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Austrian applicant: Assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Philipp Weihs
Date of Birth: 30th May 1964, Vienna, Austria
Education and Employment:
1970 - 1975
1975 - 1982
1982
1990
1996
1996
2001
Attended the french school in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Pupil of the french school in Vienna. Graduated from school with french
"Baccalaureat" and additional exams for Austrians.
Matriculated at University of Vienna, studied meteorology and geophysics.
Post-Graduated in Meteorology. Topic of master thesis: Influence of the
atmosphere on remote sensing signals.
Received PhD degree in Meteorology. Topic of PhD Thesis: Study of the
accuracy of UV irradiance calculations.
Was awarded ´English Proficiency´ certificate.
Was awarded habilitation in Meteorology and became associate professor.
Language skills: German, French and English.
Professional Experience:
Environmental section of Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna
1987
Collaboration with work contracts
Institute of Meteorology and Physics of "Universität für Bodenkultur "
1988 - 1990
Job as Student assistant
1990 - 1992
Job as Research assistant
1992 - 2001
Job as Professor assistant
2001 – now
Job as associate Professor
Department of Meteorology of University of Reading, England,
1994 - 1995
Research stay funded by bursaries of Austrian ministry of science, British
Council and European Commission.
Management of research projects
1996- 1999
Sub-coordinator in EU research project SUVDAMA (Spectral UV Data
Management).
1996- 1998
Leader of Research project ‘Determination of the radiative transfer in
greenhouses with special emphasis on the model input parameter for crop growth
models’ within the scope of the Austrian - Hungarian scientific and technical
collaboration of the ÖAD.
1998 - 2000
Sub-coordinator in EU research project CUVRA (Characteristics of the UV
radiation in the Alps).
2000 - now
Sub-coordinator in EU research project EDUCE (European Database for UV
Climatology and Evaluation ).
Participation in another 11 research projects (supported by Austrian, British and EU grant
agencies)
Organization of conferences and workshops
Organization of session ST 8.04 "Atmospheric Ozone - Solar Ultraviolet Radiation" of the XXV.
EGS General Assembly, Nizza, France (25.-29. April 2000).
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Organization of first workshop of EU-Project EDUCE (4.-6. October 2000) (22 participating
institutes).
Organization of session AS 15 "Solar UV" of the EGS – AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Nice,
France (06.-11. April 2003).
Other scientific functions
Member of Optical Society of America and of American Geophysical Union.
Reviews for the following journals: J. Appl. Meteorol., J. Geophys. Res., Theor. Appl. Climatol.,
Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., Atmos. Environ. and Wetter und Leben.
List of recent and most relevant publications of the applicant:
1. WEIHS, P., WEBB, A.R., HUTCHINSON, S.J., MIDDLETON, G.M., 2000:
Measurements of the diffuse UV sky irradiance during broken cloud conditions. J. Geophys.
Res., 105, 4937-4944.
2. WEIHS, P., SCHEIFINGER, H., RENGARAJAN, G., SIMIC, S., 2000: Effect of
topography on average surface albedo in the ultraviolet wavelength range. Appl. Optics, 39,
3592-3603.
3. FARKAS, I., WEIHS, P., BIRO, A., LAUBE, W., EITZINGER, J., WOJCICKI, A., 2001:
Modelling of radiative transfer of PAR in a tunnel type of greenhouse. Math. Comput.
Simulat. 56, 357-368.
4. WEIHS, P., LENOBLE, J., BLUMTHALER, M., MARTIN, T., SECKMEYER, G.,
PHILIPONA, R., DE LA CASINIERE, A., SERGENT, C., GROEBNER, J., ALBOLD, A.,
CABOT, T., MASSEROT, D., MUELLER, M., PICHLER, T., POUGATCH, E.,
RENGARAJAN, G., SCHMUCKI, D., SIMIC, S., 2001: Modeling the effect of an
inhomogeneous surface albedo on incident UV radiation in mountainous terrain:
determination of an effective surface albedo. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 3111-3115.
5. WEIHS, P., 2002: Influence of characteristics of ground reflectivity and topography on the
erythemal UV radiation on inclined planes. Int. J. Biometeorol. 46, 95-104.
6. SCHMALWIESER, A., SCHAUBERGER, G., WEIHS, P., STUBI, R., JANOUCH, M.,
COETZEE,G.J.R., SIMIC, S., 2003: Pre-processing of total ozone content as an input
parameter to UV forecast calculations., J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4176-4190.
7. WHITEMAN, C.D., POSPICHAL, B., EISENBACH, S., WEIHS, P., CLEMENTS, G.B.,
STEINACKER, R., MURSCH-RADLGRUBER, E., DORNINGER, M., 2004: Inversion
breakup in small scale Rocky Mountains and Alpine Basins, J. Appl. Meteorol.. (accepted)
8. STEINACKER, R., WHITEMANN, C.D., POSPICHAL, B., EISENBACH, S., HOLZER,
A.M., DORNINGER, M., WEIHS, P., MURSCH-RADLGRUBER, E., BAUMANN, K.,
2004: A sinkhole field experiment in the Eastern Alps, J. Appl. Meteorol.. (submitted)
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Czech applicant: Associated Professor, Zdeněk Žalud, M.Sc. Ph.D.
Date of Birth: 9. August 1965, Czech Republic
Education and Employment:
1983-1987: Mendel University of Agricultural and Forestry Brno, Faculty of Agronomy,
1986-1987: Special study of plant genetics, Masaryk University Brno,
1989-1991: research assistant at Mendel University of Agricultural and Forestry Brno,
1992-1995: Ph.D. at University for Soilculture (BOKU) Vienna, Austria,
1995- 2002: assistant professor at Mendel University of Agricultural and Forestry Brno,
2003 – today: Associated professor at Mendel University of Agricultural and Forestry Brno and
vice-dean of Agronomic faculty,
First language: Czech, other language skills: English, German, French, Russian,
Professional Experience: Ph.D. thesis (Dr.): (1995) University for Soilculture BOKU Vienna Validation of the growth crop models for the maize and its use under the conditions of the Czech
Republic (supervisor. Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Dirmhirn)
Habilitation Thesis: (2002) “Posibilities of crop model utilisation “
Stays abroad (longer than 3 months): 1991: BOKU Vienna, Austria, Department of Meteorology
and Physics, Vienna (Austria four months); 1992-1995: BOKU Vienna, Department of
Meteorology and Physics, Vienna (Austria), three years, Ph.D. study; 1997: University
Hannover, Germany, three months, scholarship of DAAD (German exchange organization)
Stays abroad (longer than 1 months): 1996 - Israel, Bet Dagan, course Weather - Crop modeling;
1996 – Austria, BOKU Vienna, fellowship ÖOSI (Institute for East and Southeast Europe);
1997 – the Netherlands, University of Wageningen, DTPE (Department of Theoretical Production
Ecology), 1999 – USA, GPRU (Great Plains Systems Research Unit) Fort Collins, Colorado, Short
time stays (less 1 months): Russia, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Switzerland, Australia
Membership in the scientific organizations: ESA – European Society for Agronomy, Czech
Meteorological Organization, Czech Bioclimatological Organization, Czech Academy of
Agricultural Sciences, Member of scientific councils of Institute of atmospheric physics.
Projects completed in the last 5 years: Project leader:
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“Crop models utilization for simulation of cultivation performances on cereals production“
supported by Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, project number 521/97/P089: (19982000)
“Integration of automatic measurement system for bioclimatology teaching“ supported by
FRVS (Development Fund of Ministry for Education), Czech Republic, project number
42/1999: (1999)
Member of scientific councils of two scientific institutions
Co-worker of other six ongoing scientific projects including 5th Frame program of EU and NATO
scientific project.
Professional Interest: bioclimatology, biometeorolgy and agrometeorology, crop modeling,
climate change impacts
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The applicant has published 22 scientific papers in reviewed journals and 58 contributions.
List of recent and most relevant publications of the applicant:
1. ŽALUD, Z., McMASTER, G.S., WILHELM, W:, Parameterization of SHOOTGRO 4.0 for
simulating winter wheat phenology and yield in the Czech Republic, European Journal of
Agronomy 2003, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp. 497-509
2. ŽALUD, Z, DUBROVSKÝ, M.: Modelling climate change impacts on maize growth and
development. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Theor Appl Climatol 72 (2002) 1-2,85102
3. DUBROVSKÝ, M., BUCHTELE, J., ŽALUD, Z. 2004: High-Frequency and LowFrequency Variability in Stochastic Daily Weather Generator and Its Effect on Agricultural
and Hydrologic Modelling, Climatic Change, Vol. 63, 145-179,
4. TRNKA, M., DUBROVSKÝ, M., ŽALUD, Z. 2004: Climate change impacts and adapation
strategies in spring barley production in the Czech Republic, Climatic Change Vol. 64, (due
05/2004)
5. ŠŤASTNÁ, M., ŽALUD, Z. Sensitivity analysis of soil hydrologic parameters for two crop
simulation models. Soil and Tillage Research 1999, 50: 305–318
6. DUBROVSKÝ, M., ŽALUD, Z., ŠŤASTNÁ, M. Sensitivity of CERES–Maize yields to
Statistical Structure of daily Weather Series. Climatic Change 2000, Volume 46, Issue 4:
447–472
7. EITZINGER J., STASTNA M., ZALUD Z., DUBROVSKY 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, 195-217.
8. ŽALUD, Z., ŠŤASTNÁ, M.: Sensitivity of the CERES- Maize yield simulation to the
selected weather data, Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae
Brunensis,, číslo 4, Ročník XLVIII:53-61, 2000
9. ŽALUD, Z, TRNKA, M., DUBROVSKÝ, M.: Stanovení změny produkčního potenciálu
jarního ječmene s využitím růstového modelu CERES-Barley, Rostlinná výroba, 46, 2000
(9):423-428
10. ŠÁROVÁ, J., KUDLÍKOVÁ I., ŽALUD, Z., VEVERKA, K.: Macrophomina phaseolina
(Tassi) Goid. moving North – temperature adaptation or change in climate? J. Pl. Dis.
Prot.110 (5), 2003, p. 444-448.
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Austrian co-partner 1: Associated Professor. Dipl. Ing. Dr. Josef Eitzinger
Date of birth : 12/31/62 in Vöcklabruck/Austria
Course of education :
1969-1973 :
Primary school in Redl-Zipf
1973-1977 :
Secondary school in Vöcklamarkt
1977-1982 :
High agricultural federal institute in St.Florian, Linz
Graduation in June 1982
01/01/83 – 08/31/83: Military service
1983-1989 :
Study in agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna.
1989-1992 :
Work on the PhD thesis at the University of Agricultural Sciences (BOKU) in
Vienna.
1992-1994 :
Project Assistant in Agrometeorology at the Institute of Meteorology and Physics
(BOKU).
1994 - 1998 : Univ. Asst. at the Institute of Meteorology and Physics (BOKU).
10/01/98 – 09/30/99 : Working as Visiting Scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory,
Colorado State University on a project supported by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF),
(Schroedinger scholarship).
10/01/99 :
continuing the work at the Institute of Meteorology and Physics (BOKU).
Teaching experience at the University of Agricultural Sciences (BOKU) :
 Lecturer for „Agrometeorology“, „Measurement techniques in Agrometeorology“ and „Crop
growth modeling“.
 Lectures in „Meteorology and Climatology“, in practical courses on „Meteorology and
Climatology“, in „Climatic problems in Developing Countries“ and "Energy and water
balance of cereals".
 Supervisor of 5 students working on postdoc project works and on 5 PhD students in
Agrometeorology since 1992.
 Supervisor of several guest students working in Agrometeorology
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The main publications related to the project:
1. MIHAILOVIC, D.T., LALIC, B., ARSENIC, I., EITZINGER, J., DUSANIC, N., 2001.
Simulation of air temperature inside the canopy by the LAPS surface scheme. Ecological
modelling., in print.
2. EITZINGER, J., ALEXANDROV, V., KLAGHOFER, E., OBERFORSTER, M. , 2001:
Die Auswirkungen einer Klimaaenderung auf den Wasserhaushalt von Kulturpflanzen bei
unterschiedlichem Bodenwasserspeichervermoegen. Deutsch - Oesterreichisch Schweizerische Meteorologen -Tagung, 18. - 21. September 2001, Wien, Oesterreich. In :
Oesterreichische Beitraege zu Meteorologie und Geophysik, 27, 399, (CD-ROM).
3. ALEXANDROV, V., EITZINGER, J., OBERFORSTER, M. , 2001: Climate change
impacts on agroecosystems in selected agricultural regions in Austria. In: European Society
for Agronomy (Ed.): Proc., 2nd Intern. Symposium - Modelling Cropping Systems, 95-96.
July 16-18 2001, Florence, Italy.
4. EITZINGER, J., PARTON, W.J., HARTMAN, M. , 2000: Improvement and validation of a
daily soil temperature submodel for freezing/thawing periods. Soil Science, 165, 7, 525-534.
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5. EITZINGER, J., ALEXANDROV, V., CAJIC, V., FORMAYER, H. , 2000: A Site Specific
Study on the Potential Range of Climatic Change Impact on Soil Water Balance and Crop
Production under Consideration of Various Models. 3rd European Conference on Applied
Climatology (ECAC 2000) "Tools for the environment and man of the year 2000" Pisa, Italy,
6 pp. (CD-ROM). ISBN 88-900502-0-9. Institute of Agrometeorology and Environmental
Analysis for Agriculture, Florence, Italy.
6. EITZINGER, J., ANANDACOOMARASWAMY, A., MATTHEWS, R.B. , 1999: A
comparison of three tea yield models under the environmental conditions at a location in the
Sri Lankan Highlands. Proceedings, 15th International Congress of Biometeorology &
International Conference on Urban Climatology, 11/08/99 – 11/12/99, Sydney.
