Dr. Fred Meier
Career progression
- since April 2011 PostDoc in the Department of Ecology - Chair of Climatology
- March 2011: PhD (Dr. rer. nat.)
Doctoral Thesis: "Thermal remote sensing of urban microclimates by means of time-sequential thermography."
Dissertation (pdf)
- Since October 2007: Research assistant in the Department of Ecology - Chair of Climatology
- September 2007: Dipl. Ing. Landscape Planning
Diploma Thesis: "Spatial and temporal high-resolution thermography of urban surfaces in Berlin"
- August 2006 - September 2007 Student Assistant at the Chair of climatology
- Juli 2005 - Juli 2006 Exchange student in Santiago de Chile at
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- Juli 2003 - Juni 2005 Student Assistant at the Chair of climatology
- Oktober 2000 - September 2007 Study of Landscape Planning at the TU-Berlin
- 1979 Born in Pritzwalk (Brandenburg)
Courses:
- WiSe 2008/2009 Supervision of the project for ecological orientation
"Urban Greening for Urban Climate.
Roof and facade greening in urban climate."
- SoSe 2008 Supervision of the project for ecological orientation
"Good climate or boiling hot desert sand?
Possible impact of predicted climate change on hydrologic balance in Westhavelland."
- WiSe 2007/2008 Supervision of the project for ecological orientation
"Hydrological-limnological impact of climate change in the Greater Berlin area"
Area of research:
Publication:
- Fenner, D., Meier, F., Bechtel, B., Otto, M. & D. Scherer (2017): Intra and inter local climate zone variability of air temperature as observed by
crowdsourced citizen weather stations in Berlin, Germany.
Meteorol. Z.. Accepted.
- Meier, F., Fenner, D., Grassmann,T., Otto, M. & D. Scherer (2017): Crowdsourcing air temperature from citizen weather stations for urban climate research.
Urban Climate 19: 170-191. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2017.01.006
Urban Climate
- Buchin, O., Jänicke, B., Meier, F., Scherer, D. and F. Ziegler (2016): The role of building models in the evaluation of heat-related risks. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 963-976. doi:10.5194/nhess-16-963-2016.Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.
- Jänicke, B., Meier, F., Lindberg, F., Schubert, S. and D. Scherer (2016): Towards city-wide, building-resolving analysis of mean radiant temperature. Urban Climate, 15: 83-98, doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2015.11.003. UC
- Jänicke, B., F. Meier, D. Fenner, U. Fehrenbach, A. Holtmann, D. Scherer (2016): Urban-rural differences in near-surface air temperature as resolved
by the Central Europe Refined analysis (CER): sensitivity to planetary boundary layer schemes and urban canopy models. International
Journal of Climatology 37:(4), 2063-2079. doi: 10.1002/joc.4835.
Int.Jor.Climate
- Burkart, K., Meier, F., Schneider, A., Breitner, S., Canário, P., Alcoforado, M. J., Scherer, D. and W. Endlicher (2015): Modification of Heat-Related Mortality in an Elderly Urban Population by Vegetation (Urban Green) and Proximity to Water (Urban Blue): Evidence from Lisbon, Portugal. Environmental Health Perspectives. doi:10.1289/ehp.1409529. EHP
- Buchin, O., Hoelscher, M.-T., Meier, F., Nehls, T. and F. Ziegler (2015): Evaluation of the health-risk reduction potential of countermeasures to urban heat islands. Energy and Buildings. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.06.038. EaB
- Jänicke, B., Meier, F., Hoelscher, M.-T. & D. Scherer (2015): Evaluating the Effects of Facade Greening on Human Bioclimate in a Complex Urban
Environment In: Advances in Meteorology Vol. 2015 (2015).
AiM
- Walikewitz, N., Jänicke, B., Langner, M., Meier, F., W. Endlicher (2015): The difference between the mean radiant temperature and the air temperature within indoor environments: A case study during summer conditions. Building and Environment, 84, 151-161. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.11.004. BaE
- Fenner, D., Meier, F., Scherer, D., A. Polze (2014): Spatial and temporal air temperature variability in Berlin, Germany, during the years 2001-2010. Urban Climate. doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2014.02.004. UC
- Kim, K. R., Yi, C., Lee, J.-S., Meier, F., Jänicke, B., Fehrenbach, U., D. Scherer (2014): BioCAS: Biometeorological Climate impact Assessment System for building-scale impact assessment of heat-stress related mortality. Die Erde, 145(1), 62–79. doi: 10.12854/erde-145-6. DIE ERDE
- Scherer, D., Fehrenbach, U., Lakes, T., Lauf, S., Meier, F., C. Schuster (2013): Quantification of heat-stress related mortality hazard, vulnerability and risk in Berlin, Germany. Die Erde, 144(3-4), 238-259. doi: 10.12854/erde-144-17. DIE ERDE
- Meier, F., D. Scherer (2012): Spatial and temporal variability of urban tree canopy temperature during summer 2010 in Berlin, Germany.
Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 110, 373-384. doi:10.1007/s00704-012-0631-0.
TAAC
- Christen, A., F. Meier, D. Scherer (2012): High-frequency fluctuations of surface temperatures in an urban environment.
Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 108, 301–324. doi:10.1007/s00704-011-0521-x.
