HydrOlogical cYcle Understanding vIa Process-bAsed GlObal Detection, Attribution and prediction (Horyuji PAGODA)

Lead Research Organisation: University of Reading
Department Name: Meteorology

Abstract

PAGODA will focus on the global dimensions of changes in the water cycle in the atmosphere, land, and oceans. The overarching aim is to increase confidence in projections of the changing water cycle on global-to-regional scales through a process-based detection, attribution and prediction. The scientific scope prioritises themes 2,1,3,4 in the AO, adopting a focus on climate processes to extend our understanding of the causes of water source/sink uncertainty at the regional scale, which is where GCMs show huge variations concerning projected changes in precipitation, evaporation, and other water related variables. This model uncertainty is closely linked to shifts in large-scale circulation patterns and surface feedback processes, which differ between models. Furthermore, even where models agree with each other (for example, the suggested trend towards wetter winters and drier summers in Europe, connected to storm tracks and land surface processes), consistency with the real world cannot be taken for granted. The importance of quantitative comparisons between models and observations cannot be overstated: there is opportunity and urgent need for research to understand the processes that are driving changes in the water cycle, on spatial scales that range from global to microscopic, and to establish whether apparent discrepancies are attributable to observational uncertainties, to errors in the specification of forcings, or to model limitations. PAGODA will achieve its scientific objectives by confronting models with observations and reconciling observations, which possess inherent uncertainty and heterogeneity, with robust chains of physical mechanisms - employing model analysis and experiments in an integral way. Detection and attribution is applied throughout, in an iterative fashion, to merge the understanding from observations and models consistently, in order to isolate processes and identify causality. PAGODA is designed to focus specifically on the processes that govern global-to-regional scale changes in the water cycle, particularly on decadal timescales (the timescale of anthropogenic climate change). It addresses processes in the atmosphere, land and oceans, and brings together experts in climate observations, climate models, and detection and attribution. It seeks to exploit important new opportunities for research progress, including new observational data sets (e.g. ocean salinity reanalysis, TRMM and SSMIS satellite products, long precipitation records), new models (HadGEM3 & new capabilities for high resolution simulations), and the new CMIP5 model inter-comparison and to develop new methodologies for process-based detection, attribution and prediction.

Publications

10 25 50
 
Description We found that traditional climate models are unable to simulate the global hydrological cycle, in particular the transport of water vapour from the sea to the land, with sufficient fidelity. As we study the problem with high-resolution Global Climate Models, this fidelity increases, until our simulation starts to reproduce the observed strength of the hydrological cycle. This has prompted a number of other studies, funded under a different grant (EU-H2020 PRIMAVERA), which tested our finding in a multi-model context (published in Vanniere et al. 2018). The same result was found, which makes our original finding robust.
Exploitation Route They already have, as indicated above, as part of the EU-H2020 PRIMAVERA programme.
Sectors Agriculture

Food and Drink

Education

Environment

Financial Services

and Management Consultancy

URL https://research.reading.ac.uk/meteorology/people/pier-luigi-vidale/
 
Description PAGODA outputs have been used in our work with the insurance industry, in particular to study storm risk and how this affects potential losses in the sector. PAGODA science has been used in teaching at national (NCAS Climate Modelling) and international (E2SCMS) Summer Schools.
First Year Of Impact 2013
Sector Education,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy
Impact Types Cultural

Economic

 
Description Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 5th Assessment
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
Impact The IPCC fifth assessment provides a clear and up to date view of the current state of scientific knowledge relevant to climate change. The report to which PAGODA contributed will form the basis of climate change policy for the next five years.
URL http://www.ipcc.ch/
 
Description COPERNICUS
Amount ÂŁ370,000 (GBP)
Organisation European Commission 
Sector Public
Country European Union (EU)
Start 01/2016 
End 12/2018
 
Description Horizon 2020
Amount € 15,000,000 (EUR)
Organisation European Commission 
Sector Public
Country European Union (EU)
Start 11/2015 
End 10/2019
 
Description ENES-2 / IS-ENES2 / ESIWACE 
Organisation Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences (IC3)
Country Spain 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The collaboration via the various European Network activities have funded a post-doctoral researcher here at Reading. Moreover, the collaboration has enabled a secretariat in Paris that helped organise and run three European Earth System Modelling Summer Schools, which were held in 2012, 2014 and 2016.
Collaborator Contribution Partners contributed development time for the School materials, notes, etc. as well as a substantial amount of supercomputing time for running and analysing the Summer School modelling experiments. Further, each partner contributed 5-6 of post-doctoral demonstrators who came to the School for the duration (10 days each edition) and circa 20 lecturers, who came to the School for one day each.
Impact A number of new modelling environment tools have been developed by the collaboration, which are shared by the partners with their home institutions (research and operational centres). Further particulars on the ENES/ESIWACE web sites. For the UK, and this grant in particular, a modified ocean-atmosphere coupled (OASIS) has enabled us to exploit parallelism on Archer and the Met Office supercomputer. This is an extremely valuable contribution, as previously we were unable to perform large simulations in coupled mode, as the coupler did not scale. With regards to the Schools specifically, we have developed joint notes, scripts, etc., which guide the students in performing and analysing experiments.
Start Year 2012
 
