Aufgabenbereich
- Koordination der Aktivitäten des International Soil Moisture Network (ISMN)
- Representation des ISMN in internationalen Komitees und Arbeitsgruppen
- Datenakquise und user support
- Unterstützung und Sicherstellung des operationellen Betriebs des ISMN
Wissenschaftliche Interessen
- Monitoring und Vorhersage von Wasserflüssen
- Abschätzung, Analyse und Vorhersage hydrologischer Extremereignisse
- Unsicherheiten in umweltbezogenem Monitoring und Vorhersagen
Technische Interessen
- Design und Betrieb operationeller Systeme
- High Performance Computing und Big Data
- Umweltdatenverarbeitung in seinen verschiedenen Formaten (GRIB, BUFR, NetCDF, HDF)
Betreuung
Mitbetreuung verschiedener Masterarbeiten am Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ).
Seit 03|2022 Wissenschaftler und Koordinator des International Soil Moisture Network (ISMN) am International Centre for Water Resources and Climate Change (ICWRGC), Koblenz, Deutschland
09|2017 – 02|2022 Daten- und Produktionsanalyst am European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, VK
06|2016 – 07|2017 Postdoc am Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ, Leipzig, Deutschland
01|2011 – 05|2016 Wissenschaftler am Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ, Leipzig, Deutschland
05|2010 – 12|2010 Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ, Leipzig, Deutschland
10|2003 – 05|2010 Hydrologiestudium, Technische Universität Dresden, Deutschland
Akademische Abschlüsse
09|2016 Doctor rerum naturalium; Soil Moisture Droughts in Germany: Retrospective Analysis, Parametric Uncertainty and Monitoring; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Deutschland
05|2010 Diplom-Hydrologe, A study on different model approaches for physically based overland flow modelling, Technische Universität Dresden, Deutschland
Publikationen in wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften
AGU Editors‘ Highlights: M. Zink, J. Mai, M. Cuntz, L. Samaniego (2018): Conditioning a Hydrologic Model Using Patterns of Remotely Sensed Land Surface Temperature. Water Resources Research
X. Yang, S. Jomaa, M. Zink, J.H. Fleckenstein, D. Borchardt, and M. Rode (2018): A New Fully Distributed Model of Nitrate Transport and Removal at Catchment Scale. Water Resources Research
L. Tarasova, S. Basso, M. Zink, and R. Merz (2018): Exploring controls on rainfall-runoff events: 1. Time-series-based event separation and temporal dynamics of event runoff response in Germany. Water Resources Research
S.R. Lutz, A. Popp, T. van Emmerik, …, and M. Zink (2018): HESS Opinions: Science in today’s media landscape – challenges and lessons from hydrologists and journalists. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
S.R. Lutz, R. Krieg, C. Müller, M. Zink, K. Knöller, L. Samaniego, and R. Merz (2018): Spatial Patterns of Water Age: Using Young Water Fractions to Improve the Characterization of Transit Times in Contrasting Catchments. Water Resources Research
M. Jing, F. Heße, R. Kumar, W. Wang, T. Fischer, M. Walther, M. Zink, A. Zech, L. Samaniego, O. Kolditz, and S. Attinger (2018): Improved regional-scale groundwater representation by the coupling of the mesoscale Hydrologic Model (mHM v5.7) to the groundwater model OpenGeoSys (OGS). Geoscientific Model Development
L. Samaniego, S. Thober, R. Kumar, N. Wanders, O. Rakovec, M. Pan, M. Zink, J. Sheffield, E.F. Wood, A. Marx (2018): Anthropogenic warming exacerbates European soil moisture droughts. Nature Climate Change
S. Thober, R. Kumar, N. Wanders, A. Marx, M. Pan, O. Rakovec, L. Samaniego, J. Sheffield, E. F. Wood, and M. Zink (2018): Multi-model ensemble projections of European river floods and high flows at 1.5, 2, and 3 degree global warming. Environmental Research Letters
A. Marx, R. Kumar, S. Thober, O. Rakovec, N. Wanders, M. Zink, E. F. Wood, M. Pan, J. Sheffield, L. Samaniego (2018). Climate change alters low flows in Europe under global warming of 1.5, 2, and 3 °C. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
