Objetivo TO PREDICT MORE ACCURATELY THE IMPORTANT REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN THE EFFECTS OF CHANGING CLIMATE. TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SOIL WATER DEFICITS IN VARIOUS EUROPEAN REGIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING DESERTIFICATION AND RELATED PROBLEMS. THE PROJECT INVOLVES FOUR MAIN COMPONENTS : (A) THE STUDY OF THE ROLE OF SOIL MOISTURE IN LAND SURFACE PROCESSES AT VARIOUS SCALES, FROM THE POINT SCALE OF SOIL PHYSICS TO THE GLOBAL SCALE OF GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; (B) THE COMPARISON OF THE FEASIBILITY AND REALIABILITY OF VARIOUS MACRO-SCALE MODELS OF LAND SURFACE PROCESSES INVOLVING VARYING DEGREES OF PARAMETERISATION OF SMALLER SCALE PROCESSES; (C) AN EXAMINATION OF THE DIRECT USE OF REMOTELY SENSED SOIL MOISTURE PARAMETERS IN CLIMATE MODELS; (D) ASSESSMENT OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESULTS FOR DESERTIFICATION AND RELATED PROBLEMS IN EUROPE. THE LMD GROUP WOULD IMPROVE THE EXISTING AND DEVELOP NEW PARAMETIZATION SCHEMES OF LAND SURFACE PROCESSES IN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS IN COOPERATION WITH HAPEX AND OTHER PROJECT COMPONENTS.HAPEX RESULTS WILL ALSO BE USED FOR THE STUDY OF CLIMATE SENSITIVITY AND VARIATION OF VEGETATION COVER.MODEL CALCULATIONS WOULD BE PERFORMED OF THE INTERCEPTION AND THE STORAGE OF LIQUID WATER BY THE VEGETATION AND THE RUN-OFF WOULD BE TREATED AS A FUNCTION OF SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRECIPITATION.THE MODEL WOULD BE USED WITH A VERY HIGH RESOLUTION FOR A BETTER DEFINITION OF SOIL CONDITIONS IN WESTERN EUROPE. Programa(s) FP1-CLIMAT 3C - Multiannual R&D programmes (EEC) in the field of the environment - Climatology and natural hazards - , 1986-1990 Tema(s) Data not available Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 24 rue Lhomond 75231 Paris Francia Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (6) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo AGRICULTURAL UNIV WAGENINGEN Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos CENTRE NAT DE RECHERCHE METEOROLOGIQUE Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos DEPT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos INST DE MECANIQUE DE GRENOBLE Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
