2009 Young Investigator Award
The AGU Cryospheric Focus Group is pleased to announce that
Dr. Thomas Modlg (biography)
Has been chosen to receive the 2009 Young Investigator Award
for his significant contribution to Cryospheric Science and Technology.
Dr. Modlg's Main Interests:
- climate-glacier interactions
- atmosphere-ocean dynamics of tropical climate
- regional climatology of East Africa
- numerical modeling
- glacier mass balance models, atmospheric models, climate models
Selected Publications:
Mölg, T., N.J. Cullen, D.R. Hardy, M. Winkler, and G. Kaser (2009): Quantifying climate change in the tropical mid-troposphere over East Africa from glacier shrinkage on Kilimanjaro. – Journal of Climate, vol. 22, pp. 4162-4181.
Mölg, T., J.C.H. Chiang, A. Gohm, and N.J. Cullen (2009): Temporal precipitation variability versus altitude on a tropical high mountain: Observations and mesoscale atmospheric modeling. – Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 135, doi:10.1002/qj.461.
Mölg, T., N.J. Cullen, and G. Kaser (2009): Solar radiation, cloudiness and longwave radiation over low-latitude glaciers: Implications for mass balance modeling. – Journal of Glaciology, vol. 55, pp. 292-302.
Mölg, T., N.J. Cullen, D.R. Hardy, G. Kaser, and L. Klok (2008): Mass balance of a slope glacier on Kilimanjaro and its sensitivity to climate. – International Journal of Climatology, vol. 28, pp. 881-892.
Mölg, T., D.R. Hardy, N.J. Cullen, and G. Kaser (2008): Tropical Glaciers, climate change, and society: Focus on Kilimanjaro (East Africa). – In: Orlove, B., E. Wiegandt, and B. Luckman (eds.): The Darkening Peaks: Glacial Retreat in Scientific and Social Context. University of California Press: Berkley, London, pp. 168-182.
Hofer, M., T. Mölg, B. Marzeion, and G. Kaser (2009): Statistical-empirical downscaling of NCEP/NCAR reanalysis to high-resolution air temperature and specific humidity above a glacier surface (Cordillera Blanca, Peru). – Journal of Geophysical Research, submitted.
Kaser, G., T. Mölg, N.J. Cullen, D.R. Hardy, and M. Winkler (2009): Is the decline of ice on Kilimanjaro unprecedented in the Holocene? – The Holocene, submitted.
Winkler, M., I. Juen, T. Mölg, P. Wagnon, J. Gómez, and G. Kaser (2009): Measured and modelled sublimation on the tropical Glaciar Artesonraju. – The Cryosphere, vol. 3, pp. 21-30.
Cullen, N.J., T. Mölg, D.R. Hardy, K. Steffen, and G. Kaser (2007): Energy Balance Model Validation on the top of Kilimanjaro using Eddy Correlation Data. – Annals of Glaciology, vol. 46, pp. 227-233.
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