The CAOS community impact

• Publications
• Invited Talks
• Conference contributions (talks, posters)
• Conferences and sessions at international conferences
• Finished PhDs
• Student training (CAOS-related BSc and MSc theses)

Publications (peer reviewed)

2018

1. Bhattarai, N., Mallick, K., Brunsell, N. A., Sun, G., and Jain, M.: Regional evapotranspiration from image-based implementation of the Surface Temperature Initiated Closure (STIC1.2) model and its validation across an aridity gradient in the conterminous United States, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2017-535, in review, 2017.
2. Brenner, C., M. Zeeman, M. Bernhardt, K. Schulz (submitted). "Estimation of evapotranspiration of temperate grassland based on high-resolution thermal and visible range imagery from unmanned aerial systems." International Journal of Remote Sensing
3. Hassler S.K., Weiler M., Blume T.: Tree-, stand- and site-specific controls on landscape-scale patterns of transpiration. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 13-30, 2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-13-2018
4. Kawabata, T., H.-S. Bauer, T. Schwitalla, V. Wulfmeyer, and A. Adachi, 2018: Evaluation of forward operators for polarimetric radars aiming for data assimilation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 96A, https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2018-017.
5. Reck, A., Jackisch, C., Hohenbrink, T., Schröder-Esselbach, B., Zangerlé, A., Van Schaik, L., online open access, Impact of temporal macropore dynamics on infiltration: field experiments and model simulations. VZJ, https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2017.08.0147.
6. Riese, F. M. & Keller, S. (2018). Introducing a framework of self-organizing maps for regression of soil moisture with hyperspectral data. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018, the 38th annual symposium of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), submitted.

2017

1. N. Allroggen, C. Jackisch and J. Tronicke, "Four-dimensional gridding of time-lapse GPR data," /2017 9th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR)/, Edinburgh, 2017, pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2017.7996067
2. Angermann, L., Jackisch, C., Allroggen, N., Sprenger, M., Zehe, E., Tronicke, J., Weiler, M., and Blume, T.: Form and function in hillslope hydrology: characterization of subsurface flow based on response observations. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 3727-3748, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3727-2017, 2017.
3. Brenner, Claire, Christina Elisabeth Thiem, Hans-Dieter Wizemann, Matthias Bernhardt, and Karsten Schulz. "Estimating Spatially Distributed Turbulent Heat Fluxes from High-Resolution Thermal Imagery Acquired with a UAV System." International Journal of Remote Sensing, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2017.1280202, 2017.
4. Carus J, Heuner M, Paul M, Schröder B (2017): Plant distribution and stand characteristics in brackish marshes: Unravelling the roles of abiotic factors and interspecific competition. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 196: 237-247, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.06.038
5. Carus J, Heuner M, Paul M, Schröder B (2017): Which factors and processes drive the spatio-temporal dynamics of brackish marshes? - Insights from development and parameterisation of a mechanistic vegetation model. Ecological Modelling 363: 122-136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.08.023
6. Jackisch, C., Angermann, L., Allroggen, N., Sprenger, M., Blume, T., Tronicke, J., and Zehe, E.: Form and function in hillslope hydrology: in situ imaging and characterization of flow-relevant structures. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 3749-3775, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3749-2017, 2017.
7. Kleidon, A., and M. Renner. 2017. "An Explanation for the Different Climate Sensitivities of Land and Ocean Surfaces Based on the Diurnal Cycle." Earth Syst. Dynam. 8 (3): 849-64. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-849-2017.
8. Löbel S, Mair L, Lönnell N, Schröder B, Snäll T (accepted): Biological traits explain bryophyte species distributions and responses to forest fragmentation and climatic variation. Journal of Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12930
9. Loritz, R., Hassler, S. K., Jackisch, C., Allroggen, N., van Schaik, L., Wienhöfer, J., & Zehe, E. (2017). Picturing and modelling catchments by representative hillslopes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21: 1225 - 1249. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2016-307
10. Pfister, L., N. Martínez-Carreras, C. Hissler, J. Klaus, G.E. Carrer, M.K. Stewart, J.J. McDonnell. 2017. "Bedrock geology controls on catchment storage, mixing, and release: A comparative analysis of 16 nested catchments". Hyrological Processes 31(10): 1828-1845. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11134.
11. Roberts DR, Bahn V, Boyce MS, Ciuti S, Elith J, Guillera-Arroita G, Hartig F, Hauenstein S, Lahoz-Monfort JJ, Schröder B, Thuiller W, Warton D, Wintle BA, Dormann CF (2017): Block cross-validation meets extrapolation in ecology: gauging model quality optimism. Ecography 40: 913-929, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02881
12. F. Sandring, N. Allroggen and J. Tronicke, "A physical modeling study to analyze the horizontal resolution limits of GPR reflection imaging," /2017 9th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR)/, Edinburgh, 2017, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2017.7996036
13. Seibert, S. P., Jackisch, C., Ehret, U., Pfister, L., and Zehe, E. (2017): Unravelling abiotic and biotic controls on the seasonal water balance using data-driven dimensionless diagnostics, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 2817-2841, 10.5194/hess-21-2817-2017.
14. Sun, L., and K. Schulz. 2017. "Spatio-Temporal LAI Modelling by Integrating Climate and MODIS LAI Data in a Mesoscale Catchment." Remote Sensing 9 (2). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9020144.
15. Udelhoven, T., Schlerf, M., Segl, K., Mallick, K., Bossung, C., Retzlaff, R., . . . Knigge, T. (2017). A Satellite-Based Imaging Instrumentation Concept for Hyperspectral Thermal Remote Sensing. [Article]. Sensors, 17(7).
16. Wandera, L., Mallick, K., Kiely, G., Roupsard, O., Peichl, M., and Magliulo, V.: Upscaling instantaneous to daily evapotranspiration using modelled daily shortwave radiation for remote sensing applications: an artificial neural network approach, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 197-215, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-197-2017, 2017.

