TreeNet goes AI
Reconstructing radial stem size changes of trees with machine learning by Mirko Luković (EMPA), Roman Zweifel (WSL), Guillaume Thiry (ETHZ), Ce Zhang (ETHZ) and Mark Schubert (EMPA) Publication in the Journal of the…
TreeNet in Swiss Radio SRF News
TreeNet Nowcasts in use Reena Thelly from Swiss Radio SRF interviewed Katrin Meusburger (hydrologist) and Roman Zweifel (ecophysiologist), both WSL, on their assessment of how Swiss forests coped with the…
‘WaldLab Forest Experimental Site’ is a new partner of TreeNet
The site The “Waldlabor” ecohydrological experimental site is located at Zürich Hönggerberg in close proximity to the ETH Hönggerberg Campus. The field site is embedded in the larger “Waldlabor” framework,…
TreeNet 10-year anniversary conference, 27-28 June 2022
The conference On June 27/28, 2022, the TreeNet 10-year anniversary conference was taking place in the Basel region in Switzerland. The conference focused on the assessment of tree growth with different experimental…
Register now – TreeNet anniversary conference
On June 27/28, 2022, the 10th anniversary event of TreeNet was taking place in the Basel region in Switzerland in form of a conference in Bad Bubendorf and an excursion…
Publication in Nature Communications
European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests. Drought and growth indicators in the year 2018 in comparison to the two years before The…
A few days determine the growth of temperate trees
Publication in Ecology Letters A few days determine the growth of temperate trees – In addition to high soil moisture and air humidity, the day length is particularly decisive. The length…
TreeNet Annual Meeting 2021
TreeNet Annual Meeting 2021 The TreeNet community met on 18 November 2021 in Ittigen/Bern for its annual meeting. This time, the host was the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN. The…
TreeNet is nowcasting
Near real-time predictions of tree growth and water deficit TreeNet now produces daily nowcasts of tree growth and water deficit in Switzerland. This is most likely the first comprehensive publication…