Regional Climate and Hydrology

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Land-Atmosphere Interactions in Subsaharan Africa

Measurement of water and energy flows in West Africa

Seasonal forecasting for water resource management of large reservoirs

Measurement of water and energy flows in alpine terrain

Water and climate - they are of utmost importance for us, our environment and our future. Our work faces the challenge to contribute to the following central scientific and societal relevant questions: How much water is available in a certain region? How does water availability or flooding risk change in a transient climate? Which long-term interdependencies and interactions exist between the land surface, subsurface and the overlying atmosphere? What kind of climate will we likely face untill 2100? How reliable are long-term climate projections and medium-term seasonal forecasts? Are observed and projected the hydrological and atmospherical changes statistically significant? To find answers to these questions, complex hydrological, atmospherical and coupled numerical model systems are developed, refined and applied. They are used to perform both hydrological and climatological case-studies for sensitive pilot regions. In addition multivariate statistical methods as well as data from terrestrial observatories (e.g. TERENO and WASCAL) and satellite or earthbound remote-sensing are applied.

The group works in close collaboration with the chair Regional Climate and Hydrology at Augsburg University, established jointly with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – KIT.

We work on the following research topics:

Impact of climate and land use change on water availability, flooding risks and crop yields
Fully coupled atmosphere – hydrology simulations
Regionalization of hydrometeorological variables by dynamical and statistical downscaling
Predictability of hydrometeorological variables at sub-seasonal and seasonal scales
Interaction between water-, energy- and carbon fluxes
Quantification of small scale rainfall variability with opportunistic sensing (like commercial microwave links) and geostatistical data merging

Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann
Deputy Director IMK-IFU

+49 8821 183-208harald kunstmann ∂does-not-exist.kit educlimhydro.imk-ifu.kit.edu/21_60.php

Publications

2022

Dieng, D.; Cannon, A. J.; Laux, P.; Hald, C.; Adeyeri, O.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Multivariate Bias‐Correction of High‐Resolution Regional Climate Change Simulations for West Africa: Performance and Climate Change Implications
2022. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127 (5). doi:10.1029/2021JD034836

Rummler, T.; Wagner, A.; Arnault, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Lateral terrestrial water fluxes in the LSM of WRF‐Hydro: Benefits of a 2D groundwater representation
2022. Hydrological Processes, 36 (3), Art.-Nr.: e14510. doi:10.1002/hyp.14510

Wagner, A.; Fersch, B.; Yuan, P.; Rummler, T.; Kunstmann, H.
Assimilation of GNSS and Synoptic Data in a Convection Permitting Limited Area Model: Improvement of Simulated Tropospheric Water Vapor Content
2022. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, Art.Nr. 869504. doi:10.3389/feart.2022.869504

Bliefernicht, J.; Rauch, M.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Atmospheric circulation patterns that trigger heavy rainfall in West Africa
2022. International Journal of Climatology. doi:10.1002/joc.7613

Bogena, H. R.; Schrön, M.; Jakobi, J.; Ney, P.; Kunstmann, H.; Fersch, B.; et al.
COSMOS-Europe: a European network of cosmic-ray neutron soil moisture sensors
2022. Earth System Science Data, 14 (3), 1125–1151. doi:10.5194/essd-14-1125-2022

Thom, D.; Rammer, W.; Laux, P.; Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.; Seibold, S.; et al.
Will forest dynamics continue to accelerate throughout the 21st century in the Northern Alps?
2022. Global Change Biology. doi:10.1111/gcb.16133

Adeyeri, O. E.; Laux, P.; Ishola, K. A.; Zhou, W.; Balogun, I. A.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Homogenising meteorological variables: Impact on trends and associated climate indices
2022. Journal of Hydrology, 607, Art.-Nr.: 127585. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127585

Nourani, V.; Khodkar, K.; Paknezhad, N. J.; Laux, P.
Deep learning-based uncertainty quantification of groundwater level predictions
2022. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. doi:10.1007/s00477-022-02181-7

Vogl, S.; Laux, P.; Bialas, J.; Reifenberger, C.
Modelling Precipitation Intensities from X-Band Radar Measurements Using Artificial Neural Networks—A Feasibility Study for the Bavarian Oberland Region
2022. Water (Switzerland), 14 (3), Art.-Nr.: 276. doi:10.3390/w14030276

2021

Zhang, Z.; Arnault, J.; Laux, P.; Ma, N.; Wei, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Diurnal cycle of surface energy fluxes in high mountain terrain: High-resolution fully coupled atmosphere-hydrology modelling and impact of lateral flow
2021. Hydrological Processes, 35 (12), Art.-Nr. e14454. doi:10.1002/hyp.14454

Portele, T. C.; Lorenz, C.; Dibrani, B.; Laux, P.; Bliefernicht, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Seasonal forecasts offer economic benefit for hydrological decision making in semi-arid regions
2021. Scientific reports, 11 (1), Art.-Nr.: 10581. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-89564-y

Rahimi, J.; Haas, E.; Grote, R.; Kraus, D.; Smerald, A.; Laux, P.; et al.
Beyond livestock carrying capacity in the Sahelian and Sudanian zones of West Africa
2021. Scientific reports, 11, Article no: 22094. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01706-4

Patil, A.; Fersch, B.; Hendricks Franssen, H.-J.; Kunstmann, H.
Assimilation of Cosmogenic Neutron Counts for Improved Soil Moisture Prediction in a Distributed Land Surface Model
2021. Frontiers in Water, 3, Art.-Nr. 729592. doi:10.3389/frwa.2021.729592

Laux, P.; Rötter, R. P.; Webber, H.; Dieng, D.; Rahimi, J.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
To bias correct or not to bias correct? An agricultural impact modelers’ perspective on regional climate model data
2021. Agricultural and forest meteorology, 304-305, Art.-Nr.: 108406. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108406

Hartmann, A.; Jasechko, S.; Gleeson, T.; Wada, Y.; Andreo, B.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Risk of groundwater contamination widely underestimated because of fast flow into aquifers
2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (20), Art.-Nr.:e2024492118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2024492118

Hansch, R.; Jagdhuber, T.; Fersch, B.
Soil-Permittivity Estimation Under Grassland Using Machine-Learning and Polarimetric Decomposition Techniques
2021. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, 59 (4), 2877–2887. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2020.3010104

Yang, Q.; Yu, Z.; Wei, J.; Yang, C.; Kunstmann, H.; Laux, P.; et al.
Performance of the WRF model in simulating intense precipitation events over the Hanjiang River Basin, China – A multi-physics ensemble approach
2021. Atmospheric research, 248, Art.Nr. 105206. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105206

Mousavian, R.; Lorenz, C.; Mashhadi Hossainali, M.; Fersch, B.; Kunstmann, H.
Copula-based modeling of dependence structure in geodesy and GNSS applications: case study for zenith tropospheric delay in complex terrain
2021. GPS solutions, 25 (1), 12. doi:10.1007/s10291-020-01044-4

Laux, P.; Böker, B.; Martins, E. S.; Vasconcelos Junior, F.; Moron, V.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
A semi‐objective circulation pattern classification scheme for the semi‐arid Northeast Brazil
2021. International journal of climatology, 41 (1), 51–72. doi:10.1002/joc.6608

Portele, T. C.; Lorenz, C.; Dibrani, B.; Laux, P.; Bliefernicht, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Publisher Correction: Seasonal forecasts offer economic benefit for hydrological decision making in semi-arid regions
2021. Scientific reports, 11, Art.-Nr. 17167. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-96668-y

Bliefernicht, J.; Salack, S.; Waongo, M.; Annor, T.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Towards a historical precipitation database for West Africa: Overview, quality control and harmonization
2021. International Journal of Climatology. doi:10.1002/joc.7467

Zhang, Z.; Arnault, J.; Laux, P.; Ma, N.; Wei, J.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Convection-permitting fully coupled WRF-Hydro ensemble simulations in high mountain environment: impact of boundary layer- and lateral flow parameterizations on land–atmosphere interactions
2021. Climate Dynamics. doi:10.1007/s00382-021-06044-9

Redlich, S.; Zhang, J.; Benjamin, C.; Dhillon, M. S.; Englmeier, J.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Disentangling effects of climate and land use on biodiversity and ecosystem services—A multi-scale experimental design
2021. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13759

