PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
2022
[11] GROOS, A. R., AESCHBACHER, R., FISCHER, M., KOHLER, N., MAYER, C. & SENN-RIST, A., 2022: Accuracy of UAV Photogrammetry in glacial and periglacial alpine terrain: a comparison with airborne and terrestrial datasets. Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 3, 871994, doi:10.3389/frsen.2022.871994.
2021
[10] LINSBAUER, A., HUSS, M., HODEL, E., BAUDER, A., FISCHER, M., WEIDMANN, Y., BÄRTSCHI, H., & SCHMASSMANN, E., 2021: The new Swiss Glacier Inventory SGI2016: From a topographical to a glaciological dataset. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 704189, doi:10.3389/feart.2021.704189.
2019
[9] SCHAEFLI, B., MANSO, P. A., FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & FARINOTTI, D. 2019: The role of glacier retreat for Swiss hydropower production. Renewable Energy, 132, 615-627, doi:10.1016/j.renene.2018.07.104.
[8] CARRIVICK, J. L., HECKMANN, T., FISCHER, M., & DAVIES, B., 2019: An inventory of proglacial systems in Austria, Switzerland and across Patagonia. In: Geomorphology of Proglacial Systems, Springer, Cham.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94184-4_3
2018
[7] CARRIVICK, J. L., HECKMANN, T., TURNER, A., & FISCHER, M., 2018: An assessment of landform composition and functioning with the first proglacial systems dataset of the central European Alps. Geomorphology, 321, 117-128, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.08.030.
2016
[6] FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., KUMMERT, M., & HOELZLE, M., 2016: Application and validation of long-range terrestrial laser scanning to monitor the mass balance of very small glaciers in the Swiss Alps. The Cryosphere, 10, 1279-1295, doi:10.5194/tc-10-1279-2016, Supplementary Material.
(Corresponding discussion paper: The Cryosphere Discuss., doi:10.5194/tc-2016-46, Supplementary Material)
[5] CAPT, M., BOSSON, J.-B., FISCHER, M., MICHELETTI, N., & LAMBIEL, C., 2016: Decadal evolution of a very small heavily debris-covered glacier in an Alpine permafrost environment. Journal of Glaciology, doi: 10.1017/jog.2016.56.
[4] HUSS, M., & FISCHER, M., 2016: Sensitivity of very small glaciers in the Swiss Alps to future climate change. Frontiers in Earth Science., 4, 34, doi:10.3389/feart.2016.00034.
2015
[3] FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & HOELZLE, M., 2015: Surface elevation and mass changes of all Swiss glaciers 1980–2010. The Cryosphere, 9, 525-540, doi:10.5194/tc-9-525-2015.
(Corresponding discussion paper: The Cryosphere Discuss., 8, 4581-4617, doi:10.5194/tcd-8-4581-2014)
2014
[2] Rogers, S. R., FISCHER, M., & HUSS, M., 2014: Combining glaciological and archaeological methods for gauging glacial archaeological potential. Journal of Archaeological Science, doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.09.010.
[1] FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., BARBOUX, C., & HOELZLE, M., 2014: The new Swiss Glacier Inventory SGI2010: Relevance of using high-resolution source data in areas dominated by very small glaciers. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 46(4), 933-945, doi: 10.1657/1938-4246-46.4.933.
CITABLE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS (EGU & AGU)
LINSBAUER, A., HUSS, M., HODEL, E., BAUDER, A., FISCHER, M., WEIDMANN, Y., & BÄRTSCHI, H., 2021: The new Swiss Glacier Inventory SGI2016: a detailed cartographic representation of Swiss glacier extent and supraglacial debris-cover. EGU General Assembly 2021, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU2021-5873.
LINSBAUER, A., HODEL, E., HUSS, M., BAUDER, A., FISCHER, M., WEIDMANN, Y., & BÄRTSCHI, H., 2020: The new Swiss Glacier Inventory SGI2020: From a topographic to a glaciological dataset. EGU General Assembly 2020, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU2020-18934.
FISCHER, M., & KEILER, M., 2019: Implications of the rapid disappearance of Glacier du Sex Rouge (western Swiss Alps) for local multi-hazard and risk assessment at Les Diablerets. EGU General Assembly, Vienna 2019. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 21, EGU2019-13610.
MANSO, P., SCHAEFLI, B., FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & FARINOTTI, D, 2018: Alpine hydropower production and glacier retreat: the case of Switzerland. EGU General Assembly, Vienna 2018. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, EGU2018-7786-1.
ZEMP, M., PAUL, F., MACHGUTH, H., & FISCHER, M., 2016: Tapping the full potential of geodetic glacier change assessment with air and space borne sensors. Abstract C033 presented at 2016 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 12-16 Dec., 2016
HUSS, M., & FISCHER, M., 2016: Sensitivity of very small glaciers in the Swiss Alps to future climate change. EGU General Assembly, Vienna 2016. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, EGU2016-5605.
SCHAEFLI, B., MANSO, P., FISCHER, M., & HUSS, M, 2016: The role of glaciers for Swiss hydropower production. EGU General Assembly, Vienna 2016. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, EGU2016-1622.
HUSS, M., & FISCHER, M., 2015: Very small glaciers under climate change: From the local to the global scale. Abstract C33E-0861 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 14-18 Dec., 2015.
FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & HOELZLE, M., 2015: Use of a new ultra-long range terrestrial LiDAR system to monitor the mass balance of very small glaciers in the Swiss Alps. Abstract C21F-08 presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 14-18 Dec., 2015.
FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & HOELZLE, M., 2014: Changes in area and volume of all Swiss glaciers over the last 25 years. EGU General Assembly, Vienna 2014. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16, EGU2014-200.
