Possible MSc Topics
Please be aware that the topics listed here are current ideas/suggestions and are often related to ongoing research projects in our group. Therefore, possible topics might be adapted to changed opportunities in these larger projects and to your specific interests. Please contact us for more information. Usually it useful to meet early with the potential supervisor(s) to discuss the scope of the project.
| Topic | Contact/Supervision |
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Quantifying the soil water distribution on an arable field with keyline design (joint Master's thesis with WSL) |
Manfred Stähli (WSL) |
Spatial analyses of the CrowdWater data collected by citizen scientists (joint Master's thesis in Geocomputation and Hydrology) |
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Greenhouse gas evasion from ephemeral streams in Northern Sweden |
Ilja van Meerveld |
Groundwater flow in a pre-Alpine wetland |
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| Reconstruction of streamflow and turbidity based on reports from kayakers | |
| Crowd-based observation approaches in hydrology | Jan Seibert |
| What is the spatial variation in soil depth and bedrock topography in the Studibach catchment? | Ilja van Meerveld |
| Topographic wetness indices to describe spatial variations of soil moisture | Jan Seibert |
| Value of different types of hydrological data (snow, groundwater, soil moisture) in hydrological modelling | Jan Seibert |
| Appropriate time resolution of precipitation data for flood estimation in small catchments | Maria Staudinger Daniel Viviroli |
| Emme flood in summer 2022 – feasibility study integrating radar precipitation data for event simulation | Maria Staudinger Daniel Viviroli |