Lothar Schulte

Lothar Schulte

University Full professor

ORCID: 0000-0001-5829-3166
Scopus Author ID: 7003971543
Knowledge area: Geografia Física

Research group:

Contact Information
Department of Geography
Departament de Geografia Física i AGR, C/ Montalegre, 6-8
934037887
schulte(a)ub.edu

Academic Training

Doctor en Geografía . Universitat de Barcelona . 21/02/2000 . (Ph.D.)
Doctor Europaeus . Universitat de Barcelona . 20/03/2000 . (Ph.D.)
Magister Artium en Geografía . Universidades de Düsseldorf y de Köln, Alemania . 09/02/1995 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Tesina en Geografía . Universidades de Düsseldorf, Alemania . 09/02/1995 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Research interests

Integration of multi-archive series into 4D paleoflood models
Reconstruction of paleo-floods and paleoclimatic variability in Fiordland, New Zealand
Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction of human-environmental interactions on the coastplains of the Province of Tarragona from fluvial and lacustrine records
Reconstruction of paleo-floods and paleoenvironmental changes in the dryland basins of the southeast peninsula (Province of Almería)
Fluvial Variability, Climate and Land Use Interactions in Alpine Environments

Relevant publications (Journal Publications and Other publications)

Peña, J.C.; Balasch, J.C., Pino, D., Schulte, L., Barriendos, M., Ruiz-Bellet, J.L., Prohom, M.; Tuset, J.; Mazon, J; Castelltort, X. (2022). Low-frequency atmospheric variability patterns and synoptic types linked to large floods in the lower Ebro River basin. Journal of Climate, 35(8), pp. 2351 - 2371 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0894-8755
Carvalho, F.; Schulte, L. (2021). Reconstruction of mining activities in the Western Alps during the past 2500 years from natural archives. Science of the Total Environment, 750 (2021)(141208), pp. 1 - 16 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141208 . ISSN: 0048-9697
Schulte, L.; Schillereff, D.; Santisteban, J.I., Marret-Davies, F. (2020). Pluridisciplinary analysis and multi-archive reconstruction of paleofloods. Global and Planetary Change, 191 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0921-8181
Peña, J.C.; Schulte, L. (2020). Simulated and reconstructed atmospheric variability and their relation with large Pre-industrial summer floods in the Hasli-Aare catchment (Swiss Alps) since 1300 CE. Global and Planetary Change, 190(103191) . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103191 . ISSN: 0921-8181
Blöschl, G.; Kiss, A.; Viglione, A.; Barriendos, M.M.; Böhm, O.; Brázdil, R.; C¿ur, D.; Demarée, G.; Llasat, M.C.; Macdonald, N.; Retsö, D.; Roald, L.; Schmocker-Fackel, P.; Amorim, I.; Bělinová, M.; Benito, G.; Bertolin, Ch.; Camuffo, D.; Cornel, D.; Doktor, R.; Elleder, L.; Enzi, S.; Garcia, J.C.; Glaser, R.; Hall, J.; Haslinger, K.; Hofstätter, M.; Komma, J.; Limanówka, D., Lun, D,; Panin, A.; Parajka, J.; Petrić, H.; Rodrigo, H.S.; Rohr, C.; Schönbein, J.; Schulte, L.; Silva, L.P.; Toonen, W.H.J.; Valent, P.; Waser, J.; Wetter, O. (2020). Current European flood-rich period exceptional compared with past 500 years. Nature, 583, pp. 560 - 566 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2478-3 . ISSN: 0028-0836
Ballesteros Canovas, J.A.; Schulte, L.; Corella, J.P.; Wilhelm, B. (2020). Floods in a warmer world: Insights from paleohydrology. Past Global Changes Magazine, 28(1), pp. 31 - 31 . https://doi.org/10.22498/pages.28.1.31 . ISSN: 2411-605X
Schulte, L.; Schillereff, D.; Santisteban, J.I. (2019). Pluridisciplinary analysis and multi-archive reconstruction of paleofloods: societal demand, challenges and progress. Global and Planetary Change, 177, pp. 225 - 238 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0921-8181
Schulte, L.; Oliver Wetter, O.; Wilhelm, B.; Peña, J.C.; Amann, B.; Wirth S.B.; Carvalho, F.; Gómez-Bolea, A. (2019). Integration of multi-archive datasets towards the development of a four-dimensional paleoflood model in alpine catchments. Global and Planetary Change, 180, pp. 66 - 88 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0921-8181
Sánchez-García, C.; Schulte, L.; Carvalho, F.; Peña, J.C. (2019). 500-year flood history in the arid environments of south-eastern Spain. The case of the Almanzora River. Global and Planetary Change, 181 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0921-8181
Lüning, S.; Schulte, L.; Garcés-Pastor, S.; Danladi, I.B.; Gałka, M. (2019). The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Mediterranean region. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34, pp. 1625 - 1649 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003734 . ISSN: 2572-4517
Wilhelm B.; Ballesteros Canovas J.A.; Macdonald N.; Toonen W.; Baker V.; Barriendos M.; Benito G.; Brauer A.; Corella Aznar J.P.; Denniston R.; Glaser R.; Ionita M.; Kahle M.; Liu T.; Luetscher M.; Macklin M.; Mudelsee M.; Munoz S.; Schulte L.; St George S.; Stoffel M.; Wetter O. (2018). Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods. WIREs Water, 6(1) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2049-1948
Schulte, L.; Peña, J.C.; Wetter, O.; Wilhelm, B.; Amann, B.; Wirth, S.; Glur, L.; Carvalho, F. (2018). Integration of multi-archive datasets and paleoclimate modelling of past flood extremes in the Swiss Alps. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20(EGU2018-2061-1) . https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-2061-1.pdf . ISSN: 1029-7006
Elsie Jones, E.J.; Burjachs, F.; Ferrer-García, C.; Giralt, S.; Schulte, L.; Fernández-López de Pablo, J. (2018). A multi-proxy approach to understanding complex responses of saltlake catchments to climate variability and human pressure: A Late Quaternary case study from south-eastern, Spain. Quaternary Science Reviews, 184, pp. 201 - 223 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.12.015 . ISSN: 0277-3791
