Tim Appelhans
Dr. Tim Appelhans
Since 10/2024 Lecturer, AG Klimatologie des Instituts für Geographie an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
2019 – 2024 Director Data Science, METER Group, now Addium.
2017 – 2019 Research Specialist, GfK Geomarketing GmbH.
2012 – 2016 Lecturer (Akad. Rat), AG Umweltinformatik, Philipps Universität Marburg.
2010 – 2012 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Universität Bayreuth & Philipps Universität Marburg.
2008 Lecturer, University of Otago, New Zealand.
2006 – 2010 PhD student, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
1998 – 2005 Diplom Geogr., Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
2024
- Röder J., Appelhans T., Peters M.K., Nauss T., Brandl R.:
 Disturbance can slow down litter decomposition, depending on severity of disturbance and season: an example from Mount Kilimanjaro
 In: Web Ecology 24 (2024), S. 11-33
 ISSN: 1399-1183
 DOI: 10.5194/we-24-11-2024
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2022
- Ziegler A., Meyer H., Otte I., Peters M.K., Appelhans T., Behler C., Böhning-Gaese K., Classen A., Detsch F., Deckert J., Eardley C.D., Ferger S.W., Fischer M., Gebert F., Haas M., Helbig-Bonitz M., Hemp A., Hemp C., Kakengi V., Mayr A.V., Ngereza C., Reudenbach C., Röder J., Rutten G., Costa D.S., Schleuning M., Ssymank A., Steffan-Dewenter I., Tardanico J., Tschapka M., Vollstädt M.G.R., Wöllauer S., Zhang J., Brandl R., Nauss T., Nauss T.:
 Potential of Airborne LiDAR Derived Vegetation Structure for the Prediction of Animal Species Richness at Mount Kilimanjaro
 In: Remote Sensing 14 (2022), Art.Nr.: 786
 ISSN: 2072-4292
 DOI: 10.3390/rs14030786
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2020
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 Atmospheric moisture pathways of East Africa and implications for water recycling at Mount Kilimanjaro
 In: International Journal of Climatology 40 (2020), S. 4477-4496
 ISSN: 0899-8418
 DOI: 10.1002/joc.6468
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2019
- Hertel D., Huwe B., Kiese R., Kleyer M., Zhang J., Bogner C., Böhning-Gaese K., Brandl R., Fischer M., Steffan-Dewenter I., Kuzyakov Y., Nauss T., Schleuning M., Tschapka M., Hemp A., Peters M.K., Becker J.N., Appelhans T., Detsch F., Ensslin A., Behler C., Classen A., Gebert F., Gerschlauer F., Ferger S.W., Frederiksen S.B., Hemp C., Kindeketa W.J., Gütlein A., Helbig-Bonitz M., Mwangomo E., Ngereza C., Kühnel A., Mayr A.V., Renner M., Pabst H., Otte I., Njovu H.K., Sierra-Cornejo N., Schellenberger Costa D., Rutten G., Röder J., Howell K.M., Eardley C.D., Dulle H.I., Vollstädt M.G.R., Kakengi V., Ssymank A., Peters R.S., Keller A.:
 Climate–land-use interactions shape tropical mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions
 In: Nature 568 (2019), S. 88-92
 ISSN: 0028-0836
 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1048-z
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2017
- Röder J., Detsch F., Otte I., Appelhans T., Nauss T., Peters M., Brandl R.:
 Heterogeneous patterns of abundance of epigeic arthropod taxa along a major elevation gradient
 In: Biotropica 49 (2017), S. 217-228
 ISSN: 0006-3606
 DOI: 10.1111/btp.12403
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- Gottwald J., Appelhans T., Adorf F., Hillen J., Nauss T.:
 High-Resolution MaxEnt Modelling of Habitat Suitability for Maternity Colonies of the Barbastelle Bat Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
 In: Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2017), S. 389-398
 ISSN: 1508-1109
 DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.015
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- Kiese R., Gütlein A., Zistl-Schlingmann M., Becker J.N., Cornejo N.S., Detsch F., Dannenmann M., Appelhans T., Hertel D., Kuzyakov Y.:
 Nitrogen turnover and greenhouse gas emissions in a tropical alpine ecosystem, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
 In: Plant and Soil 411 (2017), S. 243-259
 ISSN: 0032-079X
 DOI: 10.1007/s11104-016-3029-4
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- Otte I., Detsch F., Gütlein A., Scholl M., Kiese R., Appelhans T., Nauss T.:
 Seasonality of stable isotope composition of atmospheric water input at the southern slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
 In: Hydrological Processes 31 (2017), S. 3932-3947
 ISSN: 0885-6087
 DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11311
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- Böhning-Gaese K., Otte I., Schleuning M., Ferger S., Peters M., Appelhans T., Detsch F., Hemp A., Nauss T.:
 Synergistic effects of climate and land use on avian beta-diversity
 In: Diversity and Distributions 23 (2017), S. 1246-1255
 ISSN: 1366-9516
 DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12615
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2016
- Detsch F., Otte I., Appelhans T., Nauss T.:
 A comparative study of cross-product NDVI dynamics in the Kilimanjaro region-a matter of sensor, degradation calibration, and significance
 In: Remote Sensing 8 (2016), Art.Nr.: 159
 ISSN: 2072-4292
 DOI: 10.3390/rs8020159
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- Meyer H., Kühnlein M., Appelhans T., Nauss T.:
 Comparison of four machine learning algorithms for their applicability in satellite-based optical rainfall retrievals
 In: Atmospheric Research 169 (2016), S. 424-433
 ISSN: 0169-8095
 DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.09.021
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- Appelhans T., Mwangomo E., Otte I., Detsch F., Nauss T., Hemp A.:
