Thomas Foken

Former Head of the Department of Micrometeorology

Research interests:

• Atmospheric turbulence and boundary layer
• Energy and mass transfer between atmosphere and surface, focus: high vegetation
• Evapotranspiration and carbon dioxide exchange
• Footprint
• Coherent structures
• Atmospheric measuring techniques
• Eddy covariance and eddy accumulation measurements
• Quality assurance and control of atmospheric measurements (QA / QC)
• Climate and Climate Change in Upper Franconia:
  Local climate, air hygiene, wind energy