Name:AA-GISSmodelE
Description:Academy of Athens- NASA-Goddard Institute for Space Studies modelE
Abstract:To better understand and describe Earth’s Climate and address past and future climate change, natural as well as anthropogenic,at the Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology in the Academy of Athens, we employ a hierarchy of numerical models of different resolutions, geographical extent, and parameterization complexity. <BR/>1) A state-of-the-art coupled Atmosphere-Ocean-Land-Ice numerical model that was developed at NASA-Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City. The model has been used in the most recent Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report (AR4) to describe 20th Century Climate and make predictions for future climate scenarios. This model is also under continuous developement to incorporate new elements and processes that are found to be important for Climate.<BR/>2) A regional coupled atmosphere-land-ocean model that was developed at Meteo-France is used to address processes that take place in the European-Mediterranean Sea region<BR/>3) A stand-alone ocean model of very high resolution (HYCOM) for the Mediterranean Sea.<BR/>4) A stand-alone atmospheric model (RegCM)<BR/><BR/>At AoA we are focusing of the following major irections of research:<BR/>-- water, energy and carbon cycles and their role in Earth’s climate at regional as well as global scales<BR/>-- land use changes over the South-Eastern Europe<BR/>-- air-sea interaction<BR/>-- cloud processes and feedbacks<BR/>
Created:2010-05-01
Last updated:2010-05-01
Applications Database
