The GEWEX Hydroclimatology Panel’s Regional Hydroclimate Projects (RHPs) focus on the weather, climate, and hydrology of a geographical area. There have been many RHPs throughout GEWEX’s existence, and though not yet comprehensive, this page contains some documentation such as white papers and science plans of current and past RHPs.
Many RHPs hold annual meetings, and reports of these meetings from RHPs past and present can be found on the GHP Reports page under “Working Group Meetings and Workshops.”
Current RHPs
- Baltic Earth, Earth System Science for the Baltic Sea Region
- Global Water Futures (GWF), a broader RHP in Canada based upon the CCRN program
- HyMeX, science plan for the Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment
- PannEx, a Regional Hydroclimate Project for the Pannonian Basin: White Book
- GEWEX US-RHP, a cohesive multi-institutional effort to understand and address a changing hydroclimate in the United States
Completed RHPs
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA) Phase 1: A comprehensive study of the West African monsoon
The Baltic Sea Experiment (BALTEX): a 20-year research project in the Baltic Sea region
- BALTEX Science Plan for Phase 2 (2003-2012)
- BALTEX Phase 2 Science Framework and Implementation Strategy
- BALTEX Phase 2 Revised Objectives: A Summary Amendment to the BALTEX Phase II Science Framework and Implementation Plan
- GEWEX News article: BALTEX: 20 Years and Two Successful Phases in Baltic Sea Regional Studies
- GEWEX News article: BALTEX Transitions to Baltic Earth
Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN): a program to predict changing land, ecosystems, water, and climate, and their interactions and feedbacks over western Canada’s cold interior
- Changing Cold Regions Network: A Proposal to the World Climate Research Program’s GEWEX Project for an Expanded Regional Hydroclimate Project for Western Canada
- CCRN Inception Report
- Final Progress Report
Climate Prediction Project for the Americas (CPPA): an integrated research program to improve operational intraseasonal to interannual climate and hydrologic forecasting in the Americas
GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment (GAME): an initiative to improve understanding of the role of the Asian monsoon in the global energy and water cycle and improving the simulation and seasonal prediction of Asian monsoon patterns and regional water resources
GEWEX Americas Prediction Project (GAPP): developing an improved capability to make seasonal to annual forecasts through better land surface and hydrologic modeling
- GAPP Science and Implementation Plan Overview
- Notes on the model data center for GCIP/GAPP
- BAMS article on U.S. contributions to the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP), the initial inputs of which came through GAPP
GEWEX Continental-scale International Project (GCIP): a project to improve understanding and modeling on a continental scale the coupling between the atmosphere and the land surface hydrologic processes for climate prediction purposes
- Former project page with links to data plans and reports, GCIP DMSS modules, data from closely-related projects, and information on ordering CD ROMs
- Tactical Data Collection and Management Report for the GCIP Integrated Systems Test (GIST)
- Tactical Data Collection and Management Report for the GCIP Enhanced Seasonal Observing Period 1995 (ESOP-95)
- Tactical Data Collection and Management Plan for the GCIP Enhanced Seasonal Observing Period 1996 (ESOP-96)
- Tactical Data Collection and Management Plan for the GCIP Enhanced Seasonal Observing Period 1997 (ESOP-97)
- Tactical Data Collection and Management Plan for the GCIP 1998 Enhanced Annual Observing Period (EAOP) for the Ohio-Tennessee River Basin (EAOP-98)
- Tactical Data Collection and Management Plan for the Large-Scale Area North West (LSA-NW; Missouri River Basin) Enhanced Annual Observation Period (EAOP)
- Major Activities Plan for 1997, 1998 and Outlook for 1999 for the GEWEX Continental-scale International Project (GCIP)
- Major Activities Plan for 1998, 1999 and Outlook for 2000 for the GEWEX Continental-scale International Project (GCIP)
- GCIP data set list and links
Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA): an international research initiative to create the knowledge needed to understand the climatological, ecological, biogeochemical, and hydrological functioning of Amazonia
La Plata Basin (LPB): a collaborative continental scale experiment on the climatology and hydrology of the La Plata Basin
The Canadian Mackenzie GEWEX Study (MAGS): a program that focused on understanding and modeling the flows of energy and water into and through the atmospheric and hydrological systems of the Mackenzie River basin
Monsoon Asian Hydro-Atmosphere Scientific Research and Prediction Initiative (MAHASRI): a project to establish a hydro-meteorological prediction system, particularly up to the seasonal timescale, through better scientific understanding of Asian monsoon variability
Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI): an initiative to create an international, large-scale, interdisciplinary program aimed at developing a better understanding of the interactions between the terrestrial ecosystem, the atmosphere, and human dynamics in Northern Eurasia
