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Peter Dietrich is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with considerable work published in subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research focuses on several main topics, including groundwater flow and contamination studies, geophysical and geoelectrical methods, soil moisture and remote sensing, hydrology and watershed management studies, geophysical methods and applications, remote sensing in agriculture, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Peter Dietrich has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • Remote Sensing
  • The Journal of Urology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Hepatology

They have collaborated extensively with several coauthors, notably:

  • Ulrike Werban
  • Uta Koedel
  • Martin Schrön
  • Erik Borg
  • Sabine Attinger

Significant recent papers authored by or involving Peter Dietrich include:

  • "Footprint characteristics revised for field-scale soil moisture monitoring with cosmic-ray neutrons", 2024, heiDOK (Heidelberg University)
  • "Linking the Remote Sensing of Geodiversity and Traits Relevant to Biodiversity-Part II: Geomorphology, Terrain and Surfaces", 2020, Remote Sensing
  • "Neutrons on Rails: Transregional Monitoring of Soil Moisture and Snow Water Equivalent", 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Citizen science's transformative impact on science, citizen empowerment and socio-political processes", 2023, Socio-Ecological Practice Research
  • "Groundwater nitrification and denitrification are not always strictly aerobic and anaerobic processes, respectively: an assessment of dual-nitrate isotopic and chemical evidence in a stratified alluvial aquifer", 2020, Biogeochemistry

Best Publications

  • A Network of Terrestrial Environmental Observatories in Germany

    Steffen Zacharias;Heye Bogena;Luis Samaniego;Matthias Mauder

  • Footprint characteristics revised for field‐scale soil moisture monitoring with cosmic‐ray neutrons

    M. Köhli;M. Schrön;M. Zreda;U. Schmidt

  • Flow and Transport in Fractured Porous Media

    Peter Dietrich;Rainer Helmig;Martin Sauter;Heinz Hötzl

  • Linking the Remote Sensing of Geodiversity and Traits Relevant to Biodiversity—Part II: Geomorphology, Terrain and Surfaces

    Angela Lausch;Angela Lausch;Michael E. Schaepman;Andrew K. Skidmore;Sina C. Truckenbrodt

  • Identification of the permeability distribution in soil by hydraulic tomography

    J Gottlieb;P Dietrich

  • A travel time based hydraulic tomographic approach

    R. Brauchler;R. Liedl;P. Dietrich

  • Impacts of the use of the geological subsurface for energy storage: an investigation concept

    Sebastian Bauer;Christof Beyer;Frank Dethlefsen;Peter Dietrich

  • Improving calibration and validation of cosmic-ray neutron sensors in the light of spatial sensitivity

    Martin Schrön;Markus Köhli;Markus Köhli;Markus Köhli;Lena Scheiffele;Joost Iwema

  • Delineation of subsurface hydrocarbon contamination at a former hydrogenation plant using spectral induced polarization imaging

    Adrián Flores Orozco;Andreas Kemna;Christoph Oberdörster;Ludwig Zschornack

  • Direct Push-Technologies

    Peter Dietrich;Carsten Leven

  • The Bode hydrological observatory: a platform for integrated, interdisciplinary hydro-ecological research within the TERENO Harz/Central German Lowland Observatory

    Ute Wollschläger;Sabine Attinger;Dietrich Borchardt;Mario Brauns

  • A rapid method for hydraulic profiling in unconsolidated formations.

    Peter Dietrich;James J. Jr.. Butler;Klaus Faiß

  • Mitigating uranium in groundwater: prospects and limitations.

    C Noubactep;G Meinrath;P Dietrich;B Merkel

  • Investigation of the geochemical impact of CO2 on shallow groundwater: design and implementation of a CO2 injection test in Northeast Germany

    Anita Peter;Hendrik Lamert;Matthias Beyer;Götz Hornbruch

  • In Situ/Remote Sensing Integration to Assess Forest Health—A Review

    Marion Pause;Christian Schweitzer;Michael Rosenthal;Vanessa Keuck

  • Field evaluation of methods for determining hydraulic conductivity from grain size data

    Thomas Vienken;Peter Dietrich

  • Energy storage in the geological subsurface: dimensioning, risk analysis and spatial planning: the ANGUS+ project

    Alina Kabuth;Andreas Dahmke;Christof Beyer;Lars Bilke

  • Characterizing hydraulic conductivity with the direct-push permeameter.

    James J. Butler;Peter Dietrich;Volker Wittig;Tom Christy

  • HESS Opinions: From response units to functional units: a thermodynamic reinterpretation of the HRU concept to link spatial organization and functioning of intermediate scale catchments

    E. Zehe;U. Ehret;L. Pfister;T. Blume

  • Testing the Suitability of Zerovalent Iron Materials for Reactive Walls

    Chicgoua Noubactep;Günther Meinrath;Peter Dietrich;Martin Sauter

  • Influence of natural time-dependent variations of electrical conductivity on DC resistivity measurements

    Arno Rein;Ruth Hoffmann;Peter Dietrich

  • Cosmic-ray Neutron Rover Surveys of Field Soil Moisture and the Influence of Roads

    Martin Schrön;Martin Schrön;Rafael Rosolem;Markus Köhli;Markus Köhli;Markus Köhli;L. Piussi

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Teutsch
Georg Teutsch Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Olaf Kolditz
Olaf Kolditz TU Dresden
Sabine Attinger
Sabine Attinger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Rudolf Liedl
Rudolf Liedl TU Dresden
Martin Sauter
Martin Sauter University of Göttingen
Angela Lausch
Angela Lausch Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Yoram Rubin
Yoram Rubin University of California, Berkeley
Thorsten Behrens
Thorsten Behrens University of Tübingen
Karsten Schmidt
Karsten Schmidt University of Tübingen
Heye Bogena
Heye Bogena Forschungszentrum Jülich

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