Fabien Maussion
Associate Professor
Bristol Glaciology Centre
School of Geographical Sciences
University of Bristol
University Road, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK
fabien.maussion@bristol.ac.uk
Personal website: fabienmaussion.info
ORCID: 0000-0002-3211-506X • GitHub: fmaussion • LinkedIn: FabClimate
Last updated: June 2026. Blue font indicates clickable links.
Professional career
- Since July 2023
- Associate professor at the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
- 2021-2023
Associate professor at the Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN), University of Innsbruck
Habilitation obtained in 2021 with the title “Numerical modelling of global glacier change”. The habilitation is the highest university degree in Germany and Austria. It certifies the ability to be a full professor in these countries.
- 2021
- 3 months research stay as “invited professor” (funded) at Université Grenoble Alpes & Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement
- 2015–2021
- Assistant professor at ACINN, University of Innsbruck
- 2014–2015
- Post-doc at ACINN, University of Innsbruck
- 2008–2014
- PhD then Post-doc at the Chair of Climatology, Technische Universität Berlin
- 2006–2007
- Interim year as engineering trainee – Space mechanics at C-S Group, Toulouse
Education
- 2008–2014
Technische Universität Berlin - Chair of Climatology – PhD thesis
PhD Thesis defended in February 2014 with the title “A new atmospheric dataset for High Asia : development, validation and applications in climatology and in glaciology” (highest honors). Supervisor: Dieter Scherer.
- 2007–2008
- Technische Universität Berlin – International exchange year and Master degree
- 2008
- Master degree at SUPAÉRO – Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace, Toulouse (aerospace engineering school)
Awards
- Wilhelm-Lauer-Preis 2014 (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz): Prize for an outstanding, original PhD dissertation in the field of mountain geography.
- Firn Award 2025 (International Glaciological Society): given in recognition of significant scientific and community contributions to glaciology by a mid-career scientist.
Research projects conducted as PI or Co-I
- 2026–2027
- OGGM-Next – A Future-Proof Glacier Modelling Platform for the Decade of Action in Cryospheric Sciences (Research Software Maintenance Fund (RSMF), 200k£). PI
- 2025–2026
- DTC-Glaciers – A Digital Twin Component for Glaciers (ESA, 500k€). PI
- 2025–2028
- LiquidICE – LinkIng and quantifying the Impacts of climate change on inland ice, snow cover, and permafrost on water resources and society in vulnerable regions (H2020, 270k€). Co-I (total consortium 5M€).
- 2021–2024
- PROVIDE – Paris Agreement Overshooting – Reversibility, Climate Impacts and Adaptation Needs (H2020, 230k€). Co-I (total consortium 6M€).
- 2022–2024
- A future-ready Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM) (DFG, 180k€, co-PI)
- 2023–2025
- HYdro power: iMpact on the ELecTricity sector in Austria due to Climate Change in glaciated high alpine areas (HyMELT-CC) (Austrian Climate Research Programme, 50k€). Co-I (total consortium 300k€).
- 2021–2024
- UNCERTAIN – Certainties and uncertainties in the future surface mass balance of mountain glaciers (ÖAW, 120k€, together with PhD student Lilian Schuster)
- 2019–2023
- AgroClim - Huaraz, “Water availability and water demand in the Peruvian Andes” (ÖAW, PI, 443k€)
- 2022
- UNESCO, IACS and WGMS support for the Randolph Glacier Inventory (PI, 20k€)
- 2020–2022
- Scaling regional sea-level changes with climate forcings (FWF, replacing previous PI Kristin Richter)
- 2018–2021
- Modelling glacier length changes in Alps on the base of tree-ring based temperature reconstructions (Universtität Innsbruck, 120k€, Co-I)
- 2019–2020
- “Glaciers on the Cloud: OGGM-Edu” (PI, University of Innsbruck, 20k€)
- 2018–2019
- The Upper Grindelwald Glacier as indicator for Holocene climate variability (Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung - PI, TWF, 10k€)
Supervision
PostDocs (current)
- Dr. Tian Li (Bristol, Leverhulme Fellow): Working of large scale calving estimation with machine learning.
