Objective This proposal addresses a concerted contribution of a number of European reseach institutions to the design of a land-surface-atmosphere interaction, mesoscale field experiment in the Amazon region, called CABARE (Combined Atmosphere-Biosphere, Amazon Region Experiment). A network of European institutions has been built during the last 3 years with support of the CEC-EPOCH/ENVIRONMENT programmes to provide a major input into the ECHIVAL/EFEDA experiment in Spain and HAPEX-Sahel experiment in 1992 in Niger. These experiments were a major-European contribution to the glabal change programmes in the framework of WCRP and IGBP activities. It is anticipated from WCRP/IGBP side that the European research consortium would contribute to the CABARE experiment, being one of the major activities of the research into the global change processes and impacts for the near future. Design of the large scale field experiment is addressed in a novel way. Proposal aims to provide guidance to the design and implementation of CABARE- main experiment (to be executed in 1996-1998) on the basis of full integration of existing data from the region with a nested modeling approach. The strategy involves the use of mesoscale models with different resolutions (participants 01 and 03); calibration and sensitivity analysis of SVAT-models (01 and 02), continuation of an existing climate and soil moisture monitoring network in the region (02) and the analysis of available satellite and airborne data (04). The insight gained from this analysis will contribute substantially to the understanding of the main processes controlling the exchange of energy, water and momentum in the Amazon basin. This has direct consequences for spatial and temporal resolution of individual measurements to be carried out in the main experiment, like ground fluxes, soil moisture monitoring, boundary layer sounding, airborne measurements and selection of satellite data to be acquired. It will also allow for more efficient use of available resources in terms of instrumentation and personnel during the main experiment. The four institutions proposing this project will have a backbone role in putting together a programme for European contribution to the main phase of CABARE. A European workshop will be organized aimed at making an inventory of the potential contributions and a scientific experimental plan will be elaborated for the coordinated European input. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology 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 Agricultural Research Department EU contribution No data Address Droevensdaalsesteeg 3 6700 AC WAGENINGEN Netherlands See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Avenue Gustave Coriolis 42, C.N.R. MTtTorologique 31057 TOULOUSE See on map Total cost No data GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTRE Germany EU contribution No data Address Muenchener Strasse 20, Oberpfaffernhofen 82234 WESSLING See on map Total cost No data NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford OX10 8BB WALLINGFORD See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data