British Antarctic Survey - National and Public Good activity
Lead Research Organisation:
British Antarctic Survey
Department Name: Directorate
Abstract
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff provide knowledge and advice to further the UK's interests, the principal customers being the UK Government, its agencies, and industry.
BAS produces knowledge on change in the polar-regions and its global impact that can serve the national public good. A prime example is the influence of the Antarctic ice sheet on global sea level rise, which has consequences for the protection of communities and infrastructure close to the UK coast.
BAS provides NERC and the UK Government with advice on polar issues, both Arctic and Antarctic. BAS scientific expertise provides polar policy advice on many issues, for example sea-ice and its impacts on climate, business, and ecosystems. The UK Government maintains a prominent role in Antarctic governance and an increasing focus on Arctic geopolitics and science.
In addition, BAS's core team of scientific leaders is utilised by several government departments. These include the Cabinet Office with regard to its natural hazards risk register (COBRA), information for BEIS on climate change and its impacts, and specific advice for DEFRA on ozone and Southern Ocean fisheries. We work closely with government agencies such as UK Met Office and we have increasingly strong links to UK industry in areas such as forecasting of space weather (e.g. satellites) and sea ice (e.g. shipping).
Beyond this portfolio of established commitments, BAS is responsive to government requests as they arise. Each year BAS provides a rapid response to many requests from government departments and agencies. For example, BAS routinely provides information on the day of request to support answers to Parliamentary questions and provide written and oral evidence to Select Committees (e.g. Ocean Acidification) and All-Party Groups (e.g. All-Party Parliamentary Group on Polar Regions).
Increasingly, BAS's expertise is also relevant to issues outside the polar regions. For example, providing advice to British Overseas Territories (e.g. St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cuhna), and areas where our polar expertise can be used (e.g. on water resources in the Himalayas).
In this proposal we seek to fund our commitments over 5 years and provide a continued on-request service. This proposal covers the activity of BAS staff that is not covered by ALI/Partition, in particular the provision of expertise for NPG users and customers. This proposal will continue activities which have been recently reviewed (see BAS NC-NPG evaluation document for the wider context of each activity and assessment of track record).
BAS produces knowledge on change in the polar-regions and its global impact that can serve the national public good. A prime example is the influence of the Antarctic ice sheet on global sea level rise, which has consequences for the protection of communities and infrastructure close to the UK coast.
BAS provides NERC and the UK Government with advice on polar issues, both Arctic and Antarctic. BAS scientific expertise provides polar policy advice on many issues, for example sea-ice and its impacts on climate, business, and ecosystems. The UK Government maintains a prominent role in Antarctic governance and an increasing focus on Arctic geopolitics and science.
In addition, BAS's core team of scientific leaders is utilised by several government departments. These include the Cabinet Office with regard to its natural hazards risk register (COBRA), information for BEIS on climate change and its impacts, and specific advice for DEFRA on ozone and Southern Ocean fisheries. We work closely with government agencies such as UK Met Office and we have increasingly strong links to UK industry in areas such as forecasting of space weather (e.g. satellites) and sea ice (e.g. shipping).
Beyond this portfolio of established commitments, BAS is responsive to government requests as they arise. Each year BAS provides a rapid response to many requests from government departments and agencies. For example, BAS routinely provides information on the day of request to support answers to Parliamentary questions and provide written and oral evidence to Select Committees (e.g. Ocean Acidification) and All-Party Groups (e.g. All-Party Parliamentary Group on Polar Regions).
Increasingly, BAS's expertise is also relevant to issues outside the polar regions. For example, providing advice to British Overseas Territories (e.g. St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cuhna), and areas where our polar expertise can be used (e.g. on water resources in the Himalayas).
In this proposal we seek to fund our commitments over 5 years and provide a continued on-request service. This proposal covers the activity of BAS staff that is not covered by ALI/Partition, in particular the provision of expertise for NPG users and customers. This proposal will continue activities which have been recently reviewed (see BAS NC-NPG evaluation document for the wider context of each activity and assessment of track record).
