TERENO-MED - Water Science Alliance-MED:

A Circum-Mediterranean Research Initiative

MISTRALS-Workshop, SICMED session, Malta 29 March – 01 April 2011

Elisabeth Krueger

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

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→ integration !

Climate change

Increasing demand for

(bio-)energy

Increasing food demandPopulation growth

Loss of Biodiversity

Limited

water availability

UFZ Research MandateChallenges: A multitude of individual tasks and their (back) coupling

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UFZ Research Fields

Politics and Society

Modelling

Observatories

Social & economic sciences

Core themes

Cross-cutting themes

WaterLand use/

Biodiversity /

Bioenergy

Chemicals

in the

Environment

26% 29%23%

10%

5% 7%

RF Earth and Environment

RF HealthResearch Field

Energy

5% 88% 7%

Cross-cutting themes

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Water Science Alliance

Joining forces

July 2010: water research community in Germany agrees upon

6 priority research fields

White PaperResearch (university & non-university)

Decision-makers (national & regional

agencies)

Industry

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Solutions to generic water problems at the global dimension

1. The impact of global change on water resources (development of scenarios)

2. Innovations for a sustainable water resources management

Strengthening of methodological key competences:

3. Quantification of water and matter fluxes at catchment scale

4. Integrated concepts for observation and exploration

5. Development of complex system models and data integration

Complex water management in a priority region

6. Complex water management in the Circum-Mediterranean region

White Paper

Priority research fields

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Research in the Middle East

SMART I+II 2006-2009-2013 waste water treatment &

storage

Helmholtz Dead Sea -

SUMAR

2007-2010 Dead Sea water

balance, groundwater

characterisation

Helmholtz Dead Sea -

Decentralised waste

water treatment and

reuse in arid regions

2007-2010 waste water treatment

technologies

Fate of Groundwater

Quality in Urbanisation

areas in the Coastal

Plain

2000-2003 Groundwater recharge

characterisation

GIJP joint venture 2001-2004 Complete

hydrogeological

description of the Dead

Sea Valley

IWAS – International

Water Research Alliance

Saxony

2008-2010-2013 Specific solutions to an

IWRM in 5

hydrologically sensitive

world regions

IWRM-Networking

Project

2009-2011 Information platform

and coordinating

project

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Middle East Research

precision ´water balances´ and ´safe yield´

for large / deep aquifer systems

Model development for areas of data scarcity, data

uncertainty

adequate water governance

technologies for water saving

- waste water treatment & reuse

- use of ephemeral flows

- reducing saline intrusion

- optimised irrigation systems

TERENO

A network of terrestrial observatories in Germany

Steffen Zacharias, Heye Bogena (Coordinators)

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TERENO – concept & goals

common measurement platforms as the basis for long term data sets integrated investigations at catchment scale: multiple time and space scales

novel technologies and high performance computing for terrestrial research

integrated and coupled modelling of different environmental compartments

combine observation and experimentation

Determine effective parameters, fluxes and state variables for different scales

Coordination

Teams

HYDROLOGY CLIMATOLOGY

SOCIOECONOMICASPECTS

BIOLOGY PEDOLOGY

GROUND, AIR & SPACEBORNEOBSERVING SYSTEMS

HYDROLOGY CLIMATOLOGY

SOCIOECONOMICASPECTS

BIOLOGY PEDOLOGY

GROUND, AIR & SPACEBORNEOBSERVING SYSTEMS

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Climate Change in Germany

Source: R. Glaser 2008: Klimageschichte Mitteleuropas –

1200 Jahre Wetter, Klima, Katastrophen mit Prognosen für

das 21. Jahrhundert.

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The TERENO Observatories

Availability of long-term data

Significant gradients in land use, climate and socio-economical boundary conditions

Adequate size – Mesoscale

Gradient Temperature

(1961-1990)

Gera

Halle

Dessau

Zwickau

Leipzig

Saalfeld

Bad Düben

Magdeburg

Bitterfeld

Sangerhausen

Luth. Eisleben

Luth. Wittenberg

Tereno - Untersuchungsgebiet

Niederschlagsänderung

-18% <

-17% - -15%

-14% - -12%

-11% - -10%

-9% - -6%

-5% - 0%

> 0 %

Veränderung der jährlichenNiederschlagsmengen2000 - 2055 (Realisierung I) relativ zur Referenzperiode 1955-2000

Szenarienherkunft: PIK, Gerstengarbe & Werner

0 20 40 60 80Kilometer

Daten-Quelle: PIK, DWD

Bearbeitung: Lautenbach, CLE

Change of annual

precipiation 2000 – 2055

(Realization 1) in relation

to the reference period

1955-2000

Scenario: PIK

Gerstengarbe & Werner

Gera

Halle

Dessau

Zwickau

Leipzig

Saalfeld

Bad Düben

Magdeburg

Bitterfeld

Sangerhausen

Luth. Eisleben

Luth. Wittenberg

Tereno - Untersuchungsgebiet

Niederschlagsänderung

-18% <

-17% - -15%

-14% - -12%

-11% - -10%

-9% - -6%

-5% - 0%

> 0 %

Veränderung der jährlichenNiederschlagsmengen2000 - 2055 (Realisierung I) relativ zur Referenzperiode 1955-2000

