Collaborative Research: P2C2--Past and Future Drought Variability in the Mediterranean Basin

该项目利用树木年轮、历史和古气候数据以及建模来研究地中海盆地水文气候变化的自然模式。 研究人员将使用空间密集的多世纪到千年长度的北非水文气候变化网格重建来创建地中海盆地干旱地图集（MBDA），该地图集将与北方半球其他地区的类似地图集兼容。 对气候和古气候数据的分析将有助于确定地中海气候变异与大气和海洋变异的大规模模式之间的潜在联系。更广泛的影响包括国际合作和推广，为更广泛的科学界创建MBDA，以及与供水问题相关的研究。

This project examines the natural patterns of hydroclimate variability in the Mediterranean Basin using tree-rings, historical and paleo climate data, and modeling. The researchers will use a spatially intense multi-century to millennial-length gridded reconstruction of hydroclimate variability from North Africa to create a Mediterranean Basin Drought Atlas (MBDA) which would be compatible with similar atlases for other areas of the Northern Hemisphere. The analysis of climatic and paleoclimatic data will help identify potential linkages of Mediterranean climate variability with large-scale patterns of atmospheric and oceanic variability. The broader impacts include international collaboration and outreach, the creation of the MBDA for the wider science community, and research of relevance to water supply issues.