Project description DEENESFRITPL Studying aerosol-cloud processes to improve climate models Clouds and aerosols play pivotal roles in regulating our climate, yet uncertainties persist in understanding their impact on global and regional climate patterns. In this context, the EU-funded CERTAINTY project will deepen our understanding of aerosol-cloud processes and their influence on the Earth System. Leveraging advanced algorithms, machine learning, and high-resolution models, CERTAINTY integrates a decade of research networks and satellite data to elevate our understanding of climate dynamics. Led by consortium partners at the forefront of aerosol and cloud data, the project’s ultimate goal is to enhance predictive models, providing valuable insights for climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. This innovative endeavour promises a brighter future for European citizens and global society. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Cloud, aerosols and their interactions are key regulators of climate. However, uncertainties in the magnitude of the net cooling impact of aerosols on climate and in the cloud response to evolving anthropogenic emissions and climate change induced feedbacks on natural emissions are major challenges that limit our understanding of how global and regional climate, including extremes, respond to changes in greenhouse gases. It is of paramount importance to better understand aerosol-cloud processes and their role in the Earth System, from regional to global scales, and over different time scales, from days to decades. Over the last decade, extensive research networks, infrastructures, satellite instruments, and atmospheric models have been developed, making it possible to obtain a holistic view of the effects of clouds and aerosols on climate and weather. CERTAINTY will capitalise on this available data together with advanced algorithms, machine learning and data assimilation methods, high resolution models, and Earth system models to bring the fundamental knowledge of interactions between clouds, aerosols, and radiation to a new level. The consortium partners are in key roles as operators, data originators, developers, providers, and users of European aerosol and cloud data and ESMs/high resolution models. The consortium leads the activities of next generation satellite missions (such as EarthCARE), and the development of new satellite products, to facilitate their scientific use in CERTAINTY by preparing tools for early adoption of data. CERTAINTY will bring the observation-based knowledge to be used in modeling frameworks to improve predictive models and knowledge of processes controlling aerosols, clouds, and their interactions from hours to decades. The ultimate outcome will be better understanding and predictions of extreme events that facilitates planning of climate mitigation/adaptation strategies for the good of European citizens and global society. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changesnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learningnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software Keywords cloud aerosols interactions weather climate satellite observations models data assimilation radiation advanced algorithms Programme(s) HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme HORIZON.2.5.1 - Climate Science and Solutions Topic(s) HORIZON-CL5-2023-D1-01-04 - Improved knowledge in cloud-aerosol interaction Call for proposal HORIZON-CL5-2023-D1-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions Coordinator CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS Net EU contribution € 1 184 133,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (14) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. 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SORBONNE UNIVERSITE France Net EU contribution € 21 729,00 Address 21 RUE DE L'ECOLE DE MEDECINE 75006 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data ILMATIETEEN LAITOS Finland Net EU contribution € 912 178,13 Address Erik Palmenin aukio 1 00560 Helsinki See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 744 492,50 Address SHINFIELD PARK RG2 9AX Reading See on map Region South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Berkshire Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION Spain Net EU contribution € 665 092,26 Address CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31 08034 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS METEOROLOGISCH INSTITUUT-KNMI Netherlands Net EU contribution € 594 290,00 Address UTRECHTSEWEG 297 3731 GA De Bilt See on map Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET Sweden Net EU contribution € 494 875,00 Address UNIVERSITETSVAGEN 10 10691 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - 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