- Dr. Ritu Anilkumar (Bristol, project LiquidIce): Working on estimating the global mass balance of glaciers.
- Dr. Kara Lamantia (Bristol, Newton Fellow): Working on glacier health metrics from space.
PostDocs (Past)
- Dr. Marin Kneib (ACINN & Uni Grenoble, SNF Fellow): worked on the SNF Mobility Grant “Contribution of Avalanches to glacIeR mass balaNce (CAIRN)”. Now at ETH Zürich.
- Dr. Emily Potter (ACINN): Worked on the AgroClim Huaraz project. Now at Sheffield University.
- Dr. Anouk Vlug (ACINN): Worked on the DFG Project “A future ready Open Global Glacier Model”
PhD theses (current)
- Chloe Hancock (Bristol, 2025-): Working on the uncertainty of glacier runoff projections (Funded by NERC GW4+)
- Patrick Schmitt (ACINN, 2021-): Working on the global glacier response under climate targets overshoot scenarios (funded via PROVIDE grant)
- Niklas Richter (ACINN, co-supervised, 2022-): Atmospheric drivers of glacier change in High Mountain Asia (funded via internal grant)
PhD theses (completed)
- Julia Eis (Universität Bremen, co-supervised, 2020): Reconstructing glacier evolution using a flowline model (link)
- Beatriz Recinos (Universität Bremen, co-supervised, 2020): Ocean-glacier interaction on the large regional scale (link)
- Anouk Vlug (Universität Bremen, co-supervised, 2021): The influence of climate variability on the mass balance of Canadian Arctic land-terminating glaciers, in simulations of the last millennium (link)
- Lilian Schuster (ACINN, 2024): Improving Our Understanding of Future Multi-Century Mountain Glacier Changes and Runoff (link)
- Lorenz Hänchen (Institute of Ecology, co-supervised, 2025): Seasonality and trends of water availability in the Tropical Andes: Insights from vegetation dynamics (link)
Visiting PhD students
- Rodrigo Aguayo (Universidad de Concepción, Chile, 2022): working on glacier change and hydrology of Patagonia.
- Li Fei 李斐 (Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, China, 2020-2021): working on ice volume estimates in High Mountain Asia
25 completed master and bachelor theses. For a full list, visit my personal website.
Contributions to open source software and open data
- OGGM
- Open-source global glacier evolution modelling framework (oggm.org). In active development since 2016, used by several research groups worldwide and in more than 25 publications, 3 completed and 8 ongoing PhD projects. Project leader.
- OGGM-Edu
- Educational platform about glaciers based on the OGGM model (edu.oggm.org). Interactive applications, open-source graphics and computational notebooks applicable for teaching at the university level and for workshops. Project leader.
- xarray
- Array manipulation software (xarray.pydata.org) very commonly used in all fields of geosciences. Core developer 2015-2019.
- salem
- Map visualization and WRF model analysis software based on xarray. Main developer.
- HAR
- High Asia Refined analysis (HAR), openly accessible high-resolution climate dataset for the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions, which has facilitated an estimated several dozens of peer-reviewed publications. Main developer.
- RGI
- Suite of scripting tools and data accompanying the production process of the Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI). Project Co-chair.
Administration and leadership
- Member of the CLIC working group: Glacier Model Intercomparison Project (since 2018)
- Member of the IACS working group: Glacier ice thickness estimation (2014–2019)
- Scientific editor: Geoscientific Model Development (EGU Journal, since 2020)
- Session convener Observing and modelling glaciers at regional to global scales, Climate modeling in Mountain regions (IMC2019), Scientific Committee at IMC2022…
- Vice-president of the non-profit organisation OGGM e.V., promoting science and research in the fields of climate and glaciology and coordinating the development of OGGM.
- Organized 6 OGGM workshops (2016-2022) and the 2019 Alpine Glaciology Meeting (Innsbruck).
- Organized a week-long training on glacier modelling in Lahore, Pakistan (2023)
- Reviewer: J. Climate, J. Geophys. Res., Nature, Nature CC, J. Hydrometeorol., J. Hydrol., The Cryosph., J. Glaciol., Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., Earth Syst. Dynam., …
- Member of the International Glaciological Society, European Geosciences Union, International Association of Cryospheric Sciences.
