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Overview

Kurt Roth is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and conducts research primarily within Environmental Science. Their work spans several intersecting subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The scientist's research focuses on multiple topics, with a notable emphasis on Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Climate Change and Permafrost, Sociology and Education Studies, and Health, Medicine and Society.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Challenges with effective representations of heterogeneity in soil hydrology based on local water content measurements" (2020, Vadose Zone Journal)
  • "STH-net: a soil monitoring network for process-based hydrological modelling from the pedon to the hillslope scale" (2021, Earth system science data)
  • "Technical Note: Sequential ensemble data assimilation in convergent and divergent systems" (2021, Hydrology and earth system sciences)
  • "Warming and thawing trends of permafrost at high Arctic site (Bayelva, Spitsbergen) 1998-2017" (2025, heiDOK (Heidelberg University))
  • "Evaluation von Psychotherapien der Auszubildenden in akkreditierten Lehrgängen" (2021, à jour! Psychotherapie-Berufsentwicklung)

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative efforts include Hannes H. Bauser, Lukas Riedel, Daniel Berg, H. P. Meier, and P. A. Troch.

The scientist's work is commonly published in venues such as à jour! Psychotherapie-Berufsentwicklung, Vadose Zone Journal, Earth system science data, Hydrology and earth system sciences, and heiDOK (Heidelberg University).

Best Publications

  • Calibration of time domain reflectometry for water content measurement using a composite dielectric approach

    Kurt Roth;Rainer Schulin;Hannes Flühler;Werner Attinger

  • Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives

    H. Vereecken;A. Schnepf;J. W. Hopmans;M. Javaux

  • Quantitative morphology and network representation of soil pore structure

    H.-J Vogel;K Roth

  • Possible solar origin of the 1,470-year glacial climate cycle demonstrated in a coupled model

    Holger Braun;Marcus Christl;Stefan Rahmstorf;Andrey Ganopolski

  • Studies of crack dynamics in clay soil. I. Experimental methods, results and morphological quantification

    Hans-Jörg Vogel;Heiko Hoffmann;Kurt Roth

  • Transport of Chloride Through an Unsaturated Field Soil

    K. Roth;W. A. Jury;H. Flühler;W. Attinger

  • Comparison of a Lattice-Boltzmann Model, a Full-Morphology Model, and a Pore Network Model for Determining Capillary Pressure–Saturation Relationships

    H.-J. Vogel;J. Tölke;V. P. Schulz;M. Krafczyk

  • Moving through scales of flow and transport in soil

    H.-J. Vogel;K. Roth

  • Steady State Flow in an Unsaturated, Two-Dimensional, Macroscopically Homogeneous, Miller-Similar Medium

    Kurt Roth

  • Studies of crack dynamics in clay soil. II. A physically based model for crack formation

    Hans-Jörg Vogel;Heiko Hoffmann;Andreas Leopold;Kurt Roth

  • Variability of soil methane production on the micro-scale: spatial association with hot spots of organic material and Archaeal populations

    Gisela Wachinger;Sabine Fiedler;Kornelia Zepp;Andreas Gattinger

  • Thermal and hydrologic dynamics of the active layer at a continuous permafrost site (Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia)

    Julia Boike;Kurt Roth;Pier Paul Overduin

  • Transport of conservative chemical through an unsaturated two‐dimensional Miller‐similar medium with steady state flow

    Kurt Roth;Klaus Hammel

  • Use of dielectric spectroscopy to estimate ice content in frozen porous media

    Marco Bittelli;Markus Flury;Kurt Roth

  • Effect of non‐linear adsorption on the transport behaviour of Brilliant Blue in a field soil

    R. Kasteel;H.-J. Vogel;K. Roth

  • A 20-year record (1998–2017) of permafrost, active layer and meteorological conditions at a high Arctic permafrost research site (Bayelva, Spitsbergen)

    Julia Boike;Julia Boike;Inge Juszak;Stephan Lange;Sarah Chadburn;Sarah Chadburn

  • Quantifying the thermal dynamics of a permafrost site near Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

    Kurt Roth;Julia Boike

  • Seasonal snow cover on frozen ground: Energy balance calculations of a permafrost site near Ny‐Ålesund, Spitsbergen

    Julia Boike;Julia Boike;Kurt Roth;Olaf Ippisch

  • Continuous and simultaneous measurement of reflector depth and average soil-water content with multichannel ground-penetrating radar

    Holger Gerhards;Ute Wollschläger;Qihao Yu;Philip Schiwek

  • PeRL: a circum-Arctic Permafrost Region Pond and Lake database

    Sina Muster;Kurt Roth;Moritz Langer;Stephan Lange

  • Experimental study of fingered flow through initially dry sand

    F. Rezanezhad;H.-J. Vogel;K. Roth

Frequent Co-Authors

Julia Boike
Julia Boike Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Hans-Jörg Vogel
Hans-Jörg Vogel Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Qihao Yu
Qihao Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiabao Zhang
Jiabao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Moritz Langer
Moritz Langer Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Markus Flury
Markus Flury Washington State University
Sebastian Westermann
Sebastian Westermann University of Oslo
Guido Grosse
Guido Grosse Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Jan Vanderborght
Jan Vanderborght Forschungszentrum Jülich

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