Academic papers

Selected Publications

2021

Dryden, R., Anand, M., Lehner, B., Fluet-Chouinard, E. (2021): Do we prioritize floodplains for development and farming? Mapping global dependence and exposure to inundation. Global Environmental Change 71: 102370. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102370

He, F., Thieme, M., Zarfl, C., Grill, G., Lehner, B., Hogan, Z., Tockner, K., Jähnig, S.C. (2021): Impacts of loss of free-flowing rivers on global freshwater megafauna. Biological Conservation 263: 109335. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109335

Thieme, M.L., Tickner, D., Grill, G., Carvallo, J.P., Goichot, M., Hartmann, J., Higgins, J., Lehner, B., Mulligan, M., Nilsson, C., Tockner, K., Zarfl, C., Opperman, J. (2021): Navigating trade-offs between dams and river conservation. Global Sustainability 4, E17. doi: 10.1017/sus.2021.15 (open access)

Messager, M.L., Lehner, B., Cockburn, C., Lamouroux, N., Pella, H., Snelder, T., Tockner, K., Trautmann, T., Watt, C., Datry, T. (2021). Global prevalence of non-perennial rivers and streams. Nature 594: 391-397. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03565-5

Lehner, B., Katiyo, L., Chivava, F., Sichingabula, H.M., Nyirenda, E., Rivers-Moore, N.A., Paxton, B.R., Grill, G., Nyoni, F., Shamboko-Mbale, B., Banda, K., Thieme, M.L., Silembo, O.M., Musutu, A., Filgueiras, R. (2021): Identifying priority areas for surface water protection in data scarce regions: an integrated spatial analysis for Zambia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31(8): 1998-2016. doi: 10.1002/aqc.3606

Rivers-Moore, N.A., Paxton, B., Chivava, F., Katiyo, L., Phiri, H., Katongo, C., Thieme, M.L., Lehner, B., Linke, S. (2021): Aquatic areas of ecological importance as inputs into surface water resource protection areas in Zambia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31(8): 1983-1997. doi: 10.1002/aqc.3604

Nagy, S., Breiner, F.T., Anand, M., Butchart, S.H.M., Flörke, M., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Guisan, A., Hilarides, L., Jones, V.R., Kalyakin, M., Lehner, B., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Voltzit, O. (2021): Climate change exposure of waterbird species in the African-Eurasian flyway. Bird Conservation International, 1-26. doi: 10.1017/S0959270921000150 (open access)

Hanna, D.E.L., Lehner, B., Taranu, Z.E., Solomon, C.T., Bennett, E.M. (2021): The relationship between watershed protection and water quality: the case of Québec, Canada. Freshwater Science 40(2): 382-396. doi: 10.1086/714598

Mitchell, M.G.E, Schuster, R., Jacob, A.L., Hanna, D.E.L., Ouellet Dallaire, C., Raudsepp-Hearne, C., Bennett, E.M., Lehner, B., Chan, K.M.A. (2021): Identifying key ecosystem service providing areas to inform national-scale conservation planning. Environmental Research Letters 16(1): 014038. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abc121 (open access)

2020

Zarfl, C., Lehner, B. (2020): European rivers are fragmented by many more barriers than had been recorded. Nature 588: 395-396. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03440-9 (open access)

Thieme, M.L., Khrystenko, D., Qin, S., Golden Kroner, R.E., Lehner, B., Pack, S., Tockner, K., Zarfl, C., Shahbol, N., Mascia, M.B. (2020): Dams and Protected Areas: quantifying the spatial and temporal extent of global dam construction within protected areas. Conservation Letters 13: e12719. doi: 10.1111/conl.12719 (open access)

Gleeson, T., Wang‐Erlandsson, L., Zipper, S.C., Porkka, M., Jaramillo, F., Gerten, D., Fetzer, I., Cornell, S.E., Piemontese, L., Gordon, L.J., Rockström, J., Oki, T., Sivapalan, M., Wada, Y., Brauman, K.A., Flörke, M., Bierkens, M.F.P., Lehner, B., Keys, P., Kummu, M., Wagener, T., Dadson, S., Troy, T.J., Steffen, W., Falkenmark, M., Famiglietti, J.S. (2020): The water planetary boundary: interrogation and revision. One Earth 2(3): 223-234. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.02.009 (open access)

