CRC 1502 DETECT
@crc1502-detect.bsky.social
DETECT studies how changes in land use and water management by humans modify the local and regional water, energy and carbon cycles.
www.sfb1502.de
www.sfb1502.de
👩🎓 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.
January 23, 2026 at 11:06 AM
👩🎓 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.
Our #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
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👩💻 Jiaming Chen & Luciana Fenoglio
January 21, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Our #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
📊 detect-z03.geoinformation.net/map/
💡 doi.org/10.22541/ess...
👩💻 Jiaming Chen & Luciana Fenoglio
🎙️📻 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
Listen here: wrp.beg.utexas.edu/episode/incr...
#Flooding #Hydrology
January 19, 2026 at 2:13 PM
🎙️📻 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
Listen here: wrp.beg.utexas.edu/episode/incr...
#Flooding #Hydrology
🛰️ 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
Info: www.uni-bonn.de/kinderuni
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🛰️ 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
Info: www.uni-bonn.de/kinderuni
📡 NEW #CRC1502 VIDEO ALERT!
Simulation vs. Reality🥊: predicting precipitation remains tough. In this video, we show how 3D polarimetric radar observations help diagnose and improve the physics of precipitation in models—for better forecasts of rain and snow. ❄️💧
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSKv...
Simulation vs. Reality🥊: predicting precipitation remains tough. In this video, we show how 3D polarimetric radar observations help diagnose and improve the physics of precipitation in models—for better forecasts of rain and snow. ❄️💧
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSKv...
Improving atmospheric modeling using weather radar data
YouTube video by Detect-Content-Creator
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January 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
📡 NEW #CRC1502 VIDEO ALERT!
Simulation vs. Reality🥊: predicting precipitation remains tough. In this video, we show how 3D polarimetric radar observations help diagnose and improve the physics of precipitation in models—for better forecasts of rain and snow. ❄️💧
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSKv...
Simulation vs. Reality🥊: predicting precipitation remains tough. In this video, we show how 3D polarimetric radar observations help diagnose and improve the physics of precipitation in models—for better forecasts of rain and snow. ❄️💧
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSKv...
NEW #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
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#SWOT #Hydrology #RiverDischarge
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 AM
NEW #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
📜 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
#SWOT #Hydrology #RiverDischarge
💧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
📜DOI: doi.org/10.1175/JHM-...
#ICON #SST #Hydrology
January 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
💧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
📜DOI: doi.org/10.1175/JHM-...
#ICON #SST #Hydrology
🛰️ NEW #CRC1502 paper: Launching into societal benefits from the SWOT mission. One year after launch, it highlights how SWOT’s water-surface measurements enable operational uses—water management, flood prediction & climate resilience (incl. DETECT’s Luciana Fenoglio).
📜 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
📜 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Launching Into Societal Benefits From the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission
Expanding user communities for Earth observing satellite data enhances their utility and builds capacity for future growth For nearly 10 years the SWOT mission has cultivated an Early Adopter pro...
doi.org
January 12, 2026 at 8:29 AM
🛰️ NEW #CRC1502 paper: Launching into societal benefits from the SWOT mission. One year after launch, it highlights how SWOT’s water-surface measurements enable operational uses—water management, flood prediction & climate resilience (incl. DETECT’s Luciana Fenoglio).
📜 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
📜 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
✈️ 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).
#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).
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
🎆💻 Happy New Year! We are proud to present 5th #CRC1502 DETECT Land & Climate Seminar on WS 25/26 next week by Bahareh Kamali — “Exploring trade-offs and synergies for sustainable management of grassland ecosystems”. Online via Zoom, Mon 12.01.26, 10:15 CET.
Further info: sfb1502.de/news-events/...
Further info: sfb1502.de/news-events/...
January 7, 2026 at 9:43 AM
🎆💻 Happy New Year! We are proud to present 5th #CRC1502 DETECT Land & Climate Seminar on WS 25/26 next week by Bahareh Kamali — “Exploring trade-offs and synergies for sustainable management of grassland ecosystems”. Online via Zoom, Mon 12.01.26, 10:15 CET.
Further info: sfb1502.de/news-events/...