Szenarienherkunft: PIK, Gerstengarbe & Werner

0 20 40 60 80Kilometer

Daten-Quelle: PIK, DWD

Bearbeitung: Lautenbach, CLE

Change of annual

precipiation 2000 – 2055

(Realization 1) in relation

to the reference period

1955-2000

Scenario: PIK

Gerstengarbe & Werner

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UFZ TERENO Site

analyse the interactions and feedbacks between groundwater, soil, vegetation, surface water and atmosphere as well as interactions with human activity from the point to the catchment scale

Bridge the scale betweenobservation/ monitoring and management

Long-term projection of environmental developmentsincluding water availability & quality, land use and climate scenarios

foster synergies between national and international research organizations

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Nested Monitoring and Data Assimilation

Concept

Samaniego et al., 2009

Topographie

Böden

Sättigungsflächen

Landnutzung

Datenebene Response units Einzugsgebiet

Bergland

Tiefland

Teileinzugsgebiet Data Layer Response units Subcatchment Catchment

Topography

Soils

Saturated Areas

Landuse

1-5 km² 100 – 500 km² 3.500 km²

Topographie

Böden

Sättigungsflächen

Landnutzung

Datenebene Response units Einzugsgebiet

Bergland

Tiefland

Teileinzugsgebiet Data Layer Response units Subcatchment Catchment

Topography

Soils

Saturated Areas

Landuse

Topographie

Böden

Sättigungsflächen

Landnutzung

Datenebene Response units Einzugsgebiet

Bergland

Tiefland

Teileinzugsgebiet Data Layer Response units Subcatchment Catchment

Topography

Soils

Saturated Areas

Landuse

Topographie

Böden

Sättigungsflächen

Landnutzung

Datenebene Response units Einzugsgebiet

Bergland

Tiefland

Teileinzugsgebiet Data Layer Response units Subcatchment Catchment

Topography

Soils

Saturated Areas

Landuse

1-5 km² 100 – 500 km² 3.500 km²

Topographie

Böden

Sättigungsflächen

Landnutzung

Datenebene Response units Einzugsgebiet

Bergland

Tiefland

Teileinzugsgebiet Data Layer Response units Subcatchment Catchment

Topography

Soils

Saturated Areas

Landuse

Topographie

Böden

Sättigungsflächen

Landnutzung

Datenebene Response units Einzugsgebiet

Bergland

Tiefland

Teileinzugsgebiet Data Layer Response units Subcatchment Catchment

Topography

Soils

Saturated Areas

Landuse

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TERENO Networking

HYDROLOGY CLIMATOLOGY

SOCIOECONOMICASPECTS

BIOLOGY PEDOLOGY

GROUND, AIR & SPACEBORNEOBSERVING SYSTEMS

HYDROLOGY CLIMATOLOGY

SOCIOECONOMICASPECTS

BIOLOGY PEDOLOGY

GROUND, AIR & SPACEBORNEOBSERVING SYSTEMS

ICOS

Fluxnet

CUAHSI

NOHA

LTER

Lifewatch

ALARM

LTSER

CZO

ANAEE

Research Center

Water associationUniversities

Environmental

agencies

Geological surveys

National park

TERENOTERENO--MED & Water Science AllianceMED & Water Science Alliance--MEDMED

-- Adaptation to the Conditions of Water Scarcity Adaptation to the Conditions of Water Scarcity --

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TERENO MED – Goals & concept

International Network of Global Change Observatories (8-10 observatory sites) investigation of the impacts of global warming and human influence (e.g. irrigation, land use change, input of pollutants) on Circum-Mediterranean water resources and ecosystems

Reliable research basis for the development of solutions for challenges of water scarcity and issues linked to global and climate change in the region (e.g. energy and food supply)

Concept based on national TERENO initiative

Initially focus on water-related issues (limited funding)

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Water Science Alliance/TERENO-MED –

potential partners

CSIC

INSU

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Contribution to tackling water-related challenges in the

Mediterranean:

TERENO & Water Science Alliance - MED

Currently: establishement of a national TERENO-network & Water

Science Alliance

Research on and contribution to solving water-related challenges in the

Mediterranean area

Preparation of Mediterranean science case for FP8

Inclusion of partners in the Mediterranean

Linking up with existing activities within the area

Set-up of environmental / hydrological observatories in selected areas

( start of funding for TERENO-MED: 2012)

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“Energy is never lost”Hermann von Helmholtz

Der Planet Erde befindet sich im Wandel

Thank you for your attention !

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“Energy is never lost”Hermann von Helmholtz

Der Planet Erde befindet sich im Wandel

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