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Climate ASTER
ASsessment of modelling uncertainties in long-TERm climate and sea level change projections
  Duration of the project:
- Phase 1: 15/12/2005 – 14/12/2007
- Phase 2: 15/12/2007 – 14/12/2009
Budget: 1.149.995€
Keywords: Future climate, sea level, carbon cycle, modelling, uncertainties, Holocene
Promotors: T. Fichefet, UCL - Ph. Huybrechts, VUB - A. Mouchet, ULg
Contract number: SD/CS/01A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Report (phase I): ASsessment of modelling uncertainties in long-TERm climate and sea level change projections“Aster”
   
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Summary (phase I): ASsessment of modelling uncertainties in long-TERm climate and sea level change projections“Aster”
   
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Final Report: ASsessment of modelling uncertainties in long-TERm climate and sea level change projections“Aster”
   
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Summary of the results: ASsessment of modelling uncertainties in long-TERm climate and sea level change projections“Aster”
Climate
CALMARS II
Critical evaluation of MARine CALcareous Skeletons as recorders of global climate change
    Duration of the project:
- Phase 1: 15/12/2005 – 14/12/2007
- Phase 2: 15/12/2007 – 14/12/2009
Budget: 1.099.867€
Keywords: -
Promotors: Ph. Willenz, KBIN-IRSNB - L. André, KMMA-MRAC - F. Dehairs, VUB - Ph. Dubois, ULB - R. Blust, UA
Contract number: SD/CS/02A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Report (phase 1): Critical evaluation of MARine CALcareous Skeletons as recorders of global climate change
   
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Summary (phase 1) : Critical evaluation of MARine CALcareous Skeletons as recorders of global climate change
   
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Final Report: Critical evaluation of MARine CALcareous Skeletons as recorders of global climate change
Climate
PEACE
Role of PElagic cAldification and export of CarbonatE production in climate change
    Duration of the project:
- Phase 1: 15/12/2005 – 14/12/2007
- Phase 2: 15/12/2007 – 14/12/2009
Budget: 596.167€
Keywords: Calcification, carbon dioxide, dimethyl sulfide, marine carbon cycle, ocean acidification, climate change
Promotors: L. Chou, ULB - A. Borges, ULg - K. Sabbe, UGent - A. Engel, GERMANY
Contract number: SD/CS/03A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Report (phase 1): Role of PElagic cAldification and export of CarbonatE production in climate change
   
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Summary: Role of PElagic cAldification and export of CarbonatE production in climate change
Climate
ABC Impacts
Aviation and the Belgian Climate Policy – Analysis of Integration Options and Impacts
    Duration of the project:
- Phase 1: 15/12/2005 – 14/12/2007
- Phase 2: 15/12/2007 – 14/12/2009
Budget: 1.080.089€
Keywords: Climate policy, Aviation, Maritime transport, Emissions, Post-2012 negotiations, EU ETS.
Promotors: W. Hecq, ULB - C. Macharis, VUB - J.-P. van Ypersele, UCL - J. Van Mierlo, VUB
Contract number: SD/CP/01A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Report (phase 1): ABC Impacts - Aviation and the Belgian Climate Policy: Integration Options and Impacts
   
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Summary (phase 1): ABC Impacts - Aviation and the Belgian Climate Policy: Integration Options and Impacts
   
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Final Report: ABC Impacts - Aviation and the Belgian Climate Policy: Integration Options and Impacts
   
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Summary of the results: Aviation and the Belgian Climate Policy : Analysis of Integration Options and Impacts
Climate
ADAPT
Towards an Integrated Decision Tool for Adaptation Measures – Case Study: Floods
    Duration of the project:
- Phase 1: 15/12/2005 – 14/12/2007
- Phase 2: 15/12/2007 – 14/12/2009
Budget: 1.180.117€
Keywords: Climate change, Vulnerability, Adaptation, Decision-making, Cost-Benefit, Floods
Promotors: W. Hecq, ULB - K. Bachus, KULeuven - M. Pirotton, ULg - R. De Sutter, ECOLAS - P. Meire, UA
Contract number: SD/CP/02A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Report (phase 1): ADAPT - Towards an integrated decision tool for adaptation measures - Case study: floods
   
