Projects
This page provides information about ongoing and completed research projects which are (have been) lead by the Biometeorology group or where we (have) participate(d) as partners.
Ongoing projects:
- Fluxes of biogenic oxygenated volatile organic compounds between mountain grassland ecosystems and the atmosphere (funded by FWF, 2011-2013, principal investigator)
- HydroAlp: Modelling the interaction between the water cycle, vegetation and climate in Alpine environments (funded by Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol,2011-2013, project partner)
- GrassClim: Interactive effects of changes in climate and management on the yield and carbon dioxide source/sink strength of grasslands (Sparkling Science project funded by BM.W_F, 2010-2012, principal investigator)
- GHG-Europe (EU FP 7, 2010-2013, project partner)
- Development of a cavity ring-down sensor for real-time measurement of atmospheric mercury concentrations and fluxes (NSF, 2009-2012, project partner)
Completed projects:
- Measuring and modelling fluxes of volatile organic compounds (VOC) between mountain grassland ecosystems and the atmosphere (FWF, 2007-2010, principal investigator)
- Measuring and modelling fluxes of volatile organic compounds (VOC) between mountain grassland ecosystems and the atmosphere (TWF, 2008-2010, principal investigator)
- Plant growth in a CO2-rich future (Sparkling Science project funded by BM.W_F, 2008-2009, project partner)
- A comparative analysis of the net ecosystem CO2, H2O and energy exchange of mountain meadows (FWF, 2005-2007, principal investigator)
- A comparative analysis of the net ecosystem CO2, H2O and energy exchange of mountain meadows (TWF, 2005-2007, principal investigator)
- Effects of land-use changes on sources, sinks and fluxes of carbon in European mountain areas (EU FP5, 2001-2004, project partner)
- Development of a soil-vegetation-atmosphere-transfer (SVAT) model for simulation of mass and energy exchange in mountain grassland ecosystems (FWF, 2000-2003, project partner)