2016

1. Allroggen, N.*, Tronicke, J.: Attribute-based analysis of time-lapse ground-penetrating radar data. Geophysics, vol. 81, pp. H1-H8, 2016.
2. Carus J, Paul M, Schröder B (2016) Vegetation as self-adaptive coastal protection: Reduction of current velocity and morphologic plasticity of a brackish marsh pioneer. Ecology and Evolution 6(6): 1579-1589, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1904
3. Dhara, Chirag, Maik Renner, and Axel Kleidon. 2016. "Broad Climatological Variation of Surface Energy Balance Partitioning across Land and Ocean Predicted from the Maximum Power Limit." Geophysical Research Letters 43 (14): 2016GL070323. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070323.
4. Keller. S., Braun, A.C., Hinz, S. & Weinmann, M. (2016). Investigation of the impact of dimensionality reduction and feature selection on the classification of hyperspectral EnMAP data. 8th Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS), Los Angeles, USA, 21 - 24 August 2016, 1-6. (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8071759/)
5. Mallick, K., I. Trebs, E. Boegh, L. Giustarini, M. Schlerf, D.T. Drewry, L. Hoffmann, C. von Randow, B. Kruijt, A. Araùjo, S. Saleska, J.R. Ehleringer, T.F. Domingues, J.P.H. B. Ometto, A.D. Nobre, O.L.L. de Moraes, M. Hayek, J.W. Munger and S.C. Wofsy. 2016. Canopy-scale biophysical controls of transpiration and evaporation in the Amazon Basin. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 4237-4264, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4237-2016.
6. Martínez-Carreras, N., M.P. Schwab, J. Klaus and C. Hissler. 2016. "In situ and high frequency monitoring of suspended sediment properties using a spectrophotometric sensor". Hydrological Processes 30(19):3533-3540. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10858.
7. Martínez-Carreras, N., C. Hissler, L. Gourdol, J. Klaus, J. Juilleret, J.F. Iffly and L. Pfister. 2016. "Storage controls on the generation of double peak hydrographs in a forested headwater catchment". Journal of Hydrology 543: 255-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.10.004.
8. Müller, B., M. Bernhardt, C. Jackisch, and K. Schulz. 2016. "Estimating Spatially Distributed Soil Texture Using Time Series of Thermal Remote Sensing - A Case Study in Central Europe." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 20 (9): 3765-75. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3765-2016.
9. Schneider, A.-K., van Schaik, L., Zangerlé, A., Schröder, B. (2016) Which abiotic filters shape earthworm distribution patterns at catchment scale? European Journal of Soil Science, 67: 431-442.
10. Sprenger M., Seeger S., Blume T., Weiler M.: Travel times in the vadose zone: variability in space and time. Water Resour. Res., 52 (8),5727-5754, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018077, 2016.
11. Sprenger, M., Gimbel, K., Leistert, H. and Weiler, M.: Illuminating hydrological processes at the soil-vegetation-atmosphere interface with water stable isotopes. Reviews of Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015RG000515, 2016.
12. Renner M., Hassler S. K., Blume T., Weiler M., Hildebrandt A., Guderle M., Schymanski S. J., and Kleidon A. 2016: Dominant controls of transpiration along a hillslope transect inferred from ecohydrological measurements and thermodynamic limits. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 2063-2083, 2016.
13. Van Schaik, N.L.M.B., Palm, J., Klaus, J., Zehe, E., Schröder, B. 2016. Potential effects of tillage and field borders on within field spatial distribution patterns of earthworms. Agriculture, Ecosystems and environment, 228: 82 -90.
14. Wrede, S., Fenicia, F., Maretínez-Carreras, N., Juilleret, J., Krein, A., Savenije, H.H.J, Uhlenbrock, S., Kavetski, D. and Pfister, L.: Towards more systematic perceptual model development: A case study using 3 Luxembourgish catchments. Hydrological Processes, 29 (12): 2731-2750, 2015.
15. Zangerlé, A., Hissler, C., van Schaik, L., McKey, D. 2016. Identification of earthworm burrow origins by near infrared spectroscopy: combining results from field sites and laboratory microcosms. Soil and Tillage Research, 155: 280-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2015.08.017.
16. Zehe, E., and Jackisch, C.: A lagrangian model for soil water dynamics during rainfall-driven conditions, Hydrology And Earth System Sciences, 20, 3511-3526, 10.5194/hess-20-3511-2016, 2016.
17. Zurell D, Zimmermann NE, Sattler T, Nobis M, Schröder B (2016): Effects of functional traits on the prediction accuracy of species richness models. Diversity and Distributions 22(8): 905-917, https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12450

2015

1. Allroggen, N., van Schaik, N.L.M.B., Tronicke, J. 2015. 4D ground-penetrating radar during a plot scale dye tracer experiment. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 118: 139-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.04.016
2. Allroggen, N., Tronicke, J., Delock, M., & Böniger, U. (2015). Topographic migration of 2D and 3D ground-penetrating radar data onsidering variable velocities. Near Surface Geophysics, 13(3), 253-259. https://doi.org/10.3997/1873-0604.2014037
3. Bauer, H.-S., Schwitalla, T., Wulfmeyer, V., Bakhshaii, A., Ehret, U., Neuper, M. and Caumont, O.: Quantitative preceipitation estimation based on high-resolution numerical weather prediction and data assimilation with WRF - a perfomance test. Tellus A, http://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.25047, 2015.
4. Kleidon, A. and Renner, M.: Geoenineering ist keine Lösung -- Der globale Wasserkreislaufim Klimasystem. Physik unserer Zeit, 46, 27-31, 2015.
5. Kleidon, A., Kravitz, B. and Renner, M.: The hydrological sensitivity to global warming and solar geoengineering derived from thermodynamic constraints. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 138-144, 2015.
6. Martínez-Carreras, N., Wetzel, C.E., Frentress, J., Ector L., McDonnell, J.J., Hoffmann, L. and Pfister, L.: Hydrological connectivity inferred from diatom transport through the riparian-stream system. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19:3133-3151, 2015.
7. Sprenger, M., Herbstritt, B. and Weiler, M.: Established methods and new opportunities for pore water stable isotope analysis. Hydrological Processes, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10643, 2015.
8. Sprenger M., T. H. M. Volkmann, T. Blume, and M. Weiler Estimating flow and transport parameters in the unsaturated zone with pore water stable isotopes. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2617-2635, 2015.
9. Sun, Liya, and Karsten Schulz. 2015. "Response to Johnson B.A. Scale Issues Related to the Accuracy Assessment of Land Use/land Cover Maps Produced Using Multi-Resolution Data: Comments on 'The Improvement of Land Cover Classification by Thermal Remote Sensing'. Remote Sens. 2015, 7, 8368-8390." Remote Sensing 7 (10): 13440-47. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs71013440.
10. Sun, Liya, and Karsten Schulz. 2015. "The Improvement of Land Cover Classification by Thermal Remote Sensing." Remote Sensing 7 (7): 8368-90. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs70708368.
11. Wrede, S., Fenicia, F., Martínez-Carreras, N., Juilleret, J., Hissler, C., Krein, A., Savenije, H.H.J, Uhlenbrock, S., Kavetski, D. and Pfister, L.: Towards more systematic perceptual model development: A case study using 3 Luxembourgish catchments. Hydrological Processes, 29 (12): 2731-2750, 2015.

