Mathias Göckede

Education:

Dr.rer.nat. (PhD), May 2005
Department of Micrometeorology, University of Bayreuth, Germany. Thesis Title: Use of footprint methods for the quality control of eddy-covariance measurements.

Diploma (M.S.) in Geo-Ecology, Sep 2000
Department of Micrometeorology, University of Bayreuth, Germany. Thesis Title: The wind profile in the lower 100m of the atmosphere with special con-sideration of the stability of stratification

 

Current research:

My current research focuses on the development, evaluation and application of inverse atmospheric modeling techniques to constrain terrestrial carbon dioxide budgets. I developed a top-down modeling framework that has been set up to capture carbon flux variability on the regional scale at high temporal and spatial resolution. The major components of this framework are a simple biosphere Carbon flux model, an atmospheric transport module, and a network of high-precision CO2 monitoring sites within the model domain.

The simple biosphere Carbon flux model computes Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE, as the sum of GPP, RA and RH) based on interpolated surface meteorology (e.g. temperature, VPD, precipitation) and biome type (defined by ecoregion and land cover type), with special consideration of the role of disturbance and stand age on Carbon processes. Atmospheric transport is simulated coupling the mesoscale model WRF (Weather Research and Forecast) with the STILT (Stochastic Time Inverted Lagrangian Transport) footprint model. This setup allows identifying surface sources and sinks for CO2 that influence atmospheric observations with highly resolved mass transport fields and realistic turbulent mixing. High-precision atmospheric CO2 concentrations are monitored as continuous time series in hourly timesteps at 5 locations within the model domain.

 

Research interests:

Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions at local, regional and continental scales

Atmospheric Transport Modeling to evaluate and improve Land-Surface-Models

Ecophysiological Modeling to investigate Feedbacks between Biosphere and Climate Change

Local to Regional-Scale Monitoring Approaches for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Quality Assessment Approaches for (Micro-)Meteorological Measurements

 

Personal Interests:

Trail running, Soccer, Piano, Music, Hiking, Travelling