Office
Hours: Monday and Wednesday from 11:00 -
12:30
Tuesday and Thursday from 16:00 - 17:00
and by appointment
The courses I teach: Meteorology 3412102, Meteorology 3412103, General Methods of Fieldwork 3222001
Interests: Hydroclimatology, Time Series Analyses, China
Education
12/2007: Dr. rer. nat. (~Ph.D.), Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University (JLU) Giessen, Germany
05/2003: Diploma of Physical Geography (~M.Sc.), Department of Geography, JLU Giessen, Germany
03/2000: Pre-Diploma of Geography (~B.Sc.), University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Reviewed Publications
Hartmann, H.; King, L.; Jiang, T.; Becker, S. (2009): Quasi-cycles in Chinese precipitation time series and in their potential influencing factors. Quaternary International 208: 28-37.
Zhai, J.Q.; Liu, B.; Hartmann, H.; Su, B.D.; Jiang, T.; Fraedrich, K. (2009): Dryness/wetness variations in China during the first 50 years of the 21st century. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 6: 1385-1409.
Hartmann, H.; Becker, S.; King, L.; Jiang, T. (2008): Forecasting water levels at the Yangtze River with neural networks. Erdkunde - Archive for Scientific Geography 62: 231-243.
Hartmann, H.; Becker, S.; King, L. (2008): Predicting summer rainfall in the Yangtze River basin with neural networks. International Journal of Climatology 28: 925-936.
Becker, S.; Hartmann, H.; Coulibaly, M.; Zhang, Q.; Jiang (2008): Quasi-periodicities of extreme precipitation events in the Yangtze River basin, China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 94: 139-152.
Hartmann, H.; Becker, S.; King, L. (2008): Quasi-periodicities in Chinese precipitation time series. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 92: 155-163.
Becker, S., Hartmann, H.; Zhang, Q.; Jiang, T.; Wu, Y. (2008): Cyclicity Analysis of Precipitation Regimes in the Yangtze River Basin, China. International Journal of Climatology 28: 579-588.
Jiang, T.; Su, B.; Hartmann, H. (2007): Temporal and Spatial Trends of Precipitation and River Flow in the Yangtze River Basin, 1961-2000. Geomorphology 85: 143-154.
King, L.; Herz, T.; Hartmann, H.; Hof, R.; Jiang, T.; Ke, C.; Wei, Z.; Liu, J.; Yi, C. (2006): The PACE monitoring strategy – A concept for permafrost research in Qinghai-Tibet. Quaternary International 154-155: 149-157.
Wu, Y.; Becker, S.; King, L.; Kung, H.-T.; Jiang, T.; Hartmann, H.; Zhu, W. (2006): The frequency of precipitation days in the Yangtze River basin. IAHS Red Book 303: 204-213.
Zhang, Q.; Hartmann, H.; Becker, S.; Zhu, C. (2005): Paleoclimate of the Yangtze River’s Lower Reaches for the Past 14,000 Years. Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution 2: 31-38.
Hartmann, H.; Becker, S.; King, L. (2004): The Three Gorges Project: its influence on the flood risk along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and on the economy of the region surrounding the reservoir. In: Jiang, T., L. King, M. Gemmer & Z. W. Kundzewicz (eds.): Climate Change and Yangtze Floods. Science Press, Beijing.
King, L.; Hartmann, H.; Gemmer, M.; Becker, S. (2004): The Three Gorges Dam and its Relevance for Flood Protection at the Yantze River. Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 5: 26-33. [in German, English abstract]
Hartmann, H.; Becker, S. (2003): Critical discussion of the Three Gorges Project’s consequences. Journal of Lake Sciences 15: 249-254.
Doctoral Thesis, Diploma Thesis
Hartmann, H. (2007): Climatic Variability and Teleconnections in China: Detection and Quantification by Means of Time Series Analyses and GIS Methods. Doctoral Thesis, Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University, Giessen.
