Institute for Earth Observation

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Glacier melt, storm damage and droughts have become emblematic of climate change. Mountain environments and societies are particularly vulnerable to these changes. At the Institute for Earth Observation we monitor the environmental dynamics of the Earth's surface in mountainous areas with the goal of understanding these changes and developing recommendations for risk management.

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Our researcher is measuring snow depth on the field in Schnalstal Valley (BZ), using a snow probe © Eurac Research - Peter James Zellner/Riccardo Barella

Our researchers are discussing the current snow cover situation in South Tyrol / Alps based on satellite pictures© Eurac Research - Ivo Corrà

Our researcher is taking ground measurements in Matschertal Valley (BZ) to validate the indices derived from the satellite data.© Eurac Research - Mattia Rossi

In the Proslide project, researchers exploit a variety of data sources, such as information derived from laserscanning (see this photograph from Passeiertal Valley), to predict the occurrence of shallow landslides.© Eurac Research - Stefan Steger

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Staff members

17 with a PhD degree

Ongoing projects

14 with international partners

Assignments (services and consultancies)

2 of them with international agencies

Journal publications

Presentations at scientific conferences

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Research Groups

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Climate and Disaster Risk

Advanced Computing for Earth Observation

Earth Observation for Environmental Monitoring

News & Events

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13.12.2022

Climate Change and extreme events in the Alpine area: how to be prepared

01 December 2022

Inizia Return: è il più grande progetto mai realizzato in Italia su rischi e cambiamenti climatici

Ciclo di lezioni sulla sostenibilità

16.11.2022

Cambiamento climatico, crisi climatica, catastrofe climatica?

21 June 2022

We are Social

The Institute of Earth Observation opens its own social channel on Twitter and Linkedin

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Projects

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Project

TRANSALP

Transboundary Storm Risk and Impact Assessment in Alpine regions

Duration: December 2020 - December 2022Funding: Other EU Funding (EU funding / ...

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ETC-CA

European Topic Centre on Climate change Adaptation and LULUCF

Duration: December 2021 - December 2026Funding: Public institutions (Other projects ...

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Snow CCI+ Phase 2

CCI+ Phase 2 - New ECVs / Snow (ESA Climate Change Initiative on the essential climate variable ...

Duration: January 2022 - January 2025Funding: ESA (International organisations ...

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NEXOGENESIS

Facilitating the next generation of effective and intelligent water-related policies utilising ...

Duration: August 2021 - August 2025

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R4openEO

R4openEO - Integrating R Analytics with openEO Platforms

Duration: September 2021 - September 2022Funding: Other EU Funding (EU funding / ...

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RegioneMarche

Definition of the Climate Adaptation Plan for Marche region

Duration: September 2021 - June 2023Funding: Private organisations (Other ...

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CRIOSAR

Multi-frequency SAR applications to the cryosphere

Duration: July 2021 - July 2023Funding: ASI (National funding /Project)

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Institute's Projects

MAGAZINE Science Stories that Inspire

interview

“Data sustainability is the new frontier of research”

Conversations between disciplines: interview with physicist Claudia Notarnicola and emergency physician Giacomo Strapazzon.

article

What is an extreme event?

Since 1981, a research project has analysed the extreme events that have affected certain Alpine regions. The results of which have enabled new models to manage them better.