2014

1. Allroggen, N., van Schaik, L., Tronicke, J. (2014) Time-lapse 3D GPR imaging of brilliant blue infiltration experiments. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Brussels, Belgium, 643-647.
2. Ehret, U., Gupta, H. V., Sivapalan, M., Weijs, S. V., Schymanski, S. J., Blöschl, G., Gelfan, A. N., Harman, C., Kleidon, A., Bogaard, T. A., Wang, D., Wagener, T., Scherer, U., Zehe, E., Bierkens, M. F. P., Di Baldassarre, G., Parajka, J., van Beek, L. P. H., van Griensven, A., Westhoff, M. C., and Winsemius, H. C.: Advancing catchment hydrology to deal with predictions under change, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 649-671, 2014.
3. Fenicia, F., Kavetski, D., Savenije, H.H.G., Clark, M. P., Schoups, G., Pfister, L., and J. Freer: Catchment properties, function, and conceptual model representation: is there a correspondence? Hydrological Processes, 28: 2451-2467, 2014.
4. Gayler, S., T. Wöhling, M. Grzeschik, J. Ingwersen, H.-D. Wizemann, Petra Högy, S. Attinger, T. Streck, and V. Wulfmeyer: Incorporating dynamic root growth enhances the performance of Noah-MP ensemble simulations at two contrasting winter wheat field sites. Water Res. Res. 50, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014634, 2014.
5. Kleidon, A., Renner, M., and Porada, P. Estimates of the Climatological Land Surface Energy and Water Balance Derived from Maximum Convective Power. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., in press, 2014.
6. Kleidon, A., Zehe, E., Ehret, U., and Scherer, U. Earth system dynamics as the consequence of the second law: Maximum power limits, dissipative structures, and planetary interactions. in: Dewar, R. C., Lineweaver, C., Niven, R., and Regenauer-Lieb, K. (eds) Beyond the second law: entropy production and non-equilibrium systems, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 163-183, 2014.
7. Müller, E.N., van Schaik, L., Blume, T., Bronstert, A., Carus, J., Fleckenstein, J., Fohrer, N., Geißler, K., Gerke, H., Gräff, T., Hesse, C., Hildebrandt, A., Hölker, F., Hunke, P., Körner, K., Lewandowski, J., Lohmann, D., Meinikmann, K., Schibalski, A., Schmalz, B., Schröder, B., Tietjen, B. 2014. Skalen, Schwerpunkte, Rückkopplungen und Herausforderungen der ökohydrologischen Forschung in Deutschland, Hydrologie & Wasserbewirtschaftung, 58: 221-240.
8. Müller, B., M. Bernhardt, and K. Schulz. 2014. "Identification of Catchment Functional Units by Time Series of Thermal Remote Sensing Images." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 18 (12): 5345-59. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5345-2014.
9. Schneider AK, Schröder B.: Perspectives in modelling earthworm dynamics and their feedbacks with abiotic soil properties, Applied Soil Ecology, 58, 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.02.020, 2012.
10. Schwitalla, T., and V. Wulfmeyer: Radar data assimilation experiments using the IPM WRF Rapid Update Cycle. Meteorol. Z., https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2014/0513, 2014.
11. Westhoff, M.C., Zehe, E. and S.J. Schymanski: Importance of temporal variability for hydrological predictions based on the maximum entropy production principle. Geophysical Research Letters 41(1), 67-73. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GL058533, 2014.
12. van Schaik, N.L.M.B., Palm, J., Klaus, J., Zehe, E., Schröder, B. 2014. Linking spatial earthworm distribution to macropores, Ecohydrology. 7: 401-408. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1358
13. Zehe, E., Ehret, U., Pfister, L., Blume, T., Schroeder, B., Westhoff, M., Jackisch, C., Schymanski, S. J., Weiler, M., Schulz, K., Allroggen, N., Tronicke, J., van Schaik, L., Dietrich, P., Scherer, U., Eccard, J., Wulfmeyer, V., and Kleidon, A.: Hess opinions: From response units to functional units: A thermodynamic reinterpretation of the hru concept to link spatial organization and functioning of intermediate scale catchments, Hydrology And Earth System Sciences, 18, 4635-4655, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-4635-2014, 2014.

