Mediterranean Climate Variability and Predictability (MedCLIVAR)

Grants awarded 2008

Exchange Grants

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Host Institute

Planned
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   Project Title

EG/2175

C Alvarez-Castro (ES)

D Wheeler (UK)

01/11/2008 
(16 weeks)

The climate of the Mediterranean Sea during the Maunder Minimum from old Royal Navy logbooks   

EG/1944

K Schroeder (IT)

Harry Bryden, Southampton (UK)

01/09/2008 
(16 weeks)

Concurrent effects of the atmospheric forcings and the EMT propagation on the new salty and warm deep water observed in the Western Mediterranean  

EG/1928

C Letetrel (FR)

Dr. Damià Gomis Bosch , Esporles (ES)

15/09/2008 
(13 weeks)

The Marseille tide gauge: recovery and analysis of high frequency sea level data from 1885

EG/1694

 J Serrano (ES)

Met-Office  Exeter (UK)

07/01/08 
(17 weeks)

Large-scale atmospheric response to Mediterranean SST anomalies: impacts on the Atlantic climate variability and applications for seasonal forecasting

EG/1691

J.  Añel Cabanelas (ES)
 

Universidade de Aveiro (PT)

01/01/08 
(22 weeks)

Study of climatological features and mechanisms of multiple tropopauses on the Mediterranean area

EG/1690

F Dominínguez Castro (ES)
 

CNR-ISAC (IT)

05/02/08 
(20 weeks)

Calibration of rogation records with long instrumental series and their application to drought reconstruction for the last five centuries at the Western Mediterranean.

EG/1681

R Nieto (ES)
 

University of Vigo (ES)

01/04/08
(14 weeks)

A Lagrangian identification of major sources or Mediterranean region moisture

EG/1676

 M Zampieri (IT)
 

LMD/IPSL/CNRS (FR)

 01/03/08
 (12 weeks)

Effects of anthropic modification of Mediterranean landuse on the regional and global climate

EG/1468

J. Faria (PT)

Paul Scherer Institute (CH)

03/09/2007 
(4 weeks)

Climate Change Interferences from Stable Isotopes Composition of Tree Rings in the Mediterranean Area – a Database for Portugal 

EG/1464

J. Ballester Claramunt (ES)

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (IT)

14/01/2008 
(12 wks)

Regional Impact of Global Warming over Climate Extremes using Dynamical Downscaling and Regional Climate Models  

Short Visits

 

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SV/2299

F Ornella (IT) 

José-Abel Flores, Salamanca (ES)

16/06/2008 
(7 days)

Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental changes during the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution (MPR)and Mid-Brunhes Event (MBE): the response of calcareous nannoplankton assemblages in in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea  

 

SV/2273 

Fabio D'Andrea (FR) 

Ricardo Garcia Herrera, Madrid (ES) 

01/10/2008 
(15 days)

Extreme anomalous heat events in winter in southern Europe