Inhaltsbereich
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Dr.-Ing. Bruno Merz
Helmholtz Centre PotsdamGFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Head of Section 5.4, Hydrology
Telegrafenberg, C4 2.14
D-14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 1500
Fax: +49 331 288 1570
Mail: bruno.merz@gfz-potsdam.de
Scientific interests:
- Monitoring and simulation of hydrological / hydraulic processes
- Flood risk analysis
Career:
| 2007 - today | Speaker program topic “Natural hazards: Assessment and risk mitigation”, Helmholtz program: “Geosystem: The changing Earth” |
| 2006 - 2009 | Secretary of section Hydrological Hazards, European Geophysical Union |
| 2000 - 2003 |
Head of German Research Network Natural Disasters |
| 2002 - today | Head of section 5.4 Hydrology, GFZ |
| 1996 - 2000 | Secretary of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Committee for Disaster Mitigation |
| 1990 - 1997 | Scientist, Institute for Hydrology and Water Resources Planning, University Karlsruhe |
| 1988 - 1990 | Research scholarship, Chair of River Engineering, University Kyoto, Japan |
Experience:
| 2005 | Habilitation in Hydrology and Water Resources Management; University Potsdam, Flood risk analysis: Methods, limitations and possibilities |
| 1996 | Doctoral degree in Civil Engineering, University Karlsruhe; Modelling the rainfall-runoff process in small catchments under consideration of natural variability |
| 1988 | Diploma in Civil Engineering, University Karlsruhe |
Selected publications:
Creutzfeldt, B., Güntner, A., Vorogushyn, S., and Merz, B., 2010: The benefits of gravimeter observations for modelling water storage changes at the field scale, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 1715 – 1730, doi:10.5194/hess-14-1715-201010.
Vorogushyn, S., Merz, B., Lindenschmidt, K.-E., and Apel, H., 2010: A new methodology for flood hazard assessment considering dike breaches. Water Resources Research (AGU), 46, W08541, doi:10.1029/2009WR008475
Petrow, T., Zimmer, J., Merz, B., 2009: Changes in the flood hazard in Germany through changing frequency and persistence of circulation patterns. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (HNESS), 9, 1409 – 1423
Grünthal, G., Thieken, A., Schwarz, J., Radtke, K., Smolka, A., Merz, B., 2006: Comparative risk assessments for the city of Cologne – storms, floods, earthquakes. Natural Hazards 38(1-2), 21-44, DOI 10.1007/s11069-005-8598-0
Güntner, A., Stuck, J., Döll, P., Schulze, K., Merz, B., 2006: A global analysis of temporal and spatial variations in continental water storage. Water Resources Research, 43, W05416, 10.1029/2006WR005247
Merz, B., Kreibich, H., Thieken, A., Schmidtke, R., 2004: Estimation uncertainty of direct monetary flood damage to buildings. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 4, 153-163
Apel, H., Thieken, A., Merz, B., Blöschl, G., 2004: Flood Risk Assessment and Associated Uncertainty. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 4, 295-308
Merz, B., Plate, E., 1997: An analysis of the effects of spatial variability of soil and soil mois-ture on runoff. Water Resources Research, 33(12), 2909-2922