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Roland Schulze is affiliated with the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science, with significant contributions in several specialized subfields including Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics addressed in Schulze's work encompass Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Climate Variability and Models, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • Mapping soil organic carbon at a terrain unit resolution across South Africa (2020) published in Geoderma
  • Non-stationary frequency analysis of extreme rainfall events on the east coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2025) published in Hydrological Sciences Journal
  • Impacts of soil carbon on hydrological responses - a sensitivity study of scenarios across diverse climatic zones in South Africa (2021) published in South African Journal of Science

Frequent collaborators contributing to their research include Stefanie Schütte, Katelyn Johnson, J. Smithers, Thomas Kjeldsen, and Mary C. Scholes. Schulze's work appears regularly in notable scientific venues such as Geoderma, Hydrological Sciences Journal, and South African Journal of Science.

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Institutional design propositions for the governance of adaptation to climate change in the water sector

    Patrick Huntjens;Louis Lebel;Claudia Pahl-Wostl;Jeff Camkin

  • Environmental flows and water governance: managing sustainable water uses

    Claudia Pahl-Wostl;Angela Arthington;Janos Bogardi;Stuart E. Bunn

  • Climatic indices and classifications in relation to the biogeography of southern Africa

    R. E. Schulze;O. S. McGee

  • Transcending scales of space and time in impact studies of climate and climate change on agrohydrological responses

    Roland Schulze

  • Modelling Hydrological Responses to Land Use and Climate Change: A Southern African Perspective

    Roland E. Schulze

  • Environmental consequences of alternative practices for intensifying crop production

    P.J. Gregory;J.S.I. Ingram;R. Andersson;R.A. Betts

  • A watershed approach to upgrade rainfed agriculture in water scarce regions through Water System Innovations: an integrated research initiative on water for food and rural livelihoods in balance with ecosystem functions

    J. Rockström;J. Rockström;C. Folke;L. Gordon;N. Hatibu

  • Regional flood frequency analysis in the KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, using the index-flood method

    Thomas Rødding Kjeldsen;J.C. Smithers;R.E. Schulze

  • Comparing mechanistic and empirical model projections of crop suitability and productivity: implications for ecological forecasting

    L. D. Estes;B. A. Bradley;H. Beukes;D. G. Hole

  • Hydrological impacts of land use change in three diverse South African catchments

    Michele L. Warburton;Roland E. Schulze;Graham P.W. Jewitt

  • Climate change impacts on agro-ecosystem sustainability across three climate regions in the maize belt of South Africa

    N.J. Walker;R.E. Schulze

  • Invasive alien species and global change: a South African perspective

    David M. Richardson;William J. Bond;W. Richard J. Dean;Steven I. Higgins

  • A methodology for the estimation of short duration design storms in South Africa using a regional approach based on L-moments

    J.C Smithers;R.E Schulze

  • Coping with impacts of climate variability and climate change in water management: a scoping paper

    Pavel Kabat;R. E. Schulze;Molly Elizabeth Hellmuth;J. A. Veraart

  • Climate change in conservation areas of South Africa and its potential impact on floristic composition: a first assessment

    M. C. Rutherford;L. W. Powrie;R. E. Schulze

  • Confirmation of ACRU model results for applications in land use and climate change studies

    M. L. Warburton;R. E. Schulze;G. P. W. Jewitt

  • Coping with variability and change: Floods and droughts

    Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz;Saisunee Budhakooncharoen;Axel Bronstert;Holger Hoff

  • A hydrological perspective of the February 2000 floods : A case study in the Sabie River Catchment

    J.C. Smithers;R.E. Schulze;A. Pike;G.P.W. Jewitt

  • Projected climate impacts to South African maize and wheat production in 2055: a comparison of empirical and mechanistic modeling approaches

    Lyndon D. Estes;Hein Beukes;Bethany A. Bradley;Stephanie R. Debats

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham Jewitt
Graham Jewitt IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Bethany A. Bradley
Bethany A. Bradley University of Massachusetts Amherst
Michael Oppenheimer
Michael Oppenheimer Princeton University
Christian Valentin
Christian Valentin Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Alex C. Ruane
Alex C. Ruane Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Claudia Pahl-Wostl
Claudia Pahl-Wostl Osnabrück University
Johan Rockström
Johan Rockström Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Peter Grace
Peter Grace Queensland University of Technology
Peter J. Gregory
Peter J. Gregory University of Reading
Cheryl A. Palm
Cheryl A. Palm University of Florida

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