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Terrestrial Systems

Soil Physics Kurt Roth
Group Seminar
People Research Publications For Students Tools Open Positions Intern (access restricted)		Research Focus We explore and model physical processes in terrestrial systems with the goal to contribute to their fundamental understanding and quantitative modeling. Our current main interest is on the movement of water, solutes, and heat with a focus on non-classical aspects (fingering, capillary fringe,...) and on strongly coupled processes (permafrost, soil-atmosphere coupling,...). Methodologically, we employ and develop (i) a range of lab methods from multi-step outflow systems to Hele-Shaw cells with optical monitoring, (ii) geophysical methods (TDR, GPR, ERT), (iii) soil-weather monitoring stations.

Early morning near Tien Shui Hai lake with long deserted building and thin snow cover that will melt during the day (Aksai Chin, Xinjiang autonomous region, China)