Dr. Mathias Bavay
Function
software engineer
Winter sports and climate
Contact
bavay(at)slfto make life hard for spam bots.ch
+41 81 417 02 65+41 81 417 02 65
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
Flüelastrasse 11
7260 Davos Dorf
Site
Davos Da C 1 51
Research Interests
I am involved in several of the numerical models that are developed by the institute, both developing the models, using them and managing their operational deployments. These models include the multi-layer, energy balance snow model SNOWPACK, the Alpine surface processes model Alpine3D and the meteorological input/output preprocessing library MeteoIO. I also do my own research using these models (see the publications list).
Models
Most of the models that are developed in our group are available under an Open Source license on our software forge, at models.slf.ch. However, we request you to register in order to get access to these models. Here are some links related to these models:
MeteoIO:
SNOWPACK:
Alpine3D:
Publications
See the publications list or my Google scholar page. My PhD thesis (although on a totally difference topic) can be found here.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Publications WSL
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
Köhler, A.; Fischer, J.; Scandroglio, R.; Bavay, M.; McElwaine, J.; Sovilla, B., 2018: Cold-to-warm flow regime transition in snow avalanches. Cryosphere, 12, 12: 3759-3774. doi: 10.5194/tc-12-3759-2018
Shakoor, A.; Burri, A.; Bavay, M.; Ejaz, N.; Ghumman, A.R.; Comola, F.; Lehning, M., 2018: Hydrological response of two high altitude Swiss catchments to energy balance and temperature index melt schemes. Polar Science, 17: 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.polar.2018.06.007
Wever, N.; Comola, F.; Bavay, M.; Lehning, M., 2017: Simulating the influence of snow surface processes on soil moisture dynamics and streamflow generation in an alpine catchment. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21, 8: 4053-4071. doi: 10.5194/hess-21-4053-2017
Marty, C.; Schlögl, S.; Bavay, M.; Lehning, M., 2017: How much can we save? Impact of different emission scenarios on future snow cover in the Alps. Cryosphere, 11, 1: 517-529. doi: 10.5194/tc-11-517-2017
Haberkorn, A.; Wever, N.; Hoelzle, M.; Phillips, M.; Kenner, R.; Bavay, M.; Lehning, M., 2017: Distributed snow and rock temperature modelling in steep rock walls using Alpine3D. Cryosphere, 11, 1: 585-607. doi: 10.5194/tc-11-585-2017
Vögeli, C.; Lehning, M.; Wever, N.; Bavay, M., 2016: Scaling precipitation input to spatially distributed hydrological models by measured snow distribution. Frontiers in Earth Science, 4: 108 (15 pp.). doi: 10.3389/feart.2016.00108
Turunen, M.T.; Rasmus, S.; Bavay, M.; Ruosteenoja, K.; Heiskanen, J., 2016: Coping with difficult weather and snow conditions: reindeer herders' views on climate change impacts and coping strategies. Climate Risk Management, 11: 15-36. doi: 10.1016/j.crm.2016.01.002
Schlögl, S.; Marty, C.; Bavay, M.; Lehning, M., 2016: Sensitivity of Alpine3D modeled snow cover to modifications in DEM resolution, station coverage and meteorological input quantities. Environmental Modelling and Software, 83: 387-396. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.02.017
Rasmus, S.; Kivinen, S.; Bavay, M.; Heiskanen, J., 2016: Local and regional variability in snow conditions in northern Finland: a reindeer herding perspective. Ambio, 45, 4: 398-414. doi: 10.1007/s13280-015-0762-5
Gallice, A.; Bavay, M.; Brauchli, T.; Comola, F.; Lehning, M.; Huwald, H., 2016: StreamFlow 1.0: an extension to the spatially distributed snow model Alpine3D for hydrological modelling and deterministic stream temperature prediction. Geoscientific Model Development, 9, 12: 4491-4519. doi: 10.5194/gmd-9-4491-2016
Tutunen, M.; Rasmus, S.; Bavay, M.; Ruosteenoja, K.; Heiskanen, J., 2015: Talvisäät, lumiolot ja poronhoitotyöt: poronhoitajien näkemyksiä ilmastonmuutoksen vaikutuksista ja keinoista selviytyä ongelmista. Suomen Riista, 61: 7-25.
