ORCID: 0000-0002-5062-6218

 

Research topics

Application of the open-schooling concept to strengthen environmental education and participiation in environmental projects from science and society

Process based modelling of balances of water, carbon and nitrogen in agricultural and natural ecpsystems.

Modelling the mutual interaction of plant growth, agroeconomical decision making and land-use change by coupling of ecohydrological and socioeconomic models.

Spatiotemporal patterns of state and process in ecosystems on different scales: analysis, description and scaling properties.

Analysis of the balaces of carbon and water on agricultural areas using eddy covariance measurements. Development of methods to partition measured balances into carbon uptake and release (ecosystem respiration).

 

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Projects

DISTENDER - DevelopIng strategies by integrating mitigation, adaptation and participation to climate change risks

A project that develops strategies to simultaneously adapt to and mitigate climate change. The EU-funded project is being carried out by 32 partners from all over Europe.

 

Teaching

Currently not offered:

Numeric simulation of human-environment problems in the context of sociohydrology (in german)

Model building in Geography and environmental research

Applications of hydrological concepts

 

 

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Publications

Weber, T. K. D., Ingwersen, J., Högy, P., Poyda, A., Wizemann, H.-D., Demyan, M. S., Bohm, K., Eshonkulov, R., Gayler, S., Kremer, P., Laub, M., Nkwain, Y. F., Troost, C., Witte, I., Reichenau, T., Berger, T., Cadisch, G., Müller, T., Fangmeier, A., Wulfmeyer, V., and Streck, T., 2022: Multi-site, multi-crop measurements in the soil–vegetation–atmosphere continuum: a comprehensive dataset from two climatically contrasting regions in southwestern Germany for the period 2009–2018, Earth System Sciences Data, 14, doi: 10.5194/essd-14-1153-2022

Reichenau, T. G., Korres, W., Schmidt, M., Graf, A., Welp, G.,  Meyer, N., Stadler, A., Brogi, C., Schneider, K., 2020: A comprehensive dataset of vegetation states, fluxes of matter and energy, weather, agricultural management, and soil properties from intensively monitored crop sites in western Germany. Earth System Sciences Data, 12, doi: 10.5194/essd-12-2333-2020

Brogi, C., Huisman, J.A., Herbst, M., Weihermüller, L., Klosterhalfen, A., Montzka, C., Reichenau, T.G., Vereecken, H., 2020: Simulation of spatial variability in crop leaf area index and yield using agroecosystem modeling and geophysics‐based quantitative soil information. Vadose Zone Journal 19(1), doi:10.1002/vzj2.20009. This publication received the Outstanding Paper award of Vadoze Zone.

Esch, S., Korres, W., Reichenau, T.G., Schneider, K., 2018: Soil moisture index from ERS-SAR and its application to the analysis of spatial patterns in agricultural areas. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 12(2),  doi: 10.1117/1.JRS.12.022206

Reichenau, T.G., Korres, W., Montzka, C., Fiener, P., Wilken, F., Stadler, A., Waldhoff, G., Schneider, K., 2016: Spatial Heterogeneity of Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Its Temporal Course on Arable Land: Combining Field Measurements, Remote Sensing and Simulation in a Comprehensive Data Analysis Approach (CDAA). PLoS one 11(7), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158451

Krimly T., Apfelbeck. J., Huigen, M., Dabbert, S., Reichenau, T.G., Lenz-Wiedemann, V., Klar, C.W., Schneider, K., 2016: Effects of Future Climate Changes on Yields, Land Use and Agricultural Incomes. In:  Regional Assessment of Global Change Impacts - The Project GLOWA-Danube, Mauser, W., Prasch, M. (Hrsg.), Springer

Reichenau, T.G., Klar, C.W., Schneider, K., 2016: Effects of Agro-Economic Decisions on Nitrate Leaching. In:  Regional Assessment of Global Change Impacts - The Project GLOWA-Danube, Mauser, W., Prasch, M. (Hrsg.), Springer

Reichenau, T.G., Klar, C.W., Schneider, K., 2016: Effects of Climate Change on Nitrate Leaching. In: Regional Assessment of Global Change Impacts - The Project GLOWA-Danube, Mauser, W., Prasch, M. (Hrsg.), Springer

Lenz-Wiedemann, V., Reichenau, T.G., Klar, C.W., Schneider, K., 2016: CO2 Fluxes and Transpiration. In: Regional Assessment of Global Change Impacts - The Project GLOWA-Danube, Mauser, W., Prasch, M. (Hrsg.), Springer

Reichenau, T.G., Klar, C.W., Lenz-Wiedemann, V., Fiener, P., Schneider, K., 2016: Nitrate Leaching. In: Regional Assessment of Global Change Impacts - The Project GLOWA-Danube, Mauser, W., Prasch, M. (Hrsg.), Springer

Korres, W., Reichenau, T.G., Fiener, P., Koyama, C.N., Bogena, H.R., Cornelissen, T., Baatz, R., Herbst, M., Diekkrüger, B., Vereecken, H., Schneider, K., 2015: Spatio-temporal soil moisture patterns - a meta-analysis using plot to catchment scale data. Journal of Hydrology 520: 326. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.11.042

Korres, W., Reichenau, T. G., Schneider, K., 2013: Patterns and Scaling Properties of Surface Soil Moisture in an Agricultural Landscape: An Ecohydrological Modeling Study. Journal of Hydology 498: 89. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.050

Wagner, P.D., Reichenau, T.G., Kumar, S., Schneider, K., 2013: Assessing climate change impacts on the water resources in Pune, India. Regional Environmental Change, DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0481-z

Schmidt, M., Reichenau, T.G., Fiener, P., Schneider, K., 2012. The carbon budget of a winter wheat field: An eddy covariance analysis of seasonal and inter-annual variability. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 165: 114.

Barthel, R., Reichenau, T.G., Krimly, T., Dabbert, S., Schneider, K., Mauser, W., 2012. Integrated Modeling of Global Change Impacts on Agriculture and Groundwater Resources. Water Resources Management 26: 1929.

Barthel R., Reichenau, T.G., Muerth, M., Heinzeller, C., Schneider, K., Hennicker, R., Mauser, W., 2011. Folgen des Globalen Wandels für das Grundwasser in Süddeutschland – Teil 1: Naturräumliche Aspekte. Grundwasser. DOI: 10.1007/s00767-011-0179-4

Barthel, R., Krimly, T., Elbers, M., Soboll, A., Wackerbauer, J., Hennicker, R., Janisch, S., Reichenau, T.G., Dabbert, S., Schmude, J., Ernst, A., Mauser, W.2011. Folgen des Globalen Wandels für das Grundwasser in Süddeutschland – Teil 2: Sozioökonomische Aspekte. Grundwasser. DOI 10.1007/s00767-011-0180-y

Klar, C.W., Reichenau, T.G., Schneider, K. 2010: Auswirkungen von Klimaänderungen auf die Nitratauswaschung. In: GLOWA-Danube-Projekt, Universität München, LMU (Hrsg.). Global Change Atlas, Einzugsgebiet Obere Donau. Eigenverlag LMU München.

Reichenau, T.G., Klar, C.W., Schneider, K., 2010: Auswirkungen von agrarökonomischen Entscheidungen auf die Nitratauswaschung. In: GLOWA-Danube-Projekt, Universität München, LMU (Hrsg.). Global Change Atlas, Einzugsgebiet Obere Donau. Eigenverlag LMU München.

Lenz-Wiedemann, V.I.S., Reichenau, T.G., Klar, C.W., Schneider, K., 2009: CO2-Flüsse und Transpiration. In: GLOWA-Danube-Projekt, Universität München, LMU (Hrsg.). Global Change Atlas, Einzugsgebiet Obere Donau. Eigenverlag LMU München.

