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1. Los efectos de la forma de la onda de carga en la estimación de la vida a la fatiga de la capa asfáltica en la estructura del pavimento

Author

Gaertner, M., Staub de Melo, J., and Villena, J.

Subjects
asphalt mixtures, waveforms, rotura por fatiga, numerical simulation, pavimentos flexibles, mezclas asfálticas, onda de carga, Flexible pavements, simulación numérica, fatigue failure
Abstract

Resumen: El fenómeno de fatiga como unos de los principales mecanismos de deterioro de las capas asfálticas. El ensayo de fatiga a flexión a cuatro puntos de apoyo es uno de los procedimientos más utilizados para determinar la resistencia a la fatiga de las mezclas asfálticas. Existen, a nivel internacional, diversas normas que estandarizan este tipo de ensayo, las cuales se diferencian básicamente por la forma de la onda de carga aplicada y por el criterio de rotura utilizado. Este artículo tiene como objetivo presentar los resultados de la influencia del tipo de onda de carga utilizada, haversine o sinusoidal, en la resistencia a la fatiga de una mezcla asfáltica, como también, la influencia de los modelos de fatiga obtenidos en la previsión de la rotura por fatiga de la capa asfáltica en una estructura de un pavimento flexible. Al final, se concluyó que la vida útil de la capa asfáltica estimada utilizando los modelos obtenidos en el ensayo con ondas con forma haversine fue 67 veces mayor que cuando estimada con los modelos de los ensayos realizados con carga sinusoidal. Abstract: The phenomenon of fatigue can be considered as one of the main causes of the asphalt Surface course failure. The Four-Point Bending Apparatus is the widespread equipment used to determine the fatigue resistance of asphalt mixtures. Worldwide there are several standard procedures that rule this test. The main difference between them remains in the waveform, in wich the load is applied, and in the failure criteria. This paper reports the influence from the waveform, haversine orsinusoidal, on the fatigue resistance of an asphalt mixture. In adition, through numerical simulation, it was evaluated ones found on sinusoidal tests.

Published
2019

2. Impact of ocean-atmosphere coupling and high resolution on the simulation of medicanes over the Mediterranean Sea: multi-model analysis with Med-CORDEX and EURO-CORDEX runs

Author

Gaertner M. A., J. J. Gonzalez-Aleman, R. Romera, M. Dominguez, V. Gil, E. Sanchez, C. Gallardo, M. M. Miglietta, K. Walsh, D. Sein, S. Somot, A. dell'Aquila, B. Ahrens, A. Colette, S. Bastin, E. van Meijgaard, G. Nikulin, Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales [Toledo] (ICAM), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Institute of Environmental Sciences/ Instituto de Ciencias Medioambientales de Toledo (ICAM), Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima (ISAC), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche [Roma] (CNR), University of Melbourne, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Groupe d'étude de l'atmosphère météorologique (CNRM-GAME), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Météo France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove Tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt [Frankfurt/Main] (IAU), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), SPACE - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Rossby Centre, SMHI, Norrköping, 601 76, Sweden, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha = University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Centre national de recherches météorologiques (CNRM), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove Tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile = Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)

Subjects
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph], Medicanes
Abstract

International audience; Medicanes are cyclones over the Mediterranean Sea having a tropical structure and a rather small size, for which the sea-atmosphere interaction plays a fundamental role. High resolution and ocean-atmosphere coupled RCM simulations performed in MedCORDEX and EURO-CORDEX projects are used to analyze the ability of RCMs to represent the observed characteristics of medicanes, and the impact of increasing resolution and using air-sea coupling on its simulation. An observational database based on satellite images combined with very high resolution simulations (Miglietta et al. 2013) is used as the reference for evaluating the simulations. The simulated medicanes do not coincide in general with the observed cases, so that the evaluation should be done in a statistical sense. The spatial distribution of medicanes is generally well simulated, while the monthly distribution reveals the difficulty of simulating the first medicanes appearing in September after the summer minimum. Large differences are found among models, supporting the use of multi-model ensembles. Interesting trade-offs are found for some models, as better values for intensity are associated to worse frequency values in one model, or relatively good values of frequency and intensity are obtained at the expense of a damped air-sea interaction in a model with spectral nudging. High resolution has a strong and positive impact on the frequency of simulated medicanes, while the effect on its intensity is less clear. Air-sea coupling reduces the medicane frequency, as could be expected due to a negative intensity feedback that is known for tropical cyclones. A preliminary analysis indicates that this feedback could depend on the oceanic mixed layer depth, increasing the interest of applying ocean-atmosphere coupled RCMs

