Research

Main fields of research

• Development and testing of (eco)-hydrological models
• Runoff simulation and forecasting
• Water quality modeling

Current project (until 2013)

Title

PROGRESS  (D2.2)

Responsibilities

• Development of a generic modeling software to simulate dynamic processes in spatially distributed systems.
• Implementation of rainfall-runoff models for small catchments in Southern Germany based on the above mentioned software.
• Verification of runoff forecasts using different meteorological input.
• In collaboration with Maik Heistermann and Stephan Jacobi: Implementation and testing of an operational probabilistic forecast environment.

Publications

Kneis, D., Bürger, G., Bronstert, A. (2012): Evaluation of medium-range runoff forecasts for a 50 km2 watershed. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 414-415, p. 341-353. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.005

Cunha Costa, A., Bronstert, A., Kneis, D. (2011): Probabilistic flood forecasting for a mountainous headwater catchment using a nonparametric stochastic dynamic approach, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 57 (1), 10-25, doi:10.1080/02626667.2011.637043

Heistermann, M., Kneis, D. (2011): Benchmarking quantitative precipitation estimation by conceptual rainfall-runoff modelling, Water Ressources Research, 47, W06514.

Bronstert, A., Kneis, D., Bogena, H. (2009): Interaktionen und Rückkopplungen beim hydrologischen Wandel: Relevanz und Möglichkeiten der Modellierung (Interactions and feedbacks in hydrological change: Relevance and possibilities of modelling), Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, 53 (5), 289–304.

Bürger, G., Reusser, D., Kneis, D. (2009): Early flood warnings from empirical (expanded) downscaling of the full ECMWF Ensemble Prediction System, Water Resources Research, 45, W10443. doi:10.1029/2009WR007779

Kneis, D., Heistermann, M. (2009): Bewertung der Güte einer Radar-basierten Niederschlagsschätzung am Beispiel eines kleinen Einzugsgebiets (Quality assessment of radar-based precipitation estimates with the example of a small catchment), Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, 53 (3): 160–171.

Kneis, D., Förster, S., Bronstert, A. (2009): Simulation of water quality in a flood detention area using models of different spatial discretization, Ecological modeling 220: 1631–1642. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.006

Kneis, D. (2007): A water quality model for shallow river lake systems and its application in river basin management, PhD thesis, University of Potsdam. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-14647

Kneis, D., Knösche, R., Bronstert, A. (2006): Analysis and simulation of nutrient retention and management for a lowland river-lake system, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10, 575–588. www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/10/575/2006/hess-10-575-2006.pdf

Förster, S., Kneis, D., Gocht, M., Bronstert, A. (2005): Flood Risk Reduction by the Use of Retention Areas at the Elbe River, Intl. Journal of River Basin Management, 3 (1), 21–29.