Gleeson, T., Wang‐Erlandsson, L., Porkka, M., Zipper, S.C., Jaramillo, F., Gerten, D., Fetzer, I., Cornell, S.E., Piemontese, L., Gordon, L., Rockström, J., Oki, T., Sivapalan, M., Wada, Y., Brauman, K.A., Flörke, M., Bierkens, M.F.P., Lehner, B., Keys, P., Kummu, M., Wagener, T., Dadson, S., Troy, T.J., Steffen, W., Falkenmark, M., Famiglietti, J.S. (2020): Illuminating water cycle modifications and Earth System resilience in the Anthropocene. Water Resources Research 56: e24390. doi: 10.1029/2019WR024957

Ouellet Dallaire, C., Lehner, B., Creed, I. (2020): Multidisciplinary classification of river reaches to support the sustainable management of freshwater systems – an application to Canadian rivers. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2018-0284

Jolliet, O., Wannaz, C., Kilgallon, J., Speirs, L., Franco, A., Lehner, B., Veltman, K., Hodges, J. (2020): Spatial variability of ecosystem exposure to home and personal care chemicals in Asia. Environment International 134: 105260. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105260 (open access)

2019

Lauerwald, R., Regnier, P., Figueiredo, V., Enrich-Prast, A., Bastviken, D., Lehner, B., Maavara, T., Raymond, P. (2019): Natural lakes are a minor global source of N2O to the atmosphere. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 33. doi: 10.1029/2019GB006261

Linke, S., Lehner, B., Ouellet Dallaire, C., Ariwi, J., Grill, G., Anand, M., Beames, P., Burchard-Levine, V., Maxwell, S., Moidu, H., Tan, F., Thieme, M. (2019): Global hydro-environmental sub-basin and river reach characteristics at high spatial resolution. Scientific Data 6: 283. doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0300-6 (open access)

Horgby, A., Bertuzzo, E., Lauerwald, R., Lehner, B., Segatto, P.-L., Ulseth, A., Vennemann, T., Battin, T. (2019): Unexpected large evasion fluxes of carbon dioxide from turbulent streams draining the world’s mountains. Nature Communications 10: 4888. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12905-z (open access)

Abell, R., Vigerstol, K., Higgins, J., Kang, S., Karres, N., Lehner, B., Sridhar, A., Chapin, E. (2019): Freshwater biodiversity conservation through source water protection: Quantifying the potential and addressing the challenges. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29(7): 1022–1038. doi: 10.1002/aqc.3091 (open access)

Grill, G., Lehner, B., Thieme, M., Geenen, B., Tickner, D., Antonelli, F., Babu, S., Borrelli, P., Cheng, L., Crochetiere, H., Ehalt Macedo, H., Filgueiras, R., Goichot, M., Higgins, J., Hogan, Z., Lip, B., McClain, M., Meng, J., Mulligan, M., Nilsson, C., Olden, J., Opperman, J., Petry, P., Reidy Liermann, C., Saenz, L., Salinas-Rodríguez, S., Schelle, P., Schmitt, R.J.P., Snider, J., Tan, F., Tockner, K., Valdujo, P.H., van Soesbergen, A., Zarfl C. (2019): Mapping the world’s free-flowing rivers. Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1111-9

Ouellet Dallaire, C., Lehner, B., Sayre, R., Thieme, M. (2019): A multidisciplinary framework to derive global river reach classifications at high spatial resolution. Environmental Research Letters 14(2): 024003. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aad8e9 (open access)

Cuthbert, M.O., Gleeson, T., Moosdorf, N., Befus, K.M., Schneider, A., Hartmann, J., Lehner, B. (2019): Global patterns and dynamics of climate-groundwater interactions. Nature Climate Change 9: 137–141. doi: 10.1038/s41558-018-0386-4

2018

Grill, G., Li, J., Khan, U., Zhong, Y., Lehner, B., Nicell, J., Ariwi, J. (2018): Estimating the eco-toxicological risk of estrogens in China’s rivers using a high-resolution contaminant fate model. Water Research 145: 707-720. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.08.053