TAAC
- Meier, F., D. Scherer, J. Richters, A. Christen (2011): Atmospheric correction of thermal-infrared imagery of the 3-D urban environment acquired in oblique viewing geometry.
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 4, 909-922. doi:10.5194/amt-4-909-2011.
AMT
- Meier, F., D. Scherer, J. Richters (2010): Determination of persistence effects in spatio-temporal patterns of upward long-wave radiation flux density from an urban courtyard by means of Time-Sequential Thermography. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114, 21-34. Download
Conference contributions :
- Meier, F., S. Krayenhoff, A. Inagaki, D. Scherer, A. Christen, M. Kanda (2012):
Physical and numerical modelling of sub-facet surface temperature variability.
7th International Conference on Urban Climate, 6th-10th August 2012, Dublin, Ireland.
Oral presentation (pdf)
Oral presentation (pptx)
- Meier, F., V. Horna, M. Otto, D. Scherer (2012):
Canopy temperature and water consumption of urban trees.
7th International Conference on Urban Climate, 6th-10th August 2012, Dublin, Ireland.
Poster
- Adderly, C., A. Christen, J.A. Voogt, F. Meier (2012):
The effect of preferential view direction on measured urban surface temperature.
7th International Conference on Urban Climate, 6th-10th August 2012, Dublin, Ireland.
- Scherer, D., D. Fenner, F. Meier (2012):
Urban heat island anomalies in Berlin during the last decade.
7th International Conference on Urban Climate, 6th-10th August 2012, Dublin, Ireland.
- Christen, A., A. Garai, A. Inagaki, J. Kleissl, F. Meier, D. Scherer, R. Vogt, J.A. Voogt (2011):
Mapping coherent structures responsible for heat exchange between land-surfaces and atmosphere using time-sequential thermography.
Coherent Flow Structures in Geophysical Flows at Earth’s surface, Burnaby, BC, Canada. August 3-5, Simon Fraser University.
- Meier, F., D. Scherer, B. Jänicke (2010): Zeitliche und räumliche Variabilität der Blatttemperatur von Bäumen in der Stadt.
29. Jahrestagung des AK Klima, Würzburg, 29. - 31. Oktober.
- Meier, F., D. Scherer (2010): Trees in the concrete jungle: Spatial and temporal patterns of tree crown temperature in an urban environment.
5th International Urban Ecology Congress, 22. - 24. October, Berlin.
- Meier, F., D. Scherer, J. Richters (2010): Spatial and temporal variability of surface temperature of tree crowns in an urban environment..
In: Matzarakis, A., Mayer, H., Chmielewski, F.-M. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Biometeorology. Ber. Meteorol. Inst. Univ. Freiburg No. 20, S. 428-432.
- Rogée, J., F. Meier, D. Scherer (2009): Zum Prozess der nächtlichen Abkühlung eines überwärmten Stadtquartiers - Ergebnisse eines Messexperiments in Berlin.
28. Jahrestagung des AK Klima, Hamburg, 30. Oktober - 01. November 2009, Tagungsband S.24.
- Meier, F., J. Richters, D. Scherer, A. Inagaki, M. Kanda, A. Hagishima (2009): Outdoor scale model experiment to evaluate the spatio-temporal variability of urban surface temperature.
28. Jahrestagung des AK Klima, Hamburg, 30. Oktober - 01. November 2009, Tagungsband S.46.
Poster
- Meier, F., D. Scherer, J. Richters (2009): Determination of persistence effects in spatio-temporal patterns of upward long-wave radiation flux density from an urban courtyard by means of Time-Sequential Thermography..
7th International Conference on Urban Climate, 29 June - 3 July 2009, Yokohama, Japan.
- Richters, J., F. Meier, D. Scherer (2009): Analysis of long-wave radiation from urban facets derived from time-sequential thermography (TST) and 3D city model..
7th International Conference on Urban Climate, 29 June - 3 July 2009, Yokohama, Japan.
- Finkelnburg, R., M. Möller, F. Meier, M. Braun, D. Scherer, C. Schneider (2008): Felduntersuchungen am Vestfonna (Nordaustlandet, Svalbard) während der Ablationsperiode 2008 - Erste Ergebnisse und regionaler klimatischer Kontext.
27. Jahrestagung des AK Klima, Aachen, 31. Oktober - 02. November 2008, Tagungsband S.29.
- Meier, F., J. Richters, D. Scherer (2008): Analysis of long-wave radiation from urban facets derived from time-sequential thermography (TST) and 3D city model.
5th Japanese-German Meeting on Urban Climatology, University of Freiburg, Germany, 06. - 11. October 2008.
Abstract
- Meier, F., D. Scherer, J. Richters, J. Rogée (2007): Räumlich und zeitlich hochauflösende Thermographie städtischer Oberflächen in Berlin.
26. Jahrestagung des AK Klima, Freiburg i.Br., 02. - 04. November 2007, Tagungsband S.9.
Abstract
- Meier, F., D. Scherer, J. Richters, J. Rogée (2007): Räumlich und zeitlich hochauflösende Thermographie städtischer Oberflächen in Berlin.
DACH Meteorologentagung, Hamburg, 10. - 14. September 2007.
Abstract