MSc Theses
Ongoing MSc Theses
| Aerni, Jan ESS | Effect of slope and microtopography on overland flow occurrence and amount in the Studibach | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Victor Gauthier |
| Bruppacher, Anita GEO | Spatial and temporal changes in soil water and groundwater chemistry in the Alptal, Schwyz | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Anna Leuteritz |
| Eichmann, Michael GEO | New analysis of low flow events and trends in the Alpine region over the last decades | Dr. Massimiliano Zappa Luzi Bernhard Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Freitag, Nora GEO | Characterizing floods in US catchments using CAMELS database | Dr. Anna Senoner Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Luder, Marius GEO | Wasserbilanz von Karstquellen im Ybrig: Eine karsthydrologische Untersuchung der Einzugsgebiete und Quellen im Raum Chäseren und deren Wasserbilanz in den letzten 4 Jahren | Dr. Martin Lüthi Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Montalbetti, Désirée GEO | Reliability of Multi-day Precipitation Estimates from Climate Models | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Pezzati, Tobia GEO | Seasonal and event-based changes in the flowing stream network of temporary rivers in the Reppisch catchment: Comparison of manual mapping and data from sensors. | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld |
| Schwarzenbach, Franziska GEO | Value of Citizen Science Data and Limited Other Information for Hydrological Model Calibration | Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert Dr. Ilja van Meerveld |
| Tobler, Hannes ESS | Analyzing hydrological recession behavior using plant phenology | Dr. Maria Staudinger Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
Completed MSc Theses
| 2022 | ||
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| Frefel, Basil GEO | Determining time of concentration for small lake watersheds in Switzerland for the use in eDNA sampling – a small scale modelling approach PDF | Prof. Dr. Kristy Deiner Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Schädler, Larissa GEO | Assessment of snow ablation patterns and dynamics in the Dischma valley (Davos, GR): Linking multi-temporal terrestrial laser scanning observations to meteorological parameters | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Dr. Rebecca Mott-Grünewald Michael Haugeneder |
| 2021 | ||
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| Markwalder, Laura GEO | Potentials and Challenges of Probabilistic Precipitation Data for Runoff Modelling: An Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Variability Patterns. PDF | Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Rütsche, Joel GEO | Flood-duration-Frequency (QdF) Analysis in the Aare River Basin based on Simulated Discharge Time Series PDF | PD Dr. Daniel Viviroli Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Sidhu, Navjot Kaur ESS | Comparative Analysis of the Flood Models HEC-RAS and BASEMENT PDF | Remo Solèr Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| 2020 | ||
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| Marijanovic, Mladen Leon GEO | Climate change and flood types PDF | PD Dr. Daniel Viviroli Dr. Anna Senoner Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Steinmann, Miriam GEO | Spatial and Temporal Variability in Stream Chemistry in a Temperate Intermittent Stream PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Dr. Samuel Abiven Rick Assendelft Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Zanitti, Florencio GEO | Percolation Transformation due to Vegetation Alteration: Does land-use change affect the chemical and physical properties of Eastern Malagasy soil and can Ksat be predicted by Pedotransfer Functions PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Dr. Samuel Abiven Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| 2019 | ||
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| Fuchs, Joanna ESS | Surface water temperature of Lake Kariba: dynamics and spatial heterogeneity PDF | Prof. Dr. Bernhard Wehrli Dr. Rogier de Jong Elisa Calamita Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Honegger, Patrick GEO | Proof of Concept for a Stilling Tube Water Level Recorder PDF | Dr. Prof. James W. Kirchner Dr. Jana von Freyberg Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Jenny, Angela GEO | Go with the Flow; Spatial Distribution in the Occurrence of Amphipods and its Relation to Flow Intermittency in a Headwater Catchment of the Reppisch PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Florian Altermatt Dr. Roman Alther Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Koller, Severin GEO | Performance Analysis of Different Flash Flood Nowcasting Chains Based on Ensemble Precipitation Nowcasting in the Emme and Verzasca Catchments The Impact of Blending an Extrapolated Nowcast into a Numerical Weather Prediction PDF | Dr. Massimiliano Zappa Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Lustenberger, Florian ESS | Event-based surface hydrological connectivity and sediment transport on young moraines PDF | Fabian Maier Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| 2018 | ||
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| Gassmann, Caroline GEO | Spatial and temporal variation in the flowing stream network and saturated areas in a boreal watershed in Northern Sweden PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Hug, Bertina GEO | Chratzera Rutschung (Grindelwald): Vorbereitende Kartierung, Konzeption und Durchführung eines Tracerversuchs und hydrochemische Analyse der Quellen PDF | Daniel Tobler (GEOTEST AG) Prof. em. Hans Kienholz Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Keller, Nadine GEO | Influence of Biomass and Biodiversity on Throughfall Losses and Infiltration Capacity in Secondary Tropical Rainforests of Sabah, Borneo | Dr. Christopher David Philipson Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Saurwein, Davide GEO | Towards decadal hydro-glaciological forecasts for the hydropower sector PDF | Prof. Dr. Farinotti, Daniel Gindraux, Saskia Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Styger, Nils | Influence of Hydrology on ecosystem metabolism of the Maggia floodplain | Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| 2017 | ||
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| Grunder, Nadja | Spatial and temporal variability in streamflow chemistry in two small pre-alpine catchments PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Leonie Adriana Kiewiet Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Juvalta, Madlaina | Trockenheit in der Schweiz: Analyse der zweiten Jahreshälfte 2015 aus Sicht der Informationsplattform drought.ch PDF | Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Kuratli, Benjamin | Eine GIS-basierte Abschätzung des potentiellen Schwemmholzeintrages in alpine Fliessgewässer und Vergleich mit effektiv transportierten Schwemmholzfrachten PDF | Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Sauter, Tobias | Occurrence and Chemical Composition of Overland Flow in a Pre-alpine catchment, Alptal (CH) PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Rick Assendelft Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Schafer, Samuel | Pflanzenschutzmittel in Fliessgewässern: Meteorologische und hydrologische Einordnung des Frühlings/Sommers 2015 in Anbetracht der Einschätzung der Repräsentativität des NAWA SPEZ II-Belastungsdatensatzes PDF | Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Wermelinger, Stefanie | Abschätzung von Hochwasservolumina in der Schweiz: Methodenerhebung in der Praxis PDF | Manuela Brunner Dr. Muriel Côte PD Dr. Daniel Viviroli Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |