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)
Research field:
Publications (peer-reviewed):
Straaten, A., Meier, F., Scherer, D., Weber, S. (2022):
Significant reduction of ultrafine particle emission fluxes to the urban atmosphere during the COVID-19 lockdown
Science of The Total Environment 848, Part 4. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156516
Link
Nicolini, G., Antoniella, G., Carotenuto, F., Christen, A., Ciais, P., Feigenwinter, C., Gioli, B., Stagakis, S., Velasco, E., Vogt, R., Ward, H. C.,
Barlow, Chrysoulakis, N., Duce, P., Graus, M., Helfter, C., Heusinkveld, B., Jörvi, L., Karl, T., Marras, S., Masson, V., Matthews, B., Meier, F., Nemitz,
E., Sabbatini, S., Scherer, D., Schume, H., Sirca, C., Steeneveld, G.-J., Vagnoli, C., Wang, Y., Zaldei, A., Zheng, B., Papale, D. (2022):
Direct observations of CO2 emission reductions due to COVID-19 lockdown across European urban districts.
Science of The Total Environment 830.
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154662
Link
Gillefalk, M., Tetzlaff, D., Marx, C., Smith, A., Meier, F., Hinkelmann, R., & Soulsby, C. (2022):
Estimates of water partitioning in complex urban landscapes with isotope-aided ecohydrological modelling.
Hydrological Processes, 36( 3), e14532.
DOI:10.1002/hyp.14532
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Jongen, H. J., Steeneveld, G. J., Beringer, J., Christen, A., Chrysoulakis, N., Fortuniak, K., Hong, J., Hong, J.W., Jacobs, C.M.J.,
Järvi, L., Meier, F., Pawlak, W., Roth, M., Theeuwes, N.E., Velasco, E., Vogt, R., Teuling, A.J. (2022):
Urban Water Storage Capacity Inferred From Observed Evapotranspiration Recession
Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL096069.
DOI:10.1029/2021GL096069
Link
Meyer, S., Gubler, M., Meier, F., Brönnimann, S. (2021):
Intercomparison and combination of low-cost urban air temperature measurement approaches
Meteorol. Z. (Contrib. Atm. Sci.), PrePub (2021).
DOI:10.1127/metz/2021/1107
Link
Schneider, C., Neuwirth, B., Schneider, S., Balanzategui, D., Elsholz, S., Fenner, D., Meier, F., Heinrich, I. (2021):
Using the dendro-climatological signal of urban trees as a measure of urbanization and urban heat island.
Urban Ecosyst (2021).
DOI:10.1007/s11252-021-01196-2
Link
Fenner, D., Bechtel, B., Demuzere, M., Kittner, J., Meier, F. (2021):
CrowdQC+-A Quality-Control for Crowdsourced Air-Temperature Observations Enabling World-Wide Urban Climate Applications.
Front. Environ. Sci. 9:720747.
DOI:10.3389/fenvs.2021.720747
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Varentsov, M., Fenner, D., Meier, F., Samsonov, T., Demuzere, M. (2021):
Quantifying Local and Mesoscale Drivers of the Urban Heat Island of Moscow with Reference and Crowdsourced Observations.
Front. Environ. Sci. 9:716968.
DOI:10.3389/fenvs.2021.716968
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Schmitz, S., Towers, S., Villena, G., Caseiro, A., Wegener, R., Klemp, D., Langer, I., Meier, F., and von Schneidemesser, E.: (2021):
Unraveling a black box: An open-source methodology for the field calibration of small air quality sensors.
Atmos. Meas. Tech. 14, 7221–7241, 2021.
DOI:10.5194/amt-14-7221-2021
Link
Gillefalk, M., Tetzlaff, D., Hinkelmann, R., Kuhlemann, L.-M., Smith, A., Meier, F., Maneta, M. P., Soulsby, C. (Accepted, 2021):
Quantifying the effects of urban green space on water partitioning and ages using an isotope-based ecohydrological model.
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 25, 3635-3652.
DOI:10.5194/hess-25-3635-2021.
Link
Jin, L., Schubert, S., Fenner, D., Meier, F., Schneider, C. (2020):
Integration of a building energy model in an urban climate model and its application.
Boundary-Layer Meteorol.
DOI:10.1007/s10546-020-00569-y.
Link
Vulova, S.V., Meier, F., Fenner, D., Nouri, H., Kleinschmit, B. (2020):
Summer Nights in Berlin, Germany: Modeling Air Temperature Spatially With Remote Sensing, Crowdsourced Weather Data, and Machine Learning.
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Observations Remote Sensing 13, 5074-5087.
DOI:10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3019696.
Link
Venter, Z.S., Brousse, O., Esau, I., Meier, F. (2020):
Hyperlocal mapping of urban air temperature using remote sensing and crowdsourced weather data.
Remote Sensing of Environment 242, 111791.
DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2020.111791.