Lenz-Wiedemann, V.I.S., Reichenau, T.G., Schneider, K., 2009: Pflanzenwachstum und Biomasseproduktion. In: GLOWA-Danube-Projekt, Universität München, LMU (Hrsg.). Global Change Atlas, Einzugsgebiet Obere Donau. Eigenverlag LMU München.

Klar, C.W., Lenz-Wiedemann, V.I.S., Reichenau, T.G., Schneider, K., 2009: Nitratauswaschung. In: GLOWA-Danube-Projekt, Universität München, LMU (Hrsg.). Global Change Atlas, Einzugsgebiet Obere Donau. Eigenverlag LMU München.

Krimly, T., Apfelbeck, J., Huigen, M., Dabbert, S., Reichenau, T.G., Lenz-Wiedemann, V.I.S., Klar, C.W., Schneider, K., 2009: Ertragsentwicklung und Landnutzungsänderung unter Klimawandel. In: GLOWA-Danube-Projekt, Universität München, LMU (Hrsg.). Global Change Atlas, Einzugsgebiet Obere Donau. Eigenverlag LMU München.

Reichenau, T.G.; Esser, G., 2003. Interannual fluctuations of atmospheric CO2 dominated by combined effects of ENSO and volcanic aerosols? Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 17, 1094, doi:10.1029/2002GB002025.

Dargaville, R.J.; Heimann, M.; McGuire, A.D.; Prentice, I.C.; Kicklighter, D.W.; Joos, F.; Clein, J.S.; Esser, G.; Foley, J.; Kaplan, J.; Meier, R.A.; Melillo, J.M.; Moore III, B.; Ramankutty, N.; Reichenau, T.G.; Schloss, A.; Sitch, S.; Tian, H.; Williams, L.J.; Wittenberg, U., 2002. Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models with atmospheric CO2 measurements: Results from transient simulations considering increasing CO2, climate, and land-use effects. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 16, 1092, doi:10.1029/2001GB001426.

McGuire, A.D.; Sitch, S.; Clein, J.S.; Dargaville, R.J.; Esser, G.; Foley, J.; Heimann, M.; Joos, F.; Kaplan, J.; Kicklighter, D.W.; Meier, R.A.; Melillo, J.M.; Moore III, B.; Prentice, I.C.; Ramankutty, N.; Reichenau, T.G.; Schloss, A.; Tian, H.; Williams, L.J.; Wittenberg, U., 2001. Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the twentieth century: Analysis of CO2, climate and land use effects with four process-based ecosystem models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 15, 183-206. 

Talks and poster presentations

Reichenau, T.G., Korres, W., Esch, S., Schneider, K. 2018. Propagation of patterns from soil, vegetation and weather to soil moisture and surface fluxes. International conference on Terrestrial Systems Research: Monitoring, Prediction and High Performance Computing, Bonn, Germany, Presentation.

Esch, S., Korres, W., Reichenau, T.G., Schneider, K. 2018. Empirical Derivation of Soil Moisture and Vegetation Parameters from Sentinel-1 SAR in the Rur catchment. International conference on Terrestrial Systems Research: Monitoring, Prediction and High Performance Computing, Bonn, Germany, Presentation.

Korres, W., Reichenau, T.G., Esch, S., Schneider, K. 2018. Analysis of Soil Moisture Patterns in a Mesoscale Catchment Using Plot to Catchment Scale Datasets. International conference on Terrestrial Systems Research: Monitoring, Prediction and High Performance Computing, Bonn, Germany, Presentation.

Esch, S., Korres, W., Reichenau, T.G., Schneider, K. 2016. Observing Soil Moisture Patterns on Agricultural Fields in the Rur Catchment Using ESA SAR Datasets. ESA Living Planet Symposium 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, Poster.

