Atlantic Climate and Environment Strategic Science (AtlantiS)
Lead Research Organisation:
NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE
Department Name: Science and Technology
Abstract
The global ocean is the largest part of the Earth's climate system and acts as a major buffer to climate changes resulting from human activities. By absorbing 90% of excess heat and nearly a quarter of carbon resulting from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the ocean has already substantially mitigated climate change in the atmosphere and on land. However this service has come at a cost to the health and resilience of the ocean and by extension the people who depend on it. Significant damage has been caused to biodiversity and productivity of marine ecosystems, to shelf seas and coastal environments, and to inland areas through extremes of weather. The futures of regional climate and ecological systems depend on the response of the ocean to multiple anthropogenic stressors. Understanding and predicting the response is fundamental for sustainable development and to guide adaptation and mitigation.
The challenge is that the ocean is so large and variable that it cannot be completely and fully observed. Achieving adequate knowledge on all scales requires international coordination of observing and modelling over decades. It requires advancement in technology to expand our ability to observe beyond individual ships. It requires expanding the range of variables measured to include biogeochemistry and ecology. The opportunity now is to lead new capability to combine observations from a widening range of platforms and sensors, next-generation ocean and coupled models, and innovation in digital tools to meet the aspiration of healthy, biologically diverse and resilient marine environments, a sustainable blue economy and communities safe from natural hazards.
AtlantiS addresses four interconnected priority knowledge gaps related to natural and anthropogenically driven changes in the global ocean and the Atlantic and its shelf seas, and their impacts on marine ecosystems and human society:
i) how natural and anthropogenic drivers of basin and decadal changes alter the Atlantic ecosystem, and the consequences for ecosystem functioning and services;
ii) the importance of ocean-shelf-coast connectivity in shaping ecosystems, biodiversity, natural hazards and impacts on society;
iii) the implications and feedbacks associated with climate mitigation strategies, and the need for improved assessments and advice to policy makers;
iv) the ability of the ocean to continue to mitigate climate change by absorbing excess heat and carbon.
The research priorities give direction for underpinning activities that provide critical data, tools and technologies to drive scientific excellence across the UK marine science community. They include sustained ocean observing programmes, next generation models, digital innovation for data and information systems and observing system technology.
The challenge is that the ocean is so large and variable that it cannot be completely and fully observed. Achieving adequate knowledge on all scales requires international coordination of observing and modelling over decades. It requires advancement in technology to expand our ability to observe beyond individual ships. It requires expanding the range of variables measured to include biogeochemistry and ecology. The opportunity now is to lead new capability to combine observations from a widening range of platforms and sensors, next-generation ocean and coupled models, and innovation in digital tools to meet the aspiration of healthy, biologically diverse and resilient marine environments, a sustainable blue economy and communities safe from natural hazards.
AtlantiS addresses four interconnected priority knowledge gaps related to natural and anthropogenically driven changes in the global ocean and the Atlantic and its shelf seas, and their impacts on marine ecosystems and human society:
i) how natural and anthropogenic drivers of basin and decadal changes alter the Atlantic ecosystem, and the consequences for ecosystem functioning and services;
ii) the importance of ocean-shelf-coast connectivity in shaping ecosystems, biodiversity, natural hazards and impacts on society;
iii) the implications and feedbacks associated with climate mitigation strategies, and the need for improved assessments and advice to policy makers;
iv) the ability of the ocean to continue to mitigate climate change by absorbing excess heat and carbon.
The research priorities give direction for underpinning activities that provide critical data, tools and technologies to drive scientific excellence across the UK marine science community. They include sustained ocean observing programmes, next generation models, digital innovation for data and information systems and observing system technology.
Organisations
- NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE (Lead Research Organisation)
- Northeastern University - Boston (Collaboration)
- University of Porto (Collaboration)
- University of Connecticut (Collaboration)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Collaboration)
- Government of the British Virgin Islands (Collaboration)
- Government of the UK (Collaboration)
- Marine Biological Association (Collaboration)
- University of Bologna (Collaboration)
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Collaboration)
- Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (Collaboration)
- Boston University (Collaboration)
- Seafish (Collaboration)
- Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) (Collaboration)
- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (Collaboration)
- Government of Scotland (Collaboration)
- UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY (Collaboration)
- National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) (Collaboration)
- University of Alberta (Collaboration)
- Mercator Océan (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- National Oceanography Centre (Collaboration)
- University of Miami (Collaboration)
- University of Calabria (Collaboration)
- Natural Resources Wales (Collaboration)
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory (Collaboration)
- National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) (Collaboration)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (Collaboration)
- Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (Collaboration)
- British Antarctic Survey (Collaboration)
- British Geological Survey (Collaboration)
- SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY (Collaboration)
- Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) (Collaboration)
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Collaboration)
- University of California, San Diego (UCSD) (Collaboration)
- Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (Collaboration)
- National Centre for Earth Observation (Collaboration)
- Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) (Collaboration)
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Collaboration)
- Dutch Research Council (Collaboration)
- European Commission (Collaboration)
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (Collaboration)
Publications
Arosio R
(2024)
CoMMa: A GIS geomorphometry toolbox to map and measure confined landforms
in Geomorphology
Bailey L
(2024)
Highly variable deep-sea currents over tidal and seasonal timescales
in Nature Geoscience
Baker M
(2024)
Seabed Seismographs Reveal Duration and Structure of Longest Runout Sediment Flows on Earth
in Geophysical Research Letters
Berthou S
(2024)
Exceptional atmospheric conditions in June 2023 generated a northwest European marine heatwave which contributed to breaking land temperature records
in Communications Earth & Environment
Borremans C
(2024)
Report on the Marine Imaging Workshop 2022
in Research Ideas and Outcomes
Bruciaferri D
(2024)
Localized General Vertical Coordinates for Quasi-Eulerian Ocean Models: The Nordic Overflows Test-Case
in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Cabrera C
(2024)
Geomorphology and evolution of the Blanes Canyon (NW Mediterranean). New insights from high resolution mapping of vertical cliffs
in Geomorphology
Chawner H
(2024)
Atmospheric oxygen as a tracer for fossil fuel carbon dioxide: a sensitivity study in the UK
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
| Title | Fifty years of Ellett Line poetry collection - collaboration with UHI poet-in-residence Mandy Haggith |
| Description | Fifty years of Ellett Line poetry collection - collaboration with UHI poet-in-residence Mandy Haggith Ongoing collaboration |
| Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Impact | Ongoing collaboration - poetry collection available to public |
| Description | AMOC Research in Ireland: Gaps, Opportunities, and Future Directions |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | AMT's Impact on Climate Monitoring and Policy |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | AMT data have been used in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments and ocean state reports, which inform policy decisions and national and international legislation. For example, the UK's net-zero emissions target is based on evidence from the latest IPCC reports, highlighting the far-reaching impact of the AMT campaign on climate change policy at the national level. |
| Description | Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) inquiry of UK implementation of ocean governance |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Input to the consultation on Scotland's new National Marine Plan |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | By providing scientific input to the consultation on the Scottish Marine Plan, the new Marine Plan will be more scientifically robust, leading to a better marine environment and a more sustainable human use of that environment. |
| URL | https://www.gov.scot/publications/nmp2-planning-position-statement/ |
| Description | Input to the consultation on Scotland's new National Marine Plan |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | By providing scientific input to the consultation on the Scottish Marine Plan, the new Marine Plan will be more scientifically robust, leading to a better marine environment and a more sustainable human use of that environment. |
| URL | https://www.gov.scot/publications/nmp2-planning-position-statement/ |
| Description | International maritime space - France, Spain, Ireland and UK |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | Avoided raising potential diplomatic tensions between Spain and the three other countries. |
| Description | Member of Defra led UK Deep-Sea Mining Environmental Science Network |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Member of Technical Advisory Group on Marine Net Gain assessment framework project |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The outcome of the project was summarised in a report that will now lead to a more robust regulatory environment around Marine Net Gain. |
| Description | Membership of the IOC Intersessional Finance Advisory Group (IFAG) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Impact | More funding to the IOC improves its ability to deliver the data, knowledge and products that benefit 150 Member States. |
| URL | https://www.ioc.unesco.org/en |
| Description | Observer Status at the UN International Seabed Authority |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Description | Technical advice in the development of domestic legislation for BBNJ |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | Whilst this activity is ongoing, ensuring FCDO are able to access expert advice in the development of domestic legislation will ensure there are no unintended consequences on the UK marine scientific community once the UK passes domestic legislation and ratifies the BBNJ Treaty |
| Description | UN World Ocean Assessment III |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | update of MCCIP DO report card |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | update of MCCIP OA report card |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.mccip.org.uk/ocean-acidification |
| Description | Lab on chip ammonia sensors transformation for water environments and environmental data (LAST-WEED) |
| Amount | £1,000,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10146832 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2025 |
| End | 03/2027 |
| Description | Ocean Carbon for Climate (OC4C) https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/UoE_OC4C_8min_ProjectOverview-18Oct2024-short-v0.pdf |
| Amount | € 100,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 03/2025 |
| End | 07/2026 |
| Title | ImpYak® |
| Description | Associated with Research outputs for Atlantis WP 3.4.1 Sensing systems for evaluating fluxes and processes: Air-sea fluxes The "Impeller Driven Kayaks" (ImpYak®) developed to TRL 6 during CLASS are gaining a reputation for simple deployment of marine sensors in near-shore, mother-ship and loch-fjord style environments. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Three operational systems are now at TRL 7-8, and able to collect science-level data. The key unit for AtlantiS has a combination of a weather station at 0.5m abs and a through-hull mounted Nortek 500 "ADCP"-style unit. The system is unique in that analysis of the Nortek system relies on the robotic avionics to effect an virtual "Inertial Navigation Unit" to correct for the "9-degrees of Freedom" movement in the ADCP. The next technical stage is to equip a second ImpYak® with atmospheric turbulence sensors (sonic anemometers) on a compensated gimbal system. The project was hoping to gain such equipment from the disbanding of the Met Office Cardington field site, but this was not successful. Fortunately, further funding for robotics equipment has been granted from the Regional Growth Deal via the Scientific Robotics Academy, which now includes the purchase of two Campbell Scientific sonic anemometers for near-surface flux measurement. Further trials of the system will occur Spring-Summer 2025 in and around Lock Etive. |
| Title | Skater sampler |
| Description | "Skater" is a water-landable quad-copter designed to mimic a pond skater (Gerris lacustris), and designed by SAMS during CLASS, and two unique units were been built for SAMS by Tetra Drone Ltd. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Associated with Atlantis work package WP 3.4.1-Sensing systems for evaluating fluxes and processes: Air-sea fluxes Under AtlantiS Air-Sea Flux, a simple surface water sampler has been added, that can collect 20ml of surface water from the ocean and return to home and land without spilling the sample. This system will be a key part of the collaboration with Lyell center to assay the centers of micro-layer lipid rafts without otherwise disturbing or mixing the surface with a large vessel. |
| Title | WeatherWand integration |
| Description | The "WeatherWand", designed at SAMS under CLASS, is a 1.5m carbon-fibre boom with a SCD-30 sensor set (temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide) mounted on the end. An arduino controller-logger (Adafruit M0 Feather) and miniature Li-Pi battery at the other end of the boom records the resulting 0.5Hz data. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | -Associated with Atlantis work package WP 3.4.1- Sensing systems for evaluating fluxes and processes: Air-sea fluxes These 'Wands have been modified to integrate onto Skater (see above) to take time-stamped profiles of these variable, that is T(t, z), RH(t, z) and CO2(t, z). This is a key step to estimating vertical transport of these variables, derived from gradients of the variables with atmospheric turbulent diffusivity. The latter will be provided by the sonic anemometry mounted on the ImpYak (see 3.1) |
| Title | 30m carbon dioxide data from Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) collected over 3-months collected from 3rd April (deployed on DY130) to 13th June 2021 (recovered on JC231), at 8-hourly resolution using a ProOceanus CV sensor (NDIR... |
