Dr. Abdallah Alaoui
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Centre for Development and Environment
University of Berne
CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland

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Peer-reviewed publications

  • MUELLER M., ALAOUI A., ALEWELL C. 2015. Water and solutes dynamics during rainfall events in headwater catchments in the Central Swiss Alps under the influence of green alder shrubs and wetland soils. (Full paper)

  • ALAOUI A., FERCHER M., MUELLER M. 2015. Modelling the impact of land use changes on peak discharge in the Ursern Valley, Switzerland. (In prep.)

  • ALAOUI A., SCHWILCH G. 2015. New Device, new challenge in soil hydrology. (In prep.)

  • ALAOUI A. 2015. Modelling susceptibility of grassland soil to macropore flow. J. of Hydrology, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.04.016 (Full paper)

  • BATTIATO A., ALAOUI A. & DISERENS E. 2015. Impact of normal and shear stresses due to wheel slip on hydrological properties of an agricultural clay loam: experimental and new computerized approach. J. of Agricultural Sci. (Full paper)

  • MUELLER M., ALAOUI A., KUELLS Ch., LEISTERT H., MEUSBURGER K., CHRISTINE STUMPP Ch., WEILER M., ALEWELL C. 2014. Tracking water pathways in steep hillslopes by d18O soil depth profiles. Journal of Hydrology (Full paper)

  • HOREL A., LICHNER L., ALAOUI A., CZACHOR, H., NAGY V., TOTH, E. 2014. Transport of iodide in structured clay-loam soil under maize during irrigation experiment analyzed using HYDRUS model. Biologia, DOI: 10.2478/s11756-014-0465-6 (Full paper)

  • ALAOUI A., WILLIMANN E., JASPER K., FELDER G., HERGER F., MAGNUSSON J. & WEINGARTNER R. 2013. Modelling the Effects of Land Use and Climate Changes on Hydrology in the Ursern Valley, Switzerland. Hydrol. Processes (Full paper)

  • ALAOUI A., SPIESS P., BEYELER M. & WEINGARTNER R. 2012. Up-scaling surface runoff from plot to catchment scale. Hydrology Research. (Full paper)
  • ALAOUI A., LIPIEC J. & GERKE HH. 2011. A review of the changes in the soil pore system due to soil deformation: A hydrodynamic perspective. Soil and Tillage Research, 115-116: 1-15 (Full paper)

  • DISERENS E., DEFOSSEZ P., DUBOISSETC A. & ALAOUI A. 2011. Estimation of the contact area of agricultural traction tyres. Biosystems Engineering, 110: 73-82 (Full paper)

  • ALAOUI A. & DISERENS E. 2011. Changes in soil structure following passage of a tracked heavy machine. Geoderma, 163:283-290. (Full paper)

  • ALAOUI A., CADUFF U., GERKE HH. & WEINGARTNER R. 2011. Preferential flow effects on infiltration and runoff in grassland and forest soils. Vadose Zone Journal, 10:367-377. (Full paper)

  • ALAOUI A. & GOETZ B. 2008. Dye tracer and infiltration experiments to investigate macropore flow. Geoderma, 144:279-286. (Full paper)
  • ALAOUI A. 2006. A method to evaluate the compaction effect on soil structure. BGS-SSP Bulletin, 28:21-25.

  • ALAOUI A. & HELBLING A. 2006. Evaluation of soil compaction using hydrodynamic water content variation: comparison between compacted and non compacted soil. Geoderma, 134:97-108. (Full paper)

  • ALAOUI A. & EUGSTER W. 2004. Dual-porosity modeling of the groundwater recharge: Testing a quick calibration using in situ moisture measurements, Areuse River Delta, Switzerland. Hydrogeology Journal: 464-475, DOI: 10.1007/s10040-003-0288-y. (Full paper)

  • ALAOUI A., GERMANN P., JARVIS N. & ACUTIS M. 2003. Dual-porosity and Kinematic Wave Approaches to assess the degree of preferential flow in an unsaturated soil. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 48(3):455-472. (Full paper)

