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2010: EU Interreg and Cantonal Funding for application oriented work in Alpine flood forecasting and climate change, P. I.
2009: Swiss National Science Foundation: Wind tunnel investigations of shear stress partitioning over plants, P. I.
2009: Swiss National Science Foundation: Field investigations of surface heterogeneity and land-surface exchange in mountains, P. I.
2008: ETH CCES grant Swiss Experiment Main Project  Project on new technology and interdisciplinary environmental observation systems, P. I.
2008: HYDROSYS: EU  Project on new technology and hydrological consequences of cryosphere degradation in the ALPS, P.I.
2007: SNF REQUIP Terrestrial Laser Scanning System, P.I.
2007: ETH CCES grant EXTREMES on spatial extreme value statistics, Co-P. I.
2006: ETH CCES grant Swiss Experiment Pre-Project, P. I.
2006: Swiss National Science Foundation: Wind tunnel investigation of snow ventilation, P. I.
2005: KTI: Development of high resolution forecasting models of road surface conditions for winter road maintenance, P. I.
2004: AWARE: EU  Project on water resources in Alpine catchments with a focus on snow cover processes, P. I.
2003: Swiss National Science Foundation: Small scale investigation of flow, snow drift and surface energy balance, P. I.
2002: Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology: Distributed Computing (GRID) for Natural Hazard Prediction, Co - P. I.
2000: Swiss National Science Foundation: REQUIP: A cold, two phase wind tunnel with natural snow particles, P. I.
1997: Swiss National Science Foundation: Boundary layer wind field and the associated snow transport over high alpine topography, P. I.
1992: Scholarship for foreign studies at UC Davis.
Award for the best student paper presentation at a conference of the American Meteorological Society in Charlotte (1995), USA.
Award for extraordinary performance in transfer of scientific knowledge to users, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (2001).
Offer (Ruf) of a full professorship (chair: W3) in environmental physics at the University of Tübingen (2009).
A. Kahl; J. Dujardin; M. Lehning : The bright side of PV production in snow-covered mountains; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2019-01-07. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1720808116.
F. Gerber; R. Mott; M. Lehning : The Importance of Near-Surface Winter Precipitation Processes in Complex Alpine Terrain; Journal of Hydrometeorology. 2019. DOI : 10.1175/JHM-D-18-0055.1.
V. Sharma; K. Pressel; M. Parlange; M. Lehning; M. Calaf : Large wind farms can destroy stratocumulus clouds-evidence from large eddy simulations. ; AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington DC, December 10-14, 2018.
A. Michel; T. J. Brauchli; B. Schaefli; m. Bavay; H. Huwald et al. : Trends in Swiss river discharge and temperatures under climate change: observations and simulations.
V. Sharma; F. Comola; M. Lehning : On the suitability of the Thorpe-Mason model for calculating sublimation of saltating snow; Cryosphere. 2018-11-09. DOI : 10.5194/tc-12-3499-2018.
S. Schloegl; M. Lehning; R. Mott : How Are Turbulent Sensible Heat Fluxes and Snow Melt Rates Affected by a Changing Snow Cover Fraction?; Frontiers In Earth Science. 2018-10-22. DOI : 10.3389/feart.2018.00154.
B. Kruyt; J. Dujardin; M. Lehning : Improvement of Wind Power Assessment in Complex Terrain: The Case of COSMO-1 in the Swiss Alps; Frontiers In Energy Research. 2018-10-16. DOI : 10.3389/fenrg.2018.00102.
S. Schlogl; M. Lehning; C. Fierz; R. Mott : Representation of Horizontal Transport Processes in Snowmelt Modeling by Applying a Footprint Approach; Frontiers In Earth Science. 2018-10-08. DOI : 10.3389/feart.2018.00120.
F. Gerber; N. Besic; V. Sharma; R. Mott; M. Daniels et al. : Spatial variability in snow precipitation and accumulation in COSMO–WRF simulations and radar estimations over complex terrain; The Cryosphere. 2018-10-04. DOI : 10.5194/tc-12-3137-2018.
C. G. Sommer; N. Wever; C. Fierz; M. Lehning : Investigation of a wind-packing event in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica; Cryosphere. 2018-09-14. DOI : 10.5194/tc-12-2923-2018.
