Dr.-Ing. Leonardo Francisco Arias Rodriguez
Technical University of Munich
Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management (Prof. Disse)
Postadresse:
Arcisstr. 21
80333 München
E-Mail: leonardo.arias(at)tum.de
Education
- 2022 | PhD (Dr.-Ing.) at the Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Managemenr, TU Munich | Dissertation: "Monitoring Water Quality of Inland Waters by Remote Sensing and Machine Learning: From Local to Global Applications" mit "Summa Cum Laude" | München
- 2018 – 2022 | Doctoral student at the Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management, TU Munich | München
- 2015 – 2018 | M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, TU Munich | München
- 2013 – 2014 | Specialization in Sanitary Engineering, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM | Thesis: "Estimation of Turbidity in Reservoirs in the State of Aguascalientes by Remote Sensing" | Mexico Ctiy
- 2010 | International Semester Abroad, Universidad Politècnica de Catalunya, UPC | Barcelona
- 2006 – 2011 | B.Sc. Civil Engineer (Dipl.-Eng), Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, UAA | Aguascalientes
Professional Career
- 2019 – Present | Research assistant at the Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management, TU Munich | Project: "Water Quality of Inland Waters by Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Approaches"
- 2014 | Teaching Assistant at the Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Department, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM | Subject: Water Supply Network Design
- 2013 – 2014 | Environmental Engineering Consulting and Teaching at Proyecto Tierra S.C., Mexico City
- 2011 – 2013 | Civil Engineer at Municipality of Jesús María, Aguascalientes
- 2010 | Civil Engineer at SIDOC S.A. de C.V.
Publications
Journal Papers
- Adla, S., Bruckmaier, F., Arias-Rodriguez, L. F., Tripathi, S., Pande, S., & Disse, M. (2024). Impact of calibrating a low-cost capacitance-based soil moisture sensor on AquaCrop model performance. Journal of Environmental Management, 353, 120248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120248
- Arias-Rodriguez, L.F.; Tüzün, U.F.; Duan, Z.; Huang, J.; Tuo, Y.; Disse, M. (2023) Global Water Quality of Inland Waters with Harmonized Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Using Cloud-Computed Machine Learning. Remote Sens. 15, 1390. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15051390
- Tran YB, Arias-Rodriguez LF and Huang J (2022) Predicting high-frequency nutrient dynamics in the Danube River with surrogate models using sensors and Random Forest. Front. Water 4:894548. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.894548
- Hoyek, A.; Arias-Rodriguez, L.F.; Perosa, F. (2022) Holistic Approach for Estimating Water Quality Ecosystem Services of Danube Floodplains: Field Measures, Remote Sensing, and Machine Learning. Hydrobiology, 1, 211-231. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrobiology1020016
- F. Hofmeister, L.F. Arias-Rodriguez, V. Premier, C. Marin, C. Notarnicola, M. Disse, G. Chiogna, (2022), Intercomparison of Sentinel-2 and modelled snow cover maps in a high-elevation Alpine catchment, Journal of Hydrology X, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydroa.2022.100123
- Arias-Rodriguez, L.F.; Duan, Z.; Díaz-Torres, J.d.J.; Basilio Hazas, M.; Huang, J.; Kumar, B.U.; Tuo, Y.; Disse, M. (2021) Integration of Remote Sensing and Mexican Water Quality Monitoring System Using an Extreme Learning Machine. Sensors, 21, 4118. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21124118
- Perosa, F.; Gelhaus, M.; Zwirglmaier, V.; Arias-Rodriguez, L.F.; Zingraff-Hamed, A.; Cyffka, B.; Disse, M. (2021) Integrated Valuation of Nature-Based Solutions Using TESSA: Three Floodplain Restoration Studies in the Danube Catchment. Sustainability, 13, 1482. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031482
- Arias-Rodriguez, L.F.; Duan, Z.; Sepúlveda, R.; Martinez-Martinez, S.I.; Disse, M. (2020) Monitoring Water Quality of Valle de Bravo Reservoir, Mexico, Using Entire Lifespan of MERIS Data and Machine Learning Approaches. Remote Sens.12, 1586. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12101586
Conference Papers
- Adla, S., Bruckmaier, F., Arias-Rodriguez, L. F., Tripathi, S., Disse, M., and Pande, S.: Analysing the impact of calibrating a low-cost soil moisture sensor on FAO Aquacrop model performance., EGU General Assembly (2022), Vienna, Austria, 23-27 May 2022, EGU22-11810, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-11810
- Huang, J., Tran, B. Y., and Arias-Rodriguez, L. F.: Predicting high-frequency nutrient dynamics in the Danube River from surrogates with sensors and machine-learning, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23-27 May (2022), EGU22-12914, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12914
- Hofmeister, F., Arias-Rodriguez, L. F., Borga, M., Premier, V., Marin, C., Notarnicola, C., ... & Chiogna, G. (2021). Generation of a high-resolution snow cover dataset from Sentinel-2 images for snow model calibration (No. EGU21-16016). Copernicus Meetings.
- Perosa, F., Gelhaus, M., Zwirglmaier, V., Arias-Rodriguez, L. F., Zingraff-Hamed, A., Cyffka, B., & Disse, M. (2021). Examples of Floodplain Restoration Evaluation Studies in the Danube River Basin. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EGU21-7039).
- LF Arias-Rodriguez, Z Duan, R Sepulveda, SI Martinez-Martinez, M Disse (2019) Evaluation of satellite-based estimation of water quality parameters in Reservoir Valle de Bravo in Mexico. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 6219.
Invited Talks
- Arias-Rodriguez, L. F. December 2021. Integration of Water Quality Monitoring Systems and Remote Sensing Data. Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management, Technical University of Munich (Germany).
- Arias-Rodriguez, L. F. October 2018. Generation of Water Quality Algorithms using Remote Sensing and Field Data. Center of Design and Construction Sciences, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (Mexico).