Objective SIMULATION OF THE CARBON CYCLE AND ATMOSPHERIC CO2 CONCENTRATION (DAYS TO YEARS). THE PROPOSED STUDY CONSISTS OF THE SIMULATION OF THE CARBON CYCLE ON TIME SCALES RANGING FROM A FEW DAYS TO SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS (COVERING THE INDUSTRIAL EPOCH) BY MEANS OF COUPLED MULTIDIMENTIONAL CARBON MODELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE, THE OCEAN AND THE TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE. IN PARTICULAR THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES, INFLUENCING THE CARBON SYSTEM ON THESE TIME SCALES, WILL BE INVESTIGATED : - MECHANISMS OF GAS EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE OCEAN; - EXCHANGE FLUXES OF CARBON BETWEEN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE BIOSPHERE (INCLUDING RESPONSES OF THE TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE TO CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS AND HUMAN INFLUENCES); - FEEDBACK MECHANISMS THROUGH ENHANCED ATMOSPHERIC CO2 LEVELS UPON THE TERRITORIAL BIOSPHERE; - FEEDBACK MECHANISMS THROUGH CLIMATE UPON OCEANIC AND BIOSPHERE CARBON POOLS. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL A SERIES OF PROCESS AND SENSITIVITY STUDIES HAVE TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH MODEL SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS. A SUCCESSFUL SIMULATION OF THE OBSERVED CARBON CYCLE FEATURES WILL ALLOW A DETAILED INVENTORY IN SPACE AND TIME OF SOURCES AND SINKS OF CARBON AT THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesmeteorologybiosphera Programme(s) FP1-CLIMAT 3C - Multiannual R&D programmes (EEC) in the field of the environment - Climatology and natural hazards - , 1986-1990 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. Address Bundesstra¯e 55 20146 Hamburg Germany See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CNRS EU contribution € 0,00 Address Centre See on map LAB GLACIOLOGIE ET GEOPHYSIQUE EU contribution € 0,00 Address Dr See on map LODYC EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map UNIVERSITAET OSNABRUECK EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map
