PD Dr. Rütger Rollenbeck
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35032 Marburg
Curriculum vitae
Professional Career:
2016 - Current. Scientific Coordinator Radarnetsur
2013 - 2015: Database Manager for the Ecuador Research Platform MrP|SE
2011-2012: Professor for Geoecologye and Climatology in Marburg (temporal)
2011: Obtainment of venia Legendi in the Discipline of Geography at the 13.7.2011
2001 - 2012 Research Scientist and Coordinator at the Dept. of Geography Marburg DFG-Project „Precipitation dynamics and chemical properties“, University of Mannheim
2000-2001: Research Scientist at the Institute for environmental physics, University of Heidelberg, Project: “Validation of SCIAMACHY-Data by airborne AMAXDOAS-Measurements”
1996-2000: Research Scientist DFG-Project “Water- and energy balance of a neotropical lowland rain forest” in Venezuela.University of Mannheim. PhD-degree (Summa cum laude) obtained at: 7. May 2001.
1989 -1995 University Degree: Geography at the University of Mannheim, Geology, botany, climatology.
Diploma obtained: November 1995
Scientific interest
Scientific Interests:
- Radar meteorology
- Climate variability, extremes and trends
- Precipitation: Dynamics and hydrological impact
- Atmospheric modeling & remote sensing
- Land surface-Atmosphere interactions
- Solar and eolic energy potential
Regional Interest
- Mountain ecosystems
- Tropics and arid Environments
- South America
Publications
Articles
2019 - Rodriguez, R.; Mabres, A.; Cruz, G.; La Madrid, R.; Rollenbeck, R.; Scipion, D. & Silva, Y. (2019): Radar de lluvias en Piura para observar El Niño. BOLETÍN TÉCNICO 4(6), 9-12.
2018 - Carrillo-Rojas, G.; Silva, B.; Rollenbeck, R.; Celleri, R. & Bendix, J. (2018): The breathing of the Andean highlands: Net ecosystem exchange and evapotranspiration over the páramo of southern Ecuador. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 265, 30-47.
2017 - Bendix, J.; Fries, A.; Zarate, J.; Trachte, K.; Rollenbeck, R.; Pucha-Cofrep, F.; Paladines, R.; Palacios, I.; Orellana Alvear, J.; Oñate-Valdivieso, F.; Naranjo, C.; Mendoza, L.; Mejia, D.; Guallpa, M.; Gordillo, F.; Gonzalez-Jaramillo, V.; Dobbermann, M.; Celleri, R.; Carillo, C.; Araque, A. & Achilles, S. (2017): Radarnet Sur – first weather radar network in tropical high mountains. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 98(6), 1235-1254.
- Oñate-Valdivieso, F.; Fries, A.; Mendoza, K.; Gonzalez-Jaramillo, V.; Pucha-Cofrep, F.; Rollenbeck, R. & Bendix, J. (2017): Temporal and spatial analysis of precipitation patterns in an Andean region of southern Ecuador using LAWR weather radar. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys. 2017, 1-12.
2016 - Gonzalez, V.; Fries, A.; Rollenbeck, R.; Paladines, J.; Oñate-Valdivieso, F. & Bendix, J. (2016): Assessment of deforestation during the last decades in Ecuador using NOAA-AVHRR satellite data. Erdkunde 70(3), 217-235.
- Makowski Giannoni, S.; Trachte, K.; Rollenbeck, R.; Lehnert, L.; Fuchs, J. & Bendix, J. (2016): Atmospheric salt deposition in a tropical mountain rainforest at the eastern Andean slopes of south Ecuador – Pacific or Atlantic origin?. Atmospheric chemistry and physics 16, 10241-10261.
2015 - Rollenbeck, R.; Trachte, K. & Bendix, J. (2015): A new class of quality controls for micrometeorological data in complex tropical environments. J. of Atmos. and Ocean techn.. J. of Atmos. and Ocean techn. Vol 33(No 1), 169-183.
- Rollenbeck, R.; Bayer, F.; Münchow, J.; Rodriguez, R. & Atarama, n. (2015): Climatic cycles and gradients of the El Niño core region in North Peru. Advances in Meteorology vol 2105(1), 1-10.
2014 - Makowski Giannoni, S.; Rollenbeck, R.; Trachte, K. & Bendix, J. (2014): Natural or anthropogenic? On the origin of atmospheric sulfate deposition in the Andes of southeastern Ecuador. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14, 11297– 11312.
- Silva, B.; Lehnert, L.; Roos, K.; Fries, A.; Rollenbeck, R.; Beck, E. & Bendix, J. (2014): Mapping Two Competing Grassland Species from a Low-Altitude Helium Balloon. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 7(7), 3038 - 3049.
- Fries, A.; Rollenbeck, R.; Bayer, F.; Gonzalez, V.; Oñate-Valdivieso, F.; Peters, T. & Bendix, J. (2014): Catchment precipitation processes in the San Francisco valley in southern Ecuador: combined approach using high-resolution radar images and in situ observations. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics Vol 126(Issue 1-2), 13-29.
- Wagemann, J.; Thies, B.; Rollenbeck, R.; Peters, T. & Bendix, J. (2014): Regionalization of wind speed data to analyse tree-line wind conditions in the eastern Andes of southern Ecuador. Erdkunde 69(1), 3-19.
