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Bernd Diekkrüger

Bernd Diekkrüger

Bernd Diekkrüger publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernd Diekkrüger sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Bernd Diekkrüger D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernd Diekkrüger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

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Overview

Bernd Diekkrüger is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and focuses research efforts primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several specialized subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Soil Science, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics addressed by their research include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Climate variability and models
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Diekkrüger has contributed to research published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Hydrology
  • Climate
  • International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology
  • Heliyon
  • Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Diekkrüger cover topics related to climate and land use impacts on water resources within inland valley catchments across Africa and wetland mapping. Selected works include:

  • "Modeling the Impact of Climate and Land Use/Land Cover Change on Water Availability in an Inland Valley Catchment in Burkina Faso," 2022, Hydrology
  • "Impact of Climate and Land Use/Land Cover Change on the Water Resources of a Tropical Inland Valley Catchment in Uganda, East Africa," 2020, Climate
  • "Multitemporal optical and radar metrics for wetland mapping at national level in Albania," 2020, Heliyon
  • "Managing New Risks of and Opportunities for the Agricultural Development of West-African Floodplains: Hydroclimatic Conditions and Implications for Rice Production," 2020, Climate
  • "Testing the Robustness of a Physically-Based Hydrological Model in Two Data Limited Inland Valley Catchments in Dano, Burkina Faso," 2020, Hydrology

Collaborations frequently occur with co-authors such as Yacouba Yira, Chukwuebuka Vincent Azuka, Mouhamed Idrissou, Bernhard Tischbein, and Kristian Näschen. These partnerships have led to multiple joint publications over recent years.

Best Publications

  • Validity of agroecosystem models a comparison of results of different models applied to the same data set

    B. Diekkrüger;D. Söndgerath;K.C. Kersebaum;C.W. McVoy

  • Timescales of transformational climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan African agriculture

    Ulrike Rippke;Ulrike Rippke;Julian Ramirez-Villegas;Julian Ramirez-Villegas;Julian Ramirez-Villegas;Andy Jarvis;Andy Jarvis;Sonja J. Vermeulen;Sonja J. Vermeulen

  • Bimodal Porosity And Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity

    Heinrich Othmer;Bernd Diekkrüger;Miroslav Kutilek

  • Evaluating spatial and temporal variability in soil erosion risk—rainfall erosivity and soil loss ratios in Andalusia, Spain

    C.S. Renschler;C.S. Renschler;C. Mannaerts;B. Diekkrüger

  • Spatio-temporal soil moisture patterns - A meta-analysis using plot to catchment scale data

    W. Korres;T.G. Reichenau;P. Fiener;C.N. Koyama

  • A comparison of hydrological models for assessing the impact of land use and climate change on discharge in a tropical catchment

    Thomas Cornelissen;Bernd Diekkrüger;Simone Giertz

  • Assessing the effects of land use change on soil physical properties and hydrological processes in the sub-humid tropical environment of West Africa

    S. Giertz;B. Junge;B. Diekkrüger

  • The Impact of Land Use/Land Cover Change (LULCC) on Water Resources in a Tropical Catchment in Tanzania under Different Climate Change Scenarios

    Kristian Näschen;Bernd Diekkrüger;Mariele Evers;Britta Höllermann

  • Drought frequency in the Volta Basin of West Africa

    Raymond Kasei;Bernd Diekkrüger;Constanze Leemhuis

  • Modelling of flood hazard extent in data sparse areas: a case study of the Oti River basin, West Africa

    Kossi Komi;Jeffrey Neal;Mark A. Trigg;Bernd Diekkrüger

  • Scaling input data by GIS for hydrological modelling

    Annegret H. Thieken;Andreas Lücke;Bernd Diekkrüger;Otto Richter

  • Geostatistical co-regionalization of soil hydraulic properties in a micro-scale catchment using terrain attributes

    M. Herbst;B. Diekkrüger;H. Vereecken

  • Evaluating the performance of remotely sensed and reanalysed precipitation data over West Africa using HBV light

    Thomas Poméon;Dominik Jackisch;Bernd Diekkrüger

  • Modeling land use change impacts on water resources in a tropical West African catchment (Dano, Burkina Faso)

    Y. Yira;B. Diekkrüger;G. Steup;A.Y. Bossa

  • Inter-comparison of three distributed hydrological models with respect to seasonal variability of soil moisture patterns at a small forested catchment

    Julian Koch;Julian Koch;Thomas Cornelissen;Zhufeng Fang;Heye Bogena

  • Benin 2025—Balancing Future Water Availability and Demand Using the WEAP ‘Water Evaluation and Planning’ System

    Britta Höllermann;Simone Giertz;Bernd Diekkrüger

  • Multivariate Prediction of Total Water Storage Changes Over West Africa from Multi-Satellite Data

    Ehsan Forootan;Jürgen Kusche;Ina Loth;Wolf-Dieter Schuh

  • Land surface temperature trends as indicator of land use changes in wetlands

    Javier Muro;Adrian Strauch;Sascha Heinemann;Sascha Heinemann;Stefanie Steinbach

  • Modeling Spatial Soil Water Dynamics in a Tropical Floodplain, East Africa

    Geofrey Gabiri;Sonja Burghof;Bernd Diekkrüger;Constanze Leemhuis

  • Impacts of global change on the hydrological cycle in west and northwest Africa

    Peter Speth;Michael Christoph;Bernd Diekkrüger

  • Monitoring and Modeling the Terrestrial System from Pores to Catchments: The Transregional Collaborative Research Center on Patterns in the Soil–Vegetation–Atmosphere System

    Clemens Simmer;Insa Thiele-Eich;Matthieu Masbou;Wulf Amelung

  • Tracer sampling frequency influences estimates of young water fraction and streamwater transit time distribution

    Michael P. Stockinger;Heye R. Bogena;Andreas Lücke;Bernd Diekkrüger

  • Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing for Simultaneous Soil Water Content and Biomass Quantification in Drought Conditions

    J. Jakobi;J. A. Huisman;H. Vereecken;B. Diekkrüger

Frequent Co-Authors

Heye Bogena
Heye Bogena Forschungszentrum Jülich
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Andreas Lücke
Andreas Lücke Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jürgen Kusche
Jürgen Kusche University of Bonn
Michael Rode
Michael Rode Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Johan Alexander Huisman
Johan Alexander Huisman Forschungszentrum Jülich
Harald Kunstmann
Harald Kunstmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Thomas Gaiser
Thomas Gaiser University of Bonn
Julian Ramirez-Villegas
Julian Ramirez-Villegas Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Mathias Becker
Mathias Becker University of Bonn

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