Ney, P., Klosterhalfen, A., Quade, M., Rothfuss, Y., Brüggemann, N., Schmidt, M., Esser, O., Reichenau, T.G., Vereecken, H., Graf, A. 2016. Vergleich datenbasierter und instrumenteller Ansätze zum Source-Partitioning von Kohlenstoffdioxidflüssen in einem Winterweizenbestand. DACH Meteorologentagung 2016, Berlin, Germany, Poster.

Reichenau, T.G., Korres, W., Montzka, C., Schneider, K. 2015. Scaling properties of leaf area index spatial heterogeneity from remote sensing and simulation on arable land. AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, USA, Poster.

Korres, W., Reichenau, T.G., Fiener, P., Koyama, C.N., Bogena, H.R., Cornelissen, T., Baatz, R., Herbst, M., Diekkrüger, B., Vereecken, H., Schneider, K. 2015. Geostatistical and Fractal Analysis of Soil Moisture Patterns in a Mesoscale Catchment Using Plot to Catchment Scale Datasets. AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, USA, Poster.

Schneider, K., Esch, S., Reichenau, T.G., Korres, W. 2015. Derivation of Soil Moisture Patterns from a simple Soil Moisture Index. AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, USA, Poster.

Bothe, T., Reichenau, T.G., Korres, W., Schneider, K. 2015. Spatial Variability of Soil Properties and its Impact on Simulated Surface Soil Moisture Patterns. AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, USA, Poster.

Reichenau, T.G., Krimly, T. 2014. Integrating decision making in the agricultural sector into ecohydrologicalsimulations: the GLOWA-Danube approach. Commission for the Hydrology of the Rhine basin (CHR) Spring Seminar Socio-economic influences on the discharge of the River Rhine. Bregenz, Switzerland.

Korres, W., Reichenau, T.G., Schneider, K. 2013. Multiskalige Analyse von oberflächennahen Bodenfeuchtemustern in einem landwirtschaftlich genutzten Einzugsgebiet unter Verwendung eines ökohydrologischen Modells. Tag der Hydrologie 2013, Bern, Switzerland.

Korres, W., Fiener, P., Reichenau, T.G., Schneider, K. 2013. Model-based analysis of scaling properties of surface soil moisture in an agricultural landscape. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, Poster.

Schneider, K., Korres, W., Koyama, C.N., Reichenau, T.G., Fiener, P. 2012. Monitoring and modeling spatial patterns and temporal dynamics of surface soil moisture. HOBE-TR32 Workshop 2012, Sønderborg, Denmark.

Korres, W., Reichenau, T.G., Schneider, K., 2012. Multiscale analysis of surface soil moisture dynamics in a mesoscale catchment utilizing an integrated ecohydrological model. AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, USA, Poster.

Reichenau, T.G., Imer, D., Schmidt, M., Eugster, W., Schneider, K., 2012. Partitioning of CO2 fluxes from managed ecosystems. AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, USA, Poster.

Barthel, R., Reichenau, T.G., Krimly, T., Dabbert, S., Schneider, K., Mauser, W., Hennicker, R., 2012. Modelling the Impact of Human Actors on Groundwater Resources under Conditions of Climate Change. AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, USA, Vortrag.

Schmidt, M., Reichenau, T.G., Fiener, P., Schneider, K., 2012. Seasonal and inter-annual variability of carbon budgets of a winter wheat field. First Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences / 30th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 29. May - 1. June 2012, Boston, USA. Poster.

Wagner, P.D., Reichenau, T.G., Kumar, S., Schneider, K., 2012. Assessing climate change impacts on the water resources in Pune, India, using downscaling and hydrologic modelling. 2012 International SWAT Conference. Delhi, India. Vortrag.

Reichenau, T.G., Krimly, T., Schneider, K., 2012. Effects of dynamic agricultural decision making in an ecohydrological model. EGU General Assembly 2012. Wien. Vortrag.

