the following newsletter was titled "MODEXTREME: Let us introduce ourselves!" and was disseminated in July 2015 to individuals who were interested in our project outcomes.
The continuous supply of services provided by agricultural systems is increasingly threatened by climate change in association with an estimated increase in the frequency of extreme weather events such as droughts, heat waves or heavy precipitation events. MODEXTREME has the overarching goal to help the European and non-European agriculture face extreme climatic events by improving the capability of biophysical models simulating vegetation responses to integrate climatic variability and extremes.
The first Science Workshop of MODEXTREME will take place in Montpellier (France), in the frame of the 5th International Symposium for Farming Systems Design. The workshop is free to attend and open to the public. Pre-registration is not required but encouraged to help preparing for the event. To pre-register, please send an email to Gianni Bellocchi (gianni.bellocchi@clermont.inra.fr)
MODEXTREME project includes evaluating existing and new modelling solutions using field data from crop and grassland observational sites all over the world.
Disclaimer This newletter has been produced with financial support from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme – FP7 (KBBE.2013.1.4-09) under Grant Agreement No. 613817, 2013-2016. The contents of this newletter are the sole responsibility of the MODEXTREME project consortium, and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Community.
