Head of Research Group "Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange Processes over Complex Terrain"
Chair for Atmospheric Environmental Research, Technische Universität München (TUM)
Advisory Boards and Steering Committees
Teaching Chair Atmospheric Environmental Research, TUM
Research Group "Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange Processes over Complex Terrain"
| Curriculum Vitae |
| since 2007 |
Director, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT/IMK-IFU), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and Professor, Chair for Atmospheric Environmental Research, Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany |
| 2005-2007 | Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA |
| 2002-2007 | Co-Director, Institute for Research in Environmental Science (IRES), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA |
| 2001-2005 | Associate Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA |
| 1995-2001 | Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA |
| 1993-1996 | Senior Research Scientist (Oberassistent), Climate Sciences, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland |
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1990-1996 |
Lecturer, Climate Sciences, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland |
| 1989-1993 | Research Assistant (Assistent), Climate Sciences, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland |
| 1988-1989 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada |
| 1984-1988 | PhD Thesis, University of British Columbia, Canada, Thesis: "Spatial Scales of Sensible Heat Flux Variability: Representativeness of Flux Measurements and Surface Layer Structure over Suburban Terrain", Advisor: Prof. T.R. Oke, FRSC |
| 1984 |
Dipl. Natw. ETH Zürich, 1978-1984, Diploma Thesis: "Das Horizontale Windfeld im Gebiet der Stadt Zürich", Advisor: Prof. A. Ohmura |
List of Publications [pdf]
List of Presentations [pdf]
| Research Interests |
- Biosphere-atmosphere exchange over fragmented landscapes (observation and modeling)
- Strategies to scale-up ecosystem fluxes to large regions
- Spatial aggregation of turbulent fluxes, modeling of subgridscale variability
- Source area / footprint modeling for turbulent exchange observations over complex terrain
- Boundary layer meteorology, boundary layer development over complex surfaces (observation and modeling)
- Experimental design and measurement of turbulent surface-atmosphere exchange processes over complex surfaces
| Ongoing Projects |
- Helmholtz Research School MICMoR on Mechanisms and Interactions of Climate Change in Mountain Regions: starting 1 January 2012.
for more information see www.micmor.kit.edu - REKLIM: Helmholtz Climate Initiative, more...
- TERENO: TERestrial ENvironmental Observatories, more...
- Joint Research Project "Organic Soils", more...
| Editoral Board Memberships |
| since 2006 | Agricultural and Forest Meteorology |
| since 1998 |
Boundary-Layer Meteorology |
| Advisory Boards and Steering Committees |
| 2010-2011 | IGBP/iLEAPS - Science Conference, Chair, Local Program Committee |
| since 2009 | HGF-REKLIM - Topic Leader and Coordination Team Member |
| since 2008 | HGF-TERENO - Science Steering Committee Member |
| since 2007 |
UFS Schneefernerhaus - Science Team Member |
| Teaching Chair Atmospheric Environmental Research, TUM |
Contact:
B. Fleischner, secretary
Chair for Atmospheric Environmental Research
Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München (TUM)
Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2/I
85354 Freising, Germany
Tel.: +49 (8161) 71 4741
Fax.: +49 (8161) 71 4753
http://www.wzw.tum.de/index.php?id=135&L=5
Teaching:
- Lecture on Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions
TU Munich (Master), Research Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences (Prof. Dr. H.P. Schmid, Prof. Dr. R. Steinbrecher) - Short Course: Flux Measurement Fundamentals
KIT/IMK-IFU Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Prof. Dr. H.P. Schmid, Prof. Dr. R. Steinbrecher, Dr. M. Mauder)
Up-coming course: April 10-13, 2012
for more information and registration see http://imk-ifu.fzk.de/tereno/EC-Kurs/ - Advisor for PhD students:
Katja Heidbach
Janina Hommeltenberg
Matthias Lindauer
Sebastian Unteregelsbacher
Benjamin Wolpert