 Eco-meteorological characteristics of the southern slopes of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
 In: International Journal of Climatology 36 (2016), S. 3245-3258
 ISSN: 0899-8418
 DOI: 10.1002/joc.4552
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- Meyer H., Katurji M., Appelhans T., Müller M.U., Nauss T., Roudier P., Zawar-Reza P.:
 Mapping daily air temperature for Antarctica Based on MODIS LST
 In: Remote Sensing 8 (2016), Art.Nr.: 732
 ISSN: 2072-4292
 DOI: 10.3390/rs8090732
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- Peters M.K., Hemp A., Appelhans T., Behler C., Classen A., Detsch F., Ensslin A., Ferger S.W., Frederiksen S.B., Gebert F., Haas M., Helbig-Bonitz M., Hemp C., Kindeketa W.J., Mwangomo E., Ngereza C., Otte I., Röder J., Rutten G., Schellenberger Costa D., Tardanico J., Zancolli G., Deckert J., Eardley C.D., Peters R.S., Rödel M.O., Schleuning M., Ssymank A., Kakengi V., Zhang J., Böhning-Gaese K., Brandl R., Kalko E.K.V., Kleyer M., Nauss T., Tschapka M., Fischer M., Steffan-Dewenter I., Peters M.K., Steffan-Dewenter I.:
 Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level
 In: Nature Communications 7 (2016), Art.Nr.: 13736
 ISSN: 2041-1723
 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13736
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- Detsch F., Otte I., Appelhans T., Hemp A., Nauss T.:
 Seasonal and long-term vegetation dynamics from 1-km GIMMS-based NDVI time series at Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
 In: Remote Sensing of Environment 178 (2016), S. 70-83
 ISSN: 0034-4257
 DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.03.007
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- Appelhans T., Nauss T.:
 Spatial patterns of sea surface temperature influences on East African precipitation as revealed by empirical orthogonal teleconnections
 In: Frontiers in Earth Science 4 (2016), Art.Nr.: 3
 ISSN: 2296-6463
 DOI: 10.3389/feart.2016.00003
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2015
- Appelhans T., Detsch F., Nauss T.:
 Remote: Empirical orthogonal teleconnections in R
 In: Journal of Statistical Software 65 (2015), S. 1-19
 ISSN: 1548-7660
 DOI: 10.18637/jss.v065.i10
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- Nauss T., Hemp A., Steffan-Dewenter I., Classen A., Peters M.K., Kindeketa W.J., Appelhans T., Eardley C.D., Gikungu M.W.:
 Temperature versus resource constraints: Which factors determine bee diversity on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania?
 In: Global Ecology and Biogeography 24 (2015), S. 642-652
 ISSN: 1466-822X
 DOI: 10.1111/geb.12286
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2014
- Kühnlein M., Appelhans T., Thies B., Nauss T.:
 Improving the accuracy of rainfall rates from optical satellite sensors with machine learning - A random forests-based approach applied to MSG SEVIRI
 In: Remote Sensing of Environment 141 (2014), S. 129-143
 ISSN: 0034-4257
 DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.10.026
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- Kühnlein M., Appelhans T., Thies B., Nauß T.:
 Precipitation estimates from MSG SEVIRI daytime, nighttime, and twilight data with random forests
 In: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 53 (2014), S. 2457-2480
 ISSN: 1558-8424
 DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0082.1
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2013
- Kühnlein M., Appelhans T., Thies B., Kokhanovsky A., Nauss T.:
 An evaluation of a semi-analytical cloud property retrieval using MSG SEVIRI, MODIS and CloudSat
 In: Atmospheric Research 122 (2013), S. 111-135
 ISSN: 0169-8095
 DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.10.029
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- Appelhans T., Sturman A., Zawar-Reza P.:
 Synoptic and climatological controls of particulate matter pollution in a Southern Hemisphere coastal city
 In: International Journal of Climatology 33 (2013), S. 463-479
 ISSN: 0899-8418
 DOI: 10.1002/joc.3439
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2010
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 Modelling emission trends from non-constant time series of PM10 concentrations in Christchurch, New Zealand
 In: International Journal of Environment and Pollution 43 (2010), S. 354-363
 ISSN: 0957-4352
 DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2010.036932
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 Mesoscale controls on particulate matter pollution for a mega city in a semi-arid mountainous environment: Tehran, Iran
 In: International Journal of Environment and Pollution 41 (2010), S. 166-183
 ISSN: 0957-4352
 DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2010.032252
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WS 2024/25
- Hauptseminar Physische Geographie (Bachelors): Grenzschichtklimatologie
- Advanced Methods (Masters): Advanced Climate Data Analysis
2013 – 2016 Ecological Climatology and Remote Sensing
PI Subproject 1 – part of the DFG research group FOR 1246 Kilimanjaro ecosystems under global change: Linking biodiversity, biotic interactions and biogeochemical ecosystem processes (together with Prof. Dr. Thomas Nauss from Philipps Universität Marburg)
PI Subproject 1 – part of the DFG research group FOR 1246 Kilimanjaro ecosystems under global change: Linking biodiversity, biotic interactions and biogeochemical ecosystem processes (together with Prof. Dr. Thomas Nauss from Philipps Universität Marburg)
R package development:
https://tim-salabim.r-universe.dev/builds
OpenGeoHub Scientific Committee:
https://opengeohub.org/scientific-committee/