Published
2016

3. Med-CORDEX initiative for Mediterranean climate studies

Author

Ruti, P.M. Somot, S. Giorgi, F. Dubois, C. Flaounas, E. Obermann, A. Dell'Aquila, A. Pisacane, G. Harzallah, A. Lombardi, E. Ahrens, B. Akhtar, N. Alias, A. Arsouze, T. Aznar, R. Bastin, S. Bartholy, J. Béranger, K. Beuvier, J. Bouffies-Cloché, S. Brauch, J. Cabos, W. Calmanti, S. Calvet, J.-C. Carillo, A. Conte, D. Coppola, E. Djurdjevic, V. Drobinski, P. Elizalde-Arellano, A. Gaertner, M. Galàn, P. Gallardo, C. Gualdi, S. Goncalves, M. Jorba, O. Jordà, G. L'Heveder, B. Lebeaupin-Brossier, C. Li, L. Liguori, G. Lionello, P. Maciàs, D. Nabat, P. Önol, B. Raikovic, B. Ramage, K. Sevault, F. Sannino, G. Struglia, M.V. Sanna, A. Torma, C. Vervatis, V.

Abstract

The Mediterranean is expected to be one of the most prominent and vulnerable climate change "hotspots" of the twenty-first century, and the physical mechanisms underlying this finding are still not clear. Furthermore, complex interactions and feedbacks involving ocean-atmosphere-land-biogeochemical processes play a prominent role in modulating the climate and environment of the Mediterranean region on a range of spatial and temporal scales. Therefore, it is critical to provide robust climate change information for use in vulnerability-impact-adaptation assessment studies considering the Mediterranean as a fully coupled environmental system. The Mediterranean Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (Med-CORDEX) initiative aims at coordinating the Mediterranean climate modeling community toward the development of fully coupled regional climate simulations, improving all relevant components of the system from atmosphere and ocean dynamics to land surface, hydrology, and biogeochemical processes. The primary goals of Med-CORDEX are to improve understanding of past climate variability and trends and to provide more accurate and reliable future projections, assessing in a quantitative and robust way the added value of using high-resolution and coupled regional climate models. The coordination activities and the scientific outcomes of Med-CORDEX can produce an important framework to foster the development of regional Earth system models in several key regions worldwide. ©2016 American Meteorological Society.

Published
2016

4. Characterization of the wind speed variability and future change in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands

Author

Gomez G., Cabos W. D., Liguori G., Sein D., Lozano-Galeana S., Fita L., Fernandez J., Magarino M. E., Jimenez-Guerrero P., Montavez J. P., Dominguez M., Romera R., Gaertner M. A., Gomez G., Cabos W.D., Liguori G., Sein D., Lozano-Galeana S., Fita L., Fernandez J., Magarino M.E., Jimenez-Guerrero P., Montavez J.P., Dominguez M., Romera R., and Gaertner M.A.