Further info: sfb1502.de/news-events/...
🎄☃️✨ Season’s greetings from #CRC1502!
Thanks for your support in 2025—200 LinkedIn followers in 4 months, 107 papers (38 in 2025) & 1,438 citations , and our 10-post Most-Cited (2022–2024) series—plus new datasets/products, My Paper in 140s, and Land & Climate Seminars.
See you in 2026!
Thanks for your support in 2025—200 LinkedIn followers in 4 months, 107 papers (38 in 2025) & 1,438 citations , and our 10-post Most-Cited (2022–2024) series—plus new datasets/products, My Paper in 140s, and Land & Climate Seminars.
See you in 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🎄☃️✨ Season’s greetings from #CRC1502!
Thanks for your support in 2025—200 LinkedIn followers in 4 months, 107 papers (38 in 2025) & 1,438 citations , and our 10-post Most-Cited (2022–2024) series—plus new datasets/products, My Paper in 140s, and Land & Climate Seminars.
See you in 2026!
Thanks for your support in 2025—200 LinkedIn followers in 4 months, 107 papers (38 in 2025) & 1,438 citations , and our 10-post Most-Cited (2022–2024) series—plus new datasets/products, My Paper in 140s, and Land & Climate Seminars.
See you in 2026!
Reposted by CRC 1502 DETECT
This is new. Francis da Silva Lopes (PhD student @unibonn.bsky.social @crc1502-detect.bsky.social) demonstrates how sea surface temp forcing and moisture transport in the ICON atmosphere model can be evaluated with precip, dicharge and GRACE observations. Just published: doi.org/10.1175/JHM-...
December 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is new. Francis da Silva Lopes (PhD student @unibonn.bsky.social @crc1502-detect.bsky.social) demonstrates how sea surface temp forcing and moisture transport in the ICON atmosphere model can be evaluated with precip, dicharge and GRACE observations. Just published: doi.org/10.1175/JHM-...
Reposted by CRC 1502 DETECT
A reason to celebrate, congratulations 🛰️🎉
🚀 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-...
📰 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/231-...
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A reason to celebrate, congratulations 🛰️🎉
🚀 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-...
📰 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/231-...
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🚀 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-...
📰 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/231-...
Our #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
📊 detect-z03.geoinformation.net/geonetwork/s...
💡 www.globalwaterstorage.info/en/satellite...
👩💻 Yorck Ewerdwalbesloh & @aquasong.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Our #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
📊 detect-z03.geoinformation.net/geonetwork/s...
💡 www.globalwaterstorage.info/en/satellite...
👩💻 Yorck Ewerdwalbesloh & @aquasong.bsky.social
💧 NEW #CRC1502 publication! Zhu et al. review & benchmark large-scale irrigation area mapping. 10 European datasets vs EUROSTAT (2020) show survey stats are key—esp. humid regions where remote sensing has limits.
Open data + code available 👇
📜 doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
#Irrigation #RemoteSensing
Open data + code available 👇
📜 doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
#Irrigation #RemoteSensing
December 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
💧 NEW #CRC1502 publication! Zhu et al. review & benchmark large-scale irrigation area mapping. 10 European datasets vs EUROSTAT (2020) show survey stats are key—esp. humid regions where remote sensing has limits.
Open data + code available 👇
📜 doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
#Irrigation #RemoteSensing
Open data + code available 👇
📜 doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
#Irrigation #RemoteSensing
📗 The final (10th) post in our #CRC1502 most-cited series: Gu et al., (2024)—incl. our member Stefan Siebert—shows international agricultural trade may relieve global water scarcity, yet widens scarcity & inequity gaps, hitting the poorest in developing countries hardest.
📜 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
📜 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
The asymmetric impacts of international agricultural trade on water use scarcity, inequality and inequity - Nature Water
This work reveals that international agricultural trade eases water scarcity yet exacerbates inequity, disproportionately favouring more affluent populations, thus emphasizing the necessity for pro-po...
doi.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
📗 The final (10th) post in our #CRC1502 most-cited series: Gu et al., (2024)—incl. our member Stefan Siebert—shows international agricultural trade may relieve global water scarcity, yet widens scarcity & inequity gaps, hitting the poorest in developing countries hardest.
