Projects
This page provides information about ongoing (completed) research projects which are (have been) lead by the Biometeorology group or where we (have) participate(d) as partners.
Current Projects
- Empowering plant carbonyl sulfide uptake as a proxy for gross primary productivity
funded by FWF | 2022-2026 | principal investigator - The future of mountain forests: response to a drier future
funded by FWF doc.funds project | 2023-2027 | Main supervisor of 1 out of 8 PhD projects - Longterm carbon and water balance of a coniferous forest
funded by FWF | 2024-2027 | principal investigator - CarboST: A monitoring system for carbon fluxes in South Tyrolean ecosystems
funded by Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol | 2024-2027 | principal investigator - BeatTheBeetle: Early detection of the spruce bark beetle in Austria using remote sensing
funded by FFG | 2025-2027 | principal investigator - EARLY – Early drought stress detection in Alpine Grassland Ecosystems
funded by Forschungszentrum Berglandwirtschaft | 2024 | principal investigator (Lorenz Hänchen) - Establishing the photochemical reflectance index (PRI) as a reliable proxy for non-photochemical quenching (NPQ)
funded by Tyrolean Science Fund | 2024 | principal investigator (Lorenz Hänchen)
Completed Projects
- FORTE: Offene, skalierbare Daten für evidenzbasierte Entscheidungen im Wald der Zukunft
funded by Bundesministerium Landwirtschaft, Regionen und Tourismus | 2022-2023 | project partner - Early stress detection in Austrian ecosystems with sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence
funded by FFG | 2021-2023 | principal investigator - CLEVAS: Effect of climate extremes on grapevine production in South Tyrol: early detection of abiotic stress and consequences for wine quality funded by Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol | 2020-2023 | principal investigator
- AgroClim Huaraz: Spatio-temporal variability in water availability and demand in the Peruvian Andes funded by Austrian Academy of Sciences | 2019-2023 | project partner
- Soil carbonyl sulfide consumption, production and exchange with the atmosphere
funded by FWF | 2019-2023 | principal investigator - COS emission by vascular plants under biotic and abiotic stress
TWF | 2019-2021 | principal investigator (Felix Spielmann) - Constraining terrestrial gross primary productivity by joint measurements of the carbonyl sulfide exchange and sun-induced fluorescence
funded by FWF | 2019-2021 | principal investigator - ALCH4: Methane emissions from lakes in the Alpine region
funded by Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol | 2017-2020 | principal investigator - CYCLAMEN: Cycling of carbon and water in mountain ecosystems under changing climate and land use
funded by Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol | 2017-2020 | project partner - Carbonyl sulfide and sun-induced fluorescence as joint constraints on terrestrial carbon cycling
EU-Marie Curie Actions Individual Fellowship| 2018-2019 | principal investigator - Constraining gross primary productivity by concurrent ecosystem-scale measurements of sun-induced fluorescence and the uptake of carbonyl sulfide
funded by University of Innsbruck | 2017-2018 | principal investigator (Albin Hammerle) - EXCARB: Influence of climate extremes on carbon dynamics across the boundaries of aquatic ecosystems
funded by Austrian Academy of Sciences | 2015-2017 | project partner - Carbonyl sulfide exchange between terrestrial ecosystems ecosystems and the atmosphere
funded by FWF | 2015-2018 | principal investigator - Land-atmosphere carbon monoxide exchange
funded by FWF | 2014-2018 | principal investigator (Albin Hammerle) - On the role of advection for the net carbon dioxide exchange of short-statured ecosystems in complex terrain
funded by FWF | 2014-2017 | principal investigator - Carbonyl sulfide exchange between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere: the role of soils
TWF | 2015-2016 | principal investigator (Florian Kitz) - HiResAlp: An innovative framework for the integration of multisource data to determine soil moisture and evapotranspiration at high resolution in Alpine regions
funded by Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol | 2013-2015 | project partner - Fluxes of biogenic oxygenated volatile organic compounds between mountain grassland ecosystems and the atmosphere
funded by FWF | 2011-2014 | principal investigator - Development of a method/measurement system for imaging acquisition of reflectance data in the near-infraed wave band
funded by FFG | 2013-2014 | principal investigator | collaboration with GRID-IT - HydroAlp: Modelling the interaction between the water cycle, vegetation and climate in Alpine environments
funded by Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol | 2011-2014 | project partner | project page (external link) - Fluxes of biogenic oxygenated volatile organic compounds between mountain grassland ecosystems and the atmosphere
funded by TWF | 2011-2013 | principal investigator - GHG-Europe
project page (external link) | EU FP 7 | 2010-2013 | project partner - Tee für Puk: Talente erreichen & entwickeln am Forschungsbeispiel Pflanzen und Klima
project page (external link) | funded by FFG | 2012-2013 | 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 - StartClim 2011: Auswirkungen von Bodentrockenheit auf die Transpiration österreichischer Baumarten
project page (external link) | final report (external link) | funded by Lebensministerium, BM.W_F and Österreichische Bundesforste | 2011-2012 | principal investigator - Development of a cavity ring-down sensor for real-time measurement of atmospheric mercury concentrations and fluxes
project page (external link) | funded by NSF | 2009-2012 | project partner - Measuring and modelling fluxes of volatile organic compounds (VOC) between mountain grassland ecosystems and the atmosphere
project page (external link) | funded by FWF | 2007-2010 | principal investigator - Measuring and modelling fluxes of volatile organic compounds (VOC) between mountain grassland ecosystems and the atmosphere
funded by 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
project page (external link) | funded by 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
project page (external link) | 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
project page (external link) | funded by FWF | 2000-2003 | project partner