Planned Impact
Please access the Evaluation of BAS's NPG activity held by NERC Commissioning team
Organisations
Publications
Allison H
(2018)
Determination of the Equatorial Electron Differential Flux From Observations at Low Earth Orbit
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Allison H
(2019)
On the Importance of Gradients in the Low-Energy Electron Phase Space Density for Relativistic Electron Acceleration
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Biebow N
(2019)
The EU-PolarNet White Papers
Daggitt T
(2022)
Variations in Observations of Geosynchronous Magnetopause and Last Closed Drift Shell Crossings With Magnetic Local Time
in Space Weather
Glauert S
(2021)
Evaluation of SaRIF High-Energy Electron Reconstructions and Forecasts
in Space Weather
Glauert S
(2021)
Evaluation of SaRIF High-Energy Electron Reconstructions and Forecasts
in Space Weather
Glauert S
(2018)
A 30-Year Simulation of the Outer Electron Radiation Belt
in Space Weather
Hands A
(2018)
Radiation Effects on Satellites During Extreme Space Weather Events
in Space Weather
Hapgood M
(2021)
Development of Space Weather Reasonable Worst-Case Scenarios for the UK National Risk Assessment
in Space Weather
| Description | This award is all about non-academic impacts, and how activity feeds through to decision-makers. Impacts are fully -described in the regular reporting that we submit to NERC as part of bi-annual, mid-term reporting, and assurance updates. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Other |
| Description | Authorship and involvement in delivery of the IPCC Special Report on the Oceans and Cryosphere in the Cryosphere 2019 _ Summary for Policy Makers |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Prof. Mike Meredith participated in the week-long meeting of government delegations which ratified and delivered the IPCC report SROC. He then undertook a significant public engagement role to inform and explain the contents of the report, and ensure that it was widely understood within public and government arenas. Prof. Meredith undertook this role as Coordinating Lead Author of the Oceans Chapter. |
| URL | https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/ |
| Description | BAS-led/authored papers submitted to 2018 & 2019 meetings of the CCAMLR Commission, Scientific Committee and Working Groups |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | BAS-led/authored papers submitted to 2018 meetings of the CCAMLR Commission, Scientific Committee and Working Groups Subgroup on Acoustic Survey and Analysis Methods (SG-ASAM) 30 April to 4 May 2018 (Punta Arenas, Chile) SG-ASAM-18/01 Comparing two and three frequency dB window identification techniques for estimating Antarctic krill density S. Fielding Working Group on Statistics, Assessments and Modelling (WG-SAM) 25 June to 29 June 2018 (Norwich, UK) WG-SAM-18/15 Outline for year 3 of the 3-year longline survey to determine toothfish population connectivity between Subareas 48.2 and 48.4 M. Söffker and M. Belchier WG-SAM-18/30 Preliminary results from the second year of a three-year survey into the connectivity of toothfish species in Subareas 48.2 and 48.4 M. Söffker, K. Olsson and M. Belchier WG-SAM-18/33 Rev. 1 Annex to WS-DmPH-18 report: Towards the development of a stock hypothesis for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in Area 48 M. Söffker, A. Riley, M. Belchier, K. Teschke, H. Pehlke, S. Somhlaba, J. Graham, T. Namba, C.D. van der Lingen, T. Okuda, C. Darby, O.T. Albert, O.A. Bergstad, P. Brtnik, J. Caccavo, A. Capurro, C. Dorey, L. Ghigliotti, S. Hain, C. Jones, S. Kasatkina, M. La Mesa, D. Marichev, E. Molloy, C. Papetti, L. Pshenichnov, K. Reid, M.M. Santos and D. Welsford Workshop on Spatial Management (WS-SM) 2 July to 6 July 2018 (Cambridge, UK) WS-SM-18/04 Developing the risk assessment framework for the Antarctic krill fishery in Area 48 P. Trathan, V. Warwick-Evans, E. Young, S. Thorpe, E. Murphy, N. Kelly, S. Kawaguchi and D. Welsford WS-SM-18/05 An experimental approach for the Antarctic krill fishery: advancing management and conservation through the use of Krill Reference Areas and Krill Fishing Areas P.N Trathan and O.R. Godø WS-SM-18/06 Hierarchical monitoring plans to determine patterns of change in the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem P. Trathan WS-SM-18/15 Research and Monitoring Plan for the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area (MPA Planning Domain 1, Subarea 48.2) P.N. Trathan and S. Grant WS-SM-18/17 The identification of scientific reference areas in the wider context of MPA planning - report of the CCAMLR scholarship recipient A. Capurro, M.M. Santos, R. Cavanagh and S. Grant Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (WG-EMM) 9 July to 13 July 2018 (Cambridge, UK) WG-EMM-18/06 Modelling Movement of Antarctic Krill (MMAK): the importance