NEXTDATA – A National system for the retrieval, storage, access and diffusion of environmental and climate data from mountain and marine areas

The project aims at providing the outputs of global and regional climate simulations for the Alpine and Mediterranean region and ocean re-analyses.

Duration
3 years from 02/01/2012 to 31/12/2015
Funded by
  • Ministry of Education, University and Research

Coordinating organization
  • ISAC-CNR - Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima

CMCC Scientific Leader
CMCC Project manager
CMCC Institutes

CMCC Divisions

General aims

The project will favour the implementation of measurement networks in remote mountain and marine areas and will develop efficient web portals to access meteoclimatic and atmospheric composition data, past climate information from ice and sediment cores, biodiversity and ecosystem data, measurements of the hydrological cycle, marine reanalyses and climate projections at global and regional scale. New data on the present and past climatic variability and future climate projections in the Alps, the Himalaya‐Karakoram, the Mediterranean region and other areas of interest will be obtained and made available. The pilot studies conducted during the project will allow for obtaining new estimates on the availability of water resources and on the effects of atmospheric aerosols on high‐altitude environments, as well as new assessments of the impact of climate change on ecosystems, health and societies in mountain regions.


CMCC Role

Partner and member of the project Executive Board; leader of work-package 2.5


Expected results

Implementation of a data server at the CMCC where output of the climate numerical simulations are made available and accessibile according to harmonized access protocols coordinated with those made availble at the other centres partners of the project. Publication on scientific journals of the analyses and of the results obtained from the coordinated experiments for the regions of interest of the project.


Activity

Provide the outputs of global and regional climate simulations for the Alpine and Mediterranean region and ocean re-analyses. Contribute to the implementation of data portal and to the general portal of the project. Contribute to the design and realization of a set of coordinated numerical experiments on the climate of the Mediterranean region and for areas of complex orography.


Partners
  • ISAC-CNR - Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima
  • CMCC - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
  • INGV - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
  • ENEA - Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile
  • ICTP - The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics
  • CASPUR - CINECA
  • Università di Milano Bicocca
  • URT Ev‐K2‐CNR

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