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Prof. Dr. Matthias Mauder
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2021- Chair of Meteorology, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany
2012-2021 Head of the group on Transport Processes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
2012-2018 Head of Helmholtz Young Investigator Group "Capturing all relevant scales of biosphere-atmosphere exchange - the enigmatic energy balance closure problem", Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
2009-2012 Senior Scientist, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
2006-2009 Post-doctoral Fellow in Canadian Government Laboratories, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Ottawa, Canada
2002-2006 Dr. rer. nat. (PhD equivalent), Faculty of Biology, Chemistry, and Earth Sciences, University of Bayreuth, Germany
1997-2002 Diplom Geo-ecology (MSc equivalent), University of Bayreuth
For me, the greatest challenge of our time is global climate change in combination with the ongoing trend of urbanization. I am convinced that understanding ecological processes as accurately as possible is the basis for a sustainable approach towards our natural environment. This is not easy to achieve because our planet Earth is a complex system, and the relevant processes are often non-linear or even chaotic. In particular, the interactions at the land surface play a crucial role in the Earth's climate system, as this represents the main interface between its compartments, the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, pedosphere, and anthroposphere. One major objective of my research is to inform the development of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies on different scales ranging from cities and ecosystems over regions to the national and continental level. To that end, we employ direct measurements fluxes of energy, water and greenhouse gases between the land-surface and atmosphere and conduct numerical simulations of the interactions between the natural and built environment and the atmosphere. This allows us to investigate the potential of nature-based climate solutions and to provide recommendations for action to local authorities and other stakeholders. Due to the complex nature of these challenges, I strongly believe that collaboration and inter- or transdisciplinary research are key-prerequisites to be successful in this field of science.
Keywords: Land-atmosphere interactions, Micrometeorology, Urban climate
- Member of the ICOS-D Scientific Steering Committee
- Member of the Committee on Boundary Layers and Turbulence of the American Meteorological Society
- Member of the Editorial Board of Boundary-Layer Meteorology
- Member of the Editorial Board of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
- Academic Editor for PLOS ONE
2018
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ICOS eddy covariance flux-station site setup: A review , 1 Dec 2018, In: International Agrophysics. 32, 4, p. 471-494, 24 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Review article
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Towards long-Term standardised carbon and greenhouse gas observations for monitoring Europe's terrestrial ecosystems: A review , 1 Dec 2018, In: International Agrophysics. 32, 4, p. 439-455, 17 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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A semi-empirical model of the energy balance closure in the surface layer , Dec 2018, In: PloS one. 13, 12, e0209022Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Spatiotemporal variability and empirical Copula-based dependence structure of modeled and observed coupled water and energy fluxes , Oct 2018, In: Hydrology Research. 49, 5, p. 1396-1416, 21 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Turbulent flux variability and energy balance closure in the TERENO prealpine observatory: a hydrometeorological data analysis , 1 Aug 2018, In: Theoretical and applied climatology. 133, 3-4, p. 937-956, 20 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Turbulent transport of energy across a forest and a semiarid shrubland , 16 Jul 2018, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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The influence of idealized surface heterogeneity on virtual turbulent flux measurements , 13 Apr 2018, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Field intercomparison of prevailing sonic anemometers , 12 Jan 2018, In: Atmospheric measurement techniquesElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Evaluation of energy balance closure adjustment methods by independent evapotranspiration estimates from lysimeters and hydrological simulations , Jan 2018, In: Hydrological processesElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Effect of Secondary Circulations on the Surface-Atmosphere Exchange of Energy at an Isolated Semi-arid Forest , 2018, In: Boundary-Layer MeteorologyElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article