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T. Legovic and M. Ahel
There will be problems of rising sea level for flat areas on islands and some parts of
the coastal area, which can be even enhanced if associated with some specific
meteorological situations that will also be related to global climate change.
Toward the inland, Croatia extends over the Dinaride Mountains and into the
Panonia continental plains, covering three different climate types. A change in
temperature and in yearly precipitation will induce changes in agriculture but even
more in biological reserves where the highest concern is about persistence of
endemic and endangered species. It is hypothesized that global changes will impact
differently these parts of Croatia, while existing climatic gradients provide a useful
scale to trace subtle changes.
4 The Potential Role of the Institute As A Part of the
MERAN Network
• It may co-ordinate national efforts of Croatia towards global change research and
monitoring with the special aims:
to organize an Anchor station of the MERAN network
to establish an advanced datalinformation management system by
integrating GIS and relational database for the Adriatic region
It will try to get access to all national data relevant for the ground-truthing of
selected indices of the global change. In the Adriatic Sea, there are two longterm oceanographic data bases, representing time series of >30 years, which is
of crucial importance for the goal of detecting trends in the variability caused by
global change. One data series was obtained along the northen Adriatic transect
(Po River- Rovinj), while the second one covers the transect in the middle part
of the Adriatic (Split - Gargano). Both transects are very suitable candidates to
become MERAN Anchor Stations and could be used for ground-truthing of the
remote sensing data base, which is available for the more recent periods.
It envisions recommending to the government of Croatia updating its research
capabilities and installation of instruments based upon findings and agreements
at the Workshop in Casablanca. In this context it is important to note that all
existing data bases derive from observations obtained during regular cruises
using research vessels, while oceanographic buoys for continuous telemetric
measurements in situ are still not available.
• It intends to disseminate data and results of its research to its partners in a timely
fashion.
T. Legovic and M. Ahel
There will be problems of rising sea level for flat areas on islands and some parts of
the coastal area, which can be even enhanced if associated with some specific
meteorological situations that will also be related to global climate change.
Toward the inland, Croatia extends over the Dinaride Mountains and into the
Panonia continental plains, covering three different climate types. A change in
temperature and in yearly precipitation will induce changes in agriculture but even
more in biological reserves where the highest concern is about persistence of
endemic and endangered species. It is hypothesized that global changes will impact
differently these parts of Croatia, while existing climatic gradients provide a useful
scale to trace subtle changes.
4 The Potential Role of the Institute As A Part of the
MERAN Network
• It may co-ordinate national efforts of Croatia towards global change research and
monitoring with the special aims:
to organize an Anchor station of the MERAN network
to establish an advanced datalinformation management system by
integrating GIS and relational database for the Adriatic region
It will try to get access to all national data relevant for the ground-truthing of
selected indices of the global change. In the Adriatic Sea, there are two longterm oceanographic data bases, representing time series of >30 years, which is
of crucial importance for the goal of detecting trends in the variability caused by
global change. One data series was obtained along the northen Adriatic transect
(Po River- Rovinj), while the second one covers the transect in the middle part
of the Adriatic (Split - Gargano). Both transects are very suitable candidates to
become MERAN Anchor Stations and could be used for ground-truthing of the
remote sensing data base, which is available for the more recent periods.
It envisions recommending to the government of Croatia updating its research
capabilities and installation of instruments based upon findings and agreements
at the Workshop in Casablanca. In this context it is important to note that all
existing data bases derive from observations obtained during regular cruises
using research vessels, while oceanographic buoys for continuous telemetric
measurements in situ are still not available.
• It intends to disseminate data and results of its research to its partners in a timely
fashion.