of retention, dispersal and behaviour for krill distribution - a project update S.E. Thorpe, E.F. Young, E.J. Murphy, O.R. Godø and A.H.H. Renner WG-EMM-18/09 Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED) programme: Preliminary report of the ICED-CCAMLR Projections Workshop, 5 to 7 April 2018 E.J. Murphy, N.M. Johnston, S.P. Corney and K. Reid WG-EMM-18/10 Consumption estimates for male Antarctic fur seals at the South Orkney Islands during the post mating migration I. Staniland and S. Hill WG-EMM-18/11 Update: Rapid unsupervised automated krill density estimation from fishing vessels (RAPID-KRILL) S. Fielding, A. Ariza, R. Blackwell, G. Skaret and X. Wang WG-EMM-18/29 Adélie penguin diet: a pilot study directly comparing data from stomach flushing with faecal DNA analysis B. Deagle, J. McInnes, L. Emmerson, M. Dunn, S. Adlard and C. Waluda WG-EMM-18/34 Characteristics of interannual variation in aggregation and diurnal vertical migration of Antarctic krill at South Georgia during winter T. Ichii, Y. Mori, P.N. Trathan, K. Mahapatra, M. Okazaki, T. Hayashi and T. Okuda WG-EMM-18/P01 Estimating nest-level phenology and reproductive success of colonial seabirds using time-lapse cameras J.T. Hinke, A. Barbosa, L.M. Emmerson, T. Hart, M.A Juáres, M. Korczak-Abshire, G. Milinevsky, M. Santos, P.N. Trathan, G.M. Watters and C. Southwell WG-EMM-18/P02 Impacts of rising sea temperature on krill increase risks for predators in the Scotia Sea E.S. Klein, S.L. Hill, J.T. Hinke, T. Phillips and G.M. Watters WG-EMM-18/P04 The winter pack-ice zone provides a sheltered but food-poor habitat for larval Antarctic krill B. Meyer, U. Freier, V. Grimm, J. Groeneveld, B.P.V. Hunt, S. Kerwath, R. King, C. Klaas, E. Pakhomov, K.M. Meiners, J. Melbourne-Thomas, E.J. Murphy, S.E. Thorpe, S. Stammerjohn, D. Wolf-Gladrow, L. Auerswald, A. Götz, L. Halbach, S. Jarman, S. Kawaguchi, T. Krumpen, G. Nehrke, R. Ricker, M. Sumner, M. Teschke, R. Trebilco and N.I. Yilmaz WG-EMM-18/P08 The marine system of the West Antarctic Peninsula: status and strategy for progress K.R. Hendry, M.P. Meredith and H.W. Ducklow WG-EMM-18/P09 Long term movements and activity patterns of an Antarctic marine apex predator: the leopard seal I.J. Staniland, N. Ratcliffe, P.N. Trathan and J. Forcada WG-EMM-18/P10 The vision for a Southern Ocean Observing System M.P. Meredith, O. Schofield, L. Newman, E. Urban and M. Sparrow WG-EMM-18/P12 Habitat preferences of Adélie and chinstrap penguins during pre-moult V. Warwick-Evans, M. Santos and P.N. Trathan WG-EMM-18/P14 Coastal weather drives foraging behaviour of chinstrap penguins, Pygoscelis antarctica A.D. Lowther, P. Trathan, A. Tarroux, C. Lydersen and K.M. Kovacs CCAMLR Scientific Committee 22 October to 26 October 2018 (Hobart, Australia) SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/10 Advancing management and conservation through the use of an experimental approach for the Antarctic krill fishery P.N. Trathan and O.R. Godø SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/24 Invitation to participate in a workshop on krill fishery management for Subareas 48.1 and 48.2 G. Watters and P. Trathan SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/BG/16 Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED) programme: Report of the ICED-CCAMLR Projections Workshop, 5 to 7 April 2018 E. Murphy, N. Johnston, S. Corney and K. Reid SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/BG/21 Marine debris and entanglements at Bird Island and King Edward Point, South Georgia, Signy Island, South Orkneys and Goudier Island, Antarctic Peninsula 2017/18 C. Waluda CCAMLR Commission 22 October to 2 November 2018 (Hobart, Australia) CCAMLR-XXXVII/01 Climate change implications statements Delegations of Australia, Norway and the United Kingdom CCAMLR-XXXVII/23 Proposal for a Climate Change Response Work Program for CCAMLR Delegations of Australia and Norway on behalf the Climate Change Intersessional Correspondence Group CCAMLR-XXXVII/BG/17 The State of the Polar Oceans 2018: Making Sense of Our Changing World Delegations of the United Kingdom and Norway |
| URL | https://www.ccamlr.org/en/ccamlr-xxxvii/ |
| Description | BAS-led/authored papers submitted to 2018 & 2019 meetings of the CCAMLR Commission, Scientific Committee and Working Groups |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | BAS-led/authored papers submitted to 2018 meetings of the CCAMLR Commission, Scientific Committee and Working Groups Subgroup on Acoustic Survey and Analysis Methods (SG-ASAM) 30 April to 4 May 2018 (Punta Arenas, Chile) SG-ASAM-18/01 Comparing two and three frequency dB window identification techniques for estimating Antarctic krill density S. Fielding Working Group on Statistics, Assessments and Modelling (WG-SAM) 25 June to 29 June 2018 (Norwich, UK) WG-SAM-18/15 Outline for year 3 of the 3-year longline survey to determine toothfish population connectivity between Subareas 48.2 and 48.4 M. Söffker and M. Belchier WG-SAM-18/30 Preliminary results from the second year of a three-year survey into the connectivity of toothfish species in Subareas 48.2 and 48.4 M. Söffker, K. Olsson and M. Belchier WG-SAM-18/33 Rev. 1 Annex to WS-DmPH-18 report: Towards the development of a stock hypothesis for Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in Area 48 M. Söffker, A. Riley, M. Belchier, K. Teschke, H. Pehlke, S. Somhlaba, J. Graham, T. Namba, C.D. van der Lingen, T. Okuda, C. Darby, O.T. Albert, O.A. Bergstad, P. Brtnik, J. Caccavo, A. Capurro, C. Dorey, L. Ghigliotti, S. Hain, C. Jones, S. Kasatkina, M. La Mesa, D. Marichev, E. Molloy, C. Papetti, L. Pshenichnov, K. Reid, M.M. Santos and D. Welsford Workshop on Spatial Management (WS-SM) 2 July to 6 July 2018 (Cambridge, UK) WS-SM-18/04 Developing the risk assessment framework for the Antarctic krill fishery in Area 48 P. Trathan, V. Warwick-Evans, E. Young, S. Thorpe, E. Murphy, N. Kelly, S. Kawaguchi and D. Welsford WS-SM-18/05 An experimental approach for the Antarctic krill fishery: advancing management and conservation through the use of Krill Reference Areas and Krill Fishing Areas P.N Trathan and O.R. Godø WS-SM-18/06 Hierarchical monitoring plans to determine patterns of change in the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem P. Trathan WS-SM-18/15 Research and Monitoring Plan for the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area (MPA Planning Domain 1, Subarea 48.2) P.N. Trathan and S. Grant WS-SM-18/17 The identification of scientific reference areas in the wider context of MPA planning - report of the CCAMLR scholarship recipient A. Capurro, M.M. Santos, R. Cavanagh and S. Grant Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (WG-EMM) 9 July to 13 July 2018 (Cambridge, UK) WG-EMM-18/06 Modelling Movement of Antarctic Krill (MMAK): the importance of retention, dispersal and behaviour for krill distribution - a project update S.E. Thorpe, E.F. Young, E.J. Murphy, O.R. Godø and A.H.H. Renner WG-EMM-18/09 Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED) programme: Preliminary report of the ICED-CCAMLR Projections Workshop, 5 to 7 April 2018 E.J. Murphy, N.M. Johnston, S.P. Corney and K. Reid WG-EMM-18/10 Consumption estimates for male Antarctic fur seals at the South Orkney Islands during the post mating migration I. Staniland and S. Hill WG-EMM-18/11 Update: Rapid unsupervised automated krill density estimation from fishing vessels (RAPID-KRILL) S. Fielding, A. Ariza, R. Blackwell, G. Skaret and X. Wang WG-EMM-18/29 Adélie penguin diet: a pilot study directly comparing data from stomach flushing with faecal DNA analysis B. Deagle, J. McInnes, L. Emmerson, M. Dunn, S. Adlard and C. Waluda WG-EMM-18/34 Characteristics of interannual variation in aggregation and diurnal vertical migration of Antarctic krill at South Georgia during winter T. Ichii, Y. Mori, P.N. Trathan, K. Mahapatra, M. Okazaki, T. Hayashi and T. Okuda WG-EMM-18/P01 Estimating nest-level phenology and reproductive success of colonial seabirds using time-lapse cameras J.T. Hinke, A. Barbosa, L.M. Emmerson, T. Hart, M.A Juáres, M. Korczak-Abshire, G. Milinevsky, M. Santos, P.N. Trathan, G.M. Watters and C. Southwell WG-EMM-18/P02 Impacts of rising sea temperature on krill increase risks for predators in the Scotia Sea E.S. Klein, S.L. Hill, J.T. Hinke, T. Phillips and G.M. Watters WG-EMM-18/P04 The winter pack-ice zone provides a sheltered but food-poor habitat for larval Antarctic krill B. Meyer, U. Freier, V. Grimm, J. Groeneveld, B.P.V. Hunt, S. Kerwath, R. King, C. Klaas, E. Pakhomov, K.M. Meiners, J. Melbourne-Thomas, E.J. Murphy, S.E. Thorpe, S. Stammerjohn, D. Wolf-Gladrow, L. Auerswald, A. Götz, L. Halbach, S. Jarman, S. Kawaguchi, T. Krumpen, G. Nehrke, R. Ricker, M. Sumner, M. Teschke, R. Trebilco and N.I. Yilmaz WG-EMM-18/P08 The marine system of the West Antarctic Peninsula: status and strategy for progress K.R. Hendry, M.P. Meredith and H.W. Ducklow WG-EMM-18/P09 Long term movements and activity patterns of an Antarctic marine apex predator: the leopard seal I.J. Staniland, N. Ratcliffe, P.N. Trathan and J. Forcada WG-EMM-18/P10 The vision for a Southern Ocean Observing System M.P. Meredith, O. Schofield, L. Newman, E. Urban and M. Sparrow WG-EMM-18/P12 Habitat preferences of Adélie and chinstrap penguins during pre-moult V. Warwick-Evans, M. Santos and P.N. Trathan WG-EMM-18/P14 Coastal weather drives foraging behaviour of chinstrap penguins, Pygoscelis antarctica A.D. Lowther, P. Trathan, A. Tarroux, C. Lydersen and K.M. Kovacs CCAMLR Scientific Committee 22 October to 26 October 2018 (Hobart, Australia) SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/10 Advancing management and conservation through the use of an experimental approach for the Antarctic krill fishery P.N. Trathan and O.R. Godø SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/24 Invitation to participate in a workshop on krill fishery management for Subareas 48.1 and 48.2 G. Watters and P. Trathan SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/BG/16 Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED) programme: Report of the ICED-CCAMLR Projections Workshop, 5 to 7 April 2018 E. Murphy, N. Johnston, S. Corney and K. Reid SC-CAMLR-XXXVII/BG/21 Marine debris and entanglements at Bird Island and King Edward Point, South Georgia, Signy Island, South Orkneys and Goudier Island, Antarctic Peninsula 2017/18 C. Waluda CCAMLR Commission 22 October to 2 November 2018 (Hobart, Australia) CCAMLR-XXXVII/01 Climate change implications statements Delegations of Australia, Norway and the United Kingdom CCAMLR-XXXVII/23 Proposal for a Climate Change Response Work Program for CCAMLR Delegations of Australia and Norway on behalf the Climate Change Intersessional Correspondence Group CCAMLR-XXXVII/BG/17 The State of the Polar Oceans 2018: Making Sense of Our Changing World Delegations of the United Kingdom and Norway |
| URL | https://www.ccamlr.org/en/ccamlr-xxxvii/ |
| Description | BAS-led/authored papers submitted to 2018 meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | BAS-led/authored papers submitted to 2018 meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 1. United Kingdom. (2018). Revision of the Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 117, Avian Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. Working Paper 4. Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XLI, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13-18 May 2018. Resulted in ATCM Measure 1 (2018). Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 108 (Green Island, Berthelot Islands, Antarctic Peninsula): Revised Management Plan 2. United Kingdom. (2018). Revision of the Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 170, Marion Nunataks, Charcot Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Working Paper 5. Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XLI, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13-18 May 2018. Resulted in ATCM Measure 2 (2018). Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 117 (Avian Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula): Revised Management Plan 3. United Kingdom. (2018). Revision of the Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 108, Green Island, Berthelot Islands, Antarctic Peninsula. Working Paper 6. Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XLI, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13-18 May 2018. Resulted in ATCM Measure 4 (2018). Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 147 (Ablation Valley and Ganymede Heights, Alexander Island): Revised Management Plan 4. United Kingdom. (2018). Revision of the Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 147, Ablation Valley and Ganymede Heights, Alexander Island. Working Paper 7. Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XLI, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13-18 May 2018. Resulted in ATCM Measure 5 (2018). Antarctic Specially Protected Area No 170 (Marion Nunataks, Charcot Island, Antarctic Peninsula): Revised Management Plan 5. ASOC and the United Kingdom (2018). Emperor penguin population variability in a region subject to climate warming. Information Paper 49. Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XLI, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13-18 May 2018. 6. United Kingdom, Spain and Argentina (2018). Non-native Species Response Protocol: An Update. Information Paper 31. Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting XLI, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13-18 May 2018. |
| Description | BAS/CPOM Written evidence to The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Interim Report on its inquiry into coastal flooding, coastal erosion and climate change. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | This report is a significant step towards coherent coastal management |
| URL | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201919/cmselect/cmenvfru/56/5602.htm |
| Description | Contribution to UKCP18 (DG Vaughan on sea-level) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/mohippo/pdf/uk-climate/uk-cp/ukcp18-project-ove... |
| Description | IPCC SROC (Hamish Pritchard) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Participation in writing team for SROC assessment by IPCC |
| URL | https://www.ipcc.ch/report/srocc/ |
| Description | IPPC SROC (Meredith) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Contribution to IPCC assessment on changes in Cryosphere and Oceans |
| URL | https://www.ipcc.ch/report/srocc/ |