📜 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
📜 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
🚀 NGGM approved — exciting step for next-gen satellite gravimetry!
Proud that #CRC1502 contributes to ESA’s #SING project (incl. work by our speaker @jurgenkusche.bsky.social & our member @aquasong.bsky.social) to advance science readiness for NGGM.
#Geodesy
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/magell...
Proud that #CRC1502 contributes to ESA’s #SING project (incl. work by our speaker @jurgenkusche.bsky.social & our member @aquasong.bsky.social) to advance science readiness for NGGM.
#Geodesy
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/magell...
#climatescience #satellite #innovation #gravimetry #hydrology #climatechange #earthenergyimbalance | Magellium
🌍 A Major Milestone for Europe’s Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM)!
European Space Agency - ESA’s Council at Ministerial Level (CM25) has officially approved the implementation of NGGM, marking ...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🚀 NGGM approved — exciting step for next-gen satellite gravimetry!
Proud that #CRC1502 contributes to ESA’s #SING project (incl. work by our speaker @jurgenkusche.bsky.social & our member @aquasong.bsky.social) to advance science readiness for NGGM.
#Geodesy
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/magell...
Proud that #CRC1502 contributes to ESA’s #SING project (incl. work by our speaker @jurgenkusche.bsky.social & our member @aquasong.bsky.social) to advance science readiness for NGGM.
#Geodesy
🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/magell...
📍 #CRC1502 at #AGU25
Presenting land-surface fluxes, snow DA & soil moisture:
📌 Posters (15 Dec, CST)
• H11J-1013 – LSM parameter estimation
• H13O – Snow DA & water/energy fluxes
📌 Talks
• B24D (16 Dec) – Multi-source DA for fluxes
• H52B (19 Dec) – Soil moisture from gamma
See you at AGU 2025!
Presenting land-surface fluxes, snow DA & soil moisture:
📌 Posters (15 Dec, CST)
• H11J-1013 – LSM parameter estimation
• H13O – Snow DA & water/energy fluxes
📌 Talks
• B24D (16 Dec) – Multi-source DA for fluxes
• H52B (19 Dec) – Soil moisture from gamma
See you at AGU 2025!
December 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🎉 Milestone: #CRC1502 paper #100 — and now 1,438 citations across 107 papers!
ECIRA — annual 1-km crop-specific irrigated area for 16 crops across 28 European countries (2010–2020). Open data to support crop/water modelling and water-resources management.
📜 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
ECIRA — annual 1-km crop-specific irrigated area for 16 crops across 28 European countries (2010–2020). Open data to support crop/water modelling and water-resources management.
📜 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🎉 Milestone: #CRC1502 paper #100 — and now 1,438 citations across 107 papers!
ECIRA — annual 1-km crop-specific irrigated area for 16 crops across 28 European countries (2010–2020). Open data to support crop/water modelling and water-resources management.
📜 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
ECIRA — annual 1-km crop-specific irrigated area for 16 crops across 28 European countries (2010–2020). Open data to support crop/water modelling and water-resources management.
📜 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🚀 Introducing the University of Bonn Soil Moisture Data Catalog (UB-SMDC)!
One portal for soil-moisture datasets from in-situ networks, satellites & models; easy discovery and gap checking. Developed in #CRC1502 (Project Z03) by Farzane Mohseni & Jan-Henrik Haunert.
👉 ubsmdc.sfb1502.de/geonetwork/
One portal for soil-moisture datasets from in-situ networks, satellites & models; easy discovery and gap checking. Developed in #CRC1502 (Project Z03) by Farzane Mohseni & Jan-Henrik Haunert.
👉 ubsmdc.sfb1502.de/geonetwork/
December 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚀 Introducing the University of Bonn Soil Moisture Data Catalog (UB-SMDC)!
One portal for soil-moisture datasets from in-situ networks, satellites & models; easy discovery and gap checking. Developed in #CRC1502 (Project Z03) by Farzane Mohseni & Jan-Henrik Haunert.
