021, Frontiers in Earth Science)

Salzmann frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Their most common co-authors include:

  • Christian Huggel
  • Veruska Muccione
  • Raphael Neukom
  • Matteo Guidicelli
  • Marco Gabella

Their publications are often found in established venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Cryosphere
  • Weather and Climate Extremes
  • Natural Hazards
  • PLOS Climate

Best Publications

  • Rapid decline of snow and ice in the tropical Andes – Impacts, uncertainties and challenges ahead

    Mathias Vuille;Mark Carey;Christian Huggel;Wouter Buytaert

  • Remote sensing of glacier- and permafrost-related hazards in high mountains: an overview

    A. Kääb;C. Huggel;L. Fischer;S. Guex

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

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

  • Three‐dimensional distribution and evolution of permafrost temperatures in idealized high‐mountain topography

    Jeannette Noetzli;Stephan Gruber;Stephan Gruber;Thomas Kohl;Nadine Salzmann

  • Recent and future warm extreme events and high-mountain slope stability

    C. Huggel;N. Salzmann;N. Salzmann;S. Allen;S. Allen;Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach

  • Climate trends and glacier retreat in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, revisited

    Simone Schauwecker;Mario Rohrer;D Acuña;Alejo Cochachin

  • Glacier changes and climate trends derived from multiple sources in the data scarce Cordillera Vilcanota region, southern Peruvian Andes

    Nadine Salzmann;Nadine Salzmann;Christian Huggel;M Rohrer;W Silverio

  • High uncertainty in 21st century runoff projections from glacierized basins

    Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;Michael Zemp;Philip C. Joerg;Nadine Salzmann

  • Facing unprecedented drying of the Central Andes? Precipitation variability over the period AD 1000–2100

    Raphael Neukom;Raphael Neukom;Mario Rohrer;Pierluigi Calanca;Nadine Salzmann;Nadine Salzmann

  • The application of Regional Climate Model output for the simulation of high-mountain permafrost scenarios

    Nadine Salzmann;Christoph Frei;Pier Luigi Vidale;Martin Hoelzle

  • Re-analysis of seasonal mass balance at Abramov glacier 1968-2014

    Martina Barandun;Matthias Huss;Leo Sold;Daniel Farinotti

  • GIS‐based modeling of glacial hazards and their interactions using Landsat‐TM and IKONOS imagery

    Christian Huggel;Andreas Kääb;Nadine Salzmann

  • A framework for the science contribution in climate adaptation: Experiences from science-policy processes in the Andes

    Christian Huggel;Marlene Scheel;Franziska Albrecht;Franziska Albrecht;Norina Andres

  • The freezing level in the tropical Andes, Peru: An indicator for present and future glacier extents

    Simone Schauwecker;Mario Rohrer;Christian Huggel;Jason Endries

  • Assessment of the hazard potential of ice avalanches using remote sensing and GIS‐modelling

    Nadine Salzmann;Andreas Kääb;Christian Huggel;Britta Allgöwer

  • Recent glacier and lake changes in High Mountain Asia and their relation to precipitation changes

    Désirée Silvana Treichler;Andreas Max Kääb;Nadine Salzmann;Chong-Yu Xu

  • Remotely sensed debris thickness mapping of Bara Shigri Glacier, Indian Himalaya

    Simone Marianna Schauwecker;Mario Bruno Rohrer;Christian Huggel;Anil Kulkarni

  • Robust climate scenarios for sites with sparse observations: a two-step bias correction approach

    Jan Rajczak;Sven Kotlarski;Nadine Salzmann;Christoph Schär

  • Missing (in-situ) snow cover data hampers climate change and runoff studies in the Greater Himalayas.

    Mario Rohrer;Nadine Salzmann;Markus Stoffel;Markus Stoffel;Anil V. Kulkarni

  • Modeled sensitivity of two alpine permafrost sites to RCM‐based climate scenarios

    Martin Scherler;Christian Hauck;Martin Hoelzle;Nadine Salzmann

  • Continuous and autonomous snow water equivalent measurements by a cosmic ray sensor on an alpine glacier

    Rebecca Gugerli;Nadine Salzmann;Matthias Huss;Matthias Huss;Darin Desilets

  • Climate Change and Permafrost

    Nadine Salzmann;Isabelle Gärtner-Roer

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Huggel
Christian Huggel University of Zurich
Matthias Huss
Matthias Huss University of Fribourg
Martin Hoelzle
Martin Hoelzle University of Fribourg
Horst Machguth
Horst Machguth University of Fribourg
Markus Stoffel
Markus Stoffel University of Geneva
Raphael Neukom
Raphael Neukom University of Bern
Wilfried Haeberli
Wilfried Haeberli University of Zurich
Michael Zemp
Michael Zemp University of Zurich
Christian Hauck
Christian Hauck University of Fribourg
Holger Frey
Holger Frey University of Zurich

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