The Climate, Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory of the Desertification Research Center (CIDE, CSIC-UV-GVA) will coordinate the actions on behalf of the CSIC
Both institutions propose a framework for action to promote the development of joint projects in areas related to Meteorology and Climatology
The Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), through the Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación (CIDE), a joint center of the CSIC, the Universitat de València (UV) and the Generalitat Valenciana (GVA), has signed a general action protocol with the Asociación Valenciana de Meteorología (AVAMET) to promote scientific collaboration between both institutions.
Thanks to this agreement, the CIDE will collaborate with AVAMET through the research lines developed in the CLIMATOC-LAB (CLIMATOC-LAB), led by the CSIC researcher César Azorín. In this way they join efforts to deepen the studies on climate variability, atmospheric circulation and influence of the oceans that are carried out in this laboratory, which is part of the Interdisciplinary Thematic Platform PTI+ Climate and Climate Services of the CSIC.
The agreement also establishes the basis for the joint collaboration of both institutions for the promotion of conferences, seminars and other activities of interest on Meteorology and Climatology. "Bringing these topics closer to society can contribute to highlight the importance of these issues at both environmental and socioeconomic levels and help to protect and manage our environment", says César Azorín, CSIC researcher at the CIDE.
The Climate, Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory (CLIMATOC-LAB) is a young research group founded in 2019 at CIDE. The priority line of research focuses on improving the knowledge of observed and simulated changes in wind speed and its extremes, the attribution of the causes that originate them and their socioeconomic and environmental impacts (wind energy, wind erosion, desertification, etcetera).
A common goal: the study of climate
"Meteorological, oceanic or satellite observations, together with past and future climate simulations, are the basis of the research projects we carry out in our laboratory," explains Azorín. "The socioeconomic and environmental relevance of the study of wind is multiple: in the wind industry by altering the capacity of electricity production; in agriculture and hydrology by the effect of wind on evapotranspiration and availability of water resources; in the risks and natural disasters caused by strong wind storms with economic damage and, more importantly, loss of human lives; to give some examples," he argues.
AVAMET is a non-profit association dedicated to meteorology. Its scope of action is the Valencian Community. Among its aims is to promote meteorological research and to collaborate with public and private organizations, as well as with individuals, to have a better knowledge of the climate of the Valencian Community.
"From AVAMET we consider that this collaboration is very important, since it means the fact of putting in value our meteorological data in the scientific field", says Adrià Revert, president of AVAMET. "We are an association that brings together people with a passion for meteorology and entities with an interest in this science, some of us are professionally dedicated to it and others not, but we all have in common the rigor with which we make our observations and the quality we demand from the meteorological observatories to be part of our network" adds Revert.
"The generation of climate information is the basis for the development of climate services that help society, the economy and preserve the environment. AVAMET is the best example of the contribution of citizen science to the study of the atmosphere and climate change," concludes Azorín.
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