Dr. Jörg Szarzynski 

 
 
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szarzynski@web.de

Area of Specialization
Bioclimatology, Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions, Tropical Ecology
Department ZEFc - Ecology and Resource Management (Prof. P. Vlek)
Current Research Topics

Coordinator of BIOTA-Subproject W02:Biophysical and hydrometeorological parameters within the framework of Terrestrial Biodiversity Research (BMBF-funded project, January 2001-December 2003)

Homepage of the BIOTA Project

Homepage of the BIOTA-Subproject: W02 respectively http://www.bioklimatologie.de

Further Research Topics Terrestrial energy- & water budget, agroclimatology, land surface parameterization, forest canopy research, thermography
Contacts / Partners / Funding Institutions
  • Institut Géographie Tropical, Université de Cocody, Abidjan, C.I.

  • Institute for Bioclimatology, Göttingen· DLR, Cologne

  • Institute for Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Würzburg

  • Global Canopy Programme (GCP)· International Canopy Network (ICAN)
Publications

Szarzynski, J. & Anhuf, D. (2001): Micrometeorological conditions and canopy energy exchanges of a neotropical rain forest (Surumoni-Crane-Project, Venezuela). Plant Ecology, Vol. 153 (1, 2): 231-239.

Panfyorov, O., Knjazikhin, Y., Myneni, R.B., Szarzynski, J., Engwald, S., Schnitzler, K.G. & Gravenhorst, G. (2001): The role of canopy structure in the spectral variation of transmission and absorption of solar radiation in vegetation canopies. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39 (2): 241-253.

Szarzynski, J. (2000): Xeric Islands. Environmental conditions on inselbergs. In: Porembski, S. & Barthlott, W. (Eds.): Inselbergs: Biotic diversity of isolated rock outcrops in tropical and temperate regions. Ecological Studies, 146, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin, New York: 37-48.

Engwald, S., Szarzynski, J. & Panfyorov, O. (1999): Biodiversity of epiphytes, forest structure and light regime of an equatorial rain forest in Gabon, Central Africa. In: Hallé, F. (Ed.): Biologie d'une canopée de fôret équatorial-IV. Paris : 74-83.

Porembski, S., Mund, J.-P., Szarzynski, J., Barthlott, W. (1996): Ecological conditions and floristic diversity of an inselberg in the Savanna Zone of the Ivory Coast - Mt. Niangbo. In: Guillaumet, J.-L., Belin, M. & Puig, H. (Ed.): Phytogéographie tropicale - Réalités et perspectives. ORSTOM éditions, Paris: 251-262.

Porembski, S., Szarzynski, J., Mund, J.-P., Barthlott, W. (1996): Biodiversity and vegetation of small-sized inselbergs in a West African rain forest (Taï, Ivory Coast). Journal of Biogeography, 23: 47-55.

 
   
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