Current Projects

The Department for Biogeochemical Signals forms part of various international research projects in the field of e.g. land-biosphere-atmosphere interactions, carbon and nutrient cycles, Earth System modelling, remote sensing and Earth Observation, experimental field and lab studies, ...

Short descriptions of funded projects we are involved in are available below.

Earth system and climate studies at the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO)

Acronym: ATTO+
Duration: 8/2021 - 7/2024
PI/Co-PIs: Susan Trumbore more

Climate-Carbon Interactions in the Current Century

Acronym: 4C
Duration: 6/2019 - 11/2023
PI/Co-PIs: Sönke Zaehle
Participating department members: Sönke Zaehle more

Earth system models for the future

Acronym: ESM2025
Duration: 6/2021 - 5/2025
PI/Co-PIs: Nuno Carvalhais, Sönke Zaehle
Participating department members: Nuno Carvalhais, Sönke Zaehle

Earth system models for the future is an ambitious European research project on Earth System modelling that will build a novel generation of Earth system models fitted to support the development of mitigation and adaptation strategies in line with the commitments of the Paris Agreement. more

Inverse modeling of GHG fluxes using the CarboScope regional inversion system

Acronym: ICOS-ERIC
Duration: 4/2012 - 12/2025
PI/Co-PIs: Christoph Gerbig
Participating department members: Christoph Gerbig, Thomas Koch

Land Surface Carbon Constellation Study

Acronym: LCC
Duration: 10/2020 - 3/2023
PI/Co-PIs: Sönke Zaehle, Tarek El-Madany
Participating department members: Sönke Zaehle, Tarek El-Madany

Investigate the terrestrial biosphere’s net ecosystem exchange – photosynthetic CO2 uptake minus respiratory CO2 release – response to climatic drivers by means of combining a process-based model with a wide range of observations (in-situ and remotely sensed) on local and regional scale. In the project we are involved in the modelling part and in the field activity. more

Permafrost thaw and the changing arctic coast: science for socio-economic adaptation

Acronym: NUNATARYUK
Duration: 11/2017 - 10/2022
PI/Co-PIs: Mathias Göckede
Participating department members: Mathias Göckede more

Pilot Application in Urban Landscapes - Towards integrated city observatories for greenhouse gases

Acronym: PAUL
Duration: 10/2021 - 9/2025
PI/Co-PIs: Armin Jordan, Christoph Gerbig
Participating department members: Armin Jordan, Christoph Gerbig

Quantify disturbance impacts on feedbacks between Arctic permafrost and global climate

Acronym: Q-ARCTIC
Duration: 10/2021 - 9/2027
PI/Co-PIs: Annett Bartsch, Victor Brovkin, Mathias Göckede, Martin Heimann
Participating department members: Mathias Göckede, Martin Heimann more

Research for an integrated GreenHouse Gas monitoring system and for its use at DWD

Acronym: RiGHGorous
Duration: 1/2020 - 1/2023
PI/Co-PIs: Christoph Gerbig
Participating department members: Christoph Gerbig

Integrated Greehouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany - Modelling

Acronym: ITMS-M
Duration: 12/2021 - 2/2026
PI/Co-PIs: Christoph Gerbig
Participating department members: Christoph Gerbig, Michal Galkowski, Thomas Petroliagkis, Danilo Custodio

The aim of the ITMS is to enable Germany to monitor the sources and sinks of the three most important long-lived greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) operationally and with the help of independent measurements. The joint project ITMS-M is concerned with the further development of atmospheric modelling that is required, with the participation of the DWD, the KIT, the University of Heidelberg, and the MPI-BGC.