Team

Andrea Fischer

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PD Mag. Mag. Dr. Andrea Fischer

Vice director
T +43 512 507 49451
andrea.fischer(at)oeaw.ac.at

www.andreafischer.at

 

 


Key research areas

mountain research, glaciology, permafrost, hydrology, climatology

Functions

  • National Correspondent of the WGMS for Austria
  • Member of the Board of the Austrian Geophysical Society

Awards

  • 2013 Austria'13 Austrians of the Year in the Research Category

Selected Publications

2023

2023

  • Fischer, A., Festi, D., & Bohleber, P. (2023). Wie sahen die Alpen unter früheren Klimabedingungen aus? Antworten aus Paläoarchiven. Geographische Rundschau, 75, 26-31.
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  • Fischer, A. (2023). Umweltbildungsstellen in den österreichischen Alpen. Geographische Rundschau, 3.
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  • Pilo, L., Reitmaier, T., Fischer, A., Barrett, J. H., & Nesje, A. (2023). Ötzi, 30 years on: A reappraisal of the depositional and post-depositional history of the find. The Holocene, 33, 112-125. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836221126133
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2022

2022

  • Bardy-Durchhalter, M., Bender, O., Bertolotti, G., Branca, D., Braun, V., Bohleber, P., et al. (2022). Joint Endeavor Toward Sustainable Mountain Development: Research at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Mountain Research And Development, 42, P1-P4. https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-22-00002.1
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  • Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Frey, M., & Bohleber, P. (2022). Contemporary mass balance on a cold Eastern Alpine ice cap as a potential link to the Holocene climate. Sci Rep, 1331. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04699-2
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2021

2021

  • Wagner, T., Kainz, S., Helfricht, K., Fischer, A., Avian, M., Krainer, K., & Winkler, G. (2021). Assessment of liquid and solid water storage in rock glaciers versus glacier ice in the Austrian Alps. Science Of The Total Environment, 800, 149593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149593
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  • Fischer, A., Felbauer, L., Janicke, A., Helfricht, K., Hoffmann, H., & Wild, E. -M. (2021). Glaciers, Climate and People: Holocene Transitions in the Stubai Valley. In U. Schickhoff, Singh, R., & Mal, S. (Eds.), Mountain Landscapes in Transition. (pp. 267-287). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70238-0_9
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  • Fischer, A., Schwaizer, G., Seiser, B., Helfricht, K., & Stocker-Waldhuber, M. (2021). High-resolution inventory to capture glacier disintegration in the Austrian Silvretta. The Cryosphere, 15, 4637–4654. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4637-2021
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  • Hohensinner, S., Atzler, U., Fischer, A., Schwaizer, G., & Helfricht, K. (2021). Tracing the Long-Term Evolution of Land Cover in an Alpine Valley 1820–2015 in the Light of Climate, Glacier and Land Use Changes. Frontiers In Environmental Science, 9, 683397. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.683397
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  • Hartl, L., Helfricht, K., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2021). Classifying disequilibrium of small mountain glaciers from patterns of surface elevation change distributions. Journal Of Glaciology, x, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.90
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  • Fischer, A., & Mayer, C. (2021). The History of Glaciology in the Inner Ötztal Alps. In A. Fowler & Ng, F. (Eds.), Glaciers and Ice Sheets in the Climate System (pp. 497-517). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42584-5_20
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  • Hartl, L., Helfricht, K., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2021). Clustering patterns of volume change to classify glacier states and fates. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9402
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  • Fischer, A., & Hartl, L. (2021). Glacier mass balance Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2019/2020, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930142
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  • Fischer, A., & Hartl, L. (2021). Elevation zones Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2019/2020. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930132
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  • Fischer, A., & Seiser, B. (2021). Glacier mass balance Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2019/2020, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930125
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  • Fischer, A., & Seiser, B. (2021). Elevation zones Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2019/2020, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930128
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  • Helfricht, K., Reingruber, K., & Fischer, A. (2021). Elevation zones Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2019/2020. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930119
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2021). Elevation zones Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2019/2020, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930149
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2021). Glacier mass balance Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2019/2020, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930147
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2020

