Mittelbach, Heidi

Land-Climate Dynamics Group
CCI soil moisture project
SwissSMEX/-Veg project

Research interests

• Spatio-temporal variability of soil moisture in Switzerland
• Evaluation of in-situ soil moisture sensors
• Land-climate dynamics
• Catchment hydrology

Publications

Mittelbach, H., and S.I. Seneviratne, 2012: A new perspective on the spatio-temporal variability of soil moisture: temporal dynamics versus time invariant contributions. Hydr. Earth Syst. Sci., doi:10.5194/hess-16-2169-2012 PDF(1.2MB)

Mittelbach, H., Lehner I., and S.I. Seneviratne, 2012: Comparison of four soil moisture sensor types under field conditions in Switzerland. J. Hydrol., doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.01.041 PDF(1MB)

Mittelbach, H., Casini F., Lehner I., Teuling A.J., and S.I. Seneviratne, 2011: Soil moisture monitoring for climate research: Evaluation of a low cost sensor in the framework of the SwissSMEX campaign. J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2010JD014907 PDF(1.5MB)

Viviroli, D., Mittelbach H., Gurtz J. and R. Weingartner, 2009: Continuous simulation for flood estimation in ungauged mesoscale catchments of Switzerland – Part II: Parameter regionalisation and flood estimation results, J. Hydrol., doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.08.022 PDF(1.6MB)

Presentations

• European Geosciences Union General Assembly, May 2012, Vienna, Austria
  "A soil moisture network in Switzerland: Analyses from the Swiss Soil Moisture Experiment" (solicited)
  "A new perspective on the spatio-temporal variability of soil moisture"
• SMAP Cal/Val Workshop #2, May 2011, Oxnard CA, United States
  "The SwissSMEX/-Veg soil moisture network - lessons learned"
• Hydrologisches Seminar ZHydro2010, November 2010, Zurich, Switzerland
  "SwissSMEX/-Veg: An observational network to measure soil moisture in Switzerland"
• European Geosciences Union General Assembly, May 2010, Vienna, Austria
  "Evaluation of the capacitance-based low cost sensor Decagon 10HS"
• Seminar for user of Decagon Sensors, March 2009, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
  "Sensor evaluation for soil moisture measurements in Switzerland-Decagon 10HS vs. TDR-based sensors"
• Baden Workshop, January 2009, Baden, Switzerland
  "SwissSMEX - Swiss Soil Moisture EXperiment"
• SMOS Nutzerworkshop, August 2008, Hamburg, Germany
  "SwissSMEX - Swiss Soil Moisture EXperiment"

Posters

• European Geophysical Union (EGU), April 2011, Vienna, Austria
  "Spatial variability of soil moisture in Switzerland during summer 2010" and
  "Comparison of measurement accuracy of different soil moisture sensors in the field and implications for validation of remote sensing products"
• Hydrologisches Seminar, November 2009, Zurich, Switzerland
  "Evaluation of the low cost soil moisture sensor 10HS within the Swiss Soil Moisture Experiment (SwissSMEX)"
• 8th International NCCR Climate Summer School, September 2009, Grindelwald, Switzerland
  "Investigating soil moisture-climate relationships in Switzerland using in situ measurements: The SwissSMEX project"
• European Geophysical Union (EGU), April 2009, Vienna, Austria
  "SwissSMEX: Monitoring and Investigating Soil Moisture-Climate Relationships in Switzerland"
• ADAGUC workshop, December 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  "Investigating soil moisture in Switzerland using point scale and remote sensing measurements"
• Hydrologisches Seminar, November 2008, Zurich, Switzerland
  "Swiss Soil Moisture Experiment - Set Up of a Station"