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Tobias Jonas is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple fields related to Earth and environmental sciences, with a primary focus on atmospheric science and cryospheric studies. Their work extensively covers topics such as climate change and permafrost, hydrology and watershed management, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, tree-ring climate responses, climate variability and models, and the dynamics of Arctic and Antarctic ice.

The scientist has contributed to various publications, frequently collaborating with coauthors including Giulia Mazzotti, Clare Webster, Gabriëlle De Lannoy, Nick Rutter, and Rebecca Mott. Tobias Jonas has published numerous papers in prominent venues, with recurring appearances in journals such as Water Resources Research, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Cryosphere, Frontiers in Earth Science, and Geoscientific Model Development.

Some recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Tobias Jonas are:

  • Sentinel-1 snow depth retrieval at sub-kilometer resolution over the European Alps, 2022, The Cryosphere
  • Toward Snow Cover Estimation in Mountainous Areas Using Modern Data Assimilation Methods: A Review, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Operational snow-hydrological modeling for Switzerland, 2023, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Resolving Small-Scale Forest Snow Patterns Using an Energy Balance Snow Model With a One-Layer Canopy, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • Increasing the Physical Representation of Forest-Snow Processes in Coarse-Resolution Models: Lessons Learned From Upscaling Hyper-Resolution Simulations, 2021, Water Resources Research

Their publication record illustrates an in-depth engagement with cryospheric studies and observations, supported by 76 publications in this main topic area. Environmental science also figures prominently in their work, with an emphasis on water science and environmental engineering as subfields.

Within the scope of scientific disciplines, Tobias Jonas primarily contributes to:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Subfields of study within these disciplines in which they have a focused interest include:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Tobias Jonas are:

  • Giulia Mazzotti
  • Clare Webster
  • Gabriëlle De Lannoy
  • Nick Rutter
  • Rebecca Mott

Tobias Jonas's research contributes to advancing scientific understanding in fields related to snow dynamics, hydrological modeling, and climate-related processes in mountainous and forested environments.

Best Publications

  • Estimating Snow Water Equivalent Using Snow Depth Data and Climate Classes

    Matthew Sturm;Brian Taras;Glen E. Liston;Chris Derksen

  • Estimating the snow water equivalent from snow depth measurements in the Swiss Alps

    T. Jonas;C. Marty;J. Magnusson

  • Evaluation of forest snow processes models (SnowMIP2)

    Nick Rutter;Richard Essery;John Pomeroy;Nuria Altimir

  • Snow depth variability in the Northern Hemisphere mountains observed from space.

    Hans Lievens;Hans Lievens;Matthias Demuzere;Matthias Demuzere;Hans-Peter Marshall;Hans-Peter Marshall;Rolf H. Reichle

  • How alpine plant growth is linked to snow cover and climate variability

    Tobias Jonas;Christian Rixen;Matthew Sturm;Veronika Stoeckli

  • Simulations of future snow cover and discharge in Alpine headwater catchments

    Mathias Bavay;Michael Lehning;Tobias Jonas;Henning Löwe

  • Small scale spatial variability of snow density and depth over complex alpine terrain: Implications for estimating snow water equivalent

    Juan I. López-Moreno;S. R. Fassnacht;J. T. Heath;K. N. Musselman

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

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

  • CO2 exchange between air and water in an Arctic Alaskan and midlatitude Swiss lake: Importance of convective mixing

    Werner Eugster;George Kling;Tobias Jonas;Joseph P. McFadden

  • Assimilation of point SWE data into a distributed snow cover model comparing two contrasting methods

    Jan Magnusson;David Gustafsson;David Gustafsson;Fabia Hüsler;Tobias Jonas

  • Snow depth mapping in high-alpine catchments using digital photogrammetry

    Y. Bühler;M. Marty;L. Egli;J. Veitinger

  • Recent Evidence of Large-Scale Receding Snow Water Equivalents in the European Alps

    Christoph Marty;Anna-Maria Tilg;Tobias Jonas

  • Evaluating snow models with varying process representations for hydrological applications

    Jan Magnusson;Nander Wever;Richard Essery;Nora Helbig

  • Radiatively driven convection in ice-covered lakes: Observations, scaling, and a mixed layer model

    Dmitrii Mironov;Arkady Terzhevik;Georgy Kirillin;Tobias Jonas

  • Alpine Grassland Phenology as Seen in AVHRR, VEGETATION, and MODIS NDVI Time Series. A Comparison with In Situ Measurements

    Fabio Fontana;Christian Rixen;Tobias Jonas;Gabriel Aberegg

  • Alpine snow cover in a changing climate: a regional climate model perspective

    Christian Steger;Sven Kotlarski;Tobias Jonas;Christoph Schär

  • Toward Snow Cover Estimation in Mountainous Areas Using Modern Data Assimilation Methods: A Review

    Chloé Largeron;Chloé Largeron;Marie Dumont;Samuel Morin;Aaron Boone

  • Dynamics of snow ablation in a small Alpine catchment observed by repeated terrestrial laser scans

    Luca Egli;Tobias Jonas;Thomas Grünewald;Michael Schirmer

  • Influence of Initial Snowpack Properties on Runoff Formation during Rain-on-Snow Events

    Sebastian Würzer;Tobias Jonas;Nander Wever;Michael Lehning

  • Canopy closure, LAI and radiation transfer from airborne LiDAR synthetic images

    David Moeser;Jiri Roubinek;Patrick Schleppi;Felix Morsdorf

  • Revisiting Snow Cover Variability and Canopy Structure Within Forest Stands: Insights From Airborne Lidar Data

    Giulia Mazzotti;William Ryan Currier;Jeffrey S. Deems;Justin M. Pflug

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Lehning
Michael Lehning École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Massimiliano Zappa
Massimiliano Zappa Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Richard Essery
Richard Essery University of Edinburgh
Christian Rixen
Christian Rixen Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Sven Kotlarski
Sven Kotlarski Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology
Andreas Bauder
Andreas Bauder ETH Zurich
Jan Seibert
Jan Seibert University of Zurich
Jessica D. Lundquist
Jessica D. Lundquist University of Washington

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