The Eco-Meteorology group at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC), Germany focuses on improving the understanding of the interactions and feedbacks between climate, environmental changes, nutrient availability and the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. We have strong scientific expertise and experience in biometeorological measurements, global datasets, and model-data integration techniques. We operate the internationally well-known station at Majadas de Tiétar Spain, which is an agro-silvopastoral system formed from the clearing of evergreen woodlands where trees, native grasses, crops, and livestock interact positively. The site is mainly equipped with three ecosystem-scale flux towers with different fertilization treatments. Moreover, we have sub-canopy flux towers, auto-chamber, sap flow, meteorological, and phenology measurements.

Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC) is one of 86 institutes of the Max Planck Society, Germany's highly successful national research organisation. MPI-BGC combines strong observational and process-based studies (e.g. soil carbon and ecosystem–atmosphere fluxes) with global-scale modelling (e.g. vegetation dynamics, global carbon cycle). At MPI-BGC, data-driven, simulation-driven, and theoretical approaches are brought together to improve understanding of the earth system and predict climate extremes and their impacts. It is one of the pivotal European research institutions in its field, and as such has coordinated numerous Horizon Europe projects (e.g. CARBO-Extreme, BACI). MPI-BGC currently hosts the European Research Council projects USMILE (Synergy Grant), QUINCY (Consolidator Grant) and 14Constraint (Advanced Grant), and two Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions projects, among others. The institute runs one of the central analytical laboratories of the European research infrastructure ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System), and is strongly involved in collaborative EU projects and projects from other international (e.g. European Space Agency, including the Earth System Data Lab, ESDL) and national funding sources.