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EN From observation and research to a book
For many years, I have been engaged with technical and physical questions related to water, the atmosphere, and climate. My professional focus was in the field of drinking water treatment and municipal water supply systems.
In 1985, I visited the then world’s largest wind turbine, “Growian,” in Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog. As a young mechanical engineer, I initially considered the use of wind energy to be sensible and forward-looking.
However, the later development of large-scale wind farms, together with observed changes in water balance and precipitation patterns, increasingly raised questions.
A decisive impulse came from a report by the Paderborn water utilities describing declining groundwater recharge. The developments outlined there prompted me to study more intensively the physical fundamentals of the climate system, the global water cycle, and atmospheric circulation processes.
Over more than 38 years, I have observed developments in water resources, the environment, and climate. My main interest focuses on the transport of heat and moisture in the atmosphere and on possible interactions with large-scale technical interventions.
My intensive examination of these topics ultimately led to the publication of my book on the possible relationships between wind energy use, the atmosphere, and the global water cycle.
The aim of my work is to explain complex physical relationships in an understandable way and to contribute to an objective discussion about climate, the water cycle, and wind energy.