Arnault, J.; Jung, G.; Haese, B.; Fersch, B.; Rummler, T.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
A Joint Soil-Vegetation-Atmospheric Modeling Procedure of Water Isotopologues: Implementation and Application to Different Climate Zones With WRF-Hydro-Iso
2021. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 13 (10), e2021MS002562. doi:10.1029/2021MS002562

Laux, P.; Dieng, D.; Portele, T. C.; Wei, J.; Shang, S.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
A High-Resolution Regional Climate Model Physics Ensemble for Northern Sub-Saharan Africa
2021. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 700249. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.700249

Graf, M.; Arnault, J.; Fersch, B.; Kunstmann, H.
Is the soil moisture precipitation feedback enhanced by heterogeneity and dry soils? A comparative study
2021. Hydrological Processes, 35 (9), Art.-Nr.: e14332. doi:10.1002/hyp.14332

Shang, S.; Zhu, G.; Wei, J.; Li, Y.; Kunstmann, H.; Laux, P.; et al.
Associated atmospheric mechanisms for the increased cold season precipitation over the three-river headwaters region from the late 1980s
2021. Journal of Climate, 34 (19), 8033–8046. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0077.1

Wei, J.; Dong, N.; Fersch, B.; Arnault, J.; Kunstmann, H.; Laux, P.; et al.
Role of reservoir regulation and groundwater feedback in a simulated ground-soil-vegetation continuum: A long-term regional scale analysis
2021. Hydrological Processes, 35 (8), Art.-Nr.: e14341. doi:10.1002/hyp.14341

Schalge, B.; Baroni, G.; Haese, B.; Erdal, D.; Geppert, G.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Presentation and discussion of the high-resolution atmosphere–land-surface–subsurface simulation dataset of the simulated Neckar catchment for the period 2007–2015
2021. Earth system science data, 13 (9), 4437–4464. doi:10.5194/essd-13-4437-2021

Graf, M.; El Hachem, A.; Eisele, M.; Seidel, J.; Chwala, C.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Rainfall estimates from opportunistic sensors in Germany across spatio-temporal scales
2021. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 37, Art.-Nr.:100883. doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100883

Lorenz, C.; Portele, T. C.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Bias-corrected and spatially disaggregated seasonal forecasts: a long-term reference forecast product for the water sector in semi-arid regions
2021. Earth system science data, 13 (6), 2701–2722. doi:10.5194/essd-13-2701-2021

Portele, T. C.; Laux, P.; Lorenz, C.; Janner, A.; Kunstmann, H.; Fersch, B.; et al.
Ensemble-Tailored Pattern Analysis of High-Resolution Dynamically Downscaled Precipitation Fields: Example for Climate Sensitive Regions of South America
2021. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, Article no: 669427. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.669427

Arnault, J.; Fersch, B.; Rummler, T.; Zhang, Z.; Kunstmann, H.; Laux, P.; et al.
Lateral terrestrial water flow contribution to summer precipitation at continental scale – A comparison between Europe and West Africa with WRF‐Hydro‐tag ensembles
2021. Hydrological processes, 35, Art.-Nr.: e14183. doi:10.1002/hyp.14183

Suman, M.; Maity, R.; Kunstmann, H.
Precipitation of Mainland India: Copula‐based bias‐corrected daily CORDEX climate data for both mean and extreme values
2021. Geoscience Data Journal. doi:10.1002/gdj3.118

Eshel, A.; Messer, H.; Kunstmann, H.; Alpert, P.; Chwala, C.
Quantitative analysis of the performance of spatial interpolation methods for rainfall estimation using commercial microwave links
2021. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 22 (4), 831–843. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-20-0164.1

Chaaraoui, S.; Bebber, M.; Meilinger, S.; Rummeny, S.; Schneiders, T.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Day-Ahead Electric Load Forecast for a Ghanaian Health Facility Using Different Algorithms
2021. Energies, 14 (2), Art. Nr.: 409. doi:10.3390/en14020409

Kpanou, M.; Laux, P.; Brou, T.; Vissin, E.; Camberlin, P.; Roucou, P.
Spatial patterns and trends of extreme rainfall over the southern coastal belt of West Africa
2021. Theoretical and applied climatology, 143, 473–487. doi:10.1007/s00704-020-03441-8

2020

Chwala, C.; Kunstmann, H.
Landesweite Niederschlagsmessung mit Richtfunkstrecken des Handynetzes
2020. Wasserwirtschaft, 110 (10), 39–40. doi:10.1007/s35147-020-0447-2

Moroder, C.; Siart, U.; Chwala, C.; Kunstmann, H.
Microwave Instrument for Simultaneous Wet Antenna Attenuation and Precipitation Measurement
2020. IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement, 69 (8), 5853–5861. doi:10.1109/TIM.2019.2961498

Adeyeri, O. E.; Laux, P.; Lawin, A. E.; Oyekan, K. S. A.
Multiple bias-correction of dynamically downscaled CMIP5 climate models temperature projection: a case study of the transboundary Komadugu-Yobe river basin, Lake Chad region, West Africa
2020. SN applied sciences, 2 (7), Article no: 1221. doi:10.1007/s42452-020-3009-4

Dong, N.; Yang, M.; Yu, Z.; Wei, J.; Yang, C.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Water resources management in a reservoir-regulated basin: Implications of reservoir network layout on streamflow and hydrologic alteration
2020. Journal of hydrology, 586 (July), 124903. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124903

Coppola, E.; Sobolowski, S.; Pichelli, E.; Raffaele, F.; Ahrens, B.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
A first-of-its-kind multi-model convection permitting ensemble for investigating convective phenomena over Europe and the Mediterranean
2020. Climate dynamics, 55 (1-2), 3–34. doi:10.1007/s00382-018-4521-8

Fersch, B.; Senatore, A.; Adler, B.; Arnault, J.; Mauder, M.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
High-resolution fully-coupled atmospheric–hydrological modeling: a cross-compartment regional water and energy cycle evaluation
2020. Hydrology and earth system sciences discussions, 24, 2457–2481. doi:10.5194/hess-2019-478

Moroder, C.; Siart, U.; Chwala, C.; Kunstmann, H.
Modeling of Wet Antenna Attenuation for Precipitation Estimation From Microwave Links
2020. IEEE geoscience and remote sensing letters, 17 (3), 386–390. doi:10.1109/LGRS.2019.2922768

Adeyeri, O. E.; Laux, P.; Lawin, A. E.; Arnault, J.
Assessing the impact of human activities and rainfall variability on the river discharge of Komadugu-Yobe Basin, Lake Chad Area
2020. Environmental earth sciences, 79 (6), Art. Nr.: 143. doi:10.1007/s12665-020-8875-y

Fersch, B.; Francke, T.; Heistermann, M.; Schrön, M.; Döpper, V.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
A dense network of cosmic-ray neutron sensors for soil moisture observation in a highly instrumented pre-Alpine headwater catchment in Germany
2020. Earth System Science Data, 12 (3), 2289–2309. doi:10.5194/essd-12-2289-2020

Polz, J.; Chwala, C.; Graf, M.; Kunstmann, H.
Rain event detection in commercial microwave link attenuation data using convolutional neural networks
2020. Atmospheric measurement techniques, 13 (7), 3835–3853. doi:10.5194/amt-13-3835-2020

Graf, M.; Chwala, C.; Polz, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Rainfall estimation from a German-wide commercial microwave link network: optimized processing and validation for 1 year of data
2020. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 24 (6), 2931–2950. doi:10.5194/hess-24-2931-2020

Fersch, B.; Senatore, A.; Adler, B.; Arnault, J.; Mauder, M.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
High-resolution fully coupled atmospheric-hydrological modeling: a cross-compartment regional water and energy cycle evaluation
2020. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 24 (5), 2457–2481. doi:10.5194/hess-24-2457-2020

Rahimi, J.; Laux, P.; Khalili, A.
Assessment of climate change over Iran: CMIP5 results and their presentation in terms of Köppen–Geiger climate zones
2020. Theoretical and applied climatology, 141, 183–199. doi:10.1007/s00704-020-03190-8