| Description | As part of the Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science (CLASS) project at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO, location 49N, -16.5W) 3-months of subsurface (30m) Carbon dioxide data were collected at 8-hourly resolution using a ProOceanus CV sensor (NDIR detection) attached to the sensor frame of the PAP1 mooring. Data are available at 8-hour resolution from 3rd April (deployed on DY130) to 13th June 2021 (sensor was collected 5th May 2022 on JC231). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The bottle oxygen samples are used to correct the oxygen profiles of the CTD. Impacts: The bottle oxygen and CTD profiles will be publicly available to the benefit of the science community/ the public. We publish the bottle oxygen separately from the CTD profiles for reusability (FAIR data principle). |
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/21c419bf-1222-0f45-e063-7086abc... |
| Title | AMT programme and WCO, PML-Data Set |
| Description | Tarran, G.A. (2024). Abundance of phytoplankton, heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacteria through the water column at time series station L4 in the Western English Channel for 2023. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. Tarran, G.A. (2024). Plankton abundance measured by flow cytometry from long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel for 2023. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. Tarran, G.A. (2025). Abundance of phytoplankton, heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacteria through the water column at time series station L4 in the Western English Channel for 2024. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. Tarran, G.A. (2025). Plankton abundance measured by flow cytometry from long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel for 2024. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Theses dataset is associated with the associated with is the Abigail McQuattors-Gollop paper/publication. The data form part of a time series that began in 2007 and are now the subject of a Pelagic Habitats Expert Group discussion and Defra-funded projects on the inclusion of pico and nanoplankton abundance as lifeform pairs for the assessment of good environmental status as per the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive and UK Marine Strategy. |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111650. |
| Title | AMT31 Cruise Report (JC272) |
| Description | The aim of the cruise was to collect a suite of biogeochemical measurements to fulfil the wider objectives of AMT on the carbon cycle and air-sea gas exchange. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Impact was that relevant optical data were collected to develop algorithms and validate the recent satellite NASA PACE mission. Also a number of instruments were deployed to to test whether the AMT could be accomplished with long track autonomous instruments to fulfil the objectives of Atlantic NC. |
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/report/18621/ |
| Title | Bottle oxygen collected from CTD casts on cruise JC263 to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) in May/June 2024 |
| Description | The dataset contains dissolved oxygen concentrations analysed from discrete water samples collected from CTD casts on research cruise JC263 to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) in the northeast Atlantic during May/June 2024. Dissolved oxygen samples were collected to calibrate the CTD's dissolved oxygen sensors. The dissolved oxygen was measured on board by Winkler titration based on an amperometric end point titration method following standard operation procedures (Dickson, 1995; Langdon, 2010). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The bottle oxygen samples are used to correct the oxygen profiles of the CTD. The bottle oxygen and CTD profiles will be publicly available to the benefit of the science community/ the public. We publish the bottle oxygen separately from the CTD profiles for reusability (FAIR data principle). |
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/2b4221ba-69e6-474e-e063-7086abc... |
| Title | Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and total alkalinity (TA) collected from CTD casts 3 and 10 on cruise JC231, May 2022, to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO). |
| Description | The dataset comprises DIC and TA from discrete water samples collected by CTD rosette onboard RRS James Cook (JC231) in May 2022. The samples were collected for quality check of retrieved (CTD cast 3) and newly deployed (CTD cast 10) pCO2 sensors on the PAP1 mooring in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. The data were generated under the Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science (CLASS) project funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The bottle oxygen samples are used to correct the oxygen profiles of the CTD. Impacts: The bottle oxygen and CTD profiles will be publicly available to the benefit of the science community/ the public. We publish the bottle oxygen separately from the CTD profiles for reusability (FAIR data principle). |
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/0f275498-29fb-78af-e063-6c86abc... |
| Title | Ellet Array Cruise Report for DY181 |
| Description | Ellett Array 2024 - an Atlantic Climate and Environment Strategic Science (AtlantiS)&Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme (OSNAP) expedition. The primary objective of the expedition was to service the Ellett array of moorings that are deployed across the subpolar North Atlantic to measure the variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation(AMOC). The main measurements required are of temperature, salinity, current speed. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | TBC |
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/dy181.pdf |
| Title | Extended Ellett Array glider data, 2023-2024 |
| Description | 3 successful robotic glider missions monitoring the Rockall Trough boundary current, and its associate heat and freshwater fluxes. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data automatically sent to Met Office for improved ocean/weather analysis and forecasting. |
| Title | Extended Ellett Array hydrographic mooring data, 2022-2024 |
| Description | Microcat and current meter data from moorings of the Eastern Boundary array (Rockall Trough), as part of UK OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme) from July 2022 to July 2024. This brings us to a decade of continuous Ellett Array mooring observations, available to public. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Supports monitoring of subpolar AMOC through OSNAP program. |
| Title | ICOS OTC FOS NRT Product |
| Description | Hartman, S., Flohr, A. (2024). ICOS OTC FOS NRT Product, Porcupine Abyssal Plain. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | PAP-SO is part of a network of fixed ocean sites and ships of opportunity across Europe, that provide temperature and CO2 data. PAP-SO became a 'labelled' ICOS station in 2023, showing it has high quality data, assessed by the ICOS ocean thematic centre (Ocean Thematic Centre | ICOS OTC ). Our data goes to the ICOS 'carbon portal' to calculate CO2 flux across Europe. |
| URL | https://meta.icos-cp.eu/objects/g_Ehfd0rclK_TDR1wkpXtUiE |
| Title | ICOS OTC FOS NRT Product, Porcupine Abyssal Plain, 2024-05-31-2024-11-26 |
| Description | This dataset is part of the ICOS RI (Integrated Carbon Observation System Research Infrastructure) and provides near real-time (NRT) data from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain. PAP related but cover the CO2/sustained observations |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | TBC |
| URL | https://meta.icos-cp.eu/objects/g_Ehfd0rclK_TDR1wkpXtUiE |
| Title | Loch Etive Nortek ImpYak dataset |
| Description | Further Nortek / weather /WRF and airborne survey data will be gathered during 2025 to test the Air-Sea Flux systems being developed. A suitable repository will be identified which is compatible with the AtlantiS archive model. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | tbc |
| Title | Loch Linnhe FAAM/ImpYak/WRF comparison datasets |
| Description | These are the data used for the 2.1 MASTS presentation "Introducing "ImpYak®", an Autonomous Surface Vehicle for coastal marine science". |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | They will collated and archived as a coherent unit as part of the publication of the Loch Linnhe study. |
| URL | https://www.mmm.ucar.edu/models/wrf |
| Title | North Sea coarse resolution pygetm-ERSEM outputs |
| Description | Implemented pygetm (Python implementation of GETM model) coupled to ERSEM for the North Sea domain with coarse spatial resolution (11 km, 50 vertical layers). Performed several multi-year simulations (1993-2018) with an aim to investigate model sensitivity to changes in inputs and parameter settings, including e.g. spatially varying porosity, decreased nitrification rates, increased benthic denitrification rates etc. The setup provides more realistic, balanced test ground for model calibration and experimentation compared to 1D simulations, but less detail than higher-resolution AMM7/AMM15 NEMO-ERSEM setups, thus bridging the gap between these two approaches. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | No impact yet. Likely to inform new stable releases of ERSEM code. |
| Title | South Asian Nitrogen Hub Regional Marine Biogeochemistry Model hindcast runs under three nitrogen production scenarios (2004-2020) |
| Description | This dataset contains outputs of three simulations from an ocean-biogeochemistry (NEMO v.4.0.4 - ERSEM) model over the South East Asia region. Atmospheric forcing is provided by ERA5, with lateral ocean boundaries from the CMEMS global forecast. Biogeochemical tracers are initialised and forced by a combination of world ocean atlas, GloDAP, and OC-CCI data. The output is provided as daily and monthly files on a {t,u,v,w}-grid. Additional monthly output used in the construction of a nitrogen budget is also provided. Three different simulations were run with varying river input and nitrogen deposition: 1) under current legislation conditions (at the time of publication), which include projected trends of activity and change in environmental factors to include the impact of recent legislation (for example the mandatory use of Neem Coated Urea); 2) under maximum technically feasible reduction in overall nitrogen production conditions, including the projected trends of activity, the impact of current legislation (e.g. neem coated urea), along with further reductions such as the amount of permissible nitrogen pollution from fertilizer use and reduced emissions from housing; 3) under maximum technically feasible reduction in overall nitrogen production plus a change in human diet conditions, including the projected trends of activity, the impact of current legislation, along with further reductions such as the amount of permissible nitrogen pollution from fertilizer use and reduced emissions from housing, and the additional assumption of an overall change in human diet towards foods that produce less nitrogen during their production. The simulations are performed as hindcasts but are used to assess future behaviour under a given scenario. The model configuration is named SAsia. The outputs were generated under the South Asian Nitrogen Hub (SANH; NE/S009019/1) project. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Produced a series of nitrogen budgets to guide policy decisions in the region |
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/2ee5ff1c-da6d-81d4-e063-7086abc... |
| Title | South Asian Nitrogen Hub Regional Marine Biogeochemistry Model under baseline scenario conditions (1993-2020) |
| Description | This dataset contains outputs of a simulation from an ocean-biogeochemistry (NEMO v.4.0.4 - ERSEM) model over the South East Asia region. Atmospheric forcing is provided by ERA5, with lateral ocean boundaries from the CMEMS global forecast. Biogeochemical tracers are initialised and forced by a combination of world ocean atlas, GloDAP, and OC-CCI data. Outputs are provided as daily and monthly files on a {t,u,v,w}-grid. Additional monthly output used in the construction of a nitrogen budget is also provided. For this simulation, riverine input and nitrogen deposition is input into the marine environment under baseline conditions using 2015 as a reference. The model configuration is named SAsia. The outputs were generated under the South Asian Nitrogen Hub (SANH; NE/S009019/1) project. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Produced a nitrogen budget to guide policy decisions in the region |
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/2ee601a2-911c-822d-e063-7086abc... |
| Description | Benthic Ecosystem and Carbon Synthesis (BECS) Working Group |
| Organisation | Boston University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Member of Benthic Ecosystem and Carbon Synthesis (BECS) Working Group organised by OCB. Took part in a workshop in Boston, USA, in April 2024, presenting developments and results of ERSEM benthic modelling. As a follow-up co-authoring 2 synthesis publications on benthic carbon research priorities and approaches. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The BECS working group is aimed at understanding the carbon cycle and ecosystems within the land-to-ocean aquatic continuum by improving our understanding of related benthic processes and their representation in ocean and climate models. The Working Group has the following goals: Facilitate communication and data sharing between coastal and global biogeochemical / ecosystem modellers and observationalists. Establish shared data protocols, including common definitions and variable names/units. Develop data products for model development. Develop recommendations for future directions in observations and modeling. |
| Impact | In progress |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Benthic Ecosystem and Carbon Synthesis (BECS) Working Group |
| Organisation | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
| Department | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Member of Benthic Ecosystem and Carbon Synthesis (BECS) Working Group organised by OCB. Took part in a workshop in Boston, USA, in April 2024, presenting developments and results of ERSEM benthic modelling. As a follow-up co-authoring 2 synthesis publications on benthic carbon research priorities and approaches. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The BECS working group is aimed at understanding the carbon cycle and ecosystems within the land-to-ocean aquatic continuum by improving our understanding of related benthic processes and their representation in ocean and climate models. The Working Group has the following goals: Facilitate communication and data sharing between coastal and global biogeochemical / ecosystem modellers and observationalists. Establish shared data protocols, including common definitions and variable names/units. Develop data products for model development. Develop recommendations for future directions in observations and modeling. |
| Impact | In progress |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Benthic Ecosystem and Carbon Synthesis (BECS) Working Group |
| Organisation | Northeastern University - Boston |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Member of Benthic Ecosystem and Carbon Synthesis (BECS) Working Group organised by OCB. Took part in a workshop in Boston, USA, in April 2024, presenting developments and results of ERSEM benthic modelling. As a follow-up co-authoring 2 synthesis publications on benthic carbon research priorities and approaches. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The BECS working group is aimed at understanding the carbon cycle and ecosystems within the land-to-ocean aquatic continuum by improving our understanding of related benthic processes and their representation in ocean and climate models. The Working Group has the following goals: Facilitate communication and data sharing between coastal and global biogeochemical / ecosystem modellers and observationalists. Establish shared data protocols, including common definitions and variable names/units. Develop data products for model development. Develop recommendations for future directions in observations and modeling. |
| Impact | In progress |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Benthic Ecosystem and Carbon Synthesis (BECS) Working Group |
| Organisation | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) |
