2000 - 2015 Head of the department "Coastal Oceanographic Measuring Systems"
1995 - 1999 Project manager of the GKSS Wadden Sea research research activities comprise erosion properties of tidal flat surfaces and bench-mark data sets for coupled sediment transport models in coastal areas
1994 - 1996 Chairman of the "Trilateral Data Handling Group - TDG"
1992 Member of the "Trilateral Monitoring Expert Group" Development for the concept for the "Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program" TMAP
1987 - 1994 Development of the "Wadden Sea information System" WATiS for Wadden Sea research and management
1983 - 1987 Study of the suspended sediment dynamics in tidal estuaries
since 1983 Researcher at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (formerly GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht)
1977 - 1982 Diploma thesis and PhD thesis High Energy Physics Lab DESY in Hamburg
- Stability properties of tidal flat surfaces
- Suspended sediment dynamics in coastal waters
- Development of monitoring systems
- SEAPOCS
- PROMISE
- MONIWATT
- ODERHAFF
Morphodynamics
- Stockmann, K., Riethmüller, R., Heineke, M., and Gayer, G. (2009), On the morphological long-term development of dumped material in a low-energetic environment close to the German Baltic coast, Journal of Marine Systems 75, 409– 420¸doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.04.010
- Powilleit, M., Graf, G., Kleine, J., Riethmüller, R., Stockmann. K., Wetzel, M.A. , Koop, J.H.E., 2009, Experiments on the survival of six brackish macro-invertebrates from the Baltic Sea after dredged spoil coverage and its implications for the field, Journal of Marine Systems 75, 441–451; doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.06.011
- Winter, C.,. Ming Da Chiou, M. D., Riethmüller, R., Ernstsen, V. B., Hebbeln, D. and Flemming, B. W., 2006, The concept of “representative tides” in morphodynamic numerical modelling, Geo-Mar. Lett. 26, 125–132; DOI 10.1007/s00367-006-0031-5
Erosion properties of sediment surfaces
- Andersen, T.J., Lanuru, M., van Bernem, C., Pejrup, M., Riethmüller, R., Erodibility of a mixed mudflat dominated by microphytobenthos and Cerastoderma edule, East Frisian Wadden Sea, Germany, 2010, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 87, 197–206
- Mahatma ,L., Riethmüller, R., van Bernem, C. and Heymann, K., The effect of bedform (crest and trough system) on sediment erodibility on a back barrier tidal flat of the East Frisian Wadden Sea, 2007, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Research 72, 603-614
- Riethmüller, R., Kühl, H., Heineke, M., Keuker-Rüdiger, R., Chlorophyll a concentration as a potential index of sediment surface stabilisation by microphytobenthos?, 2000, Continental Shelf Research 20, pp. 1351-1372
- Tolhurst, T.J., Riethmüller. R., D.M. Paterson, D. M., In-situ versus laboratory analysis of sediment stability from intertidal mudflats, 2000, Continental Shelf Research 20, pp. 1317-1334
- Riethmüller, R., Hakvoort, J.H.M., Heineke, M., Heymann, K., Kühl, H., Witte, G., Relating erosion shear stress to tidal flat surface colour, 1998, In: Black, K. S., Paterson, D. M., Cramp, A., [eds.]: Sedimentary Processes in the Intertidal Zone, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 139, 283-293.
- Hakvoort, J.H.M., Heineke, M., Heymann, K., Kühl, H., Riethmüller, R., Witte, G., A basis for mapping the erodibility of tidal flats by optical remote sensing, 1998, Mar. Freshw. Res. 49, pp. 867-873
- Hakvoort, J.H.M., Heineke, M., Heymann, K., Kühl, H., Riethmüller, R., Witte, G., Optical Remote Sensing of Microphytobenthos Biomass: a Method to Monitor Tidal Flat Erodability, 1998, Senckenbergiana maritima, 29 (1/6), pp. 77-85
Integrated Monitoring and Coastal Observation
- Fischer, P., Brix, H., Baschek, B., Kraberg, A., Brand, M., Cisewski, B., Riethmüller, R., Breitbach, G., Möller, K.O., Gattuso, J.-P., Alliouane, S., Poll, W.H. van de, & Witbaard, R. (2020): Operating Cabled Underwater Observatories in Rough Shelf-Sea Environments: A Technological Challenge. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:551, doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00551
- Michael Fettweis, Rolf Riethmüller, Romaric Verney, Marius Becker, Joan Backers, Matthias Baeye, Marion Chapalain, Styn Claeys, Jan Claus, Tom Cox, Julien Deloffre, Davy Depreiter, Flavie Druine, Götz Flöser, Steffen Grünler, Frédéric Jourdin, Robert Lafite, Janine Nauw, Bouchra Nechad, Rüdiger Röttgers, Aldo Sottolichio, Tom Van Engeland, Wim Vanhaverbeke, Hans Vereecken (2019): Uncertainties associated with in situ high-frequency long-term observations of suspended particulate matter concentration using optical and acoustic sensors, Progress in Oceanography, Volume 178, ISSN 0079-6611,DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102162.
