The North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: National Centre for Atmospheric Science
Abstract
Major changes are occurring across the North Atlantic climate system: in ocean and atmosphere temperatures and circulation, in sea ice thickness and extent, and in key atmospheric constituents such as ozone, methane and particles known as aerosols. Many observed changes are unprecedented in instrumental records. Changes in the North Atlantic directly affect the UK's climate, weather and air quality, with major economic impacts on agriculture, fisheries, water, energy, transport and health. The North Atlantic also has global importance, since changes here drive changes in climate, hazardous weather and air quality further afield, such as in North America, Africa and Asia.
ACSIS is a 5 year strategic research programme that brings together and exploits a wide range of capabilities and expertise in the UK environmental science community. It's goal is to enhance the UK's capability to detect, attribute (i.e. explain the causes of) and predict changes in the North Atlantic Climate System. ACSIS will deliver new understanding of the NA climate system by integrating new and old observations of atmospheric physics and chemistry, of the ocean state and of Arctic Ice. The observations will be complemented by detailed data analysis and numerical simulations. Observations will come from existing networks, from NERC's own observational sites in the North Atlantic, and from space. Seasonal surveys using the NCAS FAAM aeroplane will further enhance our observational strategy. A key dimension of the observational opportunity is that data records of sufficient length, for multiple variables, are becoming available for the first time. The modelling component will involve core numerical simulations with cutting-edge atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, chemistry and aerosol models using the latest parameterizations and unprecedented spatial detail, as well as bespoke experiments to investigate specific time periods or to explore and explain particular observations.
ACSIS will provide advances in understanding and predicting changes in the NA climate system that can be exploited to assess the impact of these changes on the UK and other countries - for example in terms of the consequences for hazardous weather risk, the environment and businesses. ACSIS outputs will also inform policy on climate change adaptation and air quality.
ACSIS is a 5 year strategic research programme that brings together and exploits a wide range of capabilities and expertise in the UK environmental science community. It's goal is to enhance the UK's capability to detect, attribute (i.e. explain the causes of) and predict changes in the North Atlantic Climate System. ACSIS will deliver new understanding of the NA climate system by integrating new and old observations of atmospheric physics and chemistry, of the ocean state and of Arctic Ice. The observations will be complemented by detailed data analysis and numerical simulations. Observations will come from existing networks, from NERC's own observational sites in the North Atlantic, and from space. Seasonal surveys using the NCAS FAAM aeroplane will further enhance our observational strategy. A key dimension of the observational opportunity is that data records of sufficient length, for multiple variables, are becoming available for the first time. The modelling component will involve core numerical simulations with cutting-edge atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, chemistry and aerosol models using the latest parameterizations and unprecedented spatial detail, as well as bespoke experiments to investigate specific time periods or to explore and explain particular observations.
ACSIS will provide advances in understanding and predicting changes in the NA climate system that can be exploited to assess the impact of these changes on the UK and other countries - for example in terms of the consequences for hazardous weather risk, the environment and businesses. ACSIS outputs will also inform policy on climate change adaptation and air quality.
Planned Impact
Policy makers: Advances in understanding the role of natural and anthropogenic drivers in North Atlantic climate change delivered by ACSIS will contribute to the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report (AR6) and to national and international policy-making on climate change adaptation and mitigation. Improved understanding of the impact of stratospheric ozone change on tropospheric composition and climate will inform assessments for the Montreal Protocol. Advances in understanding the role of emissions, relative to other factors, in shaping UK air quality will benefit policy formulation in Defra. Representatives of relevant government departments will be invited to the Community Meetings that are a planned part of the programme. These meetings will include specific sessions on stakeholder needs.
The Met Office and its customers will benefit from the process-based evaluation of their models and forecast systems. Improvements in modelling and understanding will be exploited to improve the accuracy and reliability of climate forecasts and projections. This will happen efficiently through the co-delivery of ACSIS by Met Office and NERC scientists.
The EU Copernicus Climate Change Service will benefit from advances in observations, models, understanding and predictions of changes in the regional climate of the North Atlantic/European region. ACSIS partners are already directly engaged in the development of relevant services and this engagement will increase through the programme.
Businesses concerned with changing weather and weather-related risks will benefit from advances in understanding the drivers of changing risk. ACSIS partners have established collaborations with the insurance and energy industries in particular, and these collaborations will provide an important pathway for communication of ACSIS findings. These interactions will be enhanced internationally through related work in the EU PRIMAVERA programme, as well as through the Community Meetings mentioned above.
