Franziska Koch
Dipl.-Geogr.Univ Dr.rer.nat. Franziska Koch
Institute of Hydrology and Watermanagement
Location Muthgasse 18, 1190 Wien
Email franziska.koch@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81608
Research Focus
Alpine Hydrology
Career
- 2020 Senior Scientist / University Assistant, Department of Water-Atmosphere-Environment (WAU), HyWa, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Austria; Alpine Hydrology and Remote Sensing
- 2018 - 2020 PostDoc, Department of Water-Atmosphere-Environment (WAU), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Austria
- 2017 PhD defensio at the Faculty of Geosciences, LMU Munich, Germany.
- 2012 - 2018 Several short-term research stays at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland.
- 2009 Diploma in Physical Geography with the minors Remote Sensing, Geology and Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management (TUM) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany.
- 2009 - 2018 Research Scientist and Lecturer, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Group, Department of Geography, LMU Munich, Germany.
Awards
- Year: 2021 Awards: French Government Scholarship for Young Researchers
- Year: 2020 Awards: SnowHydro 2020 Poster Award
- Year: 2013 Awards: DACA-13 Poster Award
- Year: 2013 Awards: ESA Integ Space Award (team: Bach, Appel, Mauser, Koch)
- Year: 2010 Awards: LMUexcellent Mentoring Programme GeoSciences Scholarship
Projects
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Publications
Knowledge Transfer to Society
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Lectures
Year: 2024 - Coupled snow-hydrological modeling under current and climate change conditions in a high-alpine reservoir catchment in Austria
Autoren: Ehrendorfer, C
Event: 19th Biennial Conference of the Euromediterranean Network of Experimental and Representative Basins ERB 2024
Year: 2024 - Coupled snow-hydrological modelling of seasonal runoff characteristics in selected Austrian high-alpine catchments
Autoren: Ehrendorfer, C
Event: 5. Workshop zur Alpinen Hydrologie - Ausprägung und Wandel hydrologischer Prozesse im Hochgebirge 2024
Year: 2024 - Contribution of glacier melt to runoff under climate change using a conceptual hydrological model in selected high alpine regions in Austria
Autoren: Ehrendorfer, C
Event: EGU General Assembly 2024
Year: 2023 - GNSS-basierte Messung des Schneewasseräquivalents und des Flüssigwassergehalts von Schnee
Autoren: Henkel, P; Lamm, M; Koch, F
Event: AHORN - Tagung
Year: 2023 - G-MONARCH: Gravity-Monitoring for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology
Autoren: Achmüller, K; Voigt, C; Flechtner, F; Timmen, L; Koch, F; Schulz, K; Wetzel, K.-F.
Event: Arbeitskreis Geodäsie/Geophysik - Herbsttagung
Year: 2023 - Utilization of snow depth patterns to derive spatially distributed precipitation correction factors for operational hydrological modelling
Autoren: Pulka, T; Ehrendorfer, C; Koch, F; Herrnegger, M; Schulz, K
Event: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2023
Year: 2023 - Evaluation of precipitation corrections to improve reservoir inflow predictions by a conceptual hydrological model in the Malta Valley, Austria
Autoren: Pulka, T; Herrnegger, M; Ehrendorfer, C; Lücking, S; Schulz, K; Koch, F
Event: HydroCarpath
Year: 2023 - Modelling and evaluation of the snow and ice melt in the Großglockner Region
Autoren: Lücking, S; Koch, F; Formayer, H;
Event: HydroCarpath 2023
Year: 2023 - Update on cryo-hydro-gravimetric measurements and other activities at Mt. Zugspitze, Germany
Autoren: Koch, F; Voigt, C; Gascoin, S; Achmüller, K; Wetzel; K, Schulz, K
