Michael Zemp

portrait Prof. Michael Zemp

World Glacier Monitoring Service
Geographisches Institut - Physical Geography
Universität Zürich
Winterthurerstr. 190 - Irchel
CH-8057 Zürich
Switzerland


Mailing Address:

World Glacier Monitoring Service
Geographisches Institut - Physical Geography
Universität Zürich
Winterthurerstr. 190
-8057 Zürich


Phone: +41 (0) 44 635 51 39
Phone2: +41 (0) 44 635 51 21
Fax: +41 (0) 44 635 68 48
E-mail: michael.zemp(at)geo.uzh.ch
URL Institution: www.wgms.ch
Personal URL: link

in which Michael Zemp holds an official function.

Additional functions:
Professor of Glaciology at Department of Geography, University of Zurich: https://www.geo.uzh.ch


Key Publications of Michael Zemp (up to ten) :
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., and Cogley, J.G. (2019): Global glacier mass changes and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016. Nature, 568, p. 382–386. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1071-0.

Zemp, M., Frey, H., Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S.U., Hoelzle, M., Paul, F., Haeberli, W., Denzinger, F., Ahlstroem, A.P., Anderson, B., Bajracharya, S., Baroni, C., Braun, L.N., Caceres, B.E., Casassa, G., Cobos, G., Davila, L.R., Delgado Granados, H., Demuth, M.N., Espizua, L., Fischer, A., Fujita, K., Gadek, B., Ghazanfar, A., Hagen, J.O., Holmlund, P., Karimi, N., Li, Z., Pelto, M., Pitte, P., Popovnin, V.V., Portocarrero, C.A., Prinz, R., Sangewar, C.V., Severskiy, I., Sigurdsson, O., Soruco, A., Usubaliev, R., and Vincent, C. (2015): Historically unprecedented global glacier decline in the early 21st century. Journal of Glaciology, 61 (228), p. 745-762. doi: 10.3189/2015JoG15J017

Zemp, M., Thibert, E., Huss, M., Stumm, D., Rolstad Denby, C., Nuth, C., Nussbaumer, S.U., Moholdt, G., Mercer, A., Mayer, C., Joerg, P.C., Jansson, P., Hynek, B., Fischer, A., Escher-Vetter, H., Elvehøy, H., and Andreassen, L.M. (2013): Reanalysing glacier mass balance measurement series. The Cryosphere, 7, 1227-1245, doi:10.5194/tc-7-1227-2013.

Zemp, M., Paul, F., Hoelzle, M. and Haeberli, W. (2007): Glacier fluctuations in the European Alps 1850–2000: an overview and spatio-temporal analysis of available data. In: Orlove, B., Wiegandt, E. and B. Luckman (eds.): The darkening peaks: Glacial retreat in scientific and social context. University of California Press: p. 152-167.

Zemp, M., Haeberli, W., Hoelzle, M. and Paul, F. (2006): Alpine glaciers to disappear within decades? Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L13504, doi:10.1029/2006GL026319.


Expertise of Michael Zemp:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Topic CryosphereCryosphere
Glaciers
Spatial ZonesSpatial Zones
Mountain / Highland
Spatial ScaleSpatial Scale
Global / Hemispheric
Regional
Time FramePast
Past: Historical / Archeological
Recent / Today
Future
Statistical FocusMean Change / Trends
Variability
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
Decadal / Centennial
Millenial
MethodsData Collection
Data Collection - Measurement
Data Analysis
Modeling
GeoForum Geo-TechnologyGeoinformatics
Geotechnics, Geomatics, Geophysics

Last update: 1/9/24
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