General public and the media. The observations of declining Arctic sea-ice have become an iconic symbol of our changing climate system for the media and the general public. The ACSIS Essential Climate Variables, presented in accessible form and updated regularly on the ACSIS website, will provide a similar but broader based snap-shot of how the climate system is changing in the UK's backyard. The presentation of multiple variables in a consistent format will provide an important regular opportunity for ACSIS scientists to discuss and explain the complex nature of changes in a way that is accessible and engaging. We anticipate a high level of media interest in this dimension of the programme.
ACSIS is specifically designed to enable as well as deliver research and as such there is a wide community of academic beneficiaries (see separate summary), who will themselves contribute to enhancing the overall impacts of the programme.
The Met Office and its customers will benefit from the process-based evaluation of their models and forecast systems. Improvements in modelling and understanding will be exploited to improve the accuracy and reliability of climate forecasts and projections. This will happen efficiently through the co-delivery of ACSIS by Met Office and NERC scientists.
The EU Copernicus Climate Change Service will benefit from advances in observations, models, understanding and predictions of changes in the regional climate of the North Atlantic/European region. ACSIS partners are already directly engaged in the development of relevant services and this engagement will increase through the programme.
Businesses concerned with changing weather and weather-related risks will benefit from advances in understanding the drivers of changing risk. ACSIS partners have established collaborations with the insurance and energy industries in particular, and these collaborations will provide an important pathway for communication of ACSIS findings. These interactions will be enhanced internationally through related work in the EU PRIMAVERA programme, as well as through the Community Meetings mentioned above.
General public and the media. The observations of declining Arctic sea-ice have become an iconic symbol of our changing climate system for the media and the general public. The ACSIS Essential Climate Variables, presented in accessible form and updated regularly on the ACSIS website, will provide a similar but broader based snap-shot of how the climate system is changing in the UK's backyard. The presentation of multiple variables in a consistent format will provide an important regular opportunity for ACSIS scientists to discuss and explain the complex nature of changes in a way that is accessible and engaging. We anticipate a high level of media interest in this dimension of the programme.
ACSIS is specifically designed to enable as well as deliver research and as such there is a wide community of academic beneficiaries (see separate summary), who will themselves contribute to enhancing the overall impacts of the programme.
Organisations
- University of Leeds (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN (Collaboration)
- UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE (Collaboration)
- British Geological Survey (Collaboration)
- PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY (Collaboration)
- National Centre for Earth Observation (Collaboration)
- British Antarctic Survey (Collaboration)
- National Center for Atmospheric Research (Project Partner)
- Met Office (Project Partner)
- Duke University (Project Partner)
- The University of Texas at Austin (Project Partner)
Publications
Kelly S
(2019)
On the Origin of Water Masses in the Beaufort Gyre
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Jacobs Z
(2020)
The Major Role of Air-Sea Heat Fluxes in Driving Interannual Variations of Gulf Stream Transport
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Le Bras I
(2018)
Seasonality of Freshwater in the East Greenland Current System From 2014 to 2016
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Luneva M
(2020)
Hotspots of Dense Water Cascading in the Arctic Ocean: Implications for the Pacific Water Pathways
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Moat B
(2016)
Major variations in subtropical North Atlantic heat transport at short (5 day) timescales and their causes
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Hopkins J
(2019)
Transport Variability of the Irminger Sea Deep Western Boundary Current From a Mooring Array
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Kelly S
(2019)
On the Origin of Water Masses in the Beaufort Gyre
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Kelly S
(2018)
Lagrangian Modeling of Arctic Ocean Circulation Pathways: Impact of Advection on Spread of Pollutants
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Twelves A
(2021)
Self-Shading and Meltwater Spreading Control the Transition From Light to Iron Limitation in an Antarctic Coastal Polynya
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Skliris N
(2021)
Assessing Extreme Environmental Loads on Offshore Structures in the North Sea from High-Resolution Ocean Currents, Waves and Wind Forecasting
in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Skliris N
(2021)
Assessing Extreme Environmental Loads on Offshore Structures in the North Sea from High-Resolution Ocean Currents, Waves and Wind Forecasting
in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Mackay N
(2020)
The Observation-Based Application of a Regional Thermohaline Inverse Method to Diagnose the Formation and Transformation of Water Masses North of the OSNAP Array from 2013 to 2015
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
Le Bras I
(2021)
How Much Arctic Fresh Water Participates in the Subpolar Overturning Circulation?
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
Zou S
(2021)
Observed Deep Cyclonic Eddies around Southern Greenland
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
Pacini A
(2021)
Cyclonic eddies in the West Greenland Boundary Current System
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
Germe A
(2022)
Chaotic Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at Subannual Time Scales
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
Jones D
(2020)
The Sensitivity of Southeast Pacific Heat Distribution to Local and Remote Changes in Ocean Properties
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
Hirschi J
(2019)
Loop Current Variability as Trigger of Coherent Gulf Stream Transport Anomalies
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
Kawatani Y
(2019)
The Effects of a Well-Resolved Stratosphere on the Simulated Boreal Winter Circulation in a Climate Model
in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Eastman R
(2021)
Evaluating the Lagrangian Evolution of Subtropical Low Clouds in GCMs Using Observations: Mean Evolution, Time Scales, and Responses to Predictors
in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Moroz I
(2018)
Descent Rate Models of the Synchronization of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation by the Annual Cycle in Tropical Upwelling
in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Eastman R
(2021)
Evaluating the Lagrangian Evolution of Subtropical Low Clouds in GCMs Using Observations: Mean Evolution, Time Scales, and Responses to Predictors
in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Aksenov Y
(2017)
On the future navigability of Arctic sea routes: High-resolution projections of the Arctic Ocean and sea ice
in Marine Policy
Scaife A
(2019)
100 Years of Progress in Understanding the Stratosphere and Mesosphere
in Meteorological Monographs
Marsh R
(2017)
Prospects for seasonal forecasting of iceberg distributions in the North Atlantic
in Natural Hazards
Smith DM
(2020)
North Atlantic climate far more predictable than models imply.
in Nature
Sutton R
(2018)
Attributing extreme weather to climate change is not a done deal.
in Nature
Thornalley DJR
(2018)
Anomalously weak Labrador Sea convection and Atlantic overturning during the past 150 years.
in Nature
Smith DM
(2020)
North Atlantic climate far more predictable than models imply.
in Nature
Osprey SM
(2020)
Autonomous balloons take flight with artificial intelligence.
in Nature
Guarino M
(2020)
Sea-ice-free Arctic during the Last Interglacial supports fast future loss
in Nature Climate Change
Collins M
(2018)
Challenges and opportunities for improved understanding of regional climate dynamics
in Nature Climate Change
Kornhuber K
(2019)
Amplified Rossby waves enhance risk of concurrent heatwaves in major breadbasket regions
in Nature Climate Change
Pfleiderer P
(2019)
Summer weather becomes more persistent in a 2 °C world
in Nature Climate Change
Guarino M
(2020)
Sea-ice-free Arctic during the Last Interglacial supports fast future loss
in Nature Climate Change
Weber J
(2022)
Chemistry-driven changes strongly influence climate forcing from vegetation emissions.
in Nature communications
Gray LJ
(2020)
Forecasting extreme stratospheric polar vortex events.
in Nature communications
Holliday NP
(2020)
Ocean circulation causes the largest freshening event for 120 years in eastern subpolar North Atlantic.
in Nature communications
Andersson TR
(2021)
Seasonal Arctic sea ice forecasting with probabilistic deep learning.
in Nature communications
Zhang J
(2018)
Stratospheric ozone loss over the Eurasian continent induced by the polar vortex shift.
in Nature communications
Dong B
(2022)
Recent decadal weakening of the summer Eurasian westerly jet attributable to anthropogenic aerosol emissions.
in Nature communications
Arola A
(2022)
Aerosol effects on clouds are concealed by natural cloud heterogeneity and satellite retrieval errors.
in Nature communications
Hallam S
(2019)
Ocean precursors to the extreme Atlantic 2017 hurricane season.
in Nature communications
Zhao J
(2018)
Meridional heat transport variability induced by mesoscale processes in the subpolar North Atlantic.
