Research interests

Atmospherical deposition, ion storage and transport in snow and other porous media, hydrological modelling, nutrient cycling in ecosystems.

Publications

Memberships

  • Member of the Society for Hydrology and Limnology of sc|nat
  • Member of the Expert Panel for Deposition of ICP Forests

Education

1995: Degree in Environmental Sciences. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

2002: Ph.D on Water and Solute Transport in Seasonal Snow.

Further Publications

Waldner, P., S. Braun und B. Rihm. 2019. Schlussbericht des Projekts 'Nitrate leaching risk mapping' (NitLeach II), Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL, Institut für Angewandte Pflanzenbiologie, Meteotest Birmensdorf, Witterswil, Bern, 46 p. [pdf, 1460 kB]
Seidling, W. & Fischer, R., 2008: Deviances from expected Ellenberg indicator values for nitrogen are related to N throughfall deposition in forests. Ecological Indicators, 8 (5): 639-646. [pdf, 549 kB]
Graf Pannatier, E., Dobbertin, M., Schaub, M., Schmitt, M., Thimonier, A. & Waldner, P., 2006: Effects of the drought 2003 on forest in Swiss level II plots. In: J. Eichhorn (ed.), Forests in a Changing Environment. Results of 20 years ICP Forests Monitoring, Göttingen, Germany, October 25-28, 2006. International Co-operative Programme on the Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests). Northwest German Forest Research Station, Göttingen. p. 56-57. [presentation >> pdf, 805 kB]
Waldner, P., Graf Pannatier, E., Thimonier, A., Schmitt, M. & Walthert, L., 2006: Nitrogen cycle of selected Swiss level II plots. In: J. Eichhorn (ed.), Forests in a Changing Environment. Results of 20 years ICP Forests Monitoring, Göttingen, Germany, October 25-28, 2006. International Co-operative Programme on the Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests). Northwest German Forest Research Station, Göttingen. p. 73-74. [ presentation >> pdf, 766 kB]
Graf Pannatier E., Schmitt M., Thimonier A., Waldner P., Walthert L., Blaser P., 2006: Monitoring de la composition chimique de l'eau dans les sols forestiers : un outil pour &eacu;valuer leur acidification. Bulletin of the Swiss Soil Science Society (BGS). [article, pdf, 562 kB]
Peter Waldner, Elisabeth Pannatier, Maria Schmitt, Anne Thimonier, Beat Rhim, 2005. Acidic deposition, critical loads and the BC/Al ratio in soil solution on Swiss forest research plots. In: Iva Hunova, Jana Ostatnicka, Zdena Dostolova, Tomas Navratil (Eds.). Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Acid Rain 12.-17. June, 2005 in Prague. Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Prague, p. 501. [poster abstract, pdf, 249 kB]
Silvia Arisci, Michela Rogora, Rosario Mosello, Raffaella Balestrini, Peter Waldner, Maria Schmitt, Anne Thimonier, Erwin Ulrich, Anne Probst, 2005. Nitrogen deposition on the Western Alps: long-term trends and present status in relation to critical loads. In: Iva Hunova, Jana Ostatnicka, Zdena Dostolova, Tomas Navratil (Eds.). Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Acid Rain 12.-17. June, 2005 in Prague. Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Prague, p. 637. [poster abstract, pdf, 261 kB]
Schaub, M. & Waldner, P., 2002: A semiquantitative concept for ozone risk assessment. In: UN/ECE Workshop, Establishing Ozone Critical Levels II, Göteburg, Sweden, WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf. [presentation, pdf, 195 kB]
Waldner, P., Thimonier, A. & Schmitt, M., 2003: Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Swiss Forests: Comparing measurement and modelling. In: IUFRO Conference on Applied Forest Ecological Experiments, Davos, August 5-7, 2003. [poster].
Waldner, P. A., 2002: Water and Solute Release from a Subalpine Snow Cover. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Department of Environmental Sciences, Diss. Nr. 14684, 145 p. [Table of Content, pdf, 17 kB | Entire document, pdf, 5 MB | Zusammenfassung für Medien und Öffentlichkeit]
Waldner, P., Huebner, C., Schneebeli, M., Brandelik, A. & Rau, F., 2001: Continuous measurement of liquid water content and density in snow using TDR. In: C. H. Dowding (ed.), Second International Symposium and Workshop on Time Domain Reflectometry for Innovative Geotechnical Applications, Evanston, Illinois, USA, Sept. 5-7, 2001. Infrastructure Technology Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA. p. 446-456. ISBN 0-9712631-0-8 [Article, pdf , 1'015 kB | Proceedings Band, pdf, 32 MB]
Waldner, P. & Schleppi, P., 2003: Variability of torrent runoff chemistry and accuracy of different sampling strategies. In: International Workshop on Mountain Hydrology, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, April 2-4, 2003. [presentation].
Waldner, P., Pezzotta, D. & Fritschi, B., 2003: Chemistry of the torrents in the Alptal. In: International Workshop on Mountain Hydrology, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, April 2-4, 2003. [excursion stop].
Waldner, P., Stähli, M., Lehning, M., Schneebeli, M., Schwikowski, M. & Flühler, H., 2003: Modelling ion transport in a layered subalpine snow cover with the model SNOWPACK. In: International Symposium on Snow and Avalanches of the International Glaciological Society (IGS), Davos, June 2-6, 2003. [presentation >>].
Waldner, P., Stähli, M., Schneebeli, M., Schwikowski, M. & Flühler, H., 2003: Nitrate release from a melting snowpack in Alptal. In: International Workshop on Mountain Hydrology, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, April 2-4, 2003. [poster].
Waldner, P. A., Schneebeli, M., Schwikowski, M., Stähli, M. & Flühler, H., 2002: Nitrate release from a melting snowpack in Alptal. In: F. A. Podosek (ed.), Abstracts of the 12th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, August 18-23, 2002. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 66 (15A, Suppl. 1), p. A817. [>> conference, Website) | >> Abstract, PDF, 700 kB].
Waldner, P. & Schleppi, P., 2003: Variability of torrent runoff chemistry and accuracy of different sampling strategies. In: International Workshop on Mountain Hydrology, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, April 2-4, 2003. [presentation].
Waldner, P. A. & Burch, H., 1996: Chemistry of snow melt runoff. In: International Symposium to celebrate 60 Years of Snow and Avalanche Research at Davos, Davos, Switzerland, Eidg. Institut für Schnee und Lawinenforschung. [presentation].

Studental Publications

Waldner, P. A., 1995: Tiefenwassererneuerung und Heliumeintrag aus dem geologischen Untergrund im Lac Pavin und im Lac Leman. Diplomarbeit an der Eidg. Anstalt für Wasserversorgung, Abwasserreinigung und Gewässererschutz (EAWAG), Referent: Prof. Dr. D. Imboden, Dübendorf.
Wahrenberger, C. & Waldner, P. A., 1994: Dimensionierung einer Kollektoranlage. Semesterarbeit in Umwelttechnik, Block Energiesysteme, Betreuer Prof. Dr. P. Suter, Zürich.
Waldner, P. A., 1994: Informationskampagne "Luft und Feuerung": Vergleich einer Informationskampagne, mit einem Umweltproblem als Thema, mit Leitsätzen für die Kommunikationsplanung. Semesterarbeit in Umweltsozialwissenschaften, Block Umwelterziehung und Medienwesen, Betreuer: Dr. H. Bonfadelli.

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