Soil Science & Geomorphology

Dr. Felix Stumpf

now at: Kompetenzzentrum Boden (KOBO), Bern

Research Topics:

  • Digital Soil Mapping
  • Soil-Landscape-Modelling
  • Spatial statistics
  • Data Mining and Machine Learning
  • Statistical sampling
  • Pedometrics
  • Digital Terrain Analysis
  • Soil erosion (modelling)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geo- and Pedodiversity
  • Geomorphology
  • Geomorphometry

Regions:

  • China
  • Germany

PhD Topic:

Mechanisms and control factors of soil erosion by water in the Three-Gorges-Dam ecosystem, China

Project:

YANGTZE-GEO Project (BMBF funded)

Research area: Land use change – Soil erosion – Mass movements – Diffuse matter inputs

Subproject: Soil erosion

CV:

*5th Sept. 1984 in Eberbach, Germany

Education:

since 2012 PhD student at the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen
2009-2011

Studies of environmental and resource management [M.Sc], especially in the field of General&Landscape Ecology, Soil science and Environmental modeling at the Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus (Germany)
Master thesis: "Diversity and interrelations of geocomponents in Switzerland – a large scale landscape ecological approach" (Computation of diversity indices from soil patterns, the spatial variability of hydrological conditions, surface roughness and biodiversity; determination of interrelations of geocomponents by methods of multivariate statistics)
2005-2009 Studies of Geography, Geomorphology, Hydrology, Climatology, Pedology and GIS [B.Sc.] at the University of Innsbruck (Austria)
Bachelor thesis: "El Nino/Southern Oscillation – Wechselwirkung der ozeanischen und atmosphärischen Zirkulation"
1995-2004 Hildegardis Gymnasium Kempten (Germany): general qualification for university entrance

Work Experience:

5/2012-7/2012

Internship at GFA Consulting Group Hamburg: EU-/GIZ-/KfW- projects in Europe, Middle East and North Africa: Aquise, evaluation, international legislation, project consultancy in context of the following projects: ENPI Climate East, Water Macedonia and National Park Azerbaijan
2/2009-8/2010 Student tutor for statistics at the Geographical Institute, University of Innsbruck, under the supervision of Univ. Prof. Dr. Hanns Kerschner
5/2012-5/2006 Internship at Agroforesta e.V. in Oruro, Bolivia: GIS- based agricultural land use assessment referring to soil, water, climate and flora

Teaching:

WS 2014/15 Geo 75 Soils and Geomorphology - Introduction to R (with S. Seitz and P. Goebes)
WS 2013/14 Geo 75 Soils and Geomorphology - Introduction to R (with S. Seitz and P. Goebes)

Memberships:

  • DGB Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft [German Soil Society]
  • VGDH Verband der Geographen an Deutschen Hochschulen [Association of Geographie at German Universities]
  • Innsbrucker Geographische Gesellschaft [Geographic Society of Innsbruck]

Publications - peer-reviewed:

2018

Hounkpatin, O.K.L., Schmidt, K., Stumpf, F., Forkuor, G., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., Amelung, W., Welp, G. (2018): Predicting reference soil groups using legacy data: a data pruning and Random
Forest approach for tropical environment (Dano catchment, Burkina Faso). Scientific Reports 8:9959. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-28244-w

 

Stumpf, F., Keller, A., Schmidt, K., Mayr, A., Gubler, A., Schaepman, M. (2018): Spatio-temporal land use dynamics and soil organic carbon in Swiss agroecosystems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 258, 129-142. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2018.02.012

2017

Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Goebes, P., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Wadoux, A., Xiang, W., Scholten, T. (2017): Uncertainty-guided sampling to improve digital soil maps. Catena 153, 30-38. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2017.01.033

2016

Goebes, P., Schmidt, K., Härdtle, W., Seitz, S., Stumpf, F., von Oheimb, G., Scholten, T. (2016): Rule-based analysis of throughfall kinetic energy to evaluate biotic and abiotic factor thresholds to mitigate erosive power. Progress in Physical Geography, available online. doi: 10.1177/0309133315624642

