Completed Projects

ENIGMA - Earth System Network of Integrated Modelling and Assessment

ENIGMA tries to bridge the gap between the traditional modeling of physical-chemical components of the Earth system and the modeling of the biosphere including man. The goal is to quantitatively understand biospheric control mechanisms of climate and how they are affected by human influence. ENIGMA aims at the development of a comprehensive Earth system model with improved representations of ecosystem feedbacks.

ZOTTO - Zotino Tall Tower Observatory

In order to monitor on a regional scale biogeochemical and climate changes in central Siberia, the 300 meter high Zotino Tall Tower Observatory (ZOTTO) has been established near 60°N, 90°E, about 20 km west of the river Yenissei and about 600 km north of Krasnoyarsk. It continuously measures the concentration of biogeochemically important green-house gases in the surface and planetary boundary layer.