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Summary (phase 1): ADAPT - Towards an integrated decision tool for adaptation measures - Case study: floods
   
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Report Final: ADAPT - Towards an integrated decision tool for adaptation measures - Case study: floods
   
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Summary of the results: ADAPT - Towards an integrated decision tool for adaptation measures - Case study: floods
Climate
CCI-HYDR
Climate Change Impact on Hydrological Extremes along Rivers and Urban Drainage Systems
    Duration of the project:
- Phase 1: 15/12/2005 – 14/12/2007
- Phase 2: 15/12/2007 – 14/12/2009
Budget: 521.343 €
Keywords: Flood risk, Low flow, Climate change, Hydrology
Promotors: P. Willems, KULeuven - E. Roulin, IRM-KMI
Contract number: SD/CP/03A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Report (phase 1): Climate change impact on hydrological extremes along rivers and urban drainage systems in Belgium
   
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Résumé (phase 1): Climate change impact on hydrological extremes along rivers and urban drainage systems in Belgium
   
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Report Final: Climate change impact on hydrological extremes along rivers and urban drainage systems in Belgium
   
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Summary of the results: Climate change impact on hydrological extremes along rivers and urban drainage systems in Belgium
Climate
PSS-CCS
Policy Support System for Carbon Capture and Storage
    Duration of the project: 15/12/2005 –14/12/2007
Budget: 614.891€
Keywords: Climate change, Sink-source mode, Policy support system, Climate policy, Post-Kyoto target, Energy systems
Promotors: K. Piessens, KBIN-IRSNB - B. Laenen, VITO - J.-M. Baele, FPMs - Ph. Mathieu, ULg
Contract number: SD/CP/04A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Report (phase 1): Policy Support System for Carbon Capture and Storage
   
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Summary (phase 1): Policy Support System for Carbon Capture and Storage
   
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Final Report: Policy Support System for Carbon Capture and Storage
Climate
CLIMNEG III
Climate, coalitions and technology
    Duration of the project:
- Phase 1: 15/12/2005 – 14/12/2007
- Phase 2: 15/12/2007 – 14/12/2009
Budget: 204.591€
Keywords: Climate negotiations, Technical progress, Environmental constraints, General equilibrium
Promotors: T. Bréchet, UCL - J. Eyckmans, EHSAL - J.-P. van Ypersele, UCL
Contract number: SD/CP/05A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Report: Climate, coalitions and technology
   
Climate
HOLANT
Holocene climate variability and ecosystem change in coastal East and Maritime Antarctica
Antarctica   Duration of the project:
- Phase 1: 15/12/2005 – 14/12/2007
- Phase 2: 15/12/2007 – 14/12/2009
Budget: 653.971
Keywords: Antarctica, Paleolimnology, Diatoms, Fossil DNA, Fossil pigments, TEX86
Promotors: W. Vyverman, UGent - A. Wilmotte, ULg - M. De Batist, UGent - D.A. Hodgson, UK
Contract number: SD/CA/01A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Final Report: Holocene climate variability and ecosystem changes in coastal East and Maritime Antarctica “HOLANT”
Climate
ASPI
Antarctic Subglacial Processes and Interactions: role of transition zones in ice sheet stability
Antarctica   Duration of the project:
- Phase 1: 15/12/2005 – 14/12/2007
- Phase 2: 15/12/2007 – 14/12/2009
Budget: 776.300
Keywords: Ice dynamics, grounding line, subglacial lake, continental shelf, modeling, ice analysis
Promotors: F. Pattyn, ULB - J.-L. Tison, ULB - P. Huybrechts, VUB
Contract number: SD/CA/02A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Report (phase 1): Antarctic Subglacial Processes and Interactions: role of transition zones in ice sheet stability
   