Tellman, B., McDonald, R.I., Goldstein, J.H., Vogl, A.L., Flörke, M., Shemie, D., Dudley, R., Dryden, R., Petry, P., Karres, N., Vigerstol, K., Lehner, B., Veiga, F. (2018): Opportunities for natural infrastructure to improve urban water security in Latin America. PLoS ONE 13(12): e0209470. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209470

Aires, F., Prigent, C., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Yamazaki, D., Papa, F., Lehner, B. (2018): Comparison of visible and multi-satellite global inundation datasets at high-spatial resolution. Remote Sensing of Environment 216: 427–441. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.06.015

Mehdi, B., Lehner, B., Ludwig, R. (2018): Modelling crop land use change derived from influencing factors selected and ranked by farmers in North temperate agricultural regions. Science of the Total Environment 631–632: 407–420. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.014

Mehdi, B., Schulz, K., Ludwig, R., Ferber, F., Lehner, B. (2018): Evaluating the importance of non-unique behavioural parameter sets on surface water quality variables under climate change conditions in a mesoscale agricultural watershed. Water Resources Management 32(2): 619–639. doi: 10.1007/s11269-017-1830-3

2017

Grill, G., Lehner, B., Lumsdon, A.E., MacDonald, G.K., Zarfl, C., Reidy Liermann, C. (2017): Reply to Comment on ‘An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales’. Environmental Research Letters 12(3): 038002. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa60cb

Souza Reis V.C., Hermoso, V., Hamilton, S.K., Ward, D., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Lehner, B., Linke, S. (2017): A global assessment of inland wetland conservation status. Bioscience 67(6): 523–533. doi: 10.1093/biosci/bix045

Aires, F., Miolane, L., Prigent, C., Pham, B., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Lehner, B., Papa, F. (2017): A global dynamic long-term inundation extent dataset at high spatial resolution derived through downscaling of satellite observations. Journal of Hydrometeorology 18(5): 1305-1325. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-16-0155.1

Abell, R., Lehner, B., Thieme, M., Linke, S. (2017): beyond the fenceline: assessing protection gaps for the world’s rivers. Conservation Letters. doi: 10.1111/conl.12312 (open access)

2016

Messager, M.L., Lehner, B., Grill, G., Nedeva, I., Schmitt, O. (2016): Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach. Nature Communications: 13603. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13603 (open access)

Mehdi, B., Ludwig, R., Lehner, B. (2016): Simulated future changes of extreme nutrient loads in a mesoscale agricultural watershed in Bavaria. Die Bodenkultur: Journal of Land Management, Food and Environment 67(2): 77–90. doi: 10.1515/boku-2016-0008 (open access)

Grill, G., Khan, U., Lehner, B., Nicell, J., Ariwi, J. (2016): Risk assessment of down-the-drain chemicals at large spatial scales: Model development and application to contaminants originating from urban areas in the Saint Lawrence River Basin. Science of the Total Environment 541: 825-838. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.100 (open access)

2015

Mehdi, B., Lehner, B., Gombault, C., Michaud, A., Beaudin, I., Sottile, M.-F., Blondlot, A. (2015): Simulated impacts of climate change and agricultural land use change on surface water quality with and without adaptation management strategies. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 213: 47–60. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.07.019

Mehdi, B.B., Ludwig, R., Lehner, B. (2015): Evaluating the impacts of climate change and crop land use change on streamflow, nitrates and phosphorus: a modeling study in Bavaria. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 4: 60-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.04.009 (open access)

Fluet-Chouinard, E., Lehner, B., Rebelo, L.M., Papa, F., Hamilton, S.K., (2015): Development of a global inundation map at high spatial resolution from topographic downscaling of coarse-scale remote sensing data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 158: 348-361. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.10.015

Marthews, T.R., Dadson, S.J., Lehner, B., Abele, S., Gedney, N. (2015): High-resolution global topographic index values for use in large-scale hydrological modelling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 19: 91-104. doi: 10.5194/hess-19-91-2015 (open access)

Grill, G., Lehner, B., Lumsdon, A.E., MacDonald, G.K., Zarfl, C., Reidy Liermann, C. (2015): An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales. Environmental Research Letters 10 015001. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/015001 (open access)

2014

McDonald, R.I., Weber, K., Padowski, J., Flörke, M., Schneider, C., Green, P.A., Gleeson, T., Eckman, S., Lehner, B., Balk, D., Boucher, T., Grill, G., Montgomery, M. (2014). Water on an urban planet: Urbanization and the reach of urban water infrastructure. Global Environmental Change 27, 96-105. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.022 (open access)

Grill, G., Ouellet Dallaire, C., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Sindorf, N., Lehner, B. (2014): Development of new indicators to evaluate river fragmentation and flow regulation at large scales: a case study for the Mekong River Basin. Ecological Indicators 45: 148-159. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.03.026

2013

Lehner, B., Nicell, J., Grill, G., Khan, U., Ariwi, J. (2013): Down-the-drain geospatial fate model for substances in consumer products – a pilot study for the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Montreal, QC, Canada, 63pp. [download]

Lehner, B., Grill G. (2013): Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world’s large river systems. Hydrological Processes, 27(15): 2171–2186. doi: 10.1002/hyp.9740.

McDowell, G., Ford, J.D., Lehner, B., Berrang-Ford, L., Sherpa, A. (2013): Climate-related hydrological change and human vulnerability in remote mountain regions: a case study from Khumbu, Nepal. Regional Environmental Change. 13(2): 299–310. doi: 10.1007/s10113-012-0333-2.

Huziy, O., Sushama, L., Khaliq, M.N., Laprise, R., Lehner, B., Roy R. (2013): Analysis of streamflow characteristics over Northeastern Canada in a changing climate. Climate Dynamics. 40(7-8): 1879–1901. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1406-0.

2012

Wood, E.F., Roundy, J.K., Troy, T.J., van Beek, R., Bierkens, M., Blyth, E., de Roo, A., Döll, P., Ek, M., Famiglietti, J., Gochis, D., van de Giesen, N., Houser, P., Jaffé, P.R., Kollet, S., Lehner, B., Lettenmaier, D.P., Peters-Lidard, C., Sivapalan, M., Sheffield, J., Wade, A., Whitehead, P. (2012): Reply to comment by K.J. Beven and H.L. Cloke on “Hyper-resolution global land surface modeling: Meeting a grand challenge for monitoring Earth’s terrestrial water“. Water Resources Research, 48: W01802. DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011202.

Mehdi, B.B., Ludwig, R., Lehner, B. (2012): Determining agricultural land use scenarios in a mesoscale Bavarian watershed for modeling future water quality. Advances in Geosciences, 31: 9–14.

Verzano, K., Bärlund, I., Flörke, M., Lehner, B., Kynast, E., Voß, F., Alcamo, J. (2012): Modeling variable river flow velocity on continental scale: Current situation and climate change impacts in Europe. Journal of Hydrology, 424–425: 238–251.

2011

Wood, E.F., Roundy, J.K., Troy, T.J., van Beek, R., Bierkens, M., Blyth, E., de Roo, A., Döll, P., Ek, M., Famiglietti, J., Gochis, D., van de Giesen, N., Houser, P., Jaffé, P.R., Kollet, S., Lehner, B., Lettenmaier, D.P., Peters-Lidard, C., Sivapalan, M., Sheffield, J., Wade, A., Whitehead, P. (2011): Hyper-resolution global land surface modeling: Meeting a grand challenge for monitoring Earth’s terrestrial water. Water Resources Research, 47: W05301. DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010090

Lehner, B., Reidy Liermann, C., Revenga, C., Vörösmarty, C., Fekete, B., Crouzet, P., Döll, P., Endejan, M., Frenken, K., Magome, J., Nilsson, C., Robertson, J., Rödel, R., Sindorf, N., Wisser, D. (2011): High- resolution mapping of the world’s reservoirs and dams for sustainable river-flow management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 9(9): 494–502. DOI: 10.1890/100125

Abell, R., Thieme, M., Lehner, B. (2011): Indicators for assessing threats to freshwater biodiversity from humans and human-shaped landscapes. In: Cincotta, R.P., Gorenflo, L.J. (eds.): Human population: its influences on biological diversity. Ecological Studies 214, Chapter 7: 103-124, Springer-Verlag, BerlinHeidelberg.

