CliSAP Cluster of Excellence

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Cluster of Excellence
"Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction" (CliSAP)
Category: Research network
Participating institutions:
University of Hamburg, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Helmholtz Center Geesthacht, German Climate Computing Center
Location: Hamburg
Type of research:
Basic research
Subjects: Natural, economic and social sciences
Speaker: Anita Engels , Eva-Maria Pfeiffer and Detlef Stammer (both deputies)
Homepage: www.clisap.de

The Cluster of Excellence “Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction” (CliSAP) was a research association of the University of Hamburg , the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology , the Helmholtz Center Geesthacht and the German Climate Computing Center . The cluster is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the excellence initiative of the federal and state governments . CliSAP conducted interdisciplinary climate research . The cluster was funded by the DFG between 2007 and 2018. Essential elements of the work of CliSAP will be continued in the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) at the University of Hamburg.

Research areas

The CliSAP scientists researched three different areas:

  • A Dynamics and variability of the climate system
  • B Influence and characteristics of climate changes in the regions
  • C Climate change and society

In Area A climate variability and predictability, feedback mechanisms in the climate system and the global and regional sea-level rise: the scientific aspects of climate research were the focus. Among other things, it was investigated how external disturbances of the climate system influence the predictability or what the most important interactions between climate and carbon cycle are.

In area B , the aim was to find out more about the consequences of global change in sensitive regions. The aim was to find out how climate change affects Arctic sea ice and permafrost areas, or how land use changes the climate.

In Area C , the scientists dealt with societal reactions and developments in connection with man-made climate change. For example, it was analyzed how different actors deal with climate information or whether there is a connection between climate change, poverty and violent conflict.

So-called "Integrated Activities" complemented the three research areas. These included the Integrated Climate Data Center, Integrated Modeling Activities, Global Climate Reconstruction, Understanding Science in Interaction and Visualization.

Research areas at the CliSAP Cluster of Excellence

Organization and promotion

The cluster of excellence was represented by the spokesperson Anita Engels and the deputies Kay-Christian Emeis and Detlef Stammer. The Scientific Steering Committee set the respective strategic agenda and the research projects of the cluster. CliSAP was funded in a first five-year period as part of the Excellence Initiative from 2007 to 2012. In summer 2012, the DFG decided to continue funding in a second phase until 2017. The "university home" of CliSAP was the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN): Thanks to the close cooperation between the institutes within the Cluster of Excellence, they have grown together to form a research center. After the end of DFG funding, the essential elements of CliSAP's work at CEN will be continued.

Teaching

The English-language “School of Integrated Climate System Sciences” (SICSS) was part of the CliSAP Cluster of Excellence. This will be continued in the CEN School. The graduate school offers a two-year interdisciplinary master's program and a three-year doctoral program. The SICSS combines climate system sciences such as meteorology, oceanography or biogeochemistry in one training course and also integrates social and economic sciences as well as security and conflict research.

CliSAP awarded outstanding doctoral theses in climate and earth system research with the "Wladimir Peter Köppen Prize". Outstanding dissertations with a clear connection to climate research could be submitted. The prize is endowed with 5000 euros and is advertised annually for talented young researchers who have obtained their doctorate in German-speaking countries.

Infrastructure

As part of their collaboration, the CliSAP members provided various platforms. This included the high-performance computers at the DKRZ. The Integrated Climate Data Center enabled access to climate-relevant in-situ and satellite data. Large equipment such as the Hamburg weather mast, the Environmental Wind Tunnel Laboratory or a wind wave tunnel were available for various experiments. The "German Research Ships " control center organized the operation of the research ships METEOR and Maria S. MERIAN and, since November 2014, for the sun .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CliSAP Perspectives - CliSAP. Retrieved on August 4, 2019 (German).
  2. ↑ http://www.clisap.de/de/forschung/
  3. ↑ http://www.clisap.de/de/clisap/organisation/management/
  4. ↑ http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/programme/exzellenzinitiative/
  5. ↑ https://www.cen.uni-hamburg.de/about-cen.html/
  6. ↑ http://www.sicss.de/
  7. ↑ http://www.clisap.de/de/clisap/ueber-uns/koeppen-preis-1/
  8. ↑ http://www.dkrz.de/Klimarechner
  9. ↑ ICDC Data Center. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from June 30, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ https://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/arbeitsgruppen/windkanallabor.html
  12. ↑ Via the control center. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .