Currently my work aims at quantifying the protection that forests provide against rockfall, snow avalanches and shallow landslides. For this I alwys combine field campaigns and a large variety of simulation models that take the effect of forests explicitly into account (e.g., the model Rockyfor; see animation, 600 kB) and real-size rockfall experiments on forested slopes (click on image to the right).

My expertise covers:

• rockfall simulation modelling (1D, 2D and 3D, local and regional scale, DEM and TIN based, with and without forest) and spatial data analysis (e.g., extracting forest stand characteristics from laser scanning).
• optimal protection forest stand characteristics (e.g., RockFor^.NET)
• tree resistance against dynamic impacts

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