Biography

since 2005

Professor, Applied Geophysics, University of Potsdam

2004 - 2005

Oberassistent, Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich

2002

Visiting Scientist at CGISS, Boise State University, USA (Research Fellowship of the German Research Foundation)

2001 - 2004

Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich

2001

Guest Scientist at University of California, Berkeley, USA

2001

Dr. rer. nat. in Geophysics, University of Tübingen

1998 - 2001

Doctoral Student, University of Tübingen

1991 - 1997

University of Münster: Diploma in Geophysics

Research

• Near-Surface Geophysics (Georadar, Seismic, Electrical Methods)
• Crosshole Methods and Tomographic Imaging
• Hydrogeophysics: Applying Geophysical Tools in Hydrology/Hydrogeology
• Multi-Sensor Geophysical Approaches

Teaching

Bachelor Geoscience

• BScP13 Fundamentals of General Geophysics (Krüger, Tronicke)
• BScP14 Fundamentals of Applied Geophysics (Tronicke, Krüger, Lück)
• BScP18 Project Practical (Altenberger, Trauth, Tronicke)
• BScW22 Advanced Applied Geophysics (Lück, Tronicke)

Master Geoscience

• MGPW04 Seismic Methods (Tronicke)
• MGPW07 Special Topics in Applied Geophysics (Tronicke)
• MGPWP02 Field Exercise Applied Geophysics (Lück, Tronicke)

 

Publications

International Journals and Books

Paasche, H., Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P. (2012): Zonal cooperative inversion of partially co-located data sets constrained by structural a priori information. Near Surface Geophysics, 10, 103-116. 

Böniger, U., Tronicke, J. (2012): Subsurface utility extraction and characterization: Combining GPR symmetry and PCA polarization attributes. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 50, 736-746.  

Böniger, U., Tronicke, J. (2012): High-resolution GPR data analysis using extended tree-based pursuit. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 78, 44-51. 

Tronicke, J., Paasche, H., Böniger, U. (2012): Crosshole traveltime tomography using particle swarm optimization: a near-surface field example, Geophysics, 77, R19-R32. 

Schmelzbach, C., Scherbaum, f., Tronicke, J., and Dietrich, P. (2011): Bayesian frequency-domain blind deconvolution of ground-penetrating radar data. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 398, 615-630.

Schmelzbach, C., Tronicke, J., and Dietrich, P. (2011): Three-dimensional hydrostratigraphic models from ground-penetrating radar and direct-push data. Journal of Hydrology, 398, 235-245.

Linder, S., Paasche, H., Tronicke, J., Niederleithinger, E., Vienken, T. (2010): Zonal cooperative inversion of crosshole P-wave, S-wave, and georadar traveltime data sets. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 72, 254-262.

Böniger, U., Tronicke, J. (2010): Improving the interpretability of 3D GPR data using target-specific attributes: application to tomb detection. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37, 672-679.

Böniger, U., Tronicke, J. (2010): Kinematic GPR surveying using a modern TTS: Evaluating system cross-talk and latency. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 48, 3792-3798.

Böniger, U., Tronicke, J. (2010): Integrated data analysis at an archaeological site: A case study using 3D GPR, magnetic, and high-resolution topographic data. Geophysics, B169-B176.

Paasche, H., Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P. (2010): Automated integration of partially colocated models: Subsurface zonation using a modified fuzzy c-means cluster analysis algorithm. Geophysics, 75, P11-P22.

Belina, F.A., Dafflon, B., Tronicke, J., Holliger, K. (2009): Enhancing the Vertical Resolution of Surface Georadar Data. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 68, 26-35.

Dietrich, P., Tronicke, J. (2009): Integrated analysis and interpretation of cross-hole P- and S-wave tomograms: a case study. Near Surface Geophysics, 7, 101-109.

Holliger, K., Tronicke, J., Paasche, H., Dafflon, B. (2008): Quantitative Integration of hydrogeophysical data: Geostatistical approaches. In: Overexploitation and Contamination of Shared Groundwater Resources, ed. Darnault, C., Springer, New York, 67-82.

