Research Interests
- Glaciology; Mass & Energy Balance; Micro-Meteorology; Geophysical Methods
- Climatology; Climate variability in high mountain regions; Climate change topics
Fellowships and Grants
- World Glacier Monitoring Service: National Correspondent for Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
- Station Manager of Station Hintereisferner for the Project INTERACT
Projects
- LATTICE: Land-terminating ice cliffs in North Greenland: processes, divers and their relation to regional climate
- INTERACT: International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic
- Climate-glacier relationship on Mount Kenya
- hiSNOW
- Mass Balance of Kesselwandferner
- Mass Balance of Hintereisferner
- Hintereisferner - an Open Air Laboratory
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Publications 2024
Contributions to Books / Journals
Journal Article (Original Paper)
Hinzmann, A.; Mölg, T.; Braun, M.; Cullen, N.; Hardy, D.; Kaser, G.; Prinz, R. (2024): Tropical glacier loss in East Africa: recent areal extents on Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and in the Rwenzori Range from high-resolution remote sensing data.
In: Environmental Research 3/1, No. 011003. (DOI) (Web link)- Piermattei, L.; Zemp, M.; Sommer, C.; Brun, F.; Braun, M. H.; Andreassen, L. M.; Belart, J. M. C.; Berthier, E.; Bhattacharya, A.; Boehm Vock, L.; Bolch, T.; Dehecq, A.; Dussaillant, I.; Falaschi, D.; Florentine, C.; Floricioiu, D.; Ginzler, C.; Guillet, G.; Hugonnet, R.; Huss, M.; Kääb, A.; King, O.; Klug, C.; Knuth, F.; Krieger, L.; La Frenierre, J.; McNabb, R.; McNeil, C.; Prinz, R.; Sass, L.; Seehaus, T.; Shean, D.; Treichler, D.; Wendt, A.; Yang, R. (2024): Observing glacier elevation changes from spaceborne optical and radar sensors – an inter-comparison experiment using ASTER and TanDEM-X data.
In: The Cryosphere 18/7, pp. 3195 - 3230. (DOI) (Web link) - Saigger, M.; Sauter, T.; Schmid, C.; Collier, E.; Goger, B.; Kaser, G.; Prinz, R.; Voordendag, A.; Mölg, T. (2024): A Drifting and Blowing Snow Scheme in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model.
In: Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems 16/6, No. e2023MS004007. (DOI) (Web link) - Voordendag, Annelies; Goger, Brigitta; Prinz, Rainer; Sauter, Tobias; Mölg, Thomas; Saigger, Manuel; Kaser, Georg (2024): A novel framework to investigate wind-driven snow redistribution over an Alpine glacier: combination of high-resolution terrestrial laser scans and large-eddy simulations.
In: The Cryosphere 18/2, pp. 849 - 868. (DOI) (Web link)
Proceedings Article
Schroeder, M.; Prinz, R.; Binder, M.; Winkler, M.; Schellander, H. (2024): Continuous snow water equivalent monitoring on glaciers using cosmic ray neutron sensor technology. A case study on Hintereisferner, Austria.
In: Proceedings ISSW 2024, International Snow Science Workshop. Montana State University Library., pp. 1107 - 1114. (Web link)
Journal Article in Professional / Transfer-Oriented Journal
- Prinz, Rainer (2024): Woran lassen sich Gefahrenstellen wie Spalten auf der Schneeoberfläche erkennen? In: Sicher unterwegs im Hochgebirge. Fragerunde zur (Sommer-)Hochtour.
In: DAV Panorama. Magazin des Deutschen Alpenvereins 2024/4, p. 45. (Web link)