FISCHER, M., HAEBERLI, W., HUSS, M., PAUL, F., LINSBAUER, A., & HOELZLE, M., 2013: Estimation of basal shear stresses from now ice-free LIA glacier forefields in the Swiss Alps. EGU General Assembly, Vienna 2013. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 15, EGU2013-150.
FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & HOELZLE, M., 2013: Recent changes of very small glaciers in the Swiss Alps. EGU General Assembly, Vienna 2013. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 15, EGU2013-149.
TALKS & SELECTED CONFERENCES
VAN THIEL, M., & FISCHER, M. Examining the spatio-temporal variability of streamflow responses to warm and dry events in Swiss glacierized catchments. International Mountain Conference 2022, September 2022, Innsbruck, Austria.
MÜLLER, T., SCHAEFLI, B., LANE, S. N., & FISCHER, M. On the use of water stable isotopes to estimate snow and ice melt contribution in a glaciated catchment. 21st scientific assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), Montpellier, France, 29. May to 03. June 2022.
NUSSBAUMER, S. U., FISCHER, M., GÄRTNER-ROER, I., HOELZLE, M., HUBER, J., LANDMANN, J., MACHGUTH, H., MÖLG, N., & PAUL, F., 2017: Continued strong glacier mass loss in 2015: an updated overview of available glacier observations. Abstract 75A2310 presented at 2017 IGS International Symposium On The Cryosphere In A Changing Climate, Wellington, New Zealand, 12-17 Feb., 2017.
WEIDMANN, Y., HUSS, M., FISCHER, M., SCHMASSMANN, E. Swiss Glacier Inventory 3D, a product of the Swiss topographical landscape model. 14th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Geneva, 19. November 2016. Session 12: Cryospheric Sciences. Poster.
BOSSON, J.-B., CAPT, M., FISCHER, M., MICHELETTI, N., LANE, S., & LAMBIEL, C. Internal structure, dynamics and genesis of a small heavily debris-covered glacier system (Tsarmine Glacier; Arolla, VS). 13th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Basel, 21. November 2015. Session 10: Cryospheric Sciences. Poster.
GINDRAUX, S., FARINOTTI, D., FISCHER, M., & BÖSCH, R. Accuracy assessment of UAV photogrammetry on Alpine glaciers. 13th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Basel, 21. November 2015. Session 10: Cryospheric Sciences. Poster.
FISCHER, M., & BOSSON, J.-B. Towards a holistic view of very small Alpine glacier systems. Forschungsforum Kryosphäre und Geomorphologie & Wasser und Klima, University of Zurich, 12. May 2015. Invited talk.
FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & HOELZLE, M. Use of a new long-range terrestrial LiDAR system to monitor the mass balance of very small glaciers. 12th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Fribourg, 22. November 2014. Session 11: Cryospheric Sciences. Poster.
FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & HOELZLE, M. Le nouvel inventaire des glaciers suisses SGI2010 – changements récents, état présent, évolution future. SIG 2014 conférence francophone ESRI, Versailles, France, 01.-02. October 2014. Talk.
FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & HOELZLE, M. Changes in area and volume of all Swiss glaciers over the last 25 years. 18th Alpine Glaciology Meeting, Innsbruck, 27./28. February 2014. Poster.
FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & HOELZLE, M. Inventaire des glaciers – Création du nouvel invetaire SGI2010. ESRI Suisse GIS day, Nyon, 20. November 2013. Talk.
FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & HOELZLE, M. Changes in area and volume of all Swiss glaciers over the last 25 years. 11th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Lausanne, 16. November 2013. Session 14: Cryospheric Sciences. Talk. Corrected Version of the figure in the extended abstract: delev_tschierva.pdf.
BARBOUX, C., FISCHER, M., DELALOYE, R., HUSS, M., & COLLET, C. Mapping of debris-covered ice using DInSAR and airborne photography: A pilot study in the Upper Valais (Swiss Alps). 11th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Lausanne, 15./16. November 2013. Session 14: Cryospheric Sciences. Poster.
ROGERS, S. R., & FISCHER, M. GlaciArch: applying glaciological methods for gauging archaeological potential using GIS. 11th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Lausanne, 16. November 2013. Session 18: Geoscience and Geoinformation – From data acquisition to modelling and visualisation. Poster.
FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & HOELZLE, M. Monitoring the geodetic mass balance of very small glaciers in the Swiss Alps with a long-range terrestrial lidar system. Workshop on lidar measurements of the cryosphere, Reykholt, Iceland, 20./21. June 2013. Poster.
FISCHER, M., HUSS, M., & HOELZLE, M. Understanding the response of very small glaciers in the Swiss Alps to climate change: An integrated study approach applying different monitoring techniques. 10th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern, 16./17. November 2012. Session 11: Cryospheric Sciences. Poster.
THESES & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
FISCHER, M., 2018: Understanding the response of very small glaciers in the Swiss Alps to climate change. PhD Thesis, Geography Unit, Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, 209 pp. pdf
FISCHER, M., 2016: Mass balance Sankt Annafirn. In: Glaciological Reports, 2016: The Swiss Glaciers, 2011/12-2012/13. Yearbooks of the Cryospheric Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), No. 133/134. Published since 1964 by the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW) of the ETH Zurich. pdf
FISCHER, M., 2015: The Swiss Glacier Inventory SGI2010. In: Glaciological Reports, 2015: The Swiss Glaciers, 2009/10-2010/11. Yearbooks of the Cryospheric Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), No. 131/132. Published since 1964 by the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW) of the ETH Zurich. pdf
FISCHER, M., 2012: Application of a refined perfect-plasticity approach for empirical GIS-based basal shear stress modelling to now ice-free LIA glacier forefields in the Swiss Alps. MSc Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Zürich, 105 pp. pdf