Main Responsibilities

• Catchment Hydrology
• Runoff generation modelling
• Water balance modelling
• Data acquisition and verification for the research headwater catchment Höhenhansl

Career

Christophe Ruch has studied Physical Geography at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg (France). He came in 1998 to Graz, to write his PhD "Study of the groundwater flow dynamics in a crystalline headwater catchment and the factors that govern its variability at the sub-catchment scale" at the Karl-Franzens-University, in collaboration with the Institut of Hydrogeologie and Geothermics - JOANNEUM RESEARCH.

Its research works were supported by two grants: (1) "Österreichischen Akademischen Austausdienstes" and the European "Marie Curie" fellowship.


Teaching activity

Since the winter semester 2003/04: practical exercises in hydrology at the institut of Geography Karl-Franzens-University Graz.

• "HYDRUS 2D" zur Simulation des Wasser- und Stoffflusses in Böden variabler Sättigung.
• A real time flood impact mitigation system for urban areas
• Application of Water Balance Analyses at Different Time and Space Scales at the Catchment Pöllauer Safen (Eastern Styria/Austria)
• Calibration of weather radar data in different space and time scales
• CatchRisk – Mitigation of hydro-geological risk in Alpine catchments
• Comparison during four hydrological years of the water balance components measured at station scale under forest and grassland in a small alpine crystalline catchment area
• Hochwasserprognosemodell Mur. Ein Projekt europäischer Dimension
• Hydrologisches Versuchsgebiet Pöllau (Oststeiermark/Österreich) – 25 Jahre Beobachtung
• Impact of land use changes on the water cycle - hydrological modelling in a subtropical catchment area (Bahia, Brazil)
• Importance of input data quality for transfer of model parameters
• Including flood mapping in forecasting systems
• Internationales Hochwasserprognosemodell Mur
• Internationales Hochwasserprognosemodell Mur
• Low flow forecasting model for the River Mur and comparison of the low flow periods 1992 and 1993 with 2003 and 2004
• Mitigation of hydro-geological risk in Alpine catchments – CatchRisk – Guidelines – Leitlinien – Linee Guida
• Modeling the groundwater flow over four years in a small crystalline headwater catchment
• New Technologies for More Efficient Flood Management Systems
• Praktische Durchführung von Abflussmessungen
• Presentation of two Styrian (Austrian) medium size experimental river basins for testing flood forecasting systems
• Spatial and temporal variability of unsaturated and saturated flow in a small Alpine crystalline catchment area
• The Pöllau experimental basin (Eastern Styria/Austria) over 25 years of continuous hydrological observations and multidisciplinary research
• TOPMODEL's Subsurface Flow Sensitivity to Spatially Distributed Groundwater Recharge Rate and Soil Depth
• Toward an enhanced forecasting – warning system
• Trans-boundary Flood Forecasting Flood Forecasting Project in Austria, Slovenia, Hungary and Croatia
• Trans-boundary Flood Forecasting Forecasting Project in Austria, Slovenia, Hungary and Croatia
• Trans-boundary forecasting system on the Mur River
• Variability and trends of groundwater recharge in the last 200 years in a South Alpine groundwater system: Impact on the water supply
• Variations of groundwater recharge due to climate change in Southern Austria, case studies in mountainous areas and Alpine valleys
• Variations of groundwater recharge due to climate change in Southern Austria, case studies in mountainous areas and Alpine valleys
• Water resources, vulnerability assessment and quality of water in Cachoeira Catchment