Person profile

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Dr.h.c.mult.

Günter Blöschl

Phone +43 1 58801 22315

E-Mailguenter.bloeschl@tuwien.ac.at

Assigned

E222	E222-02	E222-50	E056-01

Business Card

Research department

Name	Management/Member
Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management	Management

Research area

Name	Management/Member
Service Unit of Water Resource Systems	Management
Services of the Institute	Management
Research Unit of Engineering Hydrology and Water Resources Management	Management

Profile

Research profile (German):

(1) Hochwasserforschung (Bemessungshochwasser, Hochwasservorhersagen, Hochwasserprozesse, Hochwasserstatistik, Hochwasserentstehung, numerische Modellierung von Überflutungsflächen und Hochwasserrückhalt, Niederschlag-Abflussmodellierung)(2) Regionale Hydrologie (Bestimmung von Nieder- und Hochwasser, Wasserbilanz in Gebieten ohne Abflussmessungen, Schneehydrologie, Skalenfrage, Parameterschätzung, Prozessbasierte Hydrologische Modelle, Geographische Informationssysteme)(3) Hydrologische Prozessforschung (Untersuchungen im Hydrological Open Air Laboratory, Petzenkirchen zum besseren Verständnis der Abflusswege, Verdunstung, Erosion, Bodenfeuchte , Wasserqualität, Wasserhygiene)(4) Wasserwirtschaft (Risikoanalyse, Simulationsmethoden in der Wasserwirtschaft, Soziohydrologie, Wasser und Klimawandel, Auswirkung von Klimaänderung auf den Wasserhaushalt, Hochwässer, Niederwässer, langfristige Änderungen des Hochwasserregimes)

Research profile (English):

Research interests:Hydrology and Water Resources, in particular(1) Flood research (design floods, flood forecasting, flood processes, flood statistics, flood generation, numerical modeling of flood inundation and flood retention, rainfall-runoff modeling)(2) Regional Hydrology (estimation of low and high flows, water balance in areas without discharge measurements, snow hydrology, scale issues, parameter estimation, process-based hydrological models, Geographical Information Systems)(3) Hydrological Process Studies (Research in the Hydrological Open Air Laboratory, Petzenkirchen on understanding flow pathways, evaporation, erosion, soil moisture, water quality, water hygiene)(4) Water management (risk analysis, simulation methods in water management, socio-hydrology, water and climate change, impact of climate change on water resources, floods, low flows, long-term changes in the flood regime)The projects are funded by the European Union (Horizon 2020), ERC, FWF, FFG, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Federal, State and Local governments as well as the industry.Teaching:Bachelor and Master (Civil Engineering): Hydrology, Water, and Environmental Sciences, Modeling and simulation, Statistics

Additional information:

http://www.science-blog.at/2013/01/kommt-die-naechste-sintflutij/

Link to CV:

http://www.waterresources.at/index.php?id=99#

Publications:

Publications

Keywords

Keyword (German)	Keyword (English)
Wasserwirtschaft	water resources management
Ingenieurhydrologie	Engineering Hydrology
Hochwasservorhersage	Flood Forecasting
Regionale Hydrologie	Regional Hydrology
Flussgebietsmanagment	River Basin Management
Niederschlag-Abfluss Modellierung,	Rainfall Runoff Modeling

Research Focal Areas

Research focus	Research field	Keywords	Percentage
Energy and Environment	Environmental Monitoring and Climate Adaptation	Naturgefahrenmanagement (Hochwasser, Wasserwirtschaft, Gewässerschutz, Wasserbau, Massenbewegungen), Schadstoffmessungen/Qualitätsanalysen (Wassergüte, Aerosole, organische Elemente, Schwermetalle, Strahlenschutz, etc.), Umweltanalyse und Modellierung (geologische, hydrologische, atmosphärische, biologische Prozesse), Entwicklung intelligenter Meßsysteme, mathematische/geometrische Datengrundlagen (v.a. Satellitenverfahren), Umweltrecht, Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungen	40
Computational Science and Engineering	Modeling and Simulation	Particle Physics, Process Simulation, Multiscale Modelling, Mixed Signal Simulation, Computational Economics, Computational Health Care, Biomedical Engineering, Actuarial Modelling	30
Energy and Environment	Efficient Utilisation of Material Resources	Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (biologische Grundstoffe, Bioraffinerie, ökologische Baumaterialien), Modellierung und Analyse von Stoffströmen (Nährstoffe, Metalle, Schadstoffe, Wasser/Abwasser, Luftstoffe, etc.), anthropogener Stoffhaushalt, Recycling/Urban Mining (mineralische und metallische Ressourcen, Baustoffe/Baurestmassen, Fasergewinnung aus Textilien/Fahrzeugteilen, metallische Werkstoffe, etc.), Entsorgung/Aufbereitung (Abwasser, Biomasse, Chemikalien, radioaktive Substanzen, etc.), Wasserwirtschaft (Nutzung, Gewässerökologie, Flussgebietsmanagement, Grundwasserwirtschaft, Wasser und Gesundheit), ökologische und ökonomische Aspekte (betriebliches und regionales Ressourcenmanagement, Ressourcenökonomie)	30

