Current Research Projects
A list of research projects of our department are itemized below. If available you can find more details by selecting the specific project:
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KLIMAKONFORM
Funding by: BMBFTR
May 2020 - June 2026 -
KliWES 3.0
Funding by: LfULG
October 2022 – April 2025 -
Sensitivity Study 2.0
Funding by: LfULG
Juli 2022 – Januar 2023 -
KIWA
Funding by: BMBF
April 2021 - March 2024 -
Feasibility Study: Lusatia
Funding by: LfULG
February 2021 – September 2022 -
Braided Rivers
Funding by: MBIE (New Zealand)
2019 - 2024 -
DOC Mobilisation NPBW
Funding by: Deutscher Stifterverband
2019 - 2022 -
HoWa-innovativ
Funding by: BMBF
August 2018 - October 2021 -
VAMOS II
Funding by: DFG
2019 - 2022 -
VEREINT
Funding by: BMU
December 2016 - November 2019 -
Multirisk
Funding by: BMBF
July 2018 - January 2019 -
KliWES 2
Funding by: LfULG
July 2018 - June 2019 -
HW2020: Prototype LHWZ synergy model
Funding by: LfULG
August 2017 - December 2018 -
HUeBro: House lifting in the flood-prone area of the Elbe village Brockwitz
Funding by: BMUB
April 2017 - March 2019 - EXTRUSO - Extreme events in small and meso scale catchments
Funding by: ESF
2016 - 2019 - Efficient nonlinear model reduction for improved predictive uncertainty quantification and optimal design of monitoring networks in coupled groundwater-surface water systems
Funding: DFG (German Research Foundation)
2015-2018 - Development of deterministic and data driven methods for hydrological forecasts in small, partly unobserved catchments
Funding by: LfULG
2014 - 2015 - Combining novel monitoring techniques with modelling and optimal sensor placement for more reliable prediction of river - groundwater exchange fluxes
Funding: International Bureau of the BMBF, Germany, and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand
Since 2014 - SAPHIR - Saxonian Platform for high Performance Irrigation
funded by: ESF
since 2012 - 2014 - International Water Research Alliance Saxony - model region Middle East (Oman)
funded by: BMBF
since 2009 - 2012 - KliWES: Estimation of the effects of forecasted climate change on the water and matter balance of reservoirs and rivers in Saxony - section water balance
funded by: LfULG
since 2008 - Development and Testing of an Integrated Regional Climate Change Adaptation Programme for the Model Region of Dresden
funded by: BMBF
since 2008 - 2012 - Flood forecasting for fast responding catchments including uncertainty
funded by: DFG
since 2007 - Hydrological Modelling of Water and Solute Transport in the Interacting Vadose Zone-Saturated Zone
funded by: BMBF
since 2007 - Multi-criteria optimization of planning and operation of irrigation systems including the local rainfall characteristics with a special focus on sustainability
funded by: DFG
since 2007 - HWRESA: Development of new flood statistics for Saxony using a combined analysis of meteorological and hydrological data at regional scale
funded by: LTV
2007 - 2011 - HORIX: Development of an online operational system for flood risk management, taking forecast uncertainty into consideration
funded by: BMBF
2005 - 2008 - VERIS-Elbe: Climate change and management of extreme flood event risks in large river basins – examples taken from the Elbe River
funded by: BMBF
2005 - 2008 - FLOODsite - Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies
funded by: EU Förderung (Floodsite)
2004 - 2007 - Estimation of soil hydraulic parameters with hydrodynamic numerical methods and artifical neural networks
funded by: DFG
2001 - 2006 - Using artificial neural networks as a basis for decision-making in operational and planning water management measures
funded by: BMBF
2002 - 2006 - Generalization and Application of the Exact Analytic Solution of the 2D Vertical Groundwater Flow Problem
funded by: DFG
2002 - 2006 - Tracer hydrological and chemical isotope analysis of residence time of soil and groundwater coupled with balance based runoff component analysis in the catchments "Große Ohe" and the drinking water reservoir Frauenau in the national park Bayerischer Wald. Part of project: "Water and solute balance in a changing landscape in the national park Bayerischer Wald" ("Wasser- und Stoffhaushalt einer sich verändernden Naturlandschaft im Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald") (HTO 33-7)
funded by: Freistaat Bayern
2002-2005 - Modelling Flow and Sediment Transport Phenomena for Improved Furrow Irrigation.
funded by: VW Stiftung
2002 - 2005 - Hydrodynamic - analytical Model of flash floods in arid areas
funded by: MSRT
2001 - 2005 - Optimizing Irrigation Efficiency with Physically Based Modeling and Artificial Neuronal Networks
funded by: DFG
1999 - 2005 - Determination, adaption and testing of soil hydraulic similarity for a physically-based modelling of soil water transport on watershed scale
funded by: Women in Science TU Dresden
2002 - 2004 - Hydrological Water Balance Modelling of Agricultural Watersheds
funded by: DAAD
2001 - 2004 - Isotope hydrological Investigations to explore the flow paths and transit times of saline deposits in the Unstrut river
funded by: BMBF
2001 - 2004 - Examination of model parameters to calculate nitrogen transport in the unsaturated soil
funded by: DFG Graduiertenkolleg
2000 - 2003 - Modelling the Transport of conservative Tracers in Unsaturated Soil Regarding the Natural Variability of Soils
funded by: DFG Graduiertenkolleg
1998 - 2001 - Potential effects of environment changes to the flowpaths and transit times of runoff components and the nitrogen leaching in solid rock areas of the river “Elbe”
funded by: BMBF
1998 - 2001 - The regime of surface and subsurface water in the Elbe floodplain forests as a basis for preservation and rehabilitation of the Elbe floodplain forests
funded by: BMBF
1998 - 2001 - Physically based modelling of ground water movement at catchment scale with stochastic parameters for describing the variability of soil hydraulic characteristics
funded by: DFG
1996 - 1998 - Regional analysis and modelling of groundwater runoff components from small catchments in solid rock areas
funded by: DFG
1993 - 1997