Marius Schaefer
Dr. Marius Schaefer
- Email: marius.schaefer@fau.de
- Website: http://www.glaciouach.cl
Sprechstunde
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Curriculum Vitae
1999 – 2005: Studies of Physics at the University of Freiburg, Germany and Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago
2006 – 2010: PhD in Avalanche Dynamics at SLF in Davos and ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2010 – 2012: Postdoc at Centro de Estudios Científicos, Valdivia, Chile
2012 – 2014: Lecturer at Austral University, Chile
2014 – now : Assistant Professor at Institute of Physics and Mathematics of Austral University, Chile
Since 4/2021 – 04/2022: Humboldt Fellow at Institute of Geography
Publications
2021
- Minowa, M., Schaefer, M., Sugiyama, S., Sakakibara, D., & Skvarca, P. (2021). Frontal ablation and mass loss of the Patagonian icefields. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 561. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116811
- Scheiter, M., Schaefer, M., Flandez, E., Bozkurt, D., & Greve, R. (2021). The 21st-century fate of the Mocho-Choshuenco ice cap in southern Chile. Cryosphere, 15(8), 3637-3654. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3637-2021
- Sugiyama, S., Minowa, M., Fukamachi, Y., Hata, S., Yamamoto, Y., Sauter, T.,... Schaefer, M. (2021). Subglacial discharge controls seasonal variations in the thermal structure of a glacial lake in Patagonia. Nature Communications, 12(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26578-0
2020
- Farías Barahona, D., Ayala, Á., Bravo, C., Vivero, S., Seehaus, T., Vijay, S.,... Braun, M. (2020). 60 years of glacier elevation and mass changes in the Maipo River Basin, central Andes of Chile. Remote Sensing, 12(10). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12101658
- Schaefer, M., Fonseca-Gallardo, D., Farías Barahona, D., & Casassa, G. (2020). Surface energy fluxes on Chilean glaciers: measurements and models. Cryosphere, 14(8), 2545-2565. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2545-2020
- Schneider, C., Braun, M., Schaefer, M., Grießinger, J., & Casassa, G. (2020). Editorial: Climate Impacts on Glaciers and Biosphere in Fuego-Patagonia. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00091
2019
- Farías Barahona, D., Vivero, S., Casassa, G., Schaefer, M., Burger, F., Seehaus, T.,... Braun, M. (2019). Geodetic Mass Balances and Area Changes of Echaurren Norte Glacier (Central Andes, Chile) between 1955 and 2015. Remote Sensing, 11(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs11030260
- Sugiyama, S., Minowa, M., & Schaefer, M. (2019). Underwater Ice Terrace Observed at the Front of Glaciar Grey, a Freshwater Calving Glacier in Patagonia. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(5), 2602-2609. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081441
2018
- Iribarren-Anacona, P., Kinney, J., Schaefer, M., Harrison, S., Wilson, R., Segovia, A.,... Glasser, N. (2018). Glacier protection laws: Potential conflicts in managing glacial hazards and adapting to climate change. Ambio, 47(8), 835-845. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1043-x
- Ulloa, H., Mazzorana, B., Batalla, R.J., Jullian, C., Iribarren-Anacona, P., Barrientos, G.,... Iroume, A. (2018). Morphological characterization of a highly-dynamic fluvial landscape: The River Baker (Chilean Patagonia). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 86, 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2018.06.002
- Wilson, R., Glasser, N.F., Reynolds, J.M., Harrison, S., Anacona, P.I., Schaefer, M., & Shannon, S. (2018). Glacial lakes of the Central and Patagonian Andes. Global and Planetary Change, 162, 275-291. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.01.004
2017
- Schaefer, M., Luis Rodriguez, J., Scheiter, M., & Casassa, G. (2017). Climate and surface mass balance of Mocho Glacier, Chilean Lake District, 40°S. Journal of Glaciology, 63(238), 218-228. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.129
2015
- Schaefer, M., Machguth, H., Falvey, M., Casassa, G., & Rignot, E. (2015). Quantifying mass balance processes on the Southern Patagonia Icefield. Cryosphere, 9(1), 25-35. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-25-2015
2013
- Schaefer, M., Machguth, H., Falvey, M., & Casassa, G. (2013). Modeling past and future surface mass balance of the Northern Patagonia Icefield. Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface, 118(2), 571-588. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgrf.20038
Research
In the last ten years my research was dedicated on the glaciers of the Southern Andes with a special focus on the Patagonian Icefields. I realized simulations of their surface mass balance and also studied their dynamics and calving. I am also in charge of a mass balance monitoring program at Mocho Glacier in the Chilean lake district. From the technical side my focus in on numerical models but I am also very happy to collect new data from the field from time to time in order to challenge my numerical simulations.