Adeyeri, O. E.; Laux, P.; Arnault, J.; Lawin, A. E.; Kunstmann, H.
Conceptual hydrological model calibration using multi-objective optimization techniques over the transboundary Komadugu-Yobe basin, Lake Chad Area, West Africa
2020. Journal of hydrology / Regional studies, 27, Article: 100655. doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2019.100655

2019

Adeyeri, O. E.; Laux, P.; Lawin, A. E.; Ige, S. O.; Kunstmann, H.
Analysis of hydrometeorological variables over the transboundary Komadugu-Yobe basin, West Africa
2019. Journal of water and climate change, 11 (4), 1339–1354. doi:10.2166/WCC.2019.283

Arnault, J.; Wei, J.; Rummler, T.; Fersch, B.; Zhang, Z.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
A Joint Soil‐Vegetation‐Atmospheric Water Tagging Procedure With WRF‐Hydro: Implementation and Application to the Case of Precipitation Partitioning in the Upper Danube River Basin
2019. Water resources research, 55 (7), 6217–6243. doi:10.1029/2019WR024780

Salack, S.; Bossa, A.; Bliefernicht, J.; Berger, S.; Yira, Y.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Designing Transnational Hydroclimatological Observation Networks and Data Sharing Policies in West Africa
2019. Data science journal, 18 (33), 1–15. doi:10.5334/dsj-2019-033

Adeyeri, O. E.; Lawin, A. E.; Laux, P.; Ishola, K. A.; Ige, S. O.
Analysis of climate extreme indices over the Komadugu-Yobe basin, Lake Chad region: Past and future occurrences
2019. Weather and climate extremes, 23, Art. Nr.: 100194. doi:10.1016/j.wace.2019.100194

Chwala, C.; Kunstmann, H.
Commercial microwave link networks for rainfall observation: Assessment of the current status and future challenges
2019. Wiley interdisciplinary reviews / Water, 6 (2), e1337. doi:10.1002/wat2.1337

Warscher, M.; Wagner, S.; Marke, T.; Laux, P.; Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
A 5 km resolution regional climate simulation for Central Europe: Performance in high mountain areas and seasonal, regional and elevation-dependent variations
2019. Atmosphere, 10 (11), Art.-Nr.: 682. doi:10.3390/atmos10110682

Hald, C.; Zeeman, M.; Laux, P.; Mauder, M.; Kunstmann, H.
Large-eddy simulations of real world episodes in complex terrain based on ERA-Reanalysis and validated by ground-based remote sensing data
2019. Monthly weather review, 147 (12), 4325–4343. doi:10.1175/mwr-d-19-0016.1

Rauch, M.; Bliefernicht, J.; Laux, P.; Salack, S.; Waongo, M.; Kunstmann, H.
Seasonal Forecasting of the Onset of the Rainy Season in West Africa
2019. Atmosphere, 10 (9), Art.-Nr. 528. doi:10.3390/ATMOS10090528

Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.
Simulating Future Runoff in a Complex Terrain Alpine Catchment with EURO-CORDEX Data
2019. Journal of hydrometeorology, 20 (9), 1925–1940. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-18-0214.1

Auer, H.; Bliefernicht, J.; Seidel, J.; Kunstmann, H.; Demuth, N.
Evaluation of High-Resolution Ensemble Precipitation Forecasts for Early Flood Warnings in Small-Scale River Basins during the Heavy Rainfall Period 2016 in Germany
2019. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, 63 (3), 130–146. doi:10.5675/HYWA_2019.3_1

Dong, N.; Yu, Z.; Gu, H.; Yang, C.; Kunstmann, H.; Laux, P.; et al.
Climate-induced hydrological impact mitigated by a high-density reservoir network in the Poyang Lake Basin
2019. Journal of hydrology, 579, Article: 124148. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124148

Blöschl, G.; Bierkens, M. F. P.; Chambel, A.; Cudennec, C.; Kunstmann, H.; Fersch, B.; et al.
Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective
2019. Hydrological sciences journal, 64 (10), 1141–1158. doi:10.1080/02626667.2019.1620507

Zhang, Z.; Arnault, J.; Wagner, S.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Impact of lateral terrestrial water flow on land‐atmosphere interactions in the Heihe river basin in China: Fully coupled modeling and precipitation recycling analysis
2019. Journal of geophysical research / D, 124 (15), 8401–8423. doi:10.1029/2018JD030174

Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.; Kerandi, N.
Physics Parameterization Selection in RCM and ESM Simulations Revisited: New Supporting Approach Based on Empirical Copulas
2019. Atmosphere, 10 (3), Article: 150. doi:10.3390/atmos10030150

Mott, R.; Wolf, A.; Kehl, M.; Kunstmann, H.; Warscher, M.; Grünewald, T.
Avalanches and micrometeorology driving mass and energy balance of the lowest perennial ice field of the Alps: a case study
2019. The Cryosphere, 13 (4), 1247–1265. doi:10.5194/tc-13-1247-2019

Soltani, M.; Laux, P.; Mauder, M.; Kunstmann, H.
Inverse distributed modelling of streamflow and turbulent fluxes: A sensitivity and uncertainty analysis coupled with automatic optimization
2019. Journal of hydrology, 571, 856–872. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.02.033

Maity, R.; Suman, M.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Bias correction of zero-inflated RCM precipitation fields: A copula-based scheme for both mean and extreme conditions
2019. Journal of hydrometeorology. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-18-0126.1

Rummler, T.; Arnault, J.; Gochis, D.; Kunstmann, H.
Role of lateral terrestrial water flow on the regional water cycle in a complex terrain region: Investigation with a fully coupled model system
2019. Journal of geophysical research / D, 124 (2), 507–529. doi:10.1029/2018JD029004

Berger, S.; Bliefernicht, J.; Linstädter, A.; Canak, K.; Guug, S.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
The impact of rain events on CO2 emissions from contrasting land use systems in semi-arid West African savannas
2019. The science of the total environment, 647, 1478–1489. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.397

2018

Sylla, M. B.; Pal, J. S.; Faye, A.; Dimobe, K.; Kunstmann, H.
Climate change to severely impact West African basin scale irrigation in 2 °C and 1.5 °C global warming scenarios
2018. Scientific reports, 8, Article: 14395. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32736-0

Lorenz, M.; Bliefernicht, J.; Haese, B.; Kunstmann, H.
Copula-based downscaling of daily precipitation fields
2018. Hydrological processes, 32 (23), 3479–3494. doi:10.1002/hyp.13271

Dang, T.; Pedroso, R.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Development of an integrated hydrological-irrigation optimization modeling system for a typical rice irrigation scheme in Central Vietnam
2018. Agricultural water management, 208, 193–203. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2018.05.018

Wagner, A.; Heinzeller, D.; Wagner, S.; Rummler, T.; Kunstmann, H.
Explicit Convection and Scale-Aware Cumulus Parameterizations: High-Resolution Simulations over Areas of Different Topography in Germany
2018. Monthly weather review, 146 (6), 1925–1944. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0238.1

Phan-Van, T.; Nguyen-Xuan, T.; Van Nguyen, H.; Laux, P.; Pham-Thanh, H.; Ngo-Duc, T.
Evaluation of the NCEP Climate Forecast System and Its Downscaling for Seasonal Rainfall Prediction over Vietnam
2018. Weather and forecasting, 33 (3), 615–640. doi:10.1175/WAF-D-17-0098.1

Bliefernicht, J.; Waongo, M.; Salack, S.; Seidel, J.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Quality and Value of Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts issued by the West African Regional Climate Outlook Forum
2018. Journal of applied meteorology and climatology, 58 (3), 621–642. doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-18-0066.1

Dieng, D.; Laux, P.; Smiatek, G.; Heinzeller, D.; Bliefernicht, J.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Performance Analysis and Projected Changes of Agroclimatological Indices Across West Africa Based on High-Resolution Regional Climate Model Simulations
2018. Journal of geophysical research / D, 123 (15), 7950–7973. doi:10.1029/2018JD028536

Bliefernicht, J.; Berger, S.; Salack, S.; Guug, S.; Hingerl, L.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
The WASCAL Hydrometeorological Observatory in the Sudan Savanna of Burkina Faso and Ghana
2018. Vadose zone journal, 17 (1), 1–20. doi:10.2136/vzj2018.03.0065