| Description | Member of the Governor's Advisory Group (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Prof. David Vaughan served as a Member of the Governor's Advisory Group (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands). Duties included drafting of a Science Strategy for GSGSSI, presentations at the South Georgia stakeholders meeting 2019. |
| Description | Participation in GB non-native species secretariat NNSS meeting in St Helena on biological invasions - (Barnes, Hughes, Shanklin) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Invited participation in workshop to Horizon SCan future biological invasions in UKOTs (Falklands, South Georgia, British Antarctic TErritory). Report and action plan will follow. |
| URL | http://www.nonnativespecies.org |
| Description | Prof. Richard Horne member of Space Environment Impacts Expert Group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Provides resilience in satellite and energy sectors |
| Description | Written evidence DEFRA call for evidence: Safeguarding the environment in British Overseas Territories |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Improved sustainability of the environments of UK OTs, and a step towards a coherent management plan for same. |
| Title | Acceleration of electrons by whistler-mode hiss waves at Saturn |
| Description | Radiation belts are hazardous regions found around several of the planets in our Solar System. They consist of very hot, electrically charged particles that are trapped in the magnetic field of the planet. At Saturn the most important way to heat these particles has for many years been thought to involve the particles drifting closer towards the planet. This paper builds on previous work on the emerging idea at Saturn that a different way to heat the particles is also possible where the heating is done by waves, in a similar way to what we find at the Earth. This work is reported in the paper "Acceleration of electrons by whistler-mode hiss waves at Saturn" by E.E. Woodfield et al., 2021. The data provided here enable reconstruction of all the figures in the paper. E.E.W., R.B.H., and S.A.G. were funded by STFC grant ST/S000496/1. R.B.H., S.A.G. and A.J.K. were funded by NERC grant NE/R016038/1 and R.B.H. and S.A.G. by NERC grant NE/R016445/1. J.D.M. and Y.Y.S. were supported by NASA grants NNX11AM36G and NNX16AI47G. University of Iowa (J.D.M.) was supported by NASA contract 1415150 with JPL. Y.Y.S. was supported by EC grant H2020 637302. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01597 |
| Title | Data from the figures in 'A 30 year simulation of the outer electron radiation belt' S.A. Glauert et al., 2018 |
| Description | These files contain the data from the figures in "A 30 year simulation of the outer electron radiation belt", S.A. Glauert, et al., Space Weather 2018. The paper describes a 30 year (1 January 1986 - 1 January 2016) reconstruction of the Earth's electron radiation belt from L*=2 to L*=6.1 (approximately geostationary orbit), for energies ranging from 100 keV to 30 MeV at L*=6.1. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Electromagnetic ion cyclotron electron diffusion coefficients calculated from CRRES data using a new approach |
| Description | The data provided is the underlying data used for creating the plots in Ross et al 2020. The research leading to these results has received funding from the National Environment Research Council Highlight Topic grant NE/P01738X/1 (Rad-Sat), National Environment Research Council grant NE/R016445/1 and NE/R016038/1, and the STFC grant ST/S000496/1 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01366 |
| Title | Electron Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron diffusion coefficients calculated from Van Allen Probe observations |
| Description | Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron (EMIC) wave are important for the losses of ultra-relativistic electrons from the Earth's radiation belts. In this work, statistical EMIC diffusion coefficients are calculated from Van Allen Probe A observations of EMIC waves from the entire mission. The diffusion coefficient calculations include the observed L* and activity dependent distributions in plasma density and wave spectra so that the wave-particle interactions modelled are representative of those in the radiation belts. These diffusion coefficients can be included into global radiation belt simulations such as the BAS radiation belt model. The study is published in Ross et al 2021, JGR: Space Physics. Funding was provided by National Environment Research Council Highlight Topic grant NE/P01738X/1 (Rad-Sat), National Environment Research Council grant NE/R016445/1 and NE/R016038/1. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01580 |
| Title | Evaluation of SaRIF high-energy electron reconstructions and forecasts |