7. VALKOV, N., J. EITZINGER AND V. ALEXANDROV, 1999. An organism growth model
optimised for soybean under arbitrary function of external conditions.- Ecological modelling
123, 65-72.
8. 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, Volume 171, Issue 3,
pp 223-246.
Austrian Co-partner 2: Wolfgang Laube, Ing.
Date of birth: 19/01/1952
Education:
1958 - 1966: Primary and Secondary school.
1966 - 1971: Mechanical Secondary School, subject mechanical engineering (Höhere
Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt Wien I)
Matura in June 1971.
1971 - 1972 : Military service
Positions held
1971 - 1983: employee in a steel building company as project engineer for cranes and lifting
devices.
1983 – current as mechanical engineer at the Institute für Meteorologie and Physik from the
Universität für Bodenkultur (BOKU).
The main publications related to the project:
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2.
WEIHS, P., RENGARAJAN, G., SIMIC, S., LAUBE, W., MIKIELEWICZ, W., 2000: Measurements
of the reflectivity in the UV and visible wavelength range in a mountainous region. Radiat. Prot.
Dosim., 91, 193-195.
FARKAS, I., WEIHS, P., BIRO, A., LAUBE, W., EITZINGER, J., WOJCICKI, A., 2001: Modelling
of radiative transfer of PAR in a tunnel type of greenhouse. Math. Comput. Simulat. 56, 357-368.
Czech copartner 1: Univ. Assistant Miroslav Trnka, M.Sc., MA., Ph.D.
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Born:
Education:
Ph.D. Thesis:
Languages:
Work experience:
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13th June, 1976 in Nové Město na Moravě
1993-1994
Cowanesque Valley High School, Pennsylvania, USA
1994-1999
Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry
in Brno, MSc. in agric. ecology – graduated with
distincion (rector award)
1996 – 2001
Masaryk University, Faculty of Law, M.A. in general
law and law science - graduated with distincion
1999–2002
Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry
in Brno, PhD. course in applied landscape ecology
MUAF in Brno (2002): “Impact of climatic change on the spring barley
production potential”
English (general state exam, 1994)
1999-2002:
2002-2003:
2004-present:
the Ph.D. student of the MUAF in Brno
researcher, Institute of Landscape Ecology, MUAF Brno
assistant professor at Mendel University of Agricultural
and Forestry Brno
Stays abroad:
1993-1994 USA, Cowanesque Valley High School, Westfield, PA; 1995 (2 months) USA,
Columbia – Department of Agriculuture, SC; 2000 (1 month) Israel, kurz “Weather Crop
Modelling”held by World Meteorological Organization; 2001 (1/2 month) The Netherlands,
Wageningen University, ALTERRA; 2001 and 2003 (2x3 months) Austria, Institute of
Meteorology and Physics, BOKU, Vienna.
The main publications related to the project:
1. TRNKA, M., DUBROVSKÝ, M., ŽALUD, Z. 2004: Climate change impacts and adapation
strategies in spring barley production in the Czech Republic, Climatic Change Vol. 64,
05/2004 (in press).
2. TRNKA, M., DUBROVSKÝ, M., SEMERÁDOVÁ, D., ŽALUD, Z. 2004: Projections of
uncertainties in climate change scenarios into expected winter wheat yields, Theoretical and
Applied Climatology , (accepted in press).
3. 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, Volume 171,
Issue 3, pp 223-246.
4. ŠŤASTNÁ, M., TRNKA, M., KŘEN, J., DUBROVSKÝ, M., ŽALUD, Z.: 2002,
Evaluation of the CERES models in the different production regions of the Czech Republic,
Rostlinná výroba, 48, 3: 125-132
Czech co-partner 2:
Pavel Kapler, M.Sc.
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Date of birth: 02. 10. 1979
Place of birth: Krnov, okres Bruntál
Education:
1995-1998 Grammar school in Bruntál; the final exam mean score: 1.00
1998-2003 MUAF Brno, agriculture ecology M.Sc. Thesis: „Methods for
calculations of global radiation“ supervised by Assoc.Prof. Zdeněk Žalud, Ph.D.,
2003-present– Ph.D. student at the Institute of Landscape Ecology
Languages: English and German (fluently), Italian and French (passively)
Projects:
 Development Fund of Ministry for Education no. 196/ 2002 „Validation of methods for
global radiation calculations“ (2002). (Project leader).
 I participated in one project of the National Agency for Agricultural Research (“Crop yield
forecasting tool in the Central Europe”) and one project of ÖSI: (“Application of a Yield
Forecasting Tool for Present and Expected Climate Conditions“)