Researcher
email: paul.ditommasi[at]cnr.it; paul.ditommasi[at]isafom.cnr.it
Tel: +39 06.4993 (int.27575)
Diploma thesis, 2001: Biomonitoring of the Averno Lake: ability to accumulate heavy metals in Phragmites communis and some submerged aquatic plants.
PhD thesis, 2005: Carbon fluxes and evapotranspiration of a Mediterranean agroecosystem in Southern Italy
Research interest:
- Surface energy and scalar flux measurements using micrometeorological techniques.
- Role of management practices and climate on agroecosystem behavior.
- Modeling carbon, water and energy exchange using long term data sets.
Laboratory/Field activities:
- Borgo Cioffi monitoring site: eddy covariance measurements, meteorological measurements, agronomic practices, biometry, soil measurements and data analysis. Quality assurance of datasets and data management.
- Bio-Meteorological Laboratory at the C.N.R. - ISAFoM Institute: sensors maintenance and calibration, data loggers programming, purchases management (RUP), development of monitoring apparatus and data acquisition systems.
- Gas chromatography for N2O and CH4 (LCD-FID); fluxes from the soil also using automatic chambers.
- Long term datasets analysis, adaptation scenarios of the Italian agriculture to climate change.