Grants ALW-EW programme Climate Variability 2005

In the second round in 2005 a total of 26 projects were submitted, of which 9 were grated for a total budget of 2,1 million euro. (In totaal 12 PhD positions and 2 Postdoc positions) . 

• Mechanism of European summer drying in present and future climate conditions
  Dr. B.J.J.M. van den Hurk (KNMI) and Prof. dr. A.J. Dolman (VU) 
  PhD + PhD
• A new approach to the spin-up problem in ocean-climate models
  Dr. ir. F.W. Wubs (RUG) and Prof. dr. ir. H.A. Dijkstra (UU - IMAU)
  PhD + PhD 
• Hamiltonian-based numerical methods in forced-dissipative climate predictions
  Dr. ir. O. Bokhove MSc (UT) and  Dr. ir. J.E. Frank (CWI)
  PhD 
• Lateral boundary conditions for nested models - mathematical and computational aspects
  Dr. A.A. Wolters (UL - LIACS) and  Drs. G.J. Cats (KNMI) 
  PhD + PostDoc
• Quantification of the indirect aerosol effect over Europe
  Dr. A.P. Siebesma (KNMI) 
  PhD
• A laboratory experiment to study the effect of turbulence on droplet growth and size distributions in clouds
  Dr. H.J.J. Jonker (TUD)
  PhD
• Atmospheric variability and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
  Prof. dr. H.W. Broer (RUG) and Prof. dr. ir. H.A. Dijkstra (UU - IMAU)
  PhD + PhD
• SINDOCOM - Southern Indian Ocean/tropical Pacific teleconnections assessed by a joint coral - in situ ocean monitoring data base
  Prof. dr. D. Kroon (VUA) and Dr. G.J.A. Brummer (Royal NIOZ) 
  PhD + PostDoc
• Experimental and model analysis of aerosol activation in the Netherlands
  Dr. G.J. Roelofs (UU - IMAU) and H.M. ten Brink (ECN) 
  PhD