Responsible person:
Dr. Andreas Paxian (German Weather Service, joint project KIMoDIs)
Objectives:
The cross-cutting topic "Climate projections/scenarios" serves as a platform for the exchange of experience, cooperation, the use of technical expertise and the creation of synergies between different LURCH networks that apply climate predictions and projections in their research projects.
Past activities:
First exchange on 19.07.2023
A first exchange took place online on 19.07.2023. The StressRes, KIMoDIs, GW_4.0, iMolch, WaRM and CHARMANT consortia formulated their expectations for collaboration on the cross-cutting topic. Among other things, they mentioned the possibility of exchanging experiences, the use of specialist expertise and the creation of synergies.
In order to bring the participants up to speed on the topic of climate projections and scenarios, the German Weather Service (DWD) gave an overview presentation on climate forecasts and projections at the beginning of the meeting, with particular interest being shown in the current quality check of climate data at the DWD.
After the DWD's presentation, the participating projects presented how they use climate projections and scenarios in their projects and discussed their application together.
At the end of the event, the participants had a lively discussion about a possible standardization of the climate projections used in order to facilitate the comparability of the results from the different regions. It was made clear that a certain degree of flexibility in the application of the methods must nevertheless be maintained in order to do justice to the individual issues of the projects. The topic will be taken up again and discussed in greater depth at a further meeting at the end of 2023 when the results of the DWD quality check are available.
Members of the funding measure will receive more detailed information in the members' area. Registration at https://bmbf-lurch.de/reg.html