Lehner, B., Grill, G., Ouellet Dallaire, C., Fluet-Chouinard, E. (2011): Ecosystem fragmentation and flow regulation in the MekongRiver Basin due to past and future dam development: a pilot study. Report submitted to World Wildlife Fund, Greater Mekong Region, Vientiane, Laos, 32pp.

Lehner, B. (2011): Derivation of watershed boundaries for GRDC gauging stations based on the HydroSHEDS drainage network. GRDC Report Series No. 41. Global Runoff Data Centre, Koblenz, Germany, 12pp.

2010

Thieme, M.L., Lehner, B., Abell, R., Matthews, J. (2010): Exposure of Africa’s freshwater biodiversity to a changing climate. Conservation Letters, 3(5): 324–331.

Richter, B.D., Postel, S., Revenga, C., Scudder, T., Lehner, B., Churchill, A., Chow, M. (2010): Lost in development’s shadow: The downstream human consequences of dams. Water Alternatives, 3(2): 14–42.

2008

Naidoo, R., Balmford, A., Costanza, R., Fisher, B., Green, R.E., Lehner, B., Malcolm, T.R., Ricketts, T.H. (2008): Global mapping of ecosystem services and conservation priorities. PNAS, 105(28): 9495–9500.

Lehner, B., Verdin, K., Jarvis, A. (2008): New global hydrography derived from spaceborne elevation data. Eos, Transactions, AGU, 89(10): 93-94. Link

2007

Thieme, M., Lehner, B., Abell, R., Hamilton, S.K., Kellndorfer, J., Powell, G., Riveros, J.C. (2007): Freshwater conservation planning in data-poor areas: An example from a remote Amazonian basin (Madre de Dios River, Peru and Bolivia). Biological Conservation, 135: 500-517.

Abell, R., Allan, J.D., Lehner, B. (2007): Unlocking the potential of protected areas for freshwaters. Biological Conservation, 134: 48-63.

2006

Lehner, B., Verdin, K., Jarvis, A. (2006): Hydrological data and maps based on Shuttle elevation derivatives at multiple scales (HydroSHEDS) – Technical Documentation. World Wildlife Fund US, Washington, DC. 27pp. Available at http://hydrosheds.cr.usgs.gov.

Hamilton, S.K., Kellndorfer, J., Lehner, B., Tobler, M. (2006): Remote sensing of floodplain geomorphology as a surrogate for habitat diversity in a tropical river system (Madre de Dios, Peru). Geomorphology, 89(2007): 23-38.

Pittock, J., Lehner, B., Lifeng, L. (2006): River basin management to conserve wetlands and water resources. In: Bobbink, R., Beltman, B., Verhoeven, J.T.A., Wigham, D.F. (eds.): Wetlands: functioning, biodiversity conservation, and restoration. Chapter 8: 169-196, Springer-Verlag.

Lehner, B., Döll, P., Alcamo, J., Henrichs, T., Kaspar, F. (2006): Estimating the impact of global change on flood and drought risks in Europe: a continental, integrated analysis. Climatic Change, 75(3): 273-299.

2005

Thieme, M.L., Abell, R.A., Stiassny, M.L.J., Skelton, P. H., Lehner, B., Teugels, G.G., Dinerstein, E., Kamdem-Toham, A., Burgess, N., Olson, D.M. (eds.): Freshwater ecoregions of Africa: a conservation assessment. Island Press, Washington, DC, USA.

Lehner, B., Czisch, G., Vassolo, S. (2005): The impact of global change on the hydropower potential of Europe: a model-based analysis. Energy Policy, 33(7): 839-855.

2004

Lehner, B., Döll, P. (2004): Development and validation of a global database of lakes, reservoirs and wetlands. Journal of Hydrology 296(1-4): 1-22.

