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Stephan Gruber

Stephan Gruber

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Earth Science

D-Index
55
Citations
12178
World Ranking
2536
National Ranking
121

Overview

Stephan Gruber is affiliated with Carleton University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science. Their work spans Environmental Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, General Health Professions, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Climate variability and models
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing

Gruber's frequent co-authors include Steven V. Kokelj, Reynald Delaloye, Andreas Hasler, Élise Devoie, and Jeffrey M. McKenzie.

Publications by Stephan Gruber appear predominantly in venues such as The Cryosphere, Arctic Science, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth System Science Data, and Revue de géographie alpine.

Representative recent papers from Gruber's work include:

  • "Ground subsidence and heave over permafrost: hourly time series reveal interannual, seasonal and shorter-term movement caused by freezing, thawing and water movement," 2020, The Cryosphere
  • "The ERA5-Land soil temperature bias in permafrost regions," 2020, The Cryosphere
  • "Best Practice for Measuring Permafrost Temperature in Boreholes Based on the Experience in the Swiss Alps," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "When do rock glacier fronts fail? Insights from two case studies in South Tyrol (Italian Alps)," 2021, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • "Local cooling and drying induced by Himalayan glaciers under global warming," 2023, Nature Geoscience

In addition to articles, Gruber has contributed to book publications with the University of Calgary Press, including the 2023 edition of "Canadian Mountain Assessment."

Best Publications

  • Permafrost in steep bedrock slopes and its temperature‐related destabilization following climate change

    S. Gruber;S. Gruber;W. Haeberli

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

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

  • Derivation and analysis of a high-resolution estimate of global permafrost zonation

    Stephan Gruber

  • Recent Advances in Permafrost Modelling

    Daniel Riseborough;Nikolay Shiklomanov;Bernd Etzelmüller;Stephan Gruber

  • Permafrost thaw and destabilization of Alpine rock walls in the hot summer of 2003

    Stephan Gruber;Martin Hoelzle;Wilfried Haeberli

  • Permafrost distribution in the European Alps: calculation and evaluation of an index map and summary statistics

    Lorenz Boeckli;A Brenning;Stephan Gruber;Jeannette Noetzli

  • Status and change of the cryosphere in the Extended Hindu Kush Himalaya Region

    Tobias Bolch;Joseph M. Shea;Joseph M. Shea;Joseph M. Shea;Shiyin Liu;Farooq M. Azam

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

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

  • High mountain areas

    Regine Hock;Golam Rasul;Carolina Adler;Bolivar Cáceres

  • Mountain permafrost: development and challenges of a young research field

    Wilfried Haeberli;Jeannette Noetzli;Lukas Arenson;Reynald Delaloye

  • A robust and energy-conserving model of freezing variably-saturated soil

    M. Dall'Amico;M. Dall'Amico;S. Endrizzi;S. Gruber;R. Rigon

  • Rock‐wall temperatures in the Alps: modelling their topographic distribution and regional differences

    Stephan Gruber;Martin Hoelzle;Wilfried Haeberli

  • GEOtop 2.0: simulating the combined energy and water balance at and below the land surface accounting for soil freezing, snow cover and terrain effects

    S. Endrizzi;S. Gruber;M. Dall'Amico;R. Rigon

  • A statistical approach to modelling permafrost distribution in the European Alps or similar mountain ranges

    L. Boeckli;A. Brenning;S. Gruber;J. Noetzli

  • Statistical Modelling of Mountain Permafrost Distribution: Local Calibration and Incorporation of Remotely Sensed Data

    Stephan Gruber;Stephan Gruber;Martin Hoelzle

  • Ice Loss and Slope Stability in High-Mountain Regions

    Philip Deline;Stephan Gruber;Reynald Delaloye;Luzia Fischer

  • Scale-dependent measurement and analysis of ground surface temperature variability in alpine terrain

    S. Gubler;J. Fiddes;M. Keller;S. Gruber

  • Transient thermal effects in Alpine permafrost

    J. Noetzli;S. Gruber

  • Land-Surface parameters and objects in hydrology

    S Gruber;S Peckham

  • Review article: Inferring permafrost and permafrost thaw in the mountains of the Hindu Kush Himalaya region

    Stephan Gruber;Renate Fleiner;Emilie Guegan;Prajjwal Panday

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Beutel
Jan Beutel ETH Zurich
Wilfried Haeberli
Wilfried Haeberli University of Zurich
Christian Hauck
Christian Hauck University of Fribourg
Martin Hoelzle
Martin Hoelzle University of Fribourg
Michael Krautblatter
Michael Krautblatter Technical University of Munich
Andreas Vieli
Andreas Vieli University of Zurich
Christian Tschudin
Christian Tschudin University of Basel
Reynald Delaloye
Reynald Delaloye University of Fribourg
Alexander Brenning
Alexander Brenning Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Lothar Thiele
Lothar Thiele ETH Zurich

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