Past and ongoing projects at Davos Station

Projects sorted by the topics Ecosystem, Atmosphere, Vegetation and Soil. Newest projects on top. 

TopicProject nameDescriptionMain variablesBegin date End dateContact personAffiliation Contact
EcosystemLWFLong-term Forest Ecosystem Research Meteorological data, Soil moisture, Ozone, Foliar concentrations, Atmospheric deposition2007 or later Arthur GesslerWSLarthur.gessler@wsl.ch
EcosystemSwiss FluxNetEcosystem-scale CO2 and H2O vapour (at some sites also CH4 and N2O) eddy-covariance flux measurement sites in Switzerland.CO2, H2O, N2O, CH42004 Nina BuchmannETHZnina.buchmann@usys.ethz.ch
EcosystemICOS-CHSwiss contribution to the Integrated Carbon Observation System Research Infrastructure CO2, H2O20132029Nina Buchmann (National Focal Point)ETHZnina.buchmann@usys.ethz.ch
EcosystemSTOIKOSElemental ecology: towards an element-based functional ecologyCommunity-weighted elementomes 20232028Roger GrauCREAFr.grau@creaf.uab.cat
EcosystemTRISHNA T-SECUnderstanding and characterisation of energy balance in forests using TIR remote sensingEnergy balance20212027Alexander DammUniversity of Zurichalexander.damm@geo.uzh.ch
Ecosystem Assessing Canopy Complexity Models at Differing Spatial Resolutions in Contrasting European ForestsUAV /LIDAR20252025Andreas Skovby OrbaekUniversity of Denmarkanw@ign.ku.dk
Ecosystem Integrating tree and ecosystem measurements to advance our understanding on European forest responses to global change driversTree cores20232025Rossella GuerrieriUniversity of Bolognarossellaguerrieri@gmail.com
EcosystemFluo4EcoCombining Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Mechanistic Modelling for Advanced Assessment of Ecosystem PhotosynthesisCanopy fluorescence20212025Alexander DammUniversity of Zurichalexander.damm@geo.uzh.ch
EcosystemCOCOCOS and below-canopy CO2 fluxes of two Swiss forests: understanding land-atmosphere ecosystem exchangeCO2, COS, H2O20212024Nina BuchmannETHZnina.buchmann@usys.ethz.ch
EcosystemeLTERThe Long-Term Ecological Research in Europe 20202024Marcus SchaubWSLmarcus.schaub@wsl.ch
EcosystemDaylight and climateDoes too much daylight in spring inhibit forests' CO2 uptake capacity?Leaf and canopy scale measurements20222023Yunpeng LuoWSLyunpeng.luo@wsl.ch
EcosystemEcoDriveUnravel the changing contributions of abiotic vs. biotic drivers of ecosystem gas exchange under weather extremesCO2, H2O20212023Nina BuchmannUZH, ETHZnina.buchmann@usys.ethz.ch
Ecosystem UAV-LiDAR and ML, for AGB regression and forest structureObtain individual tree attributes from point cloud data scene and see how they compare with field measurements20212023Jaime Caballer RevengaKU Denmarkjar@ign.ku.dk
EcosystemFEVERForest Vulnerability to Extreme and Repeated Climatic StressCO2, H2O20202023Mana GharunETHZmana.gharun@usys.ethz.ch
Ecosystem Measurement of vegetation water content with GPS signalsGlobal Navigation Systems (GNSS) interferometry20212021Vincent HumphreyUniversity of Zurichvincent.humphrey@geo.uzh.ch
EcosystemRINGOReadiness of ICOS for necessities of integrated global observationsN2O, CH420172020Nina BuchmannETHZnina.buchmann@usys.ethz.ch
EcosystemSino-Swiss Science and Technology Cooperation (SSSTC)Linkage between deposition and air-surface exchange of mercury in forest ecosystems: a comparative study between Switzerland and ChinaHg20172020Christine Alewell; Feng XinbinUni Basel;  Chinese Academy of Scienceschristine.alewell@unibas.ch
EcosystemiTREELong-term variability of tree growth in a changing environment – identifying physiological mechanisms using stable C and O isotopes in tree ringstree growth, stable isotopes20122016Nina BuchmannETHZnina.buchmann@usys.ethz.ch
EcosystemProDocForest ecosystem responses to climatic driversCO2, H2O20112014Nina BuchmannETHZnina.buchmann@usys.ethz.ch