- Zhao, C., Maerz J., Hofmeister, R., Röttgers, R., Wirtz, K., Riethmüller, R., & Schrum, C. (2019): Characterizing the vertical distribution of chlorophyll a in the German Bight. Continental Shelf Research, pp 127-146, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2019.01.012
- Schartau, M., Riethmüller, R., Flöser, G., Beusekom, van J.E.E., Krasemann, H., Hofmeister, R., & Wirtz, K. (2019): On the separation between inorganic and organic fractions of suspended matter in a marine coastal environment. Progress in Oceanography, Volume 171, Pages 231-250, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2018.12.011
- Kerimoglu, O., Hofmeister, R., Maerz, J., Riethmüller, R., and Wirtz, K. W.: The acclimative biogeochemical model of the southern North Sea, Biogeosciences, 14, 4499-4531, doi:10.5194/bg-14-4499-2017
- Jens Floeter, Justus E.E. van Beusekom, Dominik Auch, Ulrich Callies, Jeffrey Carpenter, Tim Dudeck, Sabine Eberle, André Eckhardt, Dominik Gloe, Kristin Hänselmann, Marc Hufnagl, Silke Janßen, Hermann Lenhart, Klas Ove Möller, Ryan P. North, Thomas Pohlmann, Rolf Riethmüller, Sabrina Schulz, Stefan Spreizenbarth, Axel Temming, Bettina Walter, Oliver Zielinski, Christian Möllmann (2017): Pelagic effects of offshore wind farm foundations in the stratified North Sea. Progress in Oceanography, Volume 156, August 2017, Pages 154–173, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2017.07.003
- Baschek, B., Schroeder, F., Brix, H., Riethmüller, R., Badewien, T. H., Breitbach, G., Brügge, B., Colijn, F., Doerffer, R., Eschenbach, C., Friedrich, J., Fischer, P., Garthe, S., Horstmann, J., Krasemann, H., Metfies, K., Merckelbach, L., Ohle, N., Petersen, W., Pröfrock, D., Röttgers, R., Schlüter, M., Schulz, J., Schulz-Stellenfleth, J., Stanev, E., Staneva, J., Winter, C., Wirtz, K., Wollschläger, J., Zielinski, O., and Ziemer, F.(2017): The Coastal Observing System for Northern and Arctic Seas (COSYNA), Ocean Sci., 13, 379-410, doi:10.5194/os-13-379-2017
- Liu, Y., R. H. Weisberg, C. Hu, C. Kovach, and R. Riethmüller (2011), Evolution of the Loop Current system during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill event as observed with drifters and satellites, in Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 195, edited by Y. Liu et al., pp. 91–101, AGU, Washington, D. C., doi:10.1029/2011GM001127
- Reise, K., Köster, R., Müller, A., Armonies, W., Asmus, H., Asmus, R., Hickel, W. & Riethmüller, R., 1998: Austauschprozesse im Sylt-Rømø Wattenmeer: Zusammenschau und Ausblick. In: Gätje, C. & Reise, K. (Hrsg): Ökosystem Wattenmeer - Austausch-, Transport- und Stoffumwandlungsprozesse. Springer- Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 529-558.
