Objetivo MUSICA aims to understand the atmospheric water cycle and its interplay with climate change applying unique long-term high quality and global remote sensing observations of tropospheric stable water vapour isotopologues. It is well established that water in its various forms plays a dominant role in nearly all aspects of the Earth s climate system. Understanding the full cycle of evaporation, cloud formation, and precipitation is of highest scientific priority for predicting climate change.The ratio of the isotopologues (e.g. HD16O/H216O) is affected by evaporation, condensation, and cloud processes, and offers a unique opportunity for investigating how water moves through the troposphere. Incorporating isotopologues in atmospheric general circulation models (AGCM) and comparing the isotopologue simulations to observations has the potential to test the models ability of reproducing the global atmospheric water cycle and its interplay with climate change. So far this research field has not been explored due to the lack of consistent, long-term, high-quality, and area-wide observational data. MUSICA will for the first time combine long-term ground- and space-based remote sensing measurements in a consistent manner, and will generate novel tropospheric HD16O/H216O data, taking benefit from both the high and well documented quality of the ground-based observations and the wide geographical coverage of the space-based observations. This unique observational data set will allow a new dimension of water cycle research.MUSICA will collaborate with the Stable Water Isotope Intercomparison Group (SWING) in order to improve current state-of-the-art water isotope AGCMs. MUSICA will investigate and improve the understanding of tropospheric water vapour sources and transport pathways, and empirically assess how well climate feedbacks are captured by current climate models and thereby it will constrain a major uncertainty of climate projections. Ámbito científico natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologyisotope hydrologyengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensingnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changesnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesmeteorologytroposphere Programa(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Tema(s) ERC-SG-PE10 - ERC Starting Grant - Earth system science Convocatoria de propuestas ERC-2010-StG_20091028 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Institución de acogida KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE Aportación de la UE € 1 315 189,63 Dirección KAISERSTRASSE 12 76131 Karlsruhe Alemania Ver en el mapa Región Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Berndt Kronimus (Dr.) Investigador principal Matthias Schneider (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Beneficiarios (2) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE Alemania Aportación de la UE € 1 315 189,63 Dirección KAISERSTRASSE 12 76131 Karlsruhe Ver en el mapa Región Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Berndt Kronimus (Dr.) Investigador principal Matthias Schneider (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos AGENCIA ESTATAL DE METEOROLOGIA España Aportación de la UE € 184 810,37 Dirección CALLE LEONARDO PRIETO CASTRO 8 28040 Madrid Ver en el mapa Región Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Tipo de actividad Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Teresa Siles-Suarez (Ms.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos