Dr. Franziska Gerber

Fonction

collaboratrice scientifique

Neige et atmosphère

Processus de la neige

Contact

franziska.gerber(at)slfto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 81 417 01 75+41 81 417 01 75

Institut fédéral pour l'étude de la neige et des avalanches SLF
Flüelastrasse 11
7260 Davos Dorf

Site

Davos Da B 1 19

Current position

Scientific staff member, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF (WSL-SLF), 03/2019 to present

Research Interest

Interaction between snow and atmosphere
Blowing snow and precipitation processes in Antarctica and alpine terrain
Combination of atmospheric modelling and field measurements

Past Positions

PostDoc, Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences (CRYOS), School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), WSL-SLF, 07/2018-02/2019

PhD student, CRYOS EPFL/WSL-SLF, 08/2014-06/2018

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

The Dischma experiment

What are the processes determining wintertime snow deposits in Alpine terrain? How does the energy balance of a thinning snowpack shift in springtime conditions? And why do some patches of snow persist longer than others?

Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Kristianti, F.; Dujardin, J.; Gerber, F.; Huwald, H.; Hoch, S.W.; Lehning, M., 2023: Combining weather station data and short-term LiDAR deployment to estimate wind energy potential with Machine Learning: a case study from the Swiss Alps. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 188: 185-208. doi: 10.1007/s10546-023-00808-y

Sharma, V.; Gerber, F.; Lehning, M., 2023: Introducing CRYOWRF v1.0: multiscale atmospheric flow simulations with advanced snow cover modelling. Geoscientific Model Development, 16, 2: 719-749. doi: 10.5194/gmd-16-719-2023

Kruyt, B.; Mott, R.; Fiddes, J.; Gerber, F.; Sharma, V.; Reynolds, D., 2022: A downscaling intercomparison study: the representation of slope- and ridge-scale processes in models of different complexity. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10: 789332 (22 pp.). doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.789332

Vignon, É.; Alexander, S.P.; DeMott, P.J.; Sotiropoulou, G.; Gerber, F.; Hill, T.C.J.; Marchand, R.; Nenes, A.; Berne, A., 2021: Challenging and improving the simulation of mid-level mixed-phase clouds over the high-latitude Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 126, 7: e2020JD033490 (21 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2020JD033490

Gerber, F.; Mott, R.; Lehning, M., 2019: The importance of near-surface winter precipitation processes in complex alpine terrain. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20, 2: 177-196. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-18-0055.1

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Further scientific publications

Fierz, C.; Gerber, F.; Lehning, M., 2014: Comparison of modelled and measured point snow profiles: a tool for validating snow-cover models of the next generation?. In: 2014: International snow science workshop proceedings 2014. International snow science workshop, ISSW 2014, Banff, AB, Canada, September 29 - October 3, 2014. 825-826.

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