Senior Research Scientist
Academic and professional history:
- 2006-present – Research Hydrologist, Lincoln Environmental Research, Lincoln Ventures Ltd, Hamilton..
- 1999-2005 – Research Associate, Dresden University of Technology (TUD), Germany
- 2005 PhD in Hydrology, TUD, Germany
- 1999 MSc in Hydrology, TUD, Germany
- 1997/8 Internship at International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI), Pakistan
- 1995 Visiting Student at University College Galway (UCG), Ireland
Member of:
- International steering committee of the International Conference on Water Resources and Environmental Research (ICWRER) (since 2008)
- Soil Science Society of America (2007-8)
- NZ Hydrological Society (2007-8)
- AGU (2008)
- European Geosciences Union (2006)
Referee for:
- Water Resources Research
- ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
- Vadose Zone Journal
- Agricultural Water Management
Awards:
- ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Best Paper Award 2006
- ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Best Reviewer Award 2006
Research subjects:
- Irrigation
- Hydrological Modelling
- Water resource management
- Sustainable land and water use
- Groundwater quality
- Soil hydrology
Current projects:
- Spydia development project, Taupo
- Pukemanga project
- Toenepi project
Recent publications:
Journal Articles - Refereed
Vrugt, J.A., Stauffer, P.H., Wöhling, Th., Robinson, B.A. and Vesselinov, V.V. (2008). Inverse modeling of subsurface flow and
transport properties: A review with new developments. Vadose Zone Journal, 7(2), 843-864.
Wöhling, Th., Barkle, G.F., Vrugt, J.A. (2008). Comparison of three multiobjective global optimization algorithms for inverse parameter estimation in unsaturated vadose zone modeling in the Lake Taupo catchment (New Zealand). Soil Science Society of America Journal, 72(2), 305-319.
Wöhling, Th., Schmitz, G.H. (2007). A Physically Based Coupled Model for Simulating 1D Surface - 2D Subsurface Flow and Plant Water Uptake in Irrigation Furrows. I: Model Development. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 133(6), 538-547..
Wöhling, Th., Mailhol, J.C. (2007). A Physically Based Coupled Model for Simulating 1D Surface - 2D Subsurface Flow and Plant Water Uptake in Irrigation Furrows. II: Model Test and Evaluation. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 133(6), 548-558.
Schmitz, G.H., Wöhling, Th., de Paly, M., and Schütze, N. (2007). GAIN-P: A New Strategy to increase furrow irrigation efficiency. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 32 (1C), 103-114.
Stenger, R., Wöhling, Th., Barkle, G. and Wall, A. (2007) Empirical and semi-empirical dielectric permittivity water content relationships for vadose zone materials of volcanic origin. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 45, 299-309.
Wöhling, Th., Fröhner, A., Schmitz, G.H. and Liedl, R. (2006). Efficient solution of interacting 1D surface - 2D subsurface flow during furrow irrigation advance. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 132(4), 380-388.
Wöhling, Th., Lennartz, F. , Zappa, M. (2006). Real-Time Updating Procedure for Flood Forecasting with conceptual HBV-Type Models. Technical Note, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 3, pp 925-940, 7-6-2006, http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/hess/hessd/3/925/hessd-3-925.pdf
Wöhling, Th., Schmitz, G.H., & Mailhol, J.C. (2004). Modeling 2D infiltration from irrigation furrows., Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, 130(4), 349-356.
Wöhling, Th., Singh, R., & Schmitz, G.H. (2004). Physically based modeling of interacting surface-subsurface flow during furrow irrigation advance. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, 130(5), 296-303.
Books
Schmitz, G.H., Schütze, N. and Wöhling, Th. (2007). Irrigation control: towards a new solution of an old problem. Volume 5 of IHP/HWRP-Berichte, International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO and The Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP) of WMO, Koblenz, Germany, 244 pp.
Wöhling, Th. (2005). Physically based modeling of furrow irrigation systems during a growing season. Volume 2 of Dresdner Schriften zur Hydrologie, ISBN: 3-86005-481-3, PhD thesis at the Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden Germany.
Conferences
Wöhling, Th., Vrugt, J.A. (2008). Uncertainty of Vadose Zone Modelling using Model Ensembles and Bayesian Model Averaging. Proceedings of Water Down Under 2008 incorporating the 31st Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and the 4th International Conference on Water Resources and Environmental Research. 14-17 April
2008, Adelaide, Australia.