2013 - Wilcke, W.; Leimer, S.; Peters, T.; Emck, P.; Rollenbeck, R.; Trachte, K.; Valarezo, C. & Bendix, J. (2013): The nitrogen cycle of tropical montane forest in Ecuador turns inorganic under environmental change. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 27(4), 1194-1204.
- Makowski Giannoni, S.; Rollenbeck, R.; Fabian, P. & Bendix, J. (2013): Complex topography influences atmospheric nitrate deposition in a neotropical mountain rainforest. Atmospheric Environment 79, 385–394.
- Beck, E.; Bendix, J.; Silva, B.; Rollenbeck, R.; Lehnert, L.; Hamer, U.; Potthast, K.; Tischer, A. & Roos, K. (2013): Future Provisioning Services: Repasturisation of abandoned pastures, problems and pasture management. Ecological Studies 221, 355-372.
2012 - Silva, B.; Bendix, J.; Roos, K.; Voss, I.; König, N.; Rollenbeck, R.; Scheibe, R. & Beck, E. (2012): Simulating canopy photosynthesis for two competing species of an anthropogenic grassland community in the Andes of southern Ecuador. Ecological Modelling 239, 14-26.
- Fries, A.; Rollenbeck, R.; Nauss, T.; Peters, T. & Bendix, J. (2012): Near surface air humidity in a megadiverse andean mountain ecosystem of southern ecuador and its regionalization. Agric. a. Forest Met. Vol. 152(1), 17-30.
2011 - Rollenbeck, R.; Bendix, J. & Fabian, P. (2011): Spatial and temporal dynamics of atmospheric water inputs in tropical mountain forests of South Ecuador. Hydrological Processes Vol. 25(Issue 3), 344–352.
- Bendix, J.; Trachte, K.; Palacios, E.; Rollenbeck, R.; Göttlicher, D.; Nauss, T. & Bendix, A. (2011): El Niño meets La Niña - anomalous rainfall patterns in the "traditional" El Niño region of southern Ecuador. Erdkunde 65(2), 151-167.
2010 - Trachte, K.; Rollenbeck, R. & Bendix, J. (2010): Nocturnal convective cloud formation under clear?sky conditions at the eastern Andes of South Ecuador. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere 115, 1-15.
- Rollenbeck, R. (2010): Global sources – local impacts: natural and anthropogenic matter deposition in the Andes of Ecuador. Geoöko 1-2/2010(1-2), 1-25.
- Rollenbeck, R. & Bendix, J. (2010): Rainfall distribution in the Andes of southern Ecuador derived from blending weather radar data and meteorological field observations.. Atmospheric Research Vol 99(1), 277-289.
- Bendix, J.; Silva, B.; Roos, K.; Göttlicher, D.; Rollenbeck, R.; Nauss, T. & Beck, E. (2010): Model parameterization to simulate and compare the PAR absorption potential of two competing plant species. International Journal of Biometeorology 54(3), 283-295.
2009 - Bendix, J.; Trachte, K.; Cermak, J.; Rollenbeck, R. & Nauss, T. (2009): Formation of convective clouds at the foothills of the tropical eastern Andes (South Ecuador). Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 48, 1-17.
2008 - Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Göttlicher, D.; Nauss, T. & Fabian, P. (2008): Seasonality and diurnal pattern of very low clouds in a deeply incised valley of the eastern tropical Andes (South Ecuador) as observed by a costeffective WebCam system. Meteorological Applications 15(2), 281-291.
- Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Fabian, P.; Emck, P.; Richter, M. & Beck, E. (2008): Climate variability. Ecological Studies 198, 280-291.
- Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Richter, M.; Fabian, P. & Emck, P. (2008): Climate. Ecological Studies 198, 63-73.
2007 - Rollenbeck, R. & Anhuf, D. (2007): Characteristics of the water and energy balance in an Amazonian lowland rainforest in Venezuela and the impact of the ENSO-cycle. Jounral of Hydrology 337, 377-390.
2006 - Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Göttlicher, D. & Cermak, J. (2006): Cloud occurence and cloud properties in Ecuador. Climate Research 30, 133-147.
- Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R. & Reudenbach, C. (2006): Diurnal patterns of rainfall in a tropical Andean valley of southern Ecuador as seen by a vertically pointing K-band Doppler Radar. International Journal of Climatology 25, 829-846.
2004 - Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R. & Palacios, E. (2004): Cloud detection in the Tropics – a suitable tool for climate-ecological studies in the high mountains of Ecuador. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25(21), 4521-4540.
Other:
2013 - Peters, T.; Drobnik, T.; Meyer, H.; Rankl, M.; Richter, M.; Rollenbeck, R.; Thies, B. & Bendix, J. (2013): Environmental Changes Affecting the Andes of Ecuador. In: Bendix, J., Beck, E., Bräuning, A., Makeschin, F., Mosandl, R., Scheu, S., Wilcke, W. (eds.): Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South ( ), Springer, Berlin, 20-34.
2007 - Bendix, J.; Rollenbeck, R.; Nauss, T.; Göttlicher, D. & Fabian, P., Fog in a tropical mountain rain forest ecosystem of southern Ecuador(Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew, La Serena (Chile), 2007), pp. 407-410.
2004 - Bendix, J.; Fabian, P. & Rollenbeck, R., Gradients of fog and rain in a tropical montane cloud forest of southern Ecuador and its chemical composition(2004), pp. H7, 1-4.
2003 - Bendix, J.; Reudenbach, C. & Rollenbeck, R., The Marburg Satellite Station(EUMETSAT, 2003), pp. 139-146.
