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AGU award to Georg

ExcellenceinReviewing_AGU1Georg received the American Geophysical Union 2012 Editor’s Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for his outstanding (!) service as reviewer for the Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences.

Presentation by Albin

Today Albin was invited at the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics of the University of Innsbruck to present our recent modelling work on grassland carbon and water cycling in their weekly seminar series. The presentation, which covered much of the work we have been doing over the past two years within the frame of the GrassClim project, can be found here.

Gerrit Schoups visiting

5122Gerrit Schoups (Delft University, The Netherlands) was visiting us to discuss Bayesian parameter estimation methods based on uncertain input and calibration data and to give a presentation in the seminar series Ökologisches Kolloquium. The picture shows Gerrit and Albin during a field visit at Neustift.

The moles strike back

ThemolesstrikebackWe are using small, solar-powered ultra-sonic devices anchored into the ground to chase away the moles at our study site Neustift, which are a real pest in particular in spring time. As you can see in the picture, it looks like that this year the moles have decided to strike back, taking revenge on an ultra-sonic device by burying it in a molehill. Looks like we need to consider other options to get rid of them …