Subjects
regional climate model, wind speed, Iberian Peninsula, K-mean
Abstract

Wind energy is susceptible to global climate change because it could alter the wind patterns. Then, improvement of our knowledge of wind field variability is crucial to optimize the use of wind resources in a given region. Here, we quantify the effects of climate change on the surface wind speed field over the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands using an ensemble of four regional climate models driven by a global climate model. Regions of the Iberian Peninsula with coherent temporal variability in wind speed in each of the models are identified and analysed using cluster analysis. These regions are continuous in each model and exhibit a high degree of overlap across the models. The models forced by the European Reanalysis Interim (ERA-Interim) reanalysis are validated against the European Climate Assessment and Dataset wind. We find that regional models are able to simulate with reasonable skill the spatial distribution of wind speed at 10 m in the Iberian Peninsula, identifying areas with common wind variability. Under the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) A1B climate change scenario, the wind speed in the identified regions for 2031-2050 is up to 5% less than during the 1980-1999 control period for all models. The models also agree on the time evolution of spatially averaged wind speed in each region, showing a negative trend for all of them. These tendencies depend on the region and are significant at p = 5% or slightly more for annual trends, while seasonal trends are not significant in most of the regions and seasons.

Published
2016

6. MC-ICP-MS measurements with d-DIHEN direct injection nebulization

Author

Louvat, P., Bouchez, J., Paris, G., Gaertner, M., 0 Pre-GFZ, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), and Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-IPG PARIS-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry, 550 - Earth sciences, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2007
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7. Program of Research and Development on the THORIUM UTILIZATION IN PWRS : Final Report (1979-1988)

Author

Carneiro, F. A. N., Pinto, L. C. M., Santos, A., Filgueras, S. A. C., Lopes, M. J. de O., Schlosser, G., Wunderlich, F., Gross, H., Doer, W., Gaertner, M., Kaspar, G., Finnemann, H., Porsch, D., Hrovat, M., Kadner, M., Reichardt, K., Brodda, B. G., Zimmer, E., Ferreira, R. A. N., Ferraz, W. B., Dias, M. S., Soares, M. L. L., De Andrade, E. P., Mascarenhas, H. A., Dos Santos, A. M. M., Pinheiro, R. B., Peehs, M., Lameiras, F. S., and Maly, V.

Abstract

Detailed investigations performed for a standard 1,300 MW$_{e}$ PWR show that (Th,U)O$_{2}$ and (Th,Pu)O$_{2}$ fuels can be inserted in 3 and 4 cycle operating schemes without modifications in the fuel assembly or core design. The most important aspects of the fuel cycle have been covered. Ex-gel pelletizing of (Th,U)O$_{2}$ fuel making use of available LWR and HTR fuel manufacturing technology was demonstrated. The most promising applicationfor Th-based fuels at present was proved to be the use of recycle plutonium in extended burnup once-through fuel cycle. The program was performed in a cooperative way between Brazilian and German partners.

Published
1989

9. Downscaling climate change impacts, socio-economic implications and alternative adaptation pathways for islands and outermost regions

Author

Giovanni Ruggieri, Patrizia Calò, León, C j, Lam González, Y E, González Hernández, M M, García Galindo, C, de León Ledesma, J !, León, C J, de León Ledesma, J, Tuya, F, Manrique , C, Suarez Rojas, C, Araña, J, Suárez, S, Ramos Pérez, L, Cambreleng, T, Díaz Ruano, S, Hernández, V, Jordá, G, Marbá, N, Agulles, M, Hendriks, I E, Guersi Sauret, J L, Quesada Peña, M, Armas Déniz, N, Rodríguez, V L, Gaertner, M A, Sánchez, E, Castro, M, Gutiérrez, C, de la Vara, A, González-Alemán, J J, Lehr, U, Lutz, C, Ahlert, G, Meyer, M, Dubois, G, Cauchy, A, Briche, E, Rodríguez, Y, Arvis, B, Nunes Oliveira, J F, Olival, E, Vasconcelos, H, Serghides, D, Giannakis, E, Proestos, Y, Zittis, G, Giannakopoulos, C, Hatzaki, M, Karali, A, Ruggieri, G, Caló, P, Brancato, G, Sitzia, Daniela, Foddis, M L, Mancosu, A, Vincis, M, Pillolla, E, Bardócz, T, Hoevenaars, K, Cox, R, Schenke, L, Neophytou, H, Stylianou, C, Konnaris, Y, Carillo, A, Sannino, G, Pisacane, G, Struglia, M V, David, J C, Zahibo, N, Gros-Desormeaux, J R, Salmon, J M, Priam, J, Daniel, J, Charalampidis, I, Vrontisi, Z, Paroussos, L, Arikas, D, Grätz, M, Siegel, P, Figini, P, Arabadzhyan, A, Magnani, E, Mariotti, A, Patuelli, R, Vici, L, Gualdi, S, Bacciu, V, Lionello, P, Costa, H, Encarnação Coelho, R, Sousa, A, Swart, R, Capela Lourenço, T, Bodo, A, Obermann, A, Stratakis, A, Anezaki, L, Kalaitzaki, M, Zumaquero, T, Martín, A, Ventura, T, Rodríguez, M, Vega, R, Giovanni Ruggieri, and Patrizia Calò