2013

1. Allroggen, N.*, Tronicke, J., Delock, M., Böniger, U. (2013):Topographic migration of GPR data with vertically variable velocities. Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop of Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2013). Nantes, France, https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR.2013.6601514.
2. Ehret, U., Schwitalla, T., Neuper, M., Bauer, H. S., Bakhshaii-Shahrbabaki, A., and Wulfmeyer, V.: Neue Entwicklungen bei der radarbasierten quantitativen Niederschlagsschätzung. In: KRdL Expertenforum 'Wetterradar - Anwendungen und neue Entwicklungen', KRdL Schriftenreihe, KrDL im VDI und DIN, Bonn, 2013.
3. Greve, P., K. Warrach-Sagi, and V. Wulfmeyer: Evaluating soil water content in a WRF-NOAH downscaling experiment. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol. 52, 2312-2327, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0239.1, 2013. Kleidon, A., Zehe, E., Ehret, U., and Scherer, U.: Thermodynamics, maximum power, and the dynamics of preferential river flow structures at the continental scale, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 225-251, 2013.
4. Kleidon, A., and Renner, M. A Simple Explanation for the Sensitivity of the Hydrologic Cycle to Surface Temperature and Solar Radiation and Its Implications for Global Climate Change. Earth Syst. Dynam., 4: 455-465, 2013.
5. Kleidon, A., and Renner, M.. Thermodynamic Limits of Hydrologic Cycling within the Earth System: Concepts, Estimates and Implications. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17: 2873-2892, 2013.
6. Kotlarski, S., K.Keuler, M. Déqué, A. Gobiet, K. Görgen, D. Jacob, D.Lüthi, E. van Meijgard, G. Nikulin, M.Suklitsch, C. Teichmann, R.Vautard, K. Warrach-Sagi, and V. Wulfmeyer: Regional climate modeling on European scales: A joint standard evaluation of the Euro-CORDEX RCM ensemble. Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss. 7, 217-293, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmdd-7-217-2014100, 2013.
7. Palm J, van Schaik NLMB, Schröder B.: Modelling distribution patterns of anecic, epigeic and endogeic earthworms at catchment-scale in agro-ecosystems. Pedobiologia 56(1): 23-31, 2013.
8. Westhoff, M. C., and Zehe, E.: Maximum entropy production: Can it be used to constrain conceptual hydrological models?, Hydrology And Earth System Sciences, 17, 3141-3157, 10.5194/hess-17-3141-2013, 2013.
9. Zehe, E., Ehret, U., Blume, T., Kleidon, A., Scherer, U., and Westhoff, M.: A thermodynamic approach to link self-organization, preferential flow and rainfall-runoff behaviour, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 4297-4322, 2013

2012

1. Häring T, Dietz E, Osenstetter S, Koschitzki T, Schröder B: Spatial disaggregation of complex soil map units: A decision tree based approach in Bavarian forest soils. Geoderma 185-186: 37-47, 2012.
2. Kleidon, A.: How does the earth system generate and maintain thermodynamic disequilibrium and what does it imply for the future of the planet? Phil. Trans. A., 370: 1012-1040, 2010.
3. Schneider AK, Schröder B.: Perspectives in modelling earthworm dynamics and their feedbacks with abiotic soil properties, Applied Soil Ecology, 58, 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.02.020, 2012.

2011

1. Fenicia, F., Kavetski, D., and H.H.G. Savenije: Elements of a flexible approach for conceptual hydrological modeling: 1. Motivation and theoretical development. Water Res. Res. 47, DOI:10.1029/2010WR010174, 2011.
2. Fenicia, F.,and D. Kavetski: Elements of a flexible approach for conceptual hydrological modeling: 2. Application and experimental insights. Water Res. Res. 47, DOI:10.1029/2011WR010748, 2011.

Book chapters

• Kleidon, A., Zehe, E., and Lin, H.: Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology, chap. 8 ,Thermodynamic Limits of the Critical Zone and their Relevance to Hydropedology, p. 243, Elsevier, 2012.

Invited Talks

2016

• 2016/12: AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, "Interplay of Geology, Vegetation and Mankind Controlling Patterns and Dynamics of Thermal Riverscapes" (Weiler, Lieder, Blume, Leistert)
• 2016/04: Recent developments for the advancement of hydrological modeling. European Geophysical Society General Assembly 2016, Vienna. (Ehret)

2015

• 2015/12: Cottbus University, “How do rodent burrows influence hydrological processes: lessons learnt from various field experiments” (van Schaik)
• 2015/06: WRHC Workshop, Berlin, “Challenge of measuring feedbacks between earthworms and soil hydrology across scales” (van Schaik)

2014

• 2014/10: SETAC Workshop in Vienna, “Biopores: earthworm influence on soil hydrology and drainage” (van Schaik)
• 2014/05: Universität für Bodenkultur, Viennese Seminars in Hydrology, Vienna: Large eddy measurements and simulations of the water cycle in the soil-vegetation-atmosphere system for weather and hydrological forecasting (Wulfmeyer).
• 2014/05: University of Zürich, 'CAOS' (Catchments as Organized Systems') – ein Überblick über Ziele und Stand der DFG Forschergruppe. (Ehret)
• 2014/05: Vienna, EGU, solicited speaker, 'Biogenic structures and their controls on water flow & storage from plot to catchment scale'. (van Schaik)
• 2014/02: Linking in-situ observation of soil water stable isotopes with water balance estimates and isotope fluxes in transpiration. Invited talk at the CUAHSI Webinar (Weiler)

2013

• 2013/12: University of Arizona: 'CAOS: Goals, approach, and first results of the DFG research group, Catchments As Organized Systems.' (Ehret)
• 2013/12: Harmonie Working Week on Data Assimilation and Observations in HARMONIE, Kopenhagen, Danmark, Observing System Development and Impact Studies for NWP (Wulfmeyer).
• 2013/11: Symposium Wageningen, Netherlands, Ecohydrological optimality and pattern formation (Schymanski)
• 2013/10: Neue Entwicklungen bei der radarbasierten quantitativen Niederschlagsschätzung. KRdL-Expertenforum 'Wetterradar - Anwendungen und neue Entwicklungen', Umweltministerium, Bonn (Ehret).
• 2013/09: A Thermodynamic framework to link self-organization, preferential flow and rainfall runoff. WESS Seminar, University of Tübingen (Zehe).
• 2013/07: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO, USA, NOAA Chemical Science Division Seminar Series, New Concepts for Studying Land-Surface-Atmosphere Feedback (Wulfmeyer)
• 2013/07: IAHS, IAPSO, IASPEI Joint Assembly, Gothenburg, Sweden, From Prediction in Ungauged Basins to Prediction Under Change: a small step for Optimality Theory (Schymanski)
• 2013/06: University of Tuebingen, Can we predict vegetation water use in a changing environment? (Schymanski)
• 2013/06: Seeing water with isotopes to understand catchment hydrology. Invited talk at the 2013 Gordon Research Conference: Catchments Through the Looking Glass: From Microscopes to Telescopes (Weiler)
• 2013/05: University of Landau: Maximum Power as an optimality principle for dynamics of (bio-)hydrological systems? (Ehret)
• 2013/04: Catchments As Organized Systems - The CAOS project: Interdisciplinary monitoring for the identification of hydrologic functional units. Invited talk at EGU 2013. (Blume)
• 2013/04: EGU General Assembly Vienna, Austria, Interactions between Hillslope Hydraulic Response Function, Vegetation Organisation and Catchment Behaviour (Schymanski)