in Nature communications
Gray L
(2020)
Forecasting extreme stratospheric polar vortex events
in Nature Communications
Dalsøren S
(2018)
Discrepancy between simulated and observed ethane and propane levels explained by underestimated fossil emissions
in Nature Geoscience
Kostov Y
(2021)
Distinct sources of interannual subtropical and subpolar Atlantic overturning variability
in Nature Geoscience
Jackson L
(2022)
The evolution of the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation since 1980
in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Di Capua G
(2021)
Drivers behind the summer 2010 wave train leading to Russian heatwave and Pakistan flooding
in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
O'Reilly C
(2023)
Challenges with interpreting the impact of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability using SST-restoring experiments
in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Description | 1. Advances in understanding the processes governing decadal variability in the North Atlantic Climate System. ACSIS provided a multivariate perspective that demonstrated coordinated changes across North Atlantic Climate System components: ocean, sea ice, and atmosphere. This was an important part of delivering improved understanding of links between observed multi-decadal shifts in Atlantic sea-surface temperature (known as Atlantic Multi-decadal Variability (AMV)), and atmospheric circulation (troposphere and stratosphere), how climate models represent these links, and how they vary seasonally. ACSIS used climate models and observations to show that ocean dynamics connect changes in seawater density in the subpolar North Atlantic to the Atlantic-wide ocean circulation, impacting the amplitude and timing of AMV. These discoveries allow better prediction of AMV and its many climate impacts. 2. Advances in understanding the role of atmospheric aerosols in the North Atlantic Climate System By bringing together a highly multidisciplinary team, ACSIS advanced fundamental understanding and quantification of the multiple processes and causal linkages that connect anthropogenic aerosol (AA) precursor emissions (e.g. sulphur dioxide) to impacts on climate variables such as atmospheric temperatures and clouds, ocean heat content and circulation, and sea-ice extent. Key advances included: discovery of a new chemical species (HPMTF) involved in the oxidation of sulphur dioxide; quantification of the processes that govern the North Atlantic cloud and radiation response to AA emissions; and elucidation of a new mechanism via which AA emissions influence the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). 3. Advances in understanding the predictability of North Atlantic Climate and advances in prediction capabilities. ACSIS research contributed to important evidence that shows that the North Atlantic is much more predictable than previously thought, especially atmospheric circulation in winter on seasonal to decadal timescales. Furthermore, ACSIS has shown that higher predictability extends to summer on seasonal timescales, and has provided new insights into some of key mechanisms involved, including the roles of ocean-atmosphere interactions and of the stratosphere. ACSIS has also made advances in Arctic sea ice predictions and provided further evidence that changes in the North Atlantic can have world-wide influences with implications for predictability of global monsoons and climatic conditions over East Asia and the Pacific ocean. To help policy makers understand potential near-term changes in North Atlantic atmosphere and ocean circulation, and associated impacts and risks, ACSIS has developed innovative storylines of future changes in the jet stream and in regional sea level. |
Exploitation Route | There are many opportunities to build on the achievements of the ACSIS programme. These include: (i) further analysis of the many observation-based datasets which quantify recent changes in the North Atlantic climate system; (ii) further analysis of the numerical simulations supported by ACSIS in particular high resolution ocean and coupled simulations; (iii) further research to understand the predictability of climate in the North Atlantic region; (iv) work to exploit ACSIS findings to build improved capabilities for seasonal and longer term climate predictions. |
Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Energy,Environment,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Transport |
URL | https://sites.google.com/ncas.ac.uk/acsis/posters |
Description | ACSIS has made significant contributions relevant to climate policy through its input to the UK's contribution to the sixth coupled model intercomparison project (in support of the sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chage, AR6), especially through its evaluation, development and running of the UK Earth System Model (UKESM1), and the evaluation of the Met Office physical climate model (HadGEM3-GC3.1). Several ACSIS scientists have contributed to the assessment of the current state of knowledge through their roles as lead or contributing authors or reviewers of the AR6, and ACSIS publications were included in the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. ACSIS science is also contributing to advances in seasonal-to-decadal prediction. Advances made in understanding the fundamental ocean-atmosphere mechanisms that shape variations in the climate of the North Atlantic region on seasonal and longer timescales are being used to inform development of seasonal-to-decadal prediction capabilities, in particular those at the Met Office. The World Meteorological Organization has recently begun to produce a regular 'annual-to-decadal climate update'. These reports are freely available and are read by all WMO prediction centres world-wide. ACSIS has contributed directly to the first report and will build on this contribution in the upcoming years. Wider ACSIS impacts include: a major role in shaping a new World Climate Research Programme Lighthouse Activity on Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change; contributions to the UK's Joint Marine Modelling Programme (JMMP); establishing a lasting multi-disciplinary community to focus on North Atlantic science and related areas.The legacy of ACSIS is assured by more than 250 scientific publications and by observational and model data sets stored long-term at CEDA (Archibald et al, in prep), and their continued use, including within the outward facing Met Office Climate Indicators webpage and in new LTS-M programmes, such as CANARI. |