Fersch, B.; Jagdhuber, T.; Schrön, M.; Völksch, I.; Jäger, M.
Synergies for Soil Moisture Retrieval Across Scales From Airborne Polarimetric SAR, Cosmic Ray Neutron Roving, and an In Situ Sensor Network
2018. Water resources research, 54 (11), 9364–9383. doi:10.1029/2018WR023337

Lorenz, C.; Montzka, C.; Jagdhuber, T.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Long-term and high-resolution global time series of brightness temperature from copula-based fusion of SMAP enhanced and SMOS data
2018. Remote sensing, 10 (11), Art. Nr.: 1842. doi:10.3390/rs10111842

Kiese, R.; Fersch, B.; Baessler, C.; Brosy, C.; Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
The TERENO pre-alpine observatory: Integrating meteorological, hydrological, and biogeochemical measurements and modeling
2018. Vadose zone journal, 17 (1), Art. Nr.: 180060. doi:10.2136/vzj2018.03.0060

Sylla, M. B.; Faye, A.; Giorgi, F.; Diedhiou, A.; Kunstmann, H.
Projected Heat Stress Under 1.5 °C and 2 °C Global Warming Scenarios Creates Unprecedented Discomfort for Humans in West Africa
2018. Earth’s future, 6 (7), 1029–1044. doi:10.1029/2018EF000873

Soltani, M.; Laux, P.; Mauder, M.; Kunstmann, H.
Spatiotemporal variability and empirical Copula-based dependence structure of modeled and observed coupled water and energy fluxes
2018. Hydrology research, nh2018163. doi:10.2166/nh.2018.163

Arnault, J.; Rummler, T.; Baur, F.; Lerch, S.; Kunstmann, H.; Fersch, B.; et al.
Precipitation sensitivity to the uncertainty of terrestrial water flow in WRF-Hydro: An ensemble analysis for central Europe
2018. Journal of hydrometeorology, 19 (6), 1007–1025. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-17-0042.1

Heinzeller, D.; Dieng, D.; Smiatek, G.; Olusegun, C.; Klein, C.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
The WASCAL high-resolution regional climate simulation ensemble for West Africa : concept, dissemination and assessment
2018. Earth system science data, 10 (2), 815–835. doi:10.5194/essd-10-815-2018

Faye, B.; Webber, H. A.; Naab, J. B.; MacCarthy, D. S.; Adam, M.; Laux, P.; et al.
Impacts of 1.5 versus 2.0 °C on cereal yields in the West African Sudan Savanna
2018. Environmental research letters, 13 (3), Art.Nr. 034014. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aaab40

Mauder, M.; Genzel, S.; Fu, J.; Kiese, R.; Soltani, M.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Evaluation of energy balance closure adjustment methods by independent evapotranspiration estimates from lysimeters and hydrological simulations
2018. Hydrological processes, 32 (1), 39–50. doi:10.1002/hyp.11397

2017

Haese, B.; Hörning, S.; Chwala, C.; Bárdossy, A.; Schalge, B.; Kunstmann, H.
Stochastic Reconstruction and Interpolation of Precipitation Fields Using Combined Information of Commercial Microwave Links and Rain Gauges
2017. Water resources research, 53 (12), 10740–10756. doi:10.1002/2017WR021015

Wolf, B.; Chwala, C.; Fersch, B.; Garvelmann, J.; Junkermann, W.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
The ScaleX campaign: scale-crossing land-surface and boundary layer processes in the TERENO-preAlpine observatory
2017. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98 (6), 1217–1234. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00277.1

Bartels, J.; Bliefernicht, J.; Seidel, J.; Bardossy, A.; Kunstmann, H.; Johst, M.; et al.
Assessment of ensemble discharge forecasts for operational flood warnings [Bewertung von Ensemble-Abflussvorhersagen für die operationelle Hochwasserwarnung]
2017. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, 61 (5), 297–310. doi:10.5675/HyWa_2017,5_1

Garvelmann, J.; Warscher, M.; Leonhardt, G.; Franz, H.; Lotz, A.; Kunstmann, H.
Quantification and characterization of the dynamics of spring and stream water systems in the Berchtesgaden Alps with a long-term stable isotope dataset
2017. Environmental earth sciences, 76 (22), Art.Nr.: 766. doi:10.1007/s12665-017-7107-6

Kumar, N.; Tischbein, B.; Kusche, J.; Laux, P.; Beg, M. K.; Bogardi, J. J.
Impact of climate change on water resources of upper Kharun catchment in Chhattisgarh, India
2017. Journal of hydrology / Regional studies, 13, 189–207. doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2017.07.008

Soltani, M.; Mauder, M.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Turbulent flux variability and energy balance closure in the TERENO prealpine observatory : a hydrometeorological data analysis
2017. Theoretical and applied climatology, 1–20. doi:10.1007/s00704-017-2235-1

Annor, T.; Lamptey, B.; Wagner, S.; Oguntunde, P.; Arnault, J.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
High-resolution long-term WRF climate simulations over Volta Basin : Part 1 : validation analysis for temperature and precipitation
2017. Theoretical and applied climatology, 1–21. doi:10.1007/s00704-017-2223-5

Laux, P.; Nguyen, P. N. B.; Cullmann, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Impacts of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change and Climate Change on the Regional Climate in the Central Vietnam
2017. Land Use and Climate Change Interactions in Central Vietnam. Ed.: A. Nauditt, 143–151, Springer Science+Business Media

Laux, P.; Fink, M.; Waongo, M.; Pedroso, R.; Salvini, G.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Hydrological and Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change in the Vu Gia-Thu Bon River Basin in Central Vietnam
2017. Land Use and Climate Change Interactions in Central Vietnam. Ed.: A. Nauditt, 123–142, Springer Science+Business Media. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-2624-9_8

Dang, Q. T.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Future high and low flow estimations for Central Vietnam : a hydrometeorological modelling chain approach
2017. Hydrological sciences journal, 62 (11), 1867–1889. doi:10.1080/02626667.2017.1353696

Brosy, C.; Krampf, K.; Zeeman, M.; Wolf, B.; Junkermann, W.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Simultaneous multicopter-based air sampling and sensing of meteorological variables
2017. Atmospheric measurement techniques, 10 (8), 2773–2784. doi:10.5194/amt-10-2773-2017

Golston, L. M.; Tao, L.; Brosy, C.; Schäfer, K.; Wolf, B.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Lightweight mid-infrared methane sensor for unmanned aerial systems
2017. Applied physics / B, 123 (6), 170. doi:10.1007/s00340-017-6735-6

Naabil, E.; Lamptey, B. L.; Arnault, J.; Kunstmann, H.; Olufayo, A.
Water resources management using the WRF-Hydro modelling system: Case-study of the Tono dam in West Africa
2017. Journal of hydrology / Regional studies, 12, 196–209. doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2017.05.010

Smiatek, G.; Keis, F.; Chwala, C.; Fersch, B.; Kunstmann, H.
Potential of commercial microwave link network derived rainfall for river runoff simulations
2017. Environmental research letters, 12 (3), Art.Nr. 034026. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa5f46

Paeth, H.; Paxian, A.; Sein, D. V.; Jacob, D.; Panitz, H.-J.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Decadal and multi-year predictability of the West African monsoon and the role of dynamical downscaling
2017. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 26 (4), 363–377. doi:10.1127/metz/2017/0811

Dieng, D.; Smiatek, G.; Bliefernicht, J.; Heinzeller, D.; Sarr, A.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Evaluation of the COSMO-CLM high-resolution climate simulations over West Africa
2017. Journal of geophysical research / Atmospheres, 122 (3), 1437–1455. doi:10.1002/2016JD025457

Kerandi, N.; Arnault, J.; Laux, P.; Wagner, S.; Kitheka, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Joint atmospheric-terrestrial water balances for East Africa : a WRF-Hydro case study for the upper Tana River basin
2017. Theoretical and applied climatology, 131 (3-4), 1337–1355. doi:10.1007/s00704-017-2050-8

Quansah, E.; Katata, G.; Mauder, M.; Annor, T.; Amekudzi, L. K.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Numerical Simulation of Surface Energy and Water Balances over a Semiarid Grassland Ecosystem in the West African Savanna
2017. Advances in meteorology, 2017, Article 6258180. doi:10.1155/2017/6258180

