Research funding
Contact
Postal address: | Institute of Environmental Physics, INF 229 |
Visit: | Im Neuenheimer Feld 229 |
Room: | 502 |
Voice: | (+49) 6221 54-6517 |
FAX: | (+49) 6221 54-6405 |
E-mail: | emartini@iup.uni-heidelberg.de |
Guest scientist
Dept. Monitoring and Exploration Technologies
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ
Permoserstraße 15 | 04318 Leipzig | Germany
edoardo.martini@ufz.de
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Ongoing projects
Since Jun 2018 | "Process-based hydrological modeling by integrating pedology, geophysics and soil hydrology" - Research grant funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), project MA 7936/1-1. |
Since Oct 2016 | Part of the DFG-funded scientific network "Subsurface Stormflow – A well-recognized but still challenging process in catchment hydrology research" |
Education
Nov 2016 | PhD (Hydrology) University of Freiburg, Germany Thesis title “Integrated observation of spatial and temporal patterns of soil moisture at the hillslope scale” Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Markus Weiler (Chair of Hydrology, University of Freiburg, Germany) and Prof. Dr. Kurt Roth (Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany) |
Dec 2010 | MSc (Applied and Environmental Geology) University of Turin, Italy Thesis title “Development of geophysical-pedological combined survey techniques for precision viticulture” Supervisors: Dr. Cesare Comina (University of Turin, Italy) and Dr. Edoardo A.C. Costantini (CRAE Florence, Italy) |
Apr 2008 | BSc (Geological Sciences) University of Siena, Italy Thesis title “The soils of the Val d’Orcia badlands” Supervisor: Dr. Edoardo A.C. Costantini (CRAE Florence, Italy) |
Awards
2020 | Winner of the logo contest for the SMART-WaterDomain project, UNU-FLORES, Dresden, Germany. |
2014 | Presentation award, HIGRADE Spring Conference held on 18 March 2014, Leipzig, Germany. |
2011 | "Premio Ballatore" for best master thesis on Soil Science in the years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, conferred by the Italian Soil Science Society (SISS). |
Grants and fellowships
2015 | “PACE Travel Grant”, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), First Conference on Proximal Sensing Supporting Precision Agriculture, Near Surface Geoscience 2015, 6-10 September 2015, Turin, Italy |
2011 | “Leonardo da Vinci” program, European Commission (Portugal, May - July 2011) |
Research funding
Funding received
2018 - 2021 | Research grant, individual proposal Process-based hydrological modeling by integrating pedology, geophysics and soil hydrology, German Research Fundation (DFG), project MA 7936/1-1 |
Ongoing applications
evaluation phase (2nd round) | Sub-project (PI), part of the Research Unit proposal Fast and invisible: conquering subsurface stormflow through an interdisciplinary multi-site approach, German Research Fundation (DFG), project FOR 5288/0 |
Scientific commitment
Professional affiliations
European Geosciences Union (EGU); American Geophysical Union (AGU); German Hydrological Society (DHG); Italian Hydrological Society (SII); German Soil Science Society (DBG); Italian Soil Science Society (SISS)
Journal reviewer
Journal of Hydrology; Vadose Zone Journal; Geoderma; Catena; Journal of Soils and Sediments; Water; Precision Agriculture
Responsibilities
2021-2022 Board member of the Young Hydrologic Society
Creative work
Since 2020, member of the creative team of ConciliARTe
List of publications
Peer-reviewed journal publications
- Martini E., Bauckholt M., Kögler S., Kreck M., Roth K., Werban U., Wollschläger U., and Zacharias S. (2021) STH-net: a soil monitoring network for process-based hydrological modelling from the pedon to the hillslope scale. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 2529–2539, doi: 10.5194/essd-13-2529-2021.
- Chifflard P., Blume T., Maerker K., Hopp L., van Meerveld I., Graef T., Gronz O., Hartmann A., Kohl B., Martini E., Reinhardt-Imjela C., Reiss M., Rinderer M., and Achleitner S. (2019) How can we model subsurface stormflow at the catchment scale if we cannot measure it? Hydrological Processes, 33(9), 1378-1385, doi: 10.1002/hyp.13407.
- Schrön M., Köhli M., Scheiffele L., Iwema J., Bogena, H. R., Lv L., Martini E., Baroni G., Rosolem R., Weimar J., Mai J., Cuntz M., Rebmann C., Oswald S. E., Dietrich P., Schmidt U., and Zacharias S. (2017) Improving calibration and validation of cosmic-ray neutron sensors in the light of spatial sensitivity. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 5009-5030, doi. 10.5194/hess-21-5009-2017.
- Martini E., Wollschläger U., Musolff A., Werban U., and Zacharias S. (2017) Principal component analysis of the spatiotemporal pattern of soil moisture and apparent electrical conductivity. Vadose Zone Journal, 16(10). doi:10.2136/vzj2016.12.0129.
- Martini E., U. Werban, S. Zacharias, M. Pohle, P. Dietrich, and U. Wollschläger (2017) Repeated electromagnetic induction measurements for mapping soil moisture at the field scale: validation with data from a wireless soil moisture monitoring network. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 495-513, doi:10.5194/hess-21-495-2017.
- Martini E., Wollschläger U., Kögler S., Behrens T., Dietrich P., Reinstorf F., Schmidt K., Weiler M., Werban U., Zacharias S. (2015) Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Hillslope-Scale Soil Moisture Patterns: Characteristic States and Transition Mechanisms. Vadose Zone Journal, 14(4), 1-16, doi:10.2136/vzj2014.10.0150.
- Priori S., Martini E., Andrenelli M.C., Magini S., Agnelli A.E., Bucelli P., Biagi M., Pellegrini S., Costantini E.A.C. (2013) Improving wine quality through harvest zoning and combined use of remote and proximal soil sensing. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 77: 4: 1338-1348, doi:10.2136/sssaj2012.0376.
- Martini E., Comina C., Priori S., Costantini E.A.C. (2013) A combined geophysical-pedological approach for precision viticulture in the Chianti Hills. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata 54:2:165-181, doi:10.4430/bgta0079.
Data sets
- Martini E., Kögler S., Kreck M., Werban U., Wollschläger U., and Zacharias S - STH-net,
EUDAT-B2SHARE, doi: doi.org/10.23728/b2share.82818db7be054f5eb921d386a0bcaa74
Book chapters
- Martini E., Priori S. (2013) Electrical tomography of the soils in the experimental sites. In: Costantini E.A.C., Beyond zoning - A three years study at Castello di Brolio. Florence, Edizioni Polistampa, ISBN: 978-88-596-1224-7.
- Priori S., Martini E. (2013) Proximal mapping with the electromagnetic induction sensor (EM38-MK2). In: Costantini E.A.C., Beyond zoning - A three years study at Castello di Brolio. Florence, Edizioni Polistampa, ISBN: 978-88-596-1224-7.
- Priori S., Martini E. (2013) Clustering for vineyard zoning. In: Costantini E.A.C., Beyond zoning - A three years study at Castello di Brolio. Florence, Edizioni Polistampa, ISBN: 978-88-596-1224-7.
Conferences
Virtual attendance
- Martini E., Wollschläger U., Bittelli M., Tomei F., Werban U., Zacharias S., and Roth K. - Hillslope-scale mapping and numerical representation of the subsurface heterogeneity towards an improved process-based hydrological modelling. EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-2848, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-2848
- Martini E., Wollschläger U., Bittelli M., Tomei F., Werban U., Zacharias S., and Roth K. - Process-based hydrological modeling: accounting for subsurface heterogeneity by integrating pedology, geophysics and soil hydrology. EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4-8 May 2020, EGU2020-9894, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9894
Talks
- Martini E., Wollschläger U., Bittelli F., Tomei F., Werban U., Zacharias S., and Roth K. - Process-based hydrological modeling by integrating pedology, geophysics and soil hydrology. Geophysical Research Abstracts - Vol. 21, EGU2019-3960, 2019 - EGU General Assembly, 7-12 April 2019 - Vienna, Austria.
- Martini E., Wollschläger U., Kögler S., Behrens T., Dietrich P., Reinstorf F., Schmidt K., Weiler M., Werban U., and Zacharias S. - Repeated electromagnetic induction measurements for mapping soil moisture at the field scale: comparison with data from a wireless soil moisture monitoring network - Geophysical Research Abstracts - Vol. 18, EGU2016-852, 2016 - EGU General Assembly, 17-22 April 2016 - Vienna, Austria.
