Pierluigi Calanca

Pierluigi Calanca is a senior scientist at Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon, formerly the Swiss Federal Research Station on Agroecology and Agriculture. He received his master degree and PhD from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH). A climatologist by education and training, his main fields of interest include global climate change, agroecosystem ecology, and soil water dynamics. Most of his current work is dedicated to the development and application of mechanistic ecosystems models to the assessment of climate change impacts on agroecosystems. He is involved in several national and international programmes, including of the National Centre of Competence in Research on Climate (NCCR Climate), NitroEurope IP (EC FP6 programme), and CarboEurope IP (EC FP6 programme). He serves as an expert on agricultural meteorology to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva, and to the Swiss Advisory Body on Climate Change. He is a member of the European Drought Centre (EDC). He has a participation in COST 627 (Carbon Storage in European Grasslands).

Contact:
Dr. Pierluigi Calanca
Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon, Research Station ART
Air Pollution and Climate Group
Reckenholzstr. 191
8046 Zurich, Switzerland

e-mail: pierluigi.calanca[at]art.admin.ch

Tel: +41-(0)44-377'75'12
Fax: +41-(0)44-377'72'01

www.art.admin.ch


Selected Publications

• Calanca, P.: Climate change and drought occurrence in the Alpine region: how severe are becoming the extremes? Global and Planetary Change, in press.
• Calanca, P., A. Roesch, K. Jasper and M. Wild: Global warming and the summertime evapotranspiration regime of the Alpine region. Clim. Change, DOI 10.1007/s10584-006-9103-9.
• Calanca, P., and Fuhrer, J., 2005: Swiss Agriculture in a Changing Climate: Grassland Production and Its Economic Value. In: Haurie, A., and Viguier, L. (Eds), The Coupling of Climate and Economic Dynamics: Essays on Integrated Assessment. Advances in Global Change Research 22, Springer, Dordrecht, 341-353.
• Calanca, P., 2004: Interannual variability of summer mean soil moisture conditions in Switzerland during the twentieth century: A look using a stochastic soil moisture model. Water Resources Research, VOL. 40, W12502, doi:10.1029/2004WR003254.