Palaeo-Constraints on Monsoon Evolution and Dynamics

PACMEDY

Call

  • Climate

Project Website

Principal Investigator

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

Funders

  • ANR (The French National Research Agency), BMBF/DLR-PT (Federal Ministry of Education and Research), FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation), FORMAS (The Swedish Research Council), MoES (Ministry of Earth Sciences), NERC (Natural Environment Research Council)

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.

Region

  • Asia, South America

Country

  • India

Duration

46 months

Call Date

April 6, 2015

Project Award Date

2015