Making use of climate information for sustainable preservation of cultural heritage: applications to the KERES project
Abstract According to the final report of the European Union OMC expert group on strengthening cultural heritage resilience for anthropogenic climate change, the impacts of climate change, particularly extreme weather events, on cultural heritage in Europe have become increasingly evident in recent...
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| author | Lola Kotova Johanna Leissner Matthias Winkler Ralf Kilian Stefan Bichlmair Florian Antretter Jürgen Moßgraber Jürgen Reuter Tobias Hellmund Katharina Matheja Michael Rohde Uwe Mikolajewicz |
| author_facet | Lola Kotova Johanna Leissner Matthias Winkler Ralf Kilian Stefan Bichlmair Florian Antretter Jürgen Moßgraber Jürgen Reuter Tobias Hellmund Katharina Matheja Michael Rohde Uwe Mikolajewicz |
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| description | Abstract According to the final report of the European Union OMC expert group on strengthening cultural heritage resilience for anthropogenic climate change, the impacts of climate change, particularly extreme weather events, on cultural heritage in Europe have become increasingly evident in recent years and are progressing at an unprecedented speed and scale. Archaeological sites, museum collections, and historical buildings and structures are affected, among others, by rising temperatures or by heavy storms and precipitation events. Deep scientific knowledge about future climate projections is required to develop appropriate preservation strategies and measures to protect and adapt cultural heritage. In this paper we present the first set of results of the KERES project. The project focuses on the impacts of future extreme climate events on the built heritage and historic gardens. An ensemble of climate simulations is used to analyze changes in both climatology and extreme events for several climate variables at two cultural heritage sites in Germany. In this study, a methodology was developed to guide climate scientists on how to better tailor climate information for the needs of stakeholders in the cultural heritage sector. It would help the stakeholders to integrate the results of climate projections into the prevention and emergency management, in particular for the risk assessment of extreme events. The effects of interpolation from a model grid to a location of cultural heritage site and advantages of an ensemble approach have been demonstrated in the study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c53dd8babd94b3b9a34c591352882c52023-01-29T12:18:55ZengSpringerOpenHeritage Science2050-74452023-01-0111111810.1186/s40494-022-00853-9Making use of climate information for sustainable preservation of cultural heritage: applications to the KERES projectLola Kotova0Johanna Leissner1Matthias Winkler2Ralf Kilian3Stefan Bichlmair4Florian Antretter5Jürgen Moßgraber6Jürgen Reuter7Tobias Hellmund8Katharina Matheja9Michael Rohde10Uwe Mikolajewicz11Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon GmbHFraunhofer SocietyFraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBPFraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBPFraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBPC3rrolutions GmbHFraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSBFraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSBFraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSBPrussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-BrandenburgPrussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-BrandenburgMax Planck Institute for MeteorologyAbstract According to the final report of the European Union OMC expert group on strengthening cultural heritage resilience for anthropogenic climate change, the impacts of climate change, particularly extreme weather events, on cultural heritage in Europe have become increasingly evident in recent years and are progressing at an unprecedented speed and scale. Archaeological sites, museum collections, and historical buildings and structures are affected, among others, by rising temperatures or by heavy storms and precipitation events. Deep scientific knowledge about future climate projections is required to develop appropriate preservation strategies and measures to protect and adapt cultural heritage. In this paper we present the first set of results of the KERES project. The project focuses on the impacts of future extreme climate events on the built heritage and historic gardens. An ensemble of climate simulations is used to analyze changes in both climatology and extreme events for several climate variables at two cultural heritage sites in Germany. In this study, a methodology was developed to guide climate scientists on how to better tailor climate information for the needs of stakeholders in the cultural heritage sector. It would help the stakeholders to integrate the results of climate projections into the prevention and emergency management, in particular for the risk assessment of extreme events. The effects of interpolation from a model grid to a location of cultural heritage site and advantages of an ensemble approach have been demonstrated in the study.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-022-00853-9Anthropogenic climate changeExtreme eventsCultural heritageClimate information |
| spellingShingle | Lola Kotova Johanna Leissner Matthias Winkler Ralf Kilian Stefan Bichlmair Florian Antretter Jürgen Moßgraber Jürgen Reuter Tobias Hellmund Katharina Matheja Michael Rohde Uwe Mikolajewicz Making use of climate information for sustainable preservation of cultural heritage: applications to the KERES project Heritage Science Anthropogenic climate change Extreme events Cultural heritage Climate information |
| title | Making use of climate information for sustainable preservation of cultural heritage: applications to the KERES project |
| title_full | Making use of climate information for sustainable preservation of cultural heritage: applications to the KERES project |
| title_fullStr | Making use of climate information for sustainable preservation of cultural heritage: applications to the KERES project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making use of climate information for sustainable preservation of cultural heritage: applications to the KERES project |
| title_short | Making use of climate information for sustainable preservation of cultural heritage: applications to the KERES project |
| title_sort | making use of climate information for sustainable preservation of cultural heritage applications to the keres project |
| topic | Anthropogenic climate change Extreme events Cultural heritage Climate information |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-022-00853-9 |
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