Objective To identify deficiencies in coupled climate models, whichcontribute to regional "climate drifts". To develop improvedparameterizations for sea-ice and for physical interactionsbetween atmosphere and oceans and test these against regionaldata. To test the global and regional impacts of modelimprovements on global simulations.Budget studies at high latitude will be performed, using coupledatmosphere-ocean-ice models. The representation of ice and snowcover will be analysed. It will be attempted to separatethermodynamic contributions to the drift problem from thecontribution of ocean dynamics. Similar budget studies will beperformed for ice-free regions of the oceans with nested coupledmodels (1-D and 3-D).Special attention will be paid to theimpact of errors in sub-grid parameterizations and cloudrepresentation on the interaction between atmosphere and ocean.In connection with the above budget studies improvedparameterizations will be developed and tested in particular forsea-ice and further for horizontal diffusion in relation tohorizontal resolution, for vertical transport by boundary-layerturbulence and by (deep) convection in atmosphere and oceans andfor radiative fluxes and other vertical fluxes at the air-seainterface (including the role of clouds an precipitation).Results from the studies will be exchanged between theparticipants and compared. Improved parameterizations will beimplemented and tested in global models as a joint effort. Programme(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0102 - Anthropogenic climate change Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE Address 10,wilhelminalaan 10 3730 AE De bilt Netherlands See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenue gustave coriolis 42, c.n.r. mtttorologique 31057 Toulouse See on map CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ecole polytechnique 91128 Palaiseau See on map DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address 100,lyngbyvej 100 2100 Koepenhagen See on map Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA) Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via anguillarese 301 00060 Santa maria di galeria roma See on map MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bundesstra¯e 55 20146 Hamburg See on map NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address 3a,edvard griegsvej 3a 5059 Bergen See on map SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE - MINISTRY OF DEFENCE United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address London road, sutton house room sg/12 RG12 2SZ Bracknell See on map UNIVERSITY OF READING United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Earley gate 2, whiteknights, palmer building RG6 2AU Reading / silchester See on map
