Obiettivo THE PREDICTIBILITY OF ANY MODEL OF GENERAL ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION CAN BE ASSESSED THROUGH ITS CAPACITY OF SIMULATING WELL-KNOWN CLIMATIC SITUATIONS WIDELY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PREVAILING TO-DAY. IT IS PROPOSED TO COLLECT PRECISE POLLENANALYTICAL QUANTITATIVE DATA CONCERNING THE LAST INTERGLACIAL OPTIMUM (AROUND 120.000 B.P.) IN TWO EUROPEAN SITES AND TO APPLY TO THESE DATA THE TYPE OF TRANSFER FUNCTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT IN A RESEARCH, NOW IN PROCESS OF ACHIEVEMENT, CONCERNING THE LAST GLACIAL PERIOD MADE CONJOINTLY WITH THE LABORATOIRE DE PALYNOLOGIE DE L'UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES DU LANGUEDOC (MONTPELLIER) AND THE LABORATOIRE DE STATISTIQUES DE L'UNIVERSITE PARIS VI. THE FINAL AIM SHOULD BE TO PROVIDE CONTINENTAL CLIMATIC PARAMETERS ENABLING ALL THE CLIMATE MODELLERS TO TEST THEIR PRODUCTS WITH REGARD TO CLIMATIC SITUATIONS UNAFFECTED BY MAN'S ACTION, WELL CONTRASTING WITH EACH OTHER AND DIFFERENT FROM THE PRESENT CLIMATE. Programma(i) PRE-CLIMAT 2C - Sectoral research and development programme (EEC) in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) - indirect and concerted actions - Climatology -, 1981-1985 Argomento(i) Data not available Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento Data not available Coordinatore Université d'Aix-Marseille III (Université de Droit d'Économie et des Sciences) Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 3 AVENUE R.SCHUMAN 13100 AIX-EN-PROVENCE Francia Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato