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WSL-Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLF: Davos Platz, CH

PhD Snow Physics
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UiT The Arctic University of Norway: Tromsø, NO

2024-01-01 to 2025-12-31 | Postdoctorate (Earth Observation)
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Northumbria University: Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

2024-01-01 to 2025-12-31 | Postdoctorate (Geography and Environmental Sciences)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Bath: Bath, Somerset, GB

BSc Physics
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University Centre in Svalbard: Longyearbyen, SJ

MSc Glaciology (Geography)
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The University of Sheffield University Library: Sheffield, Sheffield, GB

MSc
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ETH Zurich: Zurich, CH

2019-09 to 2023-03 | PhD Snow Physics (Department of Environmental Systems Science)
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Académie Suisse des Sciences Naturelles: Bern, CH

2024-12-03 | Prix de Quervain
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MERTZ Fellowship

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Microwave signatures of snow on sea ice

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Swiss National Science Foundation (Bern, CH)
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Works (38)

Snow Microstructure over Antarctic Landfast Ice

2025-03-15 | Preprint
Contributors: Ruzica Dadic; Julia Martin; Roberta Pirazzini; Brian Anderson; Martin Schneebeli; Matthias Jaggi; Amy Macfarlane; Michael Lehning; Nander Wever; Petra Heil
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Anticipating CRISTAL: An exploration of multi-frequency satellite altimeter snow depth estimates over Arctic sea ice, 2018–2023

2024-09-25 | Preprint
Contributors: Jack C. Landy; Claude de Rijke-Thomas; Carmen Nab; Isobel Lawrence; Isolde A. Glissenaar; Robbie D. C. Mallett; Renée M. Fredensborg Hansen; Alek Petty; Michel Tsamados; Amy R. Macfarlane et al.
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Arctic Surface Snow Interactions with the Atmosphere: Spatio-Temporal Isotopic Variability During the MOSAiC Expedition

2024-03-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Moein Mellat; Amy R. Macfarlane; Camilla F. Brunello; Martin Werner; Martin Schneebeli; Ruzica Dadic; Stefanie Arndt; Kaisa-Riikka Mustonen; Jeffrey M. Welker; Hanno Meyer
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Supplementary material to "Arctic Surface Snow Interactions with the Atmosphere: Spatio-Temporal Isotopic Variability During the MOSAiC Expedition"

2024-03-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Moein Mellat; Amy R. Macfarlane; Camilla F. Brunello; Martin Werner; Martin Schneebeli; Ruzica Dadic; Stefanie Arndt; Kaisa-Riikka Mustonen; Jeffrey M. Welker; Hanno Meyer
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A call for funding bodies to influence the reduction of environmental impacts in remote scientific fieldwork

Frontiers in Sustainability
2024-02-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2673-4524
Contributors: Amy R. Macfarlane; Tamara Ben-Ari; Guillaume Blanc; Deborah Bozzato; Radiance Calmer; Sophie Haslett; Svenja Holste; Emilie Jardé; Christian Rixen; Delphin Ruché et al.
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Snowmelt contribution to Arctic first-year ice ridge mass balance and rapid consolidation during summer melt

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Lange, Benjamin A.; Salganik, Evgenii; Macfarlane, Amy; Schneebeli, Martin; Hoyland, Knut; Gardner, Jessie; Mueller, Oliver; Divine, Dmitry, V; Kohlbach, Doreen; Katlein, Christian et al.
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Wind redistribution of snow impacts the Ka- and Ku-band radar signatures of Arctic sea ice

Cryosphere
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Nandan, Vishnu; Willatt, Rosemary; Mallett, Robbie; Stroeve, Julienne; Geldsetzer, Torsten; Scharien, Randall; Tonboe, Rasmus; Yackel, John; Landy, Jack; Clemens-Sewall, David et al.
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Temporospatial variability of snow's thermal conductivity on Arctic sea ice

The Cryosphere
2023-12-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Amy R. Macfarlane; Henning Löwe; Lucille Gimenes; David N. Wagner; Ruzica Dadic; Rafael Ottersberg; Stefan Hämmerle; Martin Schneebeli
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Ocean-sourced snow: An unaccounted process on Arctic sea ice

2023-11-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Amy Macfarlane; Moein Mellat; Ruzica Dadic; Hanno Meyer; Martin Werner; Camilla Brunello; Stefanie Arndt; Daniela Krampe; Martin Schneebeli
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Automatic snow type classification of snow micropenetrometer profiles with machine learning algorithms

Geoscientific Model Development
2023-08-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Julia Kaltenborn; Amy R. Macfarlane; Viviane Clay; Martin Schneebeli
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Author Correction: A Database of Snow on Sea Ice in the Central Arctic Collected during the MOSAiC expedition

Scientific Data
2023-07-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Amy R. Macfarlane; Martin Schneebeli; Ruzica Dadic; Aikaterini Tavri; Antonia Immerz; Chris Polashenski; Daniela Krampe; David Clemens-Sewall; David N. Wagner; Donald K. Perovich et al.
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Snow Loss Into Leads in Arctic Sea Ice: Minimal in Typical Wintertime Conditions, but High During a Warm and Windy Snowfall Event

Geophysical Research Letters
2023-06-28 | Journal article
Contributors: David Clemens‐Sewall; Chris Polashenski; Markus M. Frey; Christopher J. Cox; Mats A. Granskog; Amy R. Macfarlane; Steven W. Fons; Julia Schmale; Jennifer K. Hutchings; Luisa von Albedyll et al.
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A Database of Snow on Sea Ice in the Central Arctic Collected during the MOSAiC expedition

Scientific Data
2023-06-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Amy R. Macfarlane; Martin Schneebeli; Ruzica Dadic; Aikaterini Tavri; Antonia Immerz; Chris Polashenski; Daniela Krampe; David Clemens-Sewall; David N. Wagner; Donald K. Perovich et al.
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Intercomparison of quantification methods for snow microstructure during the SnowAPP experiment

2023-05-15 | Preprint
Contributors: Anna Kontu; Leena Leppänen; Roberta Pirazzini; Henna-Reetta Hannula; Juha Lemmetyinen; Petri Räisänen; Amy McFarlane; Pedro Espin Lopez; Kati Anttila; Aleksi Rimali et al.
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Sea salt aerosol and ice nucleating particles (INP) in the Central Arctic during winter/spring – a discussion of a source from blowing snow above sea ice

2023-05-15 | Preprint
Contributors: Markus M. Frey; Amélie Kirchgäßner; Floor van den Heuvel; Thomas Lachlan-Cope; Frank Stratmann; Heike Wex; Amy R. Macfarlane; Jessica Mirrielees; Kerri Pratt; Ivo Beck et al.
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Towards a fully physical representation of snow on Arctic sea ice using a 3D snow-atmosphere model

2023-03-28 | Preprint
Contributors: David Nicholas Wagner; David Clemens-Sewall; Markus Michael Frey; Océane Hames; Mahdi Jafari; Amy R Macfarlane; Adrien Michel; Martin Schneebeli; Matthew D. Shupe; Nander Wever et al.
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Towards a fully physical representation of snow on Arctic sea ice using a 3D snow-atmosphere model

2023-03-16 | Preprint
Contributors: David Nicholas Wagner; David Clemens-Sewall; Markus Michael Frey; Océane Hames; Mahdi Jafari; Amy R Macfarlane; Adrien Michel; Martin Schneebeli; Matthew D. Shupe; Nander Wever et al.
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Snow Loss into Leads in Arctic Sea Ice: Minimal in Typical Wintertime Conditions, but High During a Warm and Windy Snowfall Event

2023-02-27 | Preprint
Contributors: David Clemens-Sewall; Chris M Polashenski; Markus Michael Frey; Christopher J. Cox; Mats Anders Granskog; Amy Macfarlane; Steven Fons; Julia Schmale; Jennifer Katy Hutchings; Luisa von Albedyll et al.
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Changes of surface snow isotopes (d18O, dD, d-excess) during MOSAiC expedition

2023-02-26 | Preprint
Contributors: Moein Mellat; Camilla F. Brunello; Amy R. Macfarlane; Martin Schneebeli; Martin Werner; David N. Wagner; Hanno Meyer
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Thermal Conductivity of Snow on Arctic Sea Ice

2023-02-03 | Preprint
Contributors: Amy R. Macfarlane; Henning Löwe; Lucille Gimenes; David N. Wagner; Ruzica Dadic; Rafael Ottersberg; Stefan Hämmerle; Martin Schneebeli
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Automatic classification and segmentation of Snow Micro Penetrometer profiles with machine learning algorithms

2022-12-06 | Preprint
Contributors: Julia Kaltenborn; Amy R. Macfarlane; Viviane Clay; Martin Schneebeli
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Rain on snow (ROS) understudied in sea ice remote sensing: a multi-sensor analysis of ROS during MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate)

The Cryosphere
2022-10-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1994-0424
Contributors: Julienne Stroeve; Vishnu Nandan; Rosemary Willatt; Ruzica Dadic; Philip Rostosky; Michael Ray Gallagher; Robbie Mallett; Andrew Barrett; Stefan Hendricks; Rasmus Tonboe et al.
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Arctic sea ice albedo: Spectral composition, spatial heterogeneity, and temporal evolution observed during the MOSAiC drift

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
2022-08-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2325-1026
Contributors: Bonnie Light; Madison M. Smith; Donald K. Perovich; Melinda A. Webster; Marika M. Holland; Felix Linhardt; Ian A. Raphael; David Clemens-Sewall; Amy R. Macfarlane; Philipp Anhaus et al.
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Wind Transport of Snow Impacts Ka- and Ku-band Radar Signatures on Arctic Sea Ice

2022-07-29 | Preprint | Author
Contributors: Vishnu Nandan; Rosemary Willatt; Robbie Mallett; Julienne Stroeve; Torsten Geldsetzer; Randall Scharien; Rasmus Tonboe; Jack Landy; David Clemens-Sewall; Arttu Jutila et al.
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Snowfall and snow accumulation during the MOSAiC winter and spring seasons

The Cryosphere
2022-06-17 | Journal article
Contributors: David N. Wagner; Matthew D. Shupe; Christopher Cox; Ola G. Persson; Taneil Uttal; Markus M. Frey; Amélie Kirchgaessner; Martin Schneebeli; Matthias Jaggi; Amy R. Macfarlane et al.
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Sensitivity of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover to the Summer Surface Scattering Layer

Geophysical Research Letters
2022-05-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Madison M. Smith; Bonnie Light; Amy R. Macfarlane; Don K. Perovich; Marika M. Holland; Matthew D. Shupe
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Sensitivity of the Arctic sea ice cover to the summer surface scattering layer

2022-02-18 | Preprint
Contributors: Madison Margaret Smith; Bonnie Light; Amy Macfarlane; Donald Perovich; Marika M Holland; Matthew D. Shupe
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Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Snow and sea ice

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
2022-02-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2325-1026
Contributors: Marcel Nicolaus; Don Perovich; Gunnar Spreen; Mats Granskog; Luisa von Albedyll; Michael Angelopoulos; Philipp Anhaus; Stefanie Arndt; H. Jakob Bünger; Vladimir Bessonov et al.
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Snowfall and snow accumulation processes during the MOSAiC winter and spring season

2021-04-26 | Preprint
Contributors: David N. Wagner; Matthew D. Shupe; Ola G. Persson; Taneil Uttal; Markus M. Frey; Amélie Kirchgaessner; Martin Schneebeli; Matthias Jaggi; Amy R. Macfarlane; Polona Itkin et al.
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A Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for the Segmentation and Classification of Snow Micro Penetrometer Profiles on Arctic Sea Ice

2021-03-04 | Other
Contributors: Julia Kaltenborn; Viviane Clay; Amy R. Macfarlane; Joshua Michael Lloyd King; Martin Schneebeli
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Improving Observations of Aggregate Snow Cover Properties on MOSAiC by Integrating Repeat Terrestrial Laser Scanning and In-Situ Data

2021-03-04 | Other
Contributors: David Clemens-Sewall; Amy Macfarlane; Chris Polashenski; Don Perovich; Matthias Jaggi; Ian Raphael; Martin Schneebeli; David Wagner
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Quasi in-situ snow and sea ice interface microstructure measured by micro-computed tomography

2021-03-04 | Other
Contributors: Amy R. Macfarlane; Ruzica Dadic; Stefan Hämmerle; David N. Wagner; Martin Schneebeli
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Snow microstructure on sea ice: Importance for remote sensing applications

2021-03-04 | Other
Contributors: Amy R. Macfarlane; Stefanie Arndt; Ruzica Dadic; Carolina Gabarró; Bonnie Light; Mallik Mahmud; Reza Naderpour; Randall Scharien; Madison Smith; Gunnar Spreen et al.
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Snowfall and snow accumulation processes during MOSAiC

2021-03-04 | Other
Contributors: David N. Wagner; Matthew D. Shupe; Ola G. Persson; Taneil Uttal; Markus Frey; Amélie Kirchgaessner; Martin Schneebeli; Matthias Jaggi; Amy R. Macfarlane; Polona Itkin et al.
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Physical properties and spatial distribution of the sea ice surface layer (SSL/snow) during the autumn phase of the MOSAiC expedition

2021-03-03 | Other
Contributors: Ruzica Dadic; Martin Schneebeli; Henna-Reeta Hannula; Amy Macfarlane; Roberta Pirazzini
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Effect of a warm air masses in April on the snowpack properties of the MOSAiC floe

2021-01-04 | Other
Contributors: Stefanie Arndt; Amy Macfarlane; Martin Schneebeli; Christopher J. Cox; Martin Radenz
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Snow microstructure on sea ice- first results from the MOSAiC expedition

2020-12-23 | Other
Contributors: Amy Macfarlane; David Nicholas Wagner; Ruzica Dadic; Stefan Hämmerle; Martin Schneebeli
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Enhancement of SnowScat for tomographic observation capabilities

Proc. FRINGE 2015
2015 | Conference paper
Contributors: Frey, Othmar; Werner, Charles L; Schneebeli, Martin; Macfarlane, Amy; Wiesmann, Andreas
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