Subjects
Cambiamenti climatici, Isole, Turismo, Acquacoltura, Energia, Trasporti marittimi, Adattamento, Mitigazione, Climate Change, Islands, Tourism, Aquaculture, Energy, Maritime Transport, Adaptation, Mitigation, Settore SECS-P/06 - Economia Applicata
Abstract

Questo libro fornisce una panoramica completa degli scenari futuri del cambiamento climatico e delle problematiche di gestione associate all'impatto del cambiamento climatico sull'economia blu delle isole e delle regioni ultraperiferiche europee. La pubblicazione raccoglie i principali risultati dei risultati della ricerca del progetto Soclimpact, con l'obiettivo di aumentare la consapevolezza sociale tra i responsabili politici e l'industria sulle conseguenze dei cambiamenti climatici a livello locale e fornire informazioni basate sulla conoscenza nella progettazione delle politiche di sostegno, dal livello locale a quello nazionale. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the future scenarios of climate change and management concerns associated with climate change impacts on the blue economy of European islands and outermost regions. The publication collects major findings of the Soclimpact project’s research outcomes, aiming to raise social awareness among policy-makers and industry about climate change consequences at local level, and provide knowledge-based information in support policy design, from local to national level.

Published
2021

10. MED-CORDEX initiative for Mediterranean Climate studies

Author

Pierre Nabat, Samuel Somot, Vassilios Vervatis, Vladimir Djurdjevic, Bodo Ahrens, Florence Sevault, Gabriel Jordá, Alessandro Dell'Aquila, Barış Önol, Piero Lionello, Gianmaria Sannino, Giovanni Liguori, P. Galàn, Jennifer Brauch, Naveed Akhtar, Anika Obermann, Karim Ramage, Paolo Ruti, Dario Conte, Thomas Arsouze, Silvio Gualdi, Csaba Torma, Diego Macías, Sophie Bastin, Adriana Carillo, William Cabos, Oriol Jorba, Lu Li, Filippo Giorgi, Blandine L'Hévéder, M. V. Struglia, Cindy Lebeaupin-Brossier, Miguel Ángel Gaertner, Giovanna Pisacane, Ali Harzallah, Jean-Christophe Calvet, Sandro Calmanti, Clemente Gallardo, Erika Coppola, Judit Bartholy, Philippe Drobinski, M. Gonçalves, A. Elizalde-Arellano, Sophie Bouffies-Cloché, Antonella Sanna, B. Raikovic, Jonathan Beuvier, Roland Aznar, Karine Béranger, Emmanouil Flaounas, Clotilde Dubois, Antoinette Alias, E. Lombardi, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Centre national de recherches météorologiques (CNRM), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics [Trieste] (ICTP), National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt [Frankfurt/Main] (IAU), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, ENEA Ente per le Nuove Technologie Energia e Ambiente, Centro Ricerche Casaccia, Centro Ricerche Casaccia, Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer [Salammbô] (INSTM), Unité de Mécanique (UME), École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris), Puertos de l’Estado, SPACE - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Meteorology [Budapest], Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences [Budapest], Faculty of Sciences [Budapest], Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)-Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)-Faculty of Sciences [Budapest], Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)-Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Universidad de Alcalá - University of Alcalá (UAH), Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), University of Belgrade [Belgrade], Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie (MPI-M), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales [Toledo] (ICAM), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha = University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya [Barcelona] (UPC), Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion (BSC - CNS), Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avancats (IMEDEA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Universidad de las Islas Baleares (UIB), École polytechnique (X), Department of Physics [Lecce], Università del Salento [Lecce], JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), European Commission - Joint Research Centre [Ispra] (JRC), Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ), Faculty of Physics and Meteorology [Belgrade], Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove Tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile = Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)European Commission (CLIMRUN Project), ANR-12-SENV-0001,REMEMBER,Compréhension et modélisation du système climatique régional couplé pour la prévention des risques hydrométéorologiques en Méditerranée dans un contexte de changement global(2012), Groupe d'étude de l'atmosphère météorologique (CNRM-GAME), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Météo France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria de Projectes i de la Construcció, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GReCT - Grup de Recerca de Ciències de la Terra, Ruti, P. M., Somot, S., Giorgi, F., Dubois, C., Flaounas, E., Obermann, A., Dell’Aquila, A., Pisacane, G., Harzallah, A., Lombardi, E., Ahrens, B., Akhtar, N., Alias, A., Arsouze, T., Aznar, R., Bastin, S., Bartholy, J., Béranger, K., Beuvier, J., Bouffies Cloché, S., Brauch, J., Cabos, W., Calmanti, S., Calvet, J. C., Carillo, A., Conte, Dario, Coppola, E., Djurdjevic, V., Drobinski, P., Elizalde Arellano, A., Gaertner, M., Galàn, P., Gallardo, C., Gualdi, S., Goncalves, M., Jorba, O., Jordà, G., L’Heveder, B., Lebeaupin Brossier, C., Li, L., Liguori, G., Lionello, Piero, Maciàs, D., Nabat, P., Önol, B., Raikovic, B., Ramage, K., Sevault, F., Sannino, G., Struglia, M. V., Sanna, A., Torma, C., Vervatis, V., and European Commission