2012

• 2012/09: Dutch Academy of Science Colloquium, Amsterdam, Netherlands, How can optimality principles improve eco-hydrological models and paleontological climate reconstructions? (Schymanski)
• 2012/08: Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, USA, Elevated CO2, Vegetation and the hydrologic Cycle - The Role of Observations and Models (Schymanski)
• 2012/11: TU Delft: 'Spatial Organization of River Networks' (Kleidon)
• 2012/11: Data scarcity vs. data greed: Strategic monitoring concepts to improve hydrological process understanding. Invited talk at “Deserts, Drylands and Desertification”, Sde Boker, Israel (Blume)

2011

• 2011/6: Structure control on flow and transport in the critical zone - a modelers and a thermodynamic perspective. Invited lecture at 2nd Water Research Horizon Conference, June 2011 Berlin, Gemany (Zehe)
• 2011/06: Imperial College London: CAOS – A modeling approach for lower mesoscale catchments. Workshop 'Modeling land use change impacts on flood responses' (Ehret)
• 2011/04: Kommission Wasser (KOWA), DFG: CAOS - From Catchments as Organised Systems to Models based on Dynamic Functional Units (An introduction to the Research Group concept) (Schulz)

Conference contributions (talks, posters)

2016

• Lieder, E., Weiler, M. and Blume, T. (2016): A low cost sensor network approach to investigate spatio-temporal patterns of stream temperature and EC. EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria. http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2016-9551_presentation.pdf
• Ehret, U. (2016): Structogram: A new approach to characterize and interpolate spatio-temporal data sets based on the Ramer-Douglas-Peucker algorithm. European Geophysical Society General Assembly 2016, Vienna.
• Hassler, S., Weiler, M., Zehe, E. and Blume, T. (2016): Can we estimate landscape-scale transpiration patterns from commonly available distributed datasets? EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria.

2015

• Branch, O., Bauer, H.S., Schwitalla, T., Wulfmeyer, V., Gochis, D. and Yu, W. (2015): Impact of spil moisture riuting and grid-scale on soil-vegetation-atmosphere feedbacks over medium-scale catchments - An LES approach with WRF-Hydro-NOAH-MP. WRF Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, June 14-19, 2015.
• Dhara, C., Renner, M., Kleidon, A., (2015): Comparing convective heat fluxes derived from thermodynamics to a radiative-convective model and GCMs. EGU April 17, 2015, Vienna, Austria, http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-10493.pdf
• Kleidon, A., Renner, M. and Porada, P. (2015): Estimates of the climatological land surface energy- and water balance derived from thermodynamic constraints. EGU April, 16, 2015, http://meetingorganizer.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-8433.pdf
• Martinéz-Carreras, N., Hissler, C., Iffly, J.F., Klaus, J., Gourdol, L., Juilleret, J., McDonnel, J.J. and Pfister, L. (2015): The Hunt for the explanation of the double peak hydrograph (poster). EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-7280.pdf
• Renner, M., Hassler, S., Blume, T. Weiler, M., Hildebrandt, A. Guderle, M., Schymanski, S. and Kleidon, A. (2015):Inferring dominant controls on transpiration across a hillslope transect from ecohydrological measurements and thermodynamic limits. AGU Chapman Conference on Catchment Organisation and Complex Behavior, Luxembourg, https://agu.confex.com/agu/14chapman1/webprogram/Paper2017.html
• Renner, M., Hassler, S., Blume, T. Weiler, M., Hildebrandt, A. Guderle, M., Schymanski, S. and Kleidon, A. (2015): Inferring dominant controls on transpiration across a hillslope transect from ecohydrological measurements and thermodynamic limits. EGU April 16, 2015, Vienna, Austria. https://meetingorganizer,copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-5326.pdf
• Schneider,A.-K. , van Schaik, L., Zangerlé, A. and Schröder-Esselbach, B. (2015): Linking earthworm distributions with their effects on soil hydrological functioning, GfÖ, Göttingen
• Schwab, M., Klaus, J., Pfister, L. and Weiler, M. (2015): High-frequency DOC and nitrate measurements provide new insights into their export and their relationships to rainfall-runoff processes (poster). EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-11026.pdf
• Schwab, M., Klaus, J., Pfister, L. and Weiler, M. (2015): Viscosity changes of riparian water controls diunal fluctuations of stream-flow and DOC concentration. EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-10350.pdf
• Schwab, M., Klaus, J., Pfister, L. and Weiler, M. (2015): Zusammenhänge zwischen dominanten Abflussprozessen und hochaufgelösten, langfristigen DOC- und Nitratmessungen mittels in situ UV-VisSpektrometrie. Tag der Hydrologie 2015, Bonn.
• Wienhöfer, J., Loritz, R. and U. Ehret (2015): Model-based quantification of hydrological similarity at the hillslope scale. European Geophysical Society General Assembly 2015, Vienna.

2014

• Allroggen N. and Tronicke J. (2014): Time-lapse GPR imaging of preferential flow in the Attert catchment, Luxemburg. In 74. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft 2014, Karlsruhe.
• Allroggen N., Tronicke J., Delock M. and Böniger U. (2014). Topographic migration of 2D and 3D GPR data with variable velocities. In 74. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, 2014, Karlsruhe.
• Bakhshaii, A., H.-S. Bauer, T. Schwitalla, and V. Wulfmeyer (2014): WRF dual polarized radar forward operator. International Symposium on Data Assimilation, LMU, Munich, February 24-28, 2014.
• Bakhshaii, A., Jung, Y, Schwitalla, T., Bauer, H.-S. and Wulfmeyer, V.: WRF dual polarized radar forward operator evaluation on a supercell event in Central Europe. The World Weather Open Science Conference, 16-21 August, 2014, Montreal, Canada.
• Bauer, H.-S. , T. Schwitalla, V. Wulfmeyer, A. Bahkshaii-Shahrbabaki, U. Ehret and M. Neuper (2014): Comparing and combining of observation-based QPE methods with high-resolution numerical weather prediction and data assimilation. The World Weather Open Science Conference, 16-21 August, 2014, Montreal, Canada.
• Blume, T., Hassler, S.K, Weiler M. (2014): Who is in control? Competing influences of geology, land use and topography on soil moisture and soil temperature dynamics. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Ehret, U., Neuper, M. (2014): Applying the Ramer-Douglas-Peucker algorithm to compress and characterize time-series and spatial fields of precipitation. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Feskova, T., and Dietrich, P. (2014): Hangcharakterisierung zur Identifizierung typischer funktionaler Einheiten mit Hilfe von geoelektrischer Tomografie und VES. 74. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, 2014, Karlsruhe.
• Hassler S.K., Weiler M., Blume T. (2014): Spatio-temporal soil moisture patterns across gradients of vegetation and topography. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna
• Iffly, J.F., Barnich, F., Hissler, C., Klaus, J., Martinez-Carreras, N., Pfister, L. (2014): Seasonal variability of geochemical signatures of streamflow: potential implications for end-member characterizations. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Jackisch C., van Schaik L., Graeff T., and Zehe E. (2014): A novel physical eco-hydrological model concept for preferential flow based on experimental applications. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 16, Vienna
• Jackisch C., Sprenger M., Allroggen N., van Schaik L., Weiler M., and Zehe E. (2014): Insights and questions raised from a multi-tracer plot-scale sprinkler experiment with time-lapse 3D GPR in a structured forested soil. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 16, Vienna
• Jackisch C., Allroggen N., Tronicke J., and Zehe E.(2014): Deriving Macropore and Preferential Flow Parameters from Tracer and Time-lapse 3D GPR Experiments at the Plot-Scale. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 16, Vienna
• Klaus, J., Wetzel, C.E., Martinez-Carreras, N., Ector, L., Pfister, L. (2014): Diatoms as a fingerprint of sub-catchment contributions to meso-scale catchment runoff. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Kleidon, A., Renner, M. (2014): A simple explanation for the sensitivity of the hydrologic cycle to global climate change. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Kleidon, A., Renner, M. (2014). A simple physical explanation for the sensitivity of the hydrologic cycle to global climate change. Presented at the Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, Berlin.
• Kleidon, A. and Renner, M. (2014): Thermodynamics, Limits and Optimality of Land Surface-Atmosphere Exchange and Evapotranspiration. AGU CHapman Conference on Catchment Spatial Organisation and Complex Behavior, Luxembourg, https://agu.confex.com/agu/14chapman1/webprogram/Paper2112.html
• Müller, B., Bernhardt, M., Schulz, K. (2014): Identification of catchment functional units by time series of thermal remote sensing images. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Neuper, M., Ehret, U. (2014): Comparison of measured drop size distribution and retrieved Z/R relations with reflectivity patterns in the 2D-radar image. ERAD 2014, Garmisch.
• Neuper, M., Ehret, U. (2014): Radar-based rainfall estimation: Improving Z/R relations through comparison of drop size distributions, rainfall rates and radar reflectivity patterns. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Pfister, L., McDonnell, J.J., Hissler, C., Martinez-Carreras, N., Gourdol, L., Klaus, J., Iffly, J.F., Barnich, F., Stewart, M.K. (2014): Geological controls on isotopic signatures of streamflow: results from a nested catchment experiment in Luxembourg (Europe). European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Pfister, L., Klaus, J., Hissler, C., Iffly, J.F., Gourdol, L., Martinez-Carreras, N., McDonnell, J.J. (2014): A new perspective on catchment storage gained from a nested catchment experiment in Luxembourg (Europe). European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Renner, M., Bernhofer, C., Moderow, U., Spank, U., Kleidon, A. (2014). A simple interpretation of energy partitioning at the land surface of three eddy covariance sites in Germany and effects after precipitation. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna
• Seibert, S., Zehe, E., Ehret, U., Jackisch, C. (2014): Signatures as proxies for hydrological functioning. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Schwab, M., Weiler, M., Pfister, L., Klaus, J. (2014): In situ high-frequency UV-Vis spectrometer probes for investigating runoff processes and end member stability. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Sprenger, M., Weiler, M. (2014): Transit times of water particles in the vadose zone across catchment states and catchments functional units. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria
• Sprenger, M., Weiler, M. and Blume, T. (2014): Water transit times in the unsaturated zone: Spatio-temporal variation and its application for the characterization of functional units. AGU Chapman Conference, 2014, Luxembourg.
• Sun, L., Schulz, K. (2014) Vegetation dynamics monitoring and modelling using multi-temporal remote sensing data in a meso-scale catchment. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Thiem, C.E., Sun, L., Müller, B., Bernhardt, M., Schulz, K. (2014): Heterogeneous terrain: A challenge to derive evapotranspiration with remote sensing and scintillometry. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• van Schaik, L., Palm, J., Schröder, B. (2014): How within field abundance and spatial distribution patterns of earthworms and macropores depend on soil tillage. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.
• Schwitalla, T., H.-S. Bauer, J. Milovac, V. Wulfmeyer, A. Bahkshaii-Shahrbabaki, U. Ehret and M. Neuper (2014): Quantitative precipitation estimation by combining observations and a high-resolution numerical weather prediction model with 3DVAR. World Weather Open Science Conference, 16-21 August 2014, Montreal, Canada.
• Wulfmeyer, V., Behrendt, A., Bauer, H.-S., Schwitalla, T., Warrach-Sagi, K. (2014): Observations and Simulations of Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Feedback with a new Lidar Sensor Synergy and the WRF-NOAH-MP model in the grey zone. 7th International Scientific Conference on the Global Water and Energy Cycle, Den Haag, The Netherlands, July 14-17, 2014.
• Wulfmeyer, V., Warrach-Sagi, K., Schwitalla, T., Bauer, H.-S., Milovac, J. (2014): Towards Seamless Mesoscale Prediction of the Land System for Europe. The World Weather Open Science Conference, August 16-21, 2014.
• Zehe, E., Ehret, U., Scherer, U., Kasparek, A. (2014): Using landscape organization and functional similarity to reduce redundancy in distributed hydrological modeling. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna.