- Kellermann, A.; Riethmüller, R., 1998: Umweltbeobachtung im Wattenmeer. In: NPA-Schleswig-Holstein;Umweltbundesamt (Hrsg.): Umweltatlas Wattenmeer; Band I: Nordfriesisches und Dithmarscher Wattenmeer. Stuttgart: Ulmer, 1998. 218-219. (ISBN: 3-8001-3491-8)
- Kellermann, A.; Laursen, K.; Riethmüller, R.; Sandbek, P.; Uyterlinde, R. & van de Wetering, B., 1994: Concepts for a Trilateral Integrated Monitoring Program in the Wadden Sea. In : Frederiksen, M. & Dahl, K.;[Hrsg.]: Birds and their Ecology in the Wadden Sea. Esbjerg 1993; Proceedings of the 8th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium. Marine Biological Laboratory, Helsingör, Danmark Ophelia Suppl. 6: 57-68
- Bernem, K.-H. van;Grotjahn, M.; Knüpling, J.; Krasemann, H. L.; Müller, A.; Neugebohrn, L.; Patzig, S.; Ramm, G.; Riethmüller, R.; Sach, G.; Suchrow, S., 1994: Thematische Kartierung und Sensitivitaetsraster im deutschen Wattenmeer: Juni 1987-1993; UBA-Forschungsbericht 94-077. Geesthacht: GKSS- Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH.
- Bernem, K.-H. van;Grotjahn, M.; Knüpling, J.; Krasemann, H. L.; Müller, A.; Neugebohrn, L.; Patzig, S.; Ramm, G.; Riethmüller, R.; Sach, G.; Suchrow, S. (1992): Thematic Mapping and Sensitivity Study of Mud Flat Areas in The German Wadden Sea. In: Proceedings of International Coastal Congress Kiel ´92.
Environmental Information Systems
- Riethmüller, R.; Lisken, A.; Bernem, K.-H. van;Krasemann, H. L.; Müller, A.; Patzig, S., 1990: WATiS: an information system for wadden sea research and management. In: Pillmann, W.; Jaeschke, A. (Hrsg.): Informatik für den Umweltschutz: 5. Symposium. Wien, 19.-21. September 1990, Berlin: Springer, 1990. 73-81.
- Krasemann, H. L.; Riethmüller, R.: WATiS - The Wadden Sea Information System - Experience from an operational system. In: Lautenschlager, M. (Ed.): Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Climate and Environmental Database Systems. Hamburg, November 21-23, 1995, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997. 95-104. (ISBN: 0792398327)
- Krasemann, H. L.; Riethmüller, R.: ; (1994):WATiS- Das Informationssystem zur ökologischen Beobachtung des Wattenmeeres im Verbund von Forschung und Verwaltung . GEO INFORMATIONS-SYSTEME Jahrgang 7, Heft 2, 19-26
- Krasemann, H. L.; Müller, A.; Patzig, S.; Riethmüller, R.; Wagler, H.; Willmann, D.: Die konsistente Fortführung aller Daten im Wattenmeerinformationssystem WATiS. In: Günther, O.; Schulz, K.-P.; Seggelke, J. (Hrsg.): Umweltanwendungen geographischer Informationssysteme. Karlsruhe: C. F. Müller, 1992. 127-133.
Suspended Sediment Dynamics
- Kappenberg, J., Berendt, M., Ohle, N., Riethmüller, R., Schuster, D., & Strotmann, Th. (2018): Variation of Hydrodynamics and Water Constituents in the Mouth of the Elbe Estuary, Germany. Civil Eng Res J, 4(4): 555643, doi:10.19080/CERJ.2018.04.555643
- Maerz, J., Hofmeister, R., van der Lee, E. M., Gräwe, U., Riethmüller, R., and Wirtz, K. W.,2016: Maximum sinking velocities of suspended particulate matter in a coastal transition zone, Biogeosciences, 13, 4863-4876, doi:10.5194/bg-13-4863-2016
- North, R.P., Riethmüller, R., Baschek, B., 2016: Detecting small–scale horizontal gradients in the upper ocean using wavelet analysis. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 180, 221–229, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2016.06.031
- Flöser, G., H. Burchard, R. Riethmüller, 2011: Observational evidence for estuarine circulation in the German Wadden Sea. Cont. Cont. Shelf Res., 31, 1633-1639
- Puls, W., K.-H. van Bernem, D. Eppel, H. Kapitza, A. Pleskachevsky, R. Riethmüller, B. Vaessen, 2012: Prediction of benthic community structure from environmental variables in a soft-sediment tidal basin (North Sea), Helgoland Marine Research, 66/ 3(2012), Page 345-361 DOI: 10.1007/s10152-011-0275-y
- Onken, R. and Riethmüller, R., 2010: Determination of the freshwater budget of tidal flats from measurements near a tidal inlet. Continental Shelf Research 30, 924–933; doi:10.1016/j.csr.2010.02.004
- Burchard, H., Flöser, G., Staneva, J. V., Badewien, T. H., Riethmüller, R., 2008: Impact of density gradients on net sediment transport into the Wadden Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography 38, 566-587; DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3796.1
- Onken, R., Callies, U., Vaessen, B., and Riethmüller, R., 2007: Indirect determination of the heat budget of tidal flats. Continental Shelf Research 27 (2007) 1656–1676
- Bolanos-Sanchez, R., Riethmueller, R., Gayer, G., Amos, C.L., 2005: Sediment Transport in a Tidal Lagoon Subject to Varying Winds Evaluated with a Coupled Current-Wave Model. Journal of Coastal Research. Vol. 21, 2, e11 - e26.
