Research Areas
Regional hydrological modelling
Head: Prof. Dr. Ralf Merz
Focus: Regional forecasts hydrological processes, especially extreme events via process analysis and modellingMatter flux dynamics and flow systems
Head: Dr. Kay Knöller
Focus: Determination of drivers of water, nutrient, and contaminant fluxes in catchmentsThe research encompasses the delineation of nutrient and contaminant sources as well as the recognition and quantification of biogeochemical matter transformations in surface and subsurface catchments across scales by means of stable isotope methods. Natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in concert with stable isotopes of the water molecule are utilized to provide information on water flow paths, on water travel and residence times, and on water exchange between different hydrological compartments for the implementation in conceptual hydrological, hydrogeological and reactive transport models.
Arid Hydrogeology
Focus: Assessment of the water resources
Investigations of geogenic and anthropogenic influences on groundwater and surface water in semi-arid and arid regions by combining several advanced hydrogeological methods.
Investigations of geogenic and anthropogenic influences on groundwater and surface water in semi-arid and arid regions by combining several advanced hydrogeological methods.