Link
Rost, A.T., Liste, V., Seidel, C., Matscheroth, L., Otto, M., Meier, F., Fenner, D. (2020):
How Cool Are Allotment Gardens? A Case Study of Nocturnal Air Temperature Differences in Berlin, Germany.
Atmosphere 11(5), 500.
DOI:10.3390/atmos11050500.
Link
Fenner, D., Holtmann, A., Meier, F., Langer, I., Scherer, D. (2019):
Contrasting changes of urban heat island intensity during hot weather episodes.
Environ. Res. Lett. 14(12), 124013.
DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ab506b.
Link
Napoly, A., Grassmann, T., Meier, F., Fenner, D. (2018):
Development and Application of a Statistically-Based Quality Control for Crowdsourced Air Temperature Data.
Front. Earth Sci. 6, 135.
DOI:10.3389/feart.2018.00118.
Link
Li, H., Meier, F., Lee, X., Chakraborty, T., Liu, J., Schaap, M., Sodoudi, S. (2018):
Interaction between urban heat island and urban pollution island during summer in Berlin.
Science of The Total Environment 636, 818-828.
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.254.
Link
Fenner, D., Meier, F., Bechtel, B., Otto, M., Scherer, D. (2017):
Intra and inter 'local climate zone' variability of air temperature as observed by crowdsourced citizen weather stations in Berlin, Germany.
Meteorol. Zeit. 26 (5), 525-547.
DOI:10.1127/metz/2017/0861.
Link
Meier, F., Fenner, D., Grassmann, T., Otto, M., Scherer, D. (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.
Link
Hammerle, A., Meier, F., Heinl, M., Egger, A., Leitinger, G. (2017):
Implications of atmospheric conditions for analysis of surface temperature variability derived from landscape-scale thermography.
Int. J. Biometeorol. 61, 575-588.
DOI:10.1007/s00484-016-1234-8.
Link
Jänicke, B., Meier, F., Fenner, D., Fehrenbach, U., Holtmann, A., Scherer, D. (2017):
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.
Int. J. Climatol. 37, 2063-2079.
DOI:10.1002/joc.4835.
Link
Buchin, O., Jänicke, B., Meier, F., Scherer, D., Ziegler, F. (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.
Link
Jänicke, B., Meier, F., Lindberg, F., Schubert, S., Scherer, D. (2016):
Towards city-wide, building-resolving analysis of mean radiant temperature.
Urban Climate 15, 83-98.
DOI:10.1016/j.uclim.2015.11.003.
Link
Burkart, K., Meier, F., Schneider, A., Breitner, S., Canário, P., Alcoforado, M. J., Scherer, D., Endlicher, W. (2016):
Modification of Heat-Related Mortality in an Elderly Urban Population by Vegetation (Urban Green)
and Proximity to Water (Urban Blue): Evidence from Lisbon, Portugal.
Environ. Health Perspect. 124, 927–934.
DOI:10.1289/ehp.1409529.
Link
Buchin, O., Hoelscher, M.-T., Meier, F., Nehls, T., Ziegler, F. (2016):
Evaluation of the health-risk reduction potential of countermeasures to urban heat islands.
Energy and Buildings 114, 27-37.
DOI:10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.06.038.
Link
Jänicke, B., Meier, F., Hoelscher, M., Scherer, D. (2015):
Evaluating the Effects of Façade Greening on Human Bioclimate in a Complex Urban Environment.
Advances in Meteorology, Article ID 747259.
DOI:10.1155/2015/747259.
Link
Walikewitz, N., Jänicke, B., Langner, M., Meier, F., Endlicher, W. (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.
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Kim, K. R., Yi, C., Lee, J.-S., Meier, F., Jänicke, B., Fehrenbach, U., Scherer, D. (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.
Link
Scherer, D., Fehrenbach U., Lakes, T., Lauf, S., Meier, F., Schuster, C. (2014):
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.
Link
Fenner, D., Meier, F., Scherer, D., Polze, A. (2014):
Spatial and temporal air temperature variability in Berlin, Germany, during the years 2001-2010.
Urban Climate 10, 308-331.
DOI:10.1016/j.uclim.2014.02.004.
Link
Scherer, D., Fehrenbach, U., Lakes, T., Lauf, S., Meier, F., Schuster, C. (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.
Link
Christen, A., Meier, F., Scherer, D. (2012):
High-frequency fluctuations of surface temperatures in an urban environment.
Theor. Appl. Climatol. 108(1-2), 301-324.
DOI:10.1007/s00704-011-0521-x.
Link
Meier, F., Scherer, D. (2012):
Spatial and temporal variability of urban tree canopy temperature during summer 2010 in Berlin, Germany.
Theor. Appl. Climatol. 110(3), 373-384.
DOI:10.1007/s00704-012-0631-0.
