Student4Student Summerschool

Mountain areas are covering approximately 25% of the terrestrial part of the Earth and are characterized by strong gradients in meteorological variables on small spatial scales. Additionally, ongoing global changes in mountain areas are more pronounced in comparison to lowlands. Therefore, mountains offer the unique areas for monitoring the effects of global change due to the rapid dynamics of the biosphere and atmosphere. On the other hand, mountain areas are associated with complex terrain effects which can be associated with aggravating requirements for reliable field measurements, resolution constraints for remotely sensed data and processes which are often poorly described or neglected by models. Typically, biosphere-atmosphere interactions include, but are not limited to, processes related to the carbon, water or energy cycle and their exchange mechanisms.

This session aims at bridging observations of ecosystems across various temporal and spatial scales and sharing results, problems and experiences. Contributions can have an empirical focus ranging from the leaf level (e.g. exchange of gases), tree level (e.g. sap flow and dendroecology) to the ecosystem level (e.g. eddy covariance techniques, UAVs, air- or satellite-based remote sensing) or involve the modelling of processes. I particularly invite students who investigate ecosystem processes at multiple scales. The session will bring together students working on different mountain areas, topics and methods and aims to create an environment where we discuss our ideas freely.

Presentations and Discussions