McClymont, A.F., Green, A.G., Streich, R., Horstmeyer, H., Tronicke, J., Nobes, D.C., Pettinga, J., Campbell, J., Langridge, R. (2008): Visualization of active faults using geometric attributes of 3D GPR data: An example from the Alpine Fault Zone, New Zealand. Geophysics, 73, B11-B23.

Paasche, H., Wendrich, A., Tronicke, J., Trela, C. (2008): Detecting voids in masonry by cooperatively inverting P-wave and georadar traveltimes. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 5, 256-267.

Paasche, H., Tronicke, J. (2007): Cooperative inversion of 2D geophysical data sets: A zonal approach based on fuzzy c-means cluster analysis. Geophysics, 72, A35-A39.

Paasche, H., Tronicke, J., Maurer, H., Green, A.G., Auken, E., Stauffer, F. (2007): Geophysical surveying an active well catchment in the presence of significant topography and anthropogenic disturbances. Near Surface Geophysics, 5, 309-319.

Tronicke, J. (2007): The influence of high frequency uncorrelated noise on first-break arrival times and crosshole traveltime tomography. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 12, 173-184.

Böniger, U., Tronicke, J., Holliger. K., Becht, A. (2006): Multi-offset vertical radar profiling for subsurface reflection imaging. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 11, 289-298.

Paasche, H., Tronicke, J., Holliger. K., Green, A.G., Maurer, H. (2006): Integration of diverse physical-property models: Subsurface zonation and petrophysical parameter estimation based on fuzzy c-means cluster analyses. Geophysics, 71, H33-H44.

Tronicke, J., Villamor, P., Green, A.G. (2006): Detailed shallow geometry and displacement estimates of the Maleme Fault Zone, New Zealand, using 2-D and 3-D georadar. Near Surface Geophysics, 4, 155-162.

Dafflon, B., Tronicke, J., Holliger, K. (2005): Inferring the lateral subsurface correlation structure from georadar data: methodological background and experimental evidence. In: Geostatistics for Environmental Applications, eds. Renard, P., Demougeot-Renard, H., and Froidevaux, R., Springer, New York, 467-478.

Hyndman, D., Tronicke, J. (2005): Hydrogeophysical case studies in the saturated zone. In: Hydrogeophysics, eds. Rubin, Y. and Hubbard, S., Springer, The Netherlands, Water and Science Technology Library, Vol. 50, 391-412.

Tronicke, J., Holliger. K. (2005): Quantitative integration of hydrogeophysical data: conditional geostatistical simulation for characterizing heterogeneous alluvial aquifers. Geophysics, 70, H1-H10.

Tronicke, J., Knoll, M.D. (2005): Vertical radar profiling: influence of survey geometry on first-arrival traveltimes and amplitudes. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 57, 179-191.

Tronicke, J., Holliger. K. (2004): Effects of gas- and water-filled boreholes on the amplitudes of crosshole georadar data as inferred from experimental evidence. Geophysics , 69, 1255-1260.

Tronicke, J., Holliger, K., Barrash, W., Knoll, M.D. (2004): Multivariate analysis of crosshole georadar velocity and attenuation tomograms for aquifer zonation. Water Resources Research , 40, WO1519, doi:10.1029/2003WR002031.

Becht, A., Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P. Appel, E. (2004): Inversion strategy in crosshole georadar tomography using information of data subsets and residual analysis. Geophysics, 69, 222-230.

Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P., Wahlig, U., Appel, E. (2002): Integrating GPR and crosshole radar tomography: a validation experiment in braided stream deposits. Geophysics, 67, 1495-1504.

Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P., Appel, E. (2002): Quality improvement of crosshole georadar tomography: pre- and post-inversion data analysis strategies. European Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 7, 59-73.

Tronicke, J., Tweeton, D. R., Dietrich, P., Appel, E. (2001): Improved crosshole radar tomography by using direct and reflected arrival times. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 47, 97-105.

Russel, A. J., Knudsen, Ó., Fay, H., Marren, P. M., Heinz, J., Tronicke, J. (2001): Morphology and sedimentology of a giant supraglacial, ice-walled, jökulhlaup channel, Skeiðarárjökull, Iceland: implications for esker genesis. Global and Planetary Change, 28, 193-216.

Tronicke, J., Blindow, N., Groß, R., Lange, M. A. (1999): Joint application of surface electrical resistivity- and GPR-measurements for groundwater exploration on the island of Spiekeroog - northern Germany. Journal of Hydrology, 223, 44-53.

 

Conference Proceedings and Further Significant Contributions

Tronicke, J. (2012): Integrierte Erkundungsstrategien zur quantitativen Charakterisierung des oberflächennahen Untergrundes. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Sonderband II/2012: 3-12.

Hamann, G., Tronicke, J. (2011): Assessing uncertainties in determining GPR ground wave velocities: an approach based on spectral velocity analysis, 6th International Workshop of Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2011), Aachen, Germany (four pages).

Tronicke, J., Paasche, H., Böniger, U. (2011): Joint global inversion of GPR and P-wave seismic traveltimes using particle swarm optimization, 6th International Workshop of Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2011), Aachen, Germany (four pages). 

Böniger, U., Tronicke, J. (2010): Symmetry based 3D GPR feature enhancement and extraction. 13th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Lecce, Italy (five pages).

Niederleithinger, E., Tronicke, J. (2010): Traveltime inversion of parallel-seismic data for foundation length estimation, 16th European Meeting on Environmental and Engineering Geophysics EAGE-NSG, Zurich, Switzerland (five pages).

Paasche, H., Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P. (2010): Zonal Cooperative Inversion of Data Sets with Partially Co-located Model Areas, 16th European Meeting on Environmental and Engineering Geophysics EAGE-NSG, Zurich, Switzerland (five pages).

Rumpf, M., Böniger, U., Tronicke, J. (2010): Investigating a creeping hillslope by layer-based inversions of seismic first arrival times, 16th European Meeting on Environmental and Engineering Geophysics EAGE-NSG, Zurich, Switzerland (five pages).

Schmelzbach, C., Scherbaum, F., Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P. (2010): Mixed-phase deconvolution of ground-penetrating radar data, 16th European Meeting on Environmental and Engineering Geophysics EAGE-NSG, Zurich, Switzerland (five pages).

Paasche, H., Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P. (2009): Zonal cooperative inversion of partially co-located crosshole tomographic P- and S-wave traveltime data sets under automated incorporation of a priori information, Proceedings of the 11th SAGA Biennial Conference and Exhibition, Swaziland, South African Geophysical Association, 325-329.

Paasche, H., Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P. (2009): Rapid and objective integration and zonation of partially co-located models, 15th European Meeting on Environmental and Engineering Geophysics EAGE-NSG, Dublin, Ireland (five pages).

Schmelzbach, C., Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P. (2009): Combining ground-penetrating radar reflection surveying and direct push measurements for high-resolution subsurface imaging: A field example, Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop of Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR 2009), Granada, Spain (five pages).

Linder, S., Paasche, H., Tronicke, J., Niederleithinger, E. (2008): Zonal cooperative inversion of crosshole tomographic data. 14th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Karków, Poland (five pages).

Böniger, U., Tronicke, J. (2008): Spectral decomposition of GPR data using Tree-Based Pursuit. 12th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Birmingham, UK (six pages).

Tronicke, J., Böniger, U. (2008): Efficient and flexible TPS based 3-D GPR surveying: An archaeological case study. 12th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Birmingham, UK (four pages).

Paasche, H., Tronicke, J., Peter Dietrich (2008): Cooperative inversion based on fuzzy c-means cluster analysis - application to field data. 21st Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, Philadelphia, PA (invited presentation, six pages).

Paasche, H., Tronicke, J., Peter Dietrich (2007): Cooperative inversion based on fuzzy c-means cluster analysis - application to field data. 13th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Istanbul, Turkey (four pages).

Paasche, H., Günther, T., Tronicke, J., Green, A.G., Maurer, H.R., Holliger, K. (2007): Integrating multi-scale geophysical data for the 3D characterization of an alluvial aquifer. 13th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Istanbul, Turkey (four pages).

Tronicke, J. (2006): Einsatz und Potential des Georadars zur 2-D/3-D Erkundung des oberflächennahen Untergrundes: Akquisition, Bearbeitung, Interpretation. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Sonderband II/2006: 41-54.

Corboz, P., Horstmeyer, H., Tronicke, J., Nobes, D., Campbell, J., Green, A.G. (2005): High-resolution geophysical surveying at the Springfield Fault, New Zealand, 11th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Palermo, Italy (four pages).

