Alpine regions are subject to dangerous rapid mass movements like debris flows, avalanches and rock falls. Applying intelligent algorithms to seismograms of such events we propose to increase warning and monitoring capabilities.
We have integrated the seismic detection algorithm
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, WSL Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf
I have also done extensive work on the geography and
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, WSL Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf
anticipated springs, severe drought, and insect outbreaks have
The main objective of SnowInflow is to reduce errors in inflow forecasts for hydropower producers during the critical snowmelt period. SLF will contribute with improved physics-based snow models and associated data assimilation schemes.
Also, physics-based snow models have become useful
Using stable isotopes, we want to investigate how a changing light quality could affect plant functioning and what mechanisms underlie these responses, especially when light interacts with other environmental factors.
Stable isotopes have been widely used in ecophysiological
Gruppenleiter, WSL Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf
Many long-term interdisciplinary projects have been
This project sets out to revise both the basis upon which global glacier changes estimates are computed, and the way these estimates can be interpreted. This will be done by harnessing recent advances in obtaining globally-complete glaciological data, and by including some hitherto unaccounted processes into global glacier projections.
regional-scale differences, and on scenarios that have
Spatial modelling of drought effects on Swiss forests
Changes in forest health have direct implications for
The aim of this project is to better understand the dynamics and triggering mechanisms of mass movements in a changing climate.
), and ice avalanches, in steep mountain torrents have
Senior Scientist, WSL Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf
.; only localized intra-ring measurements that have