First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
Sector | Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice |
Impact Types | Policy & public services |
Description | Citation in the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
Impact | This report is part of the IPCc series of report and as such has helped to change public and government attitudes to climate change and its impacts. This report is expected to have substantial impacts on government policy in respect of climate change adaptation and mitigation policies, both nationally and internationally. |
URL | https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/ |
Description | Citation in the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
URL | http://www.mccip.org.uk/media/2013/10_sea_ice_2020.pdf |
Description | Reports for the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
Impact | UK Businesses and Local Governments use the MCCIP Science Review for formulating and implementing adaptation policy with respect to climate change. |
URL | http://www.mccip.org.uk/climate-smart-adaptation/ |
Description | (Blue-Action) - Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate |
Amount | € 8,103,125 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 727852 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 12/2016 |
End | 02/2021 |
Description | (COMFORT) - Our common future ocean in the Earth system - quantifying coupled cycles of carbon, oxygen, and nutrients for determining and achieving safe operating spaces with respect to tipping points |
Amount | € 8,482,147 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 820989 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 08/2023 |
Description | (DivPredSkill) - Climate model diversity in the North Atlantic and its impact on prediction skill on interannual-to-decadal timescales |
Amount | € 212,934 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 101026271 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 07/2021 |
End | 06/2023 |
Description | Atmospheric Composition and Radiative forcing changes due to UN International Ship Emissions regulations (ACRUISE) |
Amount | £363,917 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/S004467/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2019 |
End | 02/2024 |
Description | Atmospheric Composition and Radiative forcing changes due to UN International Ship Emissions regulations (ACRUISE) |
Amount | £276,448 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/S004807/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2019 |
End | 01/2023 |
Description | Atmospheric Composition and Radiative forcing changes due to UN International Ship Emissions regulations (ACRUISE) |
Amount | £275,236 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/S005099/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2019 |
End | 01/2024 |
Description | Atmospheric Composition and Radiative forcing changes due to UN International Ship Emissions regulations (ACRUISE) |
Amount | £391,261 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/S005390/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2019 |
End | 01/2024 |
Description | Atmospheric Composition and Radiative forcing effects_due to UN International Ship Emissions regulations |
Amount | £136,219 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/S004564/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2019 |
End | 01/2024 |
Description | Atmospheric reactive nitrogen cycling over the ocean |
Amount | £618,334 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/S000518/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2019 |
End | 12/2021 |
Description | CERAF |
Amount | £4,063,522 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/V017756/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2021 |
End | 03/2025 |
Description | Consequences of Arctic Warming for European Climate and Extreme Weather |
Amount | £290,138 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/V004875/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2020 |
End | 11/2023 |
Description | Explaining and Predicting the Ocean Conveyor (EPOC) |
Amount | € 9,549,760 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 09/2022 |
End | 10/2027 |
Description | NERC National Capability Science Multi-Centre 1-year extension (FY 21/22): The North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) |
Amount | £1,961,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2021 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | SNAP-DRAGON: Subpolar North Atlantic Processes - Dynamics and pRedictability of vAriability in Gyre and OverturNing |
Amount | £1,600,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/T013494/1 |
Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2020 |
End | 08/2023 |
Description | Wider Impacts of Subpolar nortH atlantic decadal variaBility on the OceaN and atmospherE' (WISHBONE) |
Amount | £285,007 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/T013540/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2020 |
End | 08/2024 |
Description | Wider impacts of Subpolar North Atlantic decadal variability on the ocean and atmosphere (WISHBONE) |
