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Institute of Atmospheric Physics AS CR

Department of Climatology

   Main research topics

   Staff

      PhD and MSc students

   Recent research projects

• international:

    COST 733 - Harmonization and Applications of Weather Types Classifications for European Regions. Chair O.E.Tveito, Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway; 19 participating countries, co-investigator R.Huth; Czech participation funded by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (2005-2010).

    ENSEMBLE-based predictions of climate change and its impacts (ENSEMBLES). Principal investigator D.Griggs, Meteorological Office, Exeter, UK; 70 cooperating institutions, co-investigator R.Huth; integrated project funded by the 6th Framework Programme of the EU (2004-2009).

    Central and Eastern Europe Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability Assessment (CECILIA). Principal investigator T.Halenka, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; 17 cooperating institutions, co-investigator R.Huth; specific targeted research project (STREP) funded by the 6th Framework Programme of the EU (2006-2009).

    Meteorological causes and human mortality impacts of extreme hot weather in summer: a comparative study. Bilateral project funded by Czech Science Foundation and Korea Research Foundation; principal investigators J.Kyselý and J.Kim, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul (2007-2009).

• national:

    Probabilistic climate scenarios for the Czech Republic. Principal investigator M.Dubrovský; co-investigator L.Metelka, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute; funded by Grant Agency of AS CR (2008-2011).

    Effect of climate variability and meteorological extremes on the production of selected crops between 1801 and 2007. Principal investigator M.Trnka, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno; co-investigators R.Brázdil, Masaryk University, Brno, M.Dubrovský, and M.Možný, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute; funded by Czech Science Foundation (2008-2010).

    Regional and grid-box extreme value models in high-resolution climate model outputs. Principal investigator J.Kyselý, funded by Grant Agency of AS CR (2008-2010).

    Extraterrestrial effects on atmospheric circulation in mid and high latitudes. Principal investigator R.Huth; co-investigators J.Bochníček, Institute of Geophysics, Prague, and M.Paluš, Institute of Computer Science, Prague; funded by Grant Agency of AS CR (2008-2011).

    Impact-targeted validation of statistical and dynamical downscaling models. Principal investigator R.Huth; co-investigators J.Mikšovský, Charles University, Prague, and P.Štěpánek, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Brno; funded by Czech Science Foundation (2008-2010).

    Growth rhythms, sclerochronology, Earth rotation, and weather in Devonian. Principal investigator A.Galle, Institute of Geology, Prague; co-investigators C.Ron, Institute of Astronomy, Prague, D.Novotná, and L.Strnad, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague; funded by Grant Agency of AS CR (2007-2010).

    Effects of short-term and long-term variability of weather on mortality. Principal investigator J.Kyselý, co-investigator B.Kříž, National Institute of Public Health, Prague; funded by Czech Science Foundation (2007-2010).

   Main cooperating institutions (with joint projects and/or publications):

• National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, US
• Department of Geography, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
• Institute for Meteorology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
• Departamento de Física de la Tierra II, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
• Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, Korea
• Dept. of Land and Water Resources Management, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium
• Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
• Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
• Dept. of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague
• Dept. of Applied Mathematics, Technical University, Liberec
• Institute of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno
• Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Prague, Brno & Hradec Králové
• Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno
• Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology AS CR, Brno
• Institute of Computer Science AS CR, Prague
• Institute of Geophysics AS CR, Prague
• Institute of Geology AS CR, Prague
• National Institute of Public Health, Prague
• Dept. of Meteorology and Environment Protection, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague

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