date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:24:17 +0000 from: Clare Goodess subject: Fwd: EU proposal to: p.jones@uea.ac.uk,k.briffa@uea.ac.uk,s.raper@uea.ac.uk Sushma rang me about this on Friday and Gregor later emailed me. It is possible that Cubasch may be leading things from the German side. Sushma may also talk to Goswami at IITM, Pune. And I have a potentially useful contact with WWF India in Delhi. Have not heard about any other potential consortia (e.g., from UKIERI community). Thinking back to last year's meeting in Pune, Geoff Boulton could well be interested/involved in this. Clare X-Spam-Score: -4.3 () X-Spam-Flag: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on cgp1.gfz-potsdam.de X-Spam-Report-Full: * -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP * -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] * 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message * 0.1 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.5 X-TFF-GFZ-Filter: Scanned Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:30:49 +0100 To: c.goodess@uea.ac.uk From: Sushma Prasad Subject: EU proposal X-UEA-Spam-Score: 0.7 X-UEA-Spam-Level: / X-UEA-Spam-Flag: NO Dear Dr. Goodess, I recently came across an unofficial version of the EU 2008 Work programme which included a section on India. It focuses primarily on the modelling aspect but models require data as well which is scarce in this region. I was wondering if you know someone who might be interested in submitting a proposal under this programme? Our group has identified modern varved lake sediments formed by retreating glaciers. These could potentially extend the available record by several hundred years. If there is interest in the modelling community to involve palaeoclimatologists then my group would also be interested in joining such an effort. many thnaks, Sushma ******************************************************************************** ENV.2008.1.1.6.1. Impacts of Himalayan glaciers retreat and monsoon pattern change on the water resources in Northern India, and adaptation strategies The aim is to assess the impact of Himalayan glaciers retreat and possible changes of the Indian summer monsoon on the spatial and temporal distribution of water resources in Northern India and to provide recommendations for appropriate response strategies. The project should study the changes under various climate change scenarios and analyse consequential impacts on water resources by integrating available climate- and hydrological data, and state-of-the art regional models. Interactions between the Indian summer monsoon and the retreat of Himalayan glaciers should be explored, particularly in relation to water resources availability at different time scales. Research should address likely consequences on important sectors (e.g. public water supply, agriculture, hydropower, human health) under different climate change scenarios, and provide suggestions for effective adaptation measures. (Specific International Co-operation Action) (Policy relevant topic) Funding scheme: collaborative projects (small or medium-scale focused research projects) Expected impact: Present and future water resources availability in Northern India is dependent upon spatial/temporal changes of the Himalayan glaciers retreat as well as changes to the Indian summer monsoon. The project will assess in detail the impacts of these changes to water resources in Northern India under different climate change scenarios and quantify the consequences to related sectors (e.g. public water supply, agriculture, health, and energy). Furthermore, and based on the analysis mentioned above, it will provide recommendations for efficient adaptation and other response strategies. I -- Dr. (Ms) Sushma Prasad Climate Dynamics and Sediments Geoforschungszentrum Telegrafenberg D 14473 Potsdam Germany e-mail: sushma@gfz-potsdam.de Ph: +49 331 2881373 fax: +49-31-2881302 Dr Clare Goodess Climatic Research Unit School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK Tel: +44 -1603 592875 Fax: +44 -1603 507784 Web: [1]http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/ [2]http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~clareg/clare.htm