Rolf Weingartner
Biographic Data
| ID | 4679048 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rolf Weingartner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rolf |
| FAMILY NAME | Weingartner |
| SIGNATURE | WEINGARTNER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9876-1104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Making Connections for Our Changing Mountains: Future Directions for the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI)
The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) promotes basic and applied research to understand how drivers and processes of global change present challenges and opportunities in mountain social-ecological systems. It convenes a global network that collectively generates and synthesizes knowledge on global change in mountains that also supports decisions and actions to enable sustainable development. Building on the considerable social and intellectual …
Modeling the geomorphic response to early river engineering works using Caesar-Lisflood
Characterizing precipitation events leading to surface water flood damage over large regions of complex terrain
Surface water floods (SWFs) that lead to household losses are mainly localized phenomena. Research on describing the associated precipitation characteristics has previously been based on case studies and on the derivation of local rainfall thresholds, but no approaches have yet been presented on the national scale. Here, we propose a new way to overcome this scaling problem. We linked a gridded precipitation dataset based on both rainfall gauges …
Monitoring Mountains in a Changing World: New Horizons for the Global Network for Observations and Information on Mountain Environments (GEO-GNOME)
Mountains are globally distributed environments that provide significant societal benefits, a function that is increasingly compromised by climatic change, environmental stress, political and socioeconomic transformations, and unsustainable use of natural resources. Gaps in our understanding of these processes and their interactions limit our capacity to inform decisions, where both generalities of mountain regions (eg climate processes) and spec…
Impact of Climate Changes on the Runoff and Water Management of Mountain Regions: Experience and Lessons of the Alps for the Caucasus
The value of mountains and the need for active participation in the international mountain programmes
MontanAqua: Tackling Water Stress in the Alps: Water Management Options in the Crans-Montana-Sierre Region (Valais)
Transdisciplinary research is considered an appropriate mode of knowledge production in the search for pathways towards a more sustainable governance of natural resources. However, the co-production of new knowledge between scientists of different disciplines and nonacademic stakeholders is a challenge that requires novel research designs, methods, and approaches. The MontanAqua team has tackled this challenge by designing and implementing an inn…
Auswirkungen der Klimaänderung auf die schweizerische Wasserkraftnutzung
Hydraulic power contributes for a large part to electricity production in Switzerland. However, hydropower could be strongly affected by climate change. For that reason, the project CCWasserkraft – which results are summarised here – has been launched. In different studies, important aspects of the interactions between climate, hydrology and hydropower were investigated. Comprehensive simulations in representative catchments allowed quantifying t…
The Swiss-Austrian Alliance for Mountain Research: Conclusions from the 2013 Mittersill Meeting
Switzerland and Austria are committed to addressing sustainable mountain development in Europe through a joint effort. In June 2013, more than 140 researchers as well as representatives of the 2 countries' funding ministries participated in the “Mountain Days” event in Mittersill, Austria, thereby marking the official launch of the Swiss-Austrian Alliance. The resulting Mittersill Commitment Paper highlights 8 research areas and calls for interna…
Introduction: Global Change and the World's Mountains—Perth 2010
The Mountain Research Initiative Reaches Outward and Climbs Upward
Mountain regions provide a multitude of goods and services for much of humanity (Price and Butt 2000; Becker and Bugmann 2001), especially in the realms of water supply, biodiversity, and other ecosystem services (Schimel et al 2002; Körner et al 2005; Viviroli et al 2007; Viviroli et al 2011). However, the future ability of mountain regions to provide goods and services to both highland and lowland residents is seriously threatened by climatic c…
Real-Time Visualization in Operational Hydrology through Web-based Cartography
Early warning and monitoring activities in the field of natural hazard management are crucial in order to limit damage to life and property from extreme natural events. Decision makers in these fields, such as operational hydrologists, must be enabled to quickly and comprehensively assess an on-going situation, examine its details, and then take further actions based on the most current information available. The cartographic challenge is to deli…
Mountains of the world, water towers for humanity: Typology, mapping, and global significance
Mountains are important sources of freshwater for the adjacent lowlands. In view of increasingly scarce freshwater resources, this contribution should be clarified. While earlier studies focused on selected river systems in different climate zones, we attempt here a first spatially explicit, global typology of the so‐called “water towers” at the 0.5° × 0.5° resolution in order to identify critical regions where disproportionality of mountain runo…
River Water Shortage in a Highland–Lowland System: A Case Study of the Impacts of Water Abstraction in the Mount Kenya Region
In the past decade, water shortage on the western and northern slopes of Mount Kenya and particularly in the adjoining lowland areas has reached a severity not experienced before. Rapid population growth and rising demand for irrigation are increasing the pressure on water resources, as can be demonstrated by an inventory of water abstractions from the Naro Moru River. A total of 98 abstraction points were documented within a river section of onl…
Mountains of the World: Vulnerable Water Towers for the 21st Century
Research on mountains and global change
No abstract available
Potential Solutions to Water Scarcity in the Rural Watersheds of Nepal's Middle Mountains
Water scarcity is a major issue in rural watersheds in the Middle Mountains of Nepal and in the entire Hindu Kush–Himalaya region. Dense population and heavy dependence on irrigated agriculture place immense pressure on available water resources, which have a distinct seasonality. New forms of management based on traditional and scientific knowledge must be introduced to solve problems of water supply, water demand, and water quality in these wat…
Assessing the Hydrological Significance of the World's Mountains
Mountains and highlands are often called the world's natural “water towers” because they provide essential freshwater for populations both upstream and downstream. Despite this, knowledge about the significance of mountains in the hydrological cycle is still uncertain. The present article takes a regional approach, using case studies to assess and compare the hydrological significance of mountains. Methods are developed based on the experience ga…
Water: A Scarce Resource in Rural Watersheds of Nepal's Middle Mountains
Water remains one of the major issues in the Middle Mountains of the Hindu Kush–Himalayas. This most populated region of Nepal depends mainly on rainwater supply, which is highly variable: around 85% of annual rainfall is expected during the monsoon, which lasts about 4 months from June to September. During this season, the major concern in many parts of the region is flooding and surface erosion due to too much water. During the remaining 8 mont…
The Significance of Mountains as Sources of the World's Fresh Water
A Comparison of the Hydrology of the Swiss Alps and the Southern Alps of New Zealand
The hydrology of the Alps in Switzerland and New Zealand is compared. Similarities and differences in topographical features, climate and weather characteristics, precipitation, and streamflow are identified. Precipitation and runoff are much higher in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, whereas the proportion and influence of snow to rainfall is greater in the Swiss Alps. Despite differences related to continental versus island characteristics and…
Quantification des débits des cours d'eau des Alpes suisses et des influences anthropiques qui les affectent
En introduisant l'utilisation des coefficients qui maintenant portent son nom, Maurice Pardé a posé les fondations d'une « hydrologie régionale » moderne. Il mettait au premier plan non plus seulement la description, mais aussi la quantification des transformations spatio-temporelles d'éléments hydrologiques, spécialement en ce qui concerne le débit. L'article qui suit se situe dans le prolongement des formulations de Pardé et tente de pousser pl…
Hydrologischer Atlas der Schweiz: Ein erster Bericht
No abstract available
Abflussregimeforschung und ihre praktische Bedeutung
The almost classic investigation of runoff regimes has been intensified in the last few years. It is a very significant part of hydrological research. As the examples of Kenya and the Swiss Alps show, the runoff regime analysis gives an important contribution to solving hydrological, geoecological and watereconomical problems
Abflussregimeforschung und ihre praktische Bedeutung
The almost classic investigation of runoff regimes has been intensified in the last few years. It is a very significant part of hydrological research. As the examples of Kenya and the Swiss Alps show, the runoff regime analysis gives an important contribution to solving hydrological, geoecological and watereconomical problems
Hydrologischer Atlas der Schweiz: Ein erster Bericht
No abstract available
Quantification des débits des cours d'eau des Alpes suisses et des influences anthropiques qui les affectent
En introduisant l'utilisation des coefficients qui maintenant portent son nom, Maurice Pardé a posé les fondations d'une « hydrologie régionale » moderne. Il mettait au premier plan non plus seulement la description, mais aussi la quantification des transformations spatio-temporelles d'éléments hydrologiques, spécialement en ce qui concerne le débit. L'article qui suit se situe dans le prolongement des formulations de Pardé et tente de pousser pl…
A Comparison of the Hydrology of the Swiss Alps and the Southern Alps of New Zealand
The hydrology of the Alps in Switzerland and New Zealand is compared. Similarities and differences in topographical features, climate and weather characteristics, precipitation, and streamflow are identified. Precipitation and runoff are much higher in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, whereas the proportion and influence of snow to rainfall is greater in the Swiss Alps. Despite differences related to continental versus island characteristics and…
The Significance of Mountains as Sources of the World's Fresh Water
Research on mountains and global change
No abstract available
Potential Solutions to Water Scarcity in the Rural Watersheds of Nepal's Middle Mountains
Water scarcity is a major issue in rural watersheds in the Middle Mountains of Nepal and in the entire Hindu Kush–Himalaya region. Dense population and heavy dependence on irrigated agriculture place immense pressure on available water resources, which have a distinct seasonality. New forms of management based on traditional and scientific knowledge must be introduced to solve problems of water supply, water demand, and water quality in these wat…
Assessing the Hydrological Significance of the World's Mountains
Mountains and highlands are often called the world's natural “water towers” because they provide essential freshwater for populations both upstream and downstream. Despite this, knowledge about the significance of mountains in the hydrological cycle is still uncertain. The present article takes a regional approach, using case studies to assess and compare the hydrological significance of mountains. Methods are developed based on the experience ga…
Water: A Scarce Resource in Rural Watersheds of Nepal's Middle Mountains
Water remains one of the major issues in the Middle Mountains of the Hindu Kush–Himalayas. This most populated region of Nepal depends mainly on rainwater supply, which is highly variable: around 85% of annual rainfall is expected during the monsoon, which lasts about 4 months from June to September. During this season, the major concern in many parts of the region is flooding and surface erosion due to too much water. During the remaining 8 mont…
