Research Projects
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Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change Dr. Elena Xoplaki |
| Current Research Projects |
- RegIKlim: Actionable local Climate Information for Germany 2 (NUKLEUS2) and the sub-project “AI-based Processing of Climate Model Simulations for Impact Research”
BMBF
2023-2026 - MedEWSa: Mediterranean and pan-European forecast and Early Warning System against natural hazards
Horizon Europe, Europäische Kommission
2023-2026 - Focus Group on AI for Natural Disaster Management (FG-AI4NDM)
- Daten- und KI-gestütztes Frühwarnsystem zur Stabilisierung der deutschen Wirtschaft (Data- and AI- supported early warning system to stabilise the German economy)
BMWK (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz)
2021-2024 - CLINT: CLImate INTelligence: extreme events detection, attribution and adaptation design using machine learning
H2020
2021-2025 - BIOVALUE: Fork-to-farm agent-based simulation tool augmenting BIOdiversity in the agri-food VALUE chain
H2020
2021-2025 - ClimXtreme Module C: Impacts of extreme weather and climate events on natural and socio-economic systems; joint project: Impacts of compound weather extremes on crops in Germany: present and future (CROP), PI
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
2020-2023 - Nutzbare Lokale Klimainformationen für Deutschland (Useful Local Climate Information for Germany; NUKLEUS); joint project: Hybrid-deterministisch-stochastische Verfahren und Herunterskalierung für Climate Services (Hybrid-Determinististic-Stochastic Methods and Downscaling for Climate Services; PI
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
2020-2023 - EM-MHeatWaves (Eastern Mediterranean marine heatwaves: Ocean responses to atmospheric forcing and impacts on marine ecosystems), PI
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
2020-2022
| Concluded Research Projects |
- The Etesian wind system and energy potential over the Aegean Sea; Past, present, future
DFG (German Science Foundation research project)
2016-2019 - The Mediterranean Hot-Spot: Challenges and Responses in a Changing EnvironmentDAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Network project with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2017-2019 - VINCEX (Regional variability of wind and wind power: uncertainties, scenarios and extremes),
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
2012-2013 - NESTOS-Water (Climate change and anthropogenic impacts on the surface water resources and the riparian ecosystem of the Nestos Delta),
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
2014-2015 - ETESIANS (The Etesian wind system over the Aegean Sea: an assessment of wind resources in the area for present and future climate),
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
2011-2012 - FP7-EU CLIM-RUN (Climate Local Information in the Mediterranean region: Responding to User Needs), project acquisition; retained by the Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
2011-2014 (at CyI) - FP7-EU ACQWA (Assessing Climate impacts on the Quantity and quality of WAter)
2009-2013 - CyI-CIMME (Climate Change and Impacts in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East)
2009-2010 - WMO-MEDARE (The MEditerranean climate DAta REscue Initiative)
Budget available via WMO for workshops and conferences
2008-2012 - FP6-EU CIRCE (Climate Change and Impact ResearCh: the Mediterranean Environment)
2007-2011 - ESF – Research Networking Programme MedCLIVAR (Mediterranean CLImate VARiability and Predictability)
2006-2011 - FP5-EU SO&P (Simulations, Observations and Paleoclimate Data: climate variability over the last 500 years)
2002-2006 - FP5-EU EMULATE (European and North Atlantic daily to multidecadal climate variability)
2003-2006 - NCCR Climate (Nationaler Forschungsschwerpunkt Klima) Swiss National Science Foundation
2001-2009 - FP4-EU ACCORD (Atmospheric Circulation Classification and Regional Downscaling)
1997-1998 - FP4-EU ADVICE (Annual to Decadal Variability In Climate in Europe)
1996-1998