Dr. Dominik Michel

Dr.  Dominik Michel

Dr. Dominik Michel

Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Systems Science

ETH Zürich

Professur für Land-Klima Dynamik

CHN L 12.3

Universitätstrasse 16

8092 Zürich

Switzerland

Additional information

Research area

  • Water cycle processes
  • Terrestrial energy fluxes
  • Analysis of hydrological models

Additional information

Research projects

 

Publications

Peer-reviewed

2022

  • Rassl, A., Michel, D., Hirschi, M., Duguay-Tetzlaff, A., Seneviratne, S.I. (2022): Climatological Drought Monitoring in Switzerland Using EUMETSAT SAF Satellite Data, Remote Sensing, 14, 5961, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14235961call_made.
  • Michel, D. and Seneviratne, S. I. (2022): Multi-year eddy-covariance measurements at a pre-alpine humid grassland site: Dataset overview, drought responses, and effects of land management, Agric For Meteorol, 326 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109166call_made.

2021

  • Widmoser, P. & Michel, D. (2021): Partial energy balance closure of eddy covariance evaporation measurements using concurrent lysimeter observations over grassland. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 25, 1151-1163, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1151-2021call_made.

2020

  • Huang, Y., Hendricks Franssen, H.-J., Herbst, M., Hirschi, M., Michel, D., Seneviratne, S. I., Teuling, A. J., Vogt, R., Schumacher, D., Pütz, T., Verreecken, H. (2020): Evaluation of different methods for gapfilling of long-term actual evapotranspiration time series measured by lysimeters.VZJ 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20020call_made.
  • Padrón, R. S., Gudmundsson, L., Michel, D., Seneviratne, S.I. (2020): Terrestrial water loss at night: global relevance from observations and climate models. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 24, 793–807, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-793-2020call_made.

2018

2017

2016

  • Miralles, D. G., Jiménez, C., Jung, M., Michel, D., Ershadi, A., McCabe, M. F., Hirschi, M., Martens, B., Dolman, A. J., Fisher, J. B., Mu, Q., Seneviratne, S. I., Wood, E. F., Fernández-Prieto, D. (2016): The WACMOS-ET project – Part 2: Evaluation of global terrestrial evaporation data sets. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 20, 823-842, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-823-2016call_made.
  • Michel, D., Jiménez, C., Miralles, D. G., Jung, M., Hirschi, M., Ershadi, A., Martens, B., McCabe, M. F., Fisher, J. B., Mu, Q., Seneviratne, S. I., Wood, E. F., Fernández-Prieto, D. (2016): The WACMOS-ET project – Part 1: Tower-scale evaluation of four remote-sensing-based evapotranspiration algorithms. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 20, 803-822, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-803-2016call_made.
  • McCabe, M. F., Ershadi, A., Jimenez, C., Miralles, D. G., Michel, D., E. F. Wood (2016): The GEWEX LandFlux project: evaluation of model evaporation using tower-based and globally gridded forcing data. Geosci. Model Dev. 9, 283-305.

2010

  • Michel, D., Rotach, M. W. Gehrig, R., Vogt, R.: (2010): On the efficiency and correction of vertically oriented blunt bioaerosol amplers in moving air. International Journal of Biometeorology. 56(6), 1113-1121.

2008

  • Michel, D., Philipona, R., Ruckstuhl, C., Vogt, R., Vuilleumier, L. (2008): Performance and uncertainty of CNR1 net radiometers during a one-year field comparison. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 25(3), 442-451.

 

Other publications

  • Michel, D., Rotach, M. W., Gehrig, R., Vogt, R. (2011): MicroPoem: Experimentelle Untersuchung der mikrometeorologischen Einflüsse auf die Birkenpollenemission im Rhonetal. Regio Basiliensis 52(1): pp. 55-62.
  • Michel, D., Rotach, M. W., Gehrig, R., Vogt, R. (2011): Experimental investigation of birch pollen emissions (MicroPoem) and the influence of sensor orientation and meteorological factors on the inlet sampling characteristics of volumetric bioaerosol samplers. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
  • Michel, D., Rotach, M. W., Gehrig, R., Vogt, R. (2010): Experimental investigation of micrometeorological influences on birch pollen emission, Arbeitsberichte der MeteoSchweiz, 230, 37 pp.
  • Michel, D., Rotach, M. W., Gehrig, R. & Vogt, R. (2010): MicroPoem: experimental investigation of birch pollen emissions. 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Keystone, CO.
  • Michel, D. & Gehrig R. (2009): Das Birkenpollen-Emissions-Experiment MicroPoem. In: Jahresbericht 2009. Bundesamt für Meteorologie und Klimatologie MeteoSchweiz, p. 31.

 