2015

Stumpf, F., Goebes, P., Schmidt, K., Schindewolf, M., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Wadoux, A., Xiang, W., Scholten, T. (2016): Sediment reallocations due to erosive rainfall events in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, Central China. Land Degradation & Development. doi: 10.1002/ldr.2503

Strehmel, A., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Buzzo, G., Dumperth, C., Stumpf F., Zimmermann, K., Bieger, K., Behrens, T., Schmidt, K., Bi, R., Rohn, J., Hill, J., Udelhoven, T., Wei, X., Shi, XZ., Cai, Q., Jiang, T., Fohrer, N., Scholten, T. (2015): Assessment of Geo-Hazards in a Rapidly Changing Landscape: The Three Gorges Reservoir Region in China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 74, 6, 4939-4960. doi: 10.1007/s12665-015-4503-7


Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Buzzo, G., Dumperth, C., Wadoux, A., Wei, X., Scholten, T., 2015. Incorporating Limited Field Operability and legacy Samples in a Hypercube Sampling Design for Digital Soil Mapping. (Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, under review)


Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Goebes, P., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Wadoux, A., Wei, X., Scholten, T., 2015. Spatial Uncertainty-Guided Sampling to Improve Digital Soil Maps. (Catena, under review)


Goebes, P., Schmidt, K., Seitz, S., Stumpf, F., Scholten, T., 2015. Rule-based analysis of throughfall kinetic energy to evaluate leaf and tree architectural trait thresholds to mitigate erosive power. (Progress in Physical Geography, under review)


Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Goebes, P., Schindewolf, M., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Wadoux, A., Scholten, T., 2015. Erosive rainfall and sediment reallocation in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Central China. (in preparation)

Other articles

2013

Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., 2013. Tübinger Forscher koordinieren geowissenschaftliche Forschungen am Yangtze. Forum der Geoökologie (VGöD) 24, 23-24.

Publications - conference contributions:

