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Alexander Damm

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Prof. Dr. Alexander Damm

Remote Sensing of Water Systems

Department Surface Waters Research & Management

About Me

Assistant Professor for Remote Sensing of Water Systems at the University of Zurich and Eawag.

Research interest

My research aims to provide important information to advance understanding of water systems and to contribute tackling the key societal challenges of water scarcity.

In my group, we combine principles of remote sensing, ecohydrology, and limnology and use novel Earth observation approaches in combination with models to assess processes in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Our research activities include the development of novel of remote sensing approaches to assess water transport in the soli-vegetation-atmosphere system to eventually understand the role of vegetation in the water cycle. Further, fluorescence spectroscopy techniques for the assessment of algal fluorescence and activity are developed to complement current Earth observation approaches for aquatic research.

Curriculum Vitae

2017 - today Assistant Professor Tenure Track of Remote Sensing of Water Systems, University of Zurich and Eawag
2016 - today Member of the Mission Advisory Group of European Space Agencies Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) mission
2012-2017 Senior Teaching and Research Assistant and Group Leader, Remote Sensing Laboratories, University of Zurich.
2008-2012 Postdoctoral Researcher, Remote Sensing Laboratories, University of Zurich.
2004-2008 PhD student, Geomatics Lab, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany.

Publications

Braun, D.; Damm, A.; Hein, L.; Petchey, O. L.; Schaepman, M. E. (2018) Spatio-temporal trends and trade-offs in ecosystem services: an Earth observation based assessment for Switzerland between 2004 and 2014, Ecological Indicators, 89, 828-839, doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.016, Institutional Repository
Colombo, R.; Celesti, M.; Bianchi, R.; Campbell, P. K. E.; Cogliati, S.; Cook, B. D.; Corp, L. A.; Damm, A.; Domec, J.-C.; Guanter, L.; Julitta, T.; Middleton, E. M.; Noormets, A.; Panigada, C.; Pinto, F.; Rascher, U.; Rossini, M.; Schickling, A. (2018) Variability of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence according to stand age-related processes in a managed loblolly pine forest, Global Change Biology, 24(7), 2980-2996, doi:10.1111/gcb.14097, Institutional Repository
Damm, A.; Paul-Limoges, E.; Haghighi, E.; Simmer, C.; Morsdorf, F.; Schneider, F. D.; van der Tol, C.; Migliavacca, M.; Rascher, U. (2018) Remote sensing of plant-water relations: an overview and future perspectives, Journal of Plant Physiology, 227, 3-19, doi:10.1016/j.jplph.2018.04.012, Institutional Repository
Damm, A.; Roethlin, S.; Fritsche, L. (2018) Towards advanced retrievals of plant transpiration using sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence: first considerations, In: Observing, understandig and forecasting the dynamics of our planet, 5983-5986, doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8518974, Institutional Repository
Fawcett, D.; Verhoef, W.; Schläpfer, D.; Schneider, F. D.; Schaepman, M. E.; Damm, A. (2018) Advancing retrievals of surface reflectance and vegetation indices over forest ecosystems by combining imaging spectroscopy, digital object models, and 3D canopy modelling, Remote Sensing of Environment, 204, 583-595, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2017.09.040, Institutional Repository
Kneubühler, M.; Damm-Reiser, A. (2018) Recent progress and developments in imaging spectroscopy, Remote Sensing, 10(9), 1497 (4 pp.), doi:10.3390/rs10091497, Institutional Repository
Liu, X.; Guanter, L.; Liu, L.; Damm, A.; Malenovský, Z.; Rascher, U.; Peng, D.; Du, S.; Gastellu-Etchegorry, J.-P. (2019) Downscaling of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence from canopy level to photosystem level using a random forest model, Remote Sensing of Environment, 231, 110772 (18 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.05.035, Institutional Repository
Paul-Limoges, E.; Damm, A.; Hueni, A.; Liebisch, F.; Eugster, W.; Schaepman, M. E.; Buchmann, N. (2018) Effect of environmental conditions on sun-induced fluorescence in a mixed forest and a cropland, Remote Sensing of Environment, 219, 310-323, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.10.018, Institutional Repository
Yang, P.; van der Tol, C.; Verhoef, W.; Damm, A.; Schickling, A.; Kraska, T.; Muller, O.; Rascher, U. (2019) Using reflectance to explain vegetation biochemical and structural effects on sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, Remote Sensing of Environment, 231, 110996 (11 pp.), doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.11.039, Institutional Repository

Address

E-Mail: alexander.damm@eawag.ch
Phone: +41 58 765 6755
Fax: +41 58 765 5802
Address: Eawag
Überlandstrasse 133
8600 Dübendorf
Office: BU D19

Research Focus

  • Earth observation & fluorescence spectroscopy
  • Water in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
  • Water cycle research
  • Remote sensing of algal fluorescence