Meeting of the TERENO International Advisory Board

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At the invitation of the GFZ, the International Advisory Board of the TERENO network is holding its annual meeting from 15 - 17 September in Klink/Waren. The IAB members come from five nations.

[Translate to English:] Das TERENO-Observatorium umfasst das Einzugsgebiet der Ucker, den Müritz-Nationalpark, das Biosphärenreservat Schorfheide-Chorin, den Tiefen See sowie den Kalibrations- und Validationsstandort DEMMIN des Deutschen Zentrums- für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR).

TERENO (Terrestrial Environmental Observatories) is a network of four observatories, in which six Helmholtz centers are involved. The TERENO North German Lowland Observatory is coordinated by the GFZ.

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