2015 Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Xiang, W., Scholten, S., 2015. Integration von Zusatzstichproben zur Qualitätssteigerung von digitalen Bodeneigenschaftskarten. 5. Digital Soil Mapping Workshop, 30. März bis 01. April 2015, Tübingen, Deutschland. [Talk]
Wadoux, A., Ramirez-Lopez, L., Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., 2015. Mid-Infrared spectroscopy as a tool for the study of soil-landscape relationships. 5. Digital Soil Mapping Workshop, 30. März - 01. April 2015, Tübingen, Deutschland. [Talk]
Stumpf, F., Schindewolf, M., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., 2015. Prozess-basierte Erosionsmodellierung in einem Kleineinzugsgebiet in Zentralchina. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2013, Kommission VI /Bodenerosion, 05.-10. September 2015, München, Deutschland. [Talk]
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Stumpf, F., Scholten, T., 2015. Der Einfluss von Bankterrassen auf die Bodenerosion in einer heterogenen Terrassenlandschaft in China. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2013, Kommission VI /Bodenerosion, 05.-10. September 2015, München, Deutschland. [Talk]
Schmidt, K., Wadoux, A., Ramirez-Lopez, L., Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Behrens, T., 2015. Mid-Infrared spectroscopy as a tool to analyze soil-landscape relationships. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2013, Kommission V /Digital Soil Mapping, 05.-10. September 2015, München, Deutschland. [Talk]
Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Wadoux, A., Scholten, S., 2015. Spatial uncertainty-guided sampling to improve digital soil maps. Pedometrics 2015, 14-18 September, Cordoba, Spain. [Poster]
2014 Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Scholten, T., 2014. Erosionsmodellierung in Zentralchina - Digital Soil Mapping auf Basis eines modifizierten Latin Hypercube Samplings und Random Forest zur Parameterabschätzung. Arbeitskreis Theorie und Quantitative Methoden in der Geographie Tübingen 2014, Theorie - Modell - Anwendung, 27.02.-01.03.2014, Universität Tübingen, Deutschland. [Talk]
Stumpf, F., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2014. Erosion modeling in Central China: Digital Soil Mapping based on a modified conditioned Latin Hypercube Sampling and Random Forest. Digital Soil Mapping Workshop, 9-11 April 2014, Tübingen, Germany. [Talk]
Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Buzzo, G., Dumperth, C., Wadoux, A., Scholten, T., 2014. Integrating legacy soil information in a Digital Soil Mapping approach based on a modified conditioned Latin Hypercube Sampling design. EGU General Assembly 2014, 27 April-02 May 2014, Vienna, Austria. [Talk]
Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Buzzo, G., Dumperth, C., Wadoux, A., Scholten, T., 2014. Integrating legacy soil information in a Digital Soil Mapping approach based on a modified conditioned Latin Hypercube Sampling design. EGU - SSS Conference ELS 2014 The Earth Living Skin: Soil, Life and Climate Changes, 22-25 September 2014, Bari, Italy. [Talk]
Stumpf, F., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2014. Uncertainty analysis and guided resampling for Digital Soil Mapping – A case study in Central China. 6th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping 2014, 11-14 November, Nanjing, China. [Talk]
Wadoux, A., Ramirez-Lopez, L., Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., 2014. Mid-Infrared spectroscopy as a tool for the study of soil-landscape relationships. 6th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping 2014, 11-14 November, Nanjing, China. [Poster]
2013 Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2013. Bodenerosionsmodellierung in einem kleinen Gebirgseinzugsgebiet im Reservoir des Drei-Schluchten-Staudamms. Workshop der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft "Möglichkeiten modellgestützter Bodenerosionsermittlung - Anwendung des Modells Erosion 3D", 13.-15. März 2013, Berlin-Spandau, Deutschland. [Talk]
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Althaus, P., Renneng Bi, Bieger, K., Buzzo, G., Dumperth, C., Fohrer, N., Rohn, J., Strehmel, A., Udelhoven, T., Xiang, W. Zimmermann, K., Scholten, T., 2013. Studying and understanding the environmental impacts of the Three Gorges Dam in China. EGU General Assembly 2013, Geophysical Research Abstracts 15, EGU General Assembly 2013, 07-12 April 2013, Vienna, Austria. [Talk]
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Xiang, W., Scholten, T., 2013. Ökologische Implikationen des Drei-Schluchten-Staudamms in China. Deutscher Geographentag 2013, Passau, Deutschland. [Talk]
Stumpf, F., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2013. Erosion modeling in Central China: soil data acquisition by conditioned Latin Hypercube sampling and incorporation of legacy data. EGU General Assembly 2013, Geophysical Research Abstracts 15, EGU General Assembly 2013, 07-12 April 2013, Vienna, Austria. [Talk]
Stumpf, F., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2013. Erosion modeling in Central China: soil data acquisition by conditioned Latin Hypercube sampling and incorporation of legacy data. Digital Soil Mapping Workshop, 11-12 April 2013, Tübingen, Germany. [Talk]
Stumpf, F., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2013. Erosionsmodellierung in Zentralchina: Conditioned Latin Hypercube Sampling als Grundlage für eine Bodenlandschaftsmodellierung. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2013, Kommission V / Thema 7 (Digital Soil Mapping), 07.-12. September 2013, Rostock, Deutschland. [Talk]
2012 Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Stumpf, F., Althaus, P., Bi, R., Bieger, K., Dumperth, C., Fohrer, N., Rohn, J., Strehmel, A., Subklew, G., Udelhoven, T., Xiang Wei, Zimmermann, K., Scholten, T., 2012. YANGTZE GEO: The Three Gorges Dam - Environmental research at the Yangtze River. IALE-D Jahrestagung 2012, 24-26 October 2012, Eberswalde, Germany. [Talk]