  • GERMANN P., ALAOUI A. & RIESEN D. 2002. Drag force approach to the transport of colloids in unsaturated soils. Water Resources Research, 38(10):18(1-15) (Abstract)
  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. & EUGSTER W. 2001. Field determination of the water balance of the Areuse river delta (Switzerland), Hydrological Sciences Journal, 46(5):747-760. (Full paper)
  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. & GERMANN P. 1998. Kinematic wave approach to flow and moisture during infiltration and redistribution of water in a structured soil. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 43(4):561-578. (Full paper)
  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. GERMANN P., LICHNER L. & NOVAK V. 1997. Preferential transport of water and 131Iodide in a clay loam assessed with TDR-techniques and boundary-layer flow theory. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 4:813-822. (Full paper)
  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A., MÜLLER I. & CHRISTE R. 1993. Geophysical prospection in the Areuse delta (Switzerland): An application of the electro-magnetic VLF-resistivity multifrequency method. Hydrogeol., 1:47-52. (Abstract)
  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. & ROSSIER-HAEGI V. 1992. Evaluation of the groundwater recharge through the unsaturated zone : application to the experimental site of Colombier, Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Bull. du CHYN, 11:81-95. (Abstract)
  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. & BOUZELBOUDGEN M. 1991. Hydrogeology of the Areuse plain. Bull. du CHYN, 10:99-106. (Abstract)
  • ALLEMANN R. & MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. 1991. Comparative evaluation of different artificial dyes in hydrogeology and methodology of analysis. Bull. du CHYN, 10:1-10. (Abstract)
Conference Papers, Posters and Abstracts

  • LEIMER S., WILLIMANN E., ALAOUI A., TRACHTE K., WILCKE W. 2015. Element export from a small catchment in the tropical montane forest of Ecuador responds to climate change. EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna-Austria, April 12 - 17, 2015. Poster Proceedings

  • ALAOUI A. 2014. Soil compaction effect on surface runoff generation: Processes, controlling factors and consequences for floods. Symposium "Land Use Change Impacts on Floods", Technical University of Vienna, Austria, 21.-22. October 2014 - Invited speaker. Oral presentation

  • BATTIATO A., ALAOUI A., DISERENS E., SARTORI L. 2013. Response of a clay loam agricultural soil to mechanical stress from tractor traffic with and without slip. 71st Conference LAND TECHNIK - Agricultural Engineering, Nov. 8 - 9, 2013, Soil protection – Machine-Soil Interaction, Hannover. Oral presentation

  • ALAOUI A., WILLIMANN E., JASPER K., MAGNUSON J., WEINGARTNER R. 2013. Modelling the effects of Land Use and Climate Changes on Hydrology in the Ursern Valley, Switzerland. EGU General Assembly-HS4.5, Vienna-Austria, April 7 - 12, 2013. Poster Proceedings

  • ALAOUI A., WILLIMANN E., JASPER K., MAGNUSON J., WEINGARTNER R. 2013. Modellierung der Auswirkungen der Landnutzungs- und Klimaänderungen auf die Hydrologie des Urserntals (Schweiz). Tag der Hydrologie, Universität Bern, Schweiz, 4. - 6. April 2013. Poster Proceedings

  • ALAOUI A., MUELLER M., ALEWELL Ch., LAGGER S., WEINGARTNER R. 2011. Impact of land use changes on soil hydrology in the Ursern Valley, Switzerland. EGU General Assembly, EGU2011-6738, Vienna, Austria, 3 - 8 April 2011. Poster Proceedings

  • ALAOUI A., SPIESS P., BEYELER M., WEINGARTNER R. 2010. Infiltration Experiments and a Digital Elevation Model to Upscale Soil Hydrological Processes. EGU General Assembly, EGU2010-7744, Vienna, Austria, 02 - 07 May 2010. Poster Proceedings

  • HEIMGARTNER A., STIMM EM., ALAOUI A., LUSCHER P. 2010. Untersuchung der Porengrössenverteilung in staunassen Waldböden im Zwischenkronenbereich. BGS - Jahrestagung 2010, «New soil deal» 11./12. Februar 2010. Hochschule für Technik und Architektur Freiburg (Schweiz). Poster Proceedings

  • ALAOUI A. 2009. Caractérisation des écoulements dans la zone non saturée: Expérimentation et modélisation. Workshop, 26 Janvier 2009. Chairmen: H.-R. Pfeifer. Université de Lausanne, Faculté des géosciences et de l'environnement, IMG-Centre d'Analyse Minérale. Oral presentation

  • ALAOUI A. & DISERENS E. 2008. Effects of soil compaction and shearing processes on soil structure following passage of a tracked heavy machine. EGU - General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 13-18 April 2008. Proceeding. (Abstract)

  • ALAOUI A. & GOETZ B. 2007. Dye Tracer and MACRO Model to investigate Macropore Flow. EGU - General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 15-20 April 2007. Poster proceedings. (Abstract)

  • ALAOUI A. 2005. A method to evaluate the compaction effect on soil structure. EGU - General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005. Poster proceedings. (Abstract)

  • ALAOUI A. 2004. Using hydrodynamic variations of water content to evaluate the degree of soil compaction. Réunion annuelle de la SSP, Lausanne, 25 & 26 mars. Dégradation et restauration des sols en Suisse et à l'étranger. Chairmen: R. Schulin & H.-R. Pfeifer. Oral presentation.
  • ALAOUI A. 2004. Evaluation du tassement du sol par l'étude de l'évolution hydrodynamique de la teneur en eau. BGS-Plattform Bodenschutz; 26. Januar 2004, Olten - Schweitz. Oral presentation.
  • ALAOUI A., GERMANN P., JARVIS N. & ACUTIS M. 2003. Dual-porosity and Kinematic Wave Appraoches to asses the Degree of Preferential Flow in an Unsaturated Soil. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, EAE03, HS30, Nice, France, April 7-11, 2003. Oral presentation. (Abstract)

