Conference Presentations

In the beginning, neutron instrument simulation software was mainly used to optimize instrument designs in terms of high flux and favorable beam properties at the sample position. Then it was extended to virtual experiments by adding sample and detector in the simulation. [...]

Driven by the increasing awareness that innovative approaches to solving the problems at hand in our complex human-environment interactions require closer collaboration among scientific disciplines and communities, inter- and transdisciplinary integration is continuously gaining importance in R&D agendas and Research Infrastructure (RI) development strategies. In addition, the complexity and costs of RIs have substantially increased in many realms triggered by technological developments and the need to organize beyond national and continental boundaries. [...]

The scientific community increasingly relies on high-quality data products to drive research, enable cross-disciplinary studies and inform decision-making. The eLTER RI, as a European scale research infrastructure, aims to monitor the key characteristics of ecosystems and biodiversity and their response to global change and provide data streams as one of its services. [...]

In recent years, alternating drought and extreme precipitation events have highlighted the need for subseasonal to seasonal forecasts of the terrestrial water cycle. In particular, predictions of the impacts of dry and wet extremes on groundwater resources are crucial to assess the impacts of groundwater scarcity and excess on ecosystem dynamics as well as to provide stakeholders in agriculture, forestry, the water sector, and other fields with information supporting the sustainable use of these resources.In this context, we calculate four times per year seasonal probabilistic hydrological forecasts at 0.6 km resolution, from the surface down to 60 m depth, for the upcoming seven months over Germany and surrounding regions (hydrological Germany). [...]