Research into the natural environment, environmental quality and global change

Directorate-General For Research And Innovation

Description

Area 1
Environmental research
Environment policy and protection of the environment

Sujets

• Climate change
• Environmental monitoring
• Environmental Research
• Sciences et techniques

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• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-RESEARCH-AND-INNOVATION
• Nombre de lectures: 32
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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U R Ο Ρ E A N
O M M I S S Ι O N
Practical Information and Programmes
Environment
and climate
1994-98
Research into the
natural environment,
environmental quality
and global change
Areal
Projects
synopses
EUR 18766 EN EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Edith CRESSON, Member of the Commission
responsible for research, innovation, education, training and youth
DG Xll/D — Environment and Climate Programme (1994-1998)
Contact: Mr Henk ter Mors
Address: European Commission, rue de la Loi 200 (SDME 7/03),
B-1049 Brussels — Tel. [phone], Fax [phone] *1 E-mail: [e-mail] EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL XII
SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Directorate D - RTD Actions: Environment
Environment and Climate
1994 -1998
Project Synopses
Research into the natural environment,
environmental quality and global change
(Area 1)
Edited by
Henk ter Mors Published by the
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Directorate-General XII
Science, Research and Development
L-2920 Luxembourg
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Volume 1: ISBN 92-828-6159-7
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© European Communities, 1999
Printed in Belgium Environment & Climate 1994 - 98
Table of contents
Foreword V
Commission Services VI
Projects by topical area Al
Projects sorted by contract number B
Participating organizations C1
Project Synopses 1
II! Environment & Climate 1994 - 98
FOREWORD
The European Community's research and technological development programme on
environment and climate is the world's second largest research programme in this field, and is a
strong platform for cooperation in solving major environmental issues of concern to the citizen,
particularly for better living conditions, better safety, better use of scarce resources, and
improving the quality of life within the context of sustainable development; global issues like
Climate Change are also addressed.
This programme, under the Fourth RTD Framework Programme, involves all the major public
environmental research organisations in the 15 Member States of the Union, as well as many
industrial interests. Close links have been established beyond the Union with international and
other organisations to pursue global issues and initiatives. The programme is the bedrock for
providing the sound scientific and technical basis for developing and implementing the
Community's environment policies and fulfilling international environmental commitments,
such as those resulting from inter-governmental conventions. A most recent example has been
the contribution of the research for the Kyoto and post Kyoto discussions on Climate Change.
During the programme, a number of new management initiatives were introduced, most notably
in more transparent and objective evaluation processes for selecting activities for funding. Over
80% of all high quality proposals submitted have been funded.
This catalogue - one of a series of four covering the activities under the Fourth RTD
Programme (1994-1998) - summarises the objectives of RTD projects, concerted actions and
other activities funded, and sets out contact points for obtaining further information. It is
intended to serve as a guide for stakeholders, businesses and enterprises, policy-makers, and the
research community who need to make use of the results of research, as well as assisting
potential participants interested in submitting proposals relating to environment and sustainable
development activities under the Fifth RTD Framework Programme (1998-2002), the first calls
for proposals being in Spring 1999.
This new programme places emphasis on the problem-solving approach to meet socio­
economic challenges arising from the objectives of four key actions - sustainable management
and quality of water; global change, climate and biodiversity; sustainable marine ecosystems;
