Summary:

The core idea of BACCHUS is to quantify key processes controlling clouds and climate and their feedbacks by i) contrasting the processes occurring in climate-relevant environments such as tropical areas and the Arctic and ii) by combining advanced measurements of cloud and aerosol properties with state-of-the-art numerical modelling. Specifically we aim to characterize the importance of biogenic versus anthropogenic emissions for cloud formation and climate in regions that are key regulators of climate (tropical rain forests) as well as in regions experiencing the most profound climatic changes, and which may be prone to irreversible transitions, e.g., the Arctic.

Consortium:

• ETH ZURICH (COORDINATORS)
• UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
• PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE
• MAX PLANCK SOCIETY
• UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
• UNIVERSITY OF OSLO
• FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE
• UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
• UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
• LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH
• J.-W. GOETHE UNIVERSITÄT FRANKFURT
• UNIVERSITY OF CRETE
• CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE -ISTITUTO DI SCIENZE DELL’ATMOSFERA E DEL CLIMA
• NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND GALWAY
• INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY
• THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
• CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES – MÉTÉO FRANCE
• KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY
• CYPRUS INSTITUTECYPRUS UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY (Partner, PI: D.G.Hadjimitsis)

Website: www.bacchus.ethz.ch