Abell, R., Thieme, M., Lehner, B. (2004). Ecoregion conservation for freshwater systems, with a focus on large rivers. In Welcomme, R., Petr, T. (eds.): Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries. Volume II. FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. RAP Publication 2004/17, pp. 1-14.

Batima, P., Batnasan, N., Lehner, B. (2004): Freshwater systems of the Great Lakes Basin, Mongolia: Opportunities and challenges in the face of climate change. WWF Mongolia Programme Office, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Admon Printing, ISBN 99929-0-279-5, 95 pp.

Lehner, B.L. (2004): Estimating the effect of global change on European water resources and hydrology: enhancement and application of a global water model. PhD thesis (book and CD), University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 197 pp.

2003

Alcamo, J., Döll, P., Henrichs, T., Kaspar, F., Lehner, B., Rösch, T., Siebert, S. (2003a): Development and testing of the WaterGAP 2 global model of water use and availability. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 48(3): 317–337.

Alcamo, J., Döll, P., Henrichs, T., Kaspar, F., Lehner, B., Rösch, T., Siebert, S. (2003b): Global estimates of water withdrawals and availability under current and future “business-as-usual” conditions. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 48(3): 339–349.

Döll, P., Kaspar, F., Lehner, B. (2003): A global hydrological model for deriving water availability indicators: model tuning and validation. Journal of Hydrology, 270: 105–134.

2002

Döll, P., Lehner, B. (2002): Validation of a new global 30-min drainage direction map. Journal of Hydrology, 258: 214-231.

Henrichs, T., Lehner, B., Alcamo, J. (2002): An integrated analysis of changes in water stress in Europe. Integrated Assessment, 3 (1): 15-29.

Döll, P., Lehner, B., Kaspar, F. (2002): Global modeling of groundwater recharge. In Schmitz, G.H. (ed.): Proceedings of Third International Conference on Water Resources and the Environment Research, Technical University of Dresden, Germany, ISBN 3-934253-17-2, Vol. I: 27-31.

2001

Lehner, B., Henrichs, T., Döll, P., Alcamo, J. (eds.) (2001): EuroWasser – Model-based assessment of European water resources and hydrology in the face of global change. Kassel World Water Series, Vol. 5, 124 pp. Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, Germany.

Lehner, B., Döll, P., Kaspar, F. (2001): Vergleich von hydrologischen Modellen auf unterschiedlichen Skalenebenen am Beispiel Elbe und Oder. In: Sutmöller, J., Raschke, E. (eds.): Modellierung in meso- bis makroskaligen Flußeinzugsgebieten – Tagungsband zum gleichnamigen Workshop am 16./17. November 2000 in Lauenburg, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, GKSS 2001/15: 160-171.

Döll, P., Kaspar, F., Lehner, B. (2001): Calibration of a global hydrological model against measured discharge. In: Dolman, H., Pomeroy, J., Oki, T., Hall, A. (eds.): Soil–Vegetation–Atmosphere Transfer Schemes and Large-Scale Hydrological Models, IAHS Publication, 270: 143-149.

2000

Lehner, B., Alcamo, J., Döll, P., Kaspar, F. (2000): Towards a global perspective on the risk of river floods. In: Toensmann, F., Koch M. (eds.): River Flood Defence. Int. Symposium on River Flood Defence, Kassel Reports of Hydraulic Engineering, No. 9/2000, Vol. 1: D-23 – D-32, Herkules Verlag.

Döll, P., Lehner, B., Kaspar, F. (2000): Global modeling of groundwater recharge and surface runoff. EcoRegio, 8: 73-80.

Demuth, S., Lehner, B., Stahl, K. (2000): Assessment of the Vulnerability of a River System to Drought. In: Vogt, J.V., Somma, F. (eds.): Drought and Drought Mitigation in Europe. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, Vol. 14: 209-219, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

1998

Lehner, B. (1998): Automated Generation of a Topologic River Network System Within a GIS. In: Strobl, J., Dollinger, F. (eds): Angewandte Geographische Informationsverarbeitung. Beiträge zum AGITSymposium Salzburg 1998: 195-201, Wichmann Verlag, Heidelberg.