Link
Meier, F., Scherer, D., Richters, J., Christen, A. (2011):
Atmospheric correction of thermal-infrared imagery of the 3-D urban environment acquired in oblique viewing geometry.
Atmos. Meas. Tech. 4, 909-922.
DOI:10.5194/amt-4-909-2011.
Link
Meier, F., Scherer, D., Richters, J. (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(1), 21-34.
DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2009.08.002.
Link
Conference contributions:
Meier, F., Krayenhoff, S., Inagaki, A., Scherer, D., Christen, A., Kanda, M. (2012):
Physical and numerical modelling of sub-facet surface temperature variability.
7th International Conference on Urban Climate, Dublin, Ireland,
6-10 Aug 2012.
Oral presentation (pdf)
Oral presentation (pptx)
Meier, F., Horna,V., Otto, M., Schererm D. (2012):
Canopy temperature and water consumption of urban trees.
7th International Conference on Urban Climate, Dublin, Ireland,
6-10 Aug 2012.
Poster
Adderly, C., Christen, A., Voogt, J.A., Meier, F. (2012):
The effect of preferential view direction on measured urban surface temperature.
7th International Conference on Urban Climate, Dublin, Ireland,
6-10 Aug 2012.
Scherer, D., Fenner, D., Meier, F. (2012):
Urban heat island anomalies in Berlin during the last decade.
7th International Conference on Urban Climate, Dublin, Ireland,
6-10 Aug 2012.
Christen, A., Garai, A., Inagaki, A., Kleissl, J., Meier, F., Scherer, D., Vogt, R., Voogt, J.A. (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, Simon Fraser University.
03-05 Aug 2011.
Meier, F., Scherer, D., Jänicke, B. (2010):
Zeitliche und räumliche Variabilität der Blatttemperatur von Bäumen in der Stadt.
29. Jahrestagung des AK Klima, Würzburg, Germany,
29-31 Oct 2010.
Meier, F., Scherer, D. (2010):
Trees in the concrete jungle: Spatial and temporal patterns of tree crown temperature in an urban environment.
5th International Urban Ecology Congress, Berlin, Germany,
22-24 Oct 2010.
Meier, F., Scherer, D., Richters, J. (2010):
Spatial and temporal variability of surface temperature of tree crowns in an urban environment.
In:
Matzarakis, A., Mayer, H., Chmielewski, F.-M. (Eds.),
7th Conference on Biometeorology, Freiburg, Germany,
12-14 Apr 2010. Berichte d. Meteor. Inst. der Albert-Ludwigs-Univ. Freiburg Nr. 20, 428-432.
PDF
Rogée, J., Meier, F., Scherer, D. (2009):
Zum Prozess der nächtlichen Abkühlung eines überwärmten Stadtquartiers - Ergebnisse
eines Messexperiments in Berlin.
28. Jahrestagung des AK Klima, Hamburg, Germany,
30 Oct-01 Nov 2009. Tagungsband p.24.
Meier, F., Richter, J., Scherer, D., Inagaki, A., Kanda, M., Hagishima, A. (2009):
Outdoor scale model experiment to evaluate the spatio-temporal variability of urban surface temperature.
28. Jahrestagung des AK Klima, Hamburg, Germany,
30 Oct-01 Nov 2009. Tagungsband p.46.
Poster
Meier, F., Scherer, D., Richters, J. (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, Yokohama, Japan,
29 Jun-03 Jul 2009.
Richters, J., Meier, F., Scherer, D. (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, Yokohama, Japan,
29 Jun-03 Jul 2009.
Finkelnburg, R., Möller, M., Meier, F., Braun, M., Scherer, D., Schneider, C. (2008):
Felduntersuchungen am Vestfonna (Nordaustlandet, Svalbard) während der Ablationsperiode 2008 - Erste
Ergebnisse und regionaler klimatischer Kontext.
27. Jahrestagung des AK Klima, Aachen, Germany,
31 Oct-02 Nov 2008. Tagungsband p.29.
Meier, F., Richter, J., Scherer, D. (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 Oct 2008.
Abstract
Meier, F., Scherer, D., Richter, J., Rogée, J. (2007):
Räumlich und zeitlich hochauflösende Thermographie städtischer Oberflächen in Berlin.
26. Jahrestagung des AK Klima, Freiburg i.Br., Germany,
02-04 Nov 2007. Tagungsband p.9.
Abstract
Meier, F., Scherer, D., Richter, J., Rogée, J. (2007):
Räumlich und zeitlich hochauflösende Thermographie städtischer Oberflächen in Berlin.
DACH Meteorologentagung, Hamburg, Germany,
10-14 Sep 2007.
Abstract
Teaching:
- WS 2008/2009: Supervision of the project for ecological orientation
"Urban Greening for Urban Climate.
Roof and facade greening in urban climate."
- SS 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."
- WS 2007/2008: Supervision of the project for ecological orientation
"Hydrological-limnological impact of climate change in the Greater Berlin area"