Event: INARCH 2023 Workshop
Year: 2023 - First application of a superconducting gravimeter in the field of snow-hydrology at Mt. Zugspitze, Germany/Austria
Autoren: Koch, F; Voigt, C; Achmüller, K; Gascoin, G; Wetzel, K-F; Schattan, P; Schulz, K
Event: WAU Science Day 2023
Year: 2023 - Seasonal evaluation of morphological indexes in quantifying snow cover patterns in the Zugspitze area
Autoren: Ferrarin, L; Koch, F; Schulz, K; Bocchiola, D
Event: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2023
Year: 2023 - Observing cryospheric and hydrological processes and storages at high-alpine catchment scales by a superconducting gravimeter at the top of Mt. Zugspitze
Autoren: Koch, F; Voigt, C; Schulz, K; Achmüller, K; Gascoin, S; Rehm, T; Wetzel, K
Event: 6th VAO Symposium 2023
Year: 2023 - Alpine Hydrologie
Autoren: Koch, F
Event: International Mountain Day - Women Move Mountains
Year: 2023 - Coupled snow-hydrological modelling for two high alpine Austrian catchments
Autoren: Ehrendorfer, C; Koch, F; Lücking, S; Pulka, T; Holzmann, H; Maier, P; Lehner, F; Formayer, H; Herrnegger, M
Event: HydroCarpath 2023
Year: 2022 - Introduction of a superconducting gravimeter for the integral quantification of snow-hydrological processes in high-alpine catchments
Autoren: Voigt, C; Koch, F;, Schulz, K; Wetzel, K; Flechtner, F
Event: 3rd International Conference on Snow Hydrology
Year: 2022 - Influence of snow on the integrative signal of a superconducting gravimeter in complex high-alpine terrain
Autoren: Koch, F; Voigt, C; Gascoin, S; Wetzel, K-F; Schulz, K
Event: IGS International Symposium on Snow 2022
Year: 2022 - Applying morphological indexes to describe snow-cover patterns in a high Alpine area
Autoren: Ferrarin, L; Koch, F; Schulz, K; Bocchiola D
Event: IGS International Symposium on Snow 2022
Year: 2022 - Influence of snow on the integrative signal of a super-conducting gravimeter in complex high-alpine terrain
Autoren: Koch, F; Voigt, C; Gascoin, S; Wetzel, K; Schulz, K
Event: WAU Science Day 2022
Year: 2022 - Erfassung des Verbesserungspotentials operationeller Zuflussprognosen für Wasserkraftspeicherseen in hochalpinen Kopfeinzugsgebieten mit Fokus auf die Schneedeckenmodellierung
Autoren: Pulka T., Koch F., Herrnegger M., Avanzi F., Gabellani S., Schulz K.
Event: 4. Workshop zur Alpinen Hydrologie 2022 - Hydrologische Prozesse im Hochgebirge im Wandel der Zeit
Year: 2022 - Impact of snow hydrologic model complexity on snow-melt-driven runoff generation for operational reservoir inflow predictions in a high-alpine catchment
Autoren: Pulka, T; Koch; F, Herrnegger, M; Avanzi, F; Gabellani, S; Schulz, K
Event: 3rd International Conference on Snow Hydrology
Year: 2022 - Determination of Snow Parameters with Dual-Frequency Multi-GNSS
Autoren: Henkel, P; Koch, F; Lamm, Markus; Weiss, J
Event: 3rd International Conference on Snow Hydrology
Year: 2022 - Influence of snow on the integrative signal of a superconducting gravimeter installed on top of Mount Zugspitze, Germany (Northern Calcareous Alps)
Autoren: Koch, F; Voigt, C; Gascoin, S; Wetzel, K-F; Schulz, K
Event: INARCH Workshop 2022
Year: 2022 - Watching mountain snowpacks from space: recent advances in snow depth mapping from satellite photogrammetry
Autoren: Deschamps-Berger, C; Gascoin, S; Dumont, M; Berthier, E; Luks, B; López-Moreno, J-I; Lafaysse, M; Shaw, T; Brun, F; Koch, F; Gallet, J-C; Revuelto, J; Haddjeri, A
Event: International Mountain Conference 2022
Year: 2022 - Introduction of a Superconducting Gravimeter as Novel Hydrological Sensor for the Alpine Research Catchment Zugspitze
Autoren: Koch, F; Schulz, K; Voigt, C; Flechtner, F; Wetzel, K-F
Event: 4. Workshop zur Alpinen Hydrologie 2022 - Hydrologische Prozesse im Hochgebirge im Wandel der Zeit
Year: 2021 - Using low-cost GNSS for the derivation of snow cover properties
Autoren: Koch, F; Henkel, P; Appel, F; Capelli, A; Marty, C; Lamm, M; Bach, H; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: Online Seminar on: Geo-monitoring with low-cost, mass-market, and consumer-grade sensors (Devaraju, B; Odolinski, R; Koch, F; Tripathi, S; Paffenholz, J-A; Kersten, T)
Year: 2021 - Insights and experiences from assessing the added value of PROSNOW, a prediction system to support snow management in Alpine ski resorts
Autoren: Köberl, J; François, H; Carmagnola, C; Ebner, P.; Günther, D; Hanzer, F; Koch, F; Morin, S; Damm, A; Prettenthaler, F
Event: EMS Annual Meeting 2021
Year: 2021 - GPS-based determination of snow water equivalent and snow liquid water content using low-cost sensors
Autoren: Koch, F; Henkel, P; Appel, F; Capelli, A; Schmid, L; Marty, C; Lamm, M; Bach, H; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: Internal seminar at Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère (CESBIO)
Year: 2021 - Insights and experiences from assessing the added value of PROSNOW®, a climate service to support the optimization of snow management in Alpine ski resorts
Autoren: Köberl, J; François, H; Carmagnola, C; Ebner, P.; Günther, D; Hanzer, F; Koch, F; Damm, A; Morin, S
Event: 21. Österreichischer Klimatag 2021 - Clash of Cultures? Klimaforschung trifft Industrie
Year: 2021 - Snow Parameter Estimation with Multi-Frequency and Multi-Constellation Global Navigation Satellite System Signals
Autoren: Henkel, P; Weiss, J; Koch F
Event: AGU Fall Meeting 2021
Year: 2021 - Workshop: „Auswertung von Satellitendaten zum Thema Gletscherrückgang“
Autoren: Koch, F; Pulka, T; Stolz, R
Event: PerspektivForum Zukunftsfragen „Klimawandel im alpinen Raum“ der Stiftung Jugend forscht e. V.
Year: 2021 - Impulsvortrag: "Schneemonitoring im hochalpinen Raum mit GPS"
Autoren: Koch, F
Event: PerspektivForum Zukunftsfragen „Klimawandel im alpinen Raum“ der Stiftung Jugend forscht e. V.
Year: 2021 - Updates on the status of field activities and operations at the high-alpine research catchment Zugspitze, Germany
Autoren: Koch, F; Schulz, K
Event: INARCH Workshop 2021
Year: 2020 - Assessment of GNSS-based snow water equivalent derivation for operational use under different snowpack conditions
Autoren: Capelli, A; Koch, F; Henkel, P; Lamm, M; Marty, C; Schweizer, J
Event: AGU Fall Meeting 2020
Year: 2020 - Assessment of operational monitoring of snow water equivalent measurements with low-cost GNSS sensors
Autoren: Capelli, A; Koch, F; Henkel, P; Lamm, M; Marty, C; Schweizer, J
Event: European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2020
Year: 2020 - Determination of Snow Water Equivalent with only one Global Navigation Satellite System receiver and a Virtual Reference Station
Autoren: Henkel, P; Lamm, M; Koch, F
Event: European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2020
Year: 2020 - Snow management with physically based snowpack models for Alpine ski resorts: the PROSNOW project
Autoren: Carmagnola, C; Bruyère, S; Ebner, P; Lehning, M; Hanzer, F; Koch, F; François, H; Marin, C; Marson, P; Monti, F; Premier, V; Notarnicola, C; Strasser, U; Bernhardt, M; Viel, C; Zebisch, M; Dubois, G; Morin, S
Event: International Conference on Snow Hydrology - Challenges in Mountain Areas
Year: 2020 - Novel GNSS-based in-situ monitoring of snow cover properties for potential polar applications
Autoren: Appel, F.; Koch, F; Henkel, P.
