CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🎓 Celebrating a major milestone in CRC 1502 DETECT. Congratulations to all our researchers who recently defended their PhD projects. This is a well-deserved achievement. Thank you for being part of CRC 1502 DETECT. 020
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This new study looks at an important but still under explored question in land system science: how the spatial configuration of land cover, not just its composition, shapes local climate. Read full publication here: doi.org/10.1088/2752... #ClimateScience #LandUseChange 020
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 02/09/2026New Climate Dynamics research using ERA5 (1980–2020) finds a SE–NE aridity dipole in South America shaped by moisture exchange with the Atlantic ocean, atmospheric circulation and land–atmosphere interactions. 📖 Read full publication here for more insight: doi.org/10.1007/s003... 010
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 26/08/2026🌍 On 15 March 2022, an intense Saharan dust plume was transported towards Europe but extensive cloud cover made parts of the plume invisible to satellite observations. Europe's ground-observation network proves very crucial in data reconstruction. Read full study: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 021
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 19/08/2026🌍 Can object-based deep learning models create more accurate and spatially consistent land cover maps from satellite images, even with sparse training data? Check the new published manuscript introducing the LC-SLab framework to find out: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #DeepLearning #RemoteSensing 030
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 06/08/2026🌱 New publication in Geoderma: including soil aggregate size in pedotransfer functions can substantially improve saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) predictions 💧 🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2026.117911 #SoilScience #Hydrology #SFBDETECT Dymphie Burger: bsky.app/profile/dymp... 030
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 05/08/2026New position at the Agrar-, Ernährungs- und Ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Fakultät (AEI) and Collaborative Research Centre 1502 on Regional Climate Change. Please read more here: sfb1502.de/news-events/... #ClimateScience 021
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 19/06/2026🗺️Why B04 matters: #CRC1502 DETECT develops probabilistic land-use maps and models of crop choice & land-use management—combining Bayesian uncertainty methods, EO data and economic modelling. B04 maps support irrigation and climate modelling. 🎥 sfb1502.de/resources/vi... 🌎 sfb1502.de/projects/clu... 011
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 05/06/2026🏅 Publication recognition: Baca Cabrera et al.’s #CRC1502 C02 paper “Root hydraulic properties” was recognized by Wiley/Plant Direct among the journal’s top-cited & top-viewed papers in 2025—highlighting plant-water research across scales. Congratulations! Well deserved! 📄 doi.org/10.1002/pld3... 020
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 03/06/2026🌍 DETECT at #EGU26: #CRC1502 members contributed across hydrology, land-surface & crop-water processes, terrestrial water storage, gravimetry, Earth observation and future satellite gravity missions—showing DETECT’s broad role in land–water–climate research across methods, data and disciplines. 010
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 02/06/2026🌾💧 New #CRC1502 publication from #C02/#B04: Behrend et al. show modern winter wheat cultivars transpire 17% less water than historical cultivars across Europe—highlighting how breeding shapes crop water use & land–atmosphere feedbacks under changing climate conditions too. 📄 doi.org/10.1038/s442... 000
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 27/05/2026🛰🌍 Why B03 matters: B03 PI @ribana.bsky.social leads #CRC1502 DETECT using deep learning with Sentinel-2/Landsat data to classify land cover from sparse labels, supporting uncertainty-aware EO products for climate and land-surface research. 🎥 sfb1502.de/resources/vi... 🌎 sfb1502.de/projects/clu... 011
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 22/05/2026🌍 2025 Conference Throwback #3: Theresa Goebel from #DETECT D01 joined the European Commission’s 2025 EU Agricultural Outlook Autumn Workshop in Brussels—sharing land-use/land-cover projections and linking scenario work & stakeholder inputs with EU agricultural policy discussions. #CRC1502 000
