Research Interests
- Glaciology; Mass & Energy Balance; Micro-Meteorology; Geophysical Methods
- Climatology; Climate variability in high mountain regions; Climate change topics
Fellowships and Grants
- World Glacier Monitoring Service: National Correspondent for Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
- Station Manager of Station Hintereisferner for the Project INTERACT
Projects
- LATTICE: Land-terminating ice cliffs in North Greenland: processes, divers and their relation to regional climate
- INTERACT: International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic
- Climate-glacier relationship on Mount Kenya
- hiSNOW
- Mass Balance of Kesselwandferner
- Mass Balance of Hintereisferner
- Hintereisferner - an Open Air Laboratory
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Publications 2024
Contributions to Books / Journals
Journal Article (Original Paper)
- Hinzmann, A.; Mölg, T.; Braun, M.; Cullen, N.; Hardy, D.; Kaser, G.; Prinz, R. (2024): Tropical glacier loss in East Africa: recent areal extents on Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and in the Rwenzori Range from high-resolution remote sensing data.
In: Environmental Research 3/1, No. 011003. (DOI) (Web link) - Piermattei, L.; Zemp, M.; Sommer, C.; Brun, F.; Braun, M. H.; Andreassen, L. M.; Belart, J. M. C.; Berthier, E.; Bhattacharya, A.; Boehm Vock, L.; Bolch, T.; Dehecq, A.; Dussaillant, I.; Falaschi, D.; Florentine, C.; Floricioiu, D.; Ginzler, C.; Guillet, G.; Hugonnet, R.; Huss, M.; Kääb, A.; King, O.; Klug, C.; Knuth, F.; Krieger, L.; La Frenierre, J.; McNabb, R.; McNeil, C.; Prinz, R.; Sass, L.; Seehaus, T.; Shean, D.; Treichler, D.; Wendt, A.; Yang, R. (2024): Observing glacier elevation changes from spaceborne optical and radar sensors – an inter-comparison experiment using ASTER and TanDEM-X data.
In: The Cryosphere 18/7, pp. 3195 - 3230. (DOI) (Web link) - Saigger, M.; Sauter, T.; Schmid, C.; Collier, E.; Goger, B.; Kaser, G.; Prinz, R.; Voordendag, A.; Mölg, T. (2024): A Drifting and Blowing Snow Scheme in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model.
In: Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems 16/6, No. e2023MS004007. (DOI) (Web link) - Voordendag, Annelies; Goger, Brigitta; Prinz, Rainer; Sauter, Tobias; Mölg, Thomas; Saigger, Manuel; Kaser, Georg (2024): A novel framework to investigate wind-driven snow redistribution over an Alpine glacier: combination of high-resolution terrestrial laser scans and large-eddy simulations.
In: The Cryosphere 18/2, pp. 849 - 868. (DOI) (Web link)
Publications 2023
Contributions to Books / Journals
Journal Article (Original Paper)
- Steiner, J.; Buri, P.; Abermann, J.; Prinz, R.; Nicholson, L. (2023): Steep ice – progress and future challenges in research on ice cliffs.
In: Annals of Glaciology 63/87-89, pp. 132 - 136. (DOI) (Web link) - Voordendag, A.; Goger, B.; Klug, C.; Prinz, R.; Rutzinger, M.; Sauter, T.; Kaser, G. (2023): Uncertainty assessment of a permanent long-range terrestrial laser scanning system for the quantification of snow dynamics on Hintereisferner (Austria).
In: Frontiers in Earth Science 11, p. No 1085416. (DOI) (Web link) - Voordendag, A.; Prinz, R.; Schuster, L.; Kaser, G. (2023): Brief communication: The Glacier Loss Day as an indicator of a record-breaking negative glacier mass balance in 2022.
In: The Cryosphere 17, pp. 3661 - 3665. (DOI) (Web link)
Proceedings Article (Full Paper)
- Perfler, M.; Binder, M.; Reuter, B.; Prinz, R.; Mitterer, C. (2023): Assessing avalanche problems for operational avalanche forecasting based on different model chains.
In: Proceedings ISSW 2023, International Snow Science Workshop. Band, USA, 08.-13. Oktober 2023. Montana State University Library., pp. 128 - 134. (Web link)
Proceedings Article (Abstract)
- Voordendag, A.; Goger, B.; Prinz, R.; Rutzinger, M.; Kaser, G. (2023): Glaciological applications of long-range permanent terrestrial laser scanning data at Hintereisferner, Austria.
In: Abstract Volume - 21th Swiss Geoscience Meeting. 17.-18. November, Mendrisio. Platform Geosciences of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT)., p. 478. (Web link) - Voordendag, A; Goger, B.; Prinz, R.; Sauter, T.; Kaser, G. (2023): Modeling and measuring glacier-wide snow redistribution at Hintereisferner.
In: EGUsphere: EGU - General Assembly 2023 - Book of Abstracts. 23–28 April 2023, Wien. Göttingen: Copernicus., No. EGU23-5236. (DOI) (Web link)