EcosystemDendroNEPLinking dendrochronological information with net ecosystem productivity of forest ecosystemsCO2, tree growth20112013Werner EugsterETHZwerner.eugster@usys.ethz.ch
EcosystemGHG EuropeSynthesis of the European Greenhouse Gas BudgetCO2, CH4, N2O20102013Nina BuchmannETHZnina.buchmann@usys.ethz.ch
EcosystemCarboExtremeThe terrestrial Carbon cycle under Climate Variability and Extremes – a Pan-​European synthesisCO220092013Nina BuchmannETHZnina.buchmann@usys.ethz.ch
EcosystemFoRespCO2 budget and respiration components in two contrasting forest ecosystems in the Alps: Are there similarities with boreal forests?CO220072010Werner EugsterETHZwerner.eugster@usys.ethz.ch
EcosystemCarboEurope IPAssessment of the European Terrestrial Carbon BalanceCO220042008Nina Buchmann, Werner EugsterETHZnina.buchmann@usys.ethz.ch werner.eugster@usys.ethz.ch
AtmosphereNABELNational Air Pollution Monitoring NetworkAir Pollution1990 Christoph HüglinEmpachristoph.hueglin@empa.ch
AtmosphereMercury monitoringPilot study to establish a Hg0 measurement network across SwitzerlandAir Hg0 concentration20222022Stefan OsterwalderETHZstefan.osterwalder@usys.ethz.ch
VegetationTreeNetThe biological drought and growth indicator networkStem radius changes2011 Roman Zweifel WSLroman.zweifel@wsl.ch 
VegetationSanaSilvaForest health inventoryCrown condition1985 Arthur GesslerWSLarthur.gessler@wsl.ch
VegetationNFISwiss National Forest Inventory NFIState and changes of Swiss forest1983 Christoph FischerWSLchristoph.fischer@wsl.ch
VegetationSwissPhenocamCountry-scale automated phenology tracking from imageryWebcam images (Roundshot cameras)20232027Jelle LeverWSLjelle.lever@wsl.ch
VegetationTree Pulse NetworkNetwork of high-precision band dendrometersStem radius changes20242025Emile TouberOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)emile.touber@oist.jp
Vegetation Cold and heat tolerance of conifers across a climatic gradient in SwitzerlandTwig sampling20232023Alice GautheyEPFLalice.gauthey@epfl.ch
VegetationSwissFungiDistribution, red list status and ecology of all fungi known for SwitzerlandFungi spores20222023Markus SchlegelWSLmarkus.schlegel@wsl.ch
VegetationLWF Regeneration SamplingLong-term Forest Regeneration Monitoring in LWF SitesSeed production and seedling dynamics20212022Janneke Hille Ris LambersETHZjanneke.hillerislambers@usys.ethz.ch> 
VegetationMapClandUAV LiDAR scannningAbove-ground biomass, lidar close-range point cloud data (ecosystem geometry), multispectral close-range data (ecosystem spectroscopy)20212021Thomas Friborg Copenhagen University (KU) Dept. of Geoscience and Natural Resources Management (IGN)tfj@ign.ku.dk 
VegetationDeepTUsing deep neural network (DNN) algorithms in order to recognize tree species, growth patterns and tree water deficit-induced stem shrinkage characteristicsStem radius changes20202021Roman Zweifel WSLroman.zweifel@wsl.ch 
VegetationForest-CHEnvironmental Controls on Forest Growth in SwitzerlandForest growth20112016Nina BuchmannETHZnina.buchmann@usys.ethz.ch
SoilNational drought programLong-term national in situ soil moisture network in the scope of the national drought programVolumetric soil moisture, soil water potential, soil temperature and electrical conductivity2023 Simone Bircher-AdrotMeteoSwisssimone.bircher@meteoswiss.ch
SoilGRADCATCHUsing natural environmental gradients to decipher the adaptation of soil microbial communities to climate changesoil microbial community20212024Peter WaldnerWSLaline.frossard@wsl.ch
Soil Transition of sulfur nutrition from excessive supply to potential deficiency in spruce forests5 mineral soil samples (0-10cm) 20212023Dorit JulichTU Dresdendorit.julich@tu-dresden.de
SoilGive and Take: how much water does soil retain for trees?Investigate the role of soils in the water balance of Swiss forest ecosystems. Volumetric soil moisture, soil water potential20192023Katrin Di Bella MeusburgerWSLkatrin.meusburger@wsl.ch