Subjects
Mediterranean climate, Atmospheric Science, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Climatologia -- Models matemàtics, 0208 environmental biotechnology, Environmental system, Vulnerability, Spatial and temporal scale, Climate change, Biogeochemical proce, 02 engineering and technology, Climatology--Simulation methods, 01 natural sciences, Regional climate model, Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Prospectiva, sistèmica i modelització [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 11. Sustainability, Added value, Precipitation, Mediterranean Region--Climate, Mediterranean region, Temporal scales, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Previsió del temps, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph], Mediterrània, Regió -- Clima, business.industry, Environmental resource management, Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Degradació ambiental::Canvi climàtic [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Climatologia -- Mètodes de simulació, 15. Life on land, Regional climate simulation, 020801 environmental engineering, Earth system science, 13. Climate action, Regional downscaling, [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology, Climatology, Environmental science, Climate model, business
Abstract

The Mediterranean is expected to be one of the most prominent and vulnerable climate change >hotspots> of the twenty-first century, and the physical mechanisms underlying this finding are still not clear. Furthermore, complex interactions and feedbacks involving ocean-atmosphere-land-biogeochemical processes play a prominent role in modulating the climate and environment of the Mediterranean region on a range of spatial and temporal scales. Therefore, it is critical to provide robust climate change information for use in vulnerability-impact-adaptation assessment studies considering the Mediterranean as a fully coupled environmental system. The Mediterranean Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (Med-CORDEX) initiative aims at coordinating the Mediterranean climate modeling community toward the development of fully coupled regional climate simulations, improving all relevant components of the system from atmosphere and ocean dynamics to land surface, hydrology, and biogeochemical processes. The primary goals of Med-CORDEX are to improve understanding of past climate variability and trends and to provide more accurate and reliable future projections, assessing in a quantitative and robust way the added value of using high-resolution and coupled regional climate models. The coordination activities and the scientific outcomes of Med-CORDEX can produce an important framework to foster the development of regional Earth system models in several key regions worldwide., This work is a contribution to the HyMeX program supported by grants MISTRALS and ANR-12-SENV-001 REMEMBER and to the CLIMRUN project (www.climrun.eu) funded under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

Published
2016
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