2013

• Allroggen N., Hermanns H. and Tronicke J. (2013):. Geophysikalische Erkundung hydrologischer Einheiten auf der Hangskala: Eine Fallstudie aus dem Attert Einzugsgebiet, Luxemburg. In 73. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft 2013, Leipzig.
• Angermann L., Tecklenburg C., Blume T. (2013): Investigation of spatial variability in river-catchment interaction with combined application of Radon measurements and salt tracer experiments. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna.
• Blume T. and the CAOS Team: In search of hydrologic functional units in the real world: interdisciplinary monitoring design. 2013 Gordon Research Conference on Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology & Geochemistry, Andover NH, USA.
• Blume T. and the CAOS team (2013): Catchments As Organized Systems.The CAOS project: Interdisciplinary monitoring for the identification of hydrologic functional units. Invited talk at European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna.
• Feskova, T., and Dietrich, P. (2013): Geophysikalische Erkundung eines Hanges in Luxemburg: Geoelektriesche Tomographie vs. VES, Neustadt-Seminar für Umwelt- und Ingenieurgeophysik, 2013, Neustadt.
• Hassler, S.K., Blume T. (2013): Variability of sap flow on forest hillslopes: patterns and controls. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna.
• Jackisch C., Zehe E. (2013): The role of interfaces in flow and transport in porous media. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15, Vienna
• Jackisch C., Zehe E. (2013): A Lagrangian model approach to unify observables, preferential flow and matrix fluxes. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15, Vienna
• Kleidon, A., Renner, M. (2013): Thermodynamic limits of hydrologic cycling within the climate system. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna.
• Sprenger, M., Gralher, B., Weiler, M. (2013): Identifying flow processes in catchments with porewater isotope profiles. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria
• Sprenger, M., Weiler, M. (2013): Potential of pore water stable isotope for optimization of soil physical parameters and predicting flow and transport in the unsaturated zone. General Assembly of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California.
• Thiem, C. E., Beyrich F., Schulz, K. (2013): Latent heat flux above heterogeneouos terrain using large aperture scintillometry. Atmospheric Physics Symposium “Scintillometers and Applications”,2013, Tübingen, Germany.
• van Schaik, L., Schröder, B., Schneider, A.K. (2013): Spatial variation in infiltration patterns in a meso-scale catchment. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15.
• van Schaik, L., Schröder, B., Schneider, A.K, Zangerlé, A., Eccard, J. (2013): Influence of soil surface macroporosity on infiltration patterns. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15.
• van Schaik, L., Schröder, B., Schneider, A.K, Zangerlé, A., Eccard, J. (2013): Influence of rodent burrows, as part of macropore networks, on infiltration patterns. Biohydrology conference, Landau, Germany.
• Schneider, A.K., van Schaik, L., Zangerlé, A. Schröder, B. (2013): Effects of earthworms on soil structure and related hydrological processes. Biohydrology conference, Landau, Germany.
• Zehe, E., Blume, T., Kleidon, A., Ehret, U., Scherer, U. and Westhoff, M. (2013): Self-organization, preferential flow and rainfall runoff behavior - is there a connection? European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15.

2012

• Blume T. (2012): Data scarcity vs. data greed: Strategic monitoring concepts to improve hydrological process understanding. Invited talk at “Deserts, Drylands and Desertification”, Sde Boker, Israel.
• Dietrich, P., Tronicke, J., Allroggen, N., Feskova, T. (2012): Opportunities and limitations of near surface geophysical methods for the investigation of ungauged basins. IAHS 90th anniversary PUB sym-posium 2012, Delft.
• Ehret, U., Zehe, E., Kleidon, A., Scherer, U., Westhoff, M., and Blume, T. (2012): A thermodynamic framework to link process, structure and function. IAHS 90th anniversary PUB symposium 2012, Delft.
• Kleidon, A., Zehe, E., Ehret, U. and Scherer, U. (2012): Thermodynamics, maximum power limits, and dynamics of preferential flow structures at the land surface. 2nd International Conference on Hydropedology, Leipzig.Kleidon, A., Zehe, E., Ehret, U., Scherer, U. (2012): Thermodynamics, Maximum Power, and the dynamics of preferential flow structures on continents. Geophysical Society General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 14.
• Müller, B., Bernhardt, M., Schulz, K. (2012): Identification of catchment functional units by time series of multi-spectral and thermal remote sensing images. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna.
• Müller, B., Schulz, K. (2012): Identification of catchment functional units by time series of multi-spectral and thermal remote sensing images. 2nd International Conference on Hydropedology 2012, Leipzig.
• Scherer, U., Zehe, E., Ehret, U. and Kleidon, A. (2012): Spatio-temporal organization of sediment dynamics at the hillslope scale. IAHS 90th anniversary PUB symposium 2012, Delft.
• Scherer, U., Zehe, E., Ehret, U., Kleidon, A. (2012): Analysing the evolution of convex-concave shaped hillslopes using a process based erosion model. Geophysical Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 14.
• van Schaik, L., Schröder, B., Schneider, A.K, Zangerlé, A., Eccard, J.. (2012): Biogenic soil structures: feedbacks between bioactivity and soil hydrology. Eurosoil 2012, Bari, Italy.
• Schneider, A.K., van Schaik, L., Zangerlé, A. Schröder, B. (2012): Spatiotemporal distribution of earthworms and their functional effects on soil hydrological processes. Talk at the International Colloquium on Soil Zoology 2012, Coimbra, Portugal.
• Wulfmeyer, V., Schwitalla, T., Bauer, H-S, Ehret, U. (2012): QPE-QPF ensemble prediction system based on WRF-NOAH-MP including polarization radar data assimilation. 3rd WMO/WWRP International Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting, Rio de Janeiro.
• Zehe, E., Ehret, u., Kleidon, A., Jackisch, C., Scherer, U., Blume, T. (2012): Catchment organisation, free energy dynamics and network control on critical zone water flows. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 14.

