Reconstructing precipitation patterns in Europe from topsoil properties - REGROUP

我们的目标是更好地了解欧洲土壤中的降水是如何反射的。这将通过使用来自多瑙河流域中部的黑钙土的样本集来实现，那里的年平均降水量和温度从各个观测点得到了最好的记录。在这项提案中，我们将解决这样一个研究问题，即土壤属性的多代理数据集是否能比单独的磁化率数据更好地解释降水模式。为了实现这一点，我们将创建这样一个多代理数据集，并应用已建立的多元统计方法。

Our aim is to gain a highly improved understanding of how precipitation is reflected in soils in Europe. This will be achieved through using a sample set from Chernozem soils from the Middle Danube Basin, where the mean annual precipitation and temperature is best documented from various observation sites. Samples are available already.In this proposal, we will address the research question, if a multi-proxy dataset of soil properties can explain precipitation patterns much better than magnetic susceptibility data alone.To achieve this, we will create such a multi-proxy dataset and apply established multivariate statistical methods.