Project Profile: PACMEDY
Palaeo-Constraints on Monsoon Evolution and Dynamics
Who?
| Principal Investigators: | Pascale Braconnot, National Center for Scientific Research, France |
| Partners: | Sandy Harrison, University of Reading, United Kingdom Alexander Tudhope, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Christopher Brierley, University College London, United Kingdom Krishnan Raghavan, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India Johann Jungclaus, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany Eduardo Zorita, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany Gerrit Lohmann, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Francesco Pausata, Stockholm University, Sweden Thierry Corrège, Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux, France Bruno Turcq, Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Analyses Numériques-IPSL/Pierre et Marie Curie University/IRD/CNRS/MNHN, France Matthieu Carré, Institute of Evolutionary Sciences, France Luc Beaufort, European Centre for Research and Teaching in Environmental Geosciences, France - Mary Elliot, Laboratory of Planetology and Geodynamic, France Pedro da Silva Dias, University of São Paulo, Brazil Weiping Zheng, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, China |
| Sponsors: | São Paulo Research Foundation, Brazil French National Research Agency, France Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Germany Ministry of Earth Sciences, India Formas, Sweden National Environment Research Council, United Kingdom |
What?
| Full Project Title: | Palaeo-Constraints on Monsoon Evolution and Dynamics |
| Full Call Title: | Climate2015 |
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Why?
| Project Objective: | PACMEDY will provide a quantitative and comprehensive assessment of what aspects of monsoon variability are adequately represented by current models, using environmental modelling to simulate the observations. By linking modelling of past climates and future projections, we will assess the credibility of these projections and the likelihood of extreme events at decadal time scales. The project is organized around four themes: (1) the impact of external forcing and extratropical climates on intertropical convergence and the hydrological cycle in the tropics; (2) characterization of IM variability to determine the extent to which the stochastic component is modulated by external forcing or changes in mean climate; (3) the influence of local (vegetation, dust) and remote factors on the duration, intensity and pattern of the Indian, African and South American monsoons; and (4) the identification of paleo-constraints that can be used to assess the reliability of future monsoon evolution. |
| Call Objective: | This call aims to contribute to the overall challenge of developing climate services with a focus on inter-regional linkages role in climate variability and predictability. Major impediments indeed still exist having efficient climate services at regional and local level, because of little or poorly understood climate processes (in part caused by a paucity of observations), inadequate dissemination of scientific knowledge, conflicts between climatic and non-climatic stressors and lack of action by decision makers and the human society at large. |
Where?
| Regions: | Asia, South America |
| Countries: | India |
When?
| Duration: | 46 months |
| Call Date: | April 6, 2015 |
| Project Award Date: | 2015 |
