Current Research Projects
AREAL
Catchment nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching (Houska, Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology)
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ArchaeoTin
Interreg Saxony-Czech Republic: Archaeology in the World Heritage Site - Tin mining landscapes (van der Maaten)
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OrientBuche
Oriental beech as an alternative tree species under climate change (van der Maaten)
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CrossWATER
Transboundary groundwater management for a climate-resilient water supply in the European City of Görlitz-Zgorzelec (Hartmann)
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TransForMon
Transnational monitoring of forests in Bohemian/Saxon Switzerland (Eltner)
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BIBOB
Cross-border beaver dam management in the context of climate change (Chair of Hydraulic Engineering)
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AI4GLACIERS
AI-Enabled Prediction of Glacial Calving based on 4D Real-Time Multi-Sensor Monitoring (Eltner)
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LAFI
DFG FOR Land Atmosphere Feedback Initiative (Orlowski, Mauder)
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PhotoBathyWave
Development of a comprehensive model for concurrent water surface and bottom reconstruction in photo bathymetry (Maas)
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Multi Sensor Systems
Multi sensor systems for flash flood observation in Oman
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Climate Collaboratorium
Co-creation of Applied Theatre Decision Labs for Exploring Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (Hartmann)
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Wildfire CE
Enabling cross-boundary assessment, communication and management of wildfire risks in Central Europe
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WAIKLIM
Silviculture in the midst of climate change: How do saplings manage to grow into healthy trees despite climate-induced stress caused by heat and drought? (von Oheimb, Kalbitz)
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FOR5288
Fast and invisible: Conquering Subsurface Stormflow through an Interdisciplinary Multi-Site Approach (Hartmann)
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KIWA
Artificial Intelligence for Flood Warning, Subproject: Artificial intelligence for runoff forecasting and river monitoring (Eltner, Schütze)
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UAV-SRGK
Automated fusion and classification of ALS and UAV data for the creation of heavy rain hazard maps (Eltner)
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BENEATH
Carbon storage in the soil of near-natural beech forests – water balance and dead wood biomass as decisive regulating factors in a changing climate (Kalbitz)
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FOREST21
Forest risks - Deriving receptor specific indicators for storm and drought in the 21st century (Bernhofer, Feger)
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ÖSL-MV
Management and marketing of forest ecosystem services in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (ÖSL-MV) (von Oheimb)
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MASCOT
Mangrove-Saltmarsh ecotone patterns as indicators for critical impacts of sea level rise and climate change on coastal wetlands (Berger)
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RETROWALD
Retrospective Analysis of weather-induced extreme events, large-scale disturbances and silvicultural strategies (Wagner)
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KlimaKonform II
Development of a platform for climate-friendly action at municipal and district level in low mountain regions (Mauder, Bernard, Berendonk, Schtze, Krebs, Schanze, Bernhofer)
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Urban Resistome
Assessing the influence of rain and combined sewer overflow on the urban stream resistome (Berendonk, Krebs)
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DOC-Strength of sources
Solution-oriented investigations on increased DOC discharges from soils in selected catchment areas of Saxon drinking water reservoirs (Kalbitz)
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Sense4Fire
Sentinel-based fuel, fire and emission products to constrain the changing role of vegetation fires in the global carbon cycle (Forkel)
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PhenoFeedBacks
Biophysical impacts and feedbacks of plant phenological changes (Forkel)
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WWT
Transpiration of forest trees as a future ecophysiological sign of life for forest environmental monitoring; Subproject 3: New models for the soil water balance (Hartmann)
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Research Green Roof
Optimization of the effects of simple intensive green roofs on building and urban climate, water balance and vegetation diversity in the urban environment through irrigation with treated grey water (Siedlungswasserwirtschaft, Meteorologie, Geosensorsysteme)
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4D Glacier margin change monitoring
4D Glacier margin change monitoring on the basis of multi-temporal 3D point clouds (Maas)
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Abiotic stress alters microclimate by changing vegetation traits (DFG SB)
Investigation into the capacity of vegetation for modification of the microclimate using grassland vegetation as an example (Bernhofer, Ludwig-Müller, Gliksmann)
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Rainfall interception (DFG SB)
Localization of water storage and evapo(transpi)ration in forests (Bernhofer, Queck)
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MEDIWA (DFG SB)
Meteorological Drivers of Mass and Energy Exchange between Inland Waters and the Atmosphere (Koschorreck, Spank, Bernhofer, Rinke (UFZ))
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EUPHORIC (DFG SB)
The effect of roof-mounted photo-voltaic modules on the urban microclimate and indoor thermal comfort (Mauder)