Description
The main goal of the proposed work is to improve the state-of-play parameterizations of atmospheric aerosols in Earth System Models via the implementation of high-precision chemistry/emission modeling tools for global and regional scale projections of climate change. In more detail, REINFORCE will involve beyond-state-of-the-art aerosol research and investigate the climate implications for global and regional scale projections. REINFORCE will advance the current understanding of aerosol radiative forcing through the synergistic use of atmospheric composition and climate simulations, along with a carefully selected suite of observations. REINFORCE will significantly contribute to the major advancements of the European Earth system modeling community and will help to tackle some of the grand challenges that climate modeling currently faces. The consortium of the REINFORCE project consists of five partners, i.e., the Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), the Technical University of Crete (TUC), the University of Crete, and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) and it is led by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA).