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Sediment Dynamics Alpes
Gletscherschmelze am Vernagtferner im oberen Ötztal, 2019
Photo: Lena Katharina Schmidt

Altered hydrological and sediment dynamics in high alpine areas

Research Project on changing sediment dynamics in upper Ötztal (Tyrol)

GSSP-en
Heavy rainfall objects
Image: Maik Heistermann

DAAD/GSSP

Seamless integration of data and models for flash flood forecasting

Completed research projects

Completed projects

PYROPHOB-en
PYROPHOB

PYROPHOB

Strategies for the development of pyrophobic and climate change resilient forests on forest fire areas

NatRiskChange
NatRisk Change

NatRiskChange

DFG Graduiertenkolleg "Natural Hazards and Risks in a Changing World"

Changing conitions in the Alps

Changing Sediment Regime in the Alps

Changing water and energy conditions and their significance for sediment pulses in alpine areas

Co-Prepare
Co-PREPARE

Co-PREPARE

Co-PREPARE: Collaborative Indo-German PRoject on Estimating and Predicting NAtural Hazards in the Himalayan REgion

Extreme rainfall under climate change

Extreme Rainfall under Climate Change

The spatiotemporal signature of extreme rainfall under climate change: cross-scale propagation of effects on flash flood hazard.

Urban flash floods
Towards parsimonious hazard assessment for urban flash floods

Urban Fash Floods

Towards parsimonious hazard assessment for urban flash floods

Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi basin

Lake Malawi

Impact of regional environmental changes on the availability of water resources and hydropower generation in Malawi (South-East Africa)

Geo.X

Geo.X

Exploring the potential of machine learning techniques for flash flood forecasting

Flood warnings Philippines

Flood warnings Philippines

Enhancing the effectiveness of flood early warnings in the Philippines

https://www.geo-x.net/geosim/
GeoSim

GeoSim

GeoSim (Helmholtz Graduate School for Explorative Simulation in Earth Science)

RiscHid

RiscHid

Information system for hydrological hazards in semi-arid Brazil - floods and droughts

SHIVA

SHIVA

Seamless Hydrological prediction of East Indian summer monsoon and Variance Analysis of its meteorological and hydrological uncertainty

http://www.grow-sawam.org/

SaWaM

Seasonal Water Management for Semiarid Arias

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/echo/
ECHO

ECHO

Ecological and hydrological feedback mechanisms in meso-scale catchments.

http://earth-in-progress.de/index.35.de.html
PROGRESS

PROGRESS

Potsdam Research and Technology Network on Natural Hazards, Climate Change and Sustainability.

HoPI II

HoPI II

Flood Forecast Inn II (part Potsdam)

https://uol.de/comtess/
COMTESS

COMTESS: Sustainable Coastal Land Management

Trade-offs in Ecosystem Services. Investigation of the impact of coastal protection measures on ecosystem services and functions under the influence of climate change.

https://www.uibk.ac.at/geographie/serac-cc/
Hydrologie im Hochgebirge

Hydrology in high mountains

Runoff Characteristics of Small Alpine Catchments to Climate Change

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/sesam/transfer.php
Knowledge Transfer Project

Knowledge Transfer Project

A Drought Forecast and Water Management System for semi- arid regions, taking the state of Ceará, Brazil as an example

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/sesam/index.php
SESAM, WASESAC

SESAM, WASESAC

Formation, transport and retention of water and sediment in large-scale semi-arid catchments: Monitoring and modelling of substance fluxes, retention and connectivity phenomena.

Chile
Erosion in Southern Chile

Erosion in Southern Chile

Water runoff and erosion hazard caused by forest management practices in Southern Chile (Graduate school Natural Disasters).

OPAQUE
OPAQUE

OPAQUE

Operational flood forecasting in source areas