Inhaltsbereich
Dr. Theresa Blume
Helmholtz Centre PotsdamGFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Section 5.4, Hydrology
Telegrafenberg, C4 2.25
D-14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 1512
Fax: null
Mail: theresa.blume@gfz-potsdam.de
Scientific interests:
Research Interests/Projects
- Combining novel experimental techniques and data analysis with physically based modelling as a platform for hypothesis testing
- TERENO
- HYGRA – The effect of water storage variations on in-situ gravity measurements and their use for hydrology
- Identification of runoff processes in a small undisturbed catchment in the Chilean Andes - Experimental study and modelling.
- Physically based modelling of hydrological processes
- Flood retention in the landscape
- Effect of salinity on particle release and changes in hydraulic conductivity in sediments.
- The Experimental Hydrology Wiki - Allow others to profit from your experiences in the field! All contributions welcome!
- CAOS - From Catchments as Organised Systems to Models based on Dynamic Functional Units
- DFG Forschergruppe 1598
Career:
Education
| 2002 - 2007 | Doctoral dissertation at Potsdam University - Topic: Hydrological processes in volcanic ash soils - Measuring, modelling and understanding runoff generation in an undisturbed catchment |
| Dec 2001 | Master of Science (Bioresource Engineering); Thesis: Effect of Salinity on Particle Release and Changes in Hydraulic Conductivity in Sediments |
| 1999 - 2001 | Hydrology, Oregon State University Corvallis |
| 1996 - 1999 | Hydrology, University of Freiburg |
| 1995 - 1996 | Chemistry, University of Kaiserslautern |
Experience:
| since April 2009 | Scientist at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences |
| March 2008 – March 2009 | Acting head of the chair for “Water and Matter Transport in Complex Landscapes”, leader of the group “Hydrological Processes” at the Institute for Geoecology, University of Potsdam |
| Jan 2007 – March 2008 | research associate; Project: ERANET-CRUE: Room for the River; Institute for Geoecology, University of Potsdam |
| Aug 2002– Dec 2006 |
PhD student (Scholarships from the Graduate School "Earth Surface Processes" as well as from the State of Brandenburg); Institute for Geoecology, University of Potsdam |
| March 2002– Aug 2002 |
Research assistant, Institute for Geoecology, University of Potsdam |
| Sept. 2000– Aug. 2001 |
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Bioresource Engineering, Oregon State University. |
| March/April 1999 | Internship at the Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Division of Physical Limnology |
| March/April 1998 | Internship at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Bangor, Wales, UK, Section of Geobiochemistry |
Awards:
Awards
- Feb 2009-Feb 2010 selected participant of the ProFiL Scientific Leadership Program, a joint program of the Technical University Berlin, the Humboldt University Berlin, the Free University Berlin and the University of Potsdam
- 2008 YSOPP Award of the European Geosciences Union (Young Scientist Outstanding Poster Presentation Award)
- 2004 Scholarship of the Graduate School “Earth Surface Processes”
- 2002 Scholarship of the State of Brandenburg
- 2000 M.G. Cropsey Agricultural Engineering Scholarship.
Selected publications:
ISI Journals:
Salazar S., Francés F., Komma J., Blume T., Francke T., Bronstert A., and Blöschl G.: A comparative analysis of the effectiveness of flood management measures based on the concept of “retaining water in the landscape” in different European hydro-climatic regions. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 3287–3306, 2012
doi:10.5194/nhess-12-3287-2012
Krause S., Blume T., Cassidy N.J.: Investigating patterns and controls of groundwater up-welling in a lowland river by combining Fibre-optic Distributed Temperature Sensing with observations of vertical head gradients. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 1775-1792, 2012
Graeff T., Zehe, E., Blume, T., Francke, T., Schröder, B.: Predicting event response in a nested catchment with generalized linear models and a distributed watershed model. Hydrological Processes, 26, 3749-3769, 2012
Krause S., Hannah D.M., Blume T.: Interstitial pore-water temperature dynamics across a pool-riffle-pool sequence. Ecohydrology, 4, 549-563, 2011.
Zehe E., Blume T., Blöschl G.: The principle of “maximum energy dissipation”: a novel thermodynamic perspective on rapid water flow in biological soil structures. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2010 365, 1377-1386, doi: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0308, 2010.
Holländer H. M., Blume T., Bormann H., Buytaert W., Chirico G.B., Exbrayat J.-F., Gustafsson D., Hölzel H., Kraft P., Stamm C., Stoll S., Blöschl G., and Flühler H.: Comparative predictions of discharge from an artificial catchment (Chicken Creek) using sparse data, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 2069-2094, 2009.
Blume T, Zehe E, Bronstert A.: Use of soil moisture dynamics and patterns at different spatio-temporal scales for the investigation of subsurface flow processes. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 13, 1215-1234, 2009.
Reusser D.E., Blume T., Schaefli B., Zehe E.: Analysing the temporal dynamics of model performance for hydrological models. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 13, 999-1018, 2009.
Blume T., Zehe E., Reusser D.E., Iroumé A., Bronstert A.: Investigation of runoff generation in a pristine, poorly gauged catchment in the Chilean Andes. I: A multi-method experimental study. Hydrological Processes 22, 3661-3675, 2008.
Blume T., Zehe E., Bronstert, A.: Investigation of runoff generation in a pristine, poorly gauged catchment in the Chilean Andes. II: Qualitative and quantitative use of tracers at three spatial scales. Hydrological Processes 22, 3676-3688, 2008.
Blume T, Zehe E, Bronstert A.: Rainfall runoff response, event-based runoff coefficients and hydrograph separation. Hydrological Sciences Journal 52, 843-862, 2007.
Blume T., Weisbrod N., Selker J.S.: On the critical salt concentrations for particle detachment in homogeneous sand and heterogeneous Hanford Sediments. Geoderma 124, 121-132, 2005.
Blume T., Weisbrod N., Selker J. S.: Permeability changes in layered sediments: Impact of particle release. Ground Water 40 (5), 466-474, Sep-Oct 2002.
Submitted:
Blume T., Krause S., Meinikmann, K. And Lewandowski J.: Upscaling lacustrine groundwater discharge rates by fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing (submitted to WRR).
Zehe E., Blume T., Kleidon A., Ehret U., Scherer U.: Connected flow paths as first order control on critical zone water flows: coincidence or self-organized optimality? Submitted to Hydrology and Earth Systems Science (HESS).
Creutzfeldt B., Heinrich I., Blume T., Merz B.: Reconstruction of total water storage dynamics from tree-ring records and terrestrial gravity observations. Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences.
Krause S., Blume T.: Impact of seasonal differences and experimental design on the adequacy of Fibre-optic Distributed Temperature Sensing of groundwater-surface water exchange. Submitted to WRR.
Non-ISI publications
Blume T., Bauer A., Bronstert A.: Experimental Techniques for the Investigation of Runoff Processes in a Small Catchment in the Chilean Andes. Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, Heft 05.04, Band 2, S.75-78, 2004.
Bronstert A., Blume T., Francke T., Niehoff D. (2008): Möglichkeiten des Hochwasserrückhalts im Einzugsgebiet: Ergebnisse aus dem Rhein- und Illergebiet, In: Disse, M., Kalk, M., Rieger, W.(2008): Wasserrückhalt in der Fläche: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des dezentralen Hochwasserschutzes. Mitteilungen des Instituts für Wasserwesen, Universität der BW München, Nr. 100, 193-202.
S. Salazar, F. Francés, J. Komma, G. Blöschl, T. Blume, T. Francke and A. Bronstert, (2008). Efficiency of non-structural flood mitigation measures: “room for the river” and “retaining water in the landscape”. In Flood Risk Management: Research and Practice. Proceedings of the European Conference on Flood Risk Management Reasearch into Practice (FLOODRISK 2008), Oxford, UK, 30 september-2 october 2008.
P. Samuels, S Huntington, W. Allsop and J. Harrop Editors. CRC Press/Balkema. ISBN:978-0-415-48507-4.