Overview
The Biogeochemical Signals department is a newly formed department succeeding the former Biogeochemical Systems department headed by Prof. Dr. Martin Heimann, and the former research group on Terrestrial Biosphere Modelling. The department investigates large-scale signals of biospheric processes and their feedbacks to the climate system. We integrate bottom-up process-driven modeling with top-down constraints inferred from remote-sensing, atmospheric observations and atmospheric inversions. We aim to utilize novel data sources to develop a better predictive understanding of important land-based processes at local to global scales. Our goal is to contribute to a better understanding of recent biogeochemical patterns and trends, as well as to improve predictions of land-climate feedbacks and of the consequences of climate mitigation efforts in future decades.
Latest Key Result
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Botía, S., et al. (2021). The CO2 record at the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory: A new opportunity to study processes on seasonal and inter-annual scales. Global Change Biology, 00, 1– 24. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15905
Latest publications
Che w(a), R., Schlutow, M., Klein, R. (2022). Instability of the isothermal, hydrostatic equatorial atmosphere at rest under the full Coriolis acceleration. arXiv. | |
Melack, J. M., Basso, L. S., Fleischmann, A. S., Botia, S., Guo, M., Zhou, W., Barbosa, P. M., Amaral, J. H., MacIntyre, S. (2022). Challenges regionalizing methane emissions using aquatic environments in the Amazon Basin as examples. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 10: 866082. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.866082.![]() | |
Rödenbeck, C., DeVries, T., Hauck, J., Le Quéré, C., Keeling, R. F. (2022). Data-based estimates of interannual sea–air CO2flux variations 1957–2020 and their relation to environmental drivers. Biogeosciences, 19(10), 2627-2652. doi:10.5194/bg-19-2627-2022.![]() | |
Yu, L., Caldararu, S., Ahrens, B., Wutzler, T., Schrumpf, M., Helfenstein, J., Pistocchi, C., Zaehle, S. (2022). Improved representation of phosphorus exchange on soil mineral surfaces reduces estimates of P limitation in temperate forest ecosystems. Biogeosciences Discussions. doi:10.5194/bg-2022-114.![]() | |
Zhao, X., Chen, J., Marshall, J., Galkowski, M., Hachinger, S., Dietrich, F., Shekhar, A., Gensheimer, J., Wenzel, A., Gerbig, C. (2022). Understanding greenhouse gas (GHG) column concentrations in Munich using WRF. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions. doi:10.5194/acp-2022-281.![]() |