Scientific Publications

08/2024 Siegfried, T., Mujahid, A.U.H., Marti, B. et al. Unveiling the future water pulse of central asia: a comprehensive 21st century hydrological forecast from stochastic water balance modeling. Climatic Change 177, 141 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-024-03799-y, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-024-03799-y#Abs1, (in RU Language)

08/2024 Zhumabaev, A., Schwedhelm, H., Marti, B., Ragettli, S., Siegfried, T. (2024). Water Tales from Turkistan: Challenges and Opportunities for the Badam-Sayram Water System under a Changing Climate. Central Asian Journal of Water Research, 10(2), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.29258/CAJWR/2024-R1.v10-2/1-25.eng, RU: https://water-ca.org/ru/paper-ru/water-tales-from-turkistan-challenges-and-opportunities-for-the-badam-sayram-water-system; EN: https://water-ca.org/article/water-tales-from-turkistan

02/2024 Karimov E, Zeiringer B, Coeck J, Verhelst P, Karimov B, Omonov O, Schletterer M, Hayes DS: Length-Weight-Age Relationship of Schizothorax eurystomus Kessler, 1872 and Comparison to Other Snow Trout Species in Central Asia, Vol. 9 No. 94 (2024): Fishes, Fishes | Free Full-Text | Length-Weight-Age Relationship of Schizothorax eurystomus Kessler, 1872 and Comparison to Other Snow Trout Species in Central Asia (mdpi.com)

11/2023 D.S. Hayes, M.C. Bruno, M. Alp, I. Boavida, R.J. Batalla, M.D. Bejarano, M. Noack, D. Vanzo, R. Casas-Mulet, D. Vericat, M. Carolli, D. Tonolla, J.H. Halleraker, M.-P. Gosselin, G. Chiogna, G. Zolezzi, T.E. Venus: 100 key questions to guide hydropeaking research and policy,
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 187, 2023, 113729: 100 key questions to guide hydropeaking research and policy – ScienceDirect

10/2023 De Keyser, J.; Hayes, D.S.; Marti, B.; Siegfried, T.; Seliger, C.; Schwedhelm, H.; Anarbekov, O.; Gafurov, Z.; López Fernández, R.M.; Ramos Diez, I.; et al.: Integrating Open-Source Datasets to Analyze the Transboundary Water–Food–Energy–Climate Nexus in Central Asia. Water 2023, 15, 3482. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15193482, Water | Free Full-Text | Integrating Open-Source Datasets to Analyze the Transboundary Water–Food–Energy–Climate Nexus in Central Asia (mdpi.com)

09/2023 E.B. Karimov, B.K. Karimov, M. Schletterer, D.S. Hayes: Ichthyological Research in the Koksu River, Uzbekistan to identify key Fish Species in the context of Small Hydropower development, Vol. 96 No. 3 (2023): Experimental biology, ICHTHYOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE KOKSU RIVER, UZBEKISTAN TO IDENTIFY KEY FISH SPECIES IN THE CONTEXT OF SMALL HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT | Experimental Biology (kaznu.kz)

09/2023 Beatrice Marti, Andrey Yakovlev, Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Silvan Ragettli, Aidar Zhumabaev, Abdul Wakil Wakil & Tobias Siegfried: Geo-Located Discharge Time Series for Mountainous Rivers in Central Asia. Sci Data 10, 579: CA-discharge: Geo-Located Discharge Time Series for Mountainous Rivers in Central Asia | Scientific Data (nature.com)

04/2023 print version, 06/2023 online version: Kaplan EVO – mit dem Blick aufs Ganze die Kaplan-Turbine neu gedacht, zek HYDRO (DE version), Kaplan EVO – Rethinking the Kaplan Turbine with the bigger picture in mind (EN version), KAPLAN EVO – ПЕРЕОСМЫСЛЕНИЕ ТУРБИНЫ KAPLAN – НОВЫЙ УГОЛ ЗРЕНИЯ (RU version)

