Hydrology and Climatology Prof. Dr. Lucas Menzel
Professorship for Hydrology and Climatology
E-Mail: lucas.menzel@uni-heidelberg.de
Phone: +49 6221 54-5583
Postal address: Raum 112, Im Neuenheimer Feld 348, 69120 Heidelberg
Office Hours
Lecture time:
Thu., 10-12 am
Lecture free time: by arrangement
Research interests:
- Development and application of hydrological models based on own field experiments and using different data products, e.g. from reanalysis and remote sensing
- Measurement and simulation of the water balance of various land surfaces, with a focus on evapotranspiration, energy balance, soil moisture, and groundwater recharge
- Quantification of the impact of environmental change (land use and climate change) on hydrologic dynamics and water resources
- Drought (hydrological extremes and compounding events): Climatological characterization of droughts and analysis of their impact on hydrological dynamics, in combination with heat waves
- Snow hydrology: linking information from different sources to characterize snowpack changes and their effects on hydrology
- Permafrost hydrology, with a geographic focus on Mongolia (own field experiments) and southern Siberia (data assimilation and simulation)
- Hydro-Climatology of the Middle East, especially issues related to water balance, water scarcity and its long-term changes due to land use and climate change
