Simulating past and future responses of the terrestrial system to greenhouse gas forcing and regional anthropogenic interventions (D02)

• Subject Area: Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Limnology, Urban Water Management, Water Chemistry, Integrated Water Resources Management ; Atmospheric Science
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 450058266

This project tests the CRC’s central hypothesis that anthropogenic interventions in the terrestrial systems can lead to persistent, potentially unsustainable changes in the coupled water and energy cycles of the surface/sub-surface-atmospheric system. The hypothesis is evaluated by performing free, regional simulations of the terrestrial system from groundwater to the top of the atmosphere under consideration of water and energy balance constraints over the European continent and the adjacent ocean. A carefully designed hierarchy of simulation experiments will facilitate identification and detailed mapping of the anthropogenic impact against the background of natural variability and greenhouse gas forcing.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1502: Regional Climate Change: Disentangling the Role of Land Use and Water Management
• Applicant Institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Stefan J. Kollet; Professor Dr. Michael Schindelegger