Pichuka, S.; Prasad R, R.; Maity, R.; Kunstmann, H.
Development of a method to identify change in the pattern of extreme streamflow events in future climate: Application on the Bhadra reservoir inflow in India
2017. Journal of hydrology / Regional studies, 9, 236–246. doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2016.12.084

Kunstmann, H.; Fröhle, P.; Hattermann, F.; Marx, A.; Smiatek, G.; Wanger, C.
Wasserhaushalt
2017. Klimawandel in Deutschland : Entwicklung, Folgen, Risiken und Perspektiven. Hrsg.: G. Brasseur, 161–172, Springer Spektrum. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-50397-3_16

2016

Heinzeller, D.; Junkermann, W.; Kunstmann, H.
Anthropogenic Aerosol Emissions and Rainfall Decline in Southwestern Australia: Coincidence or Causality?
2016. Journal of climate, 29 (23), 8471–8493. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0082.1

Laux, P.; Nguyen, P. N. B.; Cullmann, J.; Van, T. P.; Kunstmann, H.
How many RCM ensemble members provide confidence in the impact of land-use land cover change?
2016. International journal of climatology, 37 (4), 2080–2100. doi:10.1002/joc.4836

Schmieder, J.; Hanzer, F.; Marke, T.; Garvelmann, J.; Warscher, M.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
The importance of snowmelt spatiotemporal variability for isotope-based hydrograph separation in a high-elevation catchment
2016. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 20 (12), 5015–5033. doi:10.5194/hess-20-5015-2016

Wei, J.; Knoche, H. R.; Kunstmann, H.
Atmospheric residence times from transpiration and evaporation to precipitation: An age-weighted regional evaporation tagging approach
2016. Journal of geophysical research / Atmospheres, 121 (12), 6841–6862. doi:10.1002/2015JD024650

Hingerl, L.; Kunstmann, H.; Wagner, S.; Mauder, M.; Bliefernicht, J.; Rigon, R.
Spatio-temporal variability of water and energy fluxes: a case study for a mesoscale catchment in pre-alpine environment
2016. Hydrological processes, 30 (21), 3804–3823. doi:10.1002/hyp.10893

Arnault, J.; Wagner, S.; Rummler, T.; Fersch, B.; Kunstmann, H.
Role of Runoff–Infiltration Partitioning and Resolved Overland Flow on Land–Atmosphere Feedbacks: A Case Study with the WRF-Hydro Coupled Modeling System for West Africa
2016. Journal of hydrometeorology, 17 (5), 1489–1516. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-15-0089.1

Misati Kerandi, N.; Laux, P.; Arnault, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Performance of the WRF model to simulate the seasonal and interannual variability of hydrometeorological variables in East Africa : a case study for the Tana River basin in Kenya
2016. Theoretical and applied climatology, 130 (1-2), 401–418. doi:10.1007/s00704-016-1890-y

Klein, C.; Bliefernicht, J.; Heinzeller, D.; Gessner, U.; Klein, I.; Kunstmann, H.
Feedback of observed interannual vegetation change : a regional climate model analysis for the West African monsoon
2016. Climate Dynamics, 48 (9-10), 2837–2858. doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3237-x

Wagner, S.; Fersch, B.; Yuan, F.; Yu, Z.; Kunstmann, H.
Fully coupled atmospheric-hydrological modeling at regional and long-term scales: Development, application, and analysis of WRF-HMS
2016. Water resources research, 52 (4), 3187–3211. doi:10.1002/2015WR018185

Arnault, J.; Knoche, R.; Wei, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Evaporation tagging and atmospheric water budget analysis with WRF: A regional precipitation recycling study for West Africa
2016. Water resources research, 52 (3), 1544–1567. doi:10.1002/2015WR017704

Heinzeller, D.; Duda, M. G.; Kunstmann, H.
Towards convection-resolving, global atmospheric simulations with the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) v3.1: an extreme scaling experiment
2016. Geoscientific model development, 9 (1), 77–110. doi:10.5194/gmd-9-77-2016

Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.; Senatore, A.
EURO-CORDEX regional climate model analysis for the Greater Alpine Region (GAR) : Performance and expected future change
2016. Journal of geophysical research / Atmospheres, 121 (13), 7710–7728. doi:10.1002/2015JD024727

Gosset, M. E. J.; Kunstmann, H.; Zougmore, F.; Cazenave, F.; Leijnse, H.; Uijlenhoet, R.; et al.
Improving rainfall measurement in gauge poor regions thanks to mobile telecommunication networks
2016. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97 (3), ES49-ES51. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00164.1

Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.
Expected future runoff of the upper Jordan River simulated with a CORDEX climate data ensemble
2016. Journal of hydrometeorology, 17 (3), 865–879. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-15-0066.1

Paxian, A.; Sein, D.; Panitz, H.-J.; Warscher, M.; Breil, M.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Bias reduction in decadal predictions of West African monsoon rainfall using regional climate models
2016. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121 (4), 1715–1735. doi:10.1002/2015JD024143

Smiatek, G.; Helmert, J.; Gerstner, E.-M.
Impact of land use and soil data specifications on COSMO-CLM simulations in the CORDEX-MED area
2016. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 25 (2), 215–230. doi:10.1127/metz/2015/0594

Chwala, C.; Keis, F.; Kunstmann, H.
Real-time data acquisition of commercial microwave link networks for hydrometeorological applications
2016. Atmospheric measurement techniques, 9 (3), 991–999. doi:10.5194/amt-9-991-2016

2015

Lorenz, C.; Tourian, M. J.; Devaraju, B.; Sneeuw, N.; Kunstmann, H.
Basin-scale runoff prediction : An Ensemble Kalman Filter framework based on global hydrometeorological data sets
2015. Water resources research, 51 (10), 8450–8475. doi:10.1002/2014WR016794

Salack, S.; Sarr, B.; Sangare, S. K.; Ly, M.; Sanda, I. S.; Kunstmann, H.
Crop-climate ensemble scenarios to improve risk assessment and resilience in the semi-arid regions of West Africa
2015. Climate research, 65, 107–121. doi:10.3354/cr01282

Waongo, M.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Adaptation to climate change: The impacts of optimized planting dates on attainable maize yields under rainfed conditions in Burkina Faso
2015. Agricultural and forest meteorology, 205, 23–39. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.02.006

Senatore, A.; Mendicino, G.; Gochis, D. J.; Yu, W.; Yates, D. N.; Kunstmann, H.
Fully coupled atmosphere-hydrology simulations for the central Mediterranean: Impact of enhanced hydrological parameterization for short and long time scales
2015. Journal of advances in modeling earth systems, 7 (4), 1693–1715. doi:10.1002/2015MS000510

Soltani, M.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.; Stan, K.; Sohrabi, M. M.; Molanejad, M.; et al.
Assessment of climate variations in temperature and precipitation extreme events over Iran
2015. Theoretical and applied climatology, 126 (3), 775–795. doi:10.1007/s00704-015-1609-5

Chwala, C.; Keis, F.; Kunstmann, H.
Real time data acquisition of commercial microwave link networks for hydrometeorological applications
2015. Atmospheric measurement techniques discussions, 8 (11), 12243–12262. doi:10.5194/amtd-8-12243-2015

Alshawaf, F.; Fersch, B.; Hinz, S.; Kunstmann, H.; Mayer, M.; Meyer, F. J.
Water vapor mapping by fusing InSAR and GNSS remote sensing data and atmospheric simulations
2015. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19 (12), 4747–4764. doi:10.5194/hess-19-4747-2015

Quansah, E.; Mauder, M.; Balogun, A. A.; Amekudzi, L. K.; Hingerl, L.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Carbon dioxide fluxes from contrasting ecosystems in the Sudanian Savanna in West Africa
2015. Carbon Balance and Management, 10 (1), 1–17. doi:10.1186/s13021-014-0011-4

Klein, C.; Heinzeller, D.; Bliefernicht, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Variability of West African monsoon patterns generated by a WRF multi-physics ensemble
2015. Climate dynamics, 45 (9-10), 2733–2755. doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2505-5