| Department | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Member of Benthic Ecosystem and Carbon Synthesis (BECS) Working Group organised by OCB. Took part in a workshop in Boston, USA, in April 2024, presenting developments and results of ERSEM benthic modelling. As a follow-up co-authoring 2 synthesis publications on benthic carbon research priorities and approaches. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The BECS working group is aimed at understanding the carbon cycle and ecosystems within the land-to-ocean aquatic continuum by improving our understanding of related benthic processes and their representation in ocean and climate models. The Working Group has the following goals: Facilitate communication and data sharing between coastal and global biogeochemical / ecosystem modellers and observationalists. Establish shared data protocols, including common definitions and variable names/units. Develop data products for model development. Develop recommendations for future directions in observations and modeling. |
| Impact | In progress |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Benthic Ecosystem and Carbon Synthesis (BECS) Working Group |
| Organisation | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Member of Benthic Ecosystem and Carbon Synthesis (BECS) Working Group organised by OCB. Took part in a workshop in Boston, USA, in April 2024, presenting developments and results of ERSEM benthic modelling. As a follow-up co-authoring 2 synthesis publications on benthic carbon research priorities and approaches. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The BECS working group is aimed at understanding the carbon cycle and ecosystems within the land-to-ocean aquatic continuum by improving our understanding of related benthic processes and their representation in ocean and climate models. The Working Group has the following goals: Facilitate communication and data sharing between coastal and global biogeochemical / ecosystem modellers and observationalists. Establish shared data protocols, including common definitions and variable names/units. Develop data products for model development. Develop recommendations for future directions in observations and modeling. |
| Impact | In progress |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Berth on JC263 through AtlantiS research fellowships |
| Organisation | University of Porto |
| Department | Centre Of Marine And Environmental Research |
| Country | Portugal |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We offered berths on JC263 to Early Career Researchers and PhD students to carry out their own research and gain experience during the cruise. We offered a student from University of Porto a place because of the strength of her application and ability to add value to the existing programme of research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | A university of Porto PhD student joined JC263 to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain to make use of the NC funded sediment and water column sampling programme at PAP to carry out ex situ experiments to understand the impact of metal exposure on microbial activity, to further our understanding of potential impacts of deep-sea mining. The student also contributed as part of the core science team when she was not running her own samples, providing support for the wider cruise objectives. |
| Impact | Leonor Pizzaro et al 'Metal Impacts on Deep-Sea Microbial Diversity and N Cycling Potential' 17th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, Hong Kong 2025. Further collaboration in future and opportunities for joint proposals. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | British Virgin Islands (BVI) engagement with US Virgin Islands |
| Organisation | Government of the British Virgin Islands |
| Department | Ministry of Natural Resources & Labour |
| Country | Virgin Islands, British |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Acted as the broker in developing an agreement between the BVI and USI to enable glider deployments that transit BVI waters which support hurricane modelling and monitoring |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government of the BVI supported the inclusion of local stakeholder, namely the H Lavity Stoutt Community College and BVI national parks trust and the Government of the US Virgin Islands and UVI Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences |
| Impact | Arrangement to undertake joint marine scientific research and capacity development |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | COASTPREDICT: Observing and Predicting the Global Coastal Ocean |
| Organisation | Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | NOC co-lead the COASTPREDICT Focus areas: Future Coastal Ocean climates: Earth System observing and modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | COASTPREDICT is programme endorsed by the UN Decade of Ocean Science and one of the 3 Programmes co-designed with the UNESCO International Oceanographic Commission's (IOC) Global Ocean ObservingSystem (GOOS). |
| Impact | The COASTPREDICT project has sponsored several the UN decade endorsed projects, inducing NOC led Future Coastal Ocean Climates (FLAME) |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | COASTPREDICT: Observing and Predicting the Global Coastal Ocean |
| Organisation | University of Bologna |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC co-lead the COASTPREDICT Focus areas: Future Coastal Ocean climates: Earth System observing and modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | COASTPREDICT is programme endorsed by the UN Decade of Ocean Science and one of the 3 Programmes co-designed with the UNESCO International Oceanographic Commission's (IOC) Global Ocean ObservingSystem (GOOS). |
| Impact | The COASTPREDICT project has sponsored several the UN decade endorsed projects, inducing NOC led Future Coastal Ocean Climates (FLAME) |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | COASTPREDICT: Observing and Predicting the Global Coastal Ocean |
| Organisation | University of Miami |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC co-lead the COASTPREDICT Focus areas: Future Coastal Ocean climates: Earth System observing and modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | COASTPREDICT is programme endorsed by the UN Decade of Ocean Science and one of the 3 Programmes co-designed with the UNESCO International Oceanographic Commission's (IOC) Global Ocean ObservingSystem (GOOS). |
| Impact | The COASTPREDICT project has sponsored several the UN decade endorsed projects, inducing NOC led Future Coastal Ocean Climates (FLAME) |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Collaboration with Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology |
| Organisation | Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Sharing of model output from simulations on the South Asia domain to aid in studies of phytoplankton abundance and phenology trends |
| Collaborator Contribution | Additional model validation, utilising strong in-situ datasets in the north Indian ocean |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | FLAME |
| Organisation | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | contributed to initial discussion and initial planning for next stages of the UN decade for ocean science project FLAME |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coordinated the discussion and organised the initial workshop |
| Impact | no concrete outputs yet, however a special issue is being planned. The collaboration is focussed on modelling but is multi-disciplinary as it involves physical oceanography modellers as well as marine ecosystem modellers, climate modellers as well as non-modellers like physical and biological oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | FLAME |
| Organisation | Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | contributed to initial discussion and initial planning for next stages of the UN decade for ocean science project FLAME |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coordinated the discussion and organised the initial workshop |
| Impact | no concrete outputs yet, however a special issue is being planned. The collaboration is focussed on modelling but is multi-disciplinary as it involves physical oceanography modellers as well as marine ecosystem modellers, climate modellers as well as non-modellers like physical and biological oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | FLAME |
| Organisation | Mercator Océan |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | contributed to initial discussion and initial planning for next stages of the UN decade for ocean science project FLAME |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coordinated the discussion and organised the initial workshop |
| Impact | no concrete outputs yet, however a special issue is being planned. The collaboration is focussed on modelling but is multi-disciplinary as it involves physical oceanography modellers as well as marine ecosystem modellers, climate modellers as well as non-modellers like physical and biological oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | FLAME |
| Organisation | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
| Department | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | contributed to initial discussion and initial planning for next stages of the UN decade for ocean science project FLAME |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coordinated the discussion and organised the initial workshop |
| Impact | no concrete outputs yet, however a special issue is being planned. The collaboration is focussed on modelling but is multi-disciplinary as it involves physical oceanography modellers as well as marine ecosystem modellers, climate modellers as well as non-modellers like physical and biological oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | FLAME |
| Organisation | National Oceanography Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | contributed to initial discussion and initial planning for next stages of the UN decade for ocean science project FLAME |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coordinated the discussion and organised the initial workshop |
| Impact | no concrete outputs yet, however a special issue is being planned. The collaboration is focussed on modelling but is multi-disciplinary as it involves physical oceanography modellers as well as marine ecosystem modellers, climate modellers as well as non-modellers like physical and biological oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | FLAME |
| Organisation | University of Alberta |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | contributed to initial discussion and initial planning for next stages of the UN decade for ocean science project FLAME |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coordinated the discussion and organised the initial workshop |
| Impact | no concrete outputs yet, however a special issue is being planned. The collaboration is focussed on modelling but is multi-disciplinary as it involves physical oceanography modellers as well as marine ecosystem modellers, climate modellers as well as non-modellers like physical and biological oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | FLAME |
| Organisation | University of Bologna |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | contributed to initial discussion and initial planning for next stages of the UN decade for ocean science project FLAME |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coordinated the discussion and organised the initial workshop |
| Impact | no concrete outputs yet, however a special issue is being planned. The collaboration is focussed on modelling but is multi-disciplinary as it involves physical oceanography modellers as well as marine ecosystem modellers, climate modellers as well as non-modellers like physical and biological oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | FLAME |
| Organisation | University of Connecticut |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | contributed to initial discussion and initial planning for next stages of the UN decade for ocean science project FLAME |
| Collaborator Contribution | Coordinated the discussion and organised the initial workshop |
| Impact | no concrete outputs yet, however a special issue is being planned. The collaboration is focussed on modelling but is multi-disciplinary as it involves physical oceanography modellers as well as marine ecosystem modellers, climate modellers as well as non-modellers like physical and biological oceanographers |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Future Coastal Ocean Climates (FLAME) project endorsed by UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
| Organisation | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| Department | CSIRO Hobart |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | NOC leads this partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | During the UN Ocean Decade, FLAME aims to establish a Global Coastal Ocean Model Intercomparison Programme (CO-MIP) that will provide climate change impacts and hazard assessments to the next and future IPCC reports. While climate change is increasingly better understood and modelled on global scales, climate impacts are most acutely felt across the coastal ocean, where rapidly expanding human populations are reliant upon coastal ecosystem resources and services and where they are most vulnerable to coastal hazards. Downscaling global and regional climate models to reliably project change in the coastal ocean however, where the land, ocean and human populations are intimately connected, is challenging. FLAME provides a set of high-level objectives and a framework within which the international research community can work together to improve high-resolution projections of the global coastal oceans responses to future climate, on decadal to centennial scales, and strengthen understanding of the impacts that this will have on coastal ecosystems, hazards and services. |
| Impact | Successful workshop in Feb 2023 involving about 60 participants from over 15 counties. Successful workshop in Feb 2025 in Lecce, Italy, involving about 90 in-person participants and 50 on-line. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Future Coastal Ocean Climates (FLAME) project endorsed by UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
| Organisation | Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | NOC leads this partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | During the UN Ocean Decade, FLAME aims to establish a Global Coastal Ocean Model Intercomparison Programme (CO-MIP) that will provide climate change impacts and hazard assessments to the next and future IPCC reports. While climate change is increasingly better understood and modelled on global scales, climate impacts are most acutely felt across the coastal ocean, where rapidly expanding human populations are reliant upon coastal ecosystem resources and services and where they are most vulnerable to coastal hazards. Downscaling global and regional climate models to reliably project change in the coastal ocean however, where the land, ocean and human populations are intimately connected, is challenging. FLAME provides a set of high-level objectives and a framework within which the international research community can work together to improve high-resolution projections of the global coastal oceans responses to future climate, on decadal to centennial scales, and strengthen understanding of the impacts that this will have on coastal ecosystems, hazards and services. |
| Impact | Successful workshop in Feb 2023 involving about 60 participants from over 15 counties. Successful workshop in Feb 2025 in Lecce, Italy, involving about 90 in-person participants and 50 on-line. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Future Coastal Ocean Climates (FLAME) project endorsed by UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