Teaching
At University of Innsbruck (until 2023)
At University of Bristol (since 2023)
For a full list of past classes and links to annual student evaluations, visit my personal website.
List of publications
h-index 37 (google scholar June 2026)
Publications written by a student under my supervision are indicated with (*).
Preprints
- *Richter, J. N., Arndt, A., Ban, N., Gampierakis, N., Maussion, F., Prinz, R., Scheiter, M., Umlauf, N., & Nicholson, L. (2026). Towards the Bayesian calibration of a glacier surface energy balance model for unmonitored glaciers. EGUsphere [preprint]. doi:10.5194/egusphere-2025-6249
Peer-reviewed
- *Schmitt, P., Maussion, F., Goldberg, D. N., & Gregor, P. (2026). AGILE v0.1: The Open Global Glacier Data Assimilation Framework. Geoscientific Model Development, 19. doi:10.5194/gmd-19-1301-2026
- *Schuster, L., Maussion, F., Rounce, D., Ultee, L., Schmitt, P., Lacroix, F., Frölicher, T., & Schleussner, C.F. (2025). Irreversible glacier change and trough water for centuries after overshooting 1.5°C. Nature Climate Change, 15(6), 634–641. doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02318-w
- *Hartl, L., Schmitt, P., Schuster, L., Helfricht, K., Abermann, J., & Maussion, F. (2025). Recent observations and glacier modeling point towards near-complete glacier loss in western Austria (Ötztal and Stubai mountain range) if 1.5 °C is not met. The Cryosphere, 19(3), 1431–1452. doi:10.5194/tc-19-1431-2025
- *Zekollari, H., Schuster, L., Maussion, F., Hock, R., Marzeion, B., Rounce, D. R., …, Sakai, A. (2025). Glacier preservation doubled by limiting warming to 1.5°C versus 2.7°C. Science, 388(6750), 979–983. doi:10.1126/science.adu4675
- Weathers, M., Rounce, D. R., Fasullo, J., & Maussion, F. (2025). Evaluating the Role of Internal Climate Variability and Bias Adjustment Methods on Decadal Glacier Projections. Earth’s Future, 13(7). doi:10.1029/2024EF005624
- Pfleiderer, P., Frölicher, T. L., Kropf, C. M., Lamboll, R. D., Lejeune, Q., Capela Lourenço, T., Maussion, F., McCaughey, J. W., Quilcaille, Y., Rogelj, J., Sanderson, B., Schuster, L., Sillmann, J., Smith, C., Theokritoff, E., & Schleussner, C.-F. (2025). Reversal of the impact chain for actionable climate information. Nature Geoscience, 18(1), 10–19. doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01597-w
- Wimberly, F., Ultee, L., Schuster, L., Huss, M., Rounce, D. R., Maussion, F., Coats, S., Mackay, J., & Holmgren, E. (2025). Inter-model differences in 21st century glacier runoff for the world’s major river basins. The Cryosphere, 19(4), 1491–1511. doi:10.5194/tc-19-1491-2025
- The GlaMBIE Team (2025). Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023. Nature, 639(8054), 382–388. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08545-z
- *Aguayo, R., Zekollari, H., Hanus, S., Baez‐Villanueva, O. M., Mendoza, P. A., & Maussion, F. (2025). Hybrid glacio‐hydrological modeling reveals contrasting runoff changes in Western Patagonia over the 21st century. Earth’s Future. doi:10.1029/2025EF006442
- Kneib, M., Maussion, F., Brun, F., Carcanade, G., Farinotti, D., Huss, M., van Tiel, M., Jouberton, A., Schmitt, P., Schuster, L., Dehecq, A., & Champollion, N. (2025). Topographically-controlled contribution of avalanches to glacier mass balance in the 21st century. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-65608-z
- Sjursen, K. H., Bolibar, J., van der Meer, M., Andreassen, L. M., Biesheuvel, J. P., Dunse, T., Huss, M., Maussion, F., Rounce, D. R., & Tober, B. (2025). Machine learning improves seasonal mass balance prediction for unmonitored glaciers. The Cryosphere, 19, 5801–5826. doi:10.5194/tc-19-5801-2025
