Ground-based observations and experiments (Z03)

• Subject Area: Physical Geography
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 268236062

As a service project, the main duty of Z03 is to bundle expertise and equipment for shared ground-based observations, process monitoring, and field experiments. Modern field-based observations including meteorological data are required by most CRC subprojects, and artificial irrigation experiments are essential for all B-projects and selected C-projects during the 2nd CRC phase. In addition, both the observation of irrigation-induced processes and the understanding of natural geomorphological and/or biological processes requires a comprehensive system of ground-based monitoring techniques, which shall be centralised by Z03 as well.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1211: Earth - Evolution at the Dry Limit
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Georg Bareth; Professor Dr. Olaf Bubenzer