2020

  • Bohleber, P., Schwikowski, M., Stocker‐Waldhuber, M., Fang, L., & Fischer, A. (2020). New glacier evidence for ice‐free summits during the life of the Tyrolean Iceman. Nature Scientific Reports, 10, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77518-9
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  • Hartl, L., Felbauer, L., Schwaizer, G., & Fischer, A. (2020). Small-scale spatial variability in bare-ice reflectance at Jamtalferner, Austria. The Cryosphere, 14, 4063–4081. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4063-2020
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  • Fischer, A., & Ritschel, B. (2020). Alpengletscher, Eine Hommage (p. 256). Tyrolia.
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  • Fischer, A., Schöner, W., & Otto, J. -C. (2020). Gletschergefahren. In ExtremA 2019. Aktueller Wissensstand zu Extremereignissen alpiner Naturgefahren in Österreich (pp. 563-583). Vienna University Press. https://doi.org/10.14220/978373701092
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  • Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Seiser, B. (2020). Glacier mass balance Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2018/2019, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.917610
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  • Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Seiser, B. (2020). Elevation zones Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2018/2019. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.917603
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2020). Glacier mass balance Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2018/2019, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.917612
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2020). Elevation zones Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2018/2019, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.917605
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  • Helfricht, K., Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Seiser, B. (2020). Naturgefahren als Folge des rasanten Gletscherschwunds: Monitoring und Prozessstudien. (Disaster Competence Network Austria - DCNA, Ed.), Book of Abstracts.
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2020). Elevation zones Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2018/2019, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.917604
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2020). Glacier mass balance Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2018/2019, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.917611
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2019

2019

  • Zemp, M., Sajood, A. A., Pitte, P., van Ommen, T., Fischer, A., Soruco, A., et al. (2019). Glacier monitoring tracks progress in limiting climate change. Nature, 576, 39. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03700-3
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  • Fischer, A., Fickert, T., Schwaizer, G., Patzelt, G., & Groß, G. (2019). Vegetation dynamics in Alpine glacier forelands tackled from space. Scientific Reports, 9, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50273-2
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  • Helfricht, K., Reingruber, K., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2019). Glacier mass balance Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2017/2018. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.897924
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Fischer, A., Helfricht, K., & Kuhn, M. (2019). Long-term records of glacier surface velocities in the Ötztal Alps (Austria). Earth System Science Data, 705-715. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-705-2019
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  • Feng, Z., Bohleber, P., Ebser, S., Ringena, L., Schmidt, M., Kersting, A., et al. (2019). Dating glacier ice of the last millennium by quantum technology. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, 116, 8781-8786. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816468116
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  • Fischer, A., & Janicke, A. (2019). Glacier mass balance Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2017/2018. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.897925
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  • Fischer, A., & Janicke, A. (2019). Elevation zones Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2017/2018. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.897930
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2019). Elevation zones Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2017/2018, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.897932
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2019). Glacier mass balance Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2017/2018, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.897927
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  • Fischer, A. (2019). Ein Abbild der Landschaft. Friedrich Simonys Darstellungsmethoden im Licht der heutigen Gletscherforschung. In M. Vuković (Ed.), Von wunderbarer Klarheit: Friedrich Simonys Gletscherfotografien, 1875–1891 (pp. 83-95). Wien: Album Verlag.
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  • Helfricht, K., Huss, M., Fischer, A., & Otto, J. C. (2019). Calibrated estimates of mean and maximum ice thickness for glaciers of the third Austrian Glacier Inventory (GI3). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.898642
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  • Helfricht, K., Huss, M., Fischer, A., & Otto J.C.,. (2019). Spatial ice thickness distribution and glacier bed elevation for glaciers of the third Austrian Glacier Inventory (GI3). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.898651
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  • Helfricht, K., Reingruber, K., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2019). Elevation zones Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2017/2018. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.897929
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2019). Glacier mass balance Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2017/2018, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.897926
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  • Helfricht, K., Huss, M., Fischer, A., & Otto, J. -C. (2019). Calibrated Ice Thickness Estimate for All Glaciers in Austria. Frontiers In Earth Science, 7, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00068
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  • Helfricht, K., Fischer, A., Hartl, L., & Olefs, M. (2019). Die Vielfalt des Winters - Anpassungsmaßnahmenzwischen natürlicher Variabilität und anthropogenen Klimawandel. Fdsnow - Fachzeitschrift Für Den Skisport, 60-68.
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2018