Event: European Polar Science Week 2020
Year: 2020 - GNSS-based monitoring of snow water equivalent and snow liquid water content in different regions and altitudes and potential (snow) hydrological applications
Autoren: Koch, F; Appel, F; Henkel, P; Capelli, A; Marty, C; Lamm, M; Bach, H; Bernhardt, M; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: International Conference on Snow Hydrology - Challenges in Mountain Areas
Year: 2019 - Snow water equivalent assessment with low-cost GNSS sensors along a steep elevation gradient
Autoren: Capelli, A; Koch, F; Henkel, P; Lamm, M; Marty, C; Schweizer, J
Event: EGU General Assembly 2019
Year: 2019 - ‘SnowSense’: Snow Water Equivalent from Operational GNSS In-Situ Stations in Combination with EO and Modelling as Service for Hydrological Applications
Autoren: Appel, F; Koch, F; Henkel, P; Rösel, A; Bach, H; Mauser, W
Event: ESA Living Planet Symposium 2019
Year: 2019 - Simulating snow conditions in ski resorts with the physically based snowpack models AMUNDSEN, Crocus, and SNOWPACK/Alpine3D
Autoren: Hanzer, F; Carmagnola, C; Ebner, P; Koch, F; Monti, F; Bavay, M; Bernhardt, M; Lafaysse, M; Lehning, M; Strasser, U; François, H; Morin, S
Event: EGU General Assembly 2019
Year: 2019 - Evaluation of snowpack models for snow management in alpine ski resorts by exploiting Sentinel-2 imagery
Autoren: Marin, C; Callegari, M; Carmagnola, C; Ebner, P; Hanzer, F; Koch, F; Lehning, M; Monti, F; Premier, V; Notarnicola, C; Strasser, U; Zebisch, M; Dubois, G; Morin, S
Event: ESA Living Planet Symposium 2019
Year: 2019 - Predicting SWE, LWC and onset of melt of the snowpack using a combined approach of GNSS in-situ stations, earth observation and hydrological modelling
Autoren: Appel, F; Koch, F; Henkel, P
Event: 87th Annual Western Snow Conference
Year: 2019 - Quest for the best method to monitor snow water equivalent
Autoren: Marty, C; Lächler, F; Koch, F; Steiner, L
Event: EGU General Assembly 2019
Year: 2019 - Klimawandel und Wasserverfügbarkeit für die Wasserkraft
Autoren: Koch, F; Herrnegger, M
Event: Renexpo Interhydro - 5. Internationale Konferenz: Wasserkraft und Energiespeicher: Wasserkraft im zukünftigen Energiesystem zwischen Nachhaltigkeit, Versorgungssicherehit und Innovation
Year: 2019 - On GPS-based determination of snow cover properties
Autoren: Koch, F; Henkel, P; Appel, F; Schmid, L; Capelli, L; Bach, H; Bernhardt, M; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Year: 2019 - PROSNOW: a new prediction system for the management and optimization of snow in Alpine ski resorts
Autoren: Bernhardt, M; Koch, F; Hanzer, F; Carmagnola, C; Ebner, P; Monti, F; Bavay, M; Lafaysse, M; Strasser, U; François, H; Lehning, M; Schulz, K; Morin, S
Event: AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Year: 2019 - GPS-based measurements of snow cover properties for snow-hydrological, risk and snow quality applications
Autoren: Koch, F; Appel, F; Henkel, P; Schmid, L; Rösel, A; Klug, P; Bach, H; Lamm, M; Bernhardt, M; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: EGU General Assembly 2019
Year: 2018 - Combination of In Situ GNSS Snow Water Equivalent Measurements with EO and Hydrological Modelling – Results of ESA IAP Demo Project SnowSense
Autoren: Appel, F; Koch, F; Klug, P; Henkel, P; Lamm, M; Bach, H; Mauser, W
Event: EO4Alps 2018
