Environmental physics Basic research has since long been focused on soil physics and hydrology of arable land, including drainage, irrigation and soil management. Recently an interdisciplinary approach covering all major land use has evolved. Water availability and movement in the soils, landscapes and watersheds and related transport of matter and solutes. Development and validation of simulation models are important parts of the research.
Central processes are water, heat, carbon and nitrogen flows in various crop and forest ecosystems.
Ongoing research tasks are related to quantification of effects of environmental change in different local and regional scales and to improve agricultural and forest management. Field and laboratory investigations are frequently made in collaboration with other groups. We are continuously developing numerical models. They are used by many other research groups and we have developed collaboration with individuals at many international institutes. The most important use of the models are to evaluate the functioning of the system and design experiments.