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Dr. Markus Wrobel Research Domain II: Climate Impacts & Vulnerabilities(RD II) Research Field 2: North South Project (NSP) Contact: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Pappelallee 20, room 303 D-14469 Potsdam Germany Email: Markus.Wrobel at pik-potsdam.de Phone: ++49-(0)331 - 288-2599 Fax: ++49-(0)331 - 288-2037 Mail:               P.O.B. 60 12 03 D-14412 Potsdam

Doctoral thesis:

• Multidimensionale, heterogene, visualisierbare Datenräume. Anforderungen, Entwurf und Implementierung einer adaptiven und interaktiven Schnittstelle für transdisziplinäre wissenschaftliche Daten im Kontext der Erdsystemanalyse (published digitally at Darwin / FU Berlin)

Current Research Interests:

• Systems for improved information flow and decision support in the context of climate change
• Human-Computer Interaction in the context of Earth System Analyses

• Development of appropriate graphical user interfaces for scientific data management

Current Research Projects:

• MEDIATION - Methodology for Effective Decision-making on Impacts and AdaptaTION (EU FP7)
• ci:grasp - Climate Impacts: Global & Regional Adaptation Support Platform
  

Former Research Projects:

• ADAM - Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: Supporting European climate policy (EU FP6)
• PIXDAT - PIK Extensible Database and Access Tools (PIK Topik project; project leader / speaker)
  

Software Projects (sample):

• ADAM Digital Compendium
  visit http://adam-digital-compendium.pik-potsdam.de
• PIK Vegetation Visualizer
  (additional information available soon)
• Climate Change and Protected Areas - interactive overview of how characteristic values of the regional climates could change for more than 4000 protected areas in Germany (currently available in German only)
  access via PIK's infodesk
• IDA - interactive digital atlas for spatial selections and result visualization
  further information
• xDat - interactive online access to general meta data, station meta data and according time series at PIK
  visit the xDat homepage
• Climate Diagram Generator - interactive visualization of temperature and precipitation time series using, e.g., Walter and Thornthwaite diagrams
  Check out the current Applet version