The general objective of this project, entitled Analysis and modeling of trends in the Valencian Community in the context of Climate Change, is to study the changes in climate trends that are occurring in the Valencian Community as a result of anthropogenic changes introduced in the climate system, which allow us to foresee and anticipate possible problems with special attention to adverse phenomena (heat and cold waves, torrential floods, droughts, damage to agriculture, etc.) with potential impact on the environment. ) with potential impact on the population. The analysis will be carried out from a multidisciplinary perspective, using data from surface meteorological stations as well as from the different satellite constellations available from agencies such as AQUEIXA, NASA, NOAA or EUMETSAT, and from the European Copernicus system.
To this end, a multidisciplinary research team of researchers and experts in Earth physics and remote sensing from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Valencia (UV), and in meteorology-climatology and modeling from the Faculty of Geography and History of the UV is proposed. The description of the TELECLIMA group can be consulted in the group and members section.
The specific objectives of the project that we present are the following:
- Product validation and calibration of satellite sensors.
- Development of new atmospheric correction methods and single and multichannel emissivity.
- Validation of physical models for the calculation of the temperature of heterogeneous surfaces.
- Obtaining a time series of land surface temperature (LST) images for the Valencian Community.
- Obtaining of a time series of meteorological data, specially temperatures and precipitations, over the Valencian Community.
- Analysis of the obtained time series and related meteorological data.
- Use of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and statistical downscaling for the analysis of temperature trends for the Valencian Community.
- Calculation of the impact of climate change trends (TST and/or downscaling) on Mediterranean ecosystems, through the definition of bioclimatic indices.
