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Position | Departmental responsibilities | Research Interests | Publications | Further information

Position

Senior Research Fellow and QUEST Deputy Leader

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Departmental responsibilities

Teaching: Modelling, Forecasting and Data Assimilation unit for MSc in Earth System Science

Admin: Departmental examinations officer

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Research Interests

My main areas of research are the global carbon cycle and the terrestrial biosphere, and how both interact and react to human activities. Human activities may alter them directly, by emitting CO₂ from fossil fuel burning or deforestation or other forms of land-use change, or indirectly through man-made climate change. I am interested in understanding the causes of the current imbalances in the global carbon cycle, in forecasting its possible future, and in engaging in measures to mitigate climate change and the adverse effects of deforestation. As QUEST Deputy Leader, I am responsible for further development of CCDAS and have initiated a demonstrator study of sustainable forest management for climate protection.

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Publications

Link to Dr Wolfgang Knorr on the University's on-line database of research outputs (opens in a new window)

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Further information

Dr Wolfgang Knorr is a member of the Climate and Environmental Change Group at Bristol, and of QUEST, where he also has a personal page