Due to the changing climatic conditions, there is an enlargement of land areas with insufficient rainfall and therefore a reduction in the cultivated area for common crops. Hence, it is now important to find plants that ...

Freshwater lenses, as important resource for drinking water, are sensitive to climate changes and sea level rise. To simulate this impact on the groundwater systems, hydraulic subsurface models have to be designed. Geophysical ...

Besides its inherent resistance against degrading organisms, the durability of timber is infl uenced by design details and climatic conditions, making it difficult to treat wood durability as an absolute value. Durability ...

Coupled numerical models, which simulate water and energy fluxes in the subsurface-land-surface-atmosphere system in a physically consistent way, are a prerequisite for the analysis and a better understanding of heat and ...