Fourth Study Conference on BALTEX Scala Cinema Gudhjem

Preface
The 4 th <strong>Study</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> on BALTEX takes place at an important point of time of the programme.
After about 10 years of successful research dedicated to a better understanding of the
water and energy cycles of the Baltic Sea basin, BALTEX has recently defined revised objectives
for Phase II of the programme. A future focus of BALTEX will be on applications of its
past achievements to other fields, both in science research and beyond, where knowledge of
the water and energy cycle is of fundamental importance. Some of this <strong>Conference</strong>’s sessions
already reflect aspects of the revised BALTEX objectives for Phase II, such as investigations
on past and future climate as well as contributions to water resource management. At the <strong>Conference</strong>,
more than 110 presentations will be given originating from institutions and groups in
15 countries.
Timing and location of this <strong>Conference</strong> follow a meanwhile established BALTEX tradition:
The conduction of BALTEX <strong>Conference</strong>s on Baltic Sea islands in three years intervals. Following
previous BALTEX <strong>Study</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>s on Gotland in 1995, Rügen in 1998 and Åland
in 2001, the BALTEX community is assembling on the Danish island of Bornholm now in
2004. The <strong>Conference</strong> venue is the Scala Cinema in Gudhjem, a beautiful little fishing village
at the north-east coast of Bornholm.
This proceeding volume contains abstracts of all papers, both oral presentations and posters,
given at the <strong>Conference</strong>. They are ordered according to the <strong>Conference</strong> sessions and the <strong>Conference</strong>
programme (see separate booklet).
The conference has jointly been organized by the International BALTEX Secretariat at GKSS
Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH, Risø National Laboratory and the Technical University
of Denmark. Local preparations for the <strong>Conference</strong> have significantly been supported by
Bornholms Booking Centre in Allinge. I like to thank particularly Hanne Vang, Hans Jørgen
Jensen, Henrik Hansen and Silke Köppen for their enthusiastic engagement.
Geesthacht, May 2004
Hans-Jörg Isemer
Editor