Dr. Gerrit de Rooij
Soil Physicist
fax: +49 (0)345 558-5449
Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4
06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
Education/training
1990 MSc Land and Water Studies, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
1996 PhD Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. Thesis: Preferential flow in water-repellent sandy soils - Model development and lysimeter experiments
Employment
1996 Research associate, Dept. Water Resources, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
1997-1998 Associate Professor, Dept. Agricultural Sci., Saga University, Japan (Research and teaching)
1998-2003 Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, based at Wageningen University, The Netherlands (Research and teaching)
2003-2009 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Soil Physics, Ecohydrology, and Groundwater Management Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands (Research and teaching)
2010-present Senior Researcher, Soil System Sciences Dept., Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle, Germany
Research visits
1998, 1999 Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2000-2001 School of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus, Australia
Professional service (selected)
1999-2003 Sub-section Secretary and Subdivision President for the Unsaturated Zone within the Hydrological Sciences Division of the European Geophysical Society
2011-2015 President of the Hydrological Sciences Division of the European Geosciences Union
2015-2017 Programme Committee Chair of the European Geosciences Union
Member of several editorial boards over the years, reviewer for approximately 20 journals and multiple funding organizations.
Research interests
Hydrological controls on export of dissolved organic carbon to streams
Large-scale subsurface hydrology
Limitations on the validity of Darcy's Law
Groundwater recharge and movement of liquid water and water vapor in soils in (semi-)arid areas
Index:
2022 (1)2021 (2)
2020 (1)
2019 (3)
2018 (1)
2016 (2)
2015 (2)
2014 (2)
2013 (3)
2012 (4)
2011 (2)
2010 (7)
You could use our publication index for further requests.
2022 (1)
- de Rooij, G.H. (2022):
Technical note: A sigmoidal soil water retention curve without asymptote that is robust when dry-range data are unreliable
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 26 (22), 5849 - 5858
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2021 (2)
- de Rooij, G.H., Mai, J., Madi, R. (2021):
Sigmoidal water retention function with improved behaviour in dry and wet soils
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 25 (2), 983 - 1007
full text (doi) - Werner, B.J., Lechtenfeld, O.J., Musolff, A., de Rooij, G.H., Yang, J., Gründling, R., Werban, U., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2021):
Small-scale topography explains patterns and dynamics of dissolved organic carbon exports from the riparian zone of a temperate, forested catchment
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 25 (12), 6067 - 6086
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2020 (1)
- Jackisch, C., Germer, K., Graeff, T., Andrä, I., Schulz, K., Schiedung, M., Haller-Jans, J., Schneider, J., Jaquemotte, J., Helmer, P., Lotz, L., Bauer, A., Hahn, I., Šanda, M., Kumpan, M., Dorner, J., de Rooij, G.H., Wessel-Bothe, S., Kottmann, L., Schittenhelm, S., Durner, W. (2020):
Soil moisture and matric potential – an open field comparison of sensor systems
Earth Syst. Sci. Data 12 (1), 683 - 697
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2019 (3)
- Blöschl, G., Bierkens, M.F.P., Chambel, A., Cudennec, C., Destouni, G., Fiori, A., Kirchner, J.W., McDonnell, J.J., Savenije, H.H.G., Sivapalan, M., Stumpp, C., Toth, E., Volpi, E., Carr, G., Lupton, C., Salinas, J., Széles, B., Viglione, A., Aksoy, H., Allen, S.T., Amin, A., Andréassian, V., Arheimer, B., Aryal, S.K., Baker, V., Bardsley, E., Barendrecht, M.H., Bartosova, A., Batelaan, O., Berghuijs, W.R., Beven, K., Blume, T., Bogaard, T., Borges de Amorim, P., Böttcher, M.E., Boulet, G., Breinl, K., Brilly, M., Brocca, L., Buytaert, W., Castellarin, A., Castelletti, A., Chen, X., Chen, Y., Chen, Y., Chifflard, P., Claps, P., Clark, M.P., Collins, A.L., Croke, B., Dathe, A., David, P.C., de Barros, F.P.J., de Rooij, G.H., Di Baldassarre, G., et al. (2019):
Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) – a community perspective
Hydrol. Sci. J.-J. Sci. Hydrol. 64 (10), 1141 - 1158
full text (doi) - Lazik, D., de Rooij, G.H., Lazik, W., Meissner, R. (2019):
A new principle for measuring the average relative humidity in large volumes of non-homogenous gas
Sensors 19 (23), art. 5073
full text (doi) - Werner, B.J., Musolff, A., Lechtenfeld, O.J., de Rooij, G.H., Oosterwoud, M.R., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2019):
High-frequency measurements explain quantity and quality of dissolved organic carbon mobilization in a headwater catchment
Biogeosciences 16 , 4497 - 4516
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2018 (1)
- Madi, R., de Rooij, G.H., Mielenz, H., Mai, J. (2018):
Parametric soil water retention models: a critical evaluation of expressions for the full moisture range
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 22 (2), 1193 - 1219
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2016 (2)
- de Rooij, G.H. (2016):
Subsurface flow of water in soils and geological formations
In: Shugart, H.H. (ed.)
