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GKSS SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH The National Research Laboratory GKSS (member of the Hermann von Helmholtz-Association of German Reserach Centres) located in Geesthacht, near Hamburg, is engaged in environmental research. The main interest of the research center focuses on regional climatology and climate dynamics, interdecadal variations in the state of the Baltic and North Sea and related estuaries, and the flow ofheavy metals, nutrients, and other materials in river catchments to the coastal zones. This research aims at-developing an under standing ofchanges in the environment, both as a result ofinternal (natural) dynamics and as a result of anthropogenic interference. In an effort to dis seminate the results of these research activities, as well as to initiate a broad discussion among senior scientists in the field, and younger colleagues from all areas of the globe, the Institutes of Hydrophysics and Atmospheric Physics at GKSS have instituted the GKSS School of Environmental Research. Appliedenvironmental research has always containedanelement ofaware ness ofthe societal implications and boundary conditions associated with en vironmental concerns. Consequently, the School of Environmental Research adheres to the philosophy that all discussion regarding environmental change should incorporate a social component. This necessity has been well acknowl edged and is apparent by the incorporation ofsocial scientists into the series of lectures. Senior scientists from Europe and North America were invited to give lectures to "students" from all parts of the globe.
List of contents
I The Climate System.- 1 The Global and Regional Climate System.- 2 Three Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Climate: The Fundamentals.- 3 Hydrological Modeling from Local to Global Scales.- 4 Natural Climate Variability and Concepts of Natural Climate Variability.- II Climate Change.- 5 Weather Modification by Cloud Seeding - A Status Report 1989-1997.- 6 The Detection of Climate Change.- III Implications.- 7 Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Multi-Actor Strategies of Optimizing Greenhouse Gas Emissions.- 8 "Mastering" the Global Commons.- 9 Climate Science and the Transfer of Knowledge to Public andPolitical Realms.- References.
About the author
Prof. Dr. Hans von Storch ist Direktor des Instituts für Küstenforschung, GKSS, Geesthacht und lehrt am Institut für Meteorologie der Universität Hamburg.