  • ALAOUI A. & EUGSTER W. 2003. Testing a quick Calibration using in situ Moisture Measurements for modelling Groundwater Recharge. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, EAE03, HS30, Nice, France, April 7-11, 2003. Poster proceedings. (Abstract)

  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A., GERMANN P., JARVIS N.M. & ACUTIS M. 2001. MACRO model and Kinematic Wave Approach to assess the degree of preferential flow in unsaturated porous media. EGS 26th General Assembly; Nice, France, 25-30 March 2001. Oral presentation. (Abstract)
  • ACUTIS M., MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A., JARVIS N. & DONATELLI M. 2001. A Software for Sensitivity Analysis, Calibration and Inversion of MACRO Model. Modeling Cropping Systems, Poster Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium, Florence, Italy, July 16-18, 2001. (Full text)
  • LICHNER L., MESZAROS I., GERMANN P., MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A., SIR M. & FASKO P. 1999. Impact of land-use change on nutrient fluxes in structured soils. In: Heathwaite L. (ed): Proc. Int. Symp. Impact of Land-use change on nutrient loads from diffuse sources, Birmingham, IAHS Publication No. 257, Wallingford, pp. 171-177. (Abstract)

  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. & JARVIS N.M. 1999. Measurement and Modeling of Rapid Flow, and Moisture Movement in Soil under Steady and Unsteady State Conditions. Poster Proceedings of the XXIVth General Assembly of EGS, The Hague, 19-23 April, 1999.
  • LICHNER L., NOVAK V., STEKAUEROVA V., GERMANN P., MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. & SIR M. 1997. Solute transport in aggregated soils. In: Proc. 6th Int. Conf. on Agrophysics, September 15-18, Lublin, Poland, pp. 99-101. (Abstract)

  • LICHNER L., NOVAK V., STEKAUEROVA V., GERMANN P., MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. & SIR M. 1997. Solute transport in clay-loam soil with and without macropores. In: Proc. 6th Int. Conf. on Agrophysics, September 15-18, Lublin, Poland, pp. 98-99. (Abstract)

  • LICHNER L., NOVAK V., GERMANN P. & MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. 1996. In-situ measurements of solute transport in structured soils by means of nuclear tracer technique. Annales Geophysicae, 14, Suppl II, C323. (Abstract)

  • GERMANN P., MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A., LICHNER L. & NOVAK V. 1996. Kinematic approach to the transport of iodide in a heavy clay soil in situ. Annales Geophysicae, 14, Suppl. II, C320. (Abstract)

  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A., GERMANN P., LICHNER L. & NOVAK V. 1996. Field measurements of water and solute transport in structured soil using TDR and radioactive tracer technique. Annales Geophysicae, 14, Suppl. II, C323. (Abstract)

  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A., GERMANN P., LICHNER L. & NOVAK V. 1995. In situ-measurements of rapid solute transport in structured soils. 2. Water transport measurements using Time Domain Reflectrometry (TDR). Poster Proceedings, Bratislava, Slovakia, November 16, 1995.
  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. 1995. Hydrologic Response of Undisturbed Soil Column to Various Intensities of Simulated Rainfall. Aktuelle Bodenforschung in der Schweiz III. Symposium der BGS anlässlich der Jahresversammlung der Schweizerischen Akademie der Naturwissenschaften, 6-9 september 1995, St. Gallen (Switzerland). Document 7:31-36. Oral presentation. (Abstract)

  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. 1994. Modélisation de l’écoulement rapide de l’eau dans une colonne de sol par une approche macroscopique. Aktuelle Bodenforschung in der Schweiz II. Symposium der BGS anlässlich der Jahresversammlung der Schweizerischen Akademie der Naturwissenschaften vom 7. Oktober 1994, Aarau (Switzerland). Document 6:51-56. Oral presentation.
  • ROSSIER-HAEGI V. & MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. 1992. Free groundwater of the Areuse Delta (Switzerland): Hydrogeology and recharge. International colloquium „Porous or fractured unsaturated media: transports and behaviour“, Monte Verità, Ascona (Switzerland), 5-9 October 1992, pp. 274-286. Oral presentation. (Abstract)

  • MDAGHRI-ALAOUI A. 1992. Traceurs artificiels en hydrogéologie : limites d’application et critiques des méthodes d’analyses. Colloque international „hydrogéologie des milieux discontinus“, Marrakech, Maroc : 22-25 avril 1992, pp. 37-40. Oral presentation.
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