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Monitoring and Assessing Regional Climate change in High latitudes and the Arctic
Start date:2010-03-01
End date:2013-05-31
Project Acronym:MONARCH-A
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:STIFTELSEN NANSEN SENTER FOR FJERNMAALING | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Stein |
Thormoehlensgate 47 BERGEN NORGE Region:VESTLANDET Hordaland |
| Tel:+47-552-05800 | |
| Fax:+47-552-05801 | |
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| URL:http://www.nersc.no | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
By adopting an Earth system approach the ultimate goal of MONARCH-A is to generate a dedicated information package tailored to a subset of multidisciplinary Essential Climate Variables and their mutual forcing and feedback mechanisms associated with changes in terrestrial carbon and water fluxes, sea level and ocean circulation and the marine carbon cycle in the high latitude and Arctic regions.
The dedicated information package will be based on the generation of time series of 11 multidisciplinary ECVs including land cover, permafrost, river discharge, snow cover, ice sheet elevation, sea ice drift and volume, sea level, ocean currents and transport of heat and freshwater, ocean color, near surface wind field and CO2 partial pressure. Land cover and fire will use existing sources of data, with particular focus on consistencies between data sources and conversion to forms in which these ECVs can be ingested into the models. Sea ice extent and concentration, sea ice thickness, sea surface temperature, and sea level bounded by +/- 65 degrees latitude will be pulled from existing archives and data bases to complement these ECVs.
Through reanalyses adequate and consistent description of the status and evolution of the high latitude and Arctic region will be provided in the context of terrestrial carbon and water fluxes, sea level and ocean circulation and marine carbon cycle. It will focus on changes during the last 30 - 50 years. This will ensure new scientific input for the elaboration and implementation of European and international policies and strategies on the environment and society, including climate adaptation strategies addressing European, national, regional and local levels.
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Project Details
Start date:2010-03-01
End date:2013-05-31
Duration:39 months
Project Reference:242446
Project cost:3942504 EURO
Project Funding:2884484 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SPACE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Monitoring of climate change issues (extending core service activities)
Contract type:Collaborative project (generic)
URL:http://www.nersc.no/project/monarch
Subject index:Space & satellite research
Results for this Project
Other participants
| Organization name:CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Armelle |
Rue Michel -Ange 3 PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-561-336080 | |
| Fax:+33-562-172901 | |
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| URL:http://www.cnrs.fr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG | |
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Name:Volker |
EDMUND-SIEMERS-ALLEE 1 HAMBURG DEUTSCHLAND Region:HAMBURG |
| Tel:+49-40428387379 | |
| Fax:+49-40428385270 | |
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| URL:http://www.uni-hamburg.de/ | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN | |
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Name:Inger |
Museplassen 1 BERGEN NORGE Region:VESTLANDET Hordaland |
| Tel:+47-55584980 | |
| Fax:+47-55584991 | |
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| URL:http://www.uib.no | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD | |
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Name:Joanne |
FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK SHEFFIELD UNITED KINGDOM Region:YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE SOUTH YORKSHIRE |
| Tel:+44-1142224754 | |
| Fax:+44-1142221452 | |
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| URL:http://www.shef.ac.uk | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET | |
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Name:Birte |
Anker Engelundsvej 1, Building 101A KONGENS LYNGBY DANMARK Region: |
| Tel:+45-35325730 | |
| Fax:+45-35362475 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.dtu.dk | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION NANSEN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTRE | |
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Name:Leonid Petrovich |
14th Line Street 7A ST. PETERSBURG Russian Federation Region: |
| Tel:+7-8123245101 | |
| Fax:+7-8123245102 | |
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| URL:http://www.niersc.spb.ru | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER | |
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Name:Ronan |
155 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX FRANCE Region: |
| Tel:+33-146482128 | |
| Fax:+33-146482224 | |
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| URL:http://www.ifremer.fr | Organization Type: |
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