2018

  • Charalampidis, C., Fischer, A., Kuhn, M., Lambrecht, A., Mayer, C., Thomaidis, K., & Weber, M. (2018). Mass-Budget Anomalies and Geometry Signals of Three Austrian Glaciers. Frontiers In Earth Science, 6, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00218
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  • Fischer, A., & Markl, G. (2018). Elevation zones Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2016/2017. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886077
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  • Fischer, A., & Seiser, B. (2018). Elevation zones Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2014/2015, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886294
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2018). Elevation zones Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2016/2017, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886079
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2018). Elevation zones Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2015/2016, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886067
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2018). Glacier mass balance Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2015/2016, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886083
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2018). Glacier mass balance Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2016/2017, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886089
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  • Fischer, A., & Seiser, B. (2018). Glacier mass balance Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2014/2015, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886292
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  • Fischer, A., & Markl, G. (2018). Elevation zones Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2015/2016. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886065
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  • Fischer, A., & Markl, G. (2018). Glacier mass balance Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2015/2016. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886085
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  • Fischer, A., & Markl, G. (2018). Glacier mass balance Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2016/2017. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886087
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  • Hartl, L., Fischer, A., & Olefs, M. (2018). Analysis of past changes in wet bulb temperature in relation to snow making conditions based on long term observations Austria and Germany. Global And Planetary Change, 167, 123-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.05.011
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  • Djukic, I., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Kappel Schmidt, I., Steenberg Larsen, K., Beier, C., Berg, B., et al. (2018). Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science Of Total Environment, 628-629, 1369-1394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012
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  • Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., Delaloye, R., Lambiel, C., Gärtner-Roer, I., Kaufmann, V., Scapozza, C., et al. (2018). Interannual variability of rock glacier flow velocitiesin the European Alps. (P. Deline, Bodin, X., & Ravane, L., Eds.), 5th European Conference on Permafrost, Book of Abstract.
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2018). Elevation zones Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2015/2016, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886066
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  • Hartl, L., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Fischer, A., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2018). Elevation zones Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2015/2016, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886064
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2018). Elevation zones Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2016/2017, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886078
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2018). Glacier mass balance Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2016/2017, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886088
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2018). Glacier mass balance Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2015/2016, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886082
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  • Hartl, L., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Fischer, A., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2018). Glacier mass balance Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2016/2017, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.886086
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  • Otto, J. -C., Hausmann, C., & Fischer, A. (2018). Semi-automated classification of mountain glacier types. (EGU General Assembly 2018, Ed.), Geophysical Research Abstracts.
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  • Fischer, A. (2018). Einleitung. In A. Fischer, Patzelt, G., Achrainer, M., Groß, G., Lieb, G. K., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., & Bendler, G. (Eds.), Gletscher im Wandel - 125 Jahre Gletschermessdienst des Alpenvereins (pp. 1-6). Springer Spektrum. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55540-8_1
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  • Bendler, G., & Fischer, A. (2018). Bilder des Klimawandels: Ein Blick ins Archiv. In A. Fischer, Patzelt, G., Achrainer, M., Groß, G., Lieb, G. K., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., & Bendler, G. (Eds.), Gletscher im Wandel - 125 Jahre Gletschermessdienst des Alpenvereins (pp. 117-133). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55540-8_7
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  • Fischer, A. (2018). Die Bedeutung historischer und aktueller Gletscherforschungen des Alpenvereins für die Geowissenschaften. In A. Fischer, Patzelt, G., Achrainer, M., Groß, G., Lieb, G. K., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., & Bendler, G. (Eds.), Gletscher im Wandel - 125 Jahre Gletschermessdienst des Alpenvereins (pp. 97-116). Springer Spektrum. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55540-8_6
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  • Fischer, A., Patzelt, G., Achrainer, M., Groß, G., Lieb, G. K., Kellerer-Pirklbauer, A., & Bendler, G. (2018). Gletscher im Wandel - 125 Jahre Gletschermessdienst des Alpenvereins (p. 140). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55540-8
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  • Bohleber, P., Hoffmann, H., Kerch, J., Sold, L., & Fischer, A. (2018). Investigating cold based summit glaciers through direct access to the glacier base: a case study constraining the maximum age of Chli Titlis glacier, Switzerland. The Cryosphere, 12, 401-412. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-401-2018
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2017

