Bernhard Lehner

Research interests

Publications

• Extensive global wetland loss over the past three centuries

  Nature · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05572-6

• Global prevalence of non-perennial rivers and streams

  Nature · 2021 · 10.1038/s41586-021-03565-5

• Global hydro-environmental sub-basin and river reach characteristics at high spatial resolution

  Scientific Data · 2019 · 10.1038/s41597-019-0300-6

• Mapping the world’s free-flowing rivers

  Nature · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1111-9

• Global patterns and dynamics of climate–groundwater interactions

  Nature Climate Change · 2019 · 10.1038/s41558-018-0386-4

• A Global Assessment of Inland Wetland Conservation Status

  BioScience · 2017 · 10.1093/biosci/bix045

• Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach

  Nature Communications · 2016 · 10.1038/ncomms13603

• An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales

  Environmental Research Letters · 2015 · 10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/015001

• Development of a global inundation map at high spatial resolution from topographic downscaling of coarse-scale remote sensing data

  Remote Sensing of Environment · 2014 · 10.1016/j.rse.2014.10.015

• Water on an urban planet: Urbanization and the reach of urban water infrastructure

  Global Environmental Change · 2014 · 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.022

• Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world's large river systems

  Hydrological Processes · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9740

• High‐resolution mapping of the world's reservoirs and dams for sustainable river‐flow management

  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1890/100125

• Hyperresolution global land surface modeling: Meeting a grand challenge for monitoring Earth's terrestrial water

  Water Resources Research · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1029/2010wr010090

• Lost in Development's Shadow: The Downstream Human Consequences of Dams

  Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University) · 2010

• New Global Hydrography Derived From Spaceborne Elevation Data

  Eos · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1029/2008eo100001

• Global mapping of ecosystem services and conservation priorities

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 10.1073/pnas.0707823105

• Unlocking the potential of protected areas for freshwaters

  Biological Conservation · 2006 · 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.08.017

• Estimating the Impact of Global Change on Flood and Drought Risks in Europe: A Continental, Integrated Analysis

  Climatic Change · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-006-6338-4

• Development and validation of a global database of lakes, reservoirs and wetlands

  Journal of Hydrology · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.03.028

• Development and testing of the WaterGAP 2 global model of water use and availability

  Hydrological Sciences Journal · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1623/hysj.48.3.317.45290

• Global estimates of water withdrawals and availability under current and future “business-as-usual” conditions

  Hydrological Sciences Journal · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1623/hysj.48.3.339.45278

• The impact of global change on the hydropower potential of Europe: a model-based analysis

  Energy Policy · 2003 · 10.1016/j.enpol.2003.10.018

• Validation of a new global 30-min drainage direction map

  Journal of Hydrology · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-1694(01)00565-0

• A global hydrological model for deriving water availability indicators: model tuning and validation

  Journal of Hydrology · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-1694(02)00283-4

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