Prof. Dr. Bettina Schaefli

Lebenslauf

Bettina Schaefli stammt aus St. Gallen. Ihr Studium des Umweltingenieurwesens führte sie an die École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), wo sie 2005 im Bereich Hydrologie promovierte. Ihre Doktorarbeit zum Thema Klimawandel und Wasserkraftproduktion stellt eine der ersten modellbasierten Studien in diesem Themenbereich dar und prägte die Schweizer Forschung und Bettina Schaeflis akademische Karriere noch heute. Sie vertiefte ihren Forschungsschwerpunkt in hydrologischer Modellentwicklung während ihres zweijährigen Postdoc-Aufenthalts an der Universität Potsdam und an der University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA). Diese Spezialisierung führte sie während ihrer Zeit als Assistenzprofessorin an der TU Delft (Niederlande) fort, und erweiterte ihre Arbeit auf grössere räumliche Skalen und auf verschiedene Klimaregionen.

Im Jahr 2010 kam Bettina Schaefli aufgrund eines Schweizer National Fonds (SNF)-Projektes zur Karriereförderung nach Lausanne zurück, wo sie zuerst an der EPFL und seit 2016 als Assistenzprofessorin SNF an der Universität Lausanne lehrte und forschte. Bettina Schaefli arbeitet als Expertin in einem der acht Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research mit und die zukünftige Entwicklung der Schweizer Wasserkraftressourcen nimmt eine wichtige Stellung in ihrer Forschung ein. Als Editorin einer der meistzitierten wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften (Hydrology and Earth System Sciences) und als Präsidentin der Hydrologischen Kommission der Schweiz engagiert sich Bettina Schaefli im Bereich «open science», die zum Ziel hat, wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse und Methoden für alle frei zugänglich zu machen

Forschungsschwerpunkt

Die zentrale Fragestellung ihrer Forschungsarbeit ist die Quantifizierung und Vorhersage von hydrologischen Prozessen, zur nachhaltigen Nutzung von Wasserressourcen sowie zum Schutz vor Extremereignissen.

Publikationen

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Number of items: 46.

Journal Article

Brönnimann, Stefan; Stucki, Peter; Franke, Jörg; Valler, Veronika; Brugnara, Yuri; Hand, Ralf; Slivinski, Laura C.; Compo, Gilbert P.; Sardeshmukh, Prashant D.; Lang, Michel; Schaefli, Bettina (2022). Influence of warming and atmospheric circulation changes on multidecadal European flood variability. Climate of the past, 18(4), pp. 919-933. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/cp-18-919-2022

Horton, Pascal; Schaefli, Bettina; Kauzlaric, Martina Catharina (2022). Why do we have so many different hydrological models? A review based on the case of Switzerland. WIREs Water, 9(1) Wiley 10.1002/wat2.1574

Michel, Adrien; Schaefli, Bettina; Wever, Nander; Zekollari, Harry; Lehning, Michael; Huwald, Hendrik (2022). Future water temperature of rivers in Switzerland under climate change investigated with physics-based models. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 26(4), pp. 1063-1087. European Geosciences Union EGU 10.5194/hess-26-1063-2022

Dembélé, Moctar; Vrac, Mathieu; Ceperley, Natalie; Zwart, Sander J.; Larsen, Josh; Dadson, Simon J.; Mariéthoz, Grégoire; Schaefli, Bettina (2022). Contrasting changes in hydrological processes of the Volta River basin under global warming. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 26(5), pp. 1481-1506. European Geosciences Union EGU 10.5194/hess-26-1481-2022

Mächler, Elvira; Salyani, Anham; Walser, Jean-Claude; Larsen, Annegret; Schaefli, Bettina; Altermatt, Florian; Ceperley, Natalie (2021). Environmental DNA simultaneously informs hydrological and biodiversity characterization of an Alpine catchment. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 25(2), pp. 735-753. European Geosciences Union EGU 10.5194/hess-25-735-2021

Arnoux, Marie; Brunner, Philip; Schaefli, Bettina; Mott, Rebecca; Cochand, Fabien; Hunkeler, Daniel (2021). Low-flow behavior of alpine catchments with varying quaternary cover under current and future climatic conditions. Journal of hydrology, 592, p. 125591. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125591

Michelon, Anthony; Benoit, Lionel; Beria, Harsh; Ceperley, Natalie; Schaefli, Bettina (2021). Benefits from high-density rain gauge observations for hydrological response analysis in a small alpine catchment. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 25(4), pp. 2301-2325. European Geosciences Union EGU 10.5194/hess-25-2301-2021

Sikorska-Senoner, Anna E.; Schaefli, Bettina; Seibert, Jan (2020). Downsizing parameter ensembles for simulations of extreme floods. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 20(12), pp. 3521-3549. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/nhess-20-3521-2020

Dembélé, Moctar; Ceperley, Natalie; Zwart, Sander J.; Salvadore, Elga; Mariethoz, Gregoire; Schaefli, Bettina (2020). Potential of satellite and reanalysis evaporation datasets for hydrological modelling under various model calibration strategies. Advances in water ressources, 143, p. 103667. Elsevier 10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103667

Dembélé, Moctar; Hrachowitz, Markus; Savenije, Hubert H. G.; Mariéthoz, Grégoire; Schaefli, Bettina (2020). Improving the Predictive Skill of a Distributed Hydrological Model by Calibration on Spatial Patterns With Multiple Satellite Data Sets. Water resources research, 56(1) American Geophysical Union 10.1029/2019WR026085

Da Ronco, Pierfrancesco; Avanzi, Francesco; De Michele, Carlo; Notarnicola, Claudia; Schaefli, Bettina (2020). Comparing MODIS snow products Collection 5 with Collection 6 over Italian Central Apennines. International journal of remote sensing, 41(11), pp. 4174-4205. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/01431161.2020.1714778

Beria, Harsh; Larsen, Joshua R.; Michelon, Anthony; Ceperley, Natalie C.; Schaefli, Bettina (2020). HydroMix v1.0: a new Bayesian mixing framework for attributing uncertain hydrological sources. Geoscientific model development (GMD), 13(5), pp. 2433-2450. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/gmd-13-2433-2020

Dembélé, Moctar; Schaefli, Bettina; van de Giesen, Nick; Mariéthoz, Grégoire (2020). Suitability of 17 gridded rainfall and temperature datasets for large-scale hydrological modelling in West Africa. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 24(11), pp. 5379-5406. European Geosciences Union EGU 10.5194/hess-24-5379-2020

Ceperley, Natalie; Zuecco, Giulia; Beria, Harsh; Carturan, Luca; Michelon, Anthony; Penna, Daniele; Larsen, Joshua; Schaefli, Bettina (2020). Seasonal snow cover decreases young water fractions in high Alpine catchments. Hydrological processes, 34(25), pp. 4794-4813. Wiley 10.1002/hyp.13937

Michelon, Anthony; Benoit, Lionel; Beria, Harsh; Ceperley, Natalie; Schaefli, Bettina (2020). On the value of high density rain gauge observations for small Alpine headwater catchment hydrology. Hydrology and earth system sciences discussions, 2020, pp. 1-39. European Geosciences Union 10.5194/hess-2020-371

Otero, Iago; Darbellay, Frédéric; Reynard, Emmanuel; Hetényi, György; Perga, Marie-Elodie; Rüegg, Janine; Prasicek, Günther; Cracco, Marina; Fontcuberta, Amaranta; de Vaan, Michiel; García, Javier; Bussard, Jonathan; Clivaz, Christophe; Moos, Christine; Guisan, Antoine; Schaefli, Bettina; Mapelli, Nicola; de Bellefroid, Benoit (2020). Designing Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research on Mountains: What Place for the Unexpected? Mountain Research and Development, 40(4) International Mountain Society 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-20-00036.1

Schaefli, Bettina; Manso, Pedro; Fischer, Mauro; Huss, Matthias; Farinotti, Daniel (2019). The role of glacier retreat for Swiss hydropower production. Renewable energy, 132, pp. 615-627. Elsevier 10.1016/j.renene.2018.07.104

