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Josef Eitzinger

Josef Eitzinger

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
6707
World Ranking
7691
National Ranking
66

Overview

Josef Eitzinger is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and has contributed extensively to the research fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Water Science and Technology.

Their research topics notably cover areas such as climate change impacts on agriculture, climate variability and models, crop yield and soil fertility, plant responses to elevated CO2, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, hydrology and drought analysis, and hydrology and watershed management studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Josef Eitzinger include Miroslav Trnka, Sabina Thaler, Petr Hlavinka, Jan Bálek, and Martin Dubrovský. Their publications are often found in journals such as the European Journal of Agronomy, SSRN Electronic Journal, Climate Services, Agriculture, and Open Research Europe.

Recent papers associated with Josef Eitzinger illustrate the scope of their research interest and include:

  • "Czech Drought Monitor System for monitoring and forecasting agricultural drought and drought impacts" (2020), International Journal of Climatology
  • "Past and future impacts of land-use changes on ecosystem services in Austria" (2023), Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Priority for climate adaptation measures in European crop production systems" (2022), European Journal of Agronomy
  • "Observed changes in the agroclimatic zones in the Czech Republic between 1961 and 2019" (2021), Plant Soil and Environment
  • "Full Parameterisation Matters for the Best Performance of Crop Models: Inter-comparison of a Simple and a Detailed Maize Model" (2020), International Journal of Plant Production

Best Publications

  • The ASCAT Soil Moisture Product: A Review of its Specifications, Validation Results, and Emerging Applications

    Wolfgang Wagner;Sebastian Hahn;Richard Kidd;Thomas Melzer

  • Agroclimatic conditions in Europe under climate change

    M. Trnka;Jørgen Eivind Olesen;K. C. Kersebaum;A. O. Skjelvåg

  • Comparison of CERES, WOFOST and SWAP models in simulating soil water content during growing season under different soil conditions

    J. Eitzinger;M. Trnka;J. Hösch;Z. Žalud

  • Global solar radiation in Central European lowlands estimated by various empirical formulae

    Miroslav Trnka;Zdeněk Žalud;Josef Eitzinger;Martin Dubrovský

  • Local Perceptions and Responses to Climate Change and Variability: The Case of Laikipia District, Kenya

    Sarah Ayeri Ogalleh;Christian R. Vogl;Josef Eitzinger;Michael Hauser

  • A simulation study of the effect of soil water balance and water stress on winter wheat production under different climate change scenarios

    J Eitzinger;M Štastná;Z Žalud;M Dubrovský

  • Changes in time of sowing, flowering and maturity of cereals in Europe under climate change

    J.E. Olesen;C.D. Børgesen;L. Elsgaard;Taru Palosuo

  • Crop rotation modelling—A European model intercomparison

    Chris Kollas;Kurt Christian Kersebaum;Claas Nendel;Kiril Manevski

  • Potential impact of climate change on selected agricultural crops in north‐eastern Austria

    Vesselin Alexandrov;Josef Eitzinger;Vesna Cajic;Michael Oberforster

  • Coincidence of variation in yield and climate in Europe.

    Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio;Lauri Jauhiainen;Miroslav Trnka;Jörgen E. Olesen

  • Drought monitoring in Iran using the perpendicular drought indices

    Alireza Shahabfar;Abduwasit Ghulam;Josef Eitzinger

  • Sensitivities of crop models to extreme weather conditions during flowering period demonstrated for maize and winter wheat in Austria

    J. Eitzinger;S. Thaler;E. Schmid;F. Strauss

  • Developing phosphorus-efficient crop varieties—An interdisciplinary research framework

    Ahmad M. Manschadi;Hans-Peter Kaul;Johann Vollmann;Josef Eitzinger

  • Impacts of climate change and alternative adaptation options on winter wheat yield and water productivity in a dry climate in Central Europe

    S. Thaler;J. Eitzinger;M. Trnka;M. Dubrovsky

  • Regional climate change impacts on agricultural crop production in Central and Eastern Europe – hotspots, regional differences and common trends

    J. Eitzinger;M. Trnka;D. Semerádová;S. Thaler

  • Development and evaluation of the SoilClim model for water balance and soil climate estimates

    Petr Hlavinka;Miroslav Trnka;Jan Balek;Daniela Semerádová

  • Climate change and agriculture: introductory editorial

    J. Eitzinger;S. Orlandini;R. Stefanski;R. E. L. Naylor

  • Consequences of climate change for the soil climate in Central Europe and the central plains of the United States

    Miroslav Trnka;Miroslav Trnka;Kurt Christian Kersebaum;Josef Eitzinger;Josef Eitzinger;Michael Hayes

  • Simple snow cover model for agrometeorological applications

    M. Trnka;E. Kocmánková;J. Balek;J. Eitzinger

  • Soil moisture trends in the Czech Republic between 1961 and 2012

    Miroslav Trnka;Rudolf Brázdil;M. Možný;M. Možný;Petr Štěpánek

  • Impact of climate change on soil erosion and the efficiency of soil conservation practices in Austria

    A. Klik;J. Eitzinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Miroslav Trnka
Miroslav Trnka Czech Academy of Sciences
Zdeněk Žalud
Zdeněk Žalud Mendel University Brno
Petr Hlavinka
Petr Hlavinka Mendel University Brno
Michael J. Hayes
Michael J. Hayes University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Mark Svoboda
Mark Svoboda University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Rudolf Brázdil
Rudolf Brázdil Czech Academy of Sciences
Simone Orlandini
Simone Orlandini University of Florence
Kurt Christian Kersebaum
Kurt Christian Kersebaum Czech Academy of Sciences
Jørgen E. Olesen
Jørgen E. Olesen Aarhus University
Reimund P. Rötter
Reimund P. Rötter University of Göttingen

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