12/2021 Markus Reisenbüchler, Bertalan Alapfy, M.Sc., Prof. Dr. Peter Rutschmann, Dr. Tobias Siegfried: Hydro4U – Nachhaltige Kleinwasserkraft in Zentralasien, WASSERWIRTSCHAFT | Ausgabe 12/2021, (available in German only)

03/2025 Bernhard Zeiringer, Matthias Schneider, Ianina Kopecki, Erkin Karimov, Tobias Hägele, Bakhtiyor Karimov, Otabek Omonov, Daniel S. Hayes, Fuzzy logic habitat sets for snow trout, Schizothorax eurystomus; https://zenodo.org/records/14887129

03/2023 Beatrice Marti, Tobias Siegfried, Andrey Yakovlev, Aidar Zhumabaev, Dirk Karger, Abdul Wakil Wakil, Silvan Ragettli CA-discharge data set, scripts and raw data; https://zenodo.org/records/8147591

- 12/2024, Erkin Karimov, Bertalan Alapfy, Matthias Schneider, Ianina Kopecki, Tobias Haegele, Daniel S. Hayes, Bernhard Zeiringer, Jan De Keyser, Johan Coeck, Pieterjan Verhelst, Ine Pauwels, Tobias Siegfried, Beatrice Marti, Bakhtiyor Karimov, Bunyod Holmatov, Otabek Omonov, Nature-based solutions in hydropower development – the basis for protection of fish biodiversity in mountain rivers of Central Asia, Conference proceeding of the conference: Atrof-muhit muammolarini hal qilishda tabiatga asoslangan yechimlar, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, December 2024, Link to Conference Paper

- 06/2023, Bertalan Alapfy, Tobias Siegfried, Bernhard Zeiringer, Daniel S. Hayes, Moritz Roth, Hannah Schwedhelm, Pieterjan Verhelst, Johan Coeck and Nils Rüther, Nachhaltige Kleinwasserkraft-Entwicklung in Zentralasien – Hydro4U in der Planungsphase, 21. Wasserbausymposium, Wallgau, Germany, 29 June 2023, 5-4-1_alapfy.pdf (tum.de)

- 06/2023, Hannah Schwedhelm, Aidar Zhumabaev, Tobias Siegfried, Tobias Hägele, Ianina Kopecki, Bertalan Alapfy, Daniel S. Hayes, Bernhard Zeiringer, Klaus Jorde and Nils Rüther, Wasserkraftplanung Badam – ein Fallbeispiel für nachhaltige Wasserkraft an bestehender Bewässerungsinfrastruktur mit Potential zur Replikation, 21. Wasserbausymposium, Wallgau, Germany, 30 June 2023, 5-4-2_schwedhelm.pdf (tum.de)

- 09/2022 Reisenbüchler, Markus; Marti, Beatrice; Siegfried, Tobias; Anarbekov, Oyture; Alapfy, Bertalan; Rüther, Nils: Integration of small-scale hydropower in water management: A case study from Shakimardan, Uzbekistan, IAHR 2022, Book of Abstracts

- 05/2022, Siegfried, T., Anarbekov, O., Ragettli, S., and Marti, B.: Accountability and Transparency through Water-Energy-Food Nexus Accounting in Central Asia, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-7012, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7012, 2022, Link to the article

04/2024 Schwedhelm, H. and Rüther, N.: Analyzing Large-Scale Sediment Connectivity in a Central Asian Catchment Using Geospatial Datasets, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-17002, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-17002, 2024, Abstract EGU24-17002 (copernicus.org)

03/2023 Siegfried, T., Mujahid, A. U. H., Marti, B. S., Molnar, P., Karger, D. N., and Yakovlev, A.: Assessing Future Hydrological Impacts of Climate Change on High-Mountain Central Asia: Insights from a Stochastic Soil Moisture Water Balance Model, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-520, 2023, Link to the article