Schäppi, Bettina

ETH Zürich Bettina Schäppi Institut f.Umweltingenieurwissenschaften HIF CO 46.4 Schafmattstr. 6 8093 Zürich Telefon: +41 44 633 42 07 E-Mail:

Personal Research Interest

Orographic precipitation, Analysis and modelling of the space-time structure of storm rainfall fields, Natural hazards: Project APUNCH (Advanced Process UNderstanding and prediction of hydrological extremes and Complex Hazards)

River restoration: Project RECORD (Assessment and modeling of coupled ecological and hydrological dynamics in the restored corridor of a river)

Academic Background

• MSc in Environmental Sciences; ETH Zurich (2007)
• Thesis: Integrating river bed topography and DEM data for a reach of the river Thur and related flow modeling

Publications and presentations

Publications

• Savina, M., Schaeppi, B., Molnar, P., Burlando, P. and B. Sevruk, (2011). Comparison of recording precipitation gauges: tipping-bucket ANETZ and electronic weighing system MPS. Atmospheric Research,doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.06.010
• Schaeppi B.; Perona P.; Schneider P.; et al.; Integrating river cross section measurements with digital terrain models for improved flow modelling applications; COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES; Volume: 36; Issue: 6; Pages: 707-716; DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.12.004; Published: JUN 2010

Presentations

• Precipitation gradients along hillslopes estimated from rain gauge transects (EGU 2011); B. Schäppi, P. Molnar, P. Burlando
• Hydrogeomorphological variability and ecological impacts in straight and restored river reaches (EGU 2009); B. Schäppi, P. Molnar, P. Perona, K. Tockner, P. Burlando
• Integrating river bathymetry data with Digital Terrain Models for improved river flow simulations (EGU 2008); B. Schäppi, P. Perona, P. Schneider, P. Burlando