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 20/05/2026🌾💧New #CRC1502 publication from #C02: Baca Cabrera et al. show how root anatomical gradients and cultivar differences shape hydraulic properties in German winter wheat, linking root anatomy & water uptake for crop resilience under changing water availability & drier years. 📄 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 000
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 18/05/2026🌍 Why B02: it studies how anthropogenic aerosols, land use & desert dust influence moisture—linking other projects of #CRC1502 DETECT with CMIP7/AerChemMIP2 modelling, dust simulations and observations in North Africa for climate assessment. 📄 doi.org/10.5194/gmd-... 🌎 sfb1502.de/projects/clu... 000
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 15/05/2026🌍 2025 Conference Throwback #2: Paul Rigor from DETECT’s C03 project presented at EMS2025 in Ljubljana on decadal convection-permitting irrigation impacts across Europe—linking irrigation, soil moisture, energy fluxes & land–atmosphere coupling for hydroclimate modelling. #CRC1502 #DETECT #EMS2025 000
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Update to our #CRC1502 B01 post 🌊 A new B01-related paper co-authored by CRC 1502 speaker @jurgenkusche.bsky.social is now online: 📄 Fenoglio et al. (2026), High resolution river and estuarine water level topography from nadir altimetry doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.135681 #DETECT 010
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 14/05/2026🌊 Why SWOT matters: #CRC1502 B01 uses SWOT-derived WSE, discharge, slope & storage for inland-water monitoring. Off-nadir SAR improves WSE, while multi-mission data + GNSS-IR support extremes monitoring and Cal/Val. 📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.jh... 🎥 sfb1502.de/resources/vi... 🌎 sfb1502.de/projects/clu... 100
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 13/05/2026🌧️🌍 4th #CRC1502 DETECT L&C Seminar of SoSe 2026: Andreas Fink on East Saharan heat low enhancement & excessive wet years in the central/eastern Sahel—rainfall, flooding & monsoon shifts. 🗓 Mon 18.05.26 | 10:15 CEST | Online only (Zoom) 📩 Contact us to join. Further info: sfb1502.de/news-events/... 010
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 11/05/2026New #CRC1502 publication in 2026 (from #B02): Fiedler et al. introduce the AerChemMIP2 experiments, listed for CMIP7, to study how reactive gases, aerosols & land use influence air quality and climate change, linking atmospheric composition with land–climate interactions. 📄 doi.org/10.5194/gmd-... 010
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 08/05/2026🌍 Kicking off our 2025 Conference Throwback series with post #1: In June, #CRC1502 DETECT’s D01 work was presented at the 28th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (GTAP 2025) in Kigali, Rwanda. The discussion connected scenario development, land-use modelling & applications in West Africa. 010
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 07/05/2026🌊🛰️ From Rhine to the tropics: low-cost GNSS-IR water-level sensors developed at @unibonn.bsky.social, under #CRC1502 #DETECT, are now used in ESA projects across Africa & the Asia-Pacific—supporting open monitoring for rivers and coasts in data-poor regions. 📰 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/083-... 110
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 04/05/2026🧩🌍 Cluster A recap: Representation of Processes in #CRC1502 DETECT. From soil structure & moisture to ET partitioning, precipitation, farm adaptation & landscape configuration, A01–A06 show how process representation helps understand land–water–climate interactions. 🌎 sfb1502.de/projects/clu... 021
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 01/05/2026🌊🔥 3rd #CRC1502 DETECT L&C Seminar: Christoph Renkl on marine heatwaves, atmospheric rivers & coastal precipitation in western North America — with insights from “The Blob” and compound extremes. 🗓 Wed 06.05.26 | 10:15 CEST | Zoom 📩 Contact us to join. sfb1502.de/news-events/... 000
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 29/04/2026🌍🤖 Environmental AI at #HAICON26! ESDE/@fz-juelich.de hosts a workshop on 8 Jun in Munich on AI for environmental apps: foundation/world/agentic models, Earth-system ML, and predictions-to-decisions. Free reg. if confirmed by 30 Apr; abstracts due 13 May. haicon.cc/workshops-an... #CRC1502 #DETECT 000