2017

  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Fischer, A., Keller, L., Morche, D., & Kuhn, M. (2017). Funnel-shaped surface depressions – Indicatior or accelerant of rapid glacier disintegration? A case study in the Tyrolean Alps. Geomorphology, 28, 58-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.11.006
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  • Vincent, C., Fischer, A., Mayer, C., Bauder, A., Galos, S. P., Funk, M., et al. (2017). Common climatic signal from glaciers in the European Alps over the last 50 years. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 1376–1383. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072094
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  • Farinotti, D. (2017). How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison Experiment. The Cryosphere, 11, 949-970. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-949-2017
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  • Fischer, A. (2017). Gletscherbericht 2015/2016. Sammelbericht über die Gletschermessungen des Österreichischen Alpenvereins im Jahre 2016. Bergauf, 18-25.
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  • Vincent, C. (2017). Common climatic signal from glaciers in the European Alps over the last 50 years. Geophys. Res. Lett, 44, 1376–1383. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072094
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  • Bohleber, P. (2017). Ground-penetrating radar reveals ice thickness and undisturbed englacial layers at Kilimanjaro's Northern Ice Field. The Cryosphere, 469-482. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-469-2017
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2016

2016

  • Fischer, A., Hartl, L., Markl, G., & Kuhn, M. (2016). Glacier mass balances and elevation zones of Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 1988/1989 et seq. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818772
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  • Fischer, A., & Markl, G. (2016). Glacier mass balance Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2014/2015. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.859837
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  • Fischer, A., & Markl, G. (2016). Elevation zones Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2014/2015. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.859834
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  • Fischer, A., Helfricht, K., & Stocker-Waldhuber, M. (2016). Local reduction of decadal glacier thickness loss through mass balance management in ski resorts. The Cryosphere, 2941-2952. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2941-2016
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  • Farinotti, D., Brinkerhoff, D., Clarke, G. K. C., Fürst, J. J., Frey, H., Gantayat, P., et al. (2016). How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison eXperiment. The Cryosphere Discussion, 999, 999. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2016-250
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  • Hartl, L., Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Abermann, J. (2016). Recent speed-up of an Alpine rock glacier: An updated chronology of the kinematics of outer Hochebenkar rock glacier based on geodetic measurements. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 98, 129-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoa.12127
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  • Hartl, L., Fischer, A., Klug, C., & Nicholson, L. (2016). Can a simple numerical model help to fine-tune the analysis of ground-penetrating radar data? Hochebenkar rock glacier as a case study. Arctic, Antarctic, And Alpine Research, 48, 377-393. https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0014-081
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2015