Siegmund, J.; Bliefernicht, J.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Toward a seasonal precipitation prediction system for West Africa: Performance of CFSv2 and high-resolution dynamical downscaling
2015. Journal of geophysical research / D, 120, 7316–7339. doi:10.1002/2014JD022692

Heinzeller, D.; Duda, M. G.; Kunstmann, H.
Towards convection-resolving, global atmospheric simulations with the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS): an extreme scaling experiment
2015. Geoscientific model development discussions, 8 (8), 6987–7061. doi:10.5194/gmdd-8-6987-2015

Wei, J.; Knoche, H. R.; Kunstmann, H.
Contribution of transpiration and evaporation to precipitation : An ET-tagging study for the Poyang Lake region in Southeast China
2015. Journal of geophysical research / Atmospheres, 120 (14), 6845–6464. doi:10.1002/2014JD022975

Chen, C.; Börnick, H.; Cai, Q.; Dai, X.; Jähnig, S. C.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Challenges and opportunities of German-Chinese cooperation in water science and technology
2015. Environmental earth sciences, 73 (8), 4861–4871. doi:10.1007/s12665-015-4149-5

Mao, G.; Vogl, S.; Laux, P.; Wagner, S.; Kunstmann, H.
Stochastic bias correction of dynamically downscaled precipitation fields for Germany through Copula-based integration of gridded observation data
2015. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19 (4), 1787–1806. doi:10.5194/hess-19-1787-2015

Alshawaf, F.; Fersch, B.; Hinz, S.; Kunstmann, H.; Mayer, M.; Meyer, F. J.
Water vapor mapping by fusing InSAR and GNSS remote sensing data and atmospheric simulations
2015. Hydrology and earth system sciences discussions, 12 (1), 363–404. doi:10.5194/hessd-12-363-2015

2014

Lorenz, C.; Kunstmann, H.; Devaraju, B.; Tourian, M. J.; Sneeuw, N.; Riegger, J.
Large-Scale Runoff from Landmasses : A Global Assessment of the Closure of the Hydrological and Atmospheric Water Balances
2014. Journal of hydrometeorology, 15 (6), 2111–2139. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-13-0157.1

Sneeuw, N.; Lorenz, C.; Devaraju, B.; Tourian, M. J.; Riegger, J.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Estimating Runoff Using Hydro-Geodetic Approaches
2014. Surveys in geophysics, 35 (6), 1333–1359. doi:10.1007/s10712-014-9300-4

Fersch, B.; Kunstmann, H.
Atmospheric and terrestrial water budgets: sensitivity and performance of configurations and global driving data for long term continental scale WRF simulations
2014. Climate dynamics, 42 (9-10), 2367–2396. doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1915-5

Phan Van, T.; Van Nguyen, H.; Trinh Tuan, L.; Nguyen Quang, T.; Ngo-Duc, T.; Laux, P.; et al.
Seasonal Prediction of Surface Air Temperature across Vietnam Using the Regional Climate Model Version 4.2 (RegCM4.2)
2014. Advances in meteorology, 2014, Art.Nr. 245104. doi:10.1155/2014/245104

Senatore, A.; Mendicino, G.; Knoche, R.; Kunstmann, H.
Sensitivity of modeled precipitation to sea surface temperature in regions with complex topography and coastlines: A case study for the Mediterranean
2014. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15 (6), 2370–2396. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-13-089.1

Smiatek, G.
Time invariant boundary data of regional climate models COSMO-CLM and WRF and their application in COSMO-CLM
2014. Journal of geophysical research / Atmospheres, 119, 732–7347. doi:10.1002/2013JD021267

Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.; Heckl, A.
High resolution climate change impact analysis on expected future water availability in the Upper Jordan Catchment and the Middle East
2014. Journal of hydrometeorology, 15, 1517–1531. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-13-0153.1

Waongo, M.; Laux, P.; Traore, S. B.; Sanon, M.; Kunstmann, H.
A crop model and fuzzy rule based approach for optimizing maize planting dates in Burkina Faso, West Africa
2014. Journal of applied meteorology and climatology, 53, 598–613. doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0116.1

Chwala, C.; Kunstmann, H.; Hipp, S.; Siart, U.
A monostatic microwave transmission experiment for line integrated precipitation and humidity remote sensing
2014. Atmospheric research, 144, 57–72. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.05.014

Mao, G.; Vogl, S.; Laux, P.; Wagner, S.; Kunstmann, H.
Stochastic bias correction of dynamically downscaled precipitation fields for Germany through copula-based integration of gridded observation data
2014. Hydrology and earth system sciences discussions, 11 (7), 7189–7227. doi:10.5194/hessd-11-7189-2014

Souvignet, M.; Laux, P.; Freer, J.; Cloke, H.; Thinh, D. Q.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Recent climatic trends and linkages to river discharge in Central Vietnam
2014. Hydrological processes, 28, 1587–1601. doi:10.1002/hyp.9693

2013

Guillod, B. P.; Davin, E. L.; Kündig, C.; Smiatek, G.; Seneviratne, S. I.
Impact of soil map specifications for European climate simulations
2013. Climate dynamics, 40 (1-2), 123–141. doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1395-z

Smiatek, G.; Kaspar, S.; Kunstmann, H.
Corrigendum to "2013: Hydrological climate change impact analysis for the Figeh Spring near Damascus (vol 14, pg 577, 2013)"
2013. Journal of hydrometeorology, 14 (4), 1372. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-13-0100.1

Warscher, M.; Strasser, U.; Kraller, G.; Marke, T.; Franz, H.; Kunstmann, H.
Performance of complex snow cover descriptions in a distributed hydrological model system: A case study for the high Alpine terrain of the Berchtesgaden Alps
2013. Water Resources Research, 49, 2619–2637. doi:10.1002/wrcr.20219

Marke, T.; Strasser, U.; Kraller, G.; Warscher, M.; Kunstmann, H.; Franz, H.; et al.
The Berchtesgaden National Park (Bavaria, Germany): a platform for interdisciplinary catchment research
2013. Environmental Earth Sciences, 69, 679–694. doi:10.1007/s12665-013-2317-z

Wagner, S.; Berg, P.; Schädler, G.; Kunstmann, H.
High resolution regional climate model simulations for Germany: Part II - projected climate changes
2013. Climate dynamics, 40 (1-2), 415–427. doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1510-1

Berg, P.; Wagner, S.; Kunstmann, H.; Schädler, G.
High resolution regional climate model simulations for Germany: part I-validation
2013. Climate dynamics, 40 (1-2), 401–414. doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1508-8

Knoche, H. R.; Kunstmann, H.
Tracking atmospheric water pathways by direct evaporation tagging: A case study for West Africa
2013. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118, 12345–12348. doi:10.1002/2013JD019976

Ent, R. J. van der; Tuinenburg, O. A.; Knoche, H. R.; Kunstmann, H.; Savenije, H. H. G.
Should we use a simple of complex model for moisture recycling and atmospheric moisture tracking?
2013. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17, 4869–4884. doi:10.5194/hess-17-4869-2013

Smiatek, G.; Kaspar, S.; Kunstmann, H.
Hydrological climate change impact analysis for the Figeh spring near Damascus, Syria
2013. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14, 577–593. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-12-065.1

2012

Bogena, H.; Kunkel, R.; Puetz, T.; Vereecken, H.; Krueger, E.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
TERENO - Long-term monitoring network for terrestrial environmental research
2012. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, 56 (3), 138–143

Wagner, A.; Seltmann, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Joint statistical correction of clutters, spokes and beam height for a radar derived precipitation climatology in southern Germany
2012. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16, 4101–4117. doi:10.5194/hess-16-4101-2012

Hartmann, A.; Lange, J.; Vivo Aguado, A.; Mizyed, N.; Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.
A multi-model approach for improved simulations of future water availability at a large Eastern Mediterranean karst spring
2012. Journal of Hydrology, 468-469, 130–138. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.08.024

Fersch, B.; Kunstmann, H.; Bardossy, A.; Devaraju, B.; Sneeuw, N.
Continental-scale basin water storage variation from global and dynamically downscaled atmospheric water budgets in comparison with GRACE-derived observations
2012. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 13, 1589–1603. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-11-0143.1