- Martini E., Wollschläger U., Kögler S., Behrens T., Dietrich P., Reinstorf F., Schmidt K., Weiler M., Werban U., and Zacharias S. - Temporal changes of spatial soil moisture patterns: controlling factors explained with a multidisciplinary approach - Geophysical Research Abstracts - Vol. 18, EGU2016-845, 2016 - EGU General Assembly, 17-22 April 2016 - Vienna, Austria.
- Martini E., Werban U., Zacharias S., Pohle M., Dietrich P. and Wollschläger U. - On the use of repeated EMI measurements for mapping soil moisture and implications for soil mapping - First Conference on Proximal Sensing Supporting Precision Agriculture, Near Surface Geoscience 2015, 6-10 September 2015, Turin, Italy.
- Martini E., Kögler S., Grau T., Wollschläger U., Behrens T., Schmidt K., Werban U., Dietrich P., and Zacharias S. - Spatial and temporal variability of hillslope-scale soil moisture patterns - Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 7-12 September 2013 - Rostock, Germany.
- Martini E., Comina C., Priori S., and Costantini E.A.C. - Development of geophysical-pedological combined survey techniques for precision viticulture - Proceedings to 30th National Congress GNGTS, 14-17 November 2011 - Trieste, Italy.
Posters
- Martini E., Wollschläger U., Zacharias S., Werban U., Kögler S., DietrichP. Bittelli M., Tomei F., and Roth K. - An integrated approach for assessing soil moisture dynamics at the hillslope scale - Geophysical Research Abstracts - Vol. 19, EGU2017-15470, 2017 - EGU General Assembly, 23-28 April 2017 - Vienna, Austria.
- Martini E., Wollschläger U., Kögler S., Behrens T., Dietrich P., Reinstorf F., Schmidt K., Weiler M., Werban U., and Zacharias S. - Repeated electromagnetic induction measurements for mapping soil moisture at the field scale: comparison with data from a wireless soil moisture monitoring network - AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2015 - San Francisco, California, USA.
- Martini E., Wollschläger U., Kögler S., Behrens T., Dietrich P., Reinstorf F., Schmidt K., Weiler M., Werban U., and Zacharias S. - Innovative sensing techniques and data analysis for characterizing the spatial and temporal dynamics of soil moisture patterns at the hillslope scale - Geophysical Research Abstracts - Vol. 17, EGU2015-11804, 2015 - EGU General Assembly, 12-17 April 2015 - Vienna, Austria.
- Martini E., Kögler S., Wollschläger U., Werban U., Behrens T., Schmidt K., Dietrich P., and Zacharias S. - Improved understanding of hillslope-scale hydrological processes using high-resolution soil moisture measurements - Geophysical Research Abstracts - Vol. 16, EGU2014-4062, 2014 - EGU General Assembly, 27 April – 2 May 2014 - Vienna, Austria.
- Martini E., Wollschläger U., Kögler S., Werban U., Dietrich P., and Zacharias S. - Investigation of hillslope scale soil moisture spatial and temporal variability - AGU Fall Meeting, 9-13 December 2013 - San Francisco, California, USA.
- Martini E., Kögler S., Grau T., Wollschläger U., Werban U., Behrens T., Schmidt K., Dietrich P., and Zacharias S. - Combining geophysical methods for monitoring of soil water dynamics at the hillslope-scale - 73. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, 4-7 March 2013 - Leipzig, Germany.
- Martini E., Kögler S., Grau T., Wollschläger U., Werban U., Behrens T., Schmidt K., Dietrich P., and Zacharias S. - Implementation of a wireless sensor network for monitoring the long term soil water dynamics at the hillslope-scale - Geophysical Research Abstracts - Vol. 15, EGU2013-8705, 2013 - EGU General Assembly, 7-12 April 2013 - Vienna, Austria.