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 29/04/2026🛰🌳 Why landscape configuration matters: not only land-cover mix, but also spatial arrangement affects climate. Project A06 #CRC1502 studies how LULC changes reshape landscapes and influence water & energy cycles. 📄 doi.org/10.1088/1748... 🎥 sfb1502.de/resources/vi... 🌎 sfb1502.de/projects/clu... 011
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 27/04/2026🌾⚠ Why farm adaptation matters: on-farm climate adaptation is about risk, uncertainty, timing, and incentives. Project A05 #CRC1502 studies why farmers delay adaptation: new insights into farm productivity, adaptation and climate extremes. 📄 doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaf047 🌎 sfb1502.de/projects/clu... 043
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 21/04/2026💧🗂️ Why accessible soil moisture data matter: new #CRC1502 work by Mohseni & Haunert in #Z03 reviews soil moisture datasets and presents the UB-SMDC portal — a useful step toward making soil moisture data easier to find, compare, and use. 📄 doi.org/10.1080/2096... 🌎 ubsmdc.sfb1502.de/geonetwork/s... 010
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 20/04/2026🚀🌍 Interested in AI for weather and climate research? The #MLESM Hackathon is on 19–21 August 2026 in Bonn for PhD students and early-career researchers. A great chance to code, learn, and tackle Earth system challenges with machine learning. Apply now: cesoc.net/mlesm-hackat... #CRC1502 #DETECT 000
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 13/04/2026🌊💨 How reservoirs “breathe”: floating-chamber observations at the Rur reservoir track CO₂ and CH₄ fluxes across seasons. CO₂ can shift from sink to source, while CH₄ is emitted throughout the year — showing why year-round monitoring matters. 🌎 sfb1502.de/images/Newsl... #CRC1502 #DETECT 020
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 10/04/2026🎓🌍 #CRC1502 #DETECT at the @ageconsoc.bsky.social conference in @ox.ac.uk! @stefanseifert.bsky.social and Josef Baumert presented on climate adaptation and AI + econ modelling for crop production in data-scarce regions. 🏆 Congrats to Josef Baumert on the Best PhD Presentation Award! #AES100_26 042
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 08/04/2026📐🎉 150 years of Geodesy in Bonn! This year, the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation at the @unibonn.bsky.social celebrates its 150th anniversary. 🗓 Tue 21.04.26 | 17:00 CET 📍 Nußallee 17, Bonn Registration: www.igg.uni-bonn.de/de/anmeldung More: www.uni-bonn.de/de/veranstal... 032
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 07/04/2026📡Simulation vs. Reality: Predicting precipitation accurately is challenging for models. In #A04 #CRC1502, we tackle this with 3D polarimetric radars! See how we use observations to improve the physics of our forecasts. ❄ 🎥 youtu.be/pSKvCwaRE-M 🌎 sfb1502.de/projects/clu... 📄 doi.org/10.1049/SBRA... 030
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 01/04/2026💧🛰️NEW #CRC1502 publication! Hacker et al. (co-authored by our speaker, @jurgenkusche.bsky.social) present a terrestrial water storage dataset from 1984 onward, combining pre-GRACE satellite observations and climate data. Great news for long-term water storage research. 📄 doi.org/10.5194/essd... 040
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 27/03/2026🌿💧Why ET partitioning matters: the split between transpiration and evaporation shapes land-surface water and energy fluxes. Project A03 #CRC1502 combines stable isotope, eddy-covariance and modelling approaches to improve T/ET estimates across ecosystems and climates. 🌎 sfb1502.de/projects/clu... 020
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 25/03/2026💧NEW #CRC1502 publication from our Speaker's Lab @jurgenkusche.bsky.social! Li et al. present an observation-driven forecast of global terrestrial water storage, showing it can beat ECMWF SEAS5 in seasonal prediction. A step toward operational water-storage forecasting. 📄 doi.org/10.1029/2025... 020
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 23/03/2026🍎⚖ #DETECTapple: Tiny gravity changes, huge insight! @aquasong.bsky.social studies how iGrav043 near Bonn tracks water storage, incl. water taken up by trees 🌱💧. A 2-yr iGrav vs eCLM comparison agrees. GRACE-FO assimilation did not improve the match. 🌎 sfb1502.de/images/Newsl... #CRC1502 #DETECT 020
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 19/03/2026🌊🛰️ NEW #CRC1502 publication from Project #B01! Zakharova et al. explore how Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-6 SAR altimetry can support river discharge estimation, using the Rhine and Po as case studies. A strong step toward more robust discharge monitoring from space. 📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.jh... 030
