Désirée Treichler

Academic interests

• Earth observation, in particular remote sensing of the cryosphere in a changing climate
• Spaceborne methods for snow depth measurements and their applications for cryosphere and climate studies
• Large-scale studies of glacier changes in High Mountain Asia and other areas
• Terrain analyses from DEMs and altimetry data
• Data fusion from remote sensing and climate/snow/Earth system models
• Field measurements in Norway, the Himalayas, Central Asia

Background

• Member of the Software Carpentry@UiO
• PhD (2017) in Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
  • Measuring mountain glaciers and snow with a spaceborne laser
• MSc degree (2009) in Geography/Remote Sensing, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Spectral discrimination of snow and avalanche deposits