BAHC, Biological Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle
GCTE, Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem
IGAC, International Global Atmospheric Chemistry project
JGOFS, Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
LOICZ, Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
PAGES, PAst Global ChangEs
LUCC, Land Use and Cover Change
GLOBEC, Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
CNR Projects (Coordination)
CNR Projects (Partecipation)
Miscellanea
PRISMA 1
river runoff -Po, Adige and Piave
EUROFLUX
coordinator: R. Valentini, Univ della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
http://www.unitus.it/eflux/euro.htmlTo give an extimation of CO2 exchanges between atmosphere and forests in Europe, and a quantification of CO2 sinks of forest ecosystem
Mass and Energy exchange measurements
1996-99
EUROFACE
coordinator: F. Miglietta, IATA-CNR, Italy
http://www.iata.fi.cnr.it/geniata.html http://www.iata.fi.cnr.it/megarich/kyoto/GCTE.htmA New scaleable FACE design for experiments with elevated CO2
MEDEFLU
coordinator: F. Miglietta, IATA-CNR, Italy
Measuring mass and energy exchanges in Mediterranean vegetation. Originating from EUROFLUX, calculates the CO2 balance for Mediterranean countries (from Portugal to Greece), aiming to study how antrophic perturbations affect natural ecosystems
Started in 1997, 1998-2001
EURASIA-NET
Univ. Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
coordinators: R. Valentini e F. Miglietta
European-Asian Network. In order to coordinate the international efforts following Kyoto agreements, the project coordinates the researches started in Europe by EUROFLUX and MEDEFLU, with similar acticities sponsored by the german and netherland government (CARBONET, Siberia, and IMGRASS, China).
MOANA
coordinator: L. Stefanutti, Ist Onde Elettromagnetiche-CNR, Firenze
Measure and modelling of the ozone in the stratosphere and polar zone , in order to study the realtion between aerosols and the ozone layer depletion
FORMONA
coordinator: A. Febo, Ist Inquinamento Atmosferico, Roma
http://aix.meng.auth.gr/lhtee/projects/formona.htmlFormation and presence of HONO in the atmosphere
To understand the mechanisms of formation of HONO in the atmosphere, particularly those which trigger its formation in the lower atmosphere
APE
coordinator: L. Stefanutti, Ist Onde Elettr-CNR, Firenze
Macrophisical and chemical study of the stratospheric clouds in polar areas
SAFIRE-A
coordinator: B. Carli, Ist Onde Elettrom-CNR, Firenze
To develop an adequate strumentation in order to study the stratospheric ozone layer
PCAM
G. Dalu, IFA-CNR, Roma
To quantify the aerosols effects on the climate
of the Mediterranean area and improve the monitoring tecniques
Ground and satellite observations
SOAP
To study the organic components of aerosol which are involved in cloud formation
coordinator: S. Fuzzi, CNR-FISBAT, Bologna
CATOME
Istituto Inquinamento Atmosferico (IIA-CNR)
deposizione di benzene ed ossidazione in troposfera
contact:
gobbi@sunifa1.ifsi.fra.cnr.it
PAUR2
IFA, ENEA Casaccia, Univ. La Sapienza
Photochemical Activity and Ultraviolet Radiation modulation factors
Study of the effects of saharian aerosols on the UV radiation at ground level
AEROCHEM-2
partecipant: Univ. of L'Aquila
Effects of transport on atmospherical chemistry
TOPOZ
partecipant: Unv. of L’Aquila
Strato-troposphere exchanges
Project ACE-2 HILLCLOUD
Aerosols Characterization Experiment
VOTALP
Vertical ozone transports in the Alps
Partecipant: P. Bonasoni, CNR-FISBAT, Bologna
PRISMA 1
atmospherical fall-outs
GOME
Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
Partecipant: IMGA-CNR Bologna, data retrieval of aerosol and clouds profiles
PRISMA 1
biogeochemical cycles (C, N, P and Si) n the water column
PRISMA 1
evolution of the trophic aspects of coastal areas
PRISMA 2
monitoring models for the italian Regions
National Projects
Mass balance, monitoring and paleoclimatic studies of the Pacific sector of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Contact: 2a@alpha.disat.unimi.it
Permafrost and buried ice in the Victoria Land
Contact: dramis@uniroma3.it
Meteorite traps of the Victoria Land
Contact: mellini@unisi.it
Late Quaternary climatic cycles in the Ross Sea sediments
Contact: museo@univ.trieste.it
ALPCLIM European Project
Environmental and climate records from high Alpine glaciers
EV-K2-CNR National Project
To study the paleolimnology and paleoclimate records of high altitude lakes of central Asia
PALICLAS European Project
To study the paleolimnology and paleoclimate records of high altitude lakes of central Asia
SELF II European Project
Sea Level Fluctuations
ITASE International Project
International TransAntarctic Scientific Expedition
200 years of past climate and environmental change, traverse Terra Nova Bay
Contact: frezzotti_m@eca401.enea.it
ANTIME International Project
Late Quaternary sedimentary record of Antarctic ice margin evolution
Italian representative: M. Taviani, CNR-IGM, Bologna
EPICA International Project
European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica
Italian representative: G. Orombelli, DISAT, University of Milano
ARIDUSEUROMED
environmental changes of last thousands years, defining strategies in order to protect desert-risk areas
Contact: follieri@uniroma1.it and narcisi@uniroma1.it
LIBYAN-ITALIAN JOINT MISSION AT JEBEL GHARBY (LYBIA)
environmental changes and men-environment interactions in the Sahara and Mediterranean area in prehistoric time
Contact: barich@rmcisadua.let.uniroma1.it and giraudi@casaccia.enea.it
LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCEN CLIMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN ENDORETIC BASINS OF CENTRAL ITALY
Stratigraphy and chronology of continental deposits of enclosed basins
Contact: giraudi@casaccia.enea.it
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SINAPSI
CNR, ENEA, Università
To forecast atmospheric climatic fluctuations in oceans and marine ecosystems
MERMAIDS
coordinator: N. Pinardi, IMGA-CNR, Bo, Italy
http://www.imga.bo.cnr.it/mermaidsTo test different ways to treat oceanographic data in order to develop homogenous long time records data base
Mediterranean Eddy resolving and interdisciplinary studies
To study the annual variability of the Mediterranean Sea circulation, using mathematical models and data
Climate and circulation in the Mediterranean
DICE
coordinator: A. Navarra, IMGA-CNR, Bologna
Observations and simulations in order to understand the climate variability, expecially the natural vs. the man-induced one.
