Open AccessInterdisciplinary Geo‐ecological Research across Time Scales in the Northeast German Lowland Observatory (TERENO‐NE)
Author(s) -
Heinrich Ingo,
Balanzategui Daniel,
Bens Oliver,
Blasch Gerald,
Blume Theresa,
Böttcher Falk,
Borg Erik,
Brademann Brian,
Brauer Achim,
Conrad Christopher,
Dietze Elisabeth,
Dräger Nadine,
Fiener Peter,
Gerke Horst H.,
Güntner Andreas,
Heine Iris,
Helle Gerhard,
Herbrich Marcus,
Harfenmeister Katharina,
Heußner Karl-Uwe,
Hohmann Christian,
Itzerott Sibylle,
Jurasinski Gerald,
Kaiser Knut,
Kappler Christoph,
Koebsch Franziska,
Liebner Susanne,
Lischeid Gunnar,
Merz Bruno,
Missling Klaus Dieter,
Morgner Markus,
Pinkerneil Sylvia,
Plessen Birgit,
Raab Thomas,
Ruhtz Thomas,
Sachs Torsten,
Sommer Michael,
Spengler Daniel,
Stender Vivien,
Stüve Peter,
Wilken Florian
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vadose zone journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.036
H-Index - 81
ISSN - 1539-1663
DOI - 10.2136/vzj2018.06.0116
Subject(s) - observatory , climate change , german , environmental science , environmental resource management , physical geography , geography , remote sensing , ecology , physics , archaeology , astrophysics , biology
Core Ideas TERENO‐NE investigates the regional impact of global change. We facilitate interdisciplinary geo‐ecological research. Our data sets comprise monitoring data and geoarchives. We are able to bridge time scales from minutes to millennia. The Northeast German Lowland Observatory (TERENO‐NE) was established to investigate the regional impact of climate and land use change. TERENO‐NE focuses on the Northeast German lowlands, for which a high vulnerability has been determined due to increasing temperatures and decreasing amounts of precipitation projected for the coming decades. To facilitate in‐depth evaluations of the effects of climate and land use changes and to separate the effects of natural and anthropogenic drivers in the region, six sites were chosen for comprehensive monitoring. In addition, at selected sites, geoarchives were used to substantially extend the instrumental records back in time. It is this combination of diverse disciplines working across different time scales that makes the observatory TERENO‐NE a unique observation platform. We provide information about the general characteristics of the observatory and its six monitoring sites and present examples of interdisciplinary research activities at some of these sites. We also illustrate how monitoring improves process understanding, how remote sensing techniques are fine‐tuned by the most comprehensive ground‐truthing site DEMMIN, how soil erosion dynamics have evolved, how greenhouse gas monitoring of rewetted peatlands can reveal unexpected mechanisms, and how proxy data provides a long‐term perspective of current ongoing changes.