Description ENES-2 / IS-ENES2 / ESIWACE 
Organisation German Climate Computing Center
Country Germany 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The collaboration via the various European Network activities have funded a post-doctoral researcher here at Reading. Moreover, the collaboration has enabled a secretariat in Paris that helped organise and run three European Earth System Modelling Summer Schools, which were held in 2012, 2014 and 2016.
Collaborator Contribution Partners contributed development time for the School materials, notes, etc. as well as a substantial amount of supercomputing time for running and analysing the Summer School modelling experiments. Further, each partner contributed 5-6 of post-doctoral demonstrators who came to the School for the duration (10 days each edition) and circa 20 lecturers, who came to the School for one day each.
Impact A number of new modelling environment tools have been developed by the collaboration, which are shared by the partners with their home institutions (research and operational centres). Further particulars on the ENES/ESIWACE web sites. For the UK, and this grant in particular, a modified ocean-atmosphere coupled (OASIS) has enabled us to exploit parallelism on Archer and the Met Office supercomputer. This is an extremely valuable contribution, as previously we were unable to perform large simulations in coupled mode, as the coupler did not scale. With regards to the Schools specifically, we have developed joint notes, scripts, etc., which guide the students in performing and analysing experiments.
Start Year 2012
 
Description ENES-2 / IS-ENES2 / ESIWACE 
Organisation Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace
Country France 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The collaboration via the various European Network activities have funded a post-doctoral researcher here at Reading. Moreover, the collaboration has enabled a secretariat in Paris that helped organise and run three European Earth System Modelling Summer Schools, which were held in 2012, 2014 and 2016.
Collaborator Contribution Partners contributed development time for the School materials, notes, etc. as well as a substantial amount of supercomputing time for running and analysing the Summer School modelling experiments. Further, each partner contributed 5-6 of post-doctoral demonstrators who came to the School for the duration (10 days each edition) and circa 20 lecturers, who came to the School for one day each.
Impact A number of new modelling environment tools have been developed by the collaboration, which are shared by the partners with their home institutions (research and operational centres). Further particulars on the ENES/ESIWACE web sites. For the UK, and this grant in particular, a modified ocean-atmosphere coupled (OASIS) has enabled us to exploit parallelism on Archer and the Met Office supercomputer. This is an extremely valuable contribution, as previously we were unable to perform large simulations in coupled mode, as the coupler did not scale. With regards to the Schools specifically, we have developed joint notes, scripts, etc., which guide the students in performing and analysing experiments.
Start Year 2012
 
Description ENES-2 / IS-ENES2 / ESIWACE 
Organisation Max Planck Society
Department Max Planck Institute for Meterology
Country Germany 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The collaboration via the various European Network activities have funded a post-doctoral researcher here at Reading. Moreover, the collaboration has enabled a secretariat in Paris that helped organise and run three European Earth System Modelling Summer Schools, which were held in 2012, 2014 and 2016.
Collaborator Contribution Partners contributed development time for the School materials, notes, etc. as well as a substantial amount of supercomputing time for running and analysing the Summer School modelling experiments. Further, each partner contributed 5-6 of post-doctoral demonstrators who came to the School for the duration (10 days each edition) and circa 20 lecturers, who came to the School for one day each.
Impact A number of new modelling environment tools have been developed by the collaboration, which are shared by the partners with their home institutions (research and operational centres). Further particulars on the ENES/ESIWACE web sites. For the UK, and this grant in particular, a modified ocean-atmosphere coupled (OASIS) has enabled us to exploit parallelism on Archer and the Met Office supercomputer. This is an extremely valuable contribution, as previously we were unable to perform large simulations in coupled mode, as the coupler did not scale. With regards to the Schools specifically, we have developed joint notes, scripts, etc., which guide the students in performing and analysing experiments.
Start Year 2012
 
