Short Description
Optical measuring device with laser technology for high-precision scanning of surfaces and objects in the sub-centimeter range.
Riegl VZ-2000i Laserscanner incl. Accessories (Differential GPS, Kamera) incl. Software (RiscanPro)
Contact Person
Assoz. Prof. Dr. Jan-Christoph Otto
Research Services
Digital measurement of surfaces, landscapes and objects
Recording and analysis of structures in the sub-centimeter range
Monitoring of surface changes
Volume quantification of change (change detection) for process quantification
Quantification of vegetation patterns/growth thicknesses
Recording of trees
Creation of digital terrain models and 3D models incl. photo surfaces
Methods & Expertise for Research Infrastructure
Digital measurement of surfaces, objects, landscapes, urban space, vegetation
Recording of surface structures (surface analysis)
Detection of vegetation structures and trees
Quantification of surface changes (change detection)
Monitoring
e.g. rockfall measurements, movement measurements, vegetation increase/growth, ground cover
Allocation to research infrastructure
GEORESEARCH Research Association mbH, Puch bei Hallein
The Salzburg state government
Salcher, B. (Projektleitung), Tribsch, A. , Otto, J.-C. , Hopfinger, M. & Althammer, M. (Projektadministration)
1/07/24 → 30/06/27
Impacts of rapid environmental change on Alpine geo-bio-systems :
Dötterl, S. (Projektleitung), Apfelbeck, B. A. , Eberle, J. , Habel, J. C. , von Hagke, C. , Hörger, A. , Lang, A. , Otto, J.-C. , Petermann, J. , Robl, J. C. , Salcher, B. , Tribsch, A. & Grießinger, J.
Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds FWF: 1/02/25 → 31/01/29
CLIMB: Climate Impacts on sediment dynamics in Mountain-river Basins: Otto, J.-C. (Projektleitung), Lang, A. & Eibl, H. E.
2030 Green BeteiligungsgmbH, Seilerstätte 22/1/3, 1010 Wien: 1/10/24 → 30/09/27
High Alpine Lake Biodiversity and Climate Change – A Transdisciplinary Approach
2023- 2025
Wickham, Stephen (Projektleitung)Petermann, Jana (Projektmitarbeiter/in)Berninger, Ulrike-Gabriele (Projektmitarbeiter/in)(Projektmitarbeiter/in), Otto, Jan-Christoph (Projektmitarbeiter/in)Hilberg, Sylke (Projektmitarbeiter/in)Shinozaki, Kyoko
ÖAW
https://www.plus.ac.at/sociology-and-human-geography/sociology/research/vision/alplakechange/?lang=en
GlacierRocks - Glacier-Headwall Interaction and its Influence on Rockfall Activity
2017 - 2020
Markus Keuschnig, Kay Helfricht, Ingo Hartmeyer, Jan-Christoph Otto
ÖAW
https://uni-salzburg.elsevierpure.com/de/projects/glacier-headwall-interaction-and-its-influence-on-rockfall-activi
RiCoLa - Landslide-induced river course changes and lake formation
2017 - 2020
Günther Prasicek, Daniel Hölbling
ÖAW
Grupe, S., Marchhart, O., Wieser, A., Lachner, J., Fiebig, M. & Ruszkiczay-Rudiger, Z., (2026):
Quaternary terrace formation in response to climate, regional uplift and local normal faulting:
The Danube terrace staircase of Vienna in: Quaternary Science Reviews. 373, 373, 17 S., 109709.
Griesmeier, G., Le Heron, D., Lüthgens, C., Firla, G., Salcher, B., Dremel, F. C., Otto, J.-C. & Reitner, J., (2025):
Middle to Late Pleistocene landscape evolution and glacial dynamics in the Eastern Alps:
the Gröbminger Mitterberg record, Austria in: Boreas.
Current glacier recession causes significant rockfall increase: The immediate paraglacial response of deglaciating cirque walls
2020
Hartmeyer, I., Delleske, R., Keuschnig, M., Krautblatter, M., Lang, A., Schrott, L., and Otto, J.-C.
Earth Surface Dynamics
DOI: 10.5194/esurf-8-753-2020
Enhanced rockwall retreat and modified rockfall magnitudes/frequencies in deglaciating cirques from a 6-year LiDAR monitoring
2020
Hartmeyer, I., Keuschnig, M., Delleske, R., Krautblatter, M., Lang, A., Schrott, L., and Otto, J.-C.
Earth Surface Dynamics
DOI: 10.5194/esurf-8-729-2020
Long-term monitoring of climate-sensitive cirques in the Hohe Tauern range
2017
Hartmeyer I., Keuschnig M., Fegerl L., Valentin G., Helfricht K., Otto J.-C.
6th International Symposium for Research in Protected Areas 2017, Salzburg, Österreich