M. Simon : A Mind-Bending Avalanche Animation That Could Save Your Life. 2018-08-13.
M. Prigg : The 'unprecedented' 3D animation that reveals what really happens when a killer avalanche hits. 2018-08-03.
M. Heggli : POLAR2018 – Where the Poles come together. 2018-06-19.
M. Lehning : Polarforscher in der Schweiz. 2018-06-19.
V. Sharma; F. Comola; M. Lehning : Is the Thorpe and Mason model valid for drifting and blowing snow?. 2018-04. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, Vienna, Austria, April 4-13, 2018. p. 16587.
M. Beniston; D. Farinotti; M. Stoffel; L. M. Andreassen; E. Coppola et al. : The European mountain cryosphere: a review of its current state, trends, and future challenges; The Cryosphere. 2018-03-01. DOI : 10.5194/tc-12-759-2018.
M. Lehning : Des avalanchesd'un nouveau type. 2018-01-29.
A. Kahl; J. Dujardin; B. Kruyt; M. Lehning : The impact of snow on solar PV production ; Weekly Seminar at the Swiss Snow and Avalanche Research Institute (SLF/WSL), Davos, Switzerland, 2018-01-17.
V. Sharma; F. Comola; M. Lehning : Revisiting the Thorpe-Mason model for calculating sublimation of saltating snow ; Polar 2018, Davos, Switzerland, June 2018.
M. Kyburz; B. Sovilla; J. Gaume; C. Ancey : Dense flow avalanche pressure on obstacle studied with DEM ; EGU, Vienna, Austria, April 09-13, 2018.
M. Kyburz; B. Sovilla; J. Gaume; C. Ancey : Dense flow avalanche pressure on obstacle studied with DEM ; ECCM ECFD, Glasgow, UK, 2018.
M. Kyburz; B. Sovilla; J. Gaume; C. Ancey : Avalanche pressures at the Vallée de la Sionne test site: interaction of avalanches and narrow strictures studied with DEM.. 2018. Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop 2018, Innsbruck, Austria, 2018.
M. Lehning; A. Kahl; J. Dujardin : Dataset on PV Production in Snow Covered Mountains. 2018.
F. Gerber; N. Besic; V. Sharma; M. Daniels; R. Mott et al. : From the Clouds to the Ground - Snow Precipitation Patterns in Complex Terrain ; POLAR2018, Davos, Switzerland, 19 June 2018.
H. Huwald; N. Wever; E. Sauvageat; F. Comola; V. Sharma et al. : Local surface mass balance processes in East Antarctica ; Polar2018, Davos, Switzerland, June 2018.
H. Huwald; E. Sauvageat; V. Sharma; F. Comola; N. Wever et al. : Local snow transport and surface evolution processes in East Antarctica ; American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Washington DC, December 2018.
C. Sommer; M. Lehning; C. Fierz : Wind Tunnel Experiments: Influence of Erosion and Depositionon Wind-Packing of New Snow; FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE. 2018. DOI : 10.3389/feart.2018.00004.
T. Grunewald; F. Wolfsperger; M. Lehning : Snow farming: conserving snow over the summer season; CRYOSPHERE. 2018. DOI : 10.5194/tc-12-385-2018.
L. Pruessner; M. Phillips; D. Farinotti; M. Hoelzle; M. Lehning : Near-surface ventilation as a key for modeling the thermal regime of coarse blocky rock glaciers; PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES. 2018. DOI : 10.1002/ppp.1978.
A. Shakoor; A. Burri; M. Bavay; N. Ejaz; A. Ghumman et al. : Hydrological response of two high altitude Swiss catchments to energy balance and temperature index melt schemes; POLAR SCIENCE. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.polar.2018.06.007.
S. Schlögl / M. Lehning; R. M. Mott-Grünewald (Dir.) : Investigation of snow melt dynamics and boundary layer processes over a melting snow surface. Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8529.
F. Gerber / M. Lehning; R. M. Mott-Grünewald (Dir.) : From the clouds to the ground - Effects of flow-precipitation interactions on snow distribution in complex alpine terrain. Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8636.
V. M. Nouchi / A. J. Wüest; D. Bouffard (Dir.) : Toward a systematic integration of optical remote sensing for inland waters studies. EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8622.
A. Kahl; J. Dujardin; S. Dupuis; M. Lehning : The bright side of snow cover effect on PV production - How to lower the seasonal mismatch between electricity supply and demand in a fully renewable Switzerland ; European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria, 23.-28.04.2017.