AGORA (DIS)
coordinator: A. Navarra, IMGA-CNR, Bologna
http://www.imga.bo.cnr.it/~nicola/agora.htmlTo test different ways to treat oceanographic data in order to develop homogenous long time records data base
SINTEX (CLIVAR)
A. Navarra, IMGA-CNR, Bologna
http://www.imga.bo.cnr.it/~nicola/agora.htmlTo simulate the climatic evolution for periods of centuries , using numerical models to study the coupled system ocean-atmosphere
CLIVARA
partecipant: M. Bindi, CeSIA, Firenze
http://www.ecu.ox.ac.uk/Annrep96/climate.htmTo simulate the climatic evolution for periods of centuries , using numerical models to study the coupled system
Climate Change and Agriculture in Europe
Follows the previous Project CLAIRE. Environmental Impact assessment on european agricultural systems
1995-98
PRISMA 2
mechanisms of formation of discontinuity fronts of water masses, and study of the mechanisns which determine the fate of mainland coming matters
definition of indicators which can give useful informations about the variables related to them (GAIM)
http://adriatico.ced.rm.cnr.it
Progetto CHEMDROP
Composizione chimica e processi nelle nuvole e nelle
nebbie: dipendenza dalle dimensione delle particelle e delle gocce
Partecipant: S. Fuzzi, FISBAT-CNR, Bologna
Progetto AARGA
Misure da aereo di aerosols e gas-traccia ad essi collegati
Progetto ARIAS
Sviluppo di nuova strumentazione per la misura
degli aerosols mediante palloni sonda o aerei
Partecipant: A.Adriani, IFA-CNR, Roma
Progetto
The use of sar to map ice thickness in the odden ice tongue and determine its role in deep convention
Progetto ANOMALIA
Anomalies induced by mountains and sea in rainfall over land in the western mediterranean areaPartecipant: A. Buzzi, CNR-FISBAT, Bologna
Progetto FOREST-DYNAMO
Forest environmental dynamics monitoring by microwave remote sensing Partecipant: P. Pampaloni, Ist. ricerca sulle onde elettromagnetiche, Firenze
EV5V 0503
Variability of the North Atlantic storm track
Ist. di cosmo-geofisica, Torino
Progetto CIME
Cloud ice mountain experiment Partecipant: S. Fuzzi, CNR-FISBAT, Bologna
ENV4 0039
Direct Determination of Polar Stratospheric Cloud Composition
Ist. di elettronica quantistica, Firenze Partecipant: P. Mazzinghi
ENV4 0040
Stratospheric regular soundings
Partecipant: A. Adriani, IFA, Roma
L'azione concertata EUROCLIVAR
A. Navarra, IMGA, BolognaProgetto SAONAS
Stratospheric Aerosols and Ozone in Northern and Southern HemisphereProgetto MILLENNIA
Numerical simulation and analysis of climate variablility on decadal and centennial time scales A. Navarra, CNR-IMGA, Bologna
Progetto CLEARCOLUMN
Clear SKY Column Closure Experiment Ist. per lo studio dei fenomeni fisici e chimici della bassa e alta atmosfera, Bologna C. TomasiProgetto PROVOST
A European Programme on Prediction of Climate Variations on Seasonal and Interannual Timescales A. Navarra, CNR-IMGA, BolognaENV4 0149
Combined action to study the oceans thermal skin Concerted Action E. Schiano, ISDGM - sez. oceanografica, Pozzuolo di Lerici (SP)ENV4 0161
Reconstruction of vertical ozone distribution from UMKEHER estimates Ist. di ricerca sulle onde elettromagnetiche "Nello Carrara", Firenze L. StefanuttiENV4 0163
Instrument development proposal: Development of a condensation particle detection system (COPAS) with multiple inlets for implementation on stratospheric aircraft or balloons A. Adriani, IFA, Roma ENV4 0311 SALMON
Satellite Remote Sensing for Lake Monitoring
http://www.tel-irrs.mi.cnr.it/SALMON1/index.html
Co-ordinator:ENV4 0332 HERA
Heavy precipitation in ther Alpine Region Partecipant: A. Buzzi, CNR-FISBAT, BolognaENV4 0344 REFIR
Radiation explorer in the far infrared B. Carli, Ist. di ricerca sulle onde elettromagnetiche, FirenzeMAS2 0052 EUROMARGE - AS
Transfer pathways and fluxes of organic matter and related elements in water and sediments of the north Adriatic sea and their importance on the eastern Mediterranean Sea P. Giordani, Ist. di geologia marina, BolognaMAS2 0053 EUROMARGE - NB
Northwestern Mediterranean M. Frignani, IGM, BolognaMAS2 0054
Process in regions of freshwater influence. Phase 1 A. Bergamasco, ISDGM, VeneziaMAS2 0061 GEODYME
Giochimie et Dynamique de la Miditerranie G. Gasparini, ISDGM (sez. oceanografica), Pozzuolo di Lerici (SP)MAS2 0068 MTP OTRANTO
Hydrodynamics and geochemical fluxes in the strait of Otranto S. Rabitti, Ist. di biologia del mare, VeneziaMAS2 0075 MODB
Mediterranean oceanic data base (in situ) Concerted Action A. Artegiani, IRPEM, AnconaMAS2 0107 MEDMEX
(http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/MEDMEX ) MEDiterranean Models Evaluation eXperiment Concerted Action N. Pinardi, CNR-IMGA, BolognaMAS3 0015 ESOP II
European subpolar ocean programme Phase 2: the thermohaline circulation in the Greenland Sea
F. Parmiggiani, CNR-IMGA, BolognaMAS3 0070 VEINS
Variability of exchanges in the northern seas
A. Luchetta, Ist. sperimentale talassografico, TriesteBEMA
coordinator: P. Ciccioli, IIA-CNR, Roma
Extimation of the natural vegetation influence to the CO2 budget (green house).
MAPLE
Microevolutionary Adaption of Plant to elevated CO2
coordinator: A. Raschi, Ist. Agrometeorologia, CNR, Firenze
http://www.iata.fi.cnr.it/geniata.htmlTo determine wheter an increase in the CO2 concentration can be the origin of morphological or genetic adaption in the vegetation.
Finished in 1997
POPFACE
coordinator: G. Scarascia, Univ. della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Effects of the CO2 increase versus great sinks (forest and poplar plantation, relevant atmospheric CO2 sink)
Started 1997, 1998-2001
CHIP
partecipant: M. Bindi, CeSIA, Firenze
Univ. Giessen, Germany
Climate Change and Potato crops in Europe. Scenarios of climate changes and their effects on the potatoes growing in France
1998-2001
MEGARIC
partecipant: A. Raschi, CeSIA, Firenze
RESMEDES
coordinator: F. Maselli, Ist. Agrometeorologia, CNR, Firenze
Remote Sensig of Mediterranean Desertification Environmental Stability
EC Environment Climate
To develope tecnologies for monitoring surface area in the Mediterranean regions
ECOCRAFT I (finished in 1995???)
To study the forest species and ecosystems response to global and climatic changes, carried out over the main forest species present in Europe
ECOCRAFT II
Univ. Edinburg, UK
To study the impacts of the climate changes on the European forests
The italian contribution studies the effects of large CO2 concentrations on forest of the mediterranean ecosystems
1995-98
CROPCHANGE
AB-DLO, Netherlands
The potential effect of Climate Change on Arabe Eco-systems
To study the reactions of vegetal species under high CO2 concentrations
Finished in 1996
ESPACE-GRASS
Trinity College, Ireland
European Network for studying the impact of climate changes on grasses
1995-97
CLAIRE
Oxford Univ., UK
Climate Change and Agriculture in Europe
To study the environmental impact on agriculture european systems
Finished in 1996
Environmental Dept. ENEA
Besides supporting technically and scientifically the Environmental Ministery, it is also involved in:
-national inventories of green-house gas emissions
-study and simulation of climate variability of the Mediterranean basin
-study of the carbon cycle in ecosystems and its variations in relation to climatic conditions (GCTE)
-coordination of IPCC Focal Point
-coordination of italian partecipation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climat Change, preparation of the 3rd valutation report
-monitoring of atmospheric emissions having climatic impact and transmission of data to the Global Atmospheric Watch
-gathering data about green-house gas and ozone concentrations
Dati Idrologici
ECMWF tramite ADAMO al CINECA
MODB http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be
ATOS Adriatic Temperature Oxygen and Salinity Data Set, informazioni da russo@irpem.an.cnr.it
Dati Biogeochimici
ABCD Adriatic Biogeochemical Data Set
informazioni da zav@imga.bo.cnr.it
Concentrazioni Superficiali di Clorofilla nel Mediterraneo
CZCS http://me-www.jrc.it/OCEAN/ocean.html