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Research projects

On-going projects

Water storage and fluxes in the vadose zone
Water storage and fluxes in the vadose zone
Photo: AG

Water storage and fluxes in the vadose zone

(in human-managed environments): from the point to the regional scale

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/cosmicsense/
Cosmic Sense

Cosmic Sense

We aim for providing more representative information on hydrological variables at the land surface in context of land use and climate change.

Cosmic Sense, Module Smart Coverage
Cosmic Sense, Module Smart Coverage
Photo: cosmic sense consortium

Cosmic Sense, Module Smart Coverage

Dense Networks of Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensors Detecting Soil Moisture Dynamics

Cosmic Sense, Module Root Zone
Cosmic Sense, Module Root Zone
Image: Lena Scheiffele

Cosmic Sense, Module Root Zone

Estimating water fluxes in the root zone with the help of field scale soil moisture measurements from Cosmic-ray neutron sensing

Non-invasive investigation of microplastics in soil
Non-invasive investigation of microplastics in soil

Non-invasive investigation of microplastics

in soil

Microplastic transport in surface water-groundwater interactions
Microplastic transport in surface water-groundwater interactions

Microplastic transport

in surface water-groundwater interactions

Quantitative recording and simulation of water flows
Quantitative recording and simulation of water flows and water uptake in the root zone

Quantitative recording and simulation of water flows and water uptake in the root zone

using combined 3D imaging and modeling - 3D imaging and modeling of water transport in the root zone.

Root stresses
root stresses

Root stresses

Combination of optical sensors for measuring root respiration and exudation (pH, CO2) with 3D-imaging of the root structure and its modelling.

Completed projects

In-situ monitoring and modeling of a reactive wall to reduce iron concentrations in groundwater under laboratory conditions

In-situ monitoring and modeling of a reactive wall

to reduce iron concentrations in groundwater under laboratory conditions

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/umwelt/research/water-and-matter-transport-in-landscapes/research-projects/completed-projects#c486289
Integriertes Wasserressourcenmanagement

Cosmic Sense, Module Groundwater

Linking soil moisture and snow water equivalent measured by cosmic-ray neutron sensing to groundwater

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/umwelt/research/water-and-matter-transport-in-landscapes/research-projects/completed-projects#c486287
Cosmic Sense, Module Smart Coverage
Photo: cosmic sense consortium

Cosmic Sense, Module Massive coverage

Dense Networks of Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensors Detecting Soil Moisture Dynamics at Small Catchment Areas

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/umwelt/research/water-and-matter-transport-in-landscapes/research-projects/completed-projects#c579724
Surface water - groundwater interaction on federal waterways II

Surface water - groundwater interaction on federal waterways II

Large-scale tracer tests in combination with numerical modeling to quantify water and material flows

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/umwelt/research/water-and-matter-transport-in-landscapes/research-projects/completed-projects#c541739
Water quantity and quality changes for bank filtration

Surface water - groundwater interaction on federal waterways I

Water quantity and quality changes for bank filtration

Completed projects
Groundwater recharge estimate in a Brazilian sedimentary coastal region

Groundwater recharge estimate in a Brazilian sedimentary coastal region

Combining remote sensing, CRNS soil moisture data and hydro(geo)logical modelling

Completed projects
Research on river groundwater interaction

Research on river groundwater interaction

Water flow and heat transport modelling at the interface between river and aquifer

Completed projects
Visualization of root water uptake processes

Visualization of root water uptake processes

using the novel combination of magnet resonance imaging and neutron tomography

Completed projects
Integrated water resource management

Integrated water resource management

in agricultural landscapes

Completed projects
High-resolution imaging in aggregated soils

High-resolution imaging in aggregated soils

Dynamics of oxygen, pH and water content induced interfaces

Completed projects
Oxygen dynamics at the capillary fringe

Oxygen dynamics at the capillary fringe

Completed projects
Integrale Messung des Bodenwassergehalts mittels kosmischer Neutronenstrahlung - Interpretation der erhobenen Daten

Integral measurement of soil water content

using cosmic neutron radiation - interpretation of the collected data

Completed projects
Transport behavior of artificial activated carbon-iron nanoparticles

Transport behavior of artificial activated carbon-iron nanoparticles

for the remediation of organochlorine contaminated groundwater streams

SoMMet (Soil Moisture Metrology)
SoMMet

SoMMet

Soil Moisture Metrology