| Organisation | University of Alberta |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC leads this partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | During the UN Ocean Decade, FLAME aims to establish a Global Coastal Ocean Model Intercomparison Programme (CO-MIP) that will provide climate change impacts and hazard assessments to the next and future IPCC reports. While climate change is increasingly better understood and modelled on global scales, climate impacts are most acutely felt across the coastal ocean, where rapidly expanding human populations are reliant upon coastal ecosystem resources and services and where they are most vulnerable to coastal hazards. Downscaling global and regional climate models to reliably project change in the coastal ocean however, where the land, ocean and human populations are intimately connected, is challenging. FLAME provides a set of high-level objectives and a framework within which the international research community can work together to improve high-resolution projections of the global coastal oceans responses to future climate, on decadal to centennial scales, and strengthen understanding of the impacts that this will have on coastal ecosystems, hazards and services. |
| Impact | Successful workshop in Feb 2023 involving about 60 participants from over 15 counties. Successful workshop in Feb 2025 in Lecce, Italy, involving about 90 in-person participants and 50 on-line. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Future Coastal Ocean Climates (FLAME) project endorsed by UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
| Organisation | University of Bologna |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC leads this partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | During the UN Ocean Decade, FLAME aims to establish a Global Coastal Ocean Model Intercomparison Programme (CO-MIP) that will provide climate change impacts and hazard assessments to the next and future IPCC reports. While climate change is increasingly better understood and modelled on global scales, climate impacts are most acutely felt across the coastal ocean, where rapidly expanding human populations are reliant upon coastal ecosystem resources and services and where they are most vulnerable to coastal hazards. Downscaling global and regional climate models to reliably project change in the coastal ocean however, where the land, ocean and human populations are intimately connected, is challenging. FLAME provides a set of high-level objectives and a framework within which the international research community can work together to improve high-resolution projections of the global coastal oceans responses to future climate, on decadal to centennial scales, and strengthen understanding of the impacts that this will have on coastal ecosystems, hazards and services. |
| Impact | Successful workshop in Feb 2023 involving about 60 participants from over 15 counties. Successful workshop in Feb 2025 in Lecce, Italy, involving about 90 in-person participants and 50 on-line. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Future Coastal Ocean Climates (FLAME) project endorsed by UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development |
| Organisation | University of Calabria |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC leads this partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | During the UN Ocean Decade, FLAME aims to establish a Global Coastal Ocean Model Intercomparison Programme (CO-MIP) that will provide climate change impacts and hazard assessments to the next and future IPCC reports. While climate change is increasingly better understood and modelled on global scales, climate impacts are most acutely felt across the coastal ocean, where rapidly expanding human populations are reliant upon coastal ecosystem resources and services and where they are most vulnerable to coastal hazards. Downscaling global and regional climate models to reliably project change in the coastal ocean however, where the land, ocean and human populations are intimately connected, is challenging. FLAME provides a set of high-level objectives and a framework within which the international research community can work together to improve high-resolution projections of the global coastal oceans responses to future climate, on decadal to centennial scales, and strengthen understanding of the impacts that this will have on coastal ecosystems, hazards and services. |
| Impact | Successful workshop in Feb 2023 involving about 60 participants from over 15 counties. Successful workshop in Feb 2025 in Lecce, Italy, involving about 90 in-person participants and 50 on-line. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | HBDSEG |
| Organisation | Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I contribute to the evidence group by highlighting the type of evidences that the NERC research community, and in particular the marine modelling community, could provide and by sharing best practices and experience about modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | they provide a better understanding the requirements of policy makers and management agencies so that my current and future research can have stronger impact |
| Impact | the collaboration is highly multidisciplinary, involving modellers, biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HBDSEG |
| Organisation | Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I contribute to the evidence group by highlighting the type of evidences that the NERC research community, and in particular the marine modelling community, could provide and by sharing best practices and experience about modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | they provide a better understanding the requirements of policy makers and management agencies so that my current and future research can have stronger impact |
| Impact | the collaboration is highly multidisciplinary, involving modellers, biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HBDSEG |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I contribute to the evidence group by highlighting the type of evidences that the NERC research community, and in particular the marine modelling community, could provide and by sharing best practices and experience about modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | they provide a better understanding the requirements of policy makers and management agencies so that my current and future research can have stronger impact |
| Impact | the collaboration is highly multidisciplinary, involving modellers, biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HBDSEG |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I contribute to the evidence group by highlighting the type of evidences that the NERC research community, and in particular the marine modelling community, could provide and by sharing best practices and experience about modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | they provide a better understanding the requirements of policy makers and management agencies so that my current and future research can have stronger impact |
| Impact | the collaboration is highly multidisciplinary, involving modellers, biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HBDSEG |
| Organisation | Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | I contribute to the evidence group by highlighting the type of evidences that the NERC research community, and in particular the marine modelling community, could provide and by sharing best practices and experience about modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | they provide a better understanding the requirements of policy makers and management agencies so that my current and future research can have stronger impact |
| Impact | the collaboration is highly multidisciplinary, involving modellers, biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HBDSEG |
| Organisation | Marine Biological Association |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I contribute to the evidence group by highlighting the type of evidences that the NERC research community, and in particular the marine modelling community, could provide and by sharing best practices and experience about modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | they provide a better understanding the requirements of policy makers and management agencies so that my current and future research can have stronger impact |
| Impact | the collaboration is highly multidisciplinary, involving modellers, biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HBDSEG |
| Organisation | National Oceanography Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I contribute to the evidence group by highlighting the type of evidences that the NERC research community, and in particular the marine modelling community, could provide and by sharing best practices and experience about modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | they provide a better understanding the requirements of policy makers and management agencies so that my current and future research can have stronger impact |
| Impact | the collaboration is highly multidisciplinary, involving modellers, biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HBDSEG |
| Organisation | Natural Resources Wales |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I contribute to the evidence group by highlighting the type of evidences that the NERC research community, and in particular the marine modelling community, could provide and by sharing best practices and experience about modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | they provide a better understanding the requirements of policy makers and management agencies so that my current and future research can have stronger impact |
| Impact | the collaboration is highly multidisciplinary, involving modellers, biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HBDSEG |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I contribute to the evidence group by highlighting the type of evidences that the NERC research community, and in particular the marine modelling community, could provide and by sharing best practices and experience about modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | they provide a better understanding the requirements of policy makers and management agencies so that my current and future research can have stronger impact |
| Impact | the collaboration is highly multidisciplinary, involving modellers, biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HBDSEG |
| Organisation | Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | I contribute to the evidence group by highlighting the type of evidences that the NERC research community, and in particular the marine modelling community, could provide and by sharing best practices and experience about modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | they provide a better understanding the requirements of policy makers and management agencies so that my current and future research can have stronger impact |
| Impact | the collaboration is highly multidisciplinary, involving modellers, biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HBDSEG |
| Organisation | Seafish |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I contribute to the evidence group by highlighting the type of evidences that the NERC research community, and in particular the marine modelling community, could provide and by sharing best practices and experience about modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | they provide a better understanding the requirements of policy makers and management agencies so that my current and future research can have stronger impact |
| Impact | the collaboration is highly multidisciplinary, involving modellers, biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, fishery scientists |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Joint Marine Modelling Programme (JMMP) |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Through JMMP NOC supports UK's weather and climate modelling efforts, such as CMIP, seasonal and decade forecasting and weather forecasting |
| Collaborator Contribution | JMMP supports the development of marine models used in UK prediction systems across time/space scales and discipline. |
| Impact | Multiple marine model configurations shared with UK community |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Joint Marine Modelling Programme (JMMP) |
| Organisation | Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Through JMMP NOC supports UK's weather and climate modelling efforts, such as CMIP, seasonal and decade forecasting and weather forecasting |
| Collaborator Contribution | JMMP supports the development of marine models used in UK prediction systems across time/space scales and discipline. |
| Impact | Multiple marine model configurations shared with UK community |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Joint Marine Modelling Programme (JMMP) |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Through JMMP NOC supports UK's weather and climate modelling efforts, such as CMIP, seasonal and decade forecasting and weather forecasting |
| Collaborator Contribution | JMMP supports the development of marine models used in UK prediction systems across time/space scales and discipline. |
| Impact | Multiple marine model configurations shared with UK community |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | NEMO Consortium |
| Organisation | Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Impact | The consortium provides regular model code updates (currently V4). These form the basis for most model based operational, climate and research oceanography in Europe, including the UK, Frence and italian contributions the CMIP process informing the IPCC Assessment and Special Reports, and also the Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | NEMO Consortium |
| Organisation | Mercator Océan |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Impact | The consortium provides regular model code updates (currently V4). These form the basis for most model based operational, climate and research oceanography in Europe, including the UK, Frence and italian contributions the CMIP process informing the IPCC Assessment and Special Reports, and also the Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | NEMO Consortium |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Impact | The consortium provides regular model code updates (currently V4). These form the basis for most model based operational, climate and research oceanography in Europe, including the UK, Frence and italian contributions the CMIP process informing the IPCC Assessment and Special Reports, and also the Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | NEMO Consortium |
| Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Impact | The consortium provides regular model code updates (currently V4). These form the basis for most model based operational, climate and research oceanography in Europe, including the UK, Frence and italian contributions the CMIP process informing the IPCC Assessment and Special Reports, and also the Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | NOC and Met Office Collaboration |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Under the Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme (JWCRP) between NERC and the Met Office, we have forged a strong strategic partnership with the Met Office. This takes the form of the Joint Marine Modelling Project (JMMP; formerly JOMP; the Joint Ocean Modelling Programme and JCOMP; the Joint Coastal Ocean Modelling Programme). JMMP comprises staff from both NOC (from the Marine Systems Modelling group) and the Met Office and enables the best possible versions of the NEMO global and coastal-ocean models to be taken up into predictive systems at the Met Office (for ocean forecasting, coupled weather forecasting, seasonal prediction, decadal prediction, and climate and earth system modelling). Successive versions of NEMO are developed internationally on a regular cycle and have a number of new options. The benefit of these options are assessed both individually and in various combinations through undertaking decadal timescale simulations on MONSooN, a supercomputer facility shared between NERC and the Met Office, and identical in architecture to the main Met Office supercomputer. Once the optimal combination of options has been ascertained, the NEMO model can then be rapidly and easily taken up into the predictive systems at the Met Office. The cycle is repeated approximately every 1-2 years. The shelf seas activities, specifically support the models run operationally in the shelf sea forecasting and reanalysis system at the Met Office and delivered by the European Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. Alongside JMMP, the National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (formally known as the National Centre for Ocean Forecasting) aims to develop and promote the application of world-leading marine products and services to stakeholders, with a focus on national and public benefit. This is achieved firstly through the integration of models, observations and scientific understanding to produce the best information and advice about the marine environment, with rigorous quality assurance and traceability; and secondly through engaging with stakeholders to understand their requirements and to maximise the beneficial use of marine products and services. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Under the Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme (JWCRP) between NERC and the Met Office, we have forged a strong strategic partnership with the Met Office. This takes the form of the Joint Marine Modelling Project (JMMP; formerly JOMP; the Joint Ocean Modelling Programme and JCOMP; the Joint Coastal Ocean Modelling Programme). JMMP comprises staff from both NOC (from the Marine Systems Modelling group) and the Met Office and enables the best possible versions of the NEMO global and coastal-ocean models to be taken up into predictive systems at the Met Office (for ocean forecasting, coupled weather forecasting, seasonal prediction, decadal prediction, and climate and earth system modelling). Successive versions of NEMO are developed internationally on a regular cycle and have a number of new options. The benefit of these options are assessed both individually and in various combinations through undertaking decadal timescale simulations on MONSooN, a supercomputer facility shared between NERC and the Met Office, and identical in architecture to the main Met Office supercomputer. Once the optimal combination of options has been ascertained, the NEMO model can then be rapidly and easily taken up into the predictive systems at the Met Office. The cycle is repeated approximately every 1-2 years. The shelf seas activities, specifically support the models run operationally in the shelf sea forecasting and reanalysis system at the Met Office and delivered by the European Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. Alongside JMMP, the National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (formally known as the National Centre for Ocean Forecasting) aims to develop and promote the application of world-leading marine products and services to stakeholders, with a focus on national and public benefit. This is achieved firstly through the integration of models, observations and scientific understanding to produce the best information and advice about the marine environment, with rigorous quality assurance and traceability; and secondly through engaging with stakeholders to understand their requirements and to maximise the beneficial use of marine products and services. |
| Impact | NEMO model configurations. NW European Shelf Operational Copernicus service. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | NOC, NEMO Consortium and STFC on Next Generation Modelling Systems |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC, as part of the NEMO consortium, incluidng the Met Office is working towards adapting the NEMO ocean models to effectively exploit the next generation of exascale super computers. This project has informed the Met Office Next Generation Modelling Systems Porgramme and calls in the UKRI Excalibur SPF. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NOC, as part of the NEMO consortium, incluidng the Met Office is working towards adapting the NEMO ocean models to effectively exploit the next generation of exascale super computers. This project has informed the Met Office Next Generation Modelling Systems Porgramme and calls in the UKRI Excalibur SPF. |
| Impact | Prototype nemo ocean models decribed in : https://doi.org/10.5286/edata/707 This is a natural science - computer science collaboration |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | NOC, NEMO Consortium and STFC on Next Generation Modelling Systems |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | NOC, as part of the NEMO consortium, incluidng the Met Office is working towards adapting the NEMO ocean models to effectively exploit the next generation of exascale super computers. This project has informed the Met Office Next Generation Modelling Systems Porgramme and calls in the UKRI Excalibur SPF. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NOC, as part of the NEMO consortium, incluidng the Met Office is working towards adapting the NEMO ocean models to effectively exploit the next generation of exascale super computers. This project has informed the Met Office Next Generation Modelling Systems Porgramme and calls in the UKRI Excalibur SPF. |
| Impact | Prototype nemo ocean models decribed in : https://doi.org/10.5286/edata/707 This is a natural science - computer science collaboration |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | NPOP rivers International group |
| Organisation | Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I lead the working group that has been established following a workshop that I have co-organised within the context of the NPOP partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This group aims at improving the representation of coastal freshwater and nutrient fluxes in marine models to reduce uncertainty in coastal areas and increase the uptake of model products from marine managers and governmental agencies for their planning and assessment. |
| Impact | This group just started and it is planning the second workshop |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | NPOP rivers International group |
| Organisation | Dutch Research Council |
| Department | Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I lead the working group that has been established following a workshop that I have co-organised within the context of the NPOP partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This group aims at improving the representation of coastal freshwater and nutrient fluxes in marine models to reduce uncertainty in coastal areas and increase the uptake of model products from marine managers and governmental agencies for their planning and assessment. |
| Impact | This group just started and it is planning the second workshop |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | NPOP rivers International group |
| Organisation | Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | I lead the working group that has been established following a workshop that I have co-organised within the context of the NPOP partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This group aims at improving the representation of coastal freshwater and nutrient fluxes in marine models to reduce uncertainty in coastal areas and increase the uptake of model products from marine managers and governmental agencies for their planning and assessment. |
| Impact | This group just started and it is planning the second workshop |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | NPOP rivers International group |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Joint Research Centre (JRC) |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I lead the working group that has been established following a workshop that I have co-organised within the context of the NPOP partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This group aims at improving the representation of coastal freshwater and nutrient fluxes in marine models to reduce uncertainty in coastal areas and increase the uptake of model products from marine managers and governmental agencies for their planning and assessment. |
| Impact | This group just started and it is planning the second workshop |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | NPOP rivers International group |
| Organisation | Government of Scotland |
| Department | Marine Scotland Directorate |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I lead the working group that has been established following a workshop that I have co-organised within the context of the NPOP partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This group aims at improving the representation of coastal freshwater and nutrient fluxes in marine models to reduce uncertainty in coastal areas and increase the uptake of model products from marine managers and governmental agencies for their planning and assessment. |
| Impact | This group just started and it is planning the second workshop |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | NPOP rivers International group |
| Organisation | Mercator Océan |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | I lead the working group that has been established following a workshop that I have co-organised within the context of the NPOP partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This group aims at improving the representation of coastal freshwater and nutrient fluxes in marine models to reduce uncertainty in coastal areas and increase the uptake of model products from marine managers and governmental agencies for their planning and assessment. |
| Impact | This group just started and it is planning the second workshop |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | NPOP rivers International group |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I lead the working group that has been established following a workshop that I have co-organised within the context of the NPOP partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This group aims at improving the representation of coastal freshwater and nutrient fluxes in marine models to reduce uncertainty in coastal areas and increase the uptake of model products from marine managers and governmental agencies for their planning and assessment. |
| Impact | This group just started and it is planning the second workshop |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | NPOP rivers International group |
| Organisation | National Oceanography Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I lead the working group that has been established following a workshop that I have co-organised within the context of the NPOP partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This group aims at improving the representation of coastal freshwater and nutrient fluxes in marine models to reduce uncertainty in coastal areas and increase the uptake of model products from marine managers and governmental agencies for their planning and assessment. |
| Impact | This group just started and it is planning the second workshop |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | NPOP rivers International group |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| PI Contribution | I lead the working group that has been established following a workshop that I have co-organised within the context of the NPOP partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This group aims at improving the representation of coastal freshwater and nutrient fluxes in marine models to reduce uncertainty in coastal areas and increase the uptake of model products from marine managers and governmental agencies for their planning and assessment. |
| Impact | This group just started and it is planning the second workshop |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | NPOP rivers International group |
| Organisation | Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | I lead the working group that has been established following a workshop that I have co-organised within the context of the NPOP partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This group aims at improving the representation of coastal freshwater and nutrient fluxes in marine models to reduce uncertainty in coastal areas and increase the uptake of model products from marine managers and governmental agencies for their planning and assessment. |
| Impact | This group just started and it is planning the second workshop |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | NPOP rivers International group |
| Organisation | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I lead the working group that has been established following a workshop that I have co-organised within the context of the NPOP partnership |
| Collaborator Contribution | This group aims at improving the representation of coastal freshwater and nutrient fluxes in marine models to reduce uncertainty in coastal areas and increase the uptake of model products from marine managers and governmental agencies for their planning and assessment. |
| Impact | This group just started and it is planning the second workshop |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP) |
| Organisation | Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | NOC co-chairs NPOP and supports several of its activity groups |
| Collaborator Contribution | NPOP aims to develop and promote uptake of the UK's national capability in marine prediction, with a focus on national and public benefit. This is achieved through the development and integration of global-, regional- and national- scale models, observations and scientific understanding to produce the best information and advice about the marine environment at a national level, with rigorous quality assurance and traceability; and by engaging with stakeholders to understand their requirements and to maximise the beneficial use of modelled and observed data in marine products and services. |
| Impact | none |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP) |
| Organisation | Government of Scotland |
| Department | Marine Scotland Directorate |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | NOC co-chairs NPOP and supports several of its activity groups |
| Collaborator Contribution | NPOP aims to develop and promote uptake of the UK's national capability in marine prediction, with a focus on national and public benefit. This is achieved through the development and integration of global-, regional- and national- scale models, observations and scientific understanding to produce the best information and advice about the marine environment at a national level, with rigorous quality assurance and traceability; and by engaging with stakeholders to understand their requirements and to maximise the beneficial use of modelled and observed data in marine products and services. |
| Impact | none |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP) |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC co-chairs NPOP and supports several of its activity groups |
| Collaborator Contribution | NPOP aims to develop and promote uptake of the UK's national capability in marine prediction, with a focus on national and public benefit. This is achieved through the development and integration of global-, regional- and national- scale models, observations and scientific understanding to produce the best information and advice about the marine environment at a national level, with rigorous quality assurance and traceability; and by engaging with stakeholders to understand their requirements and to maximise the beneficial use of modelled and observed data in marine products and services. |
| Impact | none |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP) |
| Organisation | National Centre for Earth Observation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC co-chairs NPOP and supports several of its activity groups |
| Collaborator Contribution | NPOP aims to develop and promote uptake of the UK's national capability in marine prediction, with a focus on national and public benefit. This is achieved through the development and integration of global-, regional- and national- scale models, observations and scientific understanding to produce the best information and advice about the marine environment at a national level, with rigorous quality assurance and traceability; and by engaging with stakeholders to understand their requirements and to maximise the beneficial use of modelled and observed data in marine products and services. |
| Impact | none |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP) |
| Organisation | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC co-chairs NPOP and supports several of its activity groups |