M. Haerty : Johan Gaume a mis au point un nouveau modèle pour évaluer les conditions de déclenchement des avalanches.. 2017-03-03.
A. Kahl; J. Dujardin; S. Dupuis; M. Lehning : The bright side of snow cover effects on PV production - How to lower the seasonal mismatch between electricity supply and demand in a fully renewable Switzerland ; EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 8-13.April 2017.
C. G. Sommer; M. Lehning; C. Fierz : Wind tunnel experiments: saltation is necessary for wind-packing; Journal Of Glaciology. 2017. DOI : 10.1017/jog.2017.53.
R. Mott; S. Schlogl; L. Dirks; M. Lehning : Impact of Extreme Land Surface Heterogeneity on Micrometeorology over Spring Snow Cover; Journal Of Hydrometeorology. 2017. DOI : 10.1175/Jhm-D-17-0074.1.
E. Paterna; P. Crivelli; M. Lehning : Wind tunnel observations of weak and strong snow saltation dynamics; Journal Of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/2016Jf004111.
F. Gerber; M. Lehning; S. W. Hoch; R. Mott : A close-ridge small-scale atmospheric flow field and its influence on snow accumulation; Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/2016JD026258.
T. Grünewald; M. Lehning; F. Wolfsperger : Snow farming: Conserving snow over the summer season; The Cryosphere Discussions. 2017. DOI : 10.5194/tc-2017-93.
J. Dujardin; A. Kahl; B. Kruyt; S. Bartlett; M. Lehning : Interplay between photovoltaic, wind energy and storage hydropower in a fully renewable Switzerland; Energy. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.energy.2017.06.092.
N. Wever; F. Comola; M. Bavay; M. Lehning : Simulating the influence of snow surface processes on soil moisture dynamics and streamflow generation in an alpine catchment; Hydrology And Earth System Sciences. 2017. DOI : 10.5194/hess-21-4053-2017.
F. Comola; J. F. Kok; J. Gaume; E. Paterna; M. Lehning : Fragmentation of wind-blown snow crystals; Geophysical Research Letters. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/2017GL073039.
C. Marty; S. Schlogl; M. Bavay; M. Lehning : How much can we save? Impact of different emission scenarios on future snow cover in the Alps; Cryosphere. 2017. DOI : 10.5194/tc-11-517-2017.
S. Würzer; N. Wever; R. Juras; M. Lehning; T. Jonas : Modelling liquid water transport in snow under rain-on-snow conditions – considering preferential flow; Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2017. DOI : 10.5194/hess-21-1741-2017.
C. R. Steger; C. H. Reijmer; M. R. Van Den Broeke; N. Wever; R. R. Forster et al. : Firn Meltwater Retention on the Greenland Ice Sheet: A Model Comparison; Frontiers In Earth Science. 2017. DOI : 10.3389/feart.2017.00003.
E. Schmucki; C. Marty; C. Fierz; R. Weingartner; M. Lehning : Impact of climate change in Switzerland on socioeconomic snow indices; Theoretical And Applied Climatology. 2017. DOI : 10.1007/s00704-015-1676-7.
A. Haberkorn; N. Wever; M. Hoelzle; M. Phillips; R. Kenner et al. : Distributed snow and rock temperature modelling in steep rock walls using Alpine3D; Cryosphere. 2017. DOI : 10.5194/tc-11-585-2017.
F. Comola; M. Lehning : Energy- and momentum-conserving model of splash entrainment in sand and snow saltation; Geophysical Research Letters. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/2016GL071822.
B. Kruyt; M. Lehning; A. Kahl : Potential contributions of wind power to a stable and highly renewable Swiss power supply; Applied Energy. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.01.085.
S. Schlögl; R. Mott; M. Lehning : How do patchy snow covers affect turbulent sensible heat fluxes? – Numerical analysis and experimental findings. 2017. EGU 2017, Vienna, Austria, April 23-28, 2017.
E. Trujillo; K. Leonard; T. Maksym; M. Lehning : Changes in snow distribution and surface topography following a snowstorm on Antarctic sea ice; Journal Of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/2016Jf003893.
C. Voegeli; M. Lehning; N. Wever; M. Bavay : Scaling Precipitation Input to Spatially Distributed Hydrological Models by Measured Snow Distribution; Frontiers In Earth Science. 2016. DOI : 10.3389/feart.2016.00108.
C. Sommer; M. Lehning; C. Fierz : A new ring‐shaped wind tunnel facility to study wind‐packing of snow.. 2016. 14th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, November 18-19, 2016. p. 1.