👉 ubsmdc.sfb1502.de/geonetwork/
One portal for soil-moisture datasets from in-situ networks, satellites & models; easy discovery and gap checking. Developed in #CRC1502 (Project Z03) by Farzane Mohseni & Jan-Henrik Haunert.
👉 ubsmdc.sfb1502.de/geonetwork/
📗 Our #CRC1502 most-cited series continues with Post #9 (34 citations): Bauke et al. (2022) show how soil water status controls nutrient cycling (N, P, S) from micrometers to landscapes by transport, moisture-dependent biology, and hydrolysis.
#DETECT #SoilWater #Nutrients
📜 doi.org/10.1002/jpln...
#DETECT #SoilWater #Nutrients
📜 doi.org/10.1002/jpln...
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
📗 Our #CRC1502 most-cited series continues with Post #9 (34 citations): Bauke et al. (2022) show how soil water status controls nutrient cycling (N, P, S) from micrometers to landscapes by transport, moisture-dependent biology, and hydrolysis.
#DETECT #SoilWater #Nutrients
📜 doi.org/10.1002/jpln...
#DETECT #SoilWater #Nutrients
📜 doi.org/10.1002/jpln...
📗 Our #CRC1502 most-cited series continues with Post #8 (43 citations): Naz et al., Geosci. Model Dev. (2023) evaluate the fully distributed ParFlow-CLM (v3.6.0) across Europe (~3 km, 1997–2006), including lateral surface + groundwater flow.
#DETECT #Hydrology #Groundwater
📜 doi.org/10.5194/gmd-...
#DETECT #Hydrology #Groundwater
📜 doi.org/10.5194/gmd-...
December 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
📗 Our #CRC1502 most-cited series continues with Post #8 (43 citations): Naz et al., Geosci. Model Dev. (2023) evaluate the fully distributed ParFlow-CLM (v3.6.0) across Europe (~3 km, 1997–2006), including lateral surface + groundwater flow.
#DETECT #Hydrology #Groundwater
📜 doi.org/10.5194/gmd-...
#DETECT #Hydrology #Groundwater
📜 doi.org/10.5194/gmd-...
💻 Onto the next! We are proud to present the 4th #CRC1502 DETECT Land & Climate Seminar (WS 25/26) by Alex Barimah Owusu — “Biophysical assessment of climate change severity in the upper east region, Ghana”. Online via Zoom, Mon 08.12.25, 14:00–15:15 CET.
Further info on sfb1502.de/news-events/...
Further info on sfb1502.de/news-events/...
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
💻 Onto the next! We are proud to present the 4th #CRC1502 DETECT Land & Climate Seminar (WS 25/26) by Alex Barimah Owusu — “Biophysical assessment of climate change severity in the upper east region, Ghana”. Online via Zoom, Mon 08.12.25, 14:00–15:15 CET.
Further info on sfb1502.de/news-events/...
Further info on sfb1502.de/news-events/...
🌾 NEW #CRC1502 PUBLICATION ALERT!
Climate stress reduces efficiency on crop farms: @moritzhartig.bsky.social, our Co-Speaker Silke Hüttel & @stefanseifert.bsky.social link German farm data with weather extremes. One extreme day can cost 0.15–26.31 €/ha.
#Agriculture
📜 doi.org/10.1093/erae...
Climate stress reduces efficiency on crop farms: @moritzhartig.bsky.social, our Co-Speaker Silke Hüttel & @stefanseifert.bsky.social link German farm data with weather extremes. One extreme day can cost 0.15–26.31 €/ha.
#Agriculture
📜 doi.org/10.1093/erae...
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🌾 NEW #CRC1502 PUBLICATION ALERT!
Climate stress reduces efficiency on crop farms: @moritzhartig.bsky.social, our Co-Speaker Silke Hüttel & @stefanseifert.bsky.social link German farm data with weather extremes. One extreme day can cost 0.15–26.31 €/ha.
#Agriculture
📜 doi.org/10.1093/erae...
Climate stress reduces efficiency on crop farms: @moritzhartig.bsky.social, our Co-Speaker Silke Hüttel & @stefanseifert.bsky.social link German farm data with weather extremes. One extreme day can cost 0.15–26.31 €/ha.
#Agriculture
📜 doi.org/10.1093/erae...