Research Focus
Global change including climate change and human interventions related to e.g. water and land use exert tremendous pressures on natural resources and ecosystem services. In order to improve our understanding and predictions of the terrestrial system i.e. its nonlinear and coupled water, energy and nutrient cycles, we develop scale consistent terrestrial models that are merged with observations of the real system. We use these models to explain and predict e.g. extreme and compound events related to e.g. floods and droughts; and perform probabilistic water resources assessments. The group provides quasi-operational water resources forecasts over Central Europe that are relevant for stakeholders and the public (https://adapter-projekt.de, https://wasser-monitor.de). We perform our research in collaboration with HPSC and SLTS Terrys, CESOC, and nationa/international partners.