Mountains of the World: Vulnerable Water Towers for the 21st Century
River Water Shortage in a Highland–Lowland System: A Case Study of the Impacts of Water Abstraction in the Mount Kenya Region
In the past decade, water shortage on the western and northern slopes of Mount Kenya and particularly in the adjoining lowland areas has reached a severity not experienced before. Rapid population growth and rising demand for irrigation are increasing the pressure on water resources, as can be demonstrated by an inventory of water abstractions from the Naro Moru River. A total of 98 abstraction points were documented within a river section of onl…
Mountains of the world, water towers for humanity: Typology, mapping, and global significance
Mountains are important sources of freshwater for the adjacent lowlands. In view of increasingly scarce freshwater resources, this contribution should be clarified. While earlier studies focused on selected river systems in different climate zones, we attempt here a first spatially explicit, global typology of the so‐called “water towers” at the 0.5° × 0.5° resolution in order to identify critical regions where disproportionality of mountain runo…
Real-Time Visualization in Operational Hydrology through Web-based Cartography
Early warning and monitoring activities in the field of natural hazard management are crucial in order to limit damage to life and property from extreme natural events. Decision makers in these fields, such as operational hydrologists, must be enabled to quickly and comprehensively assess an on-going situation, examine its details, and then take further actions based on the most current information available. The cartographic challenge is to deli…
The Mountain Research Initiative Reaches Outward and Climbs Upward
Mountain regions provide a multitude of goods and services for much of humanity (Price and Butt 2000; Becker and Bugmann 2001), especially in the realms of water supply, biodiversity, and other ecosystem services (Schimel et al 2002; Körner et al 2005; Viviroli et al 2007; Viviroli et al 2011). However, the future ability of mountain regions to provide goods and services to both highland and lowland residents is seriously threatened by climatic c…
Introduction: Global Change and the World's Mountains—Perth 2010
Auswirkungen der Klimaänderung auf die schweizerische Wasserkraftnutzung
Hydraulic power contributes for a large part to electricity production in Switzerland. However, hydropower could be strongly affected by climate change. For that reason, the project CCWasserkraft – which results are summarised here – has been launched. In different studies, important aspects of the interactions between climate, hydrology and hydropower were investigated. Comprehensive simulations in representative catchments allowed quantifying t…
The Swiss-Austrian Alliance for Mountain Research: Conclusions from the 2013 Mittersill Meeting
Switzerland and Austria are committed to addressing sustainable mountain development in Europe through a joint effort. In June 2013, more than 140 researchers as well as representatives of the 2 countries' funding ministries participated in the “Mountain Days” event in Mittersill, Austria, thereby marking the official launch of the Swiss-Austrian Alliance. The resulting Mittersill Commitment Paper highlights 8 research areas and calls for interna…
The value of mountains and the need for active participation in the international mountain programmes
MontanAqua: Tackling Water Stress in the Alps: Water Management Options in the Crans-Montana-Sierre Region (Valais)
Transdisciplinary research is considered an appropriate mode of knowledge production in the search for pathways towards a more sustainable governance of natural resources. However, the co-production of new knowledge between scientists of different disciplines and nonacademic stakeholders is a challenge that requires novel research designs, methods, and approaches. The MontanAqua team has tackled this challenge by designing and implementing an inn…
Impact of Climate Changes on the Runoff and Water Management of Mountain Regions: Experience and Lessons of the Alps for the Caucasus
Monitoring Mountains in a Changing World: New Horizons for the Global Network for Observations and Information on Mountain Environments (GEO-GNOME)
Mountains are globally distributed environments that provide significant societal benefits, a function that is increasingly compromised by climatic change, environmental stress, political and socioeconomic transformations, and unsustainable use of natural resources. Gaps in our understanding of these processes and their interactions limit our capacity to inform decisions, where both generalities of mountain regions (eg climate processes) and spec…
Characterizing precipitation events leading to surface water flood damage over large regions of complex terrain
Surface water floods (SWFs) that lead to household losses are mainly localized phenomena. Research on describing the associated precipitation characteristics has previously been based on case studies and on the derivation of local rainfall thresholds, but no approaches have yet been presented on the national scale. Here, we propose a new way to overcome this scaling problem. We linked a gridded precipitation dataset based on both rainfall gauges …
Making Connections for Our Changing Mountains: Future Directions for the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI)
The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) promotes basic and applied research to understand how drivers and processes of global change present challenges and opportunities in mountain social-ecological systems. It convenes a global network that collectively generates and synthesizes knowledge on global change in mountains that also supports decisions and actions to enable sustainable development. Building on the considerable social and intellectual …
Modeling the geomorphic response to early river engineering works using Caesar-Lisflood
Geography (22 works) · Environmental Science (17 works) · Geology (13 works) · Ecology (11 works) · Cryospheric studies and observations (9 works) · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (8 works) · Water resource management (8 works) · Climate change (7 works) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (6 works) · Geology (6 works)