LinkIng and QUan i ying he Impac s o clima e change on
inlanD ICE, snow co e , and pe ma os on wa e esou ces
and socie y in ulne able egions
Ch is ian Rodehacke
Danish Me eo ological Ins i u e
Copenhagen, Denma k, 2025-09-16
Conso ium
Lead
Objec i es
•In-si u Da a Ga he ing: Ha monise da ase s o ice, snow, and pe ma os
•Unde s anding C yosphe ic In e connec ions: S udy glacie mel ing, wa e discha ge, and
pe ma os haw
•Sa elli e-De i ed Clima e Reco d Cons uc ion: In eg a e sa elli e albedo da a o G eenland
and LIQUIDICE supe si es
•Remo e Sensing Technology De elopmen : Ad ance SWE sa elli e e ie al and calib a ion
•Glacie and Ice Shee Mass Balance Recons uc ions : Recons uc and ex end mass balance
da a
•Impac o Changing Ice Shee s: Conduc high- esolu ion ESM simula ions wi h enhanced ice
shee ep esen a ion. Re ine ou comes h ough SMB downscaling and in e compa ison4
•Downscaling o Accu a e Simula ions: Downscale ESM and CORDEX simula ions o high
esolu ion o e key egions. Re ine egional clima e models using ML me hods and es
hyd ological models
•In eg a ed Impac Assessmen on Wa e Resou ces: Assess he impac s o glacie and snow
mel ing on wa e esou ces and i al sec o s
Supe si es
Wo k packages
•WP 1. Obse a ions o inland ice, snow,
pe ma os and ca chmen discha ge
•WP 2. EO-based echnologies o assessing
he e olu ion o land ice and snow co e
•WP 3. Modelling and u u e p ojec ions:
Global o Local and In eg a ed o P ocess-
based
•WP 4. Impac o change in wa e esou ces
om he c yosphe e o he socie y
•WP 5. Dissemina ion, communica ion and
exploi a ion
•WP 6. P ojec Managemen , Coo dina ion
and In e na ional & C oss-disciplina y
Exchange
Wo k low
Expec ed esul s
•R1: Comp ehensi e, s anda dised open-access da ase s on glacie dynamics, snow
accumula ion, wa e discha ge, and pe ma os .
•R2: Be e unde s anding o he e ec s o p ecipi a ion changes on wa e esou ces,
i n loss impac on wa e e en ion, and ac i e laye e olu ion due o glacie e ea .
•R3: Ad anced echnology o SWE e ie al using L-band SAR and comp ehensi e
snow co e da ase s o ex ended s udy si es (2025-2027).
•R4: Time se ies da a o glacie mass balance and on al abla ion a es.
•R5: Imp o ed glacie mass balance da a spanning se en decades, in collabo a ion
wi h ESA GlaMBIE.
•R6: High- esolu ion (~20–40 km) global ESM simula ions wi h enhanced
ep esen a ion o G eenland and An a c ica ice shee s.
•R7: New ESM simula ions downscaled o a ew km esolu ion o e p ojec supe
si es.
•R8: Assessmen o u u e glacio-hyd ological changes in selec ed i e basins and
hei impac s on wa e esou ces a ailabili y.
DMI’s con ibu ion
•Global Ea h Sys em Model (ESM)
simula ions wi h enhanced ep esen a ion
o G eenland and An a c ica ice shee s.
•IMBIE SMB o he
G eenland ice shee
•Imp o ed su ace mass balance (SMB)
including deb is co e in CISSEMBEL:
In eg a ion o he
hi d pol in o ESMs
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CISSEMBEL
Reese (2018)
Chola Glacie , Nepal (K. Miles)