| Description | This data is provided to comply with the AGU's data policy for the publication of Glauert et al., "Evaluation of SaRIF high-energy electron reconstructions and forecasts" in Space Weather, 2021. Each data file corresponds to a figure or table in the paper and covers the period from 1 March 2019 to 1 September 2019. The data sets are as follows: Figure 1 - SaRIF reconstructions of the >800 keV and the >2 MeV flux (in cm-2 s-1 sr-1) measured by the GOES 14 spacecraft. Figure 3 - SaRIF 24-hour forecasts of the >800 keV and the >2 MeV flux (in cm-2 s-1 sr-1) at the location of the GOES 14 spacecraft. Figure 5 - SaRIF reconstructions of the >800 keV and the >2 MeV flux (in cm-2 s-1 sr-1) measured by the GOES 14 spacecraft, with the improvements to the modelling detailed in the paper. Figure 6 - Simulated SaRIF 24-hour forecasts of the >800 keV and the >2 MeV flux (in cm-2 s-1 sr-1) at the location of the GOES 14 spacecraft, with the improvements to the modelling detailed in the paper. Table 6 - Simulated SaRIF 24-hour reconstructions and forecasts of the >800 keV and the >2 MeV flux (in cm-2 s-1 sr-1) at the location of the GOES 14 spacecraft when the outer boundary for the simulation is placed at L* = 6.6. These are the values used to produce the metrics in Table 6. This research was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Highlight Topic Grant NE/P01738X/1 (Rad-Sat), National and Public Good activity grant NE/R016445/1 and ESA contract 4000118861/16/D/MRP (SSA P2-SWE-XIII proto- type) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01567 |
| Title | Pitch angle diffusion coefficients used to calculate electron precipitation from the Earth's radiation belts |
| Description | This dataset contains two NetCDF files: Chorus_daa.nc (labelled from here as a) which contains the chorus pitch angle diffusion coefficients presented in Figure 1 of Reidy et al (2020) and Combined_daa.nc (labelled from here as b) containing the combined pitch angle diffusion coefficients which can be used to do the analysis presented in the remainder of the Reidy et al (2020) paper. These data sets include: a. A matrix containing the pitch angle diffusion coefficients for chorus waves at the angle of the loss cone for energies of 30, 100 and 300 keV between L*= 2-7.5, a full range of MLT sectors and for low (1 < Kp < 2), moderate (2 < Kp < 3) and high (4 < Kp < 7) geomagnetic activity levels. These were calculated from an average wave model presented in Meredith et al (2020) to capture the effect of wave-particle interactions in the BAS Radiation Belt Model (BAS-RBM). Also the arrays containing the energy, L*, MLT and Kp dependence are also included. b, A matrix containing the combined pitch angle diffusion coefficients for chorus, hiss and EMIC waves and coulomb collisions between alpha = 0.5deg -9.45deg, Energy = 28.18-2511.89 keV , L* = 4.25-7.25, MLT = 0-24 and 6 different activity levels. The arrays containing the pitch angle, energy, L*, MLT and Kp dependence are also included. Funding was provided by NERC Highlight Topic Grant NE/P01738X/1 and NERC National Capability grants NE/R016038/1 and NE/R016445/1 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01362 |
| Title | Rapid electron acceleration in low density regions of Saturn's radiation belt by whistler mode chorus waves |
| Description | Radiation belts are hazardous regions found around several of the planets in our Solar System. They consist of very hot, electrically charged particles that are trapped in the magnetic field of the planet. At Saturn the most important way to heat these particles has for many years been thought to involve the particles drifting closer towards the planet. This paper adds to the emerging idea at Saturn that a different way to heat the particles is also possible where the heating is done by waves, in a similar way to what we find at the Earth. This work is reported in the paper "Rapid electron acceleration in low density regions of Saturn's radiation belt by whistler mode chorus waves" by E.E. Woodfield et al., 2019. The data provided here enable reconstruction of all the figures in the paper. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Solutions to BAS-PRO model runs for Modelling 1-10MeV Proton Phase Space Density |
| Description | This dataset contains solution data produced by the BAS-PRO proton radiation belt model for the study "Modelling Inner Proton Belt Variability at Energies 1 to 10MeV using BAS-PRO". The solution data is in the form of 3D grids describing phase space density computed during dynamic simulations of Earth's proton belt over the modelling period 2014 to 2018. Three model runs are included: SA19, J81 and S16. Files were produced in May 2021. This work was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) via Doctoral Training Programme NE/R009457/1. Richard B. Horne and Sarah A. Glauert were supported by NERC National Capability grants NE/R016038/1 and NE/R016445/1, and by NERC grant NE/V00249X/1 (Sat-Risk), and by Highlight Topic Grant NE/P01738X/1 (Rad-Sat). Giulio Del Zanna acknowledges support from STFC (UK) via the consolidated grants to the atomic astrophysics group (AAG) at DAMTP, University of Cambridge (ST/P000665/1 and ST/T000481/1). Seth G. Claudepierre acknowledges support from NASA Grant no. NNX17AF10G and from RBSP-ECT funding provided by JHU/APL Contract 967399 under NASA's Prime Contract NAS5-01072. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01565 |