Carvalho, F.; Schulte, L. (2017). Evidence of historical mining inferred from metal concentration of alluvial sediments in the Bernese Alps. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19(EGU2017-15077) . ISSN: 1029-7006
Barbería, L.; Schulte, L.; Carvalho, F.; Peña, J.P. (2017). Point pattern analysis applied to flood and landslide damage events in Switzerland (1972-2009). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19(EGU2017-14154) . ISSN: 1029-7006
Schulte, L.; Carvalho, F.; Llorca, J.; Monterrubio,G.; Peña, J.C.; Cabrera-Medina, P.; Gómez-Bolea, A.; Sánchez-García, C. (2016). Response of paleofloods to climate variability in alpine catchments of different size reconstructed from floodplain sediments. Similarities or differences?. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18(EGU2016-9544-1) . ISSN: 1029-7006
Sánchez García, C.; Schulte, L.; Peña, J.C.; Carvalho, F.; Brembilla, C. (2016). A 500-year history of floods in the semi arid basins of south-eastern Spain. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18(EGU2016-8255) . ISSN: 1029-7006
Peña, J.C; Schulte, L.; Badoux, A. (2016). Summer North Atlantic Oscillation and flood variability in Switzerland. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18(EGU2016-5729) . ISSN: 1029-7006
Monterrubio, G.; Schulte, L. (2016). Historical flood analysis of the Eistlenbach and Farnigraben torrents in the Hasli Valley (Bernese Alps) inferred from sedimentary records, historical maps and remote sensing. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18(EGU2016-11515) . ISSN: 1029-7006
Llorca, J.; Schulte, L.; Carvalho, F. (2016). Spatial and temporal modelling of fluvial aggradation in the Hasli Valley (Swiss Alps) during the last 1300 years. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18(EGU2016-8543) . ISSN: 1029-7006
Cabrera-Medin, P.; Schulte, L.; Carvalho, F.; Peña, J.C.; García, C. (2016). The influence of snow cover on alpine floods reconstructed from the analysis of satellite images. The case of the Hasli-Aare river basin, Berner Oberland (1987-2012). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18(EGU2016-9751) . ISSN: 1029-7006
Schulte, L.; Peña, J.C.; Carvalho, F.; Schmidt, T.; Julià, R.; Llorca, J.; Veit, H. (2015). A 2600-year history of floods in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland: frequencies, mechanisms and climate forcing. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19(7), pp. 3047 - 3072 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1027-5606
Schulte, L; Peña, J.C.; Carvalho, F; Julià, R.; Gómez-Bolea, A.; Burjachs, F.; Llorca, J.; Rubio, P.; Veit, H (2015). Frequencies, mechanisms and climate forcing of paleofloods in the Bernese Alps (Switzerland) inferred from natural, historical, and instrumental time series. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17(EGU2015-11581-1), pp. 11581 - 11581 . ISSN: 1029-7006
Schulte, L (2015). Interactive comment on "Quantitative historicalhydrology in Europe" by G. Benito et al. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions , 12, pp. 1837 - 1841 . ISSN: 1812-2108
Peña, J.C.; Schulte, L.; Badoux, A.; Barriendos, M.; Barrera-Escoda, A. (2015). Influence of solar forcing, climate variability and modes of low-frequency atmospheric variability on summer floods in Switzerland. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19(9), pp. 3807 - 3827 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1027-5606
Carvalho, F; Schulte, L (2015). Identification of trends and patterns in sediment geochemistry from the Aare delta plain, Swiss Alps. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17, pp. 14425 - 14425 . ISSN: 1029-7006
Schulte, L; Peña, J.C.; Burjachs, F.; Carvalho, F; Llorca, J.; Julià, R.; Lomax, J.; Schmidt, T.; Rubio, P.; Losada, J.; Veit, H. (2014). Solar forcing and atmospheric control of paleoflood dynamics in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16(EGU2014-4140) . ISSN: 1029-7006
Peña-Rabadán, J.C.; Schulte, L. (2014). Effects of solar activity and climate variability on large floods in Switzerland. Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles(65), pp. 469 - 475 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0212-9426
Kiss, A.; Blöschl, G.; Brazdil, R.; Barriendos, M.; Benito, G.; Bertolin, C.; Camuffo, D.;Demaree, G.; Elleder, L.; Enzi,S.; Glaser, R.; Hall, J.; Kotyza, O.; Llasat, C; MacDonald, N.; Perdigao, R.; Retsö, D.; Roald, L.; Ruiz Bellet, J.L.; Schönbeim, J; Schmocker-Fackel, P.; Schulte, L.; Valasek, h.; Wetter, O. (2014). A 500-year overview and analysis of flood changes in Europe: preliminary results. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16(EGU2014-16988) . ISSN: 1029-7006
Gómez-Ortiz, A.; Salvador-Franch, F.; Salvà-Catarineu, M.; Oliva, M.; Palacios, D.; Tanarro, L.M.; Schulte, L. (2014). Inexistence of permafrost at the top of Veleta peak (Sierra Nevada, Spain). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16(EGU2014-6690) . ISSN: 1029-7006
Carvalho, F.; Schulte, L. (2013). Morphological control on sedimentation rates and patterns of delta floodplains in the Swiss Alps. Geomorphology, 198, pp. 163 - 176 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.05.025 . ISSN: 0169-555X
Schulte, L. (2002). Evolución cuaternaria de la depresión de Vera y de Sorbas oriental (SE Península Ibérica). Reconstrucción de las fluctuaciones paleoclimáticas a partir de estudios morfológicos y edafológicos. [Extended abstract and figures in English: Quaternary evolution of the Vera and estern Sorbas basin (SE-Iberian Peninsula). A reconstruction of paleoclimatic fluctuations form morphological and pedological studies.] . (pp. 1 - 251) . ISBN: 84-475-2669-0 .

