Not only change in climate will determine the future productivity of ecosystems, but also the future changes
in land use patterns and ecosystem management may mitigate or enhance negative climate changes.
Research within our group focuses on studying the interactions between climate and land surface processes
of regions dominated by managed ecosystems. We are currently working on a modeling system that is able to
simulate these interactions. The modeling system will include both land and atmospheric processes.
Understanding the relationships between spatiotemporal patterns of soil properties and processes is a
prerequisite for predicting the effects of climate and land use change on landscape functioning. Soil
landscape modelling applies statistical and process-based models in order to describe these relationships.
