STORM Together with other partners of the Cluster of Excellence CliSAP, the MPI-M has been using the MPI-ESM to explore the effects of very high resolution on patterns of climate.  This project, called STORM, is combining an atmosphere model that has 95 levels and a triangular spectral truncation of T255, leading to a grid spacing at mid-latitudes near 25 km, with a tri-polar ocean grid whose average resolution is about 0.1 deg.  The purpose of the STORM simulations is to help understand the effects of qualitiatively new phenomena that emerge at different scales, such as ocean eddies, or the interactions between fluid flows and topography.  For further information please contact Dr. Jin-Song von Storch, or visit the storm project webpage More information about ICON is also available as part of the Focus on feature which appeared on our home page during December 2012.

Super Volcano
Project Leader: Dr. Claudia Timmreck
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Millennium Experiment
Project Leader: Dr. Johann Jungclaus
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Funded Projects

HD(CP)²High Definition Clouds and Precipitation for advancing Climate Prediction
Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Bjorn Stevens
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BACCHUS Biogenic versus Anthropogenic emissions on Clouds and Climate: towards Holistic UnderStanding The goal of BACCHUS is to quantify key processes and feedbacks controlling aerosol cloud interactions by combining advanced measurements of cloud and aerosol properties with state-of-the-art numerical modelling. The MPI-M contributes with remote sensing data of the MPI-M Barbados site for case-studies and participates in common simulations for process understanding at smaller modelling scales and climate impact assessments at global scale.
Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Bjorn Stevens
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IS-ENES The European Network for Earth System Modelling (ENES) was formed in 2001, with the aim of accelerating the development of Earth system models for climate through the exchange of model softwares and results and improving high performance computing facilities.
Project Leader: Reinhard G. Budich and Prof. Dr. Jochem Marotzke
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SPECS "Seasonal-to-decadal climate Prediction for the improvement of European Climate Services" will deliver a new generation of climate prediction systems for seasonal-to-decadal time scales, to provide actionable climate information for a wide range of users.
Contact: Dr. Wolfgang Müller
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EUCLIPSE The EUCLIPSE project is an FP7 project of the European Union, designed to improve the evaluation, understanding and description of the role of clouds in the Earth's climate with a focus on the cloud feedback in a warming climate.
Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Bjorn Stevens
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IMPLICC Implications and risks of engineering solar radiation to limit climate change
Project Leader: Dr. Hauke Schmidt
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EARLINET

Project Leader: Dr. Stefan Kinne
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