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science
Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 1 - 33
full text (doi) - Schulz, S., de Rooij, G.H., Michelsen, N., Rausch, R., Siebert, C., Schüth, C., Al-Saud, M., Merz, R. (2016):
Estimating groundwater recharge for an arid karst system using a combined approach of time-lapse camera monitoring and water balance modelling
Hydrol. Process. 30 (5), 771 - 782
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2015 (2)
- Kumahor, S.K., de Rooij, G.H., Schlüter, S., Vogel, H.-J. (2015):
Water flow and solute transport in unsaturated sand — a comprehensive experimental approach
Vadose Zone J. 14 (2), 10.2136/vzj2014.08.0105
full text (doi) - Schulz, S., de Rooij, G.H., Michelsen, N., Rausch, R., Siebert, C., Schüth, C., Merz, R. (2015):
Setting up a groundwater recharge model for an arid karst system using time lapse camera data
EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 12–17 April 2015
Geophysical Research Abstracts 17
European Geosciences Union (EGU), p. EGU2015-12957
2014 (2)
- Bloem, E., Hermon, K.M., de Rooij, G.H., Stagnitti, F. (2014):
Spatial and temporal distribution of the leaching of surface applied tracers from an irrigated monolith of a loamy vineyard soil
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 21 (15), 8981 - 8991
full text (doi) - de Rooij, G.H. (2014):
Is the groundwater reservoir linear? A mathematical analysis of two limiting cases
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss. 11 (1), 93 - 108
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2013 (3)
- de Rooij, G.H. (2013):
Aquifer-scale flow equations as generalized linear reservoir models for strip and circular aquifers: links between the Darcian and the aquifer scale
Water Resour. Res. 49 (12), 8605 - 8615
full text (doi) - te Brake, B., Hanssen, R.F., van der Ploeg, M.J., de Rooij, G.H. (2013):
Satellite-based radar interferometry to estimate large-scale soil water depletion from clay shrinkage: possibilities and limitations
Vadose Zone J. 12 (3), 10.2136/vzj2012.0098
full text (doi) - te Brake, B., van der Ploeg, M.J., de Rooij, G.H. (2013):
Water storage change estimation from in situ shrinkage measurements of clay soils
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 17 (5), 1933 - 1949
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2012 (4)
- Bloem, E., de Gee, M., de Rooij, G.H. (2012):
Parameterizing the leaching surface by combining curve-fitting for solute breakthrough and for spatial solute distribution
Transp. Porous Media 92 (3), 667 - 685
full text (doi) - de Rooij, G.H. (2012):
Transient flow between aquifers and surface water: analytically derived field-scale hydraulic heads and fluxes
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 16 (3), 649 - 669
full text (doi) - Tilma, M., Hilkert, E.J., de Rooij, G.H., Jesiek, J., Mohtar, R.H. (2012):
Air sparging for contaminant removal: applications
In: Heldman, D.R., Moraru, C.I. (eds.)
Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering, 2. ed.
CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, p. 1 - 7
full text (doi) - Tilma, M., Hilkert, E.J., de Rooij, G.H., Jesiek, J., Mohtar, R.H. (2012):
Air sparging for contaminant removal: theory
In: Heldman, D.R., Moraru, C.I. (eds.)
Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering, 2. ed.
CRC Press / Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, p. 1 - 5
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2011 (2)
- de Rooij, G.H. (2011):
Averaged water potentials in soil water and groundwater, and their connection to menisci in soil pores, field-scale flow phenomena, and simple groundwater flows
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 15 (5), 1601 - 1614
full text (doi) - van der Velde, Y., Rozemeijer, J.C., de Rooij, G.H., van Geer, F.C., Torfs, P.J.J.F., de Louw, P.G.B. (2011):
Improving catchment discharge predictions by inferring flow route contributions from a nested-scale monitoring and model setup
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 15 (3), 913 - 930
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2010 (7)
- Bloem, E., Hogervorst, F.A.N., de Rooij, G.H., Stagnitti, F. (2010):
Variable-suction multicompartment samplers to measure spatiotemporal unsaturated water and solute fluxes
Vadose Zone J. 9 (1), 148 - 159
full text (doi) - de Rooij, G.H. (2010):
Comments on "Improving the numerical simulation of soil moisture-based Richards equation for land models with a deep or shallow water table"
J. Hydrometeorol. 11 (4), 1044 - 1050
full text (doi) - Lenartz, B., Tiemeyer, B., de Rooij, G.H., Doležal, F. (2010):
Artificially drained catchments - from monitoring studies towards management approaches
Vadose Zone J. 9 (1), 1 - 3
full text (doi) - Rozemeijer, J.C., van der Velde, Y., van Geer, F.C., de Rooij, G.H., Torfs, P.J.J.F., Broers, H.P. (2010):
Improving load estimates for NO3 and P in surface waters by characterizing the concentration response to rainfall events
Environ. Sci. Technol. 44 (16), 6305 - 6312
full text (doi) - van der Ploeg, M.J., Gooren, H.P.A., Bakker, G., Hoogendam, C.W., Huiskes, C., Koopal, L.K., Kruidhof, H., de Rooij, G.H. (2010):
Polymer tensiometers with ceramic cones: direct observations of matric pressures in drying soils
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 14 (10), 1787 - 1799
full text (doi) - van der Velde, Y., de Rooij, G.H., Rozemeijer, J.C., van Geer, F.C., Broers, H.P. (2010):
Nitrate response of a lowland catchment: on the relation between stream concentration and travel time distribution dynamics
Water Resour. Res. 46 (11), W11534
full text (doi) - van der Velde, Y., Rozemeijer, J.C., de Rooij, G.H., van Geer, F.C., Broers, H.P. (2010):
Field-scale measurements for separation of catchment discharge into flow route contributions
Vadose Zone J. 9 (1), 25 - 35
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