Num. Contratto:
36949

Coordinatore: HCMR - HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH (Grecia)

Responsabile ENEA: DELFANTI ROBERTA - SSPT-PROTER (SANTA TERESA)

Ruolo ENEA: PARTNER

Sito Web: http://www.sesame-ip.eu/index.php

Programma Quadro: Sesto Programma Quadro UE (2002-2006)

Programma UE: CAMBGLOB (2002-2006) - Sviluppo sostenibile, cambiamento globale ed ecosistemi

Area Tematica:

Tipo Progetto: IP - Progetto Integrato

Descrizione:

The general scientific objectives of SESAME are to assess and predict changes in the Mediterranean and Black Sea ecosystems as well as changes in the ability of these ecosystems to provide goods and services. The Mediterranean and Black Sea will be approached as a coupled climatic/ecosystem entity, with links and feedbacks to the world ocean. The assessment of ecosystem changes will be based on the identification of the major regime shifts in ecosystems that occurred during the last 50 years. Mathematical models, validated and upgraded using existing and new observations, will be used to predict ecosystem responses to changes in climate and anthropogenic forcing during the next five decades. The new data will be gathered during multidisciplinary; multi-ship oceanographic cruises in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. These will provide an overall picture of the Mediterranean and Black Sea that does not yet exist as well as essential data sets for model validation. SESAME will also study the effect of the ecosystem variability on key goods and services with high societal importance like tourism, fisheries, ecosystem stability though conservation of biodiversity and mitigation of climate change through carbon sequestration in water and sediments. The innovative character of SESAME is reflected in the close merging of economic and natural sciences to study the changes in the western and eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea within the period from 50 years in the past to 50 years in the future. SESAME will create a platform for disseminating the research results to all levels of society. It will stimulate and strengthen international cooperation in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions through the participation of research organisations from Member States, Associated States, Associated Candidate countries, non-EU Mediterranean and NIS countries as well as international organisations

Attività svolta da ENEA:

Campagne multidisciplinari tipo "WOCE" per la pianificazione, raccolta e analisi dei campioni e dei dati nel Mar Ionio e nel canale di Sicilia; studio sui flussi di materia nelle aree chiave Canale di Sicilia e sistema degli stretti turchi (scambi Mar Nero - Mar Egeo). Misure idrografiche per la quantificazione degli scambi tra Bacino orientale e occidentale del mediterraneo nel canale di Sicilia e di 137Cs (tracciante conservativo) lungo la direttrice Mar Nero - Mar di Marmara - Egeo allo scopo di tracciare i percorsi e i processi di rimescolamento delle masse d'acqua.

Note:

Posizione:
985

Codice Atto:
0QHDO

Atto di approvazione ENEA:
10/200/ACS CLIM

Unità alla stipula:
ACS

Costo eleggibile del Progetto: 14.806.501,00

Contributo al Progetto: 9.999.121,00

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Costo eleggibile per ENEA: 140.000,00

Contributo ad ENEA: 70.000,00

Anno di stipula:
2007

Durata in mesi:
48

Data di inizio:
01-11-2006

Data di scadenza:
31-10-2010