| Collaborator Contribution | NPOP aims to develop and promote uptake of the UK's national capability in marine prediction, with a focus on national and public benefit. This is achieved through the development and integration of global-, regional- and national- scale models, observations and scientific understanding to produce the best information and advice about the marine environment at a national level, with rigorous quality assurance and traceability; and by engaging with stakeholders to understand their requirements and to maximise the beneficial use of modelled and observed data in marine products and services. |
| Impact | none |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC is involved in scoping and developing the UKNCSP, particularly concerning climate observations, modelling, sea level and UK Climate Information. |
| Collaborator Contribution | UK National Climate Science Partnership (UKNCSP) provides the foundations to enable the UK to be a global leader in climate science for climate solutions to tackle climate change and its impacts. It combining the UK's wide-ranging capabilities in climate observing and prediction to shape a world-leading, strategic partnership that will work with the public and private sectors to ensure decision-makers and businesses have access to the climate information they need. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
| Organisation | British Geological Survey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC is involved in scoping and developing the UKNCSP, particularly concerning climate observations, modelling, sea level and UK Climate Information. |
| Collaborator Contribution | UK National Climate Science Partnership (UKNCSP) provides the foundations to enable the UK to be a global leader in climate science for climate solutions to tackle climate change and its impacts. It combining the UK's wide-ranging capabilities in climate observing and prediction to shape a world-leading, strategic partnership that will work with the public and private sectors to ensure decision-makers and businesses have access to the climate information they need. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC is involved in scoping and developing the UKNCSP, particularly concerning climate observations, modelling, sea level and UK Climate Information. |
| Collaborator Contribution | UK National Climate Science Partnership (UKNCSP) provides the foundations to enable the UK to be a global leader in climate science for climate solutions to tackle climate change and its impacts. It combining the UK's wide-ranging capabilities in climate observing and prediction to shape a world-leading, strategic partnership that will work with the public and private sectors to ensure decision-makers and businesses have access to the climate information they need. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
| Organisation | National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | NOC is involved in scoping and developing the UKNCSP, particularly concerning climate observations, modelling, sea level and UK Climate Information. |
| Collaborator Contribution | UK National Climate Science Partnership (UKNCSP) provides the foundations to enable the UK to be a global leader in climate science for climate solutions to tackle climate change and its impacts. It combining the UK's wide-ranging capabilities in climate observing and prediction to shape a world-leading, strategic partnership that will work with the public and private sectors to ensure decision-makers and businesses have access to the climate information they need. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
| Organisation | National Centre for Earth Observation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC is involved in scoping and developing the UKNCSP, particularly concerning climate observations, modelling, sea level and UK Climate Information. |
| Collaborator Contribution | UK National Climate Science Partnership (UKNCSP) provides the foundations to enable the UK to be a global leader in climate science for climate solutions to tackle climate change and its impacts. It combining the UK's wide-ranging capabilities in climate observing and prediction to shape a world-leading, strategic partnership that will work with the public and private sectors to ensure decision-makers and businesses have access to the climate information they need. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
| Organisation | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NOC is involved in scoping and developing the UKNCSP, particularly concerning climate observations, modelling, sea level and UK Climate Information. |
| Collaborator Contribution | UK National Climate Science Partnership (UKNCSP) provides the foundations to enable the UK to be a global leader in climate science for climate solutions to tackle climate change and its impacts. It combining the UK's wide-ranging capabilities in climate observing and prediction to shape a world-leading, strategic partnership that will work with the public and private sectors to ensure decision-makers and businesses have access to the climate information they need. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
| Organisation | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | NOC is involved in scoping and developing the UKNCSP, particularly concerning climate observations, modelling, sea level and UK Climate Information. |
| Collaborator Contribution | UK National Climate Science Partnership (UKNCSP) provides the foundations to enable the UK to be a global leader in climate science for climate solutions to tackle climate change and its impacts. It combining the UK's wide-ranging capabilities in climate observing and prediction to shape a world-leading, strategic partnership that will work with the public and private sectors to ensure decision-makers and businesses have access to the climate information they need. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Use of research vessel at UNFCCC COP30 |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Department | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | exploring use of RRS Discovery at UNFCCC COP30, incl. undertaking marine scientific research during the transit |
| Collaborator Contribution | provision of funding by DESNZ |
| Impact | TBD |
| Start Year | 2025 |
| Title | pmlmodelling/ecoval: v0.1.0 |
| Description | he first public release of ecoval. Marine ecosystem model validation made easy in Python ecoVal is a fully automated marine ecosystem model tool that reduces ecosystem model validation to a simple to follow step-by-step producedure. It is designed to validate ecosystem models stored in NetCDF format against a range of in-situ and gridded observations. Currently, it uses curated data sets for validations of models on the northwest European shelf, and global datasets elsewhere. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | This software is now used routinely to evaluate ecosystem models in Plymouth Marine Laboratory, and is now being used to evaludate the UK Met Office's operational biogeochemistry model. |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.14918977 |
| Description | Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research AMEMR 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The AMEMR (Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research) Symposium series provides an opportunity to present, discuss and learn about a wide variety of marine modelling challenges, methods, applications and outcomes. Held approximately every three years and now in its 7th iteration, AMEMR has grown into the forum to present and absorb the latest developments in marine (eco)system modelling and discuss new challenges and opportunities. Modelling is a fundamental tool for understanding marine ecosystems and providing projections of potential future states of the environment. Marine modelling is continuously evolving, in response to new scientific knowledge, techniques and societal needs. AMEMR promotes interdisciplinary discussion among stakeholders and modelling, observational and experimental scientists and students who want to contribute to the conceptualisation, design, development and application of improved and new marine ecosystem models of all types. We emphasize networking, discussion and encourage a strong ECR involvement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://pml.ac.uk/publications/7th-conference-of-advances-in-marine-ecosystem-modelling-research-con... |
| Description | Annual Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | First annual meeting of the AtlantiS Programme held in April 2024. This was a gathering of all key project leads, project partners and NERC 60 with over 60 in-person attendance and about 20 online attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Article Hydro International Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Thought leadership" article: "How rising ocean temperatures are influencing our weather" published in Hydro International: https://www.hydro-international.com/files/14158749183dd8916a06422ab418b09b.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.hydro-international.com/files/14158749183dd8916a06422ab418b09b.pdf |
| Description | BBC The Context interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Had to call BBC the Context for the interview. Interview went well. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013pbw/episodes/guide |
| Description | Blue Curriculum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Blue Curriculum launched in June 2024 in collaboration with the University of Southampton piloted across four state primary schools in Southampton with high levels of deprivation. This initiative aims to integrate Ocean Literacy learning objectives into primary school curriculum. This is associated with NC NPG and as part of this project, we have been actively engaging with teachers, co-designing lesson plans, and developing science boxes-classroom resources designed to enhance ocean literacy education. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | CNN interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Laura Paddison and some quotes use in: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/18/climate/ocean-heat-record-year-climate-intl/index.html |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/18/climate/ocean-heat-record-year-climate-intl/index.html |
| Description | Coast Predict / Global Coast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I contributed to the General assembly of the UN decade programme Coast Predict and of its activity Global Coast that involved scientists as well as representative of several government agencies from various countries. The discussion was very alive and plans for future activities to improve the science-to-policy communication and the use of modelling tools into marine management plans and policy making process were established. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.coastpredict.org/coastpredict-and-dcc-cr-events-february-2025/ |
| Description | Comment for CNN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Comments for CNN on recent study suggesting a 2.4 Ma climate cycle linked to orbital influence from Mars: |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/12/climate/mars-earth-ocean-currents-climate-intl/index.html |
| Description | Comments for Bloomberg |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Comments for Bloomberg on the warm global ocean temperatures: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/quicktake/why-ocean-temperatures-are-smashing-records-and-what-it-means-for-the-world |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/quicktake/why-ocean-temperatures-are-smashing-records-and-what-it-... |
| Description | Contribution to the International Seabed Authority management and regulation of deep-sea mining activities( NPG) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | NOC regularly engage with the ISA secretariat and support the legal and technical commission by providing environmental information and expertise that fits into the development of the regime for managing the environments of interest for deep-sea mining. Specific examples of this include: regular update meetings on scientific developments relevant to the ISA, participation in stakeholder reviews (for example of Environmental Impact Statements), informing and contributing to technical reports, engagement with expert working groups (for example the intersessional expert group) and attendance at the ISA council session as part of NOC's own delegation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Engagement with UK Government and Industry at London Submarine Networks EMEA (February 2024). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Mike Clare and Isobel Yeo attended this industry conference that included >1400 in person attendees from industry and government, presenting talks on enhancing resilience of subsea cables (Yeo) and unintended consequences of human activities (Clare). Outcomes: Dissemination of recent NERC-funded research to key stakeholders. Several industry organisations volunteered to share data and expertise to support future studies and papers. This included dissemination of a recently published paper by the team that was co-authored by industry partners involved at this event. Successes: This event provided a valuable opportunity to continue discussions with new recruits in key government departments - particularly DSIT's cable resilience team, which has recently been expanded. This enabled the project team to explain how NERC funding has been particularly valuable to the UK government and to discuss how research can be tailored to address future challenges and fill outstanding evidence gaps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | EuroGOOS General Assembly |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended EuroGOOS General Assembly in Lisbon and presented on behalf of both the EuroGOOS Tide Gauge Task Team and the NOC (21st-24th May 2024). The purpose was to review progress against objectives related to improved marine operational monitoring networks in Europe. The aim is standardise and densify these networks, promote their use and thereby improve marine hazard forecasting in Europe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://eurogoos.eu/events/eurogoos-general-assembly-2024-save-the-date/ |
| Description | FLAME - Lecce |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was the second workshop of the project FLAME, under the auspices of the UN decade programme Coast predict, aiming at building a community to establish a Global Coastal Ocean Model Intercomparison Project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.coastpredict.org/coastpredict-and-dcc-cr-events-february-2025/ |
| Description | GLODAP reference working group- associated with the AtlantiS WP1 CO2 Module-attended by Peter Brown |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance and participation in GLODAP reference working group - analysis and preparations for GLODAPv3 hydrographic observations data product, Brussels Belgium, 04-06/02/2025. Event is associated with the AtlantiS WP1 CO2 Module. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://glodap.info/index.php/group/ |
| Description | ICG/Caribe EWS annual session (virtually) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended ICG/Caribe EWS annual session (virtually), representing the interests of the UK and UKOTS in the Caribbean (1st-4th March 2024). This is an annual meeting for member states of the Caribbean coastal hazard warning system and promotes resilience to tsunamis and storm surges through improved monitoring, detection and preparedness. Audience type: Hazard detection and mitigation experts (including early warning system member states, tsunami warning centres and IOC officials). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | ICG/NEAMTWS annual session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Represented the interests of the UK, submitting a national report and making a presentation to the assembly about the state of UK sea level monitoring. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://oceanexpert.org/event/4561 |
