Research fields

• Process-based crop modeling
• Seasonal and subseasonal climate forecasting for agriculture
• Land–atmosphere–hydrology coupling
• Crop–climate interactions in semi-arid systems

Projects

• SPS Blue Nile

Selected Publications

• Zargar M, Bronstert A, Francke T, Zimale FA, Worku KB, Wiegels R, Lorenz C, Hageltom Y, Sawadogo W and Kunstmann H., 2025: Comparison and hydrological evaluation of different precipitation data for a large tropical region: the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia. Front. Water 7:1536881.doi: 10.3389/frwa.2025.1536881