Hendrik Huwald

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+41 21 693 27 15
Office: GR A0 444
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Current work

Surface mass and energy balance in alpine & polar environments
Measurement techniques and sensor development
Environmental monitoring and analysis

Biography Publications Teaching

Dr. Hendrik Huwald is a scientist at the Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences (CRYOS) and a lecturer at the Environmental Sciences and Engineering Section (SSIE) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He completed his PhD in 2003 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETHZ), developing a numerical model for sea ice and studying energy transfer processes in the Arctic. Between 2005 and 2012 he was a post-doctoral fellow and scientist at the Laboratory of Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology (EFLUM) of EPFL working on Alpine snow-atmosphere interaction, and energy balance-related research mainly in mountain regions. During this time, he designed, led and participated in numerous large field experiments in different environments. In 2013 he joined the newly founded CRYOS laboratory where he conducted research in the domains of snow science, hydrology, boundary layer meteorology and environmental sensing. He has extensive experience with project management both on national and international level.

Education

PhD

| Climatology

2003 – 2003 Inst. for Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, ETH Zurich

MSc

| Climatology

1999 – 1999 Inst. for Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, ETH Zurich

BSc

| Geography, Meteorology

1995 – 1995 J.W.Goethe University, Frankfurt

Publications

[37] Banner Cloud Formation at the Matterhorn: Measurements versus Large-Eddy Simulations

M. L. Thomas; S. W. Hoch; H. Huwald; M. Lehning; B. J. A. van Schaik et al.

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2025. DOI : 10.1175/jas-d-24-0193.1.

Hendrik Huwald

Current work

Education

PhD

MSc

BSc

Publications

[37] Banner Cloud Formation at the Matterhorn: Measurements versus Large-Eddy Simulations

[36] The MatterHEX Experiment – Investigating Atmospheric Flow Patterns in Highly Complex Terrain Related to Banner Cloud Formation

[35] Influence of air flow features on alpine wind energy potential

[34] Using the Sensible Heat Flux Eddy Covariance-Based Exchange Coefficient to Calculate Latent Heat Flux from Moisture Mean Gradients Over Snow

[33] Quantifying urban climate response to large-scale forcing modified by local boundary layer effects

[32] Evidence of Strong Flux Underestimation by Bulk Parametrizations During Drifting and Blowing Snow

[31] Combining Weather Station Data and Short-Term LiDAR Deployment to Estimate Wind Energy Potential with Machine Learning: A Case Study from the Swiss Alps

[30] Observations and simulations of new snow density in the drifting snow-dominated environment of Antarctica

[29] Future water temperature of rivers in Switzerland under climate change investigated with physics-based models

[28] Evidence of Strong Flux Underestimation by Bulk Parametrizations During Drifting and Blowing Snow

[27] Climate change scenarios at hourly time‐step over Switzerland from an enhanced temporal downscaling approach

[26] Changement climatique et température des rivières

[25] Radar measurements of blowing snow off a mountain ridge

[24] Stream temperature and discharge evolution in Switzerland over the last 50 years: annual and seasonal behaviour

[23] The European mountain cryosphere: a review of its current state, trends, and future challenges

[22] How do Stability Corrections Perform in the Stable Boundary Layer Over Snow?

[21] Influence of slope-scale snowmelt on catchment response simulated with the Alpine3D model

[20] Adapting tilt corrections and the governing flow equations for steep, fully three-dimensional, mountainous terrain

[19] StreamFlow 1.0: an extension to the spatially distributed snow model Alpine3D for hydrological modelling and deterministic stream temperature prediction

[18] Fliessgewässertemperatur - zwei Modellansätze für zukünftige Prognosen

[17] Attenuation of wind-induced pressure perturbations in alpine snow

[16] Stream temperature prediction in ungauged basins: review of recent approaches and description of a new physics-derived statistical model

[15] Comparison of different numerical approaches to the 1D sea-ice thermodynamics problem

[14] Thermal diffusivity of seasonal snow determined from temperature profiles

[13] Flow during the evening transition over steep Alpine slopes

[12] Carbon monoxide as a tracer of gas transport in snow and other natural porous media

