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Dr Matthias Kuhnert

Dr Matthias Kuhnert
Dr Matthias Kuhnert
Dr Matthias Kuhnert

Advanced Research Fellow

About
Email Address
matthias.kuhnert@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

Dr. Matthias Kuhnert Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, 23 St Machar Drive, Room G43 Aberdeen AB24 3UU Scotland, UK

School/Department
School of Biological Sciences

Biography

since 2010 Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences of the University of Aberdeen (Scotland)

2007 - 2010 Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology of the Technische Universitaet Dresden (Germany)

2003 - 2006 GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (Germany)

2002 Visiting scholar at the Institute of Ecological Economics at the University of Maryland (USA)

1994 - 1997 Biological Technician at the Max-Planck-Institute of Experimental Medicine in Goettingen (Germany)

Research

Research Overview

The research focus is environmental modelling, with the focus on greenhouse gas emissions and soil organic carbon. Especially, croplands and potential mitigation options for climate change were part of recent research. Here negative emissions (carbon sequestration to capture and store carbon from the atmosphere) are of major interest.

Alongside carbon sequestration strategies, carbon accounting including the measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) of soil organic carbon changes is of special interest. MRV systems provide data for soil organic carbon changes, which are required for carbon certificate trading, legal obligations or subsidies. My actual work shows also a strong focus on developing applicable MRV systems, which are crucial to implement mitigation strategies.

As an environmental modeller, I use a wide range of different models. In my actual work and mainly use the biogeochemical models DAYCENT and ECOSSE. The actual focus of my modelling work is on European agriculture and rice systems.

 

Key words: MRV systems, Map Comparison, Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transfer, phenology, ecological modelling, soil erosion, water repellent soils, nitrogen Emissions, scale effects, extreme events, GHG emissions, soil organic carbon, SOC modelling, decomposition, croplands, agriculture, climate neutral, sustainable farming, organic farming

Current Research

ClieNFarms: https://www.inrae.fr/en/news/more-climate-neutral-and-climate-resilient-farms-across-europe

VERIFY: http://verify.lsce.ipsl.fr/

 

Past Research

CIRCASA: https://www.circasa-project.eu/

U-GRASS: https://www.soilsecurity.org/u-grass/

MACSUR: http://macsur.eu/

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

SBS Master projects

Honours Essay Course (BI4517)

Part of the "Catchment Management Course" (EK5511) lecture series: Introduction to hydrological Modelling (this includes a lecture, a practical exercise and a tutorial)

Part of the "Ecology and Environmental Science" (BI1511) lecture series: Interconnectivity, Biogeochemistry 1 + 2, Climate Change and Mitigation

Supervision of 3 PhD students.

Publications

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  • Impact of input data aggregation on simulated NPP of wheat

    Kuhnert, M., MACSUR scaling group,
    EGU General Assembly 2017, EGU2017-16522-1
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Evaluating the precision of eight spatial sampling schemes in estimating regional means of simulated yield for two crops

    Zhao, G., Hoffmann, H., Yeluripati, J., Xenia, S., Nendel, C., Coucheney, E., Kuhnert, M., Tao, F., Constantin, J., Raynal, H., Teixeira, E., Grosz, B., Doro, L., Kiese, R., Eckersten, H., Haas, E., Cammarano, D., Kassie, B., Moriondo, M., Trombi, G., Bindi, M., Biernath, C., Heinlein, F., Klein, C., Priesack, E., Lewan, E., Kersebaum, K., Rotter, R., Roggero, P. P., Wallach, D., Asseng, S., Siebert, S., Gaiser, T., Ewert, F.
    Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 80, pp. 100-112
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Impact of Spatial Soil and Climate Input Data Aggregation on Regional Yield Simulations