Amount | £800,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/T013516/1 |
Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2020 |
End | 08/2023 |
Title | Intermediate resolution climate model FORTE2 |
Description | This is a significantly updated version of a fast, inexpensive and low resolution coupled climate model developed previously at the National Oceanography Centre and used for idealised climate experiments.The updated version now runs on parallel processors using MPI software, has a more advanced atmospheric component including a resolved stratosphere and can simulate 300+ model years in 1 day of real time. This opens up the possibility of investigating paleaoclimate with a full primitive equation model, as well as studying contemporary climate and performing climate projections at a fraction of the cost of standard CMIP-style climate models. In particular the model is readily configurable, allowing control over land geometry and orography, ocean topography, and geophysical parameters such as rotation rate, solar input, orbital parameters etc. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | As it has just been released, impact is restricted to the publication which documents the model performance |
URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4108373#.YijBQb3P3rI |
Title | 1/12 degree ocean/25km atmosphere coupled historical climate simulation |
Description | Output from a historical climate model simulation of unprecedented resolution, including fields such as ocean and atmosphere temperature, winds, ocean currents and a large number of other variables. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Improved understanding of the influence of resolution climate variability, including the importance of including small scale processes such as mesoscale eddies in order to realistically model air-sea interaction on climate timescales. |
Title | 1/4 degree historical forced ocean simulation |
Description | Output from ocean model simulation forced by CORE2 estimates of surface atmospheric conditions. Fields stored are monthly temperature, salinity, ocean currents and other fields for 1958-2007. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Understanding of the proximate cause of the observed variability (increase up to the mid 1990s, and then an ongoing decrease) of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. This has been written up as a journal article: Megann, Alex ; Blaker, Adam ; Josey, Simon ; New, Adrian ; Sinha, Bablu. 2021 Mechanisms for late 20th and early 21st century decadal AMOC variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126 (12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017865 |
URL | https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/119a5d4795c94d2e94f610647640edc0 |
Title | ACSIS Aircraft datasets |
Description | The ACSIS aircraft database contains the core FAAM data collected by the NERC BAe-146 research aircraft during ACSIS field campaigns. This database provides support for analysis of the measurements supported by ACSIS. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | To date intercomparison of ACSIS and NASA ATom data has been achieved thanks to the database. This has highlighted excellent agreement between measurements made by NERC and NASA funded scientists. |
URL | http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/acsis/bae-146 |
Title | CPOM sea ice data portal |
Description | CPOM sea ice data portal - Public access to sea ice thickness and volume data from the CryoSat-2 satellite, produced at the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (http://www.cpom.ucl.ac.uk/csopr/seaice.html) |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Public access to sea ice thickness and volume data |
URL | http://www.cpom.ucl.ac.uk/csopr/seaice.html |
Title | Monthly ocean and sea-ice output from 1/4° NEMO GO6 integration forced by CORE2 data |
Description | Monthly output from an integration of the GO6 configuration of the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean and sea-ice model, forced by the CORE2 (Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments version 2.0) corrected inter-annual forcing (CIAF) surface field dataset. UK Global Ocean GO6 consists of version 3.6 of NEMO and version 5.2.1 of the CICE (Community Ice CodE) sea-ice model, and the present simulation is on the global eORCA025 1/4° grid. The ocean is initialised from a climatology based on the EN3 monthly objective analysis (Ingleby and Huddleston, 2007) averaged over years 2004-2008, and is integrated from 1958 to 2007. The model was run on the Archer supercomputing platform through the Rose/Cylc interface on Puma, and the run ID on the Puma system is u-ap795. The integrations were funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under the Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) project (NE/N018044/1). |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The data were used to write a paper on AMOC variability 1948-2020: 10.5285/119a5d4795c94d2e94f610647640edc0 |
URL | https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/119a5d4795c94d2e94f610647640edc0 |
Title | Monthly ocean and sea-ice output from 1/4° NEMO GO6 integration forced by DFS5.2 data |
