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Baltic Earth

7th Study Conference
on BALTEX
Öland, Sweden
10 - 14 June 2013

Conference on Climate Change in the Southern Baltic region
Szczecin, 12-15 May 2014

21st Century Challenges in Regional Climate Modelling
Lund, 16-19 June 2014

BACC II
Baltic-C
Ecosupport
AMBER


Baltic-C

 

Building predictive capability regarding the Baltic Sea

organic/inorganic carbon and oxygen systems


Partners and Work Packages

WP

Principal Scientist        

Work Package and Tasks

Involved Personnel

1

Anders Omstedt
University of Gothenburg
Earth Science Centre
Ocean Climate Group

www.oceanclimate.se

WP1: Programme management, synthesis and assessment, dissemination

Task 1.1: Programme management
Task 1.2: Workshop and estimated environmental economics aspects
Task 1.3: Synthesis and assessment of Baltic Sea CO2 system.
Task 1.4: Dissemination

David Rayner

2

Bernd Schneider
Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemünde, Germany

www.io-warnemuende.de/meereschemie.html

WP2: Measurements of the Baltic Sea CO2 system and carbon inventories

Task 2.1: Recording surface water pCO2 and O2 using a fully automated measurement system deployed on VOS “FINNMAID”
Task 2.2: Determining the organic/inorganic carbon and oxygen pools in different Baltic Sea sub-regions
Task 2.3: Compiling and evaluating CO2 /carbon data collected by previous research and monitoring programmes

Anne Löffler
Bernd Sadkowiak

3

Matti Pertillä
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland

www.fmi.fi

WP3: Inventory of river runoff data

Task 3.1: Evaluating the river input concentrations from existing monitoring and research data
Task 3.2: Evaluating river concentrations from marine data
Task 3.3: Measuring input concentrations

4

Janusz Pempkowiak
Institute of Oceanology , Polish Academy of Sciences
Sopot, Poland

iopan.gda.pl

WP4: Mineralization of organic material, deepwater–sediment interaction

Task 4.1: Establishing remineralization rate constants for organic matter based on existing data
Task 4.2: Collecting new experimental data to improve and extend the rates provided in task 4.1
Task 4.3: Establishing loads of carbon species passing across the sediment–water interface over the entire Baltic
Task 4.4: Determining remineralization rate constants at the sediment surface and in the water column, based on CO2 concentrations in Gotland Sea deep water

Anna Maciejewska
Aleksandra Szczepańska

5

Anna Rutgersson
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden

www.geo.uu.se/luva

WP5: Atmospheric forcing (air–sea interaction, scenarios)

Task 5.1: Air–sea interaction
Task 5.2: Acid deposition
Task 5.3: Climate scenarios and land-use data

Björn Carlsson
Maria Norman

6

Benjamin Smith
Lund University, Sweden

www.nateko.lu.se

WP6: Modelling the organic matter input from terrestrial vegetation and soils

Task 6.1: Terrestrial carbon model setup, validation, and coupling to the river runoff carbon model (WP7)
Task 6.2: Modelling present and past changes in vegetation structure and functioning and in dissolved organic carbon export
Task 6.3: Modelling possible future changes in vegetation structure and functioning and in dissolved organic carbon export.

7

Christoph Humborg
Baltic Nest Institute, Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden

www.balticnest.org

WP7: Modelling the input AT, CT, Ca, and Corg from all rivers to the Baltic Sea

Task 7.1: Compilation of river chemistry and hydro-meteorological forcing data
Task 7.2: Model calibration and validation of AT, CT, Ca and Corg inputs
Task 7.3: Scenario analyses of AT, CT, Ca and Corg inputs as a function of land cover change and changes in river discharge as an effect of regional climate change
Task 7.4: Scenario analyses on effects of regional climate change on N and P fluxes from 83 major watersheds forming the Baltic Sea catchment
Task 7.5: Scenario analyses on changes in land cover types (agricultural vs. forest vs. wetlands) and land use patterns (changes in fertilizer use and livestock density) on N and P fluxes from 83 major watersheds forming the Baltic Sea catchments

Magnus Mörth
8

Anders Omstedt
University of Gothenburg
Earth Science Centre
Ocean Climate Group

www.oceanclimate.se

WP8: Modelling the Baltic Sea physical–biogeochemical system based on the CO2/O2 dynamics and climate change

Task 8.1: Modelling present and past changes of the Baltic Sea CO2 system
Task 8.2: Modelling possible future changes in the Baltic Sea CO2 system.

Moa Edman
Erik Gustafsson
Karin Wesslander

For a full description of the work programme, please click here.

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