C. Sommer; M. Lehning; C. Fierz : Wind slab formation in snow: experimental setup and first results.. 2016. EGU 2016, Vienna, Austria, April 17-22, 2016.
T. J. Brauchli; E. Trujillo Gomez; H. Huwald; M. Lehning : Snowmelt observations at the slope scale and implications for the catchment response using the Alpine3D model ; 14th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Genève, Suisse, November 19th, 2016.
M. Lehning; R. Mott : Bodennahe atmosphärische Prozesse und ihre Wirkung auf die hochalpine Schneedecke; Promet. 2016.
V. Sharma; B. Kruyt; F. Gerber; M. Lehning : Wind Energy Potential in Switzerland: Discovering Localized Thermo-topographic Flows and Associated Wind Resource ; 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 20-24, 2016.
T. J. Brauchli; S. V. Weijs; M. Lehning; C. W. Higgins; H. Huwald : Low-cost sensors for distributed surface-atmosphere heat exchange monitoring – a novel component of citizen observatories ; Intl. Conference on Citizen Observatories for Water Management, Venice, Italy, June, 7-10 2016.
N. Wever; S. Würzer; C. Fierz; M. Lehning : Simulating ice layer formation under the presence of preferential flow in layered snowpacks; Cryosphere. 2016. DOI : 10.5194/tc-10-2731-2016.
P. Crivelli; E. Paterna; S. Horender; M. Lehning : Quantifying Particle Numbers and Mass Flux in Drifting Snow; Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 2016. DOI : 10.1007/s10546-016-0170-9.
S. Schlögl; C. Marty; M. Bavay; M. Lehning : Sensitivity of Alpine3D modeled snow cover to modifications in DEM resolution, station coverage and meteorological input quantities; Environmental Modelling & Software. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.02.017.
R. Luethi; M. Phillips; M. Lehning : Estimating Non-Conductive Heat Flow Leading to Intra-Permafrost Talik Formation at the Ritigraben Rock Glacier (Western Swiss Alps); Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/ppp.1911.
A. Kahl; J. Blanchet; B. Kruyt; M. Lehning : Reliable Averages and Risky Extremes – Analysis of spatiotemporal variability in solar irradiance and persistent cloud cover patterns over Switzerland; Energy Procedia. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.10.035.
M. G. Giometto; E. Trujillo; K. C. Leonard; F. Comola; S. Salesky et al. : LES modeling of wind over Antarctic snow-Ice formations using a dynamic surface roughness approach. 2016. 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Salt Lake City, USA, June 20-24, 2016.
R. Mott; E. Paterna; S. Horender; P. Crivelli; M. Lehning : Wind tunnel experiments: cold-air pooling and atmospheric decoupling above a melting snow patch; Cryosphere. 2016. DOI : 10.5194/tc-10-445-2016.
E. Paterna; P. Crivelli; M. Lehning : Decoupling of mass flux and turbulent wind fluctuations in drifting snow; Geophysical Research Letters. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/2016Gl068171.
S. Würzer; T. Jonas; N. Wever; M. Lehning : Influence of Initial Snowpack Properties on Runoff Formation during Rain-on-Snow Events; Journal of Hydrometeorology. 2016. DOI : 10.1175/JHM-D-15-0181.1.
N. Wever; S. Würzer; C. Fierz; M. Lehning : Recent advances in liquid water flow modelling in the physics based SNOWPACK model ; Workshop on observing and modelling meltwater retention processes in snow and firn on ice sheets and glaciers, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 3, 2016.
A. Kahl; V.-A. Nguyen; K. M. Sarrasin; M. Lehning : Reliable Averages and Risky Extremes ; EGU 2016, Vienna, Austria, 17-22, 2016.
A. Kahl; J. Dujardin; S. Bartlett; M. Lehning; F. Sossan et al. : Using GIS data and satellite-derived irradiance to optimize siting of PV installations in Switzerland ; EGU 2016, Vienna, Austria, 17-22, 2016.
M. G. Giometto / J. Fang; M. Parlange (Dir.) : Theoretical and numerical studies of atmospheric boundary-layer flows over complex terrain. Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7000.
H. Huwald; M. Lehning : Mountain Snow Distribution and how it may Change in the Future ; Cryosphere workshop - From process understanding to impacts and adaptation, Riederalp, VS, Switzerland, 15-19 March 2016.
