Cryospheric studies of atmospheric trends in stratospherically and radiatively important gases

Project Information

CRYOSTAT

Grant agreement ID: EVK2-CT-2001-00116

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2002

End date 31 December 2005

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Total cost € 3 041 985,00

EU contribution € 1 743 251,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
United Kingdom

Objective

CRYOSTAT will undertake the first combined measurements of "greenhouse", ozone-depleting, and other gases in contiguous fern-ice profiles, spanning 200 years or more, in both hemispheres. Using linked fern transport and atmospheric chemistry models, histories of global meridian and vertical distributions (troposphere and stratosphere) of the gases will be reconstructed. Sources and sinks, both natural and anthropogenic, will be identified and quantified using novel isotope analyses and trace gas modelling. The trends will be further used to determine changes from pre-industry to present in
(a) radiative forcing from greenhouse gases,
(b) stratospheric ozone, temperature and chemistry, and
(c) troposphere ozone and photochemical state. Vital improvements in cryophilic and atmospheric modelling capabilities will result. CRYOSTAT will thereby contribute to the scientific underpinning of the Kyoto and Montreal Protocols.

Fields of science

• humanities › history and archaeology › history
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › meteorology › troposphere

Programme(s)

• FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.4.-2. - Key action Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: University Plain ; NORWICH ; United Kingdom
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Participants (10)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rue Molière 54, Université de Grenoble 1 ; 38402 SAINT-MARTIN-D'HERES
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COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: CNRS,Orme des Merisiers, batiment 709 ; 91191 GIF SUR YVETTE
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COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION

Australia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Station Street 107-121 ; 3195 ASPENDALE
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MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Saupfeicheckweg 1 ; 69117 HEIDELBERG
• Total cost: No data

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Johann Joachim-Becher-Weg 27 ; 55020 MAINZ
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

United States

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Table Mesa Drive 1850 ; 80305 BOULDER
• Total cost: No data

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Madingley Road, High Cross ; CB3 0ET CAMBRIDGE
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THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

United States

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 11794-5000 NEW YORK
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UNIVERSITY OF BERNE

Switzerland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 5,Sidlerstrasse 5 ; 3012 BERN
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UNIVERSITY OF READING

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Earley Gate 2, Whiteknights, Palmer Building ; RG6 2AU READING / SILCHESTER
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