Department:	Climate Research & Seismology - Global Climate Division
Function:	Researcher
Address:	P.O. Box 201, 3730 AE De Bilt, The Netherlands
Telephone:	+31 30 2206 704
Telefax:	+31 30 2202 570
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Web:	www.knmi.nl/~weiss

 

• potential predictability studies
• land surface variability and its impact on the atmosphere
• Earth system modelling and EC-Earth
• interactions, feedbacks, and links, and global scale projections under scenario conditions of hydrology, land cover change and climate
• assessments of water availability, water use, and water quality
• climate and socio-economic scenarios
  

 

• EU FP7 Combine
  

Comprehensive Modelling of the Earth System for Better Climate Prediction and Projection

• EU FP6 Ensembles
• EU FP6 Scenes
• The Global Water Systems Project (GWSP)
• OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030
• BMBF GLOWA Jordan River

 

• Weiß, M.; Voß, F., Menzel, L. (2010)
  Regionalisation of the Priestley Taylor coefficient for use in global hydrological modelling.
  

• Brovkin, V., Boysen, L., Arora, V. K., Boisier, J. P., Cadule, P., Chini, L., Claussen, M. Friedlingstein, P., Gayler, V., van den Hurk, B. J. J. M., Hurtt, G. C., Jones, C. D., Kato, E., de Noblet-Ducoudré, N., Pacifico, F., Pongratz, J., Weiss, M. (2013)
  Effect of anthropogenic land-use and land cover changes on climate and land carbon storage in CMIP5 projections for the 21st century.
  J. Climate 2013; e-View , doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00623.1
   
  
• Weiß, M., van den Hurk, B., Haarsma, R., Hazeleger, W. (2012)
  Impact of vegetation variability on potential predictability and skill of EC-Earth simulations.
  Clim Dyn 39:2733-2746, doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1572-0
   
  
• Weiß, M. (2011)
  Future water availability in selected European catchments: a probabilistic assessment of seasonal flows under the IPCC A1B scenario using response surfaces.
  Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 2163-2171, doi:10.5194/nhess-11-2163-2011
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Alcamo, J. (2011)
  A systematic approach to assessing the sensitivity and vulnerability of water availability to climate change in Europe.
  Water Resources Research, 47, W02549, doi:10.1029/2009WR008516
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Schaldach, R., Alcamo, J., Flörke, M. (2009)
  Quantifying the Human Appropriation of Fresh Water by African Agriculture.
  Ecology and Society 14(2):25
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Menzel, L. (2008)
  A global comparison of four potential evapotranspiration equations and their relevance to stream flow modelling in semi-arid environments.
  Adv. Geosci.,18, 15-23
   
  
• Weiß, M. Flörke, M., Menzel, L., Alcamo, J. (2007)
  Model-based scenarios of Mediterranean droughts.
  Adv. Geosci., 12, 145-151
   
  
• Menzel, L.; Teichert, E.; Weiß, M.(2007)
  Climate change impact on the water resources of the semi-arid Jordan region. In: Heinonen, M. (Ed): Proc. 3rd International Conference on Climate and Water, Helsinki, 320-325

• Van den Hurk, B., E. Dutra, B. Smith, M. Brandt, M. Weiss, R. Haarsma, W. Hazeleger, G. Balsamo and M. van der Molen (2009)
  The EC-Earth modelling challenges.
  ECMWF / GLASS Workshop on Land Surface Modelling and Data Assimilation and the implications for predictability, pp 147-154, ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading
   
  
• Bärlund, I.; Voß, A., Voß, F., Weiß, M., Williams, R., Malve, O., Tattari, S., Teichert, E., Okruszko, T. and Alcamo, J. (2009)
  Entwicklung eines Modellierungsansatzes zur Analyse und Bewertung punktförmiger und diffuser Salz- bzw. BSB-Belastungen in Europa. In: Fohrer, N., Schmalz, B., Hörmann, G. and Bieger, K. (eds.) Hydrologische Systeme im Wandel. Forum fuer Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, Heft 26.09, pp. 95-100.
   