V. Sharma; M. Calaf; M. Lehning; M. B. Parlange : Time-adaptive wind turbine model for an LES framework; Wind Energy. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/we.1877.
K. Helfricht; M. Lehning; R. Sailer; M. Kuhn : Local Extremes In The Lidar-Derived Snow Cover Of Alpine Glaciers; Geografiska Annaler Series A-Physical Geography. 2015. DOI : 10.1111/geoa.12111.
W. Steinkogler; B. Sovilla; M. Lehning : Thermal energy in dry snow avalanches; Cryosphere. 2015. DOI : 10.5194/tc-9-1819-2015.
E. Trujillo Gomez; K. C. Leonard; T. Maksym; M. Lehning : Wind-driven snow distribution patterns over an Antarctic ice floe ; AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 14-18, 2015.
F. Comola; M. G. Giometto; E. Trujillo Gomez; K. C. Leonard; T. Maksym et al. : Study of snow-atmosphere interactions over an Antarctic surface using large eddy simulations coupled with a Lagrangian stochastic model ; 2015 Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of fluid Dynamics, Boston, Massachussetts, USA, November 22-24, 2015.
F. Gerber; R. Mott; J. Grazioli; D. Wolfensberger; A. Berne et al. : Identification of snow precipitation mechanisms and accumulation patterns over complex terrain with very high resolution radar data and terrestrial laser scans ; 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, August 31 - September 4, 2015.
T. J. Brauchli; E. Trujillo Gomez; H. Huwald; M. Lehning : Spatio-temporal Snowmelt Dynamics and Hydrological Response in an Alpine Catchment (Invited) ; AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, California, USA, December 14-18, 2015.
N. Wever; K. C. Leonard; S. Paul; M. Proksch; M. Lehning : Small scale variability of snow density on Antarctic sea ice ; 26th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Prague, Czech Republic, June-July 22-2, 2015.
H. Huwald; T. J. Brauchli; M. Lehning; C. W. Higgins : Distributed Sensible Heat Flux Measurement for Wireless Sensor Networks ; American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, USA, December 2015.
A. Gallice; F. Comola; M. Lehning; H. Huwald : Comparison of stream temperature modeling approaches: the case of a high Alpine watershed ; 2015 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, USA, December 14-18, 2015.
A. Gallice; B. Schaefli; M. Lehning; H. Huwald : A New Analytical Model for the Prediction of Stream Temperature in Ungauged Basins ; 26th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Prague, Czech Repulic, June 22-July 2, 2015.
N. Wever; L. Schmid; A. Heilig; O. Eisen; C. Fierz et al. : Verification of the multi-layer SNOWPACK model with different water transport schemes; The Cryosphere. 2015. DOI : 10.5194/tc-9-2271-2015.
E. Schmucki; C. Marty; C. Fierz; M. Lehning : Simulations of 21st century snow response to climate change in Switzerland from a set of RCMs; International Journal Of Climatology. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/joc.4205.
R. Mott; M. Daniels; M. Lehning : Atmospheric Flow Development and Associated Changes in Turbulent Sensible Heat Flux over a Patchy Mountain Snow Cover; Journal Of Hydrometeorology. 2015. DOI : 10.1175/Jhm-D-14-0036.1.
W. Steinkogler; J. Gaume; H. Loewe; B. Sovilla; M. Lehning : Granulation of snow: From tumbler experiments to discrete element simulations; Journal Of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/2014Jf003294.
I. Gouttevin; M. Lehning; T. Jonas; D. Gustafsson; M. Molder : A two-layer canopy model with thermal inertia for an improved snowpack energy balance below needleleaf forest (model SNOWPACK, version 3.2.1, revision 741); Geoscientific Model Development. 2015. DOI : 10.5194/gmd-8-2379-2015.
J. Grazioli / A. Berne (Dir.) : Polarimetric weather radar. Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6639.
F. Comola; M. G. Giometto; E. Trujillo Gomez; K. C. Leonard; T. Maksym et al. : 3-D simulations of snow transport, erosion and deposition using a Large Eddy Simulation coupled with a Lagrangian Stochastic Model ; 26th IUGG General Assembly 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, June 22-July 2, 2015.
E. Trujillo Gomez; K. C. Leonard; T. Maksym; M. Lehning : Change in snow distribution patterns over an Antarctic ice floe following a snow storm event ; 26th IUGG General Assembly 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, June 22-July 2, 2015.

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