Dr. Martin Hoelzle

Senior research associate, lecturer

Activities:

• Finished Research Projects

• EU-Project: Environmental and Climatic Records from High Elevation Alpine Glaciers, ALPCLIM (1997-2001)
• EU-Project: Permafrost and Climate in Europe, PACE (1997-2001)
• Regional-scale modelling of the occurrence and dynamics of rockglaciers and the distribution of paleopermafrost
• Borehole measurements at Pontresina-Schafberg (1990-1999)
• SNF-project: Analysis and Spatial Modelling of Permafrost Distribution in Cold-Mountain Areas by Integration of Advanced Remote Sensing Technology (2001-2005)
• UNIZH-project: Measuring and Modelling of the Energy Fluxes in the Permafrost Active Layer ("Thermal Offset") (2002-2005)

• Ongoing Research Projects

• COST-Project: Linking the different resolutions of regional climate and cryospheric impact models through advanced GIS techniques (2002-2005)
• EU-Project: Multi-centennial climate variability in the Alps based on Instrumental data, Model simulations and Proxy data, ALP-IMP (2003-2006)
• SNF-project: Alpine-wide distributed glacier mass balance modelling for assessment of precipitation in high-mountain regions with application to palaeoclimate reconstruction (2004-2007)
• SNF-project: Frozen rock walls and climate change: transient 3-diamensional investigation of permafrost degradation (2005-2008)

• Monitoring Projects

• Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network (Glaciological Commission SANW)
• World Glacier Monitoring Service
• Swiss Permafrost Monitoring Network (Glaciological Commission PERMOS)

• Lectures

• Publications