Hartmann, H. (2002): The Three Gorges Project and its impact on floods along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Diploma Thesis, Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University, Giessen. Published online: http://geb.uni-giessen.de/geb/volltexte/2004/1514 [in German, English abstract]
Non-Reviewed Publications and Abstracts
Hartmann, H.; Becker, S.; King, L.; Jiang, T. (in press): Medium-term forecast of rainfall for the Yangtze River basin and its relevance for flood prevention. Proccedings of the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 14 - 18 April 2010. Washington, U.S.A.
Becker, S., Hartmann, H.; Jiang, T. (2009): Quasi periodicities of extreme precipitation events in the Yangtze River Basin, China. Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 22 - 27 March 2009. Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Hartmann, H.; Becker, S; King, L.; Jiang, T. (2009): Neural network-based prediction of water levels at the Yangtze River’s upper reaches. Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 22 - 27 March 2009. Las Vegas, U.S.A.
Bissing-Olson, M.J.; Seeber, C.; Hartmann, H.; King, L. (2009): Effects of the Three Gorges Project on orange plantation, environments and socio-economic conditions in the backwater area of Xiangxi River. Geophysical Research Abstracts 11: EGU2009-10499.
Seeber, C.; Bissing-Olson, M.J.; Hartmann, H.; King, L. (2009): Land use classification and vulnerability analysis on elements at risk in terms of landslides in the watershed of Xiangxi River. Geophysical Research Abstracts 11: EGU2009-7129.
King, L.; Hartmann, H.; Nasr, Z.; Almohammad, H. (2008): Climate Trends, Scenarios, and Effects of Climate Change for Tunisia. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Larger Asian Rivers: Climate Change, River Flow and Watershed Management, 14 - 20 November 2008. Urumqi, PR China.
Hartmann, H.; King, L. (2008): Saisonale Niederschlagsvorhersage für das Yangtze-Einzugsgebiet und ihr Beitrag zur Hochwasserprävention. Abstracts zur 6. Sitzung des Arbeitskreises Ostasien in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie, 4 October 2007, Bayreuth. ASIEN - The German Journal on Contemporary Asia 106: 83-84. [in German]
Hartmann, H.; Becker, S.; King, L. (2007): Quasi-cycles in Chinese precipitation time series and in their potential influencing factors: a comparison. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Larger Asian Rivers: Climate Change, River Flow and Sediment Flux, 25 - 29 September 2007. Nanchang, PR China.
Hartmann, H.; Becker, S.; King, L. (2007): A neural network model for the prediction of summer rainfall in the Yangtze River catchment. Proceedings of the Sino-German Workshop on Conceptual and Integrated Modelling in Climate-system, Geo-ecosystem and Watershed Management, 18 - 21 June 2007. Beijing, PR China.
Becker, S.; Hartmann, H.; King, L. (2007): Cycles of extreme precipitation events in the Yangtze River Basin, China. Proceedings of the Sino-German Workshop on Conceptual and Integrated Modelling in Climate-system, Geo-ecosystem and Watershed Management, 18 - 21 June 2007. Beijing, PR China.
Hartmann, H.; Becker, S.; King, L. (2006): Quasi-periodicities in precipitation time series and their relevance for water availability: examples from northwestern China. Proceedings of the Sino-German Scientific Seminar on Water Resources in Large River Catchments of Western China and the Effects of Climate Change, 27 August - 2 September 2006. Urumqi, PR China.
Hartmann, H. (2006): Spectral Analysis of Precipitation Time Series: a possible Contribution to an improved Storage Capacity Management of Reservoirs. Proceedings of the Sino-German Symposium on Environmental Impacts of Large-scale Hydraulic Engineering, 1 - 6 March 2006. Xingshan, PR China.
Hartmann, H. (2004): Kommentare zu W. R. Moore: Der Jangtse, die Hauptstraße Chinas. National Geographic, März 1948. Die große National Geographic Bibliothek, Bd. 7: 110-143. [in German]
Hartmann, H. (2004): Kommentare zu A. Zich & B. Sacha: Vor der großen Flut. National Geographic, September 1997. Die große National Geographic Bibliothek, Bd. 7: 144-175. [in German]
Hartmann, H. (2002): The Three-Gorges-Project - Consequences for the Hubei Province and Chongqing Municipality. Proceedings of the Sino-German Symposium on Sustainable Land Use, Flood Risks and Watershed Ecosystem Management, 8 - 14 April 2002. Shanghai, PR China.