| Title | Solutions to BAS-PRO model runs for Modelling 1-10MeV Proton Phase Space Density |
| Description | This dataset contains solution data produced by the BAS-PRO proton radiation belt model for the study "Modelling Inner Proton Belt Variability at Energies 1 to 10MeV using BAS-PRO". The solution data is in the form of 3D grids describing phase space density computed during dynamic simulations of Earth's proton belt over the modelling period 2014 to 2018. Three model runs are included: SA19, J81 and S16. Files were produced in May 2021. This work was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) via Doctoral Training Programme NE/R009457/1. Richard B. Horne and Sarah A. Glauert were supported by NERC National Capability grants NE/R016038/1 and NE/R016445/1, and by NERC grant NE/V00249X/1 (Sat-Risk), and by Highlight Topic Grant NE/P01738X/1 (Rad-Sat). Giulio Del Zanna acknowledges support from STFC (UK) via the consolidated grants to the atomic astrophysics group (AAG) at DAMTP, University of Cambridge (ST/P000665/1 and ST/T000481/1). Seth G. Claudepierre acknowledges support from NASA Grant no. NNX17AF10G and from RBSP-ECT funding provided by JHU/APL Contract 967399 under NASA's Prime Contract NAS5-01072. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01565 |
| Title | TS05 and TS07 external magnetic field model L*, LCDS and B field data for the GOES-13, GOES-15 and HIMAWARI-8 satellites for three geomagnetic storm periods |
| Description | The dataset contains satellite L* values, last closed drift shell (LCDS) model locations and model magnetic field values for three two day periods covering three different magnetic storms. The periods covered are 27-28 February 2014, 22-23 June 2015 and 14-15 December 2015. The L* values are calculated for electrons with a pitch angle of 90 degrees at the locations of the GOES-13, GOES-15 and HIMAWARI-8 geostationary satellites, using the IRBEM library with the TS05 and TS07 external magnetic field models. Magnetic field values from the models are also included for the GOES-13 satellite during the June 2015 event. LCDS values for each of the periods are included, with two LCDS models based on the TS05 and TS07 field models, and a third LCDS model based particle tracing simulations. This material is based upon work supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under award number FA9550-19-1-7039. Richard Horne and Sarah Glauert were supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Highlight Topic Grant NE/P01738X/1 (Rad-Sat) and NERC grant NE/V00249X/1 (Sat-Risk) and National and Public Good activity grant NE/R016445/1. Giulio Del Zanna acknowledges support from STFC (UK) via the consolidated grant to the astrophysics group at DAMTP, University of Cambridge (ST/T000481/1). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01653 |
| Description | All-party Polar Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Antarctic All-Party Group - briefing event in the Palace of Westminster on global sea-level change and the ITGC Programme 11/06/2019. Organised by Athena Dinar and David Vaughan. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | All-party Polar Group - brieifing on plastic in the environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk given by Claire Waluda to APPG in Palace of Westminster, 15/05/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation to the Westminster Energy Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Dominic Hodgson gave a presentation on global sea level rise and climate change to the Westminster Energy Forum in Westminster on 21/01/2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Regional Flood Coastal Committee (Anglian Eastern Region) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof. David Vaughan gave a seminar to the RFCC meeting on flood risk in the East of England and global sea level rise. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Written and Oral Evidence to The Environmental Audit Committee (invasive species inquiry) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Written and Invited Oral Evidence provided by Dr Kevin Hughes to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee on invasive species in the UK OTs 11/06/2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |