On 25th July Albin gave a lecture on the basics of the eddy covariance method and their application for ecosystem research in mountain areas with particular reference to the flux tower measurements we were operating 2013-2014 at Furka pass.

On 25th July Albin gave a lecture on the basics of the eddy covariance method and their application for ecosystem research in mountain areas with particular reference to the flux tower measurements we were operating 2013-2014 at Furka pass.

The Austrian GCOS (Global Climate Observing System) report, with contributions from the Biomet group (p. 62-63), was recently published online by ZAMG. The aim of GCOS is to build a long-term climate monitoring system for detecting and attributing climate change and assessing impacts of climate change and supporting adaption to climate change and climate variability.
Within the TeefürPUK project we have today hosted a class from the Reithmanngymnasium in order to introduce the pupils into leaf gas exchange. Georg discussed with the pupils the basics of leaf CO2 and water vapour exchange and in particular strategies of plants involved in the regulation of stomatal conductance. Then pupils could get a hands-on experience with the Decagon porometers measuring stomatal conductance on a reference group of plants, drought-stressed plants and plants kept in the dark (simulating nighttime). Finally, results obtained by the pupils were discussed and related to the importance of stomatal conductance in regulating the water cycle and near-surface climate and the implications of changing environmental conditions.
A new publication with the title
has been published in nature geoscience. There is also an official press release of the University of Innsbruck.
The press has also reported on this study, including science.orf.at and the Austrian Press Agency. A list of links to the press can be found in Research > Outreach.
On another note: our webcam is online now! Click on the picture in the sidebar on the right to get a larger version.
First things first: Christoph has finished his master thesis! Congratulations! For more info on Christoph check ‘People’.
Multiple newspapers have reported on our VOC-project! We have collected some of the links, click here to see them.
And: there are some new publications. Check ‘Publications’ to see what they are about.