Expression of commitment

Expression of Commitment
in COST Action 734 “Climate change and variability impact on European agriculture - CLIVAGRI“
 
Contact
Name:  Prof. Dr. Josef Eitzinger (josef.eitzinger@boku.ac.at)
Institution: University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU – www.boku.ac.at), Institute of Meteorology, Peter-Jordan Str. 82, A-1190 Vienna
 
3 Objective of MoU to be addressed
Analysing of the suitable models and indices for assessing the impact of climate change and variability. Defining the risk for European agriculture
 
4 Contribution:

Chairman of WG 1
 
The new COST 734 - "Impact of Climate Change and Variability on European Agriculture: CLIVAGRI" is a very important activity for coordination of methods and comparison of results in the field of climate change impact research on agriculture in Europe. Based on the research activities in this field at our Institution we will contribute especially to WG 1 and WG 4 regarding evaluation and comparison of modelling tools and evaluation of climate change impacts on the selected crops in the different regions.
 
5 Deliverables:

Reporting on WG 1 activities and results
contrubutions to the other WPs 
 
 
6 Resources:
1 hour per week (Josef Eitzinger)
 
7 Assurance:
The necessary resources to perform the task will be available.
 
8 Foreseen national collaboration:
Austrian Weather Service (ZAMG)
Wegener Center, Graz
Austrian Hail Insurance, Vienna
Institutes of  University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU)

9 Pervious experience:
The Institute of Meteorology (BOKU-Met) at BOKU (Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences) is a part of the Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment.
BOKU-Met is active in the fields of environmental meteorology and climate change research, agricultural meteorology, atmospheric radiation, and small-scale boundary-layer climatolology. Activities include numerical modelling as well as field measurements. BOKU-Met has ample experience in EU-Framework projects (including as coordinator) such as – related to COST734 topics - CECILIA, ADAGIO as well as national projects.   Josef Eitzinger was also a member of COST Action 718.