2015

  • Zemp, M. ; F. (2015). Historically unprecedented global glacier decline in the early 21st century. Journal Of Glaciology, 61, 745-762. https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG15J017
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  • Fischer,  A., Seiser, B., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Mitterer, C., & Abermann, J. (2015). Tracing glacier changes in Austria from the Little Ice Age to the present using a lidar-based high-resolution glacier inventory in Austria. The Cryosphere, 9, 753-766. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-753-2015
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  • Fischer, A., Mitterer, C., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Binder, D., & Dinale, R. Ice thickness measurements on South Tyrolean glaciers 1996-2014. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.849390
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  • Fischer, A., Mitterer, C., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Binder, D., & Binder, B. J. Ice thickness measurements on Weissbrunnferner, with link to results in ArcGIS format. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.849336
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Binder, D., & Fischer, A. Ice thickness measurements on Oberer Ortlerferner, with link to results in ArcGIS format. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.849336
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  • Hartl, L., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Fischer, A., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2015). Elevation zones Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2013/2014. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841720
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  • Fischer, A., Span, N., Kuhn, M. ; H., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Seiser, B., Massimo, M., & Butschek, M. Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) point measurements of ice thickness in Austria. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.849497
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2015). Elevation zones Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2013/2014. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841722
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2015). Glacier mass balance Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2013/2014. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841721
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  • Fischer, A., Seiser, B., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Mitterer, C., & Abermann, J. The Austrian Glacier Inventories GI 1 (1969), GI 2 (1998), GI 3 (2006), and GI LIA in ArcGIS (shapefile) format. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.849336
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Helfricht, K., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2015). Glacier Surface Mass Balance 2006–2014 on Mullwitzkees and Hallstätter Gletscher, Austria, 47/48 (2013/2014), 101-119.
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  • Fischer, A. (2015). Gletscherbericht 2013/2014. Sammelbericht über die Gletschermessungen des Österreichischen Alpenvereins im Jahre 2014. Bergauf, 26-33.
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2014

2014

  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2014). Glacier mass balance Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2011/2012, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833224
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  • Hartl, L., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Fischer, F., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2014). Glacier mass balance Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2012/2013, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833221
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  • Hartl, L., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Fischer, F., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2014). Elevation zones Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2012/2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833227
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  • Fischer, A. (2014). Elevation zones Kesselwandferner, Ötztal Alps, Austria, 2012/2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.839463
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  • Fischer, A. (2014). Glacier mass balance Kesselwandferner, Ötztal Alps, Austria, 2012/2013, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.839461
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  • Fischer, A. (2014). Elevation zones Kesselwandferner, Ötztal Alps, Austria, 2011/2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.839462
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  • Fischer, A. (2014). Glacier mass balance Kesselwandferner, Ötztal Alps, Austria, 2011/2012, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.839460
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  • Fischer, A., & Markl, G. (2014). Glacier mass balance Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2013/2014. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.839457
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2014). Glacier mass balance Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2012/2013, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833223
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., & Fischer, A. (2014). Elevation zones Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2012/2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833228
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  • Fischer, A., & Markl, G. (2014). Glacier mass balance Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2012/2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833222
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  • Fischer, A., & Markl, G. (2014). Elevation zones Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2013/2014. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.839458
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  • Fischer, A., & Markl, G. (2014). Elevation zones Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2012/2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833269
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2014). Glacier mass balance Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2012/2013, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833225
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2014). Elevation zones Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2012/2013, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833230
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2014). Elevation zones Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2011/2012, PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833229
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  • Fischer, A., Markl, G., Schneider, H., Abermann, J., & Kuhn, M. (2014). Glacier mass balances and elevation zones of Kesselwandferner, Ötztal Alps, Austria, 1952/1953 to 2012/2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818757
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  • Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2014). Glacier mass balances and elevation zones of Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2006/2007 to 2012/2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806609
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Fischer, A., & Kuhn, M. (2014). Glacier mass balances and elevation zones of Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2006/2007 to 2012/2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806662
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  • Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2014). The Gepatschferner from 1850 - 2006, with links to digital elevation models and glacier margins. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.836949
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, F. (2014). Glacier mass balances and elevation zones of Venedigerkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2011/2012 to 2012/2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833232
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  • Fischer, A., Seiser, B., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Mitterer, C., & Abermann, J. (2014). Tracing glacial disintegration from the LIA to the present using a LIDAR-based hi-res glacier inventory. The Cryosphere Discuss, 5195–5226.
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  • Fischer, A. (2014). Snow Flakes And Fates: What Hope Is There For Alpine Winter Tourism?. Sustainable TourismSustainable Tourism VI.
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  • Fischer, A. (2014). Gletscherbericht 2012/2013. Sammelbericht über die Gletschermessungen des Österreichischen Alpenvereins im Jahre 2013. Bergauf, 22-28.
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  • Fischer, A. (2014). Langzeitmonitoring: Klimawandel sichtbar gemacht. Bergauf, 32-35.
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  • Seiser, B., & Fischer, A. (2014). Venedigerkees - Massenhaushalt 2011/2012. Jahresbericht des Instituts für Interdisziplinäre Gebirgsforschung, der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
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  • Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Seiser, B., Hynek, B., & Slupetzky, H. (2014). Glaciological Monitoring in the Hohe Tauern National Park. Eco.mont, 6, 55-62.
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2013