Year: 2018 - Snow Water Equivalent from operational GNSS In-Situ Stations as service for hydrological applications – ESA IAP SnowSense Demo
Autoren: Appel, F; Koch, F; Klug, P; Henkel, P; Lamm, M; Prasch, M; Bach, H; Mauser, W
Event: SnowHydro 2018 - International Conference on Snow Hydrology
Year: 2018 - Snow monitoring with a novel GNSS approach at a high-alpine station
Autoren: Koch, F; Henkel, P; Appel, F; Bach, H; Prasch, M; Schmid, L; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: SnowHydro 2018 - International Conference on Snow Hydrology
Year: 2018 - Estimation of Snow Parameters with GPS and Galileo
Autoren: Lamm, M., Koch, F., Appel, F., Henkel, P.
Event: 2018 International Symposium ELMAR
Year: 2018 - GNSS remote sensing of snow cover properties in a high-alpine terrain
Autoren: Koch, F; Henkel, P; Appel, F; Schmid, L; Bach, H; Bernhardt, M; Schulz, K; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: HydroCarpath 2018 - Catchment and river processes in regional hydrology: field experiments and modelling in Carpathians basins
Year: 2018 - Snow Water Equivalent from operational GNSS In-Situ Stations as service for hydrological applications ESA IAP Demo in Eastern Canada
Autoren: Appel, F., Koch, F., Henkel, P.
Event: 75th Eastern Snow Conference
Year: 2018 - The challenge of automatic SWE measurements in high altitudes
Autoren: Marty, C; Fierz, C; Geiger, A; Koch, F; Mauser, W; Steiner, L
Event: POLAR2018
Year: 2018 - GNSS Remote Sensing of Snow Properties at High-Alpine Stations and Potential Applications
Autoren: Koch, F; Henkel, P; Appel, F; Bach, H; Bernhardt, M; Schmid, L; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: EO4Alps 2018
Year: 2017 - Integration of Space Technologies for Snow Monitoring – GNSS, EO and SatCom – First Results of ESA IAP SnowSense Demo Project
Autoren: Appel, F; Koch, F; Henkel, P; Klug, P; Lamm, M; Prasch, M; Bach, H; Mauser, W
Event: 8th EARSeL Workshop SIG Remote Sensing of Land Ice and Snow 2017
Year: 2017 - An impact assessment of climate change in the Danube River Basin - Analyzing research projeccts to determine adaption strategies
Autoren: Stolz, R; Prasch, M; Koch, F; Weber, M; Mauser, W
Event: Danube Conference 2017
Year: 2017 - Kontinuierliches Monitoring von Schneedeckenparametern und Bodenfeuchte mit GPS L1‐Band
Autoren: Koch, F; Prasch, M; Appel, F; and Mauser, W
Event: Deutscher Kongress für Geographie
Year: 2017 - Integration of GNSS, EO and SatCom for snow monitoring in Canada. First results of ESA IAP SnowSense Demo Project
Autoren: Appel, F; Koch, F; Henkel, P; Klug, P; Prasch, M; Lamm, M; Bach, H; Mauser, W
Event: Earth Observation Summit
Year: 2017 - Schneedeckenparameter und Bodenfeuchte abgeleitet aus GPS Signalen
Autoren: Koch, F; Prasch, M; Henkel, P; Appel, F; Schmid, L; Bach, H; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: 2. Workshop zur Alpinen Hydrologie 2017
Year: 2016 - A new method for continuous and non‐invasive soil moisture measurements based on GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System)
Autoren: Koch, F; Schlenz, F; Prasch, M; Mauser, W
Event: ESA Living Planet Symposium 2016
Year: 2016 - Regional snow parameter monitoring in remote areas – integration of space assets within the ESA IAP SnowSense Demo Project
Autoren: Appel, F; Klug, P; Koch, F; Prasch, M; Henkel P; Migdall S; Bach H; Mauser W
