BACC – BALTEX Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin
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The BACC project (BALTEX Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin), is part of the international Baltic Sea Experiment research project (BALTEX), and is coordinated by the International BALTEX Secretariat located at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) in Geesthacht, Germany. BACC is an ongoing review of the current and future climate change in the Baltic Sea region, taking into account the consequences for the marine and terrestrial ecosystems as well as the human population. This baseline study, in which more than 80 scientists from 13 countries are participating, is a regional "assessment" along the lines of the IPCC reports, with the aim of advising local decision makers and stakeholders, and supporting them in their decisions. Therefor a climate report will document the climate changes observed so far, describe future change scenarios and estimate the effects on the environment in the Baltic Sea region.
For the Baltic Sea region, the results of regional and global climate models are employed. The project works with the "Coupled Model Intercomparison Project" (CMIP: http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/projects/cmip/).
Results:
The climate change scenarios are based on meteorological, oceanographic, hydrological, and cryospheric variables
Climate change results are:
The project continuously monitors changes and impacts of climate change in the Baltic region: currently runs BACC II (2009 to 2014).
BALTEX-secretary at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Centre for Materials and Coastal Research (HZG);
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute;
Göteborg University;
Finnish Meteorological Institute;
Lund University;
Russian State Hydrological Institute;
University of Turku
BALTEX-secretary at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG)
Max-Planck-Straße 1
21502 Geesthacht
Germany