  
• Weiß, M. (2009)
  Modelling of Global Change Impacts on Hydrology with Focus on Europe and Africa.
  Doctoral Thesis
  Kassel University Press, 131pp
   
  
• Weiß, M. (2008)
  Globale Betrachtung der Abwasserbehandlungssituation in Wassernutzungssektoren.
  VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller, 160pp
   
  
• Alcamo, J., Flörke, M., Schaldach, R., Weiß, M. (2008)
  Earth Systems Modelling: New Insights into the Future of Water, Land and their Interactions.
  In: Global Change Newsletter No. 71, International Geosphere Biosphere Programme, Stockholm, Sweden
   
  
• Alcamo, J., Weiß, M., Schaldach, R., Voß, F., You, L. (2007)
  Future cropland in Africa: the outlook for green and blue water fluxes.
  In: GWSP Issues in Global Water System Research No. 2, Global Assessments: Bridging Scales and Linking to Policy.
  GWSP IPO, Bonn, Germany
   
  
• Weiß, M. (2005)
  Aufbau einer globalen Datenbank zur Abschätzung der Schadstoffbelastung von ungeklärtem Abwasser verschiedener Wassernutzungssektoren als Input für ein globales Wassermodell.
  Master Thesis, University of Kassel
   
  

• Weiß, M.; Miller, P.; Stefanescu, S.; Wouters, B.; van den Hurk, B.; Haarsma, R.; Hazeleger, W. (2013)
  Improved decadal predictability due to memory in vegetation? A study with the EC-Earth model
  EGU2013-11395, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, 07-12 April 2013
   
  
• Weiß, M.; van den Hurk, B. (2012)
  The role of land cover variability on modelled land-atmosphere coupling
  EGU2012-12166, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, 22-27 April 2012
   
  
• Voß, F.; Eisner, S.; Verzano, K.; Flörke, M.; aus der Beek, T.; Voß, A.; Schneider, C.; Weiß, M.; Bärlund, I.; Alcamo, J. (2011)
  The world in 5 minutes - new features of the large scale hydrological model WaterGAP
  EGU2011-11970, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria, 03-08 April 2011
   
  
• Weiß, M.; van den Hurk, B. (2011)
  The effect of including seasonal vegetation on the potential predictability over land - first results
  International EC-Earth meeting, ECMWF, Reading, UK, 17-19 January 2011
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Schaldach, R.; van den Hurk, B. (2010)
  Klima- und hydrologische Modellierung unter Berücksichtigung von Veränderungen der Landoberfläche
  Klimaänderungen und mögliche Auswirkungen auf die Wassersphäre im Binnenland, 4. Klimatagung, DWD, Offenbach, Germany, 14 October 2010
   
  
• Weiß, M. (2010)
  Sensitivität von Flußeinzugsgebieten gegenüber Klimaänderungen - wahrscheinlichkeitsbasierte Grenzwertanalyse
  Workshop "Umgang mit Klimaprojektionen", DWD, Offenbach, Germany, 22 June 2010
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Schaldach, R. (2010)
  Simulating the impact of climate and land use change on water availability of selected river basins in Africa
  EGU2010-8896, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria, 02-07 May 2010
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Brandt, M.; van den Hurk, B. (2009)
  Land cover changes in EC-Earth for CMIP5 experiments
  International EC-Earth meeting, ECMWF, Reading, UK, 10-11 December 2009
   
  
• Voß, F.; Aus der Beek, T.; Bärlund, I.; Flörke, M.; Schneider, C.; Teichert, E.; Verzano, K.; Voß, A.; Weiß, M.; Alcamo, J. (2009)
  The role of the GRDC dataset in global water resources modelling
  GRDC 20th Anniversary Colloquium - Applications of global river discharge datasets provided by the Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC), Koblenz, Germany, 24 June 2009
   
  
• Bärlund, I.; Voß, A., Voß, F., Weiß, M., Teichert, E., Flörke, M., Alcamo, J., Williams, R., Malve, O., Riihimäki, J. and Tattari, S. (2009)
  Entwicklung eines Modellierungsansatzes zur Analyse und Bewertung punktförmiger und diffuser Salz- bzw. BSB-Belastungen in Europa
  Tag der Hydrologie 2009, Kiel, Germany, 26-27 March 2009
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Schaldach, R. (2008)
  Current and future green and blue water fluxes in Africa under climate and land use change
  EGU2008-A-06008, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, 13-18 April 2008
   
  
• Menzel, L.; Teichert, E.; Weiß, M. (2007)
  Assessing water availability for the Lower Jordan River under global change
  GLOWA-Jordan River Status Conference, Herrenberg, Germany, 25-27 June 2007
   
  
• Menzel, L.; Teichert, E., Weiß, M. (2007)
  Climate change impact on the water resources of the semi-arid Jordan basin
  3rd International Conference on Climate and Water, Helsinki, Finland, 3-6 September 2007
   