Conferences

Talks

  • Michel, D., Burgstall, A., Hirschi, M., Duguay-Tetzlaff, A, Seneviratne, S.I. (2022): Assessing the suitability of remote sensing estimates of soil moisture and land evaporation in Switzerland for a better preparedness for projected drying trends, EGU General Assembly, online, 23 -27 May.
  • Michel, D., Hirschi, M., Seneviratne, S.I. (2021): Integrative soil moisture monitoring in Switzerland for a better preparedness for projected drying trends, EGU General Assembly, online, 19 - 30 April.
  • Michel, D., Hirschi, M., Seneviratne, S.I. (2019): In-situ measurements of soil moisture and evapotranspiration in Europe. ZHydro Seminar, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 20 November.
  • Michel, D., Ruth, C. E., Hirschi, M., Seneviratne, S. I. (2018): Comparative study of a long-established large weighing lysimeter and a state-of-the-art mini-lysimeter. TERENO conference, Berlin, Germany, 8 - 12 October.
  • Hirschi, M., Michel, D., Lehner, I., Seneviratne, S. I. (2017): A multi-year comparison of lysimeter and eddy covariance measurements of evapotranspiration at the Rietholzbach catchment. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23 - 28 April.
  • Hirschi, M., Michel, D., Lehner, I., Seneviratne, S. I. (2015): A Site-Level Comparison of Lysimeter and Eddy-Covariance Flux Measurements of Evapotranspiration. AGU Fall Meeting, December, San Francisco, USA (invited). H32B-06.
  • Miralles, D. G., Jimenez, C., Ershadi, A., McCabe, M. F., Michel, D., Hirschi, M., Martens, B., Seneviratne, S. I., Jung, M., Weber, U., Wood, E. F., Su, B., Timmermans, J., Fisher, J. B., Mu, Q., Fernandez, D. (2015): Evaluation of observation-driven evaporation models: final results of the WACMOS-­ET project. Earth Observation for Water Cycle Science, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy.
  • Miralles, D., Jimenez, C., Ershadi, A., McCabe, M. F., Michel D., Hirschi M., Seneviratne S. I., Jung M., Wood E., Su B., Timmermans J., Chen X., Fisher J., Mu Q., Fernandez D. (2015): Evaluation of observation-driven evaporation algorithms: results of the WACMOS-ET project. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 12 - 17 April.
  • Michel, D., Rotach, M. W., Gehrig, R., Vogt, R. (2011): Experimental investigation of birch pollen emission (MicroPoem) and the influence of sensor orientation and meteorological factors on the inlet sampling characteristics of volumetric bioaerosol samplers. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 3 - 8 April.
  • Michel, D., Rotach, M. W., Gehrig, R., Vogt, R. (2011): MicroPoem: Characteristics of birch pollen dispersion downwind of an isolated source. COST Action ES0603 Final Management Commitee meeting. Berlin, Germany, 14 - 15 October.
  • Michel, D., Rotach, M. W., Gehrig, R., Vogt, R. (2010): MicroPoem: experimental investigation of birch pollen emission. 19th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence, Keystone, Colorado, 2 - 8 August 2010.
  • Michel, D., Rotach, M. W., Gehrig R., Vogt, R. (2009): Set-up of the birch pollen experiment: Impact of micrometeorological factors on birch pollen emission MicroPoem. COST Action ES0603 Management Commitee meeting. Munich, Germany, 28 - 29 January.
  • Michel, D., Rotach, M. W., Gehrig, R., Vogt, R. (2009): Impact of micrometeorological factors on birch pollen emission MicroPoem: Description of the field experiment and first results. COST Action ES0603 Management Commitee meeting, Aveiro, Portugal, 12 - 13 October.

 

Posters

  • Oertel, A., Treydte, K., Michel, D., Tschumi, E., Kahmen, A., Frank, D., Seneviratne, S.I. (2017). EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23 - 28 April.
  • Ruth, C. E., Michel, D., Hirschi, M., Seneviratne, S. I. (2017): Processing and comparison of two weighing lysimeters at the Rietholzbach catchment. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23 - 28 April.
  • Michel, D., Miralles, D., Jimenez, C., Ershadi, A., McCabe, M., Hirschi, M., Seneviratne, S., Jung, M., Wood, E., Su, B., Timmermans, J., Chen, X., Fisher, J., Mu, Q., Fernandez, D. (2015): Tower-scale performance of four observation-based evapotranspiration algorithms within the WACMOS-ET project. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 12 - 17.
  • Hirschi, M., Michel, D., Lehner, I., Seneviratne, S.I. (2015): A site-level comparison of lysimeter and eddy-covariance flux measurements of evapotranspiration. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 12 - 17 April.
  • Michel, D., Hirschi, M., Jimenez, C., McCabe, M., Miralles, D., Wood, E., Seneviratne, S. (2014): Evaluation of various LandFlux evapotranspiration algorithms using the LandFlux-EVAL synthesis benchmark products and observational data, EGU General Assembly. Vienna, Austria, 27 April - 2 May 2014.
  • Michel, D., Hirschi, M., Jimenez,C. , McCabe, M., Miralles, D., Wood, E., Ershadi, A., Seneviratne, S. (2014): Evaluation of four evapotranspiration algorithms run by the LandFlux and WACMOS-ET projects using the LandFlux-EVAL synthesis benchmark products and observational data. GEWEX 7th International Scientific Conference, 14-17 July 2014, The Hague.
  • Michel, D., Philipona, R., Vuilleumier, L., Ruckstuhl, C., Vogt, R. (2006): Performance and uncertainty of CNR1 net radiometers. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2 - 7 April.

 

Public presentations

  • Michel, D., Rotach, M., Gehrig, R., Vogt, R. (2011): On the relative performance and calibration of vertically oriented bioaerosol samplers in moving air, MCR aktuell, 3 May, Uni Basel.
  • Michel, D. (2007): Flussmessung mittels Szintillometrie und Eddykovarianz in meditteranen Baumbeständen, MCR aktuell, 30 January, Uni Basel.

 

Theses

  • Michel, D. (2014):Observations and modelling of birch pollen emission and dispersion from an isolated source. Uni Basel Diss. No. 11044.
  • Michel, D. (2008): Flux measuremets using optical scintillometry and eddy-covariance over inhomogeneous terrain. Uni Basel Diploma thesis.

Course Catalogue

Spring Semester 2024

Number Unit
701-1236-00L Measurement Methods in Meteorology and Climate Research
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