Projects
Future climate extremes based on high-resolution climate modeling to support climate services over Belgium KU Leuven
Provision of climate services and adaptation planning are high priorities for Belgium in the coming decade.
It is therefore key to provide the envelope within which the climate is likely to evolve in Belgium at
different global warming levels. This envelope is determined by uncertainties related to changes in synoptic
scale circulation, which are already accounted for in existing datasets from global climate model and ...
Impact of climate change and climate extremes on the Agriculture and Forestry in the Europe-Russia-Turkey Region Ghent University
The ongoing climate change has widespread and consequential impacts all over the world including increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climate and weather events. Despite positive impacts in some regions of Europe, Russia and Turkey, future warming will create multiple risks for natural and economic systems, in particular for agriculture and forestry sectors. Decision-makers and stakeholders are interested in a comprehensive, ...
Land–atmosphere feedbacks and dry extremes under changing climate: assessment of missing cause–effect relationships in observations and models Ghent University
Droughts have profound negative implications on humans and the environment. Global warming is expected to exacerbate these events in certain regions, aggravating their impacts on people and ecosystems. However, confidence in past and future drought predictions from climate models remains low. Lack of understanding of land–atmosphere interactions during droughts is one of the reasons for this inherent uncertainty. Recent studies were able to ...
Patterns and mechanisms of climate extremes in East Africa Meise Botanic Garden
Impact of Climate Variability and Change on Hydrological Extremes of the Upper Blue Nile Basin KU Leuven
Impact of Climate Change on Precipitation Extremes and Pluvial Flooding in Europe KU Leuven
Extreme precipitation and flood are among the major climate-related disasters which cause thousands of fatalities and billions of euros in damages each year. The risk of these events is expected to increase remarkably under changing climatic and socioeconomic conditions, increasing pressure on vulnerable societies and ecosystems. Yet, the impact of the changing conditions on sub-daily extreme precipitation and pluvial flooding and their ...
Past climate extremes and their impact on the terrestrial carbon cycle Ghent University
1. To provide new observational evidence of how droughts, heatwaves and extreme high rainfall events have changed in frequency and intensity during the past three decades and at the global scale.
2. To attribute the causes of These changes (e.g., intensification of the hydrological cycle, the widening of the tropical belt, ocean-Âatmospheric oscillations, etc.) and gain understanding about their sensitivity to specific climatic and ...
Climate extremes in the Lake Victoria region: The role of urban- and lake-induced dynamics KU Leuven
Statistical Downscaling for Climate Change Impact Analysis on Hydrological Extremes KU Leuven
Future climate gained attention due to climate change caused by anthropogenic activities. In this, Global Climate Models (GCMs) provided primary information of studying water systems but their resolution is coarse for studying local processes in river catchments, hence, we need data al local scale. For this, two procedures are available: Dynamical Downscaling and Statistical Downscaling. With Dynamical Downscaling the Regional Climate Models ...