Mediterranean Climate Variability and Predictability (MedCLIVAR)

Grants awarded 2009

Exchange Grants

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EG/2634A Ivanova(BG)V Trouet (CH)01/11/2009
(8 weeks)
Climatic signal in tree ring density records from high elevation sites in Bulgaria    
EG/2366L Fernández-Donado (ES)U Büntgen (CH)04/05/2009 
(13 weeks)

500 years of tree ring-based drought reconstructions for the Central Iberian Peninsula   

EG/2365 E García Bustamante(ES)E Xoplaki (CH)01/05/2009 
(6 weeks)
Analysis of wind field variability in the north-eastern Iberian peninsula: relationship with the large scale atmospheric circulation, estimation of uncertainties, reconstructions and future projections   
EG/2362M Gianluca (ES) B Hönisch (US)27/07/2009 
(4 weeks)
Biological calcification in the light of changing marine carbonate chemistry – a
case study from sapropel 5 in the Mediterranean  
EG/2358 C Gouveia (PT)S Vicente Serrano (ES) 08/06/2009 
(9 weeks)

Identification of drought vulnerability in the Mediterranean using satellite
derived vegetation indices   

EG/2177G Katsouras (GR)I Bouloubassi (FR)10/01/2009 
(18 weeks)
Identification of long-chain alkenones as paleotemperature indicators in sediment cores from the Aegean Sea and calibration of alkenone unsaturation ratios (Uk’37) for paleotemperature estimations in eastern Mediterranean
EG/2173H Saadi (TN)F Jeanneret (CH)16/02/2009 
(6 weeks)
Phenology as a tool for the revision of the bioclimatic cartography and the study of climate change in Tunisia   
EG/2170 T Doval (ES)F Kucharski (IT)09/03/2009 
(18 weeks)

Influence of the Atlantic Niño on the Mediterranean climate variability  

Short Visits

 

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SV/2622T Salameh (FR)R Trigo (PT)01/02/2009 
(15 days)
Regional modelling of heavy precipitations in Portugal: application to the development of landslides warning system