Vrugt, J.A., Wöhling, Th. (2007). Upscaling Soil Hydraulic Properties Using Field-Scale Inverse Modeling and Bayesian Model Averaging. Invited presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting. 10-14 December 2007, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Wöhling, Th., Vrugt, J.A. (2007). Multiobjective inverse parameter estimation for modelling vadose zone water movement. MODSIM07 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Land, Water & Environmental Management: Integrated Systems for Sustainability. 10-13 December 2007, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Wöhling, Th., Barkle, G., Stenger, R. Wall, A., Clague, J. (2007). Vadose zone - groundwater investigations at the Spydia site, Lake Taupo. Water and Land. Annual conference of the New Zealand Hydrological Society. November 20-23, 2007, Rotorua, New Zealand.
Barkle, G., Wall, A., Bidwell, V., Stenger, R., Wöhling, Th., (2007). Using SiO2 data to separate groundwater and event water contributions to straemflow in the Pukemanga catchment. Water and Land. Annual conference of the New Zealand Hydrological Society. November 20-23, 2007, Rotorua, New Zealand.
Wöhling, Th., Barkle, G., Stenger, R. Wall, A., Clague, J. (2006). Estimating vertical vadose zone water transport at the Spydia site in the Lake Taupo catchment. Resource management under stormy skies: Water allocation @ the cross roads? Conference of the New Zealand Hydrological Society, New Zealand Association of Resource Management and the Meteorological Society of New Zealand. November 20-23, 2006, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Schütze, N., Wöhling, Th., de Paly, M., Schmitz, G.H. (2006). Global optimization of deficit irrigation systems using evolutionary algorithms. CMWR XVI - Computational Methods in Water Resources, International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 19-22, 2006.
Wöhling, Th., Schütze, N., Schmitz, G.H. (2005). Development and application of a physically-based seasonal furrow irrigation model. Proceedings of the ICID 21st European Regional Conference 2005, Integrated Land and Water Resources Management Towards Sustainable Rural Development. 15 - 19 May 2005, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany and Slubice, Poland.
Schütze, N., de Paly, M., Wöhling, Th., Schmitz, G.H. (2005). Global optimization of deficit irrigation systems using evolutionary algorithms and neural networks. Proceedings of the ICID 21st European Regional Conference 2005, Integrated Land and Water Resources Management Towards Sustainable Rural Development. 15 - 19 May 2005, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany and Slubice, Poland.
Schmitz, G.H., Schütze, N., Wöhling, Th. (2004). A new strategy to increase furrow irrigation efficiency, Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Agricultural & Food Engineering (etae), Kharagpur, India, December 14-17, 2004.
Bandyopadhyay, A., Wöhling, Th., Singh, R., Schmitz, G.H. (2004). Inverse soil hydraulic parameter estimation from laboratory experiments, Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Agricultural & Food Engineering (etae), Kharagpur, India, December 14-17, 2004.
Schütze, Niels, Wöhling, Th., Paly, M. de, Schmitz, G.H. (2004). Optimization of Furrow Irrigation using Evolutionary Algorithms. In: Fischer, A. (Hrsg.) ; Fliege, J. (Hrsg.): Workshop on Applied Optimization, 2004.
Schmitz, G. H., Wöhling, Th., and Schütze, N. (2004). Optimierung des Bewässerungswirkungsgrades zur Sicherung des wachsenden Nahrungsmittelbedarfes. (in German) Conference on water problems of the 21th Century, May 14,.2004, Dresden.
Conference Posters
Lennartz, B., Manon J. and Wöhling, Th. (2006). Vertical water losses in irrigated rice landscapes model development. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2006, Vienna, Austria, 02-07 April, 2006
Lennartz, B., Manon J. and Wöhling, Th. (2006). Vertical water losses in irrigated rice landscapes model development. Interurban II: Water and organic matter in anthropogenic soils: dynamics and processes, Berlin, Germany, 29-31 March, 2006
Wöhling, Th., Schütze, N., Schmitz, G.H. (2005). Seasonal furrow irrigation modelling with HYDRUS2. Workshop on HYDRUS Applications (Torkzaban, S. and S. M. Hassanizadeh (eds.), Proc. of Workshop on HYDRUS Applications, October 19, 2005, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, ISBN 90-39341125, 2005.
Schütze, N., Wöhling, Th., de Paly, M., & Schmitz, G.H. (2004). Meeting challenges of the Blue Revolution: increasing irrigation efficiency with soft-computing optimisation methods. In: Workshop on Integrated Water research and Water Management (pp. 93-95).
Others
Wöhling, Th., Schütze, N., Schmitz, G.H. (2004). Neue Strategien zur Steuerung der Wasseraufleitung bei der Bewässerung (in German), Hydrobrief Nr. 25; Fachgemeinschaft in der ATV-DVWK, July 2004
Schmitz, G. H., Wöhling, Th., & Schütze, N. (2002). Neuronale Netze zur Steuerung des Wassertransportes in der Bewässerungslandwirtschaft. (in German) Dresdner Transferbrief, 10(2).
Tel: +64 7 858 4850
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Email:
woehling@lvlham.lincoln.
ac.nz