Mediterranean Climate Variability and Predictability (MedCLIVAR)

Grants awarded 2008

Exchange Grants

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EG/2175C Alvarez-Castro (ES)D Wheeler (UK)01/11/2008 
(16 weeks)

The climate of the Mediterranean Sea during the Maunder Minimum from old Royal Navy logbooks   

EG/1944K Schroeder (IT)Harry Bryden, Southampton (UK)01/09/2008 
(16 weeks)
Concurrent effects of the atmospheric forcings and the EMT propagation on the new salty and warm deep water observed in the Western Mediterranean  
EG/1928C Letetrel (FR)Dr. Damià Gomis Bosch , Esporles (ES)15/09/2008 
(13 weeks)

The Marseille tide gauge: recovery and analysis of high frequency sea level data from 1885

EG/1694 J Serrano (ES) Met-Office  Exeter (UK)07/01/08 
(17 weeks)
Large-scale atmospheric response to Mediterranean SST anomalies: impacts on the Atlantic climate variability and applications for seasonal forecasting
EG/1691
J.  Añel Cabanelas (ES)
 
Universidade de Aveiro (PT)01/01/08 
(22 weeks)
Study of climatological features and mechanisms of multiple tropopauses on the Mediterranean area
EG/1690 F Dominínguez Castro (ES)
 
CNR-ISAC (IT)
05/02/08 
(20 weeks)

Calibration of rogation records with long instrumental series and their application to drought reconstruction for the last five centuries at the Western Mediterranean.

EG/1681
R Nieto (ES)
 
University of Vigo (ES)01/04/08
(14 weeks)
A Lagrangian identification of major sources or Mediterranean region moisture
EG/1676
 M Zampieri (IT)
 
LMD/IPSL/CNRS (FR) 01/03/08
 (12 weeks)
Effects of anthropic modification of Mediterranean landuse on the regional and global climate
EG/1468J. Faria (PT)Paul Scherer Institute (CH)03/09/2007 
(4 weeks)
Climate Change Interferences from Stable Isotopes Composition of Tree Rings in the Mediterranean Area – a Database for Portugal 
EG/1464J. Ballester Claramunt (ES)The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (IT)14/01/2008 
(12 wks)
Regional Impact of Global Warming over Climate Extremes using Dynamical Downscaling and Regional Climate Models  

Short Visits

 

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SV/2299F Ornella (IT) José-Abel Flores, Salamanca (ES)16/06/2008 
(7 days)

Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental changes during the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution (MPR)and Mid-Brunhes Event (MBE): the response of calcareous nannoplankton assemblages in in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea  

 

SV/2273 Fabio D'Andrea (FR) Ricardo Garcia Herrera, Madrid (ES) 01/10/2008 
(15 days)
Extreme anomalous heat events in winter in southern Europe