Faculty focus

Faculty focus	Percentage
Systeme und Ressourcen	60
Modellbildung	40

Area of expertise according to Statistik Austria

Code	Area of expertise (German)	Area of expertise (English)
1708	Hydrologie	Hydrology
1716	Wasserwirtschaft	Water management
1707	Hydrographie	Hydrography
2319	Hydraulik	Hydraulics
5701	Angewandte Statistik	Applied statistics

Reference Projects

Title	Funding program	Function
International, EU – European Union
Hydrometeorological data resources and technologies for effective flash flood forecasting	Framework Program - Horizon 2020	participation
Sharing water-related information to tackle changes in the hydrosphere	Framework Program - Horizon 2020	participation
National, FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency
Global Monitoring of Soil Moisture for Water Hazards Assessment	Austrian Space Program	participation
Vienna Doctoral Programme on Water Resource Systems	structural program
National, FWF - The Science Fund
Vienna Doctoral Programme on Water Resource Systems (DK-Plus)	Human resources	Principal Investigator
A dominant processes framework of hydrological modelling across scale	Single project	Principal Investigator
National, Other clients / lenders
Flood estimation in Tirol	others
Alp-Water-Scarce: Modelling the water balance during dry spells	Country
Sustainable energy supply and climate change	others
Predictability of runoff in a changing environment	others
Climate change adaptation strategies for water resources management in Austria	others
Hydrological regionalisation - towards a coherent framework	others
Mountain floods - regional joint probability estimation of extreme events	others
Climate Impact on Low Flows and Droughts	Federation
Low flow forecasting for the Austrian Danube	others
TUW-intern, TU Wien
Hydrology Open Air Laboratory	Internal research projects

International award

Awarding Organization	Country	Program	Function	Name	From	Project ID
andere	Slovakia	Commemorative medal of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak Technical University		Commemorative medal of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak Technical University	01.01.2008
EU - Europäische Union		ERC Europäischer Forschungsrat	Advanced Grant	Deciphering River Flood Change		195597
internationale Akademie der Wissenschaften		Mitgliedschaft		European Geosciences Union: Union Service Award	01.01.2009
EU - Europäische Union		ERC Europäischer Forschungsrat	Advanced Grant	European Research Council, Brussels
andere	United States of America	Fellow of the American Geophysical Union		Fellow of the American Geophysical Union	01.01.2006
EU - Europäische Union		EC Europäische Komission - Marie Curie		Improved multivariate frequency analysis of flood extremes in a non-stationary environment		162618

Membership in committee

Committee	Description	Function	From-To	Comment
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	AGU - American Geophysical Union	Member	12/1992 -	Member of the Surface Water Committee, Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
scientific circle	EGU - European Geosciences Union	Chairman	09/2002 -	President of the Hydrological Sciences Division, European Geosciences Union (EGU)
scientific circle	European Geosciences Union	Chairman	09/2002 -	Founding Council Member: European Geosciences Union
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	IAHS - International Association of Hydrological Sciences	Member	06/2003 -	National Correspondent of Austria of the International Commission on Water Resources Systems (ICWRS), International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	IAHS - International Association of Hydrological Sciences	Member	05/2005 -	Member of the working group of the Prediction in Ungauged Basins initiative, Theme 1. Basin inter-comparison and classification. International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS).
scientific circle	ICWRS - International Commission on Water Resources Systems	Chairman	07/1999 -	Vice President of the International Commission on Water Resources Systems (ICWRS) of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	nternational Water Academy	Member	06/2003 -	Beratendes Mitglied: International Water Academy, Oslo, Norway; Chair #172 http://www.thewateracademy.org/
scientific circle	ÖGH - Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Hydrologie (ÖGH)	Chairman	10/2002 -	Vorstandsmitglied und Organisatorisch-wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Hydrologie (ÖGH)

Journal participation

Title	Classification	Referenced	Function	From-To	Comment
Eggs-Newsletter of the European Geosciences Union	unclassified	Yes	Editorial board	04/2002 -	Associate Editor
Environmental Modelling and Software	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	02/1997 - 01/2014	Editorial Board Member
Hydrological Processes	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	09/2000 -	Editorial Board Member
Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung	unclassified	Yes	Associate Editor	01/2006 -
Hydrology Research	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Associate Editor	01/2008 -
Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editor	05/2006 -
International Journal of River Basin Management	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	01/2003 -	Advisory Board Member
Journal of Hydrology	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	04/1997 - 12/2013	Associate Editor
Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Associate Editor	01/2013 -
Nordic Hydrology- An International Journal	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	10/2003 - 12/2007	International Editorial Board Member
Water Resources Research	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editor	01/2013 -
Water Resources Research	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	01/2000 - 12/2006	Associate Editor
eEarth (eE) & eEarth Discussions (eED)	unclassified	Yes	Editorial board	11/2005 - 12/2009	Associate Editor: The journal is an open access journal on Earth Sciences
Österreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft	unclassified	Yes	Associate Editor	01/2007 -

