Peter Reichert: Projects
To be completed after retirement:
Metamorphic Testing of Machine Learning and Conceptual Hydrologic Models
with Kai Ma,
Marvin Hoege,
Fabrizio Fenicia,
Marco Baity-Jesi,
Dapeng Feng and
Chaopeng Shen
Testing the response of different hydrologic models to changes in temperature and rainfall.
2024: Project completed with publication in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences:
- Reichert, P., Ma, K., Höge, M., Fenicia, F., Baity-Jesi, M., Feng, D., and Shen, C.
Metamorphic Testing of Machine Learning and Conceptual Hydrologic Models.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 28(11), 2505-2529, 2024.
doi:10.5194/hess-28-2505-2024
Comprehensive Uncertainty Assessment in Environmental Decision Support
with Ambuj Sriwastava
Considering uncertainty in preferences in addition to the uncertainty in outcomes and quantifying the ambiguity in probability distributions.
Swiss National Science Foundation, grant no. 200021_192122.
2025: Project completed with the following two publications:
- Sriwastava, A. and Reichert, P.
Reducing sample size requirements by extending discrete choice experiments to indifference elicitation.
Journal of Choice Modelling 48, 100426, 2023.
doi:10.1016/j.jocm.2023.100426
- Sriwastava, A. and Reichert, P.
Sensitivity Analysis of Bayesian Estimates of Value Function Parameters to Priors using Imprecise Probabilities.
Journal of Choice Modelling 57, 100581, 2025.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocm.2025.100581
River Rehabilitation Prioritization with a Focus on the Fish Migration Potential
Prioritization of river rehabilitation and fish migration barrier removal by extending ideas from the following publications:
- Reichert, P., Langhans, S., Lienert, J. and Schuwirth, N.
The Conceptual Foundation of Environmental Decision Support.
Journal of Environmental Management 154, 316-332, 2015.
doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.01.053 (open access)
- Kuemmerlen, M., Reichert, P., Siber, R. and Schuwirth, N.
Ecological assessment of river networks: From reach to catchment scale.
Science of the Total Environment 650, 1613-1627, 2019.
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.019
Part 1: Development of a procedure for prioritization of fish barrier removal with the
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN),
Wasser-Agenda 21 (WA21) and
Eawag
2024: Part 1 completed with the following publications (in German):
- Reichert, P., Ambord, I., von Wattenwyl, K., Schläppi, S., Pompini, M., Dönni, W., Thomas, G., Siber, R. und Schuwirth, N.
Priorisierung der Sanierung künstlicher Fischwanderhindernisse.
Aqua & Gas 3, 68 - 72, 2024.
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- Reichert, P., Ambord, I., von Wattenwyl, K., Schläppi, S., Pompini, M., Dönni, W., Thomas, G., Siber, R. und Schuwirth, N.
Verfahren zur Priorisierung der Beseitigung künstlicher Fischwanderhindernisse in Fliessgewässersystemen.
Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU), 2023.
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(Anhang 1 zu
Ambord, Isabelle und Thomas, Gregor.
Revitalisierung Fliessgewässer - Strategische Planung: Ein Modul der Vollzugshilfe Renaturierung der Gewässer. Stand 2023.
Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU), 2023.
http://www.bafu.admin.ch/uv-1208-d)
Part 2: Extension of part 1 by an automatic search for an optmal barrier rehabilitation strategy (with
Nele Schuwirth and
Rosi Siber).
2026: Part 2 completed with the following publication:
- Reichert, P., Siber, R. und Schuwirth, N.
A New Strategy for Prioritizing Barrier Removal in River Rehabilitation.
Submitted.
Modelling Nitrogen Isotopes in Lake Sediments
with
Alessandra Mazzoli,
Moritz Lehmann et al.
Modelling (quasi-) steady-state lake sediment profiles of compounds containing different nitrogen isotopes.
2026: Project completed with the following publications:
- Mazzoli, A., Reichert, P., Frey, C., Callbeck, C. M., Paulus, T. J., Zopfi, J. and Lehmann, M. F.
A comprehensive porewater isotope model for simulating benthic nitrogen cycling: Description, application to lake sediments, and uncertainty analysis.
Biogeosciences 23, 283–314, 2026.
doi:10.5194/bg-23-283-2026
- Mazzoli, A., Reichert, P., Callbeck, C. M., Frey, C., Magyar, P. M., Paulus, T. J., Canfield, D. E., Katsev, S., Zopfi, J. and Lehmann, M. F.
Environmental controls on the expression of the isotope effects of porewater nitrogen solutes across selected benthic habitats.
Submitted.
New projects during retirement:
Quantum Mechanical Measurement Process
Trying to understand current approaches to the measurement process in quantum mechanics.
First publication in this field: