TY  - JOUR
AU  - Weber, Ute
AU  - Attinger, Sabine
AU  - Baschek, Burkard
AU  - Boike, Julia
AU  - Borchardt, Dietrich
AU  - Brix, Holger
AU  - Brüggemann, Nicolas
AU  - Bussmann, Ingeborg
AU  - Dietrich, Peter
AU  - Fischer, Philipp
AU  - Greinert, Jens
AU  - Hajnsek, Irena
AU  - Kamjunke, Norbert
AU  - Kerschke, Dorit
AU  - Kiendler-Scharr, Astrid
AU  - Körtzinger, Arne
AU  - Kottmeier, Christoph
AU  - Merz, Bruno
AU  - Merz, Ralf
AU  - Riese, Martin
AU  - Schloter, Michael
AU  - Schmid, HaPe
AU  - Schnitzler, Jörg-Peter
AU  - Sachs, Torsten
AU  - Schütze, Claudia
AU  - Tillmann, Ralf
AU  - Vereecken, Harry
AU  - Wieser, Andreas
AU  - Teutsch, Georg
TI  - MOSES: A Novel Observation System to Monitor Dynamic Events Across Earth Compartments
JO  - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
VL  - 103
IS  - 2
SN  - 0003-0007
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - ASM
M1  - FZJ-2021-05448
SP  - E339–E348
PY  - 2022
AB  - Modular Observation Solutions of Earth Systems (MOSES) is a novel observation system that is specifically designed to unravel the impact of distinct, dynamic events on the long-term development of environmental systems. Hydrometeorological extremes such as the recent European droughts or the floods of 2013 caused severe and lasting environmental damage. Modeling studies suggest that abrupt permafrost thaw events accelerate Arctic greenhouse gas emissions. Short-lived ocean eddies seem to comprise a significant share of the marine carbon uptake or release. Although there is increasing evidence that such dynamic events bear the potential for major environmental impacts, our knowledge on the processes they trigger is still very limited. MOSES aims at capturing such events, from their formation to their end, with high spatial and temporal resolution. As such, the observation system extends and complements existing national and international observation networks, which are mostly designed for long-term monitoring. Several German Helmholtz Association centers have developed this research facility as a mobile and modular “system of systems” to record energy, water, greenhouse gas, and nutrient cycles on the land surface, in coastal regions, in the ocean, in polar regions, and in the atmosphere—but especially the interactions between the Earth compartments. During the implementation period (2017–21), the measuring systems were put into operation and test campaigns were performed to establish event-driven campaign routines. With MOSES’s regular operation starting in 2022, the observation system will then be ready for cross-compartment and cross-discipline research on the environmental impacts of dynamic events.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000807211500010
DO  - DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0158.1
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/903815
ER  -