Florian Kitz
PostDoc
Current Project
Carbonyl sulfide exchange between soils and the atmosphere.
Achievements @Biomet
Papers
Kitz F., Wachter H., Spielmann F., Hammerle A., Wohlfahrt G. (2023) Root and rhizosphere contribution to the soil COS exchange. Plant and Soil, doi: 10.1007/s11104-023-06438-0. [OPEN ACCESS]
Spielmann F. M., Hammerle A., Kitz F., Gerdel K., Alberti G., Peressotti A., Delle Vedove G., Wohlfahrt G. (2023) On the variability of the leaf relative uptake rate of carbonyl sulfide compared to carbon dioxide: insights from a paired field study with two soybean varieties. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 338, 109504, doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109504. [OPEN ACCESS]
Wohlfahrt G., Hammerle A., Spielmann F.M., Kitz F., Yi C. (2023) Technical note: Novel estimates of the leaf relative uptake rate of carbonyl sulfide from optimality theory. Biogeosciences 20, 589-596, doi: 10.5194/bg-20-589-2023. [OPEN ACCESS]
Abadie C., Maignan F., Remaud M., Ogée J., Campbell J.E., Whelan M.E., Kitz F., Spielmann F.M., Wohlfahrt G., Wehr R., Sun W., Raoult N., Seibt U., Hauglustaine D., Lennartz S.T., Belviso S., Montagne D., Peylin P. (2022) Global modelling of soil carbonyl sulfide exchange. Biogeosciences 19, 2427-2463, doi: 10.5194/bg-19-2427-2022. [OPEN ACCESS]
Oberhuber W., Sehrt M., Kitz F. (2020) Hygroscopic properties of thin dead outer bark layers strongly influence stem diameter variations on short and long time scales in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 290, 108026, doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108026. [OPEN ACCESS]
Spielmann F.M., Hammerle A., Kitz F., Gerdel K., Wohlfahrt G. (2020) Seasonal dynamics of the COS and CO2 exchange of a managed temperate grassland. Biogeosciences Discussions, doi: 10.5194/bg-2020-27. [OPEN ACCESS]
Kitz F., Spielmann F.M., Hammerle A., Kolle O., Migliavacca M., Moreno G., Ibrom A., Krasnov D., Noe S.M., Wohlfahrt G. (2020) Soil COS exchange: a comparison of three European ecosystems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 34, e2019GB006202, doi: 10.1029/2019GB006202. [OPEN ACCESS]
Spielmann F.M., Wohlfahrt G., Hammerle A., Kitz F., Migliavacca M., Alberti G., Ibrom A., El-Madany T.S., Gerdel K., Moreno G., Kolle O., Karl T., Peressoti A., Delle Vedove G., (2019) Gross primary productivity of four European ecosystems constrained by joint CO2 and COS flux measurements. Geophysical Research Letters 46, 5284-5293, doi: 10.1029/2019GL082006. [OPEN ACCESS]
Kitz F., Gomez-Brandon M., Eder B., Shalamzari M.E., Spielmann F.M., Hammerle A., Insam H., Wohlfahrt G. (2019) On the role of microorganisms for the soil carbonyl sulfide exchange. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 135, 28-37, doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.04.005. [OPEN ACCESS]
Djukic I., Kepfer-Rojas S., Kappel Schmidt I., Steenberg Larsen K., Beier C., Berg B., Verheyen K., … Kitz F., … Wohlfahrt G., … (2018) Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment 628-629, 1369-1394, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012.
Whelan M.E., Lennartz S.T., Gimeno T.E., Wehr R., Wohlfahrt G., Wang Y., Kooijmans L.M.J., Hilton T.W., Belviso S., Peylin P., Commane R., Sun W., Chen H., Kuai L., Mammarella I., Maseyk K., Berkelhammer M., Li K.-F., Yakir D., Zumkehr A., Katayama Y., Ogée J., Spielmann F.M., Kitz F., Rastogi B., Kesselmeier J., Marshall J., Erkkilä K.-M., Wingate L., Meredith L.K., He W., Bunk R., Launois T., Vesala T., Schmidt J.A., Fichot C.G., Seibt U., Saleska S., Saltzman E.S., Montzka S.A., Berry J.A., Campbell J.E. (2018) Reviews and syntheses: Carbonyl sulfide as a multi-scale tracer for carbon and water cycles. Biogeosciences 15, 3625-3657, doi: 10.5194/bg-15-3625-2018. [OPEN ACCESS]
Kitz F., Gerdel K., Hammerle A., Laterza T., Spielmann F., Wohlfahrt G. (2017) In situ soil COS exchange of a temperate mountain grassland under simulated drought. Oecologia 183, 851-860, doi: 10.1007/s00442-016-3805-0. [OPEN ACCESS]
Posters/presentations
Kitz F., Hammerle A., Laterza T., Spielmann F.M., Wohlfahrt G. (2016) Soil emission and uptake of carbonyl sulfide at a temperate mountain grassland. EGU2016-4364, European Geophysical Union 2016 General Assembly, 18-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.
Hammerle A., Kitz F., Spielmann F.M., Gerdel K., Wohlfahrt G. (2016) Carbon monoxide exchange and partitioning of a managed mountain meadow. EGU2016-6002, European Geophysical Union 2016 General Assembly, 18-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.
Spielmann F.M., Kitz F., Hammerle A., Gerdel K. Wohlfahrt G. (2016) Sources and sinks of carbonyl sulfide in a mountain grassland and relationships to the carbon dioxide exchange. EGU2016-5498, European Geophysical Union 2016 General Assembly, 18-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.
Wohlfahrt G., Gerdel K., Hammerle A., Kitz F., Laterza T., Spielmann F.M. (2015) Disentangling sources and sinks of carbonyl sulfide in a temperate mountain grassland. Poster at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2015, San Francisco, USA.
Hammerle A., Kitz F., Spielmann F.M., Wohlfahrt G. (2015) Carbon monoxide exchange and partitioning of a managed mountain meadow. Poster at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2015, San Francisco, USA.
Grants
Tyrolean Science Fund (TWF): Carbonyl sulfide exchange between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere: the role of soils.