J. Friesen, M. Zink, A. Bawain, T. Müller (2018): Hydrometeorology of the Dhofar cloud forest and its implications for groundwater recharge. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
L. Samaniego, R. Kumar, S. Thober, O. Rakovec, M. Zink, N. Wanders, S. Eisner, H. Müller Schmied, E .H. Sutanudjaja, K. Warrach-Sagi, and S. Attinger (2017): Toward seamless hydrologic predictions across spatial scales. Hydrology Earth System Sciences
G. Baroni, M. Zink, R. Kumar, L. Samaniego, and S. Attinger (2017): On the effect of the uncertainty in soil properties on the simulated hydrological state and fluxes at different spatio-temporal scales. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
M. Zink, R. Kumar, M. Cuntz, and L. Samaniego (2017): A high-resolution dataset of water fluxes and states for Germany accounting for parametric uncertainty. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
F. Heße, M. Zink, R. Kumar, L. Samaniego, and S. Attinger (2017): Spatially distributed characterization of soil-moisture dynamics using travel-time distributions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
U. Wollschläger, S. Attinger, D. Borchardt, … , M. Zink, S. Zacharias (2017): The Bode hydrological observatory: a platform for integrated, interdisciplinary hydro-ecological research within the TERENO Harz/Central German Lowland Observatory. Environmental Earth Sciences
C. Mueller, M. Zink, L. Samaniego, R. Krieg, R. Merz, M. Rode, K. Knoeller (2016): Discharge driven nitrogen dynamics in a mesoscale river basin as constrained by stable isotope patterns. Environmental Science & Technology
M. Zink, L. Samaniego, R. Kumar, S. Thober, J. Mai, D. Schäfer, A Marx (2016): The German Drought Monitor. Environmental Research Letters
R.C. Nijzink, L. Samaniego, J. Mai, R. Kumar, S. Thober, M. Zink, D. Schaefer, H.H.G. Savenije, M. Hrachowitz (2016): The importance of topography controlled sub-grid process heterogeneity and semi-quantitative prior constraints in distributed hydrological models. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
O. Rakovec, R. Kumar, J. Mai, M. Cuntz, S. Thober, M. Zink, S. Attinger, D. Schäfer, M. Schrön, L. Samaniego (2016): Multiscale and multivariate evaluation of water fluxes and states over European river basins. Journal of Hydrometeorology
M. Cuntz, J. Mai, M. Zink, … , L. Samaniego (2015): Computationally inexpensive identification of noninformative model parameters by sequential screening. Water Resources Research
S. Thober, J. Mai, M. Zink, L. Samaniego (2014): Stochastic temporal disaggregation of monthly precipitation for regional gridded data sets. Water Resources Research
L. Samaniego, R. Kumar, and M. Zink (2013): Implications of Parameter Uncertainty on Soil Moisture Drought Analysis in Germany. Journal of Hydrometeorology
Bücher, Buchkapitel und andere Publikationen
M. Zink, M. Plumridge (2020): The new capabilities of ECMWF’s product dissemination system, ECMWF Newsletter.
M. Zink, L. Samaniego, R. Kumar, S. Thober, J. Mai, D. Schäfer, A. Marx (2018): A National Scale Planning Tool for Agricultural Droughts in Germany. In Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection.
Marx, M. Erhard, S. Thober, R. Kumar, D. Schäfer ,L. Samaniego, & M. Zink (2019): Climate Change as Driver for Ecosystem Services Risk and Opportunities. In Atlas of Ecosystem Services. Springer International Publishing.
M. Zink (2016): Soil Moisture Droughts in Germany: Retrospective Analysis, Parametric Uncertainty and Monitoring. Verlag Dr. Hut.
Marx, R. Treffeisen, K. Grosfeld, W. Hiller, G. Heygster, L .Samaniego, R. Kumar, J. Pommerencke, M. Zink (2017): Wissenschaftliche Information für die Anwendung. In Klimaanpassung in Forschung und Politik. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