Vogl, S.; Laux, P.; Qiu, W.; Mao, G.; Kunstmann, H.
Copula-based assimilation of radar and gauge information to derive bias-corrected precipitation fields
2012. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 9, 937–982. doi:10.5194/hessd-9-937-2012

Chwala, C.; Gmeiner, A.; Qiu, W.; Hipp, S.; Nienaber, D.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
Precipitation observation using microwave backhaul links in the alpine and pre-alpine region of Southern Germany
2012. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16, 2647–2661. doi:10.5194/hess-16-2647-2012

Kraller, G.; Warscher, M.; Kunstmann, H.; Vogl, S.; Marke, T.; Strasser, U.
Water balance estimation in high Alpine terrain by combining distributed modeling and a neural network approach (Berchtesgaden Alps, Germany)
2012. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16, 1969–1990. doi:10.5194/hess-16-1969-2012

Sanchez-Lorenzo, A.; Laux, P.; Hendricks-Franssen, H. J.; Calbo, J.; Vogl, S.; Georgoulias, A. K.; et al.
Assessing large-scale weekly cycles in meteorological variables: a review
2012. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, 5755–5771. doi:10.5194/acp-12-5755-2012

Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.; Werhahn, J.
Implementation and performance analysis of a high resolution coupled numerical weather and river runoff prediction model system for an Alpine catchment
2012. Environmental Modelling and Software, 38, 231–243. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.06.001

Jung, G.; Wagner, S.; Kunstmann, H.
Joint climate hydrology modeling: an impact study for the data-sparse environment of the Volta Basin in West Africa
2012. Hydrology Research, 43, 231–248. doi:10.2166/nh.2012.044

Lutz, K.; Jacobeit, J.; Philipp, A.; Seubert, S.; Kunstmann, H.; Laux, P.
Comparison and evaluation of statistical downscaling techniques for station-based precipitation in the Middle East
2012. International Journal of Climatology, 32, 1579–1595. doi:10.1002/joc.2381

2011

Barnes, I.; Becker, K.; Bruckmann, P.; Gilge, S.; Smiatek, G.; Steinbrecher, R.; et al.
Reinheit und Qualität der Luft haben Grenzen
2011. Zellner, R. [Hrsg.] Chemie über den Wolken:. und darunter Weinheim : Wiley VCH, 2011, 85–97

Samuels, R.; Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.; Alpert, P.
Extreme value indicators in highly resolved climate change simulations for the Jordan River area
2011. Journal of geophysical research, 116 (D24), D24123/1–9. doi:10.1029/2011JD016322

Laux, P.; Vogl, S.; Qiu, W.; Knoche, H. R.; Kunstmann, H.
Copula-based statistical refinement of precipitation in RCM simulations over complex terrain
2011. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15, 2401–2419. doi:10.5194/hess-15-2401-2011

Zacharias, S.; Bogena, H.; Samaniego, L.; Mauder, M.; Fuß, R.; Kunstmann, H.; et al.
A network of terrestrial environmental observatories in Germany
2011. Vadose zone journal, 10 (3), 955–973. doi:10.2136/vzj2010.0139

Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.; Heckl, A.
High-resolution climate change simulations for the Jordan River area
2011. Journal of geophysical research, 116 (D16), D16111. doi:10.1029/2010JD015313

Senatore, A.; Mendicino, G.; Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.
Regional climate change projections and hydrological impact analysis for a Mediterranean basin in Southern Italy
2011. Journal of Hydrology, 399, 70–92. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.12.035

2010

Laux, P.; Jäckel, G.; Tingem, R. M.; Kunstmann, H.
Impact of climate change on agricultural productivity under rainfed conditions in Cameroon - a method to improve attainable crop yields by planting date adaptations
2010. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 159, 1258–1271. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.05.008

2009

Curci, G.; Beekmann, M.; Vautard, R.; Bessagnet, B.; Menut, L.; Smiatek, G.; et al.
Contribution of natural/biogenic sources to particulate matter levels over Europe: a multi-scale modelling study
2009. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 19th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conf., Davos, CH, June 21-26, 2009, Suppl.1, (Abstract), 73, A254

Smiatek, G.; Kunstmann, H.; Knoche, R.; Marx, A.
Precipitation and temperature statistics in high-resolution regional climate models: Evaluation for the European Alps
2009. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114(D19107), 2009. doi:10.1029/2008JD011353

Laux, P.; Wagner, S.; Wagner, A.; Jacobeit, J.; Bardossy, A.; Kunstmann, H.
Modelling daily precipitation features in the Volta Basin of West Africa
2009. International Journal of Climatology, 29, 937–54. doi:10.1002/joc.1852

Wagner, S.; Kunstmann, H.; Bardossy, A.; Conrad, C.; Colditz, R. R.
Water balance estimation of a poorly gauged catchment in West Africa using dynamically downscaled meteorological fields and remote sensing information
2009. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 34, 225–35. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2008.04.002

Curci, G.; Beekmann, M.; Vautard, R.; Smiatek, G.; Steinbrecher, R.; Theloke, J.; et al.
Modelling study of the impact of isoprene and terpene biogenic emissions on European ozone levels
2009. Atmospheric Environment, 43, 1444–55. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.070

Grote, R.; Lehmann, E.; Brümmer, C.; Brüggemann, N.; Szarzynski, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Modelling and observation of biosphere-atmosphere interactions in natural savannah in Burkina Faso, West Africa
2009. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 34, 251–60. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2008.05.003

Steinbrecher, R.; Smiatek, G.; Kölble, R.; Seufert, G.; Theloke, J.; Hauff, K.; et al.
Intra- and inter-annual variability of VOC emissions from natural and semi-natural vegetation in Europe and neighbouring countries
2009. Atmospheric Environment, 43, 1380–91. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.072

2008

Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Detection of regional weekly weather cycles across Europe
2008. Environmental Research Letters, 3, 044005/1–7. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/044005

Suppan, P.; Kunstmann, H.; Heckl, A.; Rimmer, A.
Impact of climate change on water availability in the Near East
2008. Zereini, F. [Hrsg.] Climatic Changes and Water Resources in the Middle East and North Africa Berlin [u.a.] : Springer, 2008 (Environmental Science and Engineering), 47–58

Marx, A.; Mast, M.; Knoche, R.; Kunstmann, H.
Globaler Klimawandel und regionale Auswirkungen auf den Wasserhaushalt. Global climate change and regional impact on the water balance - Case study in the German alpine area
2008. Wasserwirtschaft, 98 (9), 12–16

Intsiful, J.; Kunstmann, H.
Upscaling of land-surface parameters through inverse stochastic SVAT-modelling
2008. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 129, 137–58. doi:10.1007/s10546-008-9303-0

Smiatek, G.
Parallelization of a grid-oriented model on the example of a biogenic volatile organic compounds emission model
2008. Environmental Modelling and Software, 23, 1468–73. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.07.009

Smiatek, G.; Rockel, B.; Schättler, U.
Time invariant data preprocessor for the climate version of the COSMO model (COSMO-CLM)
2008. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 17, 395–405. doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0302

Marx, A.; Kunstmann, H.; Schüttemeyer, D.; Moene, A. F.
Uncertainty analysis for satellite derived sensible heat fluxes and scintillometer measurements over Savannah environment and comparison to mesoscale meteorological simulation results
2008. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 656–67. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.11.009

Kunstmann, H.
Effective SVAT-model parameters through inverse stochastic modelling and second-order first moment propagation
2008. Journal of Hydrology, 348, 13–26. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.032

Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.; Bardossy, A.
Predicting the regional onset of the rainy season in West Africa
2008. International Journal of Climatology, 28, 329–42. doi:10.1002/joc.1542

Ahrends, H.; Mast, M.; Rodgers, C.; Kunstmann, H.
Coupled hydrological-economic modelling for optimised irrigated cultivation in a semi-arid catchment of West Africa
2008. Environmental Modelling and Software, 23, 385–95. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.08.002

Kunstmann, H.; Jung, G.; Wagner, S.; Clottey, H.
Integration of atmospheric sciences and hydrology for the development of decision support systems in sustainable water management
2008. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth A/B/C, 33, 165–74. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2007.04.010

2007

Kunstmann, H.
Regionale Auswirkung der Klimaänderung auf die Wasserverfügbarkeit in Klimasensitiven Gebieten
2007. Endlicher, W. [Hrsg.] Der Klimawandel : Einblicke, Rückblicke und Ausblicke Potsdam : Potsdam Inst.für Klimafolgenforschung, 2007, 67–74

Jung, G.; Kunstmann, H.
High-resolution regional climate modeling for the Volta region of West Africa
2007. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112(D23108), 2007. doi:10.1029/2006JD007951

Neumann, R.; Jung, G.; Laux, P.; Kunstmann, H.
Climate trends of temperature, precipitation and river discharge in the Volta Basin of West Africa
2007. International Journal of River Basin Management, 5 (1), 17–30

Kunstmann, H.; Jung, G.
Influence of soil-moisture and land use change on precipitation in the Volta Basin of West Africa
2007. International Journal of River Basin Management, 5 (1), 9–16

Mast, M.; Suppan, P.; Smiatek, G.; Forkel, R.
Pre-processing tool mit Schnittstellen zur graphischen Darstellung von Zwischenkonvertierungsschritten und Zielformatierung von Emissionsdaten
2007. METTOOLSsup(V)sup(I) : Fachtagung des Fachausschusses Umweltmeteorologie der Deutschen Meteorologischen Gesellschaft, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 24.-26.April 2007 Wissenschaftliche Berichte, FZKA-7300 (April 2007), 84–86

2006

Marx, A.; Kunstmann, H.; Bardossy, A.; Seltmann, J.
Radar rainfall estimates in an alpine environment using inverse hydrological modelling
2006. Advances in Geosciences, 9, 25–29

Kunstmann, H.; Heckl, A.; Rimmer, A.
Physically based distributed hydrological modelling of the Upper Jordan catchment and investigation of effective model equations
2006. Advances in Geosciences, 9, 123–30

Wagner, S.; Kunstmann, H.; Bardossy, A.
Model based distributed water balance monitoring of the White Volta catchment in West Africa through coupled meteorological-hydrological simulations
2006. Advances in Geosciences, 9, 39–44

Kunstmann, H.; Krause, J.; Mayr, S.
Inverse distributed hydrological modelling of Alpine catchments
2006. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10, 395–412

Smiatek, G.; Steinbrecher, R.
Temporal and spatial variation of forest VOC emissions in Germany in the decade 1994-2003
2006. Atmospheric Environment, Suppl.1, 40, S166-S177. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.071

Kunstmann, H.; Kastens, M.
Direct propagation of probability density functions in hydrological equations
2006. Journal of Hydrology, 325, 82–95. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.10.009

Kunstmann, H.; Kastens, M.
Determination of stochastic well head protection zones by direct propagation of uncertainties of particle tracks
2006. Journal of Hydrology, 323, 215–29. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.09.003

2005

Smiatek, G.
SOAP-based web services in GIS/RDMBS environment
2005. Environmental modelling & software, (2004), 20 (6), 775–782. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.04.008

Kunstmann, H.; Krause, J.; Mayr, S.
Inverse distributed hydrological modelling of alpine catchments
2005. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 2, 2581–2623

Youkhana, E.; Arendt, B.; Kunstmann, H.; Martin, N.; Rodgers, C.; Vlek, P. L. G.
Das GLOWA Volta Projekt: Untersuchungen zum nachhaltigen Umgang mit der Resource Wasser im Voltabecken von West Afrika
2005. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, H.4, 49, 190–200

Kunstmann, H.
Upscaling of land-surface parameters through direct moment propagation
2005. Advances in Geosciences, 5, 127–31

Kunstmann, H.; Stadler, C.
High resolution distributed atmospheric-hydrological modelling for alpine catchments
2005. Journal of Hydrology, 314, 105–24. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.03.033

Kesik, M.; Ambus, P.; Baritz, R.; Brüggemann, N.; Butterbach-Bahl, K.; Smiatek, G.; et al.
Inventories of N₂O and NO emissions from European forest soil
2005. Biogeosciences, 2, 353–75

Knoche, R.; Jung, G.; Forkel, R.; Kunstmann, H.
High resolution climate simulations as a tool for climate impact and adaptation analysis
2005. Annalen der Meteorologie, 17th Internat.Congress of Biometeorology (ICB 2005), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, September 5-9, 2005, (2005), (41), 205–08

Smiatek, G.; Bogacki, M.
Uncertainty assessment of potential biogenic volatile organic compound emissions from forests with the Monte Carlo method: case study for an episode from 1 to 10 July 2000 in Poland
2005. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110(D23304), 2005. doi:10.1029/2004JD005685

Kunstmann, H.; Schneider, K.; Forkel, R.; Knoche, R.
Impact analysis of climate change for an Alpine catchment using high resolution dynamic downscaling of ECHAM4 time slices
2005. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, (2004), 8, 1030–44

Smiatek, G.
Distributed run of a one-dimensional model in a regional application using SOAP-based web services
2005. Atmospheric Environment, 39, 1961–66. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.01.017

2004

Steinbrecher, R.; Smiatek, G.
VOC emissions from biogenic sources
2004. Friedrich, R. [Hrsg.] Emissions of Air Pollutants : Measurements, Calculations and Uncertainties Berlin [u.a.] : Springer, 2004, 16–24

Smiatek, G.
Land cover and topography mapping
2004. Friedrich, R. [Hrsg.] Emissions of Air Pollutants : Measurements, Calculations and Uncertainties Berlin [u.a.] : Springer, 2004, 282–91

2003

Kunstmann, H.; Stadler, C.
Gekoppelte hochaufgelöste Meteorologie-Hydrologie-Simulationen für das alpine Einzugsgebiet der Mangfall
2003. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, (2002), 47, 151–59

Stewart, H. E.; Hewitt, C. N.; Bunce, R. G. H.; Steinbrecher, R.; Smiatek, G.; Schoenemeyer, T.
A highly spatially and temporally resolved inventory for biogenic isoprene and monoterpene emissions: Model description and application to Great Britain
2003. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D20), 4644, 2003 DOI:10.1029/2002JD002694. doi:10.1029/2002JD002694

Knoche, H.; Forkel, R.; Kunstmann, H.
Regionale Klimasimulationen für Süddeutschland und den Alpenraum
2003. Tag der Hydrologie, Universität Freiburg, 20.-21.März 2003 Kleeberg, H.B. [Hrsg.] Klima,Wasser, Flussgebietsmanagement - im Lichte der Flut, Beiträge zum Tag der Hydrologie 2003, am 20/21. März 2003in Freiburg i.Br. Hennef : Deutsche Vereinigung fuer Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V, 2003, Bd.1 (Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung; H.4.2003)

Bogacki, M.; Smiatek, G.
Okreslenie przestrzenno-czasowego rozkladu emisji lotnych zwiazkow organicznych z lasow na przykladzie polski
2003. Konieczynski, J. [Hrsg.] Problemy Ochrony Powietrza w Aglomeracjach Miejsko-Przemyslowych Lodz : Polska Akademia Nauk, 2003, 17–24

2002

Jakobs, H. J.; Tilmes, S.; Heidegger, A.; Nester, K.; Smiatek, G.
Short-term ozone forecasting with a network model system during summer 1999
2002. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 42, 23–40. doi:10.1023/A:1015767207688

Giesen, N.; Kunstmann, H.; Jung, G.; Liebe, J.; Andreini, M.; Vlek, P.
The GLOWA Volta project: Integrated assessment of feedback mechanisms between climate, landuse, and hydrology
2002. Advances in Global Change Research Vol.10: Climatic Change : Implications for the Hydrological Cycle and for Water Management Dordrecht [u.a.] : Kluwer Acad.Publ., 2002, 154–70

Schnitzler, J. P.; Bauknecht, N.; Brüggemann, N.; Einig, W.; Forkel, R.; Smiatek, G.; et al.
Emission of biogenic volatile organic compounds: An overview of field, laboratory and modelling studies performed during the ’Tropospheric Research Program’ (TFS) 1997-2000
2002. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 42, 159–77. doi:10.1023/A:1015757129946

Kunstmann, H.; Kinzelbach, W.; Siegfried, T.
Conditional first-order second-moment method and its application to the quantification of uncertainty in groundwater modeling
2002. Water Resources Research, 38(4), 1035, 2002 (S.6.1-6.13). doi:10.1029/2000WR000022