Reichenau, T.G., 2010. A first step towards a more process-oriented description of the terrestrial vegetation carbon balance in models of the global carbon cycle. 1stTERRABITES symposium. 9. - 11. Februar 2010, Hamburg. Vortrag.

Korres, W., Klar, C.W., Reichenau, T.G., Fiener, P., Schneider, K., 2010. Integrated validation of modeled plant growth, nitrogen- and water-fluxes in the agricultural used Rur catchment in Western Germany. EGU General Assembly 2010.  3. 7. Mai 2010, Wien. Poster.

Barthel, R., Dabbert, S., Reichenau, T., Henneker, R., Ernst, A., Mauser, W., 2010. Using a Multi-Actor Framework for Simulating the Interaction between Various Actors, Water Supply and Groundwater in Response to Global Change. Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agricultur - An International Conference Linking Science and Policy. San Francisco, USA. Vortrag.

Reichenau, T.G., Klar, C.W., Fiener, P., Schneider, K., 2010. Carbon-, nitrogen- and water-fluxes of agricultural landuse types in the Upper Danube catchment under global change: integrating natural and agroeconomic effects. EGU General Assembly.  3. – 7. Mai 2010, Wien. Poster.

Apfelbeck, J., Huigen, M., Krimly, T., Dabbert, S., Klar, C.W., Lenz-Wiedemann, V.I.S., Reichenau, T.G., Schneider, K., 2009. Landwirtschaft und Landnutzung. Nationale GLOWA Konferenz “Globaler Wandel des Wasserkreislaufs – Perspektiven für Donau und Elbe“. 12. – 14. Oktober 2009, Potsdam. Poster.

Klar, C.W., Lenz-Wiedemann, V.I.S., Reichenau, T.G., Schneider, K., Apfelbeck, J., Huigen, M., Krimly, T., Dabbert, S., Mauser, W., 2009. Pflanzenwachstum und Agrarsektor. Nationale GLOWA Konferenz “Globaler Wandel des Wasserkreislaufs – Perspektiven für Donau und Elbe“. 12. – 14. Oktober 2009, Potsdam. Poster.

Schneider, K., Fiener, P., Klar, C.W., Lenz-Wiedemann, V.I.S., Reichenau, T.G.,  Schmidt, M., 2009. Analyse der vegetationsgesteuerten Wasser- und Stoffflüsse unter Bedingungen des globalen Klimawandels. Tag der Hydrologie 2009 – Hydrologische Systeme im Wandel – 26./27. März 2009, Kiel. Vortrag.

Reichenau, T.G., Lenz-Wiedemann, V.I.S., Schmidt, M., Klar, C.W., Schneider, K., 2008. Modellierung der Auswirkung landwirtschaftlicher Anbauentscheidungen auf die Transpiration mit dem Entscheidungsunterstützungssystem DANUBIA. 12. Workshop Großskalige Hydrologische Modellierung, 12.-14.November 2008, Kiel. Poster.

Schneider, K., Reichenau, T.G., Lenz-Wiedemann, V.I.S., Klar, C.W., Schmidt, M., Fiener, P., 

Datasets

Reichenau, T.G., Korres, W., Schneider, K., 2013. Modelled LAI of Maize, Sugar Beet, Winter Wheat and Winter Barley for the northern part of the Rur catchment (2009). CRC/TR32 Database (TR32DB). DOI: 10.5880/TR32DB.5

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CV

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Geographischen Institut der Universität zu Köln (seit 2011), seit 2014 im SFB TR32.

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Postdoc) am Geographischen Institut der Universität zu Köln im Rahmen des GLOWA-Danube Projekts (2007-2011).

 

Senior scientist at the Institute of Geography of the University of Cologne (since 2011),

Since 2015 in the SFB TR32.

Research Assistant (Postdoc) at the Institute of Geography of the University of Cologne in the project GLOWA-Danube (2007-2011).