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 23/02/2026📡🌱 How gamma radiation measurements help: Europe’s EURDEP network can become a source of continental-scale soil moisture information. A02 #CRC1502 develops processing strategies and conversion functions for SM estimation from gamma radiation. 📄 doi.org/10.1002/vzj2... 🌎 sfb1502.de/projects/clu... 031
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 11/02/2026🌱Why soil type and structure matter: saturated hydraulic conductivity shapes runoff v infiltration. Project A01 #CRC1502 shows land use and Soil Reference Groups explain infiltration variability better than texture alone. 📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... 🎥 youtu.be/i5nfOOfq_MY 🌎 sfb1502.de/projects/clu... 041
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 26/01/2026💧A new study from our #CRC1502 speaker @jurgenkusche.bsky.social, led by Fupeng Li, presents an downscaling approach to reproduce GRACE terrestrial water storage anomalies at 0.25°—retaining the large-scale GRACE signal while adding finer spatial detail for hydrology. 📝 doi.org/10.1029/2025GL119881 031
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 23/01/2026👩🎓 2nd #DETECT PhD - We congratulate @heikeschimmel.bsky.social on the successful defense of their dissertation at @unibonn.bsky.social (January 2026). The topic focused on sensitivity of organic soils to land use change and global warming, with important implications for soil–climate interactions. 051
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Our #CRC1502 team in B01 developed DIWASAR (DETECT-Discharge and water level), time-series of water level, river discharge and water storage from 2016 to 2024 using FFSAR nadir- and SWOT altimetry. 📊 detect-z03.geoinformation.net/map/ 💡 doi.org/10.22541/ess... 👩💻 Jiaming Chen & Luciana Fenoglio 010
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 19/01/2026🎙️📻 NEW #CRC1502 podcast feature: our speaker @jurgenkusche.bsky.social joins the Water Resources Podcast to discuss updates on GRACE/GRACE-FO, applications for flood monitoring, and data assimilation with global hydrology models. Listen here: wrp.beg.utexas.edu/episode/incr... #Flooding #Hydrology 020
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 16/01/2026🛰️ Our #CRC1502 #DETECT member Prof. @ribana.bsky.social joins #Kinderuni @unibonn.bsky.social with: “Smart computers for nature—how satellites & robots help us understand and protect our environment.” Mon 26 Jan 2026, 17:15–18:00 (Bonn). Free entry (8–13 years old). Info: www.uni-bonn.de/kinderuni 031
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 14/01/2026NEW #CRC1502 #DETECT paper: SWOT-derived river discharge tracks variability even without gauges (median r = 0.73) and points to 11,274 (and growing) high-quality ungauged locations where discharge dynamics can be captured from space. 📜 doi.org/10.1029/2024... #SWOT #Hydrology #RiverDischarge 010
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 12/01/2026💧Check out the new #CRC1502 study addressing how the choice of prescribed sea surface temperature (SST) product in regional atmospheric simulations with ICON affects simulated land water budgets, through its influence on precipitation. 📜DOI: doi.org/10.1175/JHM-... #ICON #SST #Hydrology 020
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 07/01/2026✈️ Back from #AGU25! #CRC1502 #DETECT shared new results on (i) land-surface parameter estimation + reanalysis (Haojin Zhao, D03), (ii) snow data assimilation improving snow states and water/energy fluxes (Buliao Guan, C04), and (iii) gamma-radiation soil-moisture accuracy (Sonia Akter, A02). 030
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 18/12/2025🚀 Record ESA budget (€22.3B) boosts EO, and #CRC1502 at @unibonn.bsky.social contributes to scientific exploitation of ESA’s Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM). Our speaker @jurgenkusche.bsky.social highlights how better gravity data sharpens climate modelling. 📰 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/231-... 050
CRC 1502 DETECT @crc1502-detect.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Our #CRC1502 team integrated GRACE/GRACE-FO terrestrial water storage anomalies into eCLM across Europe, improving simulations of water storages and fluxes. 📊 detect-z03.geoinformation.net/geonetwork/s... 💡 www.globalwaterstorage.info/en/satellite... 👩💻 Yorck Ewerdwalbesloh & @aquasong.bsky.social 041