eu project star kick off meeting april 15, 2004 knmi de bilt workpackage 5 gerda wesenhagen siewnath...
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EU PROJECT STARKICK OFF MEETING
April 15, 2004
KNMI De BILT
Workpackage 5Gerda Wesenhagen
Siewnath Naipal
Bing Tan
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Education and Training
• Current curriculumCurrent curriculum1.Environmental chemistry- Key words: Atmospheric radiation budget / budget and cycles Atmospheric circulation: transporters of chemical constituents Global air quality data and trends/ Greenhouse effect Ozone depletion /Photochemical smog Aerosols /Acid rain
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2. Atmospheric pollution and treatment technology- Key words:Models e.g.plume(stack emissions)Influence of (In)stable weather conditionsPollutants e.g.emission out of tanks (VOCs)Clean / End of pipe technologyEnergy savings rules
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3. Earth system physics- Key words Energy balance in the atmosphere Moisture (rain, clouds etc.) General circulation Measurement of all the meteorological data
and remote sensing Impact of el nino, global warming etc. on the
climate of Suriname
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Continueweather forecastingair pollution (dynamic transport of contaminants)
4. Architectonical physics- Key wordsThermal comfortLighting Sound
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Conditions and facilitiesConstant flow of students with interest in
chemical and physical processes in the atmosphere
Lecturers with a driving force for research and a commission for the project
Expansion and establishment of new infrastructure at the MDS
The need of up to date information’s for socio-economical development in the country
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Global developments (influence of external conditions)
Kyoto protocol signed by SurinameConvention on Climate changeConvention to Combat DesertificationConvention on Biodiversity
-Influence: to achieve the goals we need to give information to all the stakeholders
-Local Contribution: we have the students, we have the countries location and we have the data
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Shortcomings
Manpower KnowledgeAvailable timeNecessary financing for further
upgrading of the existing infrastructure and facilities
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Support
We need support on:The processing of the dataTraining for lecturers e.g. intensive courses,
certificate studiesLiterature Training for technical staff of the MDS Development of the curriculum of graduate
and post graduate studies
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Output
We expect:Capacity buildingInstitutional strengtheningA specially adapted curriculum
All for the continuation of the project: a
guarantee for sustainability
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Workpackage 6
Historical data
Gerda WesenhagenSiewnath NaipalBing Tan
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Historical observational dataWe have two types of stations in Suriname:1. Weather stations(synoptic): in ‘Albina’,
‘Nickerie’, Zanderij, Zorg en Hoop, Sipaliwini, Tafelberg, Stoelmanseiland, Coeroeni, Kabalebo (8). These stations, including the above mentioned list of stations and others (>80 stations) have for the greater part rainfall data
Station ‘Cultuurtuin’ has data from since 1900 (Older data from before 1900 was collected by
someone who worked at the governmental hospital in those days)
Station ‘Paradise’ and ‘Totness’ have a longer series of data
2. Climatic stations: the list here above plus Stondansie, Totness, Mata, Sipaliwini, etc.(26)
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From 1960: development of much more stations also in the interior
Closing of these stations from 1986 – 1992 due to the civil war also created gaps in the data. Measurements of :
• Rainfall (precipitation)• Evaporation (open pans)• Temperature (dry bulb/wet bulb)
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• Humidity (at saturation)
• Wind direction
• Wind speed
• Sunshine
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Other data
From Claire: measurements of trace gases above the amazone forest (partly in Suriname)
From 1998 RADCHIS project: basic measurements
From 2004 STAR project: extensive measurements
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Data processing
What did we do till now with the dataTill 1990 publication in yearbook of the MDS Partly on hard copy, partly digitized; public
available An attempt was made to correlate health
(malignant growth) with climatic aspects (UV radiation):interfaculty collaboration
Sandwich model PhD.study of one of our full time lecturers R. Nurmohamed ’impact of climatic change on water resources in Suriname’
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Ph.D study of Mr. Nurmohamed; “Impact of Climate Change and Variation on the Water resources of
Suriname
• Main objective:– To study the impact of future climate changes and climate
variation on the water resources in Suriname
• Specific objective:– To develop scientific understanding of the climate change and
climate variation in Suriname– Detect historical climate change and variation on some hydro-
meteorological variables– To examine the effects of future climate changes and variation on
river flows– To examine the effects on future climate changes on groundwater
flow.
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Mission/vision of the Faculty of Technology
The university must play the role of a development university
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LimitationsLogistic problemsManpower: the government is not taking on
new staffCurriculum:
relevant for Suriname interesting for students (management of MDS)Although so many data yet not knowing
how to fully manage them e.g. not known how many sunny days per year
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Needs
Support on analyzing the data Support on modelingTraining of lecturers Literature
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Future plans
Joint publicationSpecific cooperation