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Advanced Research on Convective Clouds using Remote Sensing Instruments from New Exploratory Platforms Call name: P 2 - SP 2.1 - Proiect experimental - demonstrativ
PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2021-1938 2022 - 2024

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU OPTOELECTRONICA INOE 2000 INCD

Project partners: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU OPTOELECTRONICA INOE 2000 INCD (RO); Academia Fortelor Aeriene "Henri Coanda" Brasov (RO)

Affiliation:

Project website: http://accuresy.inoe.ro/

Abstract:

The ACCuReSy project (Advanced Research on Convective Clouds using Remote Sensing Instruments from new Exploratory Platforms) aims to perform advanced research of the atmospheric environment before, during and after the convective events in order to investigate the aerosol-cloud interactions with special attention on the factors that contribute to the hail formation. The novelty of this proposal resides in the top-class ground-based infrastructures that will be used to accomplish the goals of the project. Two research team will be involved in this project: Remote Sensing Department of INOE and Aviation Department of “Henri Coanda” Air Force Academy, both relying on state-of-the-art facilities with radar systems operating on various frequencies, meteorological sensors and sondes, and UAVs.

The project will be implemented in two locations, Măgurele and Brașov, chosen by their relevance for the environmental factors that meet the conditions for various type of convective development. Intensive campaigns will be performed during the convective seasons of 2022 and 2023 in order to build a consistent convective database to be analysed later. During the implementation of the project intervention squads will be organized to proceed for a rapid displacement into the areas where the convective development are ongoing for on-site documentation, launching the probes in the unstable environment, and if possible to collect samples (i.e. hail stones). Physico-chemical analyses will be performed on hydrometeor samples investigate the content of suspended particles in the convective environment.

Overall, with this project we aim to produce new insight to the way aerosols affect convective storm and to open ways for implementation these details for a better prediction of convective storms and also to improve the cal/val techniques for the EO satellite missions dedicated to cloud observations.

Developing resilience and tolerance of crop resource use efficiency to climate change and air pollution. Call name: P 3 - SP 3.2 - Proiecte ERA.NET - COFUND
COFUND-SUSCROP-SUSCAP-1 2019 - 2022

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: Academia Fortelor Aeriene "Henri Coanda" Brasov

Project partners: Academia Fortelor Aeriene "Henri Coanda" Brasov (RO); Stockholm Environment Institute (GB); Center for International Climate Research (NO); JRC Directorate Sustainable Resources, (IT); University of Bonn INRES Crop Science (DE); Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria (IT); CIEMAT - Environmental Department (ES)

Affiliation:

Project website: https://suscap.pubpub.org

Abstract:

It is well known that climate change will impact arable crop production across Europe in the coming decades. We also know that air pollution is already having substantial impacts on crop productivity causing yield losses of between 10 and 15% on average across Europe for sensitive staple crops such as wheat. What is unclear is how these stresses will combine to impact crop growth, development and yield through influences on important crop resource use efficiencies such as radiation, water, and nutrient use.

Within this project, we will develop a new generation of process-based crop models to better understand the mechanisms, and hence impacts, of these multiple stresses both for the current day and future 2050 climates. This will allow us to identify the magnitude, frequency and geographical distribution of the combined stresses most likely to limit resource use efficiency and hence crop productivity. This will be important since, in spite of international efforts to reduce emissions, poor air quality in Europe is currently set to continue to substantially impact crop yields until at least 2050 and GHG emissions are still on course to see large changes in climate over the coming decades.

The project will build on existing initiatives to develop modeling approaches; and will conduct this research in close dialogue with policy and sector stakeholders that are partners of our consortium of eight world-leading expert groups skilled in climate change and air pollution in relation to experimental and crop modeling. Ultimately, this project will target an increase in the sustainability of agriculture across Europe and a reduction in the threats to crop resource use efficiency from both current and future climate change and air pollution stress.

Extreme weather events related to air temperature and precipitation in Romania Call name: Projects for Young Research Teams - RUTE -2014 call
PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-0736 2015 - 2017

Role in this project:

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI (RO)

Project website: http://fmetpro.granturi.ubbcluj.ro

Abstract:

In the context of the present climate changes, the increase in frequency and duration of the extreme weather events became one of the most important features of present weather condition. This project aims to a complex study of four types of extreme weather events related to air temperature and precipitation in Romania: heat waves, cold waves, wet spells, and dry spells. All of them affect large areas and have important impacts on environment and society. The main objective of the project is an integrative study on characteristics, causes, present and future trends of extreme weather events associated to air temperature and precipitation in Romania. Also, the identification of their potential impact categories on environment and society will be done. The originality of the project consists of three components: a complex statistical analysis of the four types of extreme weather events over the period 1961-2014; climate modeling of the extreme weather phenomena considered until 2100 at regional and local scale by using downscaling techniques based on global and regional climate models; annual and seasonal classification of the synoptic conditions responsible for the occurrence of the extreme weather events considered. The last topic will result in an atlas of extreme weather events related to air temperature and precipitation.

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