Santos, Ana Clara; Portela, Maria Manuela; Rinaldo, Andrea; Schaefli, Bettina (2019). Estimation of streamflow recession parameters: New insights from an analytic streamflow distribution model. Hydrological processes, 33(11), pp. 1595-1609. Wiley 10.1002/hyp.13425

Dembélé, Moctar; Oriani, Fabio; Tumbulto, Jacob; Mariéthoz, Grégoire; Schaefli, Bettina (2019). Gap-filling of daily streamflow time series using Direct Sampling in various hydroclimatic settings. Journal of hydrology, 569, pp. 573-586. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.11.076

Santos, Ana Clara; Portela, Maria Manuela; Rinaldo, Andrea; Schaefli, Bettina (2018). Analytical flow duration curves for summer streamflow in Switzerland. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 22(4), pp. 2377-2389. European Geosciences Union EGU 10.5194/hess-22-2377-2018

Zeimetz, Fränz; Schaefli, Bettina; Artigue, Guillaume; García Hernández, Javier; Schleiss, Anton J. (2018). New Approach to Identifying Critical Initial Conditions for Extreme Flood Simulations in a Semicontinuous Simulation Framework. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 23(8), 04018031. American Society of Civil Engineers 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001652

Zeimetz, Fränz; Schaefli, Bettina; Artigue, Guillaume; García Hernández, J.; Schleiss, Anton J. (2018). Swiss rainfall mass curves and their influence on extreme flood simulations. Water resources management, 32(8), pp. 2625-2638. Springer Netherlands 10.1007/s11269-018-1948-y

Beria, Harsh; Larsen, Joshua R.; Ceperley, Natalie Claire; Michelon, Anthony; Vennemann, Torsten; Schaefli, Bettina (2018). Understanding snow hydrological processes through the lens of stable water isotopes. WIREs Water, 5(6) Wiley 10.1002/wat2.1311

Schaefli, Bettina; Kavetski, Dmitri (2017). Bayesian spectral likelihood for hydrological parameter inference. Water resources research, 53(8), pp. 6857-6884. American Geophysical Union 10.1002/2016wr019465

Zeimetz, Fraenz; Schaefli, Bettina; Artigue, Guillaume; García Hernández, Javier; Schleiss, Anton J. (2017). Relevance of the correlation between precipitation and the 0 °C isothermal altitude for extreme flood estimation. Journal of hydrology, 551, pp. 177-187. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.05.022

Schaefli, Bettina (2016). Snow hydrology signatures for model identification within a limits-of-acceptability approach. Hydrological processes, 30(22), pp. 4019-4035. Wiley 10.1002/hyp.10972

Clark, Martyn P.; Schaefli, Bettina; Schymanski, Stanislaus J.; Samaniego, Luis; Luce, Charles H.; Jackson, Bethanna M.; Freer, Jim E.; Arnold, Jeffrey R.; Dan Moore, R.; Istanbulluoglu, Erkan; Ceola, Serena (2016). Improving the theoretical underpinnings of process-based hydrologic models. Water resources research, 52(3), pp. 2350-2365. American Geophysical Union 10.1002/2015wr017910

Newspaper or Magazine Article

Michel, Adrien; Epting, Jannis; Schaefli, Bettina; Lehning, Michel; Huwald, Hendrik (2021). Changements climatiques et températures des rivières. Aqua & Gas, 7(8), pp. 70-77. Schweizerischer Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches (SVGW)

Report

Michel, Adrien; Råman Vinnå, Love; Bouffard, Damien; Epting, Jannis; Huwald, Hendrik; Schaefli, Bettina; Schmid, Martin; Wüest, Alfred (2021). Evolution of stream and lake water temperature under climate change FOEN, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU) 10.16904/envidat.207

Conference or Workshop Item

Otero, Noelia; Bloomfield, Hannah; Allen, Sam J.; Romppainen-Martius, Olivia; Schaefli, Bettina (15 December 2021). Modelling the dependence of energy droughts from variable renewable energies over Europe. In: AGU Fall meeting 2021. Proceedings. Online. 15 December 2021.

