HIGHNOON

HighNoon: adaptation to changing water resources availability in northern India with Himalayan glacier retreat and changing monsoon pattern

 Coordinatore STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK 

 Organization address address: Costerweg 50
city: WAGENINGEN
postcode: 6701BH

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Nies
Cognome: Springer
Email: send email
Telefono: +31 317 486541
Fax: +31 317 419000

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Netherlands [NL]
 Totale costo 4˙292˙841 €
 EC contributo 3˙311˙751 €
 Programma FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)
 Code Call FP7-ENV-2008-1
 Funding Scheme CP-SICA
 Anno di inizio 2009
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2009-05-01   -   2012-04-30

 Partecipanti

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1    STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK

 Organization address address: Costerweg 50
city: WAGENINGEN
postcode: 6701BH

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Nies
Cognome: Springer
Email: send email
Telefono: +31 317 486541
Fax: +31 317 419000

NL (WAGENINGEN) coordinator 889˙784.00
2    THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE

 Organization address address: Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road
city: NEW DELHI
postcode: 110 003

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: K.
Cognome: Rajagopal
Email: send email
Telefono: +91 11 24682100
Fax: +91 11 24682144

IN (NEW DELHI) participant 481˙360.00
3    FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

 Organization address address: HAUZ KHAS NEW DELHI
city: NEW DELHI
postcode: 110016

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Kirity Kumar
Cognome: Roy
Email: send email
Telefono: +91 11 26857762
Fax: +91 11 26851169

IN (NEW DELHI) participant 428˙186.00
4    UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE

 Organization address address: Rue du General Dufour 24
city: GENEVE
postcode: 1211

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Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Markus
Cognome: Stoffel
Email: send email
Telefono: +41 79 3403989
Fax: +41 22 3790744

CH (GENEVE) participant 390˙601.00
5    THE UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD

 Organization address address: THE CRESCENT 43
city: SALFORD
postcode: M5 4WT

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Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Linda
Cognome: Kelly
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 161 2955097
Fax: +44 161 2956951

UK (SALFORD) participant 334˙364.00
6    MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.

 Organization address address: Hofgartenstrasse 8
city: MUENCHEN
postcode: 80539

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Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Claudia
Cognome: Piltz
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 40 41173285
Fax: +49 40 41173298

DE (MUENCHEN) participant 311˙295.00
7    "INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KHARAGPUR"

 Organization address address: DISTRICT- WEST MIDANPORE W.B.
city: KHARAGPUR
postcode: 721302

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Tapas (T.R.)
Cognome: Maiti
Email: send email
Telefono: +91 3222 282195
Fax: +91 3222 277190

IN (KHARAGPUR) participant 225˙800.00
8    MET OFFICE

 Organization address address: FitzRoy Road
city: EXETER
postcode: EX1 3PB

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Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Terry
Cognome: Warner
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 1392 884016
Fax: +44 1392 885681

UK (EXETER) participant 200˙961.00
9    NAGOYA UNIVERSITY

 Organization address address: FURO-CHO CHIKUSA-KU
city: NAGOYA AICHI
postcode: 464-8601

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Naomi
Cognome: Shimizu
Email: send email
Telefono: +81 52 7892040
Fax: +81 52 7892041

JP (NAGOYA AICHI) participant 49˙400.00

Mappa


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glaciers    india    models    ice    summer    adaptive    capacity    strategies    economy    retreat    socio    cover    appropriate    phenomena    precipitation    melt    snow    indian    water    agricultural    monsoon    hydrological    impact    pattern    economic    climate    temporal    northern    spatial   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The hydrological system of Northern India is based on two main phenomena, the monsoon precipitation in summer and the growth and melt of the snow and ice cover in the Himalaya, also called the “Water Tower of Asia”. However, climate change is expected to change these phenomena and it will have a profound impact on snow cover, glaciers and its related hydrology, water resources and the agricultural economy on the Indian peninsula (Singh and Kumar, 1996, Divya and Mehrotra, 1995). It is a great challenge to integrate the spatial and temporal glacier retreat and snowmelt and changed monsoon pattern in weather prediction models under different climate scenarios. Furthermore, the output of these models will have an effect on the input of the hydrological models. The retreat of glaciers and a possible change in monsoon precipitation and pattern will have a great impact on the temporal and spatial availability of water resources in Northern India. Besides climate change, socio-economic development will also have an influence on the use of water resources, the agricultural economy and the adaptive capacity. Socio-economic development determines the level of adaptive capacity. It is a challenge to find appropriate adaptation strategies with stakeholders for each of the sectors agriculture, energy, health and water supply by assessing the impact outputs of the hydrological and socio-economical models. The principal aim of the project 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 and efficient response strategies that strengthen the cause for adaptation to hydrological extreme events.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Northern India's hydrological system is based on two main phenomena: the monsoon precipitation in summer, and the growth and melt of snow and ice cover in the Himalayas. An international group of researchers have examined how climate change stands to impact these phenomena, and by extension, the region's water resources too.

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