Transcript Diapositiva 1

“Kick Off Meeting”
Instituto Franco-Argentino sobre
Estudios de Clima y sus Impactos.
Institut Franco-Argentin sur
le Climat et ses Impacts.
November 4 and 5, 2010
CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
M. Nuñez
Creation of the UMI
By agreement between the CNRS from France and
CONICET and the University of Buenos Aires
from Argentina.
The main institutions by the CNRS is the “Institut
National des Sciences de l´Univers”, as principal
institution, and the “Institut d´Ecologie et
Environnement” as secondary institution.
The date of creation is January 1st, 2010 and the
initial duration of the UMI is of 4 years. The UMI
will be evaluated each 4 years, as condition for
its continuation.
Main goal of the UMI
The creation of this UMI aims to
strengthen and formalize the historic
colaboration between CIMA and the LMD
around the issues of climate variability,
climate prediction, climate change and
extended to the evaluation of the impacts
of global changes.
Vision
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The Franco-Argentine Institute for the
Study of Climate and its Impacts (IFAECI)
is called to be a leader in climate research
issues and impacts in the region of
Argentina, MERCOSUR and South America.
This institute can become a reference in
terms of interdisciplinary research, in
response to the needs of society.
Mission
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The mission of French-Argentine Institute
is to improve understanding and numerical
modeling of climate processes (feedback
from the oceans, atmosphere, surface
hydrology and vegetation) in order to
contribute to climate predictions at
different scales, to know the projected
climate change scenarios and their
uncertainties and quantify the impacts of
climate variability and change on society.
This mission is achieved through the
implementation of actions following two lines:
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Encouragement of research in numerical
modeling of the climate system
Promotion of applied research for solving
environmental problems impacting our
society.
Objectives:
1. On the numerical modeling:
The overall objective of this line will move forward
in partnership on improving climate models and
their components. The LMD has extensive
experience in this regard and CIMA is the center
in Argentina with greater capacity for numerical
modeling of climate.
Among the first efforts by the UMI IFAECI focus
should include the improvement in climate
models representation of clouds and soil
processes.
2. On applications to the solution of environmental
problems
The intention of this line would promote scientific
interaction between Argentina and France in order
to contribute to:
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Developing the scientific basis for a policy of
adaptation to climate change in Argentina.
Develop a system for predicting the weather in
Argentina and neighboring regions with several
months in advance and improve weather
forecasting, with emphasis on supporting the
warnings about possibly catastrophic events.
Drivers issues in climate, environment and
society.
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Hydrology (Cuenca del Plata, Andean
rivers).
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Agriculture and land use.
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Health (epidemics, dengue, yellow fever).
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Fisheries and aquaculture.
Proposed themes to be
discussed
The goal of this meeting is to review the
existing cooperation between France and
Argentina concerning climate issues, and
establish how the UMI should help its
organization and evolution. The
discussions will consider, among others,
the followings items:
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Observations, analysis and data assimilation in South
America and surrounding oceans - including
measurement techniques, and the link between
measurements and model studies.
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Understanding land-air-ocean processes in the region.
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Atmospheric chemistry (tropospheric and stratospheric).
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Challenges in the modeling of the climate of the region,
articulation between global and regional perspectives.
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Climate change scenarios and associated uncertainties in
the region.
Climate Change impact in the region (La Plata Basin,
central Andes, Southwestern Atlantic).
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Socio-Economic aspects linked to climate evolution.
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La Plata estuary related processes.
Further information about the UMI
IFAECI
Visit our web page at:
www.cima.fcen.uba.ar/UMI/
Thank you