Obiettivo Global climate change is widely considered one of the main concerns of humankind. However, predictions are highly uncertain, with no substantial improvement since more than three decades. They are hampered by the huge uncertainty of climate forcing, which is dominated by the uncertainty in anthropogenic aerosol-cloud-climate effects (“aerosol indirect effects”). The goal of QUAERERE (Latin for researching) is a reliable, observations-based, global quantification of these effects, which would also imply a constraint on climate sensitivity and thus climate predictions. This goal is now reachable combining recent advances in different disciplines: (i) a decade-long satellite dataset involving retrievals of the relevant quantities is now available, complemented by a complete aerosol dataset from a new reanalysis; (ii) on the basis of high-resolved numerical weather prediction models, which include parameterisations of aerosol cycles and cloud-precipitation microphysics, cloud-system resolving simulations at a regional scale are now possible; reliable simulations beyond idealised cases are thus possible. These tools are complemented by comprehensive global climate models and reference observations from ground-based sites.The problem in aerosol-cloud-climate effects is in its complexity: Various processes counteract each other, and large spatiotemporal variability of clouds buffers the forcing effects. QUAERERE proposes a two-fold “divide-and-conquer” approach to this complex problem: (i) aerosol-cloud-climate effects will be investigated by regime; this allows to circumvent the problem of aerosol-cloud-climate effects being buffered when averaging over different regimes; and (ii) by investigating individual terms contributing to the aerosol-cloud-climate effects separately; this allows to analyse individual statistical relationship in satellite observations and model results consistently, and to perform model sensitivity studies for cause-effect attribution. Campo scientifico engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programma(i) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) ERC-SG-PE10 - ERC Starting Grant - Earth system science Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2012-StG_20111012 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Istituzione ospitante UNIVERSITAET LEIPZIG Contributo UE € 1 448 160,00 Indirizzo RITTERSTRASSE 26 04109 Leipzig Germania Mostra sulla mappa Regione Sachsen Leipzig Leipzig Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Ricercatore principale Johannes Renatus Quaas (Prof.) Contatto amministrativo Gerhard Fuchs (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Beneficiari (1) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto UNIVERSITAET LEIPZIG Germania Contributo UE € 1 448 160,00 Indirizzo RITTERSTRASSE 26 04109 Leipzig Mostra sulla mappa Regione Sachsen Leipzig Leipzig Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Ricercatore principale Johannes Renatus Quaas (Prof.) Contatto amministrativo Gerhard Fuchs (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato
