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):
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. Discuss.[preprint] in review, 2021.
DOI:10.5194/amt-2020-489
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.
Link
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"