and the city of tomorrow and cultural heritage - as well as covering RTD activities of a generic
nature and support for research infrastructures. Several potential links between the research
undertaken within the previous programme and the next one certainly appear in the catalogue.
Christian Patermann
Director, DG XII.D 1994 - 98 Environment & Climate
ENVIRONMENT Programme
Commission Services
Christian Patermann Director (XII-D) 32-2-2951815
Environmental Technologies Team
Acevedo Bueno, Julia 32-2-2952043
Barth, Hartmut32-2-2956452
Buesing, Juergen32-2-2955625
Catizzone, Mario32-2-2955681
De Meis, Domenico32-2-2990432
Hecq, Pierre 32-2-2968704
Junger,Jean-François32-2-2959516
Vennekens-Capkova, Jitka32-2-2990440
ClimatologyandNatural Hazards Team
Amanatidis,George32-2-2958815
Angeletti,Giovanni 32-2-2958432
Balabanis,Panagiotis32-2-2953630
Bruning,Claus32-2-2954484
Ghazi, Anver32-2-2958445
Kundermann,Julia32-2-2995932
Marinos, Emmanuel32-2-2995185
Peter, Denis 32-2-2958446
Troen,Ib32-2-2950465
Yeroyanni,Marie32-2-2958512
SpaceTeam
Cross,Alan32-2-2964961
Järvi lehto,Pekka32-2-2992115
Lentz, Jean-Pierre 32-2-2966592
Lepan,Luc32-2-2956137
Richter,Werner32-2-2968546
Sawyer,Frank32-2-2959857
Schouppe,Michel32-2-2960618
Sharman, Marlin32-2-2959798
Research on Economic and Social Aspects of the Environment Team
Cornaert, Michel-Henri 32-2-2968813
Kosonen, Katri 32-2-2965675
Liberatore, Angela 32-2-2952229
Parker, Jonathan Duguid 32-2-2992507
Sors, Andrew 32-2-2957659
Spitzauer-Homeier, Ina 32-2-2966181
Mailing address
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Information on contracts in this brochure may not always be accurate and complete. Neither the Commission of the
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made of this information.
νΊ ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE
INDEX A
Projects sorted by Topical Area ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE
1.1.1 Basic processes of the climate system
CT950069 Spectroscopy and warming potentials of atmospheric greenhouse gases. (SWAGG) 2
CT950072 Numerical studies of the energy and water cycle of the Baltic region. (NEWBALTIC)4 6 Investigation and modeling of the physical characteristics and properties ofsnowatthesurface 6
of polar ice sheets. (POLAR SNOW)
CT950080 Breaking waves and air-sea gas transfer. (LUMINX) 8 7 Sea level fluctuations in the Mediterranean¡interactionswithclimate processes and vertical 10
crustal movements. (SELF-II)
CT950093 Understanding land surface physicalprocessesintheArctic.(LAPP)12
CT950105 Climate sensitivity of glacier mass balance:theeffectoftopographic barriers. (TEMBA) 14 7 European cloud resolving modelling programme. (EUCREM)16
CT950108 Clear sky column closure experiment. (CLEARCOLUMN ACE-2) 18
CT950111 European study of carbon in the ocean, biosphere and the atmosphere. (ESCOBA- 20
BIOSPHERE)
CT950116 European study of carbon in the ocean, biosphere andatmospheresection.(ESCOBA-22
ATMOSPHERE)
CT950117 Indirect radiative forcing due to aerosols over the North Atlanticregion.(CLOUDY-COLUMN) 24
CT950I32 European study of carbon in the ocean, biosphere and atmosphere:ocean section. (ESCOBA-26
OCEAN)
CT960322 Fronts and atlantic storm track experiment. 28 4 Winter-land-surface-atmosphereinteractionsinawinter-time boreal landscape. Planning of a 30
NOPEX winter-time CFE.(WINTEXI)
CT970415 Sea ice in the Antarcticlinkedwithocean-atmosphere forcing. (SEA-LION) 32
CT970460 Air-sea wave processesinclimatechangemodels. (ASPEN)34 3 Acoustic monitoring oftheoceanclimateintheArctic ocean. (AMOC)36
CT970472 Carbon dioxide uptakebythesouthernocean.(CARUSO)38
CT970484 Pilot study of evaporation and precipitation over the Baltic sea. (PEP IN BALTEX) 40 7 Arctic radiation and turbulence interaction study. (ARTIST) 42
CT970490 The response of Arctic ice masses to climate change modelling, remote sensingandfield44
measurements. (ICEMASS)
CT970491 Eurosiberian carbonflux. (EC) 46 5 Global oceanstorageofanthopogenic carbon.(GOSAC)48
CT970545 Investigationofcloudsfromgroundbased andairborneradarand lidar. (CARL) 50
CT970566 Europeanstudiesontracegasesandatmospheric chemistryasa contributiontothelargescale52
biosphereatmosphereexperimentin amazonia. (EUSTACH-LBA)
CT970573 Surface fluxesinclimatesystem.(SFINCS)54
CT970625 Fronts and Atlantic storm-track experiment-cloud system study. (FASTEX-CSS) 56 6 Numerical studies of the energy and water cycle of the Baltic region.(NEWBALTIC-II)58
CT980785 Study of anthropogenic influence on radiative properties of boundary layercloudsove