2013

  • Fischer, A., & Markl, G. (2013). Elevation zones Jamtalferner, Silvretta, Austria, 2011/2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.816300
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  • Rutzinger, M., Moran, A., Fischer, A., & Groß, G. (2013). Klimawandel und Klimageschichte - Die Gletscher der Silvretta unter wandelnden Klimabedingungen. In Michael Kasper (Ed.), Heimatschutzverein Montafon: Silvretta Historica - Zeitreise durch die Silvretta (pp. 216-243).
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous measurements of snowpack temperature at weather station HEK (Hochebenkar), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808812
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous measurements of soil temperature at weather station HEF (Hintereisferner), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809098
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous measurements of snowpack temperature at weather station HEF (Hintereisferner), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809102
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous measurements of snowpack temperature at weather station HEF (Hintereisferner), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809103
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous measurements of soil temperature at weather station HEK (Hochebenkar), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808808
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous measurements of soil temperature at weather station HEK (Hochebenkar), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2010. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808807
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous measurements of soil temperature at weather station HEK (Hochebenkar), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808809
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous measurements of snowpack temperature at weather station HEK (Hochebenkar), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2010. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808810
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Fischer, A., & Kuhn, M. (2013). Elevation zones Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2010/2011. Glacier mass balance Mullwitzkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria, 2006-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806660
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous meteorological observations at weather station HEF (Hintereisferner), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2010. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809091
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous meteorological observations at weather station HEF (Hintereisferner), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809094
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous meteorological observations at weather station HEF (Hintereisferner), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.809095
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous meteorological observations at weather station HEK (Hochebenkar), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2010. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808804
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Emprechtinger, M., Hartl, L., & Fischer, A. (2013). Continuous meteorological observations at weather station HEK (Hochebenkar), Ötztal Alps, Austria, in 2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808805
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  • Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2013). Elevation zones Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2011/2012, PANGAEA. Glacier mass balance of Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2006-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806543
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  • Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2013). Glacier mass balance Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2010/2011. Glacier mass balance of Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2006-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806594
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  • Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2013). Elevation zones Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2007/2008. Glacier mass balance of Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2006-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806599
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  • Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2013). Elevation zones Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2008/2009. Glacier mass balance of Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2006-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806600
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  • Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2013). Glacier mass balance Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2011/2012. Glacier mass balance of Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2006-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806542
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  • Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2013). Glacier mass balance Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2006/2007, PANGAEA. Glacier mass balance of Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2006-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806590
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  • Fischer, A., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Reingruber, K., & Helfricht, K. (2013). Glacier mass balance Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2009/2010. Glacier mass balance of Hallstätter Gletscher, Dachstein, Austria, 2006-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.806593
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  • Fischer, A., & Hartl, L. (2013). Langzeitmonitoring von Gletschermassenbilanzen und -längenänderungen in Tirol. In E. -M. Koch & Erschbamer, B. (Eds.), Klima, Wetter, Gletscher im Wandel (pp. 31-48). innsbruck university press.
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  • Fischer, A. (2013). Gletscherbericht 2011/2012. Bergauf, 22-28.
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  • Zemp, M., Thibert, E., Huss, M., Stumm, D., Rolstad Denby, C., Nuth, C., et al. (2013). Uncertainties and re-analysis of glacier mass balance measurements. The Cryosphere Discuss, 7, 789-839.
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2012

