| Member |
| WG1: Water Budget of the Mediterranean Sea (see section 3.1 of the WhiteBook) | |
Topic 1.1 : Estimation/observation, observed trends, climate projection of the different terms of the budget | |
1.1a- Precipitation over the Sea | |
1.1b- Evaporation over the Sea | |
1.1c- River Run-off | |
1.1d- Water vapour transport | |
1.1e- Strait exchanges | |
Topic 1.2: Global budget of the Mediterranean Sea | |
1.2a- Quantification | |
1.2b- Influence of the intense events on the global Mediterranean water budget | |
1.2c- Impact of the climate change on the global water budget | |
| WG2: Hydrological Continental cycle (see section 3.2 of the WhiteBook) | |
Topic 2.1 : Processes studies and small catchment scale modelling of the water and energy balance | |
2.1a- Understanding and modelling the role of the vegetation | |
2.1b- Monitoring evapotranspiration over complex terrains | |
2.1c- Snow processes | |
2.1d- Understanding and modelling water pathways at the hillslope scale | |
2.1e- Understanding and modelling aquifers at catchment scales | |
2.1f- Integrated modelling for catchments of a few km2 to tens of km2 | |
Topic 2.2: The regional scale contribution of the continental surfaces to the water budget | |
2.2a- Near-surface atmospheric analyses at regional scale | |
2.2b- Land cover description at regional scale | |
2.2c- Sub-grid scale parameterizations for SVAT at regional scale | |
2.2d- Transversal issues: interfaces and database | |
Topic 2.3: Polluant dynamics in intermittent rivers | |
Topic 2.4: Climatic and anthropogenetic change | |
Topic 2.5: Remote sensing observations for processes and modelling | |
| WG3: Heavy rainfall, flash-floods and floods (see section 3.3 of the WhiteBook) | |
Topic 3.1 : Heavy precipitation systems | |
3.1a- Heavy precipitation systems climatology | |
3.1b- Factors leading to heavy precipitation systems (large scale, mesoscale and microphysical processes) | |
3.1c- Moisture monitoring and origin | |
3.1d- Impact of Mediterranean Sea on heavy precipitation events | |
3.1e- Role of aerosols | |
3.1f- Modelling and predictability issues | |
Topic 3.2: Floods and Flash-floods | |
3.2a- Quantitative precipitation estimation | |
3.2b- Hydrologic responses to heavy precipitation events | |
3.2c- Hydraulic responses to heavy precipitation events | |
3.2d- Modelling and predictability issues | |
Topic 3.3: Impact of climate change on heavy precipitation and flash-floods | |
| WG4: Intense sea-atmosphere interactions (see section 3.4 of the WhiteBook) | |
Topic 4.1 : Strong winds over the Mediterranean Sea | |
4.1a- Local severe winds | |
4.1b- Mediterranean cyclogeneses | |
Topic 4.2: Mediterranean Sea response to strong wind forcing | |
4.2a- Fast response of the Mediterranean Sea | |
4.2b- The slow branch of the Mediterranean water cycle | |
Topic 4.3: Air-sea feedbacks | |
4.3a- Atmospheric and oceanic circulations | |
4.3b- Role of marine aerosols on air-sea fluxes | |
4.3c- Modelling air-sea interactions | |
| WG5: Societal and economical impacts (see section 4 of the WhiteBook) | |
Topic 5.1 : for long-term scenarios definition | |
Topic 5.2: Impacts of environmental events | |