- van Tricht, L., Zekollari, H., Huss, M., Rounce, D. R., Schuster, L., Aguayo, R., Schmitt, P., Maussion, F., Tober, B., & Farinotti, D. (2025). Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century. Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02513-9
- van der Laan, L., Vlug, A., Scaife, A. A., Maussion, F., & Förster, K. (2025). Decadal re-forecasts of glacier climatic mass balance. The Cryosphere, 19. doi:10.5194/tc-19-3879-2025
- Zekollari, H., Huss, M., Schuster, L., Maussion, F., Rounce, D. R., Aguayo, R., Champollion, N., Compagno, L., Hugonnet, R., Marzeion, B., Mojtabavi, S., & Farinotti, D. (2024). Twenty-first century global glacier evolution under CMIP6 scenarios and the role of glacier-specific observations. The Cryosphere, 18(11), 5045–5066. doi:10.5194/tc-18-5045-2024
- Schleussner, C., …, Rogelj, J. (2024). Overconfidence in climate overshoot. Nature, 634(8033), 366–373. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08020-9
- *Aguayo, R., Maussion, F., Schuster, L., Schaefer, M., Caro, A., Schmitt, P., Mackay, J., Ultee, L., Leon-Muñoz, J., & Aguayo, M. (2024). Unravelling the sources of uncertainty in glacier runoff projections in the Patagonian Andes (40–56° S). The Cryosphere, 18(11), 5383–5406. doi:10.5194/tc-18-5383-2024
- Hanus, S., Schuster, L., Burek, P., Maussion, F., Wada, Y., & Viviroli, D. (2024). Coupling a large-scale glacier and hydrological model (OGGM v1.5.3 and CWatM V1.08) - towards an improved representation of mountain water resources in global assessments. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(13), 5123–5144. doi:10.5194/gmd-17-5123-2024
- Kneib, M., Dehecq, A., Brun, F., Karbou, F., Charrier, L., Leinss, S., Wagnon, P., & Maussion, F. (2024). Mapping and characterization of avalanches on mountain glaciers with Sentinel-1 satellite imagery. The Cryosphere, 18(6), 2809–2830. doi:10.5194/tc-18-2809-2024
- Bolibar, J., Sapienza, F., Maussion, F., Lguensat, R., Wouters, B., & Pérez, F. (2023). Universal differential equations for glacier ice flow modelling. Geoscientific Model Development, 16(22), 6671–6687. doi:10.5194/gmd-16-6671-2023
- Klein, C., Potter, E. R., Zauner, C., Gurgiser, W., Cruz Encarnación, R., Cochachín Rapre, A., & Maussion, F. (2023). Farmers’ first rain: investigating dry season rainfall characteristics in the Peruvian Andes. Environmental Research Communications, 5(7), 071004. doi:10.1088/2515-7620/ace516
- *Schuster, L., Rounce, D., & Maussion, F. (2023). Glacier projections sensitivity to temperature-index model choices and calibration strategies. Ann. Glaciol., 1–16. doi:10.1017/aog.2023.57
- *Malles, J., Maussion, F., Ultee, L., Kochtitzky, W., Copland, L., & Marzeion, B. (2023). Exploring the impact of a frontal ablation parameterization on projected 21st-century mass change for Northern Hemisphere glaciers. J. Glaciol., 1–16. doi:10.1017/jog.2023.19
- Recinos, B., Maussion, F., & Marzeion, B. (2023). Advances in data availability to constrain and evaluate frontal ablation of ice-dynamical models of Greenland’s tidewater peripheral glaciers. Ann. Glaciol., 1–7. doi:10.1017/aog.2023.11
- Rounce, D. R., Hock, R., Maussion, F., Hugonnet, R., Kochtitzky, W., Huss, M., Berthier, E., Brinkerhoff, D., Compagno, L., Copland, L., Farinotti, D., Menounos, B., & McNabb, R. W. (2023). Global glacier change in the 21st century: Every increase in temperature matters. Science, 379(6627), 78–83. doi:10.1126/science.abo1324