R&D Accomplishments

Description	From	Until
Other categories
Chair of the UNESCO Working group on climate and land use impacts on flooding and low flows [Mitglied]	12/2004	12/2012
Convenorship: Symposium HS7: "Spatial analysis and landscape discretisation for catchment modelling" at EGU General Assembly, in Nice, France, Convened by G. Blöschl jointly with with J. Seibert and B. McGlynn	04/2004
Member of the Organising Committee of the Workshop on Ensemble Prediction and Uncertainties in Flood Forecasting. Internationale Kommission für die Hydrologie des Rheingebietes (KHR), Berne, 30 and 31 March 2006.	09/2005	12/2006
Member of the scientific steering committee for the conference on Integrated Water Resources Management, Bochum, Germany 10 to 12 October 2006	07/2005	12/2006
Member: International Organising and Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Hydrology of Mountain Environments, Berchtesgaden, Federal Republic of Germany, 27 September - 1 October, 2004	03/2002
Member: International scientific advisory committee of the International Conference on Reservoir Operation & River Management (ICROM), organized by Sun Yat-sen University of China, to be held at Guangzhou and Three Gorges, China, 17- 23 September, 2005	06/2004
Member: Scientific advisory committee of the International Workshop on the Terrestrial Water Cycle: Modeling and Data Assimilation Across Catchment Scales, Princeton, NJ U.S.A., October 25-27, 2004	10/2002
Mitglied: Internationale Expertengruppe im UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle GmbH - zukünftige Positionierung der Forschungsgruppen in dem Gebiet der gesamten Gewässerforschung (5.-6.8.2004 in Magdeburg)	06/2004	08/2004
Creation of a rule book
Mitglied des Önormausschusses Önorm M6111 "Gewässerökologie - Unbelebte Systemkomponenten", Gewässerökologie.	06/2005
Working Group on a Satellite Application Facility - "Support to operational hydrology and water management" established by the EUMETSAT council	06/2003	05/2004

Events / Conferences

Category	Collaboration	Event name	From	Until	Function/Comments
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	2nd International Symposium of China-PUB	01/2008	12/2008	2nd International Symposium of China-PUB, Chengdu, China
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	3rd STAHY International Workshop on Statistical Methods for Hydrology and Water Resources Management	01/2012	12/2012	3rd STAHY International Workshop on Statistical Methods for Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Tunis, Tunisia
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	4th Alexander von Humboldt International Conference	01/2008	12/2008	4th Alexander von Humboldt International Conference, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	4th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research	01/2008	12/2008	4th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research, Adelaide, Australia
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	5th International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management	01/2010	12/2010	5th International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management, Nanjing, China
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Austrian-Bulgarian Symposium on Flood Risk Management	01/2009	12/2009	Austrian-Bulgarian Symposium on Flood Risk Management, Sofia, Bulgaria
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Vienna Catchment Science Symposium	04/2012	04/2012	Black Swans: Unexpected phenomena in hydrology
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Symposium "Deciphering River Flood Change"	09/2012	09/2012	Deciphering River Flood Change
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Symposium "Deciphering River Flood Change: Historical Floods"	09/2013	09/2013	Deciphering River Flood Change: Historical Floods
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Vienna Catchment Science Symposium	04/2015	04/2015	Forensic hydrology
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	6th Leonardo Conference 2014	01/2014	12/2014	HYPER Droughts
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Vienna Catchment Science Symposium	05/2010	05/2010	Hydrological Change
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Hydrology Days	01/2012	12/2012	Hydrology Days, Freiburg, Germany
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	International Conference on Sediment Transport Modeling in Hydrological Watersheds and Rivers	01/2012	12/2012	International Conference on Sediment Transport Modeling in Hydrological Watersheds and Rivers, Istanbul, Turkey
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	International Conference on progress in monitoring and modeling of processes in the soil-plant-atmosphere system	01/2013	12/2013	International Conference on progress in monitoring and modeling of processes in the soil-plant-atmosphere system, Naples, Italy
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	6th IAHS-EGU	01/2014	12/2014	International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Symposium "Land Use Change Impacts on Floods"	10/2014	10/2014	Land Use Change Impacts on Floods
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Vienna Catchment Science Symposium	05/2014	05/2014	Mainstreaming historical hydrology
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	PUB Symposium 2012: Completion of the IAHS decade on Prediction in Ungauged Basins and the way ahead	01/2012	12/2012	PUB Symposium 2012: Completion of the IAHS decade on Prediction in Ungauged Basins and the way ahead, Delft, The Netherlands
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Vienna Catchment Science Symposium	04/2011	04/2011	Process Interactions and Synthesis
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Vienna Catchment Science Symposium	04/2013	04/2013	Socio-hydrology - a new science of people and water
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Symposium on Cold Regions Hydrology	01/2010	12/2010	Symposium on Cold Regions Hydrology, Innsbruck, Austria