Structure and Lead Author Team of BACC II

The following structure of chapters and sub-chapters was approved at the 2nd BACC II Lead Author Team meeting in Hamburg, 28 and 29 March 2011.
Confirmed Lead Authors (as of 29 March 2011) are listed in parentheses. Lead Author´s contacts here...

Chapters and Lead Authors.

Overall assessment and summary (Hans von Storch, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany, and Anders Omstedt, University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Past climate variability
2.1 Introduction and summary
2.2 Holocene (10.000 yr) (Irena Borsenkova, State Hydrological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia)
2.3 Historical time frame (1000 yr) (Tadeusz Niedzwiedz, Silesian University, Sosnowiec, Poland)
Recent (mainly 200 years) and current climate change
3.1 Introduction and summary
3.2 Atmosphere (Anna Rutgersson, Uppsala University, Sweden)
3.2.1 Large scale circulation
3.2.2 Surface pressure and winds
3.2.3 Temperature
3.2.4 Precipitation
3.2.5 Cloudiness and radiation
3.3 Land
3.3.1 Hydrology (Jukka Käyhkö, University of Turku, Finland)
3.3.2 Terrestrial cryosphere (Sirpa Rasmus, University of Helsinki and University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
3.4 Baltic Sea
3.4.1 Marine circulation and stratification (Jüri Elken, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)
3.4.2 Sea ice (Jari Haapala, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland)
3.4.3 Sea level and wind waves (Birgit Hünicke, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany)
Modelling future climate change
4.1 Introduction and summary
4.2 Skill of methods for describing regional climate futures (Joanna Wibig, Lodz University, Poland)
4.3 Projections of future climate change (Ole Bossing Christensen, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Impacts of current and future climate change
5.1 Introduction and summary
5.2 Impacts on the environment
5.2.1 Atmospheric chemistry (David Simpson, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden)
5.2.2 Terrestrial ecosystems (Pekka Niemelä, University of Turku, Finland)
5.2.3 Freshwater biogeochemistry (Christoph Humborg, Baltic Nest Institute, Stockholm, Sweden)
5.2.4 Marine biogeochemistry (Bernd Schneider, Baltic Sea Research Institute, Warnemünde, Germany)
5.2.5 Marine ecosystems (Markku Viitasalo, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland)
5.3 Socio-economic impacts
5.3.1 Agriculture and forestry (Michael Köhl, University of Hamburg, Germany)
5.3.2 Urban complexes (Sonia Deppisch, HafenCity Univerysity, Hamburg, Germany)
5.3.3 Coastal erosion and coastline changes (Tomasz A. Łabuz, University of Szczecin, Poland)
5.3.4 Fisheries and aquaculture (NN)
Attributing causes of regional climate change
6.1 Introduction and summary
6.2 Global warming (Jonas Bhend, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; currently CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia)
6.3 Aerosols (natural and pollutants) (Hans-Christen Hansson, Stockholm University)
6.4 Land cover and resource management (Marie-Jose Gaillard-Lemdahl, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden)

Annexes

The physiographic structure of the Baltic Sea drainage basin (Jukka Käyhkö, University of Turku, Finland)
The concept of detection and attribution (NN)
Empirical evidence for consensus and dissent among regional climate researchers (Dennis Bray, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany)

For "Tasks and Responsibilities for the BACC II SSG, the BALTEX Secretariat and BACC II Lead Authors", click here.

Irena Borsenkova
State Hydrological Institute
Climate Change Department
2nd Line 23
199053 St. Petersburg
Russia
irena_borzen@mail.ru

Dennis Bray
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
Institut für Küstenforschung
Max-Planck-Str. 1
D- 21502 Geesthacht
Germany
dennis.bray@hzg.de

Ole Bøssing Christensen
Danish Meteorological Institute - DMI
Danish Climate Center
Lyngbyvej 100
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Denmark
obc@dmi.dk

Sonia Deppisch
Hafen City Universität Hambug
Stadtplanung und Regionalentwicklung
Winterhuder Weg 29 (Raum 216)
D- 22085 Hamburg
Germany
sonja.deppisch@hcu-hamburg.de

Jüri Elken
Tallinn University of Technology
Marine Systems Institute
Akadeemia tee 21
EE-12618 Tallinn
Estonia
elken@phys.sea.ee

Marie-Jose Gaillard-Lemdahl
School of Natural Sciences Building
Kalmarsundslab
Linnaeus University
SE-391 82 Kalmar
Sweden

Jari Haapala
Finnish Meteorological Institute
PO Box 2
FIN-00561 Helsinki
Finland
Jari.haapala@fmi.fi

Hans-Christen Hansson
Department Of Applied Environmental Science
Stockholm University
S-11418 Stockholm
Sweden
HC@itm.su.se

Birgit Huenicke
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
Institut für Küstenforschung
Max-Planck-Str. 1
D- 21502 Geesthacht
Germany
birgit.huenicke@hzg.de

Christoph Humborg
Stockholm University
Dept.of Applied Environmental Science
Frescativägen 50
SE-106 91 Stockholm
Sweden
christoph.humborg@itm.su.se

Jukka Käyhkö
University of Turku
Department of Geography
Vesilinnantie 5
FI-20014 Turun Yliopisto
Finland
jukkay@utu.fi

Michael Köhl
Universität Hamburg
Zentrum Holzwirtschaft
Leuschnerstr. 91
D- 21031 Hamburg
Germany
m.koehl@holz.uni-hamburg.de

Joachim Krug
Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries
Institute for World Forestry
Leuschnerstr. 91
D- 21031 Hamburg
Germany
joachim.krug@vti.bund.de

Tomasz A.Łabuz
Zakład Geomorfologii Morskiej
Instytut Nauk o Morzu
Wydział Nauk o Ziemi
Uniwersytet Szczeciński
e-mail: labuztom@univ.szczecin.pl
http://www.us.szc.pl/main.php/labuz
http://bramaswiny.szc.pl
tel: +48 91 444 2445

Tadeusz Niedzwiedz
University of Silesia
Branch of Kraków
Dept. of Climatology
ul. Bedzinska 60
PL-41200 Sosnowiec
Poland
tadeusz.niedzwiedz@us.edu.pl

Pekka Niemelä
University of Turku
Department of Biology
FIN-20014 Turku
Finland
pekka.niemela@utu.fi

Sirpa Rasmus
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute
Survontie 9
40500 Jyväskylä FINLAND
sirpa.rasmus@alumni.helsinki.fi

Anna Rutgersson Owenius
Uppsala University
Dept. Earth Sciences
Villav. 16
S- 75236 Uppsala
Sweden
anna.rutgersson@met.uu.se

Bernd Schneider
Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde
Seestrasse 15
D- 18119 Rostock
Germany
bernd.schneider@io-warnemuende.de

David Simpson
Chalmers University of Technology
Radio and Space Science
SE 41296 Götheborg
Sweden
david.simpson@chalmers.se

Markku Viitasalo
Finnish Environment Institute SYKE
Marine Research Centre
Mechelininkatu 34a,
P.O.Box 140
FI-00251 Helsinki
Finland
markku.viitasalo@ymparisto.fi

Joanna Wibig
University of Lodz
Dept. of Meteorology and Climatology
Narutowicza 88
Pl 90-139 Lodz
Poland
zameteo@uni.lodz.pl