Ceperley, Natalie; Ba, Rokhaya; Beria, Harsh; Michelon, Anthony; Larsen, Joshua; Venneman, Torsten; Schaefli, Bettina (April 2021). Water accessed differently by Larix decidua according to an alpine gradient. In: {EGU} General Assembly. vEGU21: Gather Online. 19–30 April 2021. 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14428

Dembele, Moctar; Zwart, Sander; Ceperley, Natalie C; Mariethoz, Gregoire; Schaefli, Bettina (15 December 2020). Combining Water Accounting Plus (WA+) and Hydrological Modelling for Water Resource Reporting under Climate Change in the Volta Basin (Unpublished). In: H171 - Water and Society: Water Resources Management and Policy in a Changing World. Tuesday, 15 December 2020.

Dembélé, Moctar; Zwart, Sander; Ceperley, Natalie; Mariéthoz, Grégoire; Schaefli, Bettina (20 November 2020). Modelling the impact of climate change on hydrological processes in the Volta river basin (Unpublished). In: 18th Swiss Geoscience Meeting. On-Line.

Ceperley, Natalie; Zuecco, Giulia; Beria, Harsh; Carturan, Luca; Michelon, Anthony; Penna, Daniele; Larsen, Joshua; Schaefli, Bettina (8 May 2020). Reduced Fraction of Young Water in Alpine Catchments with Increased Seasonal Snow Cover (Unpublished). In: Isotope and tracer methods: flow paths characterization, catchment response and transformation processes. On-Line. Friday 08 May. 10/ghnvhz

Dembélé, Moctar; Zwart, Sander; Ceperley, Natalie; Mariéthoz, Grégoire; Schaefli, Bettina (May 2020). Multivariate and Spatially Calibrated Hydrological Model for Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Hydrological Processes in West Africa. In: Hydrological change: Regional hydrological behaviour under transient climate and land use conditions 22 (p. 9143). Vienna, Austria: Copernicus GmbH 10/ghnvhx

Maechler, Elvira; Ceperley, Natalie; Salyani, Anham; Walser, Jean-Claude; Larsen, Annegret; Schaefli, Bettina; Altermatt, Florian (May 2020). The Variation in Genetic Material of a High Alpine Catchment Reveals (Sub) Surface Exchange. In: HS8.1.2 Subsurface flow and transport from pore to catchment scales: Concepts, observations, applications and modeling 22 (p. 9602). Vienna, Austria: Copernicus GmbH 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9602

Michelon, Anthony; Antoniazza, Gilles; Ceperley, Natalie; Lane, Stuart; Schaefli, Bettina (May 2020). Poking Holes in Discharge Time Series with Photographic Evidence. In: Advances in river monitoring and modelling: data-scarce environments, real-time approaches, Inter-comparison of innovative and classical frameworks, uncertainties, Harmonisation of methods and good practices. On-Line. Mon, 04 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST). 10/ghnvh4

Müller, Tom; Schaefli, Bettina; Stuart, N. Lane (May 2020). What happens when the ice is gone? A hydrological journey into the glacier forefield subsurface. In: EGU General Assembly Conference. 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-10165

Beria, Harsh; Benoit, Lionel; Ceperley, Natalie; Michelon, Anthony; Larsen, Joshua R.; Mariéthoz, Grégoire; Schaefli, Bettina (April 2020). Improving Hydrologic Model Realism by Using Stable Water Isotopes (Unpublished). In: Models and Data: Understanding and representing spatio-temporal dynamics of hydrological processes. 4-8 May 2020. 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19769

Ceperley, Natalie; Zuecco, Giulia; Beria, Harsh; Michelon, Anthony; Schaefli, Bettina (5 February 2020). Seasonal snow ages water from alpine catchments in unexpected ways. In: Virtual Alpine Observatory (VAO), International Symposium. Lecture hall EG16, University of Bern, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern.

Woods, Ross A.; Larsen, Joshua R.; Schaefli, Bettina; Ceperley, Natalie Claire (2019). In a Warming World, Is Snowmelt Rate Slower or Faster? In: AGU Fall Meeting.