PROSIMUL is a network group research initiative by young scientists. Four complementary contributions integrate expertise in the field of palaeoclimate research from (I) high resolution lake sediments, (II) dendrochronology, (III) calibration studies with stable isotopes and biogenic indicators, and (IV) climate modeling. Common research focus is the systematic and quantitative description of Late Glacial and Holocene natural climate variability. Activities are centered on the reconstruction of Late Glacial climate history in Europe recorded in tree-rings and lake sediments, and late Holocene climate variability archived in lake sediments from the Americas and south-western China.
PROSIMUL I - Michael Friedrich, Univ. Hohenheim: Decadal radiocarbon calibration, absolute timescale for the Late Glacial and climate variability from a tree-ring chronology network of Central Europe
PROSIMUL II - Andreas Lücke, Forschungszentrum Jülich: Climate variability as recorded in stable isotopes from high resolution crater lake sediments
PROSIMUL III - Antje Schwalb, TU Braunschweig; Sabine Hanisch, TU Braunschweig/AWI Bremerhaven: Environmental dynamics and teleconnections of climatic variability from the Central Alps and the Americas recorded in lacustrine ostracods
PROSIMUL IV - Martin Widmann, GKSS Geesthacht (*external funding): Comparison of proxy-based teleconnections with GCM simulations