For Climate Research:
Researchers Grow Virtual Grain on the Computer [27.06.16]
University of Hohenheim researchers are developing a computer model that will take into consideration the influence of plant growth on the climate for the first time. Workshop report
How various plants develop in different soils, how much they yield, how much sunlight they absorb, and how they transpire water, build clouds, and influence the climate in the area - all of this can be calculated for decades into the future using a new computer model created by the University of Hohenheim.
At the same time, it is a building block for a new generation of weather and climate models that not only calculate global climate trends but also predict climate development for the immediate area very precisely. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding this sub-project of the research group “Regional Climate Change” with 400,000 euros - thus making it a research focus at the University of Hohenheim.
Text: Klebs
Contact for press:
Prof. Dr. Thilo Streck, University of Hohenheim, Biogeophysics
T +49 711 459 22796, E thilo.streck@uni-hohenheim.de
