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Florian Pappenberger
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Contact: Dr. Florian Pappenberger e-mail: florian.pappenberger@ecmwf.int phone: +44 (0) 118 9499 000
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I am working as a Senior Scientist responsible for hydrological projects and applications within ECMWF. I manage a research initiative of international scientists in evaluating the results of numerical weather predictions as input into flood forecast systems. In particular I am developing a river routing scheme for the ECMWF land surface model.
My research interests are:
- From numerical weather and climate predictions to flood inundation outlines
- Functional Classification and evaluation of Hydrographs
- Advanced Sensitivity Analysis (SA) of models
- Socioeconomic calibration of flood models
- Communication of uncertainty
My expertise in flood forecasting and hydrological modeling is documented with over 50 publications in peer reviewed journals, as peer reviewed comments and edited volumes. Many of them in journals with high impact factors such as Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Journal of Hydrology, Water Resources Research and International Journal of Climatology. I have collaborated on multiple successful external research funding applications. I have been offered a NERC fellowship and recently been awarded to major contracts by the Joint Research Centre (EC) and the European Commission FP7 program. I have been awarded the Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists (EGU) in 2011 and the Outstanding Editor Award of the Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Journal in 2010.
I am an editor of the international journal ‘Hydrology and Earth System Sciences’. I am member of the HEPEX Verification core organizing group; the UNESCO FRIEND Program on floods; HEPEX (Hydrological Ensemble Prediction Experiment, WMO); TIGGE (THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble, WMO) application group; THEPS (THORPEX/HEPEX Hydrologic Applications). I was further invloved in a young scientist network breaching the gap between meterological and hydrological science (funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). I was member of the UK IAHR council and the Flood Risk Management Research Consortium Scientific Advisory Board of RPA9, Risk and Uncertainty.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. |
Lancaster University, Environmental Sciences, UK. Awarded July 2004. Thesis: Uncertainty in flood inundation modeling. Supervisor: Prof Keith Beven |
M.Sc. |
Lancaster University, Environmental Sciences, UK. Awarded October 2000 with distinction. Dissertation: Uncertainty in flood inundation modeling on the River Morava (Czech Republic) |
CLTHE |
Certificate for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (attendance), Lancaster University, July 2003 |
Pre-Diploma |
Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Geology Department, Germany, Awarded October 1998 Dissertation: Comparison of overland flow before and after sealing of an industrial area (Mark 1.0 equivalent to a 1 st class degree) |
Professional Experience
| 2010 - | Senior Scientist responsible for the European Flood Alert System (JRC funding), the GLOWASIS, DEWFORA, SAFEWINDand the KulturRisk (all EC FP7 funding) project, Predictability and Diagnostics Group, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK |
| 2008-2010 | Consultant on the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) project: Europeanizing flood forecasting of risk and science in the EU, EU/702283211 |
| 2009-2010 | Guest Lecturer (Master course), Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, Uk |
| 2009-2010 | Guest Lecturer (Master courses), Department of Geography, King's College London, UK |
| 2006-2010 | Scientist on the ECEarth Project, the European Flood Alert System Project (JRC funding), the PREVIEW Project (EC FP6 funding), the SAFER Project (EC FP7 funding), Predictability and Diagnostics Group, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK |
2004-2006 |
Post-doctoral research assistant on the Flood Risk Management Research Consortium, Hydrology and Fluid Dynamics Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Lancaster |
2004 |
Visiting Scientist, European Flood Alert System, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Weather Driven Natural Hazards Action, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ispra, Varese, Italy |
2003-2004 |
Postdoctoral researcher, European Flood Alert System, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Weather Driven Natural Hazards Action, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ispra, Varese, Italy. |
2000 |
Visiting Scientist at TG Masaryk Water Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic |
1998 |
Research Assistant, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
1998 |
Trainee, Environmental consultancy (Intechnica GmbH), Nuremberg, Germany |
1997 |
Trainee, Landratsamt Nürnberger Land, Lauf, Germany |
1995-1996 |
Civil Servant (compulsory), Diakonie Station, Lauf, Germany |
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18.05.2011 |
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