[11] Evolution of superficial lake water temperature profile under diurnal radiative forcing

[10] Fiber optic distributed temperature sensing for the determination of the nocturnal atmospheric boundary layer height

[9] Stream Temperature Response to Three Riparian Vegetation Scenarios by Use of a Distributed Temperature Validated Model

[8] Field study of the dynamics and modelling of subgrid-scale turbulence in a stable atmospheric surface layer over a glacier

[7] Albedo effect on radiative errors in air temperature measurements

[6] Estimation of wet surface evaporation from sensible heat flux measurements

[5] Subgrid-Scale Dynamics of Water Vapour, Heat, and Momentum over a Lake

[4] Spatial pattern and stability of the cold surface layer of Storglaciaren, Sweden

[3] Distributed fiber-optic temperature sensing for hydrologic systems

[2] A multilayer sigma-coordinate thermodynamic sea ice model: Validation against Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA)/Sea Ice Model Intercomparison Project Part 2 (SIMIP2) data

[1] Reconciling different observational data sets from Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) for model validation purposes

Infoscience

Influence of air flow features on alpine wind energy potential

Evidence of Strong Flux Underestimation by Bulk Parametrizations During Drifting and Blowing Snow (vol 182, pg 119, 2022)

Combining Weather Station Data and Short-Term LiDAR Deployment to Estimate Wind Energy Potential with Machine Learning: A Case Study from the Swiss Alps

Correction to: Evidence of Strong Flux Underestimation by Bulk Parametrizations During Drifting and Blowing Snow

Observations and simulations of new snow density in the drifting snow-dominated environment of Antarctica

Future water temperature of rivers in Switzerland under climate change investigated with physics-based models

Evidence of Strong Flux Underestimation by Bulk Parametrizations During Drifting and Blowing Snow

Climate change scenarios at hourly time‐step over Switzerland from an enhanced temporal downscaling approach

Changement climatique et température des rivières

Radar measurements of blowing snow off a mountain ridge

Stream temperature and discharge evolution in Switzerland over the last 50 years: annual and seasonal behaviour

Influence of slope-scale snowmelt on catchment response simulated with the Alpine3D model

How do Stability Corrections Perform in the Stable Boundary Layer Over Snow?

StreamFlow 1.0: an extension to the spatially distributed snow model Alpine3D for hydrological modelling and deterministic stream temperature prediction

Fliessgewässertemperatur - zwei Modellansätze für zukünftige Prognosen

Attenuation of wind-induced pressure perturbations in alpine snow

Adapting tilt corrections and the governing flow equations for steep, fully three-dimensional, mountainous terrain

Stream temperature prediction in ungauged basins: review of recent approaches and description of a new physics-derived statistical model

Comparison of different numerical approaches to the 1D sea-ice thermodynamics problem

Flow during the evening transition over steep Alpine slopes

Thermal diffusivity of seasonal snow determined from temperature profiles

Carbon monoxide as a tracer of gas transport in snow and other natural porous media

Evolution of superficial lake water temperature profile under diurnal radiative forcing

Fiber optic distributed temperature sensing for the determination of the nocturnal atmospheric boundary layer height

Field study of the dynamics and modelling of subgrid-scale turbulence in a stable atmospheric surface layer over a glacier

Stream Temperature Response to Three Riparian Vegetation Scenarios by Use of a Distributed Temperature Validated Model

Albedo effect on radiative errors in air temperature measurements

Estimation of wet surface evaporation from sensible heat flux measurements

Subgrid-Scale Dynamics of Water Vapour, Heat, and Momentum over a Lake

Spatial pattern and stability of the cold surface layer of Storglaciaren, Sweden

Distributed fiber-optic temperature sensing for hydrologic systems

Reconciling different observational data sets from Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) for model validation purposes

A multilayer sigma-coordinate thermodynamic sea ice model: Validation against Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA)/Sea Ice Model Intercomparison Project Part 2 (SIMIP2) data

PhD Students

Past EPFL PhD Students