Josef Eitzinger

Josef Eitzinger was born 1962 in Vöcklabruck/Austria, he studied agriculture at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, specialised in plant production. graduation (Dipl.-Ing.): 1989, PhD: 1987; 2003 habilitation for agrometeorology at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna; since 2003 professor for agrometeorology at the same university. From 1998-1999 he was Visiting Scientist at Natural Ressource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University on a project titled „Improvement and validation of an agroecological model for specified climatological regions“ supported by the Austrian Science Foundation.

Activities:
His research topics include bioclimatology, biometeorology and agrometeorology, crop modeling, climate variability and change; climate change impacts on crop growth and development; influence of climate variability and change on ecosystems; adaptation measures in agriculture under climate change; agroclimatology; remote sensing applications in agrometeorology. He is/was involved in and leading several national and international scientific projects related to agrometeorology and agroclimatology; publicated about 30 peer reviewed journal articles, 40 contributions to international conferences, and many other scientific publications. Supervision of 5 Masters, 9 PhD theses, 5 scientific fellows from other countries.
Functions:
Beside others, he is a member of the WMO RA VI Commission for Agrometeorology (CAgM) Expert Team on “Impact of Climate Change Variability on Medium- to Long-Range Predictions for Agriculture”; Founding member of International Society of Agrometeorology (INSAM).

Web pages (frequently updated information):

http://forschung.boku.ac.at/fis/suche.person_uebersicht?sprache_in=en&person_id_in=51
http://www.boku.ac.at/imp/agromet/indexe.htm

Key publications:

• Eitzinger, J., Parton, W.J., Hartman, M., 2000. Improvement and validation of a daily soil temperature submodel for freezing/thawing periods. Soil Science, Vol. 165, No.7, 525-534.
• Mihailovic, D.T., Lalic, B., Arsenic B., Eitzinger, J., Dusanic, N., 2002. Simulation of air temperature inside the canopy by the LAPS surface scheme. Ecological Modelling 147/3, 199-207.
• Alexandrov, V., Eitzinger, J., Cajic, V., Oberforster, M., 2002. Potential impact of climate change on selected agricultural crops in north-eastern Austria. Global Change Biology 8 (4), 372-389.
• Eitzinger, J., Štastná, M., Žalud, Z., Dubrovský, M., 2003. A simulation study of the effect of soil water balance and water stress on winter wheat production under different climate change scenarios. Agricultural Water Management, 61, 3, 163-234.
• Eitzinger, J., Trnka, M., Hösch, J., Žalud, Z., Dubrovský, M., 2004. Comparison of CERES, WOFOST and SWAP models in simulating soil water content during growing season under different soil conditions. Ecological Modelling 171 (3), 223-246.
• Alexandrov, V., Eitzinger, J., 2005. The Potential Effect of Climate Change and Elevated Air
• Carbon Dioxide on Agricultural Crop Production in Central and Southeastern Europe. Journal of Crop Improvement 13(1-2): 291-331.