| Description | ICO-UNESCO Executive Council meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | the NOC provides the UK Delegation at the IOC -UNESCO. The IOC-UNESCO Executive Council (EC) sets the agenda for the full IOC-UNESCO Assembly and as such influence of UK interested in marine environmental research is made via the the EC. In the run up to the meeting NOC had met with officials from FCO, Defra and the UK National Commission for UNESCO (for DfID) on the key issues and lines to take. A report with follow up actions was provided to these departments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | http://www.ioc-unesco.org/ |
| Description | ICOS Science Conference 2024 -Poster Presentation associated with AtlantiS Wp1 CO2 Module |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Anita Flohr, Susan Hartman, Edward Mawji, Pablo Trucco Pignata, Socratis Loucaides, Andrew Gates, Towards a multi-platform open-ocean observatory, ICOS Science Conference 2024, Paris, France (Poster presentation). The poster presentation at the ICOS Science Conference 2024 contributed to scientific progress, informed policy discussions, and led to requests for further research and data sharing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.icos-cp.eu/news-and-events/science-conference/icos2024sc |
| Description | IOC-UNESCO Group of Experts on Capacity Development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Capacity Development (CD) is an essential tenet of IOC's mission. It enables all Member States to participate in and benefit from ocean research and services that are vital to sustainable development and human welfare on the planet. The vision contained in the IOC Capacity Development Strategy 2015-2021 (IOC/INF-1332) identifies capacity development as the primary catalyst through which IOC will achieve its four high level objectives in the current 2014-2021 IOC Medium-Term Strategy. The NOC provided the Chair of the IOC CD Group of Experts overseeing the writing of an updated CD strategy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | http://www.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewEventRecord&eventID=2417 |
| Description | IOC-UNESCO working group - Ocean Observations in areas within national jurisdiction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) States have certain rights to manage activities within their waters, including the undertaking of sustained ocean observations. This working group has been established to address issues raised by some observing network who have raised issues with deployments of instruments and challenges working within national waters (200 nautical miles from the coastline). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | IOC-UNESCO working group - Sustained Ocean Planning and Management (SOPM) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | SOPM is a concept that is being promoted by many states who wish to manage their marine estates balancing environmental issues alongside sustainable development. The IOC, as the lead UN agency in marine science and services is well placed to provide the foundational data and knowledge to support the development and implementation of SOPM to all its 150 member states. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | ISA-CARICOM - priority needs of Caribbean countries in marine scientific research in the Area |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participation in an ISA-UWI (International Seabed Authority-University of the West Indies) first assessment workshop for the priority needs of Caribbean countries in marine scientific research in the Area - Advancing Caribbean Blue Economy through Deep Sea Research - the intent is to develop a Roadmap to get Caribbean States engaged in initiatives and marine scientific research of the Area and areas beyond national jurisdiction. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.isa.org.jm/events/advancing-caribbean-blue-economy-through-deep-sea-research/ |
| Description | Interview BBC Earth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Answered a set of questions which were passed to the journalist(s) (Isabelle Gerretsen, Martha Henriques and Katherine Latham) which then picked some of my answers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20241009-the-destructive-power-of-hurricane-milton-in-3-images |
| Description | Interview Daily Telegraph |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talked to journalist who then used a few statements in her article. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/water-world-something-is-wrong-with-the... |
| Description | Interview Financial Times |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview with journalist (Attracta Mooney) who then picked some of my statements for her article. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/barrier/corporate/4e393ac1-a468-415a-96cf-a0feab15cca7 |
| Description | Interview for ITN on the costs and benefits of AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We were interviewed by ITN for a piece there were doing on the energy demands of AI, and its benefits. For the benefits, they discussed the use of AI in classifying marine image data - including that from our APICS cameras. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.itv.com/news/2025-02-10/can-renewable-energy-keep-up-with-the-increasing-power-demands-o... |
| Description | Interview for documentary on plankton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CGTN Europe filmed us for a documentary on plankton. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2025-02-22/RAZOR-What-has-plankton-ever-done-for-us--1B6jKimUOcM/p.html |
| Description | Invited lecture at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture to graduate students, researchers, and staff of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research. The activity resulted in a new collaboration between NOC and a research group at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, which has resulted in one joint grant proposal, a collaborative field deployment of new technology, and an invitation for further joint field work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Lyell Centre collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The MASTS presentation triggered interest from Ryan Pereira and his group at the Lyell Centre, Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Their team is studying micro-layers, the ~single-molecule skin of lipid rafts that frequently modify the surface of large (lakes and larger) bodies of water. These micro-layers are thought to influence gas, heat and momentum transfer and therefore of significant interest to the Air-Sea Exchange topic. SAMS and Lyell Centre are actively seeking funding to convert an additional ImpYak® to collect micro-layer material in parallel to the direct flux data captured by the unit equipment with turbulence sensors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | MASTS presentation "Introducing "ImpYak®", an Autonomous Surface Vehicle for coastal marine science" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The sea-surface and atmospheric boundary-layer output from a mesoscale atmospheric model (WRF) were compared to data gathered from sensor arrays on FAAM and ImpYak® deployed along Loch Linnhe in 202. Results are clear the WRF is unable to describe winds within fjord-like terrain when the atmosphere is stratified. These data are unique with FAAM able to fly transects at 30m asl, due to the use of robotic (i.e. non-personnel) equipment. ImpYak® recorded winds, temperature and humidity at 0.5m asl, and these two systems demonstrated the extreme divergence of WRF from both measurement. This is relevant as WRF, like all climate and weather forecast models, uses Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory (MOST) to interpolate from resolved grid aloft to the sea surface. This presentation will be published under AtlantiS Air-Sea Flux in the coming year, following further analysis of the internal WRF fluxes as a function of stratification. Notes: "FAAM Airborne Laboratory": see https://www.faam.ac.uk/ "WRF": see https://www.mmm.ucar.edu/models/wrf "ImpYak®": 2.5m ASV for inshore air-sea interaction studies, developed during CLASS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.faam.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Marine Autonomy Technology Showcase (MATS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussing our work on building a Data Science Platform and it's applications for marine autonomy applications. Presented some work from Work Package 4.1 at the Marine Autonomy Technology Showcase (MATS) on November 5th-7th 2024. The title of this talk was "NOC's Interactive Data Science Platform". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://noc-innovations.com/resources/events/marine-autonomy-and-technology-showcase-2024/ |
| Description | Marine Round Table with Lord Benyon |
| 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 | Attended a Marine Round Table with Lord Benyon, to promoted the value of Government engaging with NOC, using examples such as AAORIA and BBNJ to demonstrate the value to UK Government in accessing expert advise |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Marine heatwaves and cold spells in the Northeast Atlantic: what should the UK be prepared for? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/23/catastrophic-marine-heatwaves-are-killing-sealife-and-causing-mass-disruption-to-uk-fisheries#:~:text=3%20months%20old-,'Catastrophic'%20marine%20heatwaves%20are%20killing%20sealife%20and%20causing,mass%20disruption%20to%20UK%20fisheries&text=Britain%20is%20facing%20a%20future,the%20coast%20of%20the%20UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/KLTqgj2JxE4 |
| Description | Member of the UK National Decade Committee |
| 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 | The UK's National Decade Committee (NDC) was appointed to facilitate UK engagement with the UN Ocean Decade. The Committee held its first workshop in London in September 2022. With government representatives and members from across the breadth of ocean disciplines, the Committee includes established researchers and several early career ocean professionals all coming together to champion the UN Ocean Decade. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://uk-ndc.org/ |
| Description | Membership of AOPC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | NPG- Assessing the current state of the atmospheric component of the global observing system for climate, and identifying its gaps and inadequacies Securing the implementation of designated GCOS networks and promoting the establishment and enhancement of other systems to provide long-term and consistent data and information for atmospheric ECVs, such as Earth radiation budget, Surface radiation, Greenhouse gases, Water vapour, Cloud properties, and Aerosols Liasing with relevant research, operational and end-user bodies in order to determine and maintain the requirements for data to monitor, understand and predict the dynamical, physical and chemical state of the atmosphere and its interfaces on seasonal to multi-decadal timescales, on both global and regional levels Promoting the transfer and accessibility of data to the user community, as well as the rehabilitation of historical observational and proxy climate datasets |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://gcos.wmo.int/en/atmospheric-observation-panel-climate |
| Description | NERC Cardiff Showcase -Techniquest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | • 16 Exhibitors from 11 different Science Institutions & Universities • 7 different Science talks from 5 different Science Institutions & Universities • 417 children aged 9-11 from 8 different Welsh primary schools from lower socioeconomic decile populations attended on Friday 18 October 2024 • Approximately 100 people attended evening VIP event including the Deputy First Minister for Wales and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs Saturday 19 October 2024 • Techniquest attendees (general public, families, community partners) o 1179 initial quote day after from TQ o 1269 final number in TQ report Sunday 20 October 2024 • Teqhniquest attendees (general public, families, community partners) o 1202 initial quote day after from TQ o 1258 final number in TQ report |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | NERC Cardiff Showcase-RRS James Cook |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Wednesday 16 October 2024 • ABP Cardiff Team at 13:00 hrs. Thursday 17 October 2024 • 14 attended VVIP dinner, including NOC's CEO, the RRS James Cook's Captain, NERC's Executive Chair, Techniquest's CEO, Chief Executive at Parliamentary and Scientific Committee and the Welsh Government's Head of Science • 57 attended four different 40-minute tours for NERC volunteers, Exhibitors and Techniquest Staff Friday 18 October 2024 • Media visits on board the ship o Press Association Photographer o Wales Online o ITN News delivering live broadcast from the bridge o ITV Weather (live weather report) • 11 high profile visitors from the Whitehall and Industry Group, including DSIT's Director of Strategy and Delivery, and NERC's Director of Strategic Partnerships • 46 students aged 16-18 from three schools with lower socioeconomic decile populations visited the ship for as part of the one-hour ocean careers programme (delivered 3 times) • 10 Ex NERC Research Vessel Services (RVS) staff for private tour Saturday 19 October 2024 • Approximately 360 from general public (TQ figure = 353) across 18 different 40-minute tour slots • Local Fire Crew • Folk Band (Fairport Convention - 9?) • Deputy First Minister for Wales and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs had two-hour tour with wife, son and son's partner Sunday 20 October 2024 • Approximately 360 from general public (TQ figure = 353) across 18 different 40-minute tour slots Total JC visitors = 848+ -Quotes & feedback- • Amazing, i got to talk to a real life captain and they were chill. I thought the bits of equipment and machines were cool, I could see myself doing that. • Lab really fascinating and seeing it's on a ship and it travels the world really cool. • Loved the engineer, loved hearing about the technology and engineering. • I never knew the UK had ships that went so far or did so much. The range of things and places was great to know. • Love the bridge chair, so cool to see it. I want to be a captain • I thought you just worked in boring labs and offices but you go and travel the world and to help the planet too. • No idea cool jobs like this existed, no one said I'd be able to do all these different things, seems like the best place to work. I want to do this. • She's going to look at our local sea cadets now. Zero interest before but this really made her excited about the sea. • My son wanted to do marine biology but didn't know what it would be like or thought he'd be good enough and this is the first time it's sounds like he really thinks about it being a reality. • I never knew it took so many people to run a ship, so many crew and different jobs. • Amazing experience, liked it so much I bought the T-shirt. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | NERC representation at the European Marine Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The European Marine Board (EMB) is the leading European think tank in marine science policy. It provides a platform to advance marine research and to bridge the gap between science and policy. The European Marine Board is a unique strategic pan-European Forum for seas and ocean research and technology. It provides a strategic forum to develop marine research foresight, initiate state-of-the-art analyses and translate these into clear policy recommendations to European institutions as well as national governments. The NOC provides the NERC-UKRI representation the NERC at the EMB. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | http://www.marineboard.eu/ |
