This project will combine field monitoring of debris flow sites, laboratory and field experiments, two-phase granular flow mechanics and numerical simulations to assess how debris flow mitigation must evolve in future.
In this project a numerical model to simulate fully and partially saturated flows
This project focuses on mapping tree cover through historical images to reveal decades of environmental change. The proposed B&WTreeNet is capable of cross-temporal semantic segmentation to address inconsistent tree cover features.
The model is capable of cross-temporal semantic segmentation, including various data
The rock slope instability „Spitze Stei“ constitutes a risk for the touristic infrastructure around lake Öschinensee and the village Kandersteg. Our project task will investigate the mechanisms which led to the slope destabilisation and analyse scenarios for slope failures.
We want to apply a thermo-mechanical model, which is fed with the rock-mechanical
The environmental, social and economic impacts of feeding the Swiss population are immense, and largely fall outside of Swiss borders. New, harmonized and transdisciplinary methods are needed to track these multidimensional impacts to support new dialogues between science, society and policy in orde
In parallel, we will (iv) develop a model of the entire Swiss agri-food system to
Phenology might not be only controlled by temperature, photoperiod and water availability but also by tree intrinsic factors related to sink-source relationships.
on senescence progression, and embed the detected mechanisms into a phenology model
Software Engineer, SLF Davos, WSL-Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLF, Flüelastrasse 11, 7260 Davos Dorf
These models include the multi-layer, energy balance snow model SNOWPACK, the Alpine
As the climate continues to change, Switzerland edges closer to a future in which extreme drought in the Alps is increasingly likely – and could push water and ecological systems to their limits. The EMERGE project studies past extreme droughts in mountain regions to help us better understand, and prepare for, potential impacts in the future.
Droughts in Mountain Regions The project employs an advanced ecohydrological model
Gruppenleiter, WSL Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf
Pfynwald Researcher-ID E-4874-2012 ORCID 000-0002-0158-8892 Infrastructure ¶ WSL Model
Gastwissenschafter, SLF Davos, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Flüelastrasse 11, 7260 Davos Dorf
These snow projections will use the Klima CH2025 bias-adjusted GCM-RCM model runs
Rheinblick2027 investigates the effects of climate change on the Rhine River discharge based on the latest state-of-the-art.
We will further investigate hydrological model comparisons, including previous streamflow