Conferences and Presentations
21/04/2009:
Presentation at the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, PR China
Title of
presentation: Seasonal rainfall
predictions and their relevance for flood prevention along the Yangtze
River
20 –
21/04/2009:
“Third Yangtze Forum” in Shanghai, PR China
Title of
poster:
Seasonal prediction of rainfall and its relevance for flood prevention along
the Yangtze River
22 –
27/03/2009:
“2009 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers” in Las Vegas,
USA
Title of presentation: Neural
network-based Prediction of Water Levels at the Yangtze River’s Upper
Reaches
09 –
13/03/2009:
Sino-German Symposium on “Climate Change: Floods and Droughts” in Potsdam,
Germany
Title of presentation:
Predicting water levels at the Yangtze River's upper reaches
06/02/2009:
Workshop on “Nachhaltige Oasenbewirtschaftung im Tarim Becken” at the
Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany
Title of
presentation: Saisonale Vorhersage
des Niederschlags für das Einzugsgebiet des Tarim unter Berücksichtigung
klimatischer Telekonnektionen
14 –
20/11/2008:
“3rd International Symposium on Large Asian Rivers: Climate Change, River Flow
and Watershed Management” in Urumqi, PR China
Titel of
presentation: Trends, Scenarios and
Effects of Climate Change for Tunisia
07/07/2008:
Presentation at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Titel of
presentation: Hochwassergefahr am
Yangtze: Ursachen, planerische Maßnahmen und neue Lösungsansätze
14/03/2008:
Presentation at the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ), Germany
Titel of
presentation: From the Three Gorges
Project to Climate Research
29 –
30/01/2008:
Project “Climate Change” at the Philippinum High School in Marburg,
Germany
Titel of presentation:
Klimageschichte der letzten 1000 Jahre: Mitteleuropa und China im
Vergleich
29/09 –
05/10/2007: “Deutscher
Geographentag” in Bayreuth, Germany
Titel of
presentation: Saisonale
Niederschlagsvorhersage für das Yangtze-Einzugsgebiet und ihr Beitrag zur
Hochwasserprävention
25 –
29/09/2007:
“2nd International Symposium on Large Asian Rivers: Climate Change, River Flow
and Sediment Flux“ in Nanchang, PR China
Titel of
presentation: Quasi-cycles in
Chinese precipitation time series and in their potential influencing factors:
a comparison
18 –
21/06/2007:
Sino-German Workshop “Conceptual and Integrated Modelling in Climate-system,
Geo-ecosystem and Watershed Management”
in
Beijing, PR China
Titel of
presentation: A neural network model
for the prediction of summer rainfall in the Yangtze River
catchment
18 –
23/03/2007:
Russian-German Seminar “International Academic Mobility” in Giessen,
Germany
Titel of presentation:
Mobility: Cooperation and Exchange of Information – Experiences from the
Sino-German Cooperation
07 –
13/10/2006:
Sino-German Workshop “Climate Change and Yangtze Floods” in Giessen,
Germany
Title of presentation:
Teleconnections and their relevance for precipitation patterns in
China
27/08 –
02/09/2006: Sino-German Scientific
Seminar “Water Resources in Large River Catchments of Western China and the
Effects of Climate Change”
in
Urumqi, PR China
Title of
presentation: Quasi-periodicities in
precipitation time series and their relevance for water availability: examples
from northwestern China
01 –
07/03/2006:
Sino-German Workshop “Environmental Impacts of large-scale Hydraulic
Engineering” in Xingshan, PR China
Title of
presentation: Spectral analysis of
precipitation time series: a possible contribution to an improved storage
capacity management of reservoirs
08 –
14/04/2002:
Sino-German Symposium “Sustainable Land Use, Flood Risks and Watershed
Ecosystem Management” in Shanghai, PR China
Title of
presentation: The
Three-Gorges-Project – Consequences for the Hubei Province and Chongqing
Municipality
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