Z02 - Central Scientific Support Unit
Das Zentrale Wissenschaftliche Serviceprojekt Z02 ist darauf ausgelegt, den wissenschaftlichen Teilprojekten von EFForTS durch die Bereitstellung von Basisdaten Hilfestellung zu leisten. So liefert Z02 meteorologische Daten aus allen Untersuchungsflächen (WP1), raumbezogene Produkte aus Fernerkundungsdaten auf verschiedenen räumlichen Ebenen (LIDAR, WP2) sowie Biodiversitäts-Daten arborikoler Arthropoden von allen EFForTS Kern-Untersuchungsflächen und dem Landscape Assessment (WP3). Außerdem dient Z02 als Anlaufstelle für Convention of Biodiversity (CBD) relevante Themen, z.B. in Bezug auf Umgang mit biologischen Proben und im Rahmen von Access-and-Benefit-Sharing Maßnahmen (WP4).
The success of the international and interdisciplinary research of the proposed Collaborative Research Centre (EFForTS) depends to a significant degree on efficient project support. There is an unusually high demand for support from scientific projects with respect to the organization and collection of background data on biota, land cover and climate, and this is met by the Central Scientific Service Project.
The project focuses on four major topics:
- (WP1) Collection of essential climate data at each of the core plots including temperature and moisture at different levels in and above the ground.
- (WP2) Processing of remote sensing data, generation of data products from the airborne laser scanning campaign and auxiliary satellite based data.
- (WP3) Organizing the identification of species and implementing the sampling, identification and monitoring of tree arthropod communities.
- (WP4) Functioning as focal point and interface for collaboration with collections in Indonesia, in particular the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), and museums all over the world;