- Hock, R., Maussion, F., Marzeion, B., & Nowicki, S. (2023). What is the global glacier ice volume outside the ice sheets? J. Glaciol., 69(273), 204–210. doi:10.1017/jog.2023.1
- Klein, C., Hänchen, L., Potter, E. R., Junquas, C., Harris, B. L., & Maussion, F. (2023). Untangling the importance of dynamic and thermodynamic drivers for wet and dry spells across the Tropical Andes. Environ. Res. Lett., 18(3), 034002. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acb72b
- Windnagel, A., Hock, R., Maussion, F., Paul, F., Rastner, P., Raup, B., & Zemp, M. (2023). Which glaciers are the largest in the world? J. Glaciol., 69(274), 301–310. doi:10.1017/jog.2022.61
- Gangadharan, N., Goosse, H., Parkes, D., Goelzer, H., Maussion, F., & Marzeion, B. (2022). Process-based estimate of global-mean sea-level changes in the Common Era. Earth Syst. Dyn., 13(4), 1417–1435. doi:10.5194/esd-13-1417-2022
- *Li, F., Maussion, F., Wu, G., Chen, W., Yu, Z., Li, Y., & Liu, G. (2022). Influence of glacier inventories on ice thickness estimates and future glacier change projections in the Tian Shan range, Central Asia. J. Glaciol., 1–15. doi:10.1017/jog.2022.60
- *Hänchen, L., Klein, C., Maussion, F., Gurgiser, W., Calanca, P., & Wohlfahrt, G. (2022). Widespread greening suggests increased dry-season plant water availability in the Rio Santa valley, Peruvian Andes. Earth Syst. Dyn., 13(1), 595–611. doi:10.5194/esd-13-595-2022
- Furian, W., Maussion, F., & Schneider, C. (2022). Projected 21st-Century Glacial Lake Evolution in High Mountain Asia. Front. Earth Sci., 10. doi:10.3389/feart.2022.821798
- Azam, M. F., Kargel, J. S., Shea, J. M., Nepal, S., Haritashya, U. K., Srivastava, S., Maussion, F., Qazi, N., Chevallier, P., Dimri, A. P., Kulkarni, A. V., Cogley, J. G., & Bahuguna, I. (2021). Glaciohydrology of the Himalaya-Karakoram. Science, 373(6557), eabf3668. doi:10.1126/science.abf3668
- Edwards, T. L., …, Zwinger, T. (2021). Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise. Nature, 593(7857), 74–82. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03302-y
- *Eis, J., van der Laan, L., Maussion, F., & Marzeion, B. (2021). Reconstruction of Past Glacier Changes with an Ice-Flow Glacier Model: Proof of Concept and Validation. Front. Earth Sci., 9, 1–16. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.595755
- Rounce, D. R., Hock, R., McNabb, R. W., Millan, R., Sommer, C., Braun, M. H., Malz, P., Maussion, F., Mouginot, J., Seehaus, T. C., & Shean, D. E. (2021). Distributed global debris thickness estimates reveal debris significantly impacts glacier mass balance. Geophys. Res. Lett. doi:10.1029/2020GL091311
- *Recinos, B., Maussion, F., Noël, B., Möller, M., & Marzeion, B. (2021). Calibration of a frontal ablation parameterisation applied to Greenland’s peripheral calving glaciers. J. Glaciol., 1–13. doi:10.1017/jog.2021.63
- *Schuster, L., Maussion, F., Langhamer, L., & Moseley, G. E. (2021). Lagrangian detection of precipitation moisture sources for an arid region in northeast Greenland: relations to the North Atlantic Oscillation, sea ice cover, and temporal trends from 1979 to 2017. Weather Clim. Dyn., 2(1), 1–17. doi:10.5194/wcd-2-1-2021
- Marzeion, B., Hock, R., Anderson, B., Bliss, A., Champollion, N., Fujita, K., Huss, M., Immerzeel, W., Kraaijenbrink, P., Malles, J., Maussion, F., Radić, V., Rounce, D. R., Sakai, A., Shannon, S., Wal, R., & Zekollari, H. (2020). Partitioning the Uncertainty of Ensemble Projections of Global Glacier Mass Change. Earth’s Future, 8(7). doi:10.1029/2019ef001470
- Pelto, B. M., Maussion, F., Menounos, B., Radić, V., & Zeuner, M. (2020). Bias-corrected estimates of glacier thickness in the Columbia River Basin, Canada. J. Glaciol., 1–13. doi:10.1017/jog.2020.75
- Zemp, M., Huss, M., Thibert, E., Eckert, N., McNabb, R., Huber, J., Barandun, M., Machguth, H., Nussbaumer, S. U., Gärtner-Roer, I., Thomson, L., Paul, F., Maussion, F., Kutuzov, S., & Cogley, J. G. (2019). Global glacier mass changes and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016. Nature, 568(7752), 382–386. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1071-0
- *Recinos, B., Maussion, F., Rothenpieler, T., & Marzeion, B. (2019). Impact of frontal ablation on the ice thickness estimation of marine-terminating glaciers in Alaska. The Cryosphere, 13(10), 2657–2672. doi:10.5194/tc-13-2657-2019
- Maussion, F., Butenko, A., Champollion, N., Dusch, M., Eis, J., Fourteau, K., Gregor, P., Jarosch, A. H., Landmann, J., Oesterle, F., Recinos, B., Rothenpieler, T., Vlug, A., Wild, C. T., & Marzeion, B. (2019). The Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM) v1.1. Geoscientific Model Development, 12(3), 909–931. doi:10.5194/gmd-12-909-2019
- Horak, J., Hofer, M., Maussion, F., Gutmann, E., Gohm, A., & Rotach, M. W. (2019). Assessing the added value of the Intermediate Complexity Atmospheric Research (ICAR) model for precipitation in complex topography. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 23(6), 2715–2734. doi:10.5194/hess-23-2715-2019
- *Eis, J., Maussion, F., & Marzeion, B. (2019). Initialization of a global glacier model based on present-day glacier geometry and past climate information: an ensemble approach. The Cryosphere, 13(12), 3317–3335. doi:10.5194/tc-13-3317-2019
- *Zolles, T., Maussion, F., Galos, S. P., Gurgiser, W., & Nicholson, L. (2019). Robust uncertainty assessment of the spatio-temporal transferability of glacier mass and energy balance models. The Cryosphere, 13(2), 469–489. doi:10.5194/tc-13-469-2019
- Farinotti, D., Huss, M., Fürst, J. J., Landmann, J., Machguth, H., Maussion, F., & Pandit, A. (2019). A consensus estimate for the ice thickness distribution of all glaciers on Earth. Nature Geoscience, 12(3), 168–173. doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0300-3
- Strasser, U., Marke, T., Braun, L., Escher-Vetter, H., Juen, I., Kuhn, M., Maussion, F., Mayer, C., Nicholson, L., Niedertscheider, K., Sailer, R., Stötter, J., Weber, M., & Kaser, G. (2018). The Rofental: a high Alpine research basin (1890–3770 m a.s.l.) in the Ötztal Alps (Austria) with over 150 years of hydrometeorological and glaciological observations. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 10(1), 151–171. doi:10.5194/essd-10-151-2018
- Goosse, H., Barriat, P.-Y., Dalaiden, Q., Klein, F., Marzeion, B., Maussion, F., Pelucchi, P., & Vlug, A. (2018). Testing the consistency between changes in simulated climate and Alpine glacier length over the past millennium. Clim. Past, 14(8), 1119–1133. doi:10.5194/cp-14-1119-2018
- Marzeion, B., Kaser, G., Maussion, F., & Champollion, N. (2018). Limited influence of climate change mitigation on short-term glacier mass loss. Nature Climate Change, 8. doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0093-1
- Mölg, T., Maussion, F., Collier, E., Chiang, J. C. H., & Scherer, D. (2017). Prominent mid-latitude circulation signature in High Asia’s surface climate during monsoon. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 1–11. doi:10.1002/2017JD027414
