Rosi Siber

“GIS is an integrative computer system to analyze and visualize spatial data”.

Rosi Siber holds diploma degrees in biology/limnology (University of Constance /Germany) and a master in GIS (University of Salzburg/ Austria).

GIS Support:

Since 2002 I am working at EAWAG as a GIS specialist, located in the department of SIAM (Systems Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modelling). My main task is supporting all research groups at EAWAG in questions concerning GIS:

• Consulting in conceptual questions and finding solution of the spatial aspects in a research project.
• Support the research groups in application of GIS and in technical questions.
• Help in data collection.

Research Fields:

Involved in different projects in ecology, hydrology and environmental engineering, my special interests are the watershed and landscape analysis in alpine and European regions, where I investigated watershed properties (topological indices, soil and climate parameters) with GIS and statistical methods. I worked on the consequences of climatic change for water temperature and brown trout populations in Alpine rivers, mainly on GIS analysis. In the Book “Rivers of Europe” I have coordinated the GIS part, responsible for data collection, map generation and watershed analysis. At present my focus is on the estimation of pesticide input into surface water into Switzerland with GIS.

Publication:

Siber, R., Reichert P., Stamm, C. (2009): Modeling potential herbicide loss to surface waters on the Swiss Plateau. Journal Environ. Manage. 91, 290-302.

Tockner K, Uehlinger U, Robinson C T, Siber R, Tonolla D and Peter F D. (2009): European Rivers. In: Rivers of Europe: Tockner, Uehlinger, Robinson (Editors), pp. 1- 22 Oxford: Elsevier.

Siber, Rosi,  Stamm, C. . (2007): GIS-basierte Einschätzung der Pestizidbelastung der Oberflächengewässer der Schweiz. In: Strobl, J., Blaschke, T. & Griesebner, G (Hrsg.).: Angewandte Geoinformatik 2007, Beiträge zum 20. AGIT-Symposium Salzburg, Wichmann, Heidelberg, S. 736 -741.

Hari RE, Livingstone DM, Siber R, Burckhardt-Holm P, Güttinger H (2006) Consequences of climatic change for water temperature and brown trout populations in Alpine rivers and streams. Global Change Biology, 12, 10-26.

K.Abbaspour, P. Reichert, Rosi Siber, ^*Konrad Bogner, Johanna Mieleitner, Zobrist Juerg: Spatially-distributed Modelling of Hydrology and Water Quality in the pre-alpine/alpine Thur Watershed using SWAT.

C. Stamm, R. Siber, N. Chèvre, G. Popow, H. Singer: Monitoring von Pestizidbelastungen in Oberflächengewässern. In gwa 8/2006: 629-636.

Weber, B., Siber, R., Büdel, B. u. Rambold, G. (2002): Datenhaltung, Analyse und Darstellung der Biodiversität und Verbreitungsmuster biologischer Bodenkrusten anhand GIS. In: Strobl, J., Blaschke, T. & Griesebner, G.: Angewandte Geographische Informationsverarbeitung XIV. Beiträge zum AGIT-Symposium Salzburg 2002. Wichmann, Heidelberg 2002, S. 595-600.

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