TERENO-MED - Water Science Alliance-MED: A Circum-Mediterranean Research Initiative

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1 TERENO-MED - Water Science Alliance-MED: A Circum-Mediterranean Research Initiative Elisabeth Krueger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ MISTRALS-Workshop, SICMED session, Malta 29 March 01 April 2011

2 UFZ Research Mandate Challenges: A multitude of individual tasks and their (back) coupling Population growth Increasing food demand Climate change Limited water availability Loss of Biodiversity Increasing demand for (bio-)energy integration! Page 2

3 UFZ Research Fields Politics and Society Social & economic sciences Cross-cutting themes Land use/ Biodiversity / Bioenergy Water Chemicals in the Environment 5% 23% 26% 29% 7% Core themes Modelling 10% Observatories Cross-cutting themes Research Field Energy RF Earth and Environment RF Health 5% 88% 7% Page 3

4 Water Science Alliance Joining forces July 2010: water research community in Germany agrees upon 6 priority research fields White Paper Research (university & non-university) Decision-makers (national & regional agencies) Industry Page 4

5 Priority research fields 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 Page 11

6 Research in the Middle East SMART I+II waste water treatment & storage Helmholtz Dead Sea - SUMAR Dead Sea water balance, groundwater Helmholtz Dead Sea - Decentralised waste water treatment and reuse in arid regions Fate of Groundwater Quality in Urbanisation areas in the Coastal characterisation waste water treatment technologies Groundwater recharge characterisation Plain GIJP joint venture Complete hydrogeological description of the Dead Sea Valley IWAS International Water Research Alliance Saxony Specific solutions to an IWRM in 5 hydrologically sensitive world regions IWRM-Networking Project Information platform and coordinating project Page 12

7 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 Page 13

8 TERENO A network of terrestrial observatories in Germany Steffen Zacharias, Heye Bogena (Coordinators)

9 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 HYDROLOGY CLIMATOLOGY integrated and coupled modelling of different environmental compartments combine observation and experimentation Determine effective parameters, fluxes and state variables for different scales BIOLOGY GROUND, AIR & SPACEBORNE OBSERVING SYSTEMS PEDOLOGY SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS Coordination Teams Page 15

10 Climate Change in Germany Source: R. Glaser 2008: Klimageschichte Mitteleuropas 1200 Jahre Wetter, Klima, Katastrophen mit Prognosen für das 21. Jahrhundert. Page 16

11 The TERENO Observatories Availability of long-term data Significant gradients in land use, climate and socio-economical boundary conditions Adequate size Mesoscale Gradient Temperature ( ) Magdeburg Dessau Luth. Wittenberg Tereno Change - Untersuchungsgebiet of annual precipiation Veränderung der 2000 jährlichen 2055 (Realization Niederschlagsmengen 1) in relation to 2000 the reference (Realisierung period I) relativ zur Referenzperiode Luth. Eisleben Sangerhausen Halle Bitterfeld Bad Düben Szenarienherkunft: Scenario: PIK, Gerstengarbe PIK & Werner Gerstengarbe & Werner Niederschlagsänderung Leipzig -18% < -17% - -15% -14% - -12% -11% - -10% -9% - -6% Gera -5% - 0% > 0 % Saalfeld Zwickau Daten-Quelle: PIK, DWD Bearbeitung: Lautenbach, CLE Kilometer Page 17

12 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 between observation/ monitoring and management Long-term projection of environmental developments including water availability & quality, land use and climate scenarios foster synergies between national and international research organizations Page 18

13 Nested Monitoring and Data Assimilation Concept Data Datenebene Response Layer units units Teileinzugsgebiet Response Subcatchment units units Teileinzugsgebiet Subcatchment Einzugsgebiet Catchment Einzugsgebiet Catchment Topography Topographi 1-5 km² km² km² e Soils Böden Bergland Bergland e Saturated Sättigungsfläche Areas n Landuse Landnutzung Tiefland Tiefland Samaniego et al., 2009 Page 19

14 TERENO Networking Geological surveys CUAHSI NOHA ICOS Fluxnet Environmental agencies Research Center HYDROLOGY CLIMATOLOGY GROUND, AIR & SPACEBORNE OBSERVING SYSTEMS Universities Water association BIOLOGY PEDOLOGY National park LTER Lifewatch SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS CZO ANAEE ALARM LTSER Page 20

15 TERENO-MED & Water Science Alliance-MED - Adaptation to the Conditions of Water Scarcity -

16 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) Page 22

17 Water Science Alliance/TERENO-MED potential partners INSU CSIC Page 23

18 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) Page 24

19 Der Planet Erde befindet sich im Wandel Thank you for your attention! Energy is never lost Hermann Page 25 von Helmholtz

20 Der Planet Erde befindet sich im Wandel Energy is never lost Hermann Page 26 von Helmholtz