- Galos, S. P., Klug, C., Maussion, F., Covi, F., Nicholson, L., Rieg, L., Gurgiser, W., Mölg, T., & Kaser, G. (2017). Reanalysis of a 10-year record (2004–2013) of seasonal mass balances at Langenferner/Vedretta Lunga, Ortler Alps, Italy. The Cryosphere, 11(3), 1417–1439. doi:10.5194/tc-11-1417-2017
- Farinotti, D., Brinkerhoff, D. J., Clarke, G. K. C., Fürst, J. J., Frey, H., Gantayat, P., Gillet-Chaulet, F., Girard, C., Huss, M., Leclercq, P. W., Linsbauer, A., Machguth, H., Martin, C., Maussion, F., Morlighem, M., Mosbeux, C., Pandit, A., Portmann, A., Rabatel, A., Ramsankaran, R., Reerink, T. J., Sanchez, O., Stentoft, P. A., Singh Kumari, S., van Pelt, W. J. J., Anderson, B., Benham, T., Binder, D., Dowdeswell, J. A., Fischer, A., Helfricht, K., Kutuzov, S., Lavrentiev, I., McNabb, R., Gudmundsson, G. H., Li, H., & Andreassen, L. M. (2017). How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison eXperiment. The Cryosphere, 11(2), 949–970. doi:10.5194/tc-11-949-2017
- Spiess, M., Schneider, C., & Maussion, F. (2016). MODIS-derived interannual variability of the equilibrium line altitude across the Tibetan Plateau. Ann. Glaciol., 57(71), 140–154. doi:10.3189/2016AoG71A014
- Otto, M., Höpfner, C., Curio, J., Maussion, F., & Scherer, D. (2016). Assessing vegetation response to precipitation in northwest Morocco during the last decade: an application of MODIS NDVI and high resolution reanalysis data. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 123(1–2), 23–41. doi:10.1007/s00704-014-1344-3
- Biskop, S., Maussion, F., Krause, P., & Fink, M. (2016). Differences in the water-balance components of four lakes in the southern-central Tibetan Plateau. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 209–225. doi:10.5194/hess-20-209-2016
- Zhu, M., Yao, T., Yang, W., Maussion, F., Huintjes, E., & Li, S. (2015). Energy- and mass-balance comparison between Zhadang and Parlung No. 4 glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau. J. Glaciol., 61(227), 595–607. doi:10.3189/2015JoG14J206
- Spiess, M., Maussion, F., Möller, M., Scherer, D., & Schneider, C. (2015). MODIS derived equilibrium line altitude estimates for Purogangri ice cap, Tibetan Plateau, and their relation to climatic predictors (2001–2012). Geogr. Ann. Ser. A, Phys. Geogr., 97(3), 599–614. doi:10.1111/geoa.12102
- Huintjes, E., Sauter, T., Schröter, B., Maussion, F., Yang, W., Kropáček, J., Buchroithner, M., Scherer, D., Kang, S., & Schneider, C. (2015). Evaluation of a Coupled Snow and Energy Balance Model for Zhadang Glacier, Tibetan Plateau, Using Glaciological Measurements and Time-Lapse Photography. Arctic, Antarct. Alp. Res., 47(3), 573–590. doi:10.1657/AAAR0014-073
- Curio, J., Maussion, F., & Scherer, D. (2015). A 12-year high-resolution climatology of atmospheric water transport over the Tibetan Plateau. Earth Syst. Dyn., 6(1), 109–124. doi:10.5194/esd-6-109-2015
- Collier, E., Maussion, F., Nicholson, L. I., Mölg, T., Immerzeel, W. W., & Bush, A. B. G. (2015). Impact of debris cover on glacier ablation and atmosphere–glacier feedbacks in the Karakoram. The Cryosphere, 9(4), 1617–1632. doi:10.5194/tc-9-1617-2015
- Maussion, F., Gurgiser, W., Großhauser, M., Kaser, G., & Marzeion, B. (2015). ENSO influence on surface energy and mass balance at Shallap Glacier, Cordillera Blanca, Peru. The Cryosphere, 9(4), 1663–1683. doi:10.5194/tc-9-1663-2015
