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FRIAS Research Focus "Environmental Forecasting"
Description of the project:
Environmental models are the main scientific instruments through which we analyse and understand long-term and large-scale dynamical human-environment systems. They are also an important tool to transfer academic expertise into daily practices and guide the work of decision makers, while informing the general public. Examples include models that predict landslides and flood warnings, calculate the carbon balances of forests, or the weather forecast, a service used by many on a daily basis. Yet, the intended audience can have crucial implications for the way a model is developed and for the predictions and explanations it produces.
Carsten Dormann, Kerstin Stahl, and Stefan Baumgärtner, all Professors of the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Freiburg will bring together a team of scientists from across the university and international collaborators to investigate the strikingly divergent modelling cultures along with their different scientific credibility, that have evolved in environmental disciplines.
The researchers will examine models from various disciplines including ecosystem ecology, economics, forestry, geology, history, and methodology of science, hydrology, informatics, industrial ecology, and meteorology. The focus’ aim is to distil a best practice from different disciplinary experiences to allow for environmental forecasts that are widely credible, and to formulate a research agenda to address existing deficits.
Runtime:
Start of project: 01.10.2019 End of project: 30.09.2020
Project Management:
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Dormann CF Professur für Biometrie und Umweltsystemanalyse Prof. Dr. Dormann Tennenbacherstr. 4 79098 Freiburg i. Br. Germany
Phone: +49 761 203-3749 Fax: +49 761 203-3751 Email: info@biom.uni-freiburg.de
http://www.biometrie.uni-freiburg.de/
Actual Research Report
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