Conferences and sessions at international conferences

2016

• 2016/04: Union Level Session 'Models in the Geosciences', General Assembly of the European Geophysical Union, Vienna. (Ehret)
• 2016/04: International Workshop 'Information Theory and the Earth Sciences', Schneefernerhaus, Germany. Financial support by DFG. (Ehret)

2015

• 2015/04: Session 'Data & Models, Induction & Prediction, Information & Uncer-tainty: Towards a common framework for model building and predictions in the Geosciences', General Assembly of the European Geophysical Union, Vienna. (Ehret)

2014

• 2014/09: AGU Chapman conference 'Catchment structure affecting catchment flows – catchment flows shaping catchment structure' in Luxembourg. (Mainly organized by CAOS group)
• 2014/04: Session 'Catchment Organization and Similarity', General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna (Westhoff)
• 2014/04: Session 'Data & Models, Induction & Prediction, Information & Uncertainty: Towards a common framework for model building and predictions in the Geosciences', General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna. (Ehret, Zehe)
• 2014/04: Session 'Environmental and anthropogenic change: adaptation and co-evolution in ecohydrological systems', General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna. (Schymanski)
• 2014/02: Session 'Convective Scale Data Assimilation II', Conveners: Tijana Janjic-Pfander and Volker Wulfmeyer, International Symposium on Data Assimilation, LMU, Munich, February 24-28, 2014 (Wulfmeyer).

2013

• 2013/12: Session 'Information and Uncertainty in Data and Models: Towards a Common Framework for Model Building and Prediction', General Assembly of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco. (Ehret)
• 2013/04: Session 'Data & Models, Induction & Prediction, Information & Uncertainty: Towards a common framework for model building and predictions in the Geosciences', General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna. (Ehret, Zehe)
• 2013/04: Session 'Catchment Organization and Similarity', General Assembly of the European Geophysical Union, Vienna. (van Schaik, Ehret, Zehe)
• 2013/04: Session 'Environmental and anthropogenic change effects on interlinked ecohydrological systems - physical constraints, ecological adaptation and societal decisions', General Assembly of the European Geophysical Union, Vienna: (Schymanski)

2012

• 2012/04: Session 'Metrics, measures and objective functions in Hydrology', General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna. (Ehret, Zehe)
• 2012/04: Session 'Looking at catchments as organized dynamic systems', General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna. (Ehret, Zehe)
• 2012/04: Session 'Environmental and anthropogenic change affecting catchments and groundwater-dependent ecosystems', General Assembly of the European Geophysical Union, Vienna. (Schymanski)

2011

• 2011/04: Convener of Session 'Metrics and the Use of Data in Hydrology to support Model Structure Improvement', Hydrological Sciences, General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna. (Ehret, Zehe)

Finished PhDs

2015

• Niklas Allroggen: Observation of subsurface flow from the surface: applications of ground-penetrating radar. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jens Tronicke
• Matthias Sprenger: Spatio-temporal effects on vadose zone water transit times. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Weiler & Ass. Prof. Dr. Kevin McGuire
• Conrad Jackisch: Linking structure and functioning of hydrological systems: How to achieve necessary experimental and model complexity with adequate effort. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Erwin Zehe
• Tatiana Feskova: System-oriented approach for catchment characterization in terms of typical landscape subunits based on the geophysical models. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Peter Dietrich & Prof. Dr. Erwin Appel. http://hdl.handle.net/10900/70779

Student training (CAOS-related BSc and MSc theses)

2016

• BSC thesis Johannes Schnell: Einfluss von Regenwurmabundanz auf Makroporendichte (University of Potsdam).
• MSc thesis Arne Reck: The effect of dynamic macropores on infiltration processes- An assessment based on field measurements and modelling (University of Potsdam).
• Diplom thesis Friedrich Hübel: Influence of GIS based and measurement based predictors on endogeic earthworm abundance (University of Potsdam).

2014

• MSc Thesis Francois Nyobeu: Water Balance Analysis and Identification of Hydrological Processes - Case Study of the Colpach Sub-basin of the Attert Catchment in Luxembourg (KIT).
• BSc Thesis Christoph Messer: Towards estimation of soil water retention curves based on situ observations of soil moisture and matric potential data at Cluster sites (KIT). MSc thesis Friedrich Hübel: Modelling Earthworm distribution patterns at meso-catchment scale (University of Potsdam).
• Msc thesis Lisei Köhn: Storage-discharge relationships and storage dynamics in headwater catchments: Analyzing streamflow recessions and soil moisture data (GFZ /University of Potsdam).
• MSc thesis Marvin Reich: Hydrological Processes in Periglacial Slope Deposits on Schist (GFZ /TU Berlin).
• MSc thesis Nikos Anestis: Porewater Stable Isotope Profiles: Similarities and its Implication for Vadose Zone processes (University of Freiburg).

2013

• BSc thesis Daniel Friedrich: Einfluss von Makroporen auf Infiltrationsmuster (University of Potsdam).
• BSc thesis Kathleen Slabik: Bodenbiologie: Der Einfluss von Umweltbedingungen auf die Lumbriziden-Diversität (University of Potsdam).
• BSc thesis Jakob Kühn: Validation of a proposed Method for Minimal Invasive Rodent Burrow/ Macropore Length and Connectivity Measurement (University of Potsdam).
• BSc thesis Lena Nowotny: Raum-Zeit-Dynamik der Bodenfeuchte im Attert-Einzugsgebiet (University of Freiburg).

2012

• MSc thesis Axel Kasparek: From Structural to Functional Similarity – Dynamic Identification of Hydrologically Similar Landscape Units in a Lower-Meso Scale Catchment (KIT Karlsruhe).
• MSc thesis Ben Müller: Simulation komplexer 2-dimensionaler Strukturen und Muster anhand statistischer-topologischer Kenngrößen (LMU Munich).
• MSc thesis Christoph Ebner: Improving the prediction of hydrological processes in the Attert-Catchment by multi-objective calibration (LMU Munich).
• MSc thesis Hannah Herrmanns: Nutzen geophysikalischer Methoden zur hydrologischen Modellbildung auf der Einzugsgebietsskala (University of Potsdam).