Working groups
Isotop tracer group
Contact
Prof. Dr. Kay Knöller
Phone: +49 341 6025 4444
Focus: Determination of drivers of water, nutrient, and contaminant fluxes in catchments The 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.Grundwassersysteme
Contact
Dr. habil. Christian Siebert
Phone: +49 3455585211
Die Forschung der Arbeitsgruppe ist auf die quantitative und qualitative Bewertung von Grundwasser Ressourcen ausgerichtet. Ziel ist den Ist-Zustand und die mögliche Entwicklung von Wasser-Ressourcen in Deutschland und darüber hinaus im europäischen und im semi-ariden Raum zu definieren. Der Einsatz multidisziplinärer Monitoringtechnologien und kombinierter Modellierungswerkzeuge steht im Vordergrund der Tätigkeiten.
Watershed Dynamics & Hydrological Extremes
Contact
Dr. Larisa Tarasova
Phone: +49 3455585481
larisa.tarasova@ufz.de
In the WaterExtremes group we develop effective process-informed data-driven methods grounded in comprehensive perceptual representation of dominant hydrological dynamics and catchment organization to leverage the increasing sample sizes of hydrometeorological observations from small- to mesoscales. With these methods we uncover regularities in complex hydrological systems to understand better the emergence of extremes and provide more reliable predictions at large scales.