Completed Theses

Fan, N.: Climate Controls on Ecosystem Carbon Turnover: Identifying Robust Features amidst Uncertainty. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Gomarasca, U.: Analysis of spatiotemporal variability of functional properties of ecosystems from global databases. Dissertation, Leipzig University, Leipzig (2025)

Katal, N.: Utilizing opportunistic citizen science plant observations for phenological monitoring. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Li, N.: Towards constraining the role of internal climate variability and the forced response in the global carbon cycle. Dissertation, Leipzig University, Leipzig (2025)

Linscheid, N.: Understanding ecosystem-climate interaction across timescales. Dissertation, Technical University of Munich, München (2025)

Paulus, S.: A novel framework for assessing the spatiotemporal dynamics of soil water vapor adsorption using a global observation network. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Ruiz-Vásquez, M.: Exploring the potential of land surface information to improve subseasonal temperature forecast skills. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)

Schmidbauer, N.: Modeling of lake water storage in a global physically-constrained deep learning water cycle model. Dissertation, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt (2025)

Xiao, C.: The influence of land use and land cover changes on ecosystem resistance in a more extreme climate. Dissertation, Leipzig University, Leipzig (2025)

Zhan, C.: The effect of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on the terrestrial carbon and water cycle. Dissertation, Technical University Munich, München (2025)

Bogdanovich, E.: Characterizing the country-scale societal response to hot extremes using multiple data streams. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Cortés, J.: Novel approaches to spatio-temporal trend detection in environmental data. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Cortes, J.: Accounting for multiple testing in the analysis of spatio-temporal environmental data: A case study of vegetation trends. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)

Pallandt, M.: Modelling the role of temperature and soil moisture on soil organic carbon decomposition. Dissertation, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth (2024)

Zhang, W.: Towards improved global surface energy flux estimates by addressing limitations in Eddy Covariance data. Dissertation, Ghent University, Ghent (2024)

Li, W.: Terrestrial vegetation-water interactions in observations and models. Dissertation, TU Dresden, Dresden (2023)

Pabon-Moreno, D. E.: Functional Biogeography: testing new approaches based on Gross Primary Production. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)

Denissen, J. M. C.: Mapping terrestrial evaporation regimes – a data-driven analysis of land-atmosphereinteractions under climate change. Dissertation, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen (2022)

Estupinan-Suarez, L. M.: Vegetation Dynamics in Northern South America on Different Time Scales. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)

Joswig, J.: Global signals in plant traits. Dissertation, University of Zurich, Zurich (2022)