Description PRACE-UPSCALE 
Organisation Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE)
Country Belgium 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We ported the Hadley Centre Global Climate model we co-developed under the JWCRP umbrella to the HLRS Cray supercomputer in Stuttgart (Germany).
Collaborator Contribution PRACE provided the funding (worth 6 million Euros) to pay for the High-Performance Computing needed to support our project UPSCALE
Impact Over 20 peer-reviewed publications, and more are upcoming.
Start Year 2012
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation CERFACS
Country France 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences (IC3)
Country Spain 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
Country Italy 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace
Country France 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation Max Planck Society
Department Max Planck Institute for Meterology
Country Germany 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation Meteorological Office UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation National Oceanography Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation Rossby Centre
Country Sweden 
Sector Learned Society 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Country Netherlands 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation Stockholm University
Country Sweden 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description PRIMAVERA/HighResMIP 
Organisation University of Oxford
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution PI for PRIMAVERA, additionally acting as one of the main partners and as Scientific Coordinator
Collaborator Contribution Contributing models and data to PRIMAVERA and HighResMIP (as part of CMIP6)
Impact Collaboration just started, but a few papers already submitted, particularly the HighResMIP protocol.
Start Year 2015
 
Description Partnership on high-resolution climate modelling 
Organisation Meteorological Office UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Co-development of high-resolution global climate models has enabled us to: a) win several grants, nationally and internationally, each worth from hundreds of thousands of pounds to millions of pounds. b) win supercomputing time at supra-national level (see PRACE entry) c) win industry support valued in hundreds of thousands of pounds
Collaborator Contribution Co-development of high-resolution global climate models has enabled us to: a) win several grants, nationally and internationally, each worth from hundreds of thousands of pounds to millions of pounds. b) win supercomputing time at supra-national level (see PRACE entry) c) win industry support valued in hundreds of thousands of pounds
Impact Over 60 peer-reviewed papers.
 
Description US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group 
Organisation Columbia University
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We formed a working group to study hurricanes and typhoons in a range of high-resolution global climate models. This required accessing a number of high-profile simulations for common analysis, sharing tools, but also generating a number of new simulations to study the robustness of the climate change response of hurricanes in the climate system. A number of joint publications have emerged in a special issue of the Journal of Climate.
Collaborator Contribution Each partner contributed simulation data, analysis tools and PDRA time. A few partners provided supercomputing time. Columbia provided storage space for joint analysis.
Impact A special issue of the Journal of Climate was published in 2015. We are co-authors in three of those papers. A synthesis paper (Walsh et al.) appeared in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in that some of the papers address societal issues, particularly around the area of predictability and civil protection.
Start Year 2013
 
Description US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group 
Organisation Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Country Japan 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We formed a working group to study hurricanes and typhoons in a range of high-resolution global climate models. This required accessing a number of high-profile simulations for common analysis, sharing tools, but also generating a number of new simulations to study the robustness of the climate change response of hurricanes in the climate system. A number of joint publications have emerged in a special issue of the Journal of Climate.
Collaborator Contribution Each partner contributed simulation data, analysis tools and PDRA time. A few partners provided supercomputing time. Columbia provided storage space for joint analysis.
Impact A special issue of the Journal of Climate was published in 2015. We are co-authors in three of those papers. A synthesis paper (Walsh et al.) appeared in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in that some of the papers address societal issues, particularly around the area of predictability and civil protection.
Start Year 2013
 
Description US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group 
Organisation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Country United States 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We formed a working group to study hurricanes and typhoons in a range of high-resolution global climate models. This required accessing a number of high-profile simulations for common analysis, sharing tools, but also generating a number of new simulations to study the robustness of the climate change response of hurricanes in the climate system. A number of joint publications have emerged in a special issue of the Journal of Climate.
Collaborator Contribution Each partner contributed simulation data, analysis tools and PDRA time. A few partners provided supercomputing time. Columbia provided storage space for joint analysis.
Impact A special issue of the Journal of Climate was published in 2015. We are co-authors in three of those papers. A synthesis paper (Walsh et al.) appeared in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in that some of the papers address societal issues, particularly around the area of predictability and civil protection.
Start Year 2013
 
Description US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group 
Organisation Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We formed a working group to study hurricanes and typhoons in a range of high-resolution global climate models. This required accessing a number of high-profile simulations for common analysis, sharing tools, but also generating a number of new simulations to study the robustness of the climate change response of hurricanes in the climate system. A number of joint publications have emerged in a special issue of the Journal of Climate.
Collaborator Contribution Each partner contributed simulation data, analysis tools and PDRA time. A few partners provided supercomputing time. Columbia provided storage space for joint analysis.
Impact A special issue of the Journal of Climate was published in 2015. We are co-authors in three of those papers. A synthesis paper (Walsh et al.) appeared in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in that some of the papers address societal issues, particularly around the area of predictability and civil protection.
Start Year 2013
 
