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Wilfried Haeberli

Wilfried Haeberli

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Earth Science
Switzerland
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
90
Citations
27342
World Ranking
270
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Wilfried Haeberli is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Ecology.

The core topics addressed in their research include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance

Recent scientific publications demonstrate a focus on permafrost, glacial lakes, and alpine environments. Selected papers include:

  • Ice loss in the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau permafrost as seen by 16 yr of ESA SAR missions, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Best Practice for Measuring Permafrost Temperature in Boreholes Based on the Experience in the Swiss Alps, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Inventory and evolution of glacial lakes since the Little Ice Age: Lessons from the case of Switzerland, 2021, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Glacial lake depth and volume estimation based on a large bathymetric dataset from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • First results from alpine core drilling projects, 2024, Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)

Haeberli has frequently collaborated with various researchers including Christian Huggel, Simon Allen, Holger Frey, Colin A. Whiteman, and Isabelle Gärtner-Roer. Their studies have been published repeatedly in venues such as The Cryosphere, Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich), Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Revue de géographie alpine, and Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences.

In addition to journal articles, Haeberli contributed to book publications, including "Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters" published by Elsevier BV in 2021.

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

  • Creep of mountain permafrost:internal structure and flow of Alpine rock glaciers.

    W. Haeberli

  • Permafrost creep and rock glacier dynamics

    Wilfried Haeberli;Bernard Hallet;Lukas Arenson;Roger Elconin

  • Remote sensing based assessment of hazards from glacier lake outbursts: a case study in the Swiss Alps

    Christian Huggel;Andreas Kääb;Wilfried Haeberli;Philippe Teysseire

  • Climate change and its impacts on glaciers and permafrost in the Alps

    W. Haeberli;M. Beniston

  • Rapid disintegration of Alpine glaciers observed with satellite data

    Frank Paul;Andreas Kääb;Max Maisch;Tobias Kellenberger

  • The new remote-sensing-derived Swiss glacier inventory: I. Methods

    Frank Paul;Andreas Kääb;Max Maisch;Tobias Kellenberger

  • Application of inventory data for estimating characteristics of and regional climate-change effects on mountain glaciers: a pilot study with the European Alps

    Wilfried Haeberli;Martin Hoelzle

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

    Stephan Gruber;Martin Hoelzle;Wilfried Haeberli

  • Six decades of glacier mass-balance observations: a review of the worldwide monitoring network

    M. Zemp;M. Hoelzle;W. Haeberli

  • Increasing risks related to landslides from degrading permafrost into new lakes in de-glaciating mountain ranges

    Wilfried Haeberli;Yvonne Schaub;Christian Huggel

  • Alpine glaciers to disappear within decades

    Michael Zemp;Wilfried Haeberli;Martin Hoelzle;Frank Paul

  • An assessment procedure for glacial hazards in the Swiss Alps

    Christian Huggel;Wilfried Haeberli;Andreas Kääb;Daniel Bieri

  • Integrated monitoring of mountain glaciers as key indicators of global climate change: the European Alps

    Wilfried Haeberli;Martin Hoelzle;Frank Paul;Michael Zemp

  • DIE BASIS-TEMPERATUR DER WINTERLICHEN SCHNEEDECKE ALS MOEGLICHER INDIKATOR FUER DIE VERBREITUNG VON PERMAFROST IN DEN ALPEN.

    W Haeberli

  • The 2002 rock/ice avalanche at Kolka/Karmadon, Russian Caucasus: assessment of extraordinary avalanche formation and mobility, and application of QuickBird satellite imagery

    C. Huggel;S. Zgraggen-Oswald;W. Haeberli;A. Kääb

  • Warming permafrost in European mountains

    Charles Harris;Daniel Vonder Mühll;Ketil Isaksen;Wilfried Haeberli

  • Modeling glacier thickness distribution and bed topography over entire mountain ranges with GlabTop: Application of a fast and robust approach

    Andreas Linsbauer;Frank Paul;Wilfried Haeberli

  • Recent glacier changes in the Alps observed by satellite: Consequences for future monitoring strategies

    Frank Paul;Andreas Kääb;Wilfried Haeberli

  • The uplift of Unteraargletscher at the beginning of the melt season -- a consequence of water storage at the bed?

    Almut Iken;Hans Röthlisberger;A. Flotron;Wilfried Haeberli

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Hoelzle
Martin Hoelzle University of Fribourg
Frank Paul
Frank Paul University of Zurich
Christian Huggel
Christian Huggel University of Zurich
Andreas Kääb
Andreas Kääb University of Oslo
Michael Zemp
Michael Zemp University of Zurich
Stephan Gruber
Stephan Gruber Carleton University
Holger Frey
Holger Frey University of Zurich
Markus Egli
Markus Egli University of Zurich
Horst Machguth
Horst Machguth University of Fribourg
Nadine Salzmann
Nadine Salzmann University of Fribourg

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