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Summary (phase 1): Antarctic Subglacial Processes and Interactions: role of transition zones in ice sheet stability
   
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Final Report: Antarctic Subglacial Processes and Interactions: role of transition zones
in ice sheet stability
   
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Summary of the results: Antarctic Subglacial Processes and Interactions: role of transition zones in ice sheet stability
Climate
BELCANTO III
Integrated Study of Southern Ocean Biogeochemistry & Climate Interactions in the Anthropocene
Antarctica   Duration of the project:
- Phase 1: 15/12/2005 – 14/12/2007
- Phase 2: 15/12/2007 – 14/12/2009
Budget: 1.672.529€
Keywords: Climate change; Southern Ocean; ice-ocean biogeochemical model; Air-sea CO2 fluxes; C, N, Si, Fe cycles; Export and mesopelagic remineralisation.
Promotors: F. Dehairs, VUB - C. Lancelot, ULB - L. André, MRAC-KMMA - H. Goosse, UCL - A. Borges, ULg
Contract number: SD/CA/03A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Report (phase 1): Integrated Study of Southern Ocean Biogeochemistry & Climate Interactions in the Anthropocene
   
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Final Report: Integrated Study of Southern Ocean Biogeochemistry & Climate Interactions in the Anthropocene
       

   
Climate
BIGSOUTH
BIoGeochemical cycles in the SOUTHern Ocean: Role within the Earth System
Antarctica   Duration of the project: 15/12/2010 – 31/03/2015
Budget: 1.199.685€
Keywords: -
Promotors: Frank Dehairs, VUB - Jean-Louis Tison & François Fripiat, ULB - Luc André, MRAC-KMMA - Hugues Goosse & Martin Van Coppenolle, UCL - Bruno Delille, ULg
Contract number: SD/CA/05A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Climate
PREDANTAR
Understanding and predicting Antarctic sea ice variability at the decadal timescale
Antarctica   Duration of the project: 15/12/2010 – 31/03/2015
Budget: 722.054€
Keywords: -
Promotors: Hugues Goosse, UCL - Stéphane Vannitsem, IRM-KMI - Alexander Barth, ULg
Contract number: SD/CA/04A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Climate
AGACC II
Advanced exploitation of Ground-based measurements for Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate applications)
    Duration of the project: 15/12/2010 – 31/03/2015
Budget: 1.194.472€
Keywords: Ground-based remote sensing; atmospheric composition, climate change, spectrometry
Promotors: Martine De Mazière, BIRA-IASB - Hugo De Backer, IRM-KMI - Jean Vander Auwera, ULB - Emmanuel Mahieu , ULg
Contract number: SD/CS/07A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Climate
BIOSOA
Biogenic Influences on Oxidants and Secondary Organic Aerosol: theoretical, laboratory and modelling investigations
    Duration of the project: 15/12/2010 – 31/03/2015
Budget: 1.156.978€
Keywords: -
Promotors: Jean-François Müller, BIRA-IASB - Jozef Peeters & Carl Shaun , KUL - Willy Maenhaut & Magda Claeys, UA
Contract number: SD/CS/05A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Climate
iCLIPS
Constraining long-term climate and sea-level projections using the Last Interglacial
    Duration of the project: 15/12/2010 – 31/03/2015
Budget: 960.304€
Keywords: -
Promotors: Philippe Huybrechts, VUB - Thierry Fichefet, UCL
Contract number: SD/CS/06A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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Climate
MACCBET
Modelling atmospheric composition and climate for the Belgian territory
    Duration of the project: 15/12/2010 – 31/03/2015
Budget: 1.199.817€
Keywords: -
Promotors: Nicole Van Lipzig, KUL - Koen De Ridder, VITO - Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, UCL - Laurent Delobbe, IRM-KMI
Contract number: SD/CS/04A
[Technical sheet] [Project website]
    Final reports:
   
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