PEAK-Expert
Ulrich Strasser
Focus
Hydroclimatology and Modeling
Contact:
E-Mail:
ulrich.strasser@uibk.ac.at
Phone:
+43 512 507 54004
Web:
Research-Team "Human-Environment Systems"
Personal Website
Languages: German, English, French
Ulrich Strasser is a professor of Human-Environment Systems Research at the Department of Geography at the University of Innsbruck. His primary focus is studying the interactions between hydrological and socio-economic system components in mountain catchments. A particular area of interest is the physically based modeling of hydroclimatological processes, especially in relation to water resources, and the effects of climate change.
Focus-Cloud: Hydroclimatology, Snow Cover, Modeling, Mountains, Sustainable Snow Management, Water Balance, Human-Environmental Systems, Climate and Climate Change
About
Ulrich Strasser studied Geography, Geophysics and Geology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich from 1978 to 1994. In his dissertation, which he completed at LMU in 1998, he developed a snow model for the quantification of future climate change effects on the regional water balance in the river Weser basin.
After completing his studies, he initially worked as a software developer for a year. This was followed by positions as a research assistant at the Center d'Etudes de la Neige in Grenoble and at the Institute for Hydromechanics and Water Management at ETH Zurich. After his habilitation, again at the LMU Munich in 2008, he accepted a professorship for Geography in Graz. He has been a professor at the University of Innsbruck since October 2012 and heads the Human-Environment Systems Research working group.
Ulrich Strasser has been involved in projects investigating snow processes (e.g. AlpSnow) and hydrometeorological interactions in mountain regions (e.g. STELLA). The most recent project to start is the EUREGIO-funded Fram3S ich which snow forecasting system will be set up using subseasonal to seasonal weather model output, satellite data to be assimilated and the mountain snow model openAMUNDSEN, developed in his group. As co-founder of the Tyrolean start-up lumiosys, his research perspective in hydromodeling also contributed to the development of the operational software service 'Schneeprophet', which supports ski resorts in the sustainable snowmaking of slope areas through customized weather and snow management forecasts.