Conference Programme, last updated on July 29th, 2025
Monday, September 29th, 2025
09.00 Opening Speech
09.30 Lecture #1: Ongoing changes in permafrost hydrology and their impacts on humans and the environment – G. Grosse, Alfred Wegner Institute, Germany.
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 Session #1: Evidence and societal impact of permafrost thaw
- 11.00 Subsurface properties and permafrost hydrology at a retrogressive thaw slump in the Richardson Mountains (Canada) and their influence on the spatiotemporal slump development – J. Kunz et al., Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Würzburg, Germany
- 11.30 Observed changes in the cryosphere and hydrology of trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh – M. Soheb et al., South Asia Institute, Department of Geography, Heidelberg University, Germany.
- 12.00 Detecting Non-Conductive Heat Fluxes in Mountain Permafrost: Field Evidence and Implications – S. Weber et al., WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Switzerland.
12.30 Lunch breack
14.00 Lecture #2: Available techniques and data sources to produce good-quality input for hydrological models – L. Menzel and L. Bussière, Heidelberg University, Germany
15.00 Coffee break
15.30 Session #2: Remote-sensing applied to cold-region hydrology
- 15.30 Landscape metrics of drained lake basin in lowland permafrost regions – H. Bergstedt et al., b.geos, Korneuburg, Austria.
- 16.00 InSAR subsidence-derived soil moisture index for Arctic lowland permafrost regions – B. Widhalm et al., b.geos, Korneuburg, Austria.
- 16.30 Integrating Multi-Resolution Optical and Passive Microwave Satellite Observations for Snow Water Equivalent Estimation over the Tibetan Plateau – J. Pan, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
17.00 End
Tuesday, September 30th, 2025
09.30 Lecture #3: The CryoGrid community model – Simulating the impacts of climate change on permafrost ecosystems and the hydrological cycle – S. Westermann, University of Oslo, Norway.
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 Session #3: Hydrological odelling applied to cold-region hydrology
- 11.00 Evaluating Ground Temperature Model Performance in a Warming Arctic: A Case Study of GEOtop and CryoGRID in the Fuglebekken Catchment – A. B. Alphonse et al., Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.
- 11.30 Incorporating permafrost processes in the HBV model – N. Hanselmann et al., Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.
- 12.00 Estimation of Snow Melt Water Using Remote Sensing and Snow Process Model over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau – J. Shi, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
12.30 Lunch break
14.00 Lecture #4: Best practices to capture uncertainties in hydrological modelling – A. Saltelli, University Pompeu Fabra Barcelona School of Management, Spain.
15.00 Coffee break
15.30 Session #4: Data analysis and model appraisal
- 15.30 Shifting Hydrology in a High Arctic Catchment: Long-Term Observations and Modeling of the Fuglebekken – M. Osuch1et al., Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.
- 16.00 The potential of causal inference for examining the connection of snowmelt and river discharge – A long term analysis identifying water stress on a hemispherical and basin level – S. Schilling et al., German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany.
16.30 Blitz & Poster session
17.30 End
18.30 Conference dinner
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
9.30 Lecture #5: Available techniques and models to include climatic projections in hydrological modelling – D. Jacob, Climate Service Center Germany, Germany.
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 Session #5: Drivers and consequences of permafrost thaw on the ecosystem
- 11.00 Simulating Methane Emissions in Arctic Wetlands: A Process-Based Approach with DVM-DOS-TEM – E. Jafarov et al., Woodwell Climate Research Center, MA, USA.
- 11.30 The Role of Suprapermafrost Groundwater in Thermokarst Lake Hydrology on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau – Z. Gao, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy Sciences, China.
- 12.00 Hydrological changes in the Arctic – I. Baneschi et al., Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, National Research Council, Italy.
12.30 Lunch break
14.00 Lecture #6: Investigating permafrost hydrology under past and future climates – J. Nitzbon, Alfred Wegner Institute, Germany.
15.00 Coffee break
15.30 Session #6: Drivers and consequences of permafrost thaw on hydrologic regimes
- 15.30 Dynamics of flow in the upper reaches of the Naryn river (High Mountain Tien Shan) – O. Kalashnikova et al, Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG), Kyrgyzstan.
- 16.00 Permafrost fading barrier: Groundwater Shifts and Recharge Uncertainty in the Dry Andes – S. Ruiz Pereira et al., DIHA Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
- 16.30 Driving mechanisms behind hydrologic regime shifts in small catchments underlain by continuous permafrost under prolonged warming – P. Wang, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
17.00 End