Objective To obtain increased accuracy of regional simulations of climateand climate change over Europe.Variable resolution atmospheric general circulation models(AGCMs) and high resolution limited area models, developed andtested in the Regionalization project, will be applied intime-slice regionalizations of coarser coupled atmosphere-oceangeneral circulation models (AOGCMs) control and scenariosimulations.Three high resolution atmospheric limited area models (ALAMs)will be used to "regionalize" new climate simulations from secondgeneration AOGCMs. The lateral boundary fields, SSTs and sea-icefields will be taken from outputs of three AOGCMs (at NCAR, MPIMand UKMO). 5-10 year time-slice ALAM simulations driven by outputfrom present (control) and transiently increasing greenhousegases (scenario) experiments will be made.Similar time-slice simulations will bemade with an AGCM (METEO FRANCE's ARPEGE) using stretchedcoordinates with highest resolution over Europe. The SSTs andsea-ice fields will be taken from one of the above mentionedsets of AOGCM simulations (made with coarser homogeneousresolution).A special study will investigate whether ocean SSTsimulation (in casu the Atlantic SSTs off the Portuguese coast)can be improved using an ocean limited area model (OLAM). Veryhigh resolution climate simulations will be made for specificregions in Europe (northern Europe and the Iberian peninsula) bydriving very high resolution ALAMs with output from the highresolution ALAM simulations.For the greater Alpine area astatistical dynamic methodology will be used to give similarvery high resolution simulations. The methodology combines the useof a mesoscale dynamical model with a statistical classificationscheme for the large scale flow regime.Finally a purely statistical downscaling methodology will be usedto simulate the local climate at a few Danish stations. Thismethodology will use statistical relations between "observed"large scale flow patterns and local weather.The various regional and local climate simulations based on theAOGCM control simulations will be intercompared and evaluatedagainst climatological data in order to estimate upper bounds forthe accuray of the corresponding simulated climate changesproduced from the AOGCM scenario simulations. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programme(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0102 - Anthropogenic climate change Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. EU contribution No data Address Bundesstra¯e 55 20146 HAMBURG Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AGENZIA REGIONALE PREVENZIONE E AMBIENTE DELL'EMILIA-ROMAGNA Italy EU contribution No data Address Viale Silvani 6 40122 BOLOGNA See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Avenue Gustave Coriolis 42, C.N.R. MTtTorologique 31057 TOULOUSE See on map Total cost No data DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE Denmark EU contribution No data Address 100,Lyngbyvej 100 2100 KOEPENHAGEN See on map Total cost No data GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTRE Germany EU contribution No data Address Muenchener Strasse 20, Oberpfaffernhofen 82234 WESSLING See on map Total cost No data SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE - MINISTRY OF DEFENCE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address London Road, Sutton House Room SG/12 RG12 2SZ BRACKNELL See on map Total cost No data Universidad de Alcala de Henares Spain EU contribution No data Address 20,Apartado 28880 Madrid See on map Total cost No data Università degli Studi dell'Aquila Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Vetoio 10 67010 Coppito l'Aquila See on map Total cost No data