- Martini E., Kögler S., Dierke C., Wollschlaeger U., Werban U., Behrens T., Schmidt K., Dietrich P., and Zacharias S. - Combining geophysical methods for the observation of hydrological processes at the hillslope scale - AGU Fall Meeting, 3-7 December 2012 - San Francisco, California, USA.
- Martini E., Dierke C., Pohle M., Wollschläger U., Werban U., Dietrich P., and Zacharias S. - Combining geophysical methods for the observation of hydrological processes at the hillslope scale - 2nd International Conference on Hydropedology, 22-27 July 2012 - Leipzig, Germany.
- Martini E., Wollschläger U., Werban U., Dietrich P., and Zacharias S. - Combining distributed soil moisture monitoring and geophysical measurements for studying hillslope hydrological processes - 4th International Congress EUROSOIL, 2-6 July 2012 - Bari, Italy.
- Martini E., Dierke C., Wollschläger U., Werban U., Dietrich P., and Zacharias S. - Combining geophysical measurements: a preliminary study along a hillslope for the installation of a soil moisture sensor network - 72. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, 5-8 March 2012 - Hamburg, Germany.
Coauthored contributions
- Reiss M., Blume T., Maerker K., Hopp L., van Meerveld I., Gräff T., Gronz O., Hartmann, A., Kohl B., Martini E., Reinhardt-Imjela C., Rinderer M., Chifflard P. - The young scientists network" Subsurface Stormflow" - Initial findings on investigation, modelling and validation. Geophysical Research Abstracts - Vol. 20, EGU2018-4571, 2018 - EGU General Assembly, 8-13 April 2018 - Vienna, Austria.
- Schrön M., Rakovec O., Zink M., Rosolem R., Zacharias S., Oswald S., Baroni G., Schröter I., Wollschläger U., Reinstorf F., Martini E., and Samaniego L. - Assimilation of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Data to Improve Soil Moisture in the Distributed Hydrological Model mHM - Geophysical Research Abstracts - Vol. 17, EGU2015-11804, 2015 - EGU General Assembly, 12-17 April 2015 - Vienna, Austria.
- Wollschläger U., Vogt C., Kögler S., and Martini E. - Hillslope-scale hydrological and snow cover dynamics derived from a wireless soil moisture and temperature monitoring network and time-lapse digital photography - Geophysical Research Abstracts - Vol. 17, EGU2015-1237, 2015 - EGU General Assembly, 12-17 April 2015 - Vienna, Austria.
- Wollschläger U., Schröter I., Martini E., Werban U., Paasche H., Kögler S., Pohle M., Dietrich P., and Zacharias S. – The added value of time series measurements for model conceptualization - International Conference on Soil Modeling, 29 March – 1 April 2015, Austin, Texas, USA.
- Kögler S., Schmidt F., Martini E., Bumberger J., Zacharias S., and Wollschläger U. - Comparison of two calibration approaches for low-cost soil moisture sensors - Proceedings 7. CMM Conference „Innovative Feuchtemessung in Forschung und Praxis“, 24 September 2013, Weimar, Germany.
- Brodic B., Feskova T., Martini E., Zacharias S., Pohle M., Kögler S., and Dietrich P. - Combining interpretation of geophysical data for characterization of the cover layer along a hillslope - Geophysical Research Abstracts - Vol. 15, EGU2013-6886, 2013 - EGU General Assembly, 7-12 April 2013 - Vienna, Austria.
- Priori S., Martini E., Biagi M., Andrenelli M.C., Magini S., Agnelli A., Natarelli L., Bucelli P., Comina C., Pellegrini S., Costantini E.A.C. - Improving wine quality through a harvest zoning based upon the combined use of proximal and remote sensing - Proceedings to 2nd Global Workshop on Proximal Soil Sensing, 15–17 May 2011 - Montreal, Canada.
- Priori S., Martini E., Costantini E.A.C. - Three proximal sensors for mapping skeletal soils in vineyards - Proceedings to 19th World Congress of Soil Science, 1-6 August, 2010 - Brisbane, Australia.
- Priori S., Costantini E.A.C., Agnelli A., Pellegrini S., Martini E. - Three proximal sensors to estimate texture, skeleton and soil water storage in vineyards - Proceedings to 8th International Terroir Congress, 14–18 June, 2010 – Soave, Italy.