Objective
To investigate the skill of present climate models to simulate past climates, such as the mid-Holocene (6 000 years Before Present) and the last glacial maximum (21 000 years BP), within the international Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP).
The project is devoted to model-data comparisons and corresponds to the second phase of the european
contribution to the PMIP implementation plan. It brings together the four European modelling groups involved
in PMIP together with the two European members of the PMIP model-data subcommittee.
The evaluation of climate models for the two PMIP periods will focus on the European climate and on the
African-Asian monsoon climate.
For each of these climatic regimes spatial reconstructions of past climatic changes deduced from comprehensive
data sets of pollen and lake status will be provided. Existing regional data sets will be expanded and merged
consistently in order to get the global scale reconstructions required for model evaluations.
Spatial reconstructions will be used to evaluate the results of the existing PMIP simulations. A close
collaboration between data analysts and modelers will help to develop the most appropriate methodologies for
comparison and emphasise the relevant diagnostics to be used as well as the most robust features to be
discussed.
Complementary modelling studies will be performed to help the interpretation of model-data
agreements/disagreements. Sensitivity experiments will help to quantify the "error bars" associated with the
model simulations themselves, such as those related to model resolution or uncertainties in the specification of
land and sea surface boundary conditions.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
You need to log in or register to use this function
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Data not available
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
91191 GIF SUR YVETTE
France
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.