Eawag: Surface Waters Research + Management: Applied System Analysis

Research cooperation at Lake Kivu
The main findings of the most recent research partnership project “Lake Kivu: Learning from the past for managing its future”, were presented in two workshops in Kigali and Bukavu. Researchers from the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (Rwanda), the Institut Supérieur Pédagogique of Bukavu (DR Congo) and Eawag had jointly investigated this fascinating lake during the past three years. [...]

Surface Waters Research + Management

Applied System Analysis

The research group Applied System Analysis aims at investigating interactions between physical forcing, geochemical cycling, and ecology in aquatic ecosystems. The work is focused on identifying, quantifying and predicting human impacts on these systems. For this purpose, specifically acquired datasets as well as datasets available in literature and online databases are analyzed using analytical and statistical methods. Models of varying complexity, ranging from simple box models to three-dimensional numerical simulations, are developed and applied. Recent consulting projects include impacts of pumped-storage operations, heat pumps, and methane extraction facilities on lakes.

Projects

Lake Kivu: Learning from its past for managing its future [...]
Revealing the hidden mysteries of Lake Baikal [...]

Team

Martin Schmid, group leader
KellyAnn Ross, PhD student
Chrysanthi Tsimitri, PhD student
Fabrice Muvundja, guest PhD student

Contact

Department Head
Carsten Schubert

Administration
Eawag
Surface Waters
Seestrasse 79
6047 Kastanienbaum
Switzerland

Phone +41 (0)58 765 21 11
Fax +41 (0)58 765 21 68