Dr. Dieter Rickenmann
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Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements
Mountain Torrents
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+41 44 7392 429
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Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
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Education / Degrees
Univ. Professor, Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences BOKU, Vienna, Austria
Dr. sc. techn., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland (1991)
Diploma degree in Civil Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland (1984)
Research interests
Sediment transport in mountain streams
Sediment transport and erosion processes in steep streams (torrents). Modelling of sediment transfer and aggradation/degradation processes in torrents and mountain rivers. Morphology of mountain streams. Measuring techniques of bedload transport.
Hydraulics of mountain streams
Flow resistance in mountain streams and torrents.
Debris flows
Dynamics of flow behavior and deposition. Empirical approaches for hazard assessment.
Hazard assessment related to sediment transfer processes in mountain streams
Procedures for hazard assessment of sediment transporting flood events and debris flows. Sediment transfer processes during flood events in mountain catchments. Evaluation of protection measures against sediment disasters.
Teaching
ETH Zürich, Switzerland: Management of Hillslope and Channel Processes (Master course)
Projects and supervision of PhD theses
Project "Evaluation of a sediment routing model in steep torrent channels" (Austrian Science Foundation, 2005 - 2008)
Project "Analysis of runout prediction methods for debris flows" (Austrian Science Foundation, 2006 - 2009)
Project "Long-term bedload monitoring" (supported by hydrologic experimental catchment research of WSL)
Project "Bedload transport and roughness of Alpine mountain dtreams" (Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, 2007 - 2011)
Project "APUNCH - Hydrological extremes and sediment transport" (ETH
Competence Centre for Environment and Sustainability, 2008 - 2012)
Project "Climate change effects on sediment delivery to hydropower sites" (canton of Valais, 2009 - 2011)
Project "Sediment transport in steep streams" (Swiss National Science Foundation, 2009 - 2011)
Project "SEDRIVER – Effects of climate change on mountain streams" (Swiss National Science Foundation, NRP 61 programme, 2010 - 2013)
Project “Sediment Transport in Mountain Streams during flood events” (Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, 2011-2014)
Project “Sediment Transport Measurements with Geophone Sensors” (Swiss National Science Foundation, 2012-2015).
Selected publications
For the complete list of publications from 1992 onwards, see here
For electronic copies of papers you may send me an email with the paper title
Rickenmann, D. (2012): Alluvial steep channels: flow resistance, bedload transport and transition to debris flows. In “Gravel Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environment”, edited by M. Church, P. Biron and A. Roy, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England, pp. 386-397.
Nitsche, M., Rickenmann, D., Kirchner, J.W., Turowski, J.M., Badoux, A. (2012): Macro-roughness and variations in reach-averaged flow resistance in steep mountain streams, Water Resources Research, 48, W12518, doi: 10.1029/2012WR012091.
Rickenmann, D., Turowski, J.M., Fritschi, B., Klaiber, A., Ludwig, A. (2012): Bedload transport measurements at the Erlenbach stream with geophones and automated basket samplers, Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 37, 1000-1011, doi: 10.1002/esp.3225.
Nitsche, M., Rickenmann, D., Turowski, J.M., Badoux, A., Kirchner, J.W. (2011): Evaluation of bedload transport predictions using flow resistance equations to account for macro-roughness in steep mountain streams. Water Resources Research, 47, W08513, doi:10.1029/2011WR010645.
Turowski, J.M., Badoux, A., Rickenmann, D. (2011): Start and end of bedload transport in gravel-bed streams. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L04401, doi:10.1029/2010GL046558.
Rickenmann, D., Recking, A. (2011): Evaluation of flow resistance equations using a large field data base. Water Resources Research. 47, W07538,doi:10.1029/2010WR009793.
Rickenmann, D., Koschni, A. (2010): Sediment loads due to fluvial transport and debris flows during the 2005 flood events in Switzerland. Hydrological Processes, 24: 993–1007. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7536.
Turowski, J.M., Rickenmann, D., Dadson, S.J. (2010): The partitioning of the total sediment load of a river into suspended load and bedload: a review of empirical data. Sedimentology, 57: 1126-1146. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.0140.x
Scheidl, C., Rickenmann, D. (2009): Empirical prediction of debris-flow mobility and deposition on fans. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 35: 157–173. doi:10.1002/esp.1897
Turowski, J.M., Yager, E.M., Badoux, A., Rickenmann,
D., Molnar, P. (2009): The impact of exceptional events on erosion, bedload
transport and channel stability in a step-pool channel, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34:
1661–1673. doi: 10.1002/esp.1855
Hürlimann, M., Rickenmann, D.,
Medinac, V., Bateman, A. (2008): Evaluation of approaches to calculate
debris-flow parameters for hazard assessment. Engineering Geology, 102:
152–163.
Badoux, A., Rickenmann, D. (2008): Berechnungen zum
Geschiebetransport während der Hochwasser 1993 und 2000 im Wallis. Wasser
Energie Luft, 100 (3): 217-226.
Turowski, J.M., Badoux,
A., Rickenmann, D., Fritschi, B. (2008): Erfassung des Sedimenttransportes in
Wildbächen und Gebirgsflüssen – Anwendungsmöglichkeiten von Geophonmessanlagen.
Wasser Energie Luft, 100 (1): 69-74.
Rickenmann, D.,
McArdell, B.W. (2008): Calibration measurements with piezoelectric bedload
impact sensors in the Pitzbach mountain stream. Geodinamica Acta, 21(1-2): 35-52.
Rickenmann,
D., McArdell, B.W. (2007): Continuous measurement of sediment transport in the
Erlenbach stream using piezoelectric bedload impact sensors. Earth Surface
Processes and Landforms, 32: 1362–1378.
Rickenmann, D., Chiari, M., Friedl, K. (2006): SETRAC – A sediment routing model for steep torrent channels. In R. Ferreira, E. Alves, J. Leal & A. Cardoso (eds), River Flow 2006, Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 843-852.
Rickenmann, D., Laigle, D., McArdell, B.W., Hübl. J. (2006): Comparison of 2D debris-flow simulation models with field events. Computational Geosciences, 10: 241–264, DOI: 10.1007/s10596-005-9021-3.
Naef, D., Rickenmann, D., Rutschmann, P., McArdell, B.W. (2006): Comparison of flow resistance relations for debris flows using a one-dimensional finite element simulation model. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 6: 155-165.
Rickenmann, D. (2005): Runout prediction methods. In: M. Jakob & O. Hungr (eds), Debris-Flow Hazards and Related Phenomena, pp. 263-282. Praxis-Springer, Heidelberg.
Rickenmann, D., Weber, D., Stepanov, B. (2003): Erosion by debris flows in field and laboratory experiments. In D. Rickenmann & C.L. Chen (eds), “Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment“, Proceedings 3rd International DFHM Conference, Davos, Switzerland, September 10-12, 2003: 883-894. Rotterdam: Millpress.
Rickenmann, D. (2001): Comparison of bed load transport in torrents and gravel bed streams. Water Resources Research, 37(12): 3295-3305.
Rickenmann, D. (1999): Empirical relationships for debris flows. Natural Hazards, 19: 47-77.
Rickenmann, D. (1997): Sediment transport in Swiss torrents. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 22: 937-951.
Rickenmann, D., Zimmermann, M. (1993): The 1987
debris flows in Switzerland: documentation and analysis. Geomorphology, 8(2-3):
175-189.
Rickenmann, D. (1991): Hyperconcentrated flow and sediment transport at steep slopes. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 117(11): 1419-1439.
