Contract no. 21/5.10.2011
Programme: PN II - HUMAN RESOURCES

 

	Work plan Stage I. December 2011. Literature and existing data review Activity 1. Review of studies regarding signature of solar/geomagnetic variability in terrestrial climate Activity 2. Review of methods for data time series analysis Activity 3. Initiating a data bank for solar/geomagnetic indices and climate parameters Activity 4. Preparation of the annual research report Activity 5. Dissemination of results. Initiation of the project webpage Stage II. December 2012. The analysis of solar/geomagnetic signatures in weather station data at local, regional and continental scales Activity 1. Trends in surface air temperature and precipitation using various techniques of spectral analysis from weather station records Activity 2. Correlation analysis: solar/geomagnetic – climate parameters Activity 3. Updating the data bank of the project with data from NCEP/NCAR database Activity 4. Preparation of the annual research report Activity 5. Dissemination of results - updating the project webpage with the results of Stage II - presentation at international and national conferences - preparation of papers for peer reviewed journal Stage III. December 2013. The analysis of solar/geomagnetic signatures in gridded reanalysis data from NCEP/NCAR and ERA40 databases Activity 1. Trends and periodicities in surface air temperature and precipitation in data from NCEP/NCAR database Activity 2. Correlation analysis: solar/geomagnetic – climate parameters Activity 3. Updating the data bank of the project with data from ERA40 database Activity 4. Preparation of the annual research report Activity 5. Dissemination of results - updating the project webpage with the results of Stage III - presentations at international and national conferences - preparation of papers for peer reviewed journals Stage IV. September 2014. The analysis of solar/geomagnetic signatures in data from NCEP/NCAR and ERA40 databases at various tropospheric levels Activity 1. Trends and periodicities in surface air temperature and precipitation in data from ERA40 database Activity 2. Analysis of solar/geomagnetic signatures in data from NCEP/NCAR and ERA40 databases at various tropospheric levels Activity 3. Preparation of the annual and final reports Activity 4. Dissemination of results and educational activity - updating the project webpage with the final project results - presentations at national and international conferences - preparation of papers to be published in peer reviewed journals

Institute of Geodynamics “Sabba S. Stefănescu” of the Romanian Academy