| Description | NOC Open Day 2024 - Southampton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton hosts an annual Open Day to engage the public with the latest in ocean science and technology. This event offered attendees of all ages the opportunity to explore interactive exhibits, attend insightful talks, and participate in hands-on activities that showcase the centre's cutting-edge research and innovations. Of the 12 schools that part in the programme, 5 had also attended a workshop we ran in December 2023 with Southampton and Hampshire schools (funded by the NERC DEI Project, Year 1) on how they would to engage with us on ocean literacy. All schools were offered up to £1000 for receipted expenses associated with their trip, such as transport and teacher cover, (funding from the NERC DEI Project (Year 2)). Feedback from schools: All of the schools were asked to complete feedback evaluation forms. Anecdotal: One teacher remarked how one of her students who normally very rarely speaks really "came out of her shell" and asked lots of questions of our scientists. Saturday 8th June - Public Open Day 115 NOC staff and students worked over both the Friday and Saturday events, including many others in the days and weeks of preparations. Support was received from all teams across NOC, specifically the Estates and IT teams supported everyone in the set-up and preparations for the events. On Saturday we received 1300 visitors to the site. Merchandise Sales On Saturday we completed £1,184 of sales. 50% of the sales were 'hoodies' yielding a 37% profit margin. We received positive feedback on the new brand, with no negative response to the rebrand. This demonstrated that there's a strong desire, from our community, to wear the NOC brand with particular interest in an online shop, Tshirts displaying our illustrations and merchandise. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24352909.world-ocean-day-events-uks-national-oceanography-centre/ |
| Description | NOC, GEOMAR and IFREMER (G3) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Through an informal arrangement the NOC, GEOMAR and IFREMER meet to discuss common views and activities in order to achieve alignment between UK interests and those of two other leading European research organisations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | NPOP rivers workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I lead the organisation of this workshop that attracted 40+ scientists across several scientific institutions as well as institutions between science and policy (e.g. JRC). the aim of the workshop was to improve the presentation of rivers in operational models to support their use in management and policy making. The meeting was very successful and sparked a lot of interest. A formal group was formed and further workshop are being planned. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Ocean Decade meeting in Barcelona, 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participated in an expert panel on marine plastic pollution at the Ocean Decade meeting. Contributed to a presentation on next generation ocean technology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://oceandecade.org/events/2024-ocean-decade-conference/ |
| Description | Ocean Explorer Tool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | PML Modelling Group has developed a simple interactive web-tool for extraction of physical-biogeochemical model time-series from selected regions of the European Seas, to be used in STEM lessons at schools, to support learning various marine properties and facilitate lesson planning. Delivered in collaboration with EU-funded project ProBleu. Relies on CMEMS model outputs and PML in-house NEMO-ERSEM model simulation outputs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://probleu-8sbhd.kinsta.page/ |
| Description | Ocean Optics Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | • Ocean Optics Conference 06-11 Oct 2024 (PML, Tilstone Oral presentation). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://oceanopticsconference.org/ |
| Description | Participation in the ECOWind Annual Impact Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Provided a thought-provoking invited presentation "Conserving the high seas: key scientific considerations for operationalising the BBNJ treaty. Uniqueness and Rarity", which stimulated discussion. The outcome of the roundtable event was a report for the relevant policy makers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation at a round-table event on the implementation of the BBNJ treaty, organised by the Royal Society of London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Provided a thought-provoking invited presentation "Conserving the high seas: key scientific considerations for operationalising the BBNJ treaty. Uniqueness and Rarity", which stimulated discussion. The outcome of the roundtable event was a report for the relevant policy makers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation to cross governmental workshop on sensing using subsea cables |
| 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 | Presented to DSIT, DEFRA, The Crown Estate, MOD, DSTL and other relevant parties on the opportunities and challenges surrounding the use of fibre optic cables to monitor the ocean. Outcomes: Increased awareness of technologies, opportunities and challenges in using cables to monitor the ocean. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Provision of information on the deep-sea environment to the UK Government to support their role within the ISA (NPG) |
| 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 | NOC regularly engage with the three areas of government most directly involved in aspects of deep-sea mining, DEFRA, FCDO and DBT. NOC scientists are members of the UK Deep-Sea Mining Environmental Network. NOC scientists have been nominated by the UK Government to provide information to both national (e.g. through DEFRA) and international (e.g. through the International Seabed Authority) organisations as part of expert groups. NOC regularly communicate with DEFRA and JNCC on environmental issues related to deep-sea mining and provide scientific evidence that supports use of best available science in evidence-based decision making. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Royal Society Pairing Scheme- by Alice Marzocchi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Strengthened Collaboration with Defra Following NOC Visit; As one of the 30 scientists selected, It kicked off with the "Week in Westminster" on 17-21 March 2024. I then hosted the reciprocal visit at NOC in May, and a Defra delegation joined us for a 2-day meeting (15-16 May 2024). Successfully organized and coordinated a visit from a Defra delegation to the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). The delegation consisted of eight representatives, and over the course of two days, they engaged in productive meetings with key stakeholders across NOC. During their visit, the Defra team was given a comprehensive tour of our facilities, including a rare opportunity to explore the RRS James Cook while it was alongside. This provided them with valuable firsthand insight into NOC's capabilities, research infrastructure, and ongoing projects. Since the visit, we have maintained active engagement with Defra through follow-up meetings and collaborative initiatives. As a result, their team has developed a stronger understanding of NOC's work and established long-term connections within the organization, reinforcing future collaboration opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/grants/training-mentoring-partnership-schemes/pairing-scheme/ |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I stood on the stand called Deep heat: how a warming ocean is challenging life on earth. I spent two days talking to students, the general public, scientists, people from the media and government about ocean science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2024/summer-science-exhibition/all-exhibits/ |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A purpose-built, interactive exhibit titled "Deep Heat: How a Warming Ocean is Challenging Life on Earth" designed to educate the public on the underlying science, issues, methods and impacts of the AtlantiS programme was displayed at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition at the Royal Society in London. Several thousand visitors attended the event including royal Soceity members, members of the public, school groups and politicians. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2024/summer-science-exhibition/all-exhibits/ |
| Description | STAC 2025 (Science and Technology Advisory Board) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Daisy Tong, Jake Ludgate, Chris Cardwell, Andrew Gates, Sue Hartman, Anita Flohr (2025), 'Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) near-real-time data', poster presented during STAC 2025 (Science and Technology Advisory Board) meeting 05-06/03/2025 at NOC Southampton. Impact: showcasing the work at NOC to the independent STAC who provide independent advice to support the Board and Chief Scientist in their responsibilities for development and delivery of the research strategy for NOC and in sustaining the quality and impact of NOC's research performance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Short video on hurricane Beryl |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Made a video with the Comms Teams at NOC which was then placed onto youtube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quELcqW9oqk |
| Description | Submarine Cables Awareness Workshop hosted at NOC Southampton - January 2025 (and streamed online) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NOC co-hosted a major knowledge exchange workshop at NOC Southampton in collaboration with the European Subsea Cables Association, The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland to widen the awareness of new entrants to the subsea cable industry, policymakers and practitioners who interact with subsea cables and the marine environment in any capacity and for early career researchers to better understand challenges and career options. The 2 day workshop was attended by 140 people in-person, with just over 800 signing up to join online from various locations around the world (but mostly focused on the UK), providing an opportunity for researchers, industry and policymakers to exchange ideas. This workshop included a series of 20 presentations from experts across all aspects of subsea cables and the environment, and a dedicated early career session that highlighted career histories of recent entrants to the industry, and an interactive session to brainstorm how to design a resilient subsea cable route considering a wide array of potential hazards. The event also included an evening event focused on a Next Generation Working Group that gave 6 awards (kindly donated by industry partners) to five early career practitioners that have shown early promise in their careers. Outcomes: Universally positive feedback reported in 70 completed feedback forms, stating an increase in awareness, the benefits of the networking across sectors, and how much they enjoyed the interactive elements. Promotion of the importance of new entrants to the industry, and the importance of diversity in successful and vibrant industry and research environments. Successes: The positive feedback has led to a request from ESCA and The Crown Estate to host this as a repeated event. Work is well underway at NOC for a short documentary film that will promote the importance of collaborations between researchers, industry and policymakers, which included filming on the UK's cable repair ship, and pieces to camera from key representatives across those sectors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/europeansubseacablesassociation_the-much-anticipated-esca-nextgen-awa... |
| Description | Tsunami Preparedness Training and Collaboration in Anguilla |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In-state visit (11th-15th March 2024) and delivery of training in Anguilla as part of an international collaboration between ourselves, NOAA and the Dept of Disaster Management Anguilla, to achieve Tsunami Ready accreditation for Anguilla from the IOC. Subsequent monthly project meetings (still continuing). The purpose is to improve tsunami preparedness in Anguilla, protecting populations from coastal hazards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Two day international workshop in August 2024 focused on innovative technology to monitor hazards facing subsea infrastructure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This workshop brought together contributors from UK institutions including NOC, University of Southampton, Durham University, Hull University, Newcastle University, Loughborough University with new research collaborators to define next steps for this research and discuss the importance of understanding and monitoring hazards for subsea cables worldwide. This workshop was held as a hybrid event at NOC Southampton (co-hosted with GNS and NIWA representatives that visited from New Zealand), with other in-person attendees at NOC Southampton from NOC Southampton and Liverpool sites, Natural Resources Canada, and online attendees dialed in remotely from institutions in Italy, Switzerland, Germany and USA. Increased awareness of international capabilities and developments in innovative technologies that include use of fibre optic cables as sensors, seafloor seismometers to detect submarine landslides, and sharing of datasets between countries to catalyze future research proposals in collaboration with industry partners. Successes: This event has already led to the submission of three significant research proposals - one of which has been funded (£2M) by the ARIA Programme that will use in-service telecommunications subsea cables to monitor changing ocean conditions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | UN Ocean Decade Conference - panel moderator |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Moderator of a Panel organised by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to highlight ISA enabled marine scientific research, its benefits and contribution to the UN Ocean Decade. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Valentia Island Subsea Cables Resilience Symposium October 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Held at the historic Cable Station on 10-12 October 2024, the event brought together stakeholders from across government, industry and academia to discuss efforts underway to strengthen the security and resilience of subsea telecommunications cables. This included a keynote from the Tanaiste (deputy prime minister) of Ireland and panels including NATO, MoD, DSIT and other key stakeholders including NOC staff. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://symposium.valentiacable.com |
| Description | Vice Chair of GOOS SOT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | NPG - Observations from ships provide important real-time information on meteorological conditions at sea, along with a long record of observations important for climate applications. The work of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Ship Observations Team (SOT) oversees several enduring data collection programs including Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS) and Ships Of Opportunity (SOOP). The individual programs presently support research, climate forecasting, numerical weather prediction and maritime safety services among other applications. Variables measured include surface meteorological observations, plus sub-sets for upper air meteorological and upper ocean physical data. The role of the SOT and its nine task teams is to respond to requirements for ship-based observational data, including metadata, expressed by relevant international programs and/or systems in support of marine services, and to coordinate actions to implement and maintain the networks to satisfy these requirements. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ocean-ops.org/sot/ |
| Description | host UK Government Department away days |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Hosting Defra and FCDO away days allowed the NOC to showcase marine research of relevance to developing policy areas, as well as established delivery against emerging and existing obligations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | influencing the direction of a International Platform for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | the IPOS is a new framework being developed to provide marine science knowledge and advise to those who seek it. Throughout its development we have engaged to ensure the final product is fit for purpose and doesn't duplicate/replicate existing global reporting and information providers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://ipos.earth/ |