Event: ESA Living Planet Symposium 2016
Year: 2015 - Continuous and nondestructive snow information for remote areas based on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
Autoren: Koch, F; Schmid, L; Prasch, M; Heilig, A; Eisen, O; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: 26th IUGG General Assembly 2015
Year: 2015 - Combining low‐cost GPS receivers with upGPR to derive continuously liquid water content, snow height and snow water equivalent in Alpine snow covers, invited presentation
Autoren: Koch, F; Schmid, L; Prasch, M; Heilig, A; Eisen, O; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2015
Year: 2015 - Measurement of snow properties using upward-looking GPR applying (1) a combination with GPS technology and (2) full-waveform inversion
Autoren: Schmid, L; Koch, F; Heilig, A; Prasch, M; Eisen, O; Mauser, W; Maurer, H; Schweizer, J
Event: 26th IUGG General Assembly 2015
Year: 2014 - Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Resources and Adaptation Measures in the Danube River Basin - the ICPDR Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
Autoren: Prasch, M; Weidinger, R; Koch, F; Mauser, W; Mair, R; Beyer, K
Event: Danube Conference 2014
Year: 2014 - SnowSense. Using satellite navigation, communication and remote sensing for timely access to high‐quality and reliable information on snow
Autoren: Appel, F., Bach, H., Koch, F., Prasch, M.; Mauser, W
Event: 7th EARSeL Workshop SIG Remote Sensing of Land Ice and Snow 2014
Year: 2014 - Liquid water content of a snowpack derived from low‐cost GPS receivers. Experimental setup and measurements at the test site Weissfluhjoch
Autoren: Koch, F; Prasch, M; Schmid, L; Ruesch, M; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: Liquid water in snow ? Measurement techniques and modeling approaches
Year: 2014 - Measuring the hydrological snow storage in alpine catchments with a new‐low‐cost technology
Autoren: Koch, F; Prasch, M; Schmid, L; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: Danube Conference 2014
Year: 2013 - NAVSTAR‐GPS for continuous snow measurements
Autoren: Koch, F; Prasch, M; Ruesch, M; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W
Event: Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly DACA-13 2013
Year: 2013 - Observing snow storage with GPS receivers
Autoren: Koch, F; Prasch, M; Schweizer, J; Mauser, W.
Event: Mountains under Watch - Observing Climate Change Effects in the Alps
Year: 2012 - Danube Climate Adaptation Study - Overview Results: Part 1: Impact of climate change on the water sector in the Danube River Basin. Part: 2 Adaptation activities and possible adaptation measures
Autoren: Prasch, M; Koch, F; Weidinger, R; Mauser, W
Event: Danube Climate Adaptation Workshop 2012
Year: 2011 - The Influence of Snow‐ and Icemelt on Hydropower in the Upper Danube Watershed under Future Climate Conditions
Autoren: Koch, F; Bach, H; Prasch, M; Weber, M; Braun, L; Mauser, W.
Event: 15th Alpine Glaciology Meeting 2011
Year: 2010 - Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Wasserkraft im Einzugsgebiet der Oberen Donau
Autoren: Koch, F; Bach, H; Mauser, W
Event: Workshop AG Hydrologische Modellierung
Year: 2010 - Climate Change effects on hydropower plants in the Upper Danube watershed
Autoren: Koch, F; Bach, H; Reiter, A; Mauser, W.
Event: HydroPredict 2010