2012

  • Abermann, J., Seiser, B., Meran, I., Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Goller, M., & Fischer, A. (2012). A new ALS glacier inventory of North Tyrol, Austria, for 2006. Zeitschrift Für Gletscherkunde, 43/44, 109-119.
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  • Kuhn, M., & Fischer, A. (2012). Preliminary ice volumes of 64 Austrian glaciers based on ground penetrating radar measurements from 1995 to 2006. Zeitschrift Für Gletscherkunde, 43/44, 121-177.
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  • Stocker-Waldhuber, M., Wiesenegger, H., Abermann, J., Hynek, B., & Fischer, A. (2012). A new glacier inventory of the province of Salzburg, Austria 2007/2009. Zeitschrift Für Gletscherkunde, 43/44, 121-128.
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  • Helfricht, K., Schöber, J., Seiser, B., Fischer, A., Stötter, J., & Kuhn, M. (2012). Snow accumulation of a high alpine catchment derived from LiDAR measurements. Advances In Geosciences, 32, 31-39. https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-32-31-2012
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  • Fischer, A. (2012). Gletscherbericht 2010/2011. Bergauf, 30-39.
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2011

2011

  • Abermann, J., Kuhn, M., & Fischer, A. (2011). A reconstruction of mass balances of Austrian glaciers from 1969 to 1998. Annals Of Glaciology, 52, 127-134. https://doi.org/10.3189/172756411799096259
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  • Abermann, J., Kuhn, M., & Fischer, A. (2011). Climatic controls of glacier distribution and changes in Austria. Annals Of Glaciologyearth'S Disappearing Ice: Drivers, Responses And Impacts, 52, 83-90.
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  • Prinz, R., Fischer, A., Nicholson, L., & Kaser, G. (2011). Seventy‐six years of mean mass balance rates derived from recent and re‐evaluated ice volume measurements on tropical Lewis Glacier, Mount Kenya, 38, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049208
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  • Bender, O., Borsdorf, A., Fischer, A., & Stötter, J. (2011). Mountains Under Climate and Global Change Conditions – Research Results in the Alps. In J. Blanco & Kheradmand, H. (Eds.), Climate Change - Geophysical Foundations and Ecological Effects (pp. 403-422).
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  • Fischer, A. (2011). Comparison of direct and geodetic mass balances on a multi-annual time scale. The Cryosphere, 5, 107-124.
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  • Fischer, A. (2011). Gletscherbericht 2009/2010. Sammelbericht über die Gletschermessungen des Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins im Jahre 2010. Bergauf. Das Magazin Des Österreichischen Alpenvereins, 34-40.
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  • Fischer, A., Olefs, M., & Abermann, J. (2011). Glaciers, snow and ski tourism in Austria's changing climate. Annals Of Glaciology, 52, 89-96.
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  • Fischer, A., Schneider, H., Merkel, G., & Sailer, R. (2011). Comparison of direct and geodetic mass balances on annual time scale, 5, 565-604. https://doi.org/10.5194/tcd-5-565-2011
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2010

2010

  • Fischer, A. (2010). Status and challenges of glacier inventories, fluctuation series and recent developments in Austria. In M. Zemp, Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S. U., Paul, F., Hoelzle, M., & Haeberli, W. (Eds.), Summary Report on the WGMS General Assembly of the National Correspondents 2010 (pp. 14-16).
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  • Fischer, A. (2010). Klima und Gletscher in Obergurgl. In E. M. Koch & Erschbamer, B. (Eds.), Glaziale und periglaziale Lebensräume im Raum Obergurgl. (pp. 53-72).
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  • Fischer, A. (2010). Homogenization of 50 years of mass balance data at Hintereisferner, Austria. Journal Of Alpine Geology. Pangeo 2010. Extended Abstracts., 110.
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  • Fischer, A. (2010). Ice thickness measurements with ground penetrating radar for a volume inventory of Austrian glaciers. Journal Of Alpine Geology. Pangeo 2010. Extended Abstracts., 109.
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Curriculum vitae

Andrea Fischer