Projects

Ajut per incentivar i consolidar la recerca d'excel·lència ja existent a les universitats públiques de Catalunya. Programa ICREA Academia 2019 . 2020 - 2024 . Fundació Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) . PI: Lothar Schulte
Ajut per incentivar i consolidar la recerca d'excel·lència ja existent a les universitats públiques de Catalunya. Programa ICREA Academia 2011 . 2012 - 2020 . Fundació Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) . PI: Lothar Schulte
3000 años de inundaciones en cuencas de montaña: ¿conectividad, sincronismo o teleconexión? . 2016 - 2019 . Ref.CGL2016-75475-R . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Lothar Schulte
Analisis multi-proxy de paleoinundaciones en zonas de relieves montañosos. Factores motrices y efectos en el pasado, presente y futuro . 2014 - 2016 . Ref.CGL2013-43716-R . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Lothar Schulte
Sensibilidad de ríos alpinos al cambio global: registros paleoambientales y modelización de eventos extremos . 2010 - 2012 . Ref.CGL2009-06951 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Lothar Schulte

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

Carlos Sánchez Garcia . (2019) . Inundaciones históricas en la Provincia de Almería. Reconstrucción y caracterización pluridisciplinar de eventos hidrológicos extremos en las cuencas de los ríos Almanzora, Antas, Aguas y Andarax (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.
Juan Carlos Peña Rabadán . (2016) . La reconstrucción de la dinámica fluvial y su conexión con la variabilidad climática a partir de fuentes documentales y registros instrumentales (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.
Jaime Llorca Ballester . (2016) . Agradación fluvial en la llanura deltaica de Haslital (Alpes Suizos). Análsisi de facies sedimentarias y modelización cronoestratigráfica (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.
Rui Filipe Ferreira de Carvalho . (2014) . Análisis multi-proxy paleoambiental y modelización de registros sedimentarios fluviales en los Alpes Suizos (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona. http://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/287059
Marc Oliva Franganillo . (2009) . Reconstrucció paleoambiental holocena de Sierra Nevada - Holocene alpine environments in Sierra Nevada, Southern Spain ("Doctor Europaeus" Mention, Outstanding PhD award of the University of Barcelona 2008-2009) (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona. http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/TESIS_UB/AVAILABLE/TDX-0615109-123841/
Trabajo Final de Grado: Aportación a la reconstrucción de la dinàmica fluvial del abanico alluvial de Eistlenbach (Alpes Berneses, Suiza) a partir de análsisi dendrocronológicos de Pícea abies . (Facultad de Geografía e Historia) . E:049721 (Excel·lent) . Laia Casanovas. No