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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 05.01.2026

    BAU-R-2: Green roofs in cities

    The picture shows the metal facade of a modern commercial building almost completely covered with a climbing plant.

    … Source: CAU Kiel; Brockmann Consult GmbH (analysis of satellite images and of LOD2 data of the BKG) Green roofs in cities – good for adaptation to climate change and … 500,000 were evaluated in combining satellite images in a 10 metre resolution with data from 3D building models. To put it in a simplified manner – by using satellite …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-1 + 2: Soil water in agriculturally used soils and in forest soils

    … of the millennium. BO-I-1: Soil water in agriculturally used soils Source: DWD (data from DWD Bodenfeuchteviewer) BO-I-2: Soil water in forest soils – case study … Overview Map (BÜK) 1000. This is done on the basis of interpolated meteorological data and the observed development status of the plants, prevailing at the time. …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-I-1: Person hours due to weather-related damage events

    The picture shows an inundated landscape. In the centre of the picture a flooded road can be seen, with a lorry passing. There are people visible on the lorry’s load platform. In the picture’s foreground, part of a blue emergency vehicle is visible with blue warning lamps fitted all round the vehicle which is also driving along this flooded road.

    … is required is on the increase. There are detailed quantitative and comparable data available on the number, duration and causes of call-outs carried out by THW. … figures from one municipality to another. This is in contrast to deployment data from Länder in which homogeneous regulations existed for the collection of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    GE-I-5: Pathogen vectors – case study

    The picture shows a close-up of the Asian Tiger Mosquito in the process of biting a human being.

    … compulsory registration). However, there is nonetheless still a shortage of data collected systematically and continuously on the occurrence and distribution of … in the Upper Rhine area. It is true that the ZALF and the FLI continue to collect data on the distribution of mosquitoes for the ‘Mückenatlas’ (mosquito atlas) (cf. …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    KM-I-6: Pumping station performance – case study

    The picture shows the pumping station Steinschleuse on the Eider river. A retaining wall with a bridge and a brick-built house are visible.

    … Pumping station performance – case study Source: Eider-Treene-Verband (operational data on pumping station operation)/ DWD (CDC) Operation of pumping stations … drainage in this area is essentially dependent on the precipitation scenario. The data demonstrate that the pumping stations used the greatest amount of electricity …

  • Press release 14/2025 from 11.04.2025 | Last changed: 15.04.2025

    Environmental pollutants: How exposed are children and young people?

    Blutabnahme mit einer Spritze

    … From April 2025 to March 2026, the German Environment Agency will collect data for the study from around 600 children and young people aged 6 to 17 at 15 … registration offices and are representative of this age group in Germany. In total, data will be collected for PARC from over 10,000 people throughout Europe. The aim …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    BAU-I-4: Heavy rain in residential areas

    The picture shows the rainwater gutter of a brick building. Heavy rain is falling.

    … which since 2001 has enabled the acquisition of almost comprehensive precipitation data. 141 This dataset contains nearly all heavy rain events that occurred in Germany since 2001. …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    HUE-2: Usage of warning and information services

    The picture shows a hand holding a smartphone. The smartphone screen is blue and shows the logo of DWD’s WarnWetter App. In the picture’s background, the black clouds of a thunderous sky are visible.

    … Waterways and Shipping Administration with remit to publish current water level data for federal waterways. The same can be said of the Hochwasserportal (floodwater … jointly by the Länder entitled www.hochwasserzentralen.de. This portal issues data on flood warnings on a daily basis for any water bodies that are part of their …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    WW-I-10: Water temperature of watercourses

    The picture shows a shallow, slow-flowing watercourse in sunny weather under a cloudless sky. Through the clear, reddish-brown shimmering water, the stony bed of the river is visible; some of the stones in the foreground project beyond the surface of the water. The banks are lined by mixed woodlands.

    … individual fish regions separately. The indicator is based on temperature measuring data of 43 gauging stations for measuring water-quality and levels distributed … gauging stations and fish regions respectively. 2017 is the earliest year for which data are available from all the gauging stations considered. The water temperatures …

  • Press release 13/2023 from 26.04.2023 | Last changed: 07.06.2023

    Traffic noise can increase risk of depression and anxiety disorders

    View on rails with a suburban train, behind it city panorama

    … groups of the population to assess health risks. The present project reanalysed data from NORAH, Germany’s largest noise study, and evaluated data from the current LIFE Adult Study in the Leipzig area. The LIFE Adult Study is …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BD-I-1: Phenological changes in wild plant species

    The picture shows a coltsfoot plant in flower while the plant is peeking out from under snow cover.

    … reliable results if this is done over extended sequences. This is why phenological data as well as climate-related data are averaged over periods of 30 years. Using the so-called phenological clock …