The long-term observation of ecosystems and land use structures as part of the TERENO network shows how they change under the conditions of global change. In the case of the site TERENO-Nordost around the city of Demmin, a region of intense agricultural use and diverse landscapes, the focus is on the long-term monitoring of evapotranspiration in large landscape areas through the synergetic analysis of ground-based data from a climate and soil moisture measurement network with remote sensing data. In addition, the influence of external variables, e.g. soil moisture and other soil properties, on evapotranspiration is analyzed.

The joint infrastructure of the DLR Neustrelitz and the GFZ has been part of the German observatory network TERENO since 2011. Long-term measurement series of meteorological variables and an above-average frequency of data collection by various remote sensing satellites make the area an ideal location for analyzing and forecasting the effects of global change as part of the TERENO project, which has been running for about 15 years. 

TERENO.https://www.gfz.de/en/scientific-infrastructure/research-infrastructures/regional-observatories/northeastern-german-lowland-observatory-tereno-northeast

The DLR climate monitoring network (Durable Environmental Multidisciplinary Monitoring Information Network – DEMMIN® (53°52' N; 13°13'E), consisting of 25 agro-meteorological climate measuring stations, was expanded by the GFZ in 2011 as part of TERENO to include 20 additional climate measuring stations, 63 soil moisture measuring stations under fields and an experimental crane in the forest. The 45m-high crane enables measurements in the canopy of the mixed forest, in addition to evaluating the potential of various remote sensing sensors and techniques.

The TERENO site Demmin is a research area in JECAM (Joint Experiment for Crop Assessment and Monitoring).