  
• Menzel, L.; Lange, J., Gunkel, A., Alkhoury, W., Weiß, M. (2007)
  Einfluss von Klima und Bewirtschaftung auf den Wasserhaushalt im semi-ariden Einzugsgebiet des Jordan
  Tag der Hydrologie 2007, Universität Rostock, Germany, 22-23 March 2007
   
  
• Weiß, M. (2006)
  Wasser - Inventur, Analyse, Perspektiven
  28. IPU Kongress "Psychologische Aspekte von Resourcenkonflikten", Licherode, Germany, 7-10 December 2006
   
  
• Weiß, M. (2006)
  Model-Based Scenarios of Mediterranean Droughts
  8th EGU Plinius Conference on "Mediterranean Storms and Extreme Events in an Era of Climate Change", Dead Sea, Israel, 17-20 October 2006
   
  
• Menzel, L.; Alkhoury, W., Weiß, M. (2006)
  Green water fluxes, irrigation water demand and environmental change in the Lower Jordan Basin
  GLOWA Jordan River Status Conference, Esslingen, Germany, 19-21 September 2006
   
  

• Weiß, M.; van den Hurk, B., Haarsma, R. (2013)
  Global land cover change impacts on future climate under RCP scenarios
  EGU2013-11462, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, 07-12 April 2013
   
  
• Weiß, M.; van den Hurk, B., Haarsma, R. (2012)
  Quantification of North American land cover change impacts on future climate under RCP scenarios
  A51I-05, 2012 AGU Fall Meeting, San Franciso, USA, 03-07 December 2012
   
  
• Weiß, M.; van den Hurk, B., Haarsma, R. (2012)
  Land cover variability and its effect on potential predictability
  3ICESM-302, 3rd International Conference on Earth System Modelling, Hamburg, Germany, 17-21 September 2012
   
  
• Weiß, M.; van den Hurk, B. (2012)
  Land cover change impacts and vegetation-climate feedbacks with focus on Eurasia
  EGU2012-12138, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, 22-27 April 2012
   
  
• Weiß, M.; van den Hurk, B. (2012)
  Land use change affecting our (modelled) climate
  EGU2012-12102, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, 22-27 April 2012
   
  
• Weiß, M.; van den Hurk, B. (2011)
  Does potential predictability improve with seasonal vegetation?
  EGU2011-10068, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria, 03-08 April 2011
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Brandt, M.; van den Hurk, B. (2010)
  Incorporating anthropogenic land cover changes into studies of climate change
  EGU2010-7885, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria, 02-07 May 2010
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Brandt, M.; van den Hurk, B. (2010)
  Preliminary results of land cover change effects on selected climate parameters
  Terrabites 1st Symposium, MPI, Hamburg, Germany, 9-11 February 2010
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Alcamo, J. (2009)
  Application of the response surface method to hydrological impact studies in Europe with the WaterGAP model
  ENSEMBLES Final Symposium, Met Office, Exeter, UK, 17-19 November 2009
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Alcamo, J. (2009)
  What governs river basins sensitivity to climate change? - Application of the response surface method to hydrological impact studies
  EGU2009-8540, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April 2009
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Alcamo, J. (2008)
  Response of water availability to climate change in European river basins
  ENSEMBLES 5th General Assembly, Santander, Spain, 20-23 October 2008
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Schaldach, R.; Alcamo, J. (2008)
  Scenarios of land-use change and its impact on green and blue water fluxes in Africa
  Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes International Conference, Berlin, Germany, 6-9 April 2008
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Menzel, L. (2008)
  Potential and actual evapotranspiration in the Jordan River Region
  GLOWA Jordan River Status Conference, Aqaba, Jordan, 25-28 June 2008
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Menzel, L. (2007)
  Erste Schritte zur Verbesserung der Verdunstungsmodellierung mit globalen Modellen in semi-ariden Gebieten
  Workshop "Fortschritt und Visionen in der groß-skaligen hydrologischen Modellierung", Kelkheim-Eppenhain, Germany, 31 Oct - 2 Nov 2007
   
  
• Menzel, L.; Weiß, M. (2007)
  Regional Water Balance Components under Climate and Land Cover Change in the Jordan Region
  GLOWA Jordan River Status Conference, Herrenberg, Germany, 25-27 June 2007
   
  
• Weiß, M.; Koch, J.; Schaldach, R.; Onigkeit, J.; Menzel, L. (2006)
  Vulnerability and Management of Water Resources in Eastern Mediterranean Ecosystems
  Global Environmental Change: Regional Challenges. An ESSP Global Environmental Change Open Science Conference, Beijing, China, 9-12 November 2006
   
  

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