    Hoffmann, H., Zhao, G., Asseng, S., Bindi, M., Biernath, C., Constantin, J., Coucheney, E., Dechow, R., Doro, L., Eckersten, H., Gaiser, T., Grosz, B., Heinlein, F., Kassie, B. T., Kersebaum, K., Klein, C., Kuhnert, M., Lewan, E., Moriondo, M., Nendel, C., Priesack, E., Raynal, H., Roggero, P. P., Rötter, R. P., Siebert, S., Specka, X., Tao, F., Teixeira, E., Trombi, G., Wallach, D., Weihermüller, L., Yeluripati, J., Ewert, F.
    PloS ONE, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 1-23
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effects of climate data aggregation on regional net primary production (NPP) modelling

    Kuhnert, M., Yeluripati, J. B., Smith, P., Hoffmann, H., van Oijen, M., Constantin, J., Coucheney, E., Dechow, R., Eckersten, H., Gaiser, T., Grosz, B., Haas, E., Kersebaum, K., Kiese, R., Klatt, S., Lewan, E., Nendel, C., Raynal, H., Sosa, C., Specka, X., Teixeira, E., Wang, E., Weihermueller, L., Zhao, G., Zhao, Z., Ogle, S., Ewert, F.
    8th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • Impact of climate aggregation over different scales on regional NPP modelling

    Kuhnert, M., MACSUR scaling group,
    EGU General Assembly 2016
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • Impacts of soil and weather data aggregation in spatial modelling of net primary production of croplands

    Kuhnert, M., Yeluripati, J. B., Smith, P., Hoffmann, H., Constantin, J., Coucheney, E., Dechow, R., Eckersten, H., Gaiser, T., Grosz, B., Haas, E., Kersebaum, K., Kiese, R., Klatt, S., Lewan, E., Nendel, C., Raynal, H., Sosa, C., Specka, X., Teixeira, E., Wang, E., Weihermueller, L., Zhao, G., Zhao, Z., Ewert, F.
    iCROPM 2016 International Crop Modelling Symposium "Crop Modelling for Agriculture and Food Security under Global Change
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • Mathematical Modeling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture for Different End Users

    Hillier, J., Abdalla, M., Bellarby, J., Albanito, F., Datta, A., Dondini, M., Fitton, N., Hallett, P., Hastings, A., Jones, E., Kuhnert, M., Nayak, D., Pogson, M., Richards, M., Smith, J., Vetter, S., Yeluripati, J., Smith, P.
    Synthesis and modelling of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage in agricultural and forest systems to guide mitigation and adaptation. Del Grosso, S., Parton, W., Ahuja, L. (eds.). American Society of Agronomy, pp. 197-227, 31 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Effect of weather data aggregation on regional crop simulation for different crops, production conditions, and response variables

    Zhao, G., Hoffman, H., van Bussell, L. G., Enders, A., Specka, X., Sosa, C., Yeluripati, J., Tao, F., Constantin, J., Raynal, H., Teixeira, E., Grosz, B., Doro, L., Zhao, Z., Nendel, C., Kiese, R., Eckersten, H., Haas, E., Vanuytrecht, E., Wang, E., Kuhnert, M., Trombi, G., Moriondo, M., Bindi, M., Lewan, E., Bach, M., Kersebaum, K., Rotter, R., Roggero, P. P., Wallach, D., Cammarano, D., Asseng, S., Krauss, G., Siebert, S., Gaiser, T., Ewert, F.
    Climate Research, vol. 65, pp. 141-157
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Mitigation potential for carbon sequestration on four British wheat sites

    Kuhnert, M., Begum, K., Fitton, N., Datta, A., Smith, P.
    5th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • Variability of effects of spatial climate data aggregation on regional yield simulation by crop models

    Hoffmann, H., Zhao, G., van Bussel, L., Enders, A., Specka, X., Sosa, C., Yeluripati, J., Tao, F., Constantin, J., Raynal, H., Teixeira, E., Grosz, B., Doro, L., Zhao, Z., Wang, E., Nendel, C., Kersebaum, K., Haas, E., Kiese, R., Klatt, S., Eckersten, H., Vanuytrecht, E., Kuhnert, M., Lewan, E., Rötter, R., Roggero, P., Wallach, D., Cammarano, D., Asseng, S., Krauss, G., Siebert, S., Gaiser, T., Ewert, F.
    Climate Research, vol. 65, pp. 53–69
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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