Deutsch Intern
Professorship of Climatology

Concluded research projects

Multi-Scale Characterization of Polar Permafrost Landscapes by Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing and In-Situ Geophysical Measurements

Three-dimensional internal structure and characteristics of periglacial landforms as a key to enhance the understanding of process dynamics and sensitivity to climate change

  • funding
    Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; KN542/13-1)
  • duration
    04/2014 - 12/2020
  • project leader
    apl. Prof. Dr. Christof Kneisel  
  • project staff
    Adrian Emmert, M.Sc.

Carbon balance on the renaturation of moor forests exemplified by the National Park Hunsrück- Hochwald

  • funding
    Bundeanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BMBF; 28WA409604) (bis 12/2018)
    Fachagentur für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR; 22WA409604) (ab 01/2019)
  • duration
    05/2016 - 12/2018 (Teilprojekt 05/2016 - 04/2019)
  • project leader
    apl. Prof. Dr. Christof Kneisel  
  • project staff
    Julian Trappe, M.Sc.

Influence of permafrost on chemical weathering and erosion in high Alpine areas

  • funding
    Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF); Kooperationsprojekt SNF200021M-134479/1
  • duration
    06/2012 - 06/2015
  • project leader
    Prof. Dr. M. Egli (Universität Zürich)
  • project staff
    Barbara Zollinger, M.Sc.
  • project partner
    Universität Zürich
  • contact
    apl. Prof. Dr. Christof Kneisel

SPCC - Spatial assessment of permafrost characteristics and dynamics in alpine periglacial environments

PiLS - Permafrost in loose sediments