- Lane, A., Riethmüller, R., Herbers, D., Rybaczok, P., Günther, H., Baumert, H., 2000: Observational data sets for model development. Coastal Engineering 41, 125-153
- Riethmüller, R., Behrens, A., Gassenmaier, G., Gayer, G., Günther, H., Puls, W., Rybaczok, P., Witte, G., Ziemer, F., Herbers, D. and H. Baumert, 1999: The PROMISE/Sylt-Rømø Data Set - a Comprehensive Bench-Mark Data Set to Test and Evaluate Numerical Models for Suspended Sediment Transport in Shallow Tidal Lagoons, GKSS Report 99/E/53
- Lang, G.; Schubert, R.; Markofsky, M.; Fanger, H.-U.; Grabemann, I.; Krasemann, H. L.; Neumann, L. J. R.; Riethmüller, R., 1989: Data interpretation and numerical modelling of the mud and suspended sediment experiment (MASEX) in 1985. In: Journal of Geophysical Research C. Vol. 94 (1989) 10, 14,381-14,393.
- Riethmüller, R.; Fanger, H.-U.; Grabemann, I.; Krasemann, H. L.; Ohm, K.; Boening, J.; Neumann, L. J. R.; Lang, G.; Markofsky, M.; Schubert, R.,1988: Hydrographical measurements in the turbidity zone of the Weser estuary. In: Dronkers, J.; Leussen, W. van (Eds.): Physical processes in estuaries; Part II: Mud transport phenomena. Berlin [u.a.]: Springer, 1988. 332-346.
- Fanger, H.-U.; Kuhn, H.; Michaelis, W.; Müller, A.; and Riethmüller, R.; 1986: Investigation of Material Transport and Load in Tidal Rivers. Water Science & Technology Vol 18 No 4-5 (1986) 101–110
High Energy Physics
- CHARGED PION, KAON, PROTON AND ANTI-PROTON PRODUCTION IN HIGH-ENERGY E+ E- ANNIHILATION. By TASSO Collaboration (R. Brandelik, et al.), DESY 80-49, Jun 1980. 12pp. Published in Phys.Lett.94B:444,1980
- THE TASSO GAS AND AEROGEL CERENKOV COUNTERS. By H. Burkhardt, P. Koehler, R. Riethmüller, B.H. Wiik (DESY), R. Fohrmann, J. Franzke, H.L. Krasemann, R. Maschuw, G. Poelz, J. Reichardt, J. Ringel, O. Römer, R. Rüsch, P. Schmüser, R. van Staa (Hamburg U.), J. Freeman, P. Lecomte, T. Meyer, Sau Lan Wu, G. Zobernig (Wisconsin U., Madison), DESY-80-100, Oct 1980. 40pp. Published in Nucl.Instrum.Meth.184:319,1981.
- CHARGED PION PRODUCTION IN E+ E- ANNIHILATION AT 14-GEV, 22-GEV AND 34- GEV CM ENERGY. By TASSO Collaboration (R. Brandelik, et al.), DESY 82-009, Feb 1982. 19pp. Published in Phys.Lett.113B:98,1982.
- PREPARATION OF SILICA AEROGEL FOR CERENKOV COUNTERS. By G. Poelz (Hamburg U.), R. Riethmüller (DESY), DESY 81/055, Sep 1981. 42pp. Published in Nucl.Instr.Meth.195:491,1982.
- CHARGED HADRON COMPOSITION OF THE FINAL STATE IN E+ E- ANNIHILATION AT HIGH-ENERGIES. By TASSO Collaboration (M. Althoff, et al.), DESY-82-070, Oct 1982. 31pp. Published in Z.Phys.C17:5-15,1983.
PhD-Thesis
- R. Riethmüller (DESY), INCLUSIVE PRODUCTION OF CHARGED PIONS IN E+ E- ANNIHILATION. (IN GERMAN), 1982. Hamburg Desy - INTERNAL REP. F35-82-01 (82,REC.OCT.) 165p.