Description US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group 
Organisation Meteorological Office UK
Department Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We formed a working group to study hurricanes and typhoons in a range of high-resolution global climate models. This required accessing a number of high-profile simulations for common analysis, sharing tools, but also generating a number of new simulations to study the robustness of the climate change response of hurricanes in the climate system. A number of joint publications have emerged in a special issue of the Journal of Climate.
Collaborator Contribution Each partner contributed simulation data, analysis tools and PDRA time. A few partners provided supercomputing time. Columbia provided storage space for joint analysis.
Impact A special issue of the Journal of Climate was published in 2015. We are co-authors in three of those papers. A synthesis paper (Walsh et al.) appeared in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in that some of the papers address societal issues, particularly around the area of predictability and civil protection.
Start Year 2013
 
Description US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group 
Organisation NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We formed a working group to study hurricanes and typhoons in a range of high-resolution global climate models. This required accessing a number of high-profile simulations for common analysis, sharing tools, but also generating a number of new simulations to study the robustness of the climate change response of hurricanes in the climate system. A number of joint publications have emerged in a special issue of the Journal of Climate.
Collaborator Contribution Each partner contributed simulation data, analysis tools and PDRA time. A few partners provided supercomputing time. Columbia provided storage space for joint analysis.
Impact A special issue of the Journal of Climate was published in 2015. We are co-authors in three of those papers. A synthesis paper (Walsh et al.) appeared in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in that some of the papers address societal issues, particularly around the area of predictability and civil protection.
Start Year 2013
 
Description US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group 
Organisation National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
Country Italy 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We formed a working group to study hurricanes and typhoons in a range of high-resolution global climate models. This required accessing a number of high-profile simulations for common analysis, sharing tools, but also generating a number of new simulations to study the robustness of the climate change response of hurricanes in the climate system. A number of joint publications have emerged in a special issue of the Journal of Climate.
Collaborator Contribution Each partner contributed simulation data, analysis tools and PDRA time. A few partners provided supercomputing time. Columbia provided storage space for joint analysis.
Impact A special issue of the Journal of Climate was published in 2015. We are co-authors in three of those papers. A synthesis paper (Walsh et al.) appeared in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in that some of the papers address societal issues, particularly around the area of predictability and civil protection.
Start Year 2013
 
Description US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group 
Organisation National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
Department Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)
Country United States 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We formed a working group to study hurricanes and typhoons in a range of high-resolution global climate models. This required accessing a number of high-profile simulations for common analysis, sharing tools, but also generating a number of new simulations to study the robustness of the climate change response of hurricanes in the climate system. A number of joint publications have emerged in a special issue of the Journal of Climate.
Collaborator Contribution Each partner contributed simulation data, analysis tools and PDRA time. A few partners provided supercomputing time. Columbia provided storage space for joint analysis.
Impact A special issue of the Journal of Climate was published in 2015. We are co-authors in three of those papers. A synthesis paper (Walsh et al.) appeared in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in that some of the papers address societal issues, particularly around the area of predictability and civil protection.
Start Year 2013
 
Description US CLIVAR Hurricane Working Group 
Organisation University of Melbourne
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We formed a working group to study hurricanes and typhoons in a range of high-resolution global climate models. This required accessing a number of high-profile simulations for common analysis, sharing tools, but also generating a number of new simulations to study the robustness of the climate change response of hurricanes in the climate system. A number of joint publications have emerged in a special issue of the Journal of Climate.
Collaborator Contribution Each partner contributed simulation data, analysis tools and PDRA time. A few partners provided supercomputing time. Columbia provided storage space for joint analysis.
Impact A special issue of the Journal of Climate was published in 2015. We are co-authors in three of those papers. A synthesis paper (Walsh et al.) appeared in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary, in that some of the papers address societal issues, particularly around the area of predictability and civil protection.
Start Year 2013
 
Description E2SCMS Summer School 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact This is an Earth System Modelling School that combines national experiences in a number of European countries, via our ENES/ENES2 network of experts.
The School offers post-graduate students the opportunity to learn about and work with three state-of-the-art Earth System Models and teaches the students to work together in experimental design and analysis, finally coming together in a mini-IPCC conference where their results are presented and discussed.
A strong element of the School is community building, and many of the students do stay connected while developing their careers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010,2012,2014
URL https://verc.enes.org/community/schools/3rd-e2scms
 
Description NCAS Climate Modelling Summer School 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact The NCAS Climate Modelling Summer School seeks to transmit all knowledge and expertise formed while developing advanced models of the Earth System to the new generation of scientists. The School brings together senior and early career scientists, who are at the core of new technological and scientific advances in this area, with students who may want to start a career in this area. This is done hands-on, working on state-of-the-art models, during two-week laboratory sessions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2007,2009,2011,2013,2015
URL https://www.ncas.ac.uk/index.php/en/climate-modelling-summer-school