Tronicke, J., Holliger, K. (2004): Porosity models for heterogeneous alluvial aquifers based on conditional geostatistical simulations using hydrogeophysical data, 74th Ann. Meet. Soc. Expl. Geophys., Denver, Colorado, paper NSG 3.3 (four pages).

Tronicke, J., Vilamor, P., Green, A. (2004): Estimating vertical displacement within the Ngakuru Graben, New Zealand, using 2-D and 3-D georadar, Tenth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar: Delft, The Netherlands, Proceedings, 547-550.

Tronicke, J., Holliger, K. (2004): Influence of the borehole and its filling medium on crosshole georadar data: experimental evidence and numerical simulations, Tenth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar: Delft, The Netherlands, Proceedings, 237-240.

Paasche, H., Tronicke, J. (2003): Improving the reliability of electrical imaging by using adapted starting models, EAGE 65th Conference & Exhibition - Stavanger, Norway, P094 (four pages).

Tronicke, J., Paasche, H., Holliger, K., Green, A.G. (2002): Combining Crosshole Georadar velocity and attenuation tomography for site characterization: a case study in an unconsolidated aquifer, in Koppenjan, S., and Lee, H., eds., Ninth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar: Santa Barbara, CA, Proceedings, SPIE Vol. 4758, 170-175.

Paasche, H., Ormuz, N., van der Kruk, J., Tronicke, J. (2002): Avoiding miss-interpretation of GPR measurements in forested areas, Proc. of the 8th meeting of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society - European Section, Aveiro, Portugal, 93-96.

Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P. (2002): Einsetzbarkeit und Möglichkeiten des Georadar Verfahrens als "Logging Tool" in Lockersedimenten (Applicability and possibilities of georadar as "logging tool" in unconsolidated sediments). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Sonderband I/2002: 109-112.

Becht , A., Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P., Appel, E. (2002): Angepasste Auswertestrategien zur Verbesserung der Interpretation von Tomogrammen bei isolierten Anomalien: Inversion von Teildatensätzen (Adapted analysis strategies for improving the interpretation of tomographic with isolated anomalies: inversion of data subsets). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Sonderband I/2002: 90-95.

Brauchler, R., Dietrich, P., Tronicke, J. (2002): Einfluss der Messgeometrie auf die Ergebnisse radar-tomographischer Messungen in oberflächennahen Lockersedimenten (Influence of survey geometry on the results of georadar tomography in near-surface environments). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, Sonderband I/2002: 84-89.

Tronicke, J., Patzelt, A., Appel, E. (2001): Coincident reflector and tomographic imaging: a georadar case study for fracture and void detection. Proc. of the 7th meeting of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society - European Section, Birmingham, UK, 178-179.

Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P., Appel, E. (2000): Pre-processing and quality assessment of crosshole georadar data, in Noon, D. A., Stickley, G. F. and Lonstaff, D., eds., 8th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar: Gold Coast, Australia, Proceedings, SPIE Vol. 4084, 579-583.

Tronicke, J., Dietrich, P., Appel, E. (2000): Georadar velocity determination: a comparison of different techniques. Proc. of the 6th the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society - European Section, Bochum, Germany, GR01 (four pages).

Tronicke, J., Heinz, J., Appel, E. (1999): Geophysical radar techniques for the characterization of heterogeneous Quarternary gravel deposits. Proc. of the 5th meeting of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society - European Section, Budapest, Hungary (two pages).

Teutsch, G., Dietrich, P., Tronicke, J. (1999): Seismische tomographische Messungen zur Erkundung des Untergrundes am Standort Bitterfeld (Seismic tomographic surveying for subsurface investigations at the Bitterfeld site). In: Weiß, H. & Daus, B. (eds.): SAFIRA 2, Status Report, 27-34.

Röhl, M.,Tronicke, J., Werner, A., Appel, E., Böcker, R. (1999): Einsatz geophysikalischer Meßmethoden in der Moorrenaturierung (Application of geophysical methods in peatland renaturation). In: Umweltforschung im Dialog - aktuelle Beiträge aus dem mittleren Neckarraum. 31. Hohenheimer Umwelttagung. Verlag Günther Heimbach. 173-180.