{"id":173,"date":"2026-08-24T12:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:59:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:59:47","slug":"9th-earsel-workshop-on-land-ice-and-snow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/?page_id=173","title":{"rendered":"9th EARSeL workshop on Land Ice and Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere: Monitor what is vanishing<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">03 &#8211; 05 February 2020, Bern, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EARSeL-WS2020_001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EARSeL-WS2020_001-1.jpg 570w, https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EARSeL-WS2020_001-1-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessible Files:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EARSeL_LandIceSnow_2020_finalProgram.pdf\">Final Workshop Programme<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Day 1 &#8211; Presentations<\/strong><\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EARSeL-LISSIG-2020_01-Wunderle.pptx\">Welcome &amp; Opening<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2020-Mo-Cryosphere-and-Climate.zip\">Cryosphere and Climate<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2020-Mo-Snow-Cover-Regional-to-global-scale-I.zip\">Snow Cover (Regional to global scale) I<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2020-Mo-Poster-Session-I.zip\">Poster Session I<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2020-Mo-Albedo-of-the-Cryosphere.zip\">Albedo of the Cryosphere<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Day 2 &#8211; Presentations<\/strong><\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2020-Tu-New-Technologies-to-Observe-the-Cryosphere.zip\"><strong>New Technologies to Observe the Cryosphere<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EARSeL-LISSIG-2020_31-Bertschinger.pdf\">Alexander Raphael Groos, Thalia Bertschinger<\/a> (<em>University of Bern, Switzerland<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/prezi.com\/view\/QY6mAE1pEeX7wvvsnH4r\/\">Michael Zemp<\/a> (<em>University of Zurich, Switzerland<\/em>)<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2020-Tu-Snow-Cover-Regional-to-global-scale-II.zip\"><strong>Snow Cover (Regional to global scale) II<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2020-Tu-Poster-Session-II.zip\"><strong>Poster Session II<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2020-Tu-ESA-CCI-Snow.zip\"><strong>ESA CCI+ Snow<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Day 3 &#8211; Presentations<\/strong><\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2020-Wednes-Snow-Hydrology.zip\">Snow Hydrology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Download Complete Workshop Archive<\/strong><\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Workshop_2020_Part_01.zip\">Part 1<\/a>    |   <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Workshop_2020_Part_02.zip\">Part 2<\/a>   |   <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Workshop_2020_Part_03.zip\">Part 3<\/a>   |   <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Workshop_2020_Part_04.zip\">Part 4<\/a>   |   <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Workshop_2020_Part_05.zip\">Part 5<\/a>   |   <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Workshop_2020_Part_06.zip\">Part 6<\/a>   |   <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Workshop_2020_Part_07.zip\">Part 7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Workshop Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 9<sup>th<\/sup> Workshop on Remote Sensing of Land Ice and Snow of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) was held at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland, from <strong>03 &#8211; 05 February 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cryosphere of the Earth is undergoing dramatic changes. Glaciers are retreating at accelerated rate and snow cover distribution and duration is changing with many significant side-effects (run-off, permafrost, albedo, etc.). Remote Sensing can provide the required data to study these changes of the cryosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This workshop focused on the latest developments in remote sensing of land ice and snow. Presentations were held on all fields of research and applications with the focus on snow and ice as proxy for a changing cryosphere, methods for retrieving cryospheric parameters from various types of remote sensing data, theoretical basis of inversion methods and their application, state of the art of retrieval algorithms, data assimilation of remote sensing data and in situ observations in process models, and current and planned sensors for snow and ice. Half of a day was dedicated to the activities from ESA (CCI+) and EUMETSAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Session topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Glaciers and Ice Caps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snow cover (regional to global scale)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snow hydrology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snow on sea ice and glaciers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Albedo of the cryosphere<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cryosphere and climate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cryospheric modelling and data assimilation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New technologies (sensors\/methods)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ESA CCI+ snow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EUMETSAT operational services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keynote Speakers:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dr. Patricia de Rosnay (ECMWF, Reading)<\/strong><br>Impact Of Snow Cover Data Assimilation Over The Tibetan Plateau On Medium Range Numerical Weather Prediction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Michael Zemp (World Glacier Monitoring Service, Z\u00fcrich)<\/strong><br>Internationally coordinated glacier monitoring: from early warning systems towards memorials of the climate crisis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Carolin Richter (WMO-GCOS, Genf)<\/strong><br>Needs and Opportunities for Observing the Cryosphere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Committees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scientific Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Affiliation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Yves B\u00fchler<\/td><td>WSL-SLF, Switzerland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Chris Derksen<\/td><td>Env.Clim.Change, Canada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Marie Dumont<\/td><td>M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France, France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Prof. Dr. Richard Kelly<\/td><td>University of Waterloo, Canada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Kari Luojus<\/td><td>FMI, Finland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Sari Mets\u00e4m\u00e4ki<\/td><td>SYKE, Finland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Thomas Nagler<\/td><td>ENVEO, Austria<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Kathrin Naegeli<\/td><td>University of Bern, Switzerland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Patricia de Rosnay<\/td><td>ECMWF, Int<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Lothar Schueller<\/td><td>EUMETSAT, Int<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Julienne Stroeve<\/td><td>University of Manitoba, Canada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Alexander Trishchenko<\/td><td>Natural Resources, Canada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Anna-Maria Trofaier<\/td><td>ESA, Int<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Stefan Wunderle<\/td><td>University of Bern, Switzerland<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organisation Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Affiliation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Stefan Wunderle<\/td><td>University of Bern, Switzerland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Kathrin Naegeli<\/td><td>University of Bern, Switzerland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>C\u00e9line Portenier<\/td><td>University of Bern, Switzerland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Heide Bierbrauer<\/td><td>EARSeL secretary, Germany<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere: Monitor what is vanishing 03 &#8211; 05 February 2020, Bern, Switzerland Accessible Files: Final Workshop Programme Workshop Overview The 9th Workshop on Remote Sensing of Land Ice and Snow of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) was held at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland, from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-173","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":813,"href":"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lis.earsel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}