- Mölg, T., Maussion, F., & Scherer, D. (2014). Mid-latitude westerlies as a driver of glacier variability in monsoonal High Asia. Nature Climate Change, 4(1), 68–73. doi:10.1038/nclimate2055
- Maussion, F., Scherer, D., Mölg, T., Collier, E., Curio, J., & Finkelnburg, R. (2014). Precipitation Seasonality and Variability over the Tibetan Plateau as Resolved by the High Asia Reanalysis. J. Clim., 27(5), 1910–1927. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00282.1
- Dietze, E., Maussion, F., Ahlborn, M., Diekmann, B., Hartmann, K., Henkel, K., Kasper, T., Lockot, G., Opitz, S., & Haberzettl, T. (2014). Sediment transport processes across the Tibetan Plateau inferred from robust grain-size end members in lake sediments. Clim. Past, 10(1), 91–106. doi:10.5194/cp-10-91-2014
- Collier, E., Nicholson, L. I., Brock, B. W., Maussion, F., Essery, R., & Bush, A. B. G. (2014). Representing moisture fluxes and phase changes in glacier debris cover using a reservoir approach. The Cryosphere, 8(4), 1429–1444. doi:10.5194/tc-8-1429-2014
- Kropacek, J., Maussion, F., Chen, F., Hoerz, S., & Hochschild, V. (2013). Analysis of ice phenology of lakes on the Tibetan Plateau from MODIS data. The Cryosphere, 7(1), 287–301. doi:10.5194/tc-7-287-2013
- Collier, E., Mölg, T., Maussion, F., Scherer, D., Mayer, C., & Bush, A. B. G. (2013). High-resolution interactive modelling of the mountain glacier–atmosphere interface: an application over the Karakoram. The Cryosphere, 7(3), 779–795. doi:10.5194/tc-7-779-2013
- Mölg, T., Maussion, F., Yang, W., & Scherer, D. (2012). The footprint of Asian monsoon dynamics in the mass and energy balance of a Tibetan glacier. The Cryosphere, 6(6), 1445–1461. doi:10.5194/tc-6-1445-2012
- Maussion, F., Scherer, D., Finkelnburg, R., Richters, J., Yang, W., & Yao, T. (2011). WRF simulation of a precipitation event over the Tibetan Plateau, China – an assessment using remote sensing and ground observations. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15(6), 1795–1817. doi:10.5194/hess-15-1795-2011
- Bolch, T., Yao, T., Kang, S., Buchroithner, M. F., Scherer, D., Maussion, F., Huintjes, E., & Schneider, C. (2010). A glacier inventory for the western Nyainqentanglha Range and the Nam Co Basin, Tibet, and glacier changes 1976-2009. The Cryosphere, 4(3), 419–433. doi:10.5194/tc-4-419-2010
Field work
- 2009–2013: 7 one-month long campaigns to Zhadang Glacier (Tibet), 4 as expedition leader.
- 2012: Austfonna, Svalbard (3 weeks)
- 2014–2022: regular participation to mass-balance monitoring of alpine glaciers
- 2019, 2023: Huaraz, Peru (2 weeks), as expedition leader.
Invited presentations (selection)
- 2021 (AGU New Orleans, online): Building software documentation for community engagement: lessons learned with OGGM.
- 2020 (IARPC Collaborations, online): OGGM - A modern, modular and extensible framework for large scale glacier modeling
- 2020 (Austrian Society for Snow and Avalanches, online): What open-source can do for you, and what you can do for open-source.
- 2019 (IUGG Montreal): Glaciology on the Cloud - Research and Education in your Web Browser.
- 2016 (Universität Zürich): Towards an Open Global Glacier Model including ice dynamics.
- 2014 (AGU San Francisco): Using Mesoscale Atmospheric Models for Glacio-Hydrological Studies at the Catchment Scale: Examples from High Asia and Perspectives for Future Applications.
Press (selection)
Other
- Languages: French (first language), German (second language), English (full professional proficiency), Spanish (good).
- Interests: music (drums and piano), outdoors, photography.