1. Planetary Processes Geo-resources & -hazards Environment
Freie Universität Berlin
Dr. Thomas Spangehl, Institute of Meteorology,
17 June 2011, InfoDay, Brussels
Research Foci at Department of Earth Sciences
Planetary Processes
Atmospheric processes
Surface processes
Palaeo-environments
Earth interior processes
Fault dynamics
Evolution of Life, Bioradiation, Habitability
Geo-resources
& -hazards
Energy
Water & land management
Floods, droughts, storms
Earthquakes
Climate change
Environment
Urban environments, pollution, land use
Human settlement
Impacts from space
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Earth Sciences,

2. „Greenhouse gasses in the city”
Institute of Meteorology
Prof. Dr Ulrich Cubasch:
Research chain 1
„Vector borne
Diseases“
Research chain 2
„Sustainable Water Management, Land Use and Ecology”
Research chain 3
„Climate Change and Human Health”
MILIEU Centre for Urban Earth System Studies
SPEAKER: PROF. DR. ULRICH CUBASCH
WE UNITE MORE THAN 80 SCIENTISTS ACROSS ALL FOUR LARGE UNIVERSITIES OF BERLIN, TWELVE RESEARCH FACILITIES AND THE BERLIN SENATE, GATHERING THE EXPERTISE IN URBAN SYSTEM RESEARCH AND PLANNING OF THE ENTIRE CAPITAL REGION OF BERLIN-BRANDENBURG
Humidity
Research chain 0: Measurement data, uncertainties and climate scenario definition
Research chain X: Integration, model-data fusion, uncertainty propagation, synthesis
Air pollution
Research chain 5
„Air Quality in Cities“
Research chain 4
„Our Vanishing Night”
Research chain 6
„Greenhouse gasses in the city”
Cluster structure
Energy consum-tion for street lights
The cluster consists of 6 thematic research chains which are connected by two integrative chains. Arrows indicate examples of interaction between chains
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Earth Sciences, 2

3. Contact details Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Meteorology
Prof. Dr Ulrich Cubasch:
Head of the section “climate modelling”
Selected lead author and review editor in the IPCC
Prof. Dr Uwe Ulbrich:
Executive Director of Institute of Meteorology at Freie Universität Berlin
Head of the section “climate variability and extremes“
Geographical Sciences
Prof. Dr Dörte Segebart:
Prof. Dr Achim Schulte:
Workgroup Hydrogeology
Prof. Dr Michael Schneider:
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Earth Sciences,