3. Projects, Project Proposals in 2001:

In the course of this year the following two (scientific-technological) MPAe projects have been continued and modified so that fundrasing activities for them can be performed with a better chance, even after I have retired. 

  1. From an interactive DUST-2 CD ROM for „Atmospheric Data“ to the next step the ADLATUS concept.
  2. From ECOVILLA and DEREMOTOX to www.sure-tec.com ;

In September a third project proposal to DII was added, the above mentioned GISP- see News

Projects and/or project proposals 1999 and 2000  

1. DUST-2 CD ROM: Summary (2000)

The immense growth of geophysical information requires a better and more user friendly interactive access, e.g. retrieval tools, to the available distributed information; with respect to the information width and information depth. This gets the more important the more the relevant resources shrink. The DUST-2  CD ROM bilingual in English and German - is a first step in this direction, especailly for the scientific community. New interactive methods are presented – for data and texts – for qualified data filtering, data documentation, (advanced) validation, and graphical presentation, including some interactive software – also to function as an interface to external data sources.

2. DEREMOTOX Proposal (1999)

 

“Desert Soil Recultivation and Monitoring of (phyto-) Toxicity” (DEREMOTOX). A pilot

project in three phases lasting four years.

Problem:
Increasing desertification and famine in arid regions.

Goal:
Creating Self-sustaining, Cross-generational Communities in Desert Regions

Means:
DEREMOTOX with “sure-tec” and “human catalysts”, interrelated with a new type of „moderate just entrepreneurial house keeping“.

A short descriptioin has been published under the title: “Desert Soil Recultivation and Monitoring of (phyto-) Toxicity” (DEREMOTOX). A pilot project in three phases lasting four years”.

In: S.- W. Breckle, M. Veste, W. Wucherer (eds.) “Sustainable Land Use in Deserts”, pp. 329-343, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2001. (ISBN 3540677623)

DEREMOTOX abstract

DEREMOTOX is a Research and Development (R&D) pilot project for the development of -

sustainable and cultural compatible technological modules, now denoted as “sure-tec” modules, especially for and in small eco-systems and for optimizing the unavoidable monitoring and risk assessments. Mainly it is dealt with the low risk further development of so called "prototype" modules or processes. Sure-tec – earlier termed “smarter technology” - in this context means: resource efficient, i.e. with higher resource productivity, long-lived, labour intensive, low cost mass production of simple (user-friendly), basically needed (technical) modules, adaptable for various local situations. It is proposed to apply this with the today unavoidable support by “human catalysts” in a selected area for recultivation in the Kalmykian steppe.

The DEREMOTOX Team:

G. K. Hartmann, MPAe, Katlenburg-Lindau; J. U. Kügler, P. Belouschek, eng. bureau Kügler; Essen; L. Weissflog, UFZ, Leipzig; K. H. Weiler, FHO-Emden; H. Ch. Heydecke, Math.-Web., Eldingen; G. Reisinger, eng. bureau, Illertissen; S. Engelmann, Fulda; M. G. Ritter, A-7, Berlin; Germany; G. S. Golitsyn, I. Granberg, N. P. Elansky; IAP Moscow; E.B. Gabunshina, Kalmykian arid center, Elista; V. V. Alexeev, MSU Moscow; Russia; E. Putz, G. Pfister, A. Steiner, IGAM/UoG, Graz, Austria.

 

DEREMOTOX team e-mail addresses.

Alexeev, V.V.: vvaleks@beeline.ru

Elansky, N.:       nikolai@SElansky.home.bio.msu.ru

Engelmann, S.: Engelmann.Susanne@gmx.de

Flepp. H.G.: Flepp_family@bluewin.ch

Golitsyn, G.S.: mail_adm@omega.ifaran.ru

Granberg, I.: igran@atm.phys.msu.su

Hartmann, G.K.: ghartmann@linmpi.mpg.de

Kuegler, J. : ib.kuegler@t-online.de

Pfister,G.: ggp@bimgs5.KFUniGraz.ac.at

Putz,E.:  putz@bkfug.kfunigraz.ac.at

Reisinger, G.: G.Reisinger@t-online.de

Ritter, M.G.: mgr@rai-berlin.de

Weiler, K.H.: khweiler@hermes.fho-emdem.de

Weissflog, L. lw@theo.uoe.ufz.de

 

3. The MAS/GRAS Follow-on experiment, a R&D proposal

{ http://www.linmpi.mpg.de/english/projekte/mas/ }

 

Problem:
The accuracy of the presently measured water vapour and temperature profiles of the lower Earth atmosphere is insufficient for climatological research

Goal:
Measurements of more accurate advanced validated water vapour and temperature profiles of the lower atmosphere

Means:
Data from a proposed, technical feasible MAS/GRAS sensor combination from Space, e.g. from the International Space Station ISS, that supply – using the Optimal Estimation Retrieval - temperature and H2O profiles with much higher accuracy. 

The results of the study „MAS-GRAS Sensor Combination and Optimal Estimation Retrieval of Temperature and H2O profiles” published in the journal Phys.Chem.Earth (A), vol 25, No. 8, pp 625-628, 2000 have clearly demonstrated that this combination can yield profiles with hitherto not reached accuracy. The study was performed by:

G. K. Hartmann*, G. Kirchengast**, A. v. Engeln***,  M. L. Richards****, Ch. Jarchow*

*            Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, (MPAe) Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany

**            Inst. for Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Meteorology, (IGAM) University of Graz, Austria

***            Institute for Environmental Physics (Ife), University of Bremen, Germany

****            Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V., Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany

Further information can be found:

a) on the DUST-2 CD-ROM (index.htm, Documentation, MAS Data validation).

b) in the MAS-GRAS-supplements 

c) in a figure of a feasible MAS-GRAS-configuration on the International Space Station (ISS): http://www.linmpi.mpg.de/english/projekte/mas/html/mas_expa_iss.htm

d) in the reference list