Schwaab, J.; Bavay, M.; Davin, E.; Hagedorn, F.; Hüsler, F.; Lehning, M.; Schneebeli, M.; Thürig, E.; Bebi, P., 2015: Carbon storage versus albedo change: radiative forcing of forest expansion in temperate mountainous regions of Switzerland. Biogeosciences, 12, 2: 467-487. doi: 10.5194/bg-12-467-2015
Haberkorn, A.; Phillips, M.; Kenner, R.; Rhyner, H.; Bavay, M.; Galos, S.P.; Hoelzle, M., 2015: Thermal regime of rock and its relation to snow cover in steep alpine rock walls: Gemsstock, Central Swiss Alps. Geografiska Annaler Series A: Physical Geography, 97, 3: 579-597. doi: 10.1111/geoa.12101
Comola, F.; Schaefli, B.; Da Ronco, P.; Botter, G.; Bavay, M.; Rinaldo, A.; Lehning, M., 2015: Scale-dependent effects of solar radiation patterns on the snow-dominated hydrologic response. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 10: 3895-3902. doi: 10.1002/2015GL064075
Marty, C.; Abegg, B.; Bauder, A.; Marmy, A.; Lüthi, M.P.; Bavay, M.; Hauck, C.; Hoelzle, M.; Huss, M.; Salzmann, N.; Schlögl, S.; Steiger, R.; Farinotti, D., 2014: Cryospheric aspects of climate change – impacts on snow, ice, and ski tourism. In: Raible, C.C.; Strassmann, K.M. (eds), 2014: CH2014-Impacts. Toward quantitative scenarios of climate change impacts in Switzerland. Bern, Switzerland, OCCR, FOEN, MeteoSwiss, C2SM, Agroscope, ProClim. 49-55.
Bavera, D.; Bavay, M.; Jonas, T.; Lehning, M.; De Michele, C., 2014: A comparison between two statistical and a physically-based model in snow water equivalent mapping. Advances in Water Resources, 63: 167-178. doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.11.011
Bavay, M.; Egger, T., 2014: MeteoIO 2.4.2: a preprocessing library for meteorological data. Geoscientific Model Development, 7, 6: 3135-3151. doi: 10.5194/gmd-7-3135-2014
Kobierska, F.; Jonas, T.; Zappa, M.; Bavay, M.; Magnusson, J.; Bernasconi, S.M., 2013: Future runoff from a partly glacierized watershed in Central Switzerland: a two-model approach. Advances in Water Resources, 55: 204-214. doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.07.024
Bavay, M.; Grünewald, T.; Lehning, M., 2013: Response of snow cover and runoff to climate change in high Alpine catchments of Eastern Switzerland. Advances in Water Resources, 55: 4-16. doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.12.009
Groot Zwaaftink, C.D.; Löwe, H.; Mott, R.; Bavay, M.; Lehning, M., 2011: Drifiting snow sublimation: a high-resolution 3-D model with temperature and moisture feedbacks. Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 116: D16107 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2011JD015754
Mott, R.; Egli, L.; Grünewald, T.; Dawes, N.; Manes, C.; Bavay, M.; Lehning, M., 2011: Micrometeorological processes driving snow ablation in an Alpine catchment. Cryosphere, 5, 4: 1083-1098. doi: 10.5194/tc-5-1083-2011
Magnusson, J.; Farinotti, D.; Jonas, T.; Bavay, M., 2011: Quantitative evaluation of different hydrological modelling approaches in a partly glacierized Swiss watershed. Hydrological Processes, 25, 13: 2071-2084. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7958
Kobierska, F.; Jonas, T.; Magnusson, J.; Zappa, M.; Bavay, M.; Bosshard, T.; Paul, F.; Bernasconi, S.M., 2011: Climate change effects on snow melt and discharge of a partly glacierized watershed in Central Switzerland (SoilTrec Critical Zone Observatory). Applied Geochemistry, 26: S60-S62. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.029
Mott, R.; Schirmer, M.; Bavay, M.; Grünewald, T.; Lehning, M., 2010: Understanding snow-transport processes shaping the mountain snow-cover. Cryosphere, 4, 4: 545-559. doi: 10.5194/tc-4-545-2010
Bavay, M.; Lehning, M.; Jonas, T.; Löwe, H., 2009: Simulations of future snow cover and discharge in Alpine headwater catchments. Hydrological Processes, 23, 1: 94-108. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7195
Further scientific publications
Bellaire, S.; Van Herwijnen, A.; Bavay, M.; Schweizer, J., 2018: Distributed modelling of snow cover instability at regional scale. In: 2018: International snow science workshop proceedings 2018. International snow science workshop, ISSW 2018, Innsbruck. 871-875.
Morin, S.; Fierz, C.; Horton, S.; Bavay, M.; Coléou, C.; Dumont, M.; Gobiet, A.; Hagenmuller, P.; Lafaysse, M.; Mitterer, C.; Monti, F.; Müller, K.; Olefs, M.; Snook, J.S.; Techel, F.; Van Herwijnen, A.; Vionnet, V., 2018: Application of physical snowpack models in support of operational avalanche hazard forecasting: a status report on current implementations and prospects for the future. In: 2018: International snow science workshop proceedings 2018. International snow science workshop, ISSW 2018, Innsbruck. 1098-1107.
Bavay, M.; Fiddes, J.; Fierz, C.; Lehning, M.; Monti, F.; Egger, T., 2018: The meteoIO pre-processing library for operational applications. In: 2018: International snow science workshop proceedings 2018. International snow science workshop, ISSW 2018, Innsbruck. 696-700.
Monti, F.; Mitterer, C.; Steinkogler, W.; Bavay, M.; Pozzi, A., 2016: Combining snowpack models and observations for better avalanche danger assessments. In: 2016: International snow science workshop proceedings 2016. International snow science workshop, ISSW 2016, Breckenridge, CO, USA, October 2-7, 2016. 343-348.
Fierz, C.; Egger, T.; Gerber, M.; Techel, F.; Bavay, M., 2016: SnopViz, an interactive visualization tool for both snow-cover model output and observed snow profiles. In: 2016: International snow science workshop proceedings 2016. International snow science workshop, ISSW 2016, Breckenridge, CO, USA, October 2-7, 2016. 637-641.
Fierz, C.; Bavay, M.; Wever, N.; Lehning, M., 2013: SNOWPACK: Where do we stand today?. In: Naaim-Bouvet, F.; Durand, Y.; Lambert, R. (eds), 2013: International snow science workshop proceedings 2013. International snow science workshop, ISSW 2013, Grenoble - Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France, October 7-11, 2013. 166-169.
Jolma, A.; Nurminen, A.; Ferencik, I.; Lehtinen, V.; Kamalov, M.; Kruijff, E.; Mendez, E.; Veas, E.; Parlange, M.; Simoni, S.; Fernandez Vidal, S.; Papaioannou, T.; Bavay, M.; Dawes, N.; Drummond, T.; Rosten, E.; Kaehler, O.; Mykkänen, J.; Jemai, J., 2013: HYDROSYS: On-site monitoring and management of water environment. In: 2013: Open Water symposium, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands, April 19, 2011. 57-58.
Kuonen, P.; Bavay, M.; Lehning, M., 2010: POP-C++ and Alpine3D: Petition for a New HPC Approach. In: Asimakopoulou, E.; Bessis, N. (eds), 2010: Advanced ICTs for Disaster Management and Threat Detection: Collaborative and Distributed Frameworks. Hershey; New York, IGI Global. 237-261.
Lehning, M.; Dawes, N.; Bavay, M.; Parlange, M.; Nath, S.; Zhao, F., 2009: Instrumenting the Earth: next-generation sensor networks and environmental science. In: Hey, T.; Tansley, S.; Tolle, K. (eds), 2009: The Fourth Paradigm. Data-intensive Scientific Discovery. Redmond, Washington, Microsoft Research. 45-51.
Lehning, M.; Bavay, M.; Löwe, H.; Parlange, M.; Aberer, K., 2007: Das Swiss Experiment und die Zukunft der Vorhersage von alpinen Naturgefahren. In: 2007: Warnung bei aussergewöhnlichen Naturereignissen. Forum für Wissen 2007, WSL Birmensdorf. 39-45.
Magazine article and brochures
Marty, C.; Bavay, M., 2012: Schneegrenze steigt um 500 Meter. Alpen, 50-51.