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CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES DEL MAR Y LA ATMOSFERA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The European CLARIS Project: A Europe-South America Network for Climate Change Assessment and Impact Studies
Autor/es:
BOULANGER J.-P., G. BRASSEUR, A. CARRIL, M. CASTRO, N. DEGALLIER, C. EREÑO, J. MARENGO, H. LE TREUT, C. MENÉNDEZ, M. NUÑEZ, O. PENALBA, A. ROLLA, M. RUSTICUCCI, R. TERRA
Revista:
CLIMATIC CHANGE
Editorial:
Springer
Referencias:
Año: 2009 vol. 98 p. 307 - 329
ISSN:
0165-0009
Resumen:
Abstract
The goal of the CLARIS project was to build an integrated European-South American
network dedicated to promote common research strategies to observe and predict climate
changes and their consequent socio-economic impacts taking into account the climate and
societal peculiarities of South America. Reaching that goal placed the present network as a
privileged advisor to contribute to the design of adaptation strategies in a region strongly
affected by and dependent on climate variability (e.g. agriculture, health, hydro-electricity).
Building the CLARIS network required fulfilling the following three objectives: (i) The first
objective of CLARIS was to set up and favour the technical transfer and expertise in Earth
System and Regional Climate Modelling between Europe and South America together with
the providing of a list of climate data (observed and simulated) required for model
validations; (ii) The second objective of CLARIS was to facilitate the exchange of observed
and simulated climate data between the climate research groups and to create a South
American high-quality climate database for studies in extreme events and long-term climate
trends; (iii) Finally, the third objective of CLARIS was to strengthen the communication
between climate researchers and stakeholders, and to demonstrate the feasibility of using
climate information in the decision-making process.