Description | Monthly output from an integration of the UK Global Ocean, GO6, configuration of the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean and sea-ice model, forced by the DFS5.2 (Drakkar Forcing Set: Dussin et al, 2016) surface field dataset. GO6 consists of version 3.6 of NEMO and version 5.2.1 of the CICE (Community Ice CodE) sea-ice model, and the present simulation is on the global eORCA025 1/4° grid. The ocean is initialised from a climatology based on the EN3 monthly objective analysis (Ingleby and Huddleston, 2007) averaged over years 2004-2008, and is integrated from 1958 to 2015. The sea-ice fields are only available for the period 1958 to 2008. The model was run on the Archer supercomputing platform through the Rose/Cylc interface on Puma, and the run ID on the Puma system is u-ao882. The integrations were funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under the Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) project (NE/N018044/1). |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The data has been used to write a paper on historical AMOC variability 1948-2020: Megann, Alex ; Blaker, Adam ; Josey, Simon ; New, Adrian ; Sinha, Bablu. 2021 Mechanisms for late 20th and early 21st century decadal AMOC variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126 (12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017865 |
URL | https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/a0708d25b4fc44c5ab1b06e12fef2f2e |
Title | Monthly ocean and sea-ice output from 1/4° NEMO GO6 integration forced by JRA55 data |
Description | Monthly output from an integration of the UK Global Ocean, GO6, configuration of the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean and sea-ice model, forced by the JRA-55 (Japanese 55-year atmospheric reanalysis: Tsujino, 2018) surface field dataset. GO6 consists of version 3.6 of NEMO and version 5.2.1 of the CICE (Community Ice CodE) sea-ice model, and the present simulation is on the global eORCA025 1/4° grid. The ocean is initialised from a climatology based on the EN3 monthly objective analysis (Ingleby and Huddleston, 2007) averaged over years 2004-2008, and is integrated from 1958 to 2020. The sea-ice fields are only available for the period 1989 to 2001. The model was run on the Archer supercomputing platform through the Rose/Cylc interface on Puma, and the run ID on the Puma system is u-ba494. The integrations were funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under the Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) project (NE/N018044/1). |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The data has been used to write a paper on AMOC variability 1948-2020: Megann, Alex ; Blaker, Adam ; Josey, Simon ; New, Adrian ; Sinha, Bablu. 2021 Mechanisms for late 20th and early 21st century decadal AMOC variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126 (12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017865 |
URL | https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/4c545155dfd145a1b02a5d0e577ae37d |
Title | North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) Atlantic Ocean medium resolution SST dataset: Reconstructed 5-day, ½ degree, Atlantic Ocean SST (1950-2014) |
Description | The North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) Atlantic Ocean medium resolution SST dataset is a 5-day field of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) on a ½ degree by ½ degree grid from 1950 to 2014 and covers the Atlantic Ocean. The dataset is based on in situ ship and buoy SST observations from the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) Revision 3. Measurements which fail initial quality control checks are rejected and for each grid box where there is data a trimmed mean and sample standard deviation are calculated to produce super-observations. These are then expressed as anomalies from the 1981-2014 Climatology (mean, annual, semi-annual and tri-annual) from the European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) SST dataset (version 2.0) derived from satellite observations. The measurements are then interpolated using Kriging to infill gaps and estimate uncertainties. The spatial covariance used in the Kriging was derived from the CCI SST analysis residuals (CCI SST analysis minus the CCI SST climatology). After interpolation, bias corrections derived from the HadSST.4.0.0.0 dataset are applied. The dataset is available as annual CF complaint NetCDF files, with a total of 65 annual files available. Each file contains: the 5 day mean sea surface temperature; the corresponding climatological value, the sea surface temperature anomaly and the uncertainty in the sea surface temperature. The new dataset has been developed as part of the UK North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) for use in validation and comparison with regional climate models. Other potential uses include boundary forcing for regional reanalyses, monitoring and assessment of regional climate change and other studies requiring SST at a resolution higher than typical for the in situ products (i.e. < 1 month, < 1°) and spanning the satellite and pre-satellite era. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Awaiting Impacts |
URL | https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/83b0cd7e7cc6495a90b4cb967ead3577 |
Title | Simulations with the sea ice model CICE documenting the impact of improved sea ice physics |
Description | Sea ice thickness data (CryoSat-2) have been used to identify and correct shortcomings in simulating winter ice growth in the widely used sea ice model CICE. Here, we provide the data from CICE simulations documenting the impact of improved sea ice physics and the sensitivity to forcing and initial data. Adding a model of snow drift and using a different scheme for calculating the ice conductivity improve model results. Sensitivity studies demonstrate that atmospheric winter conditions have little impact on winter ice growth, and the fate of Arctic summer sea ice is largely controlled by atmospheric conditions during the melting season. A full description of the data processing and uncertainties is given by Schröder et al. (2018), 'New insight from CryoSat-2 sea ice thickness for sea ice modelling', in The Cryosphere. All simulations are listed in Tables 1 to 3 of this paper. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Title | Subpolar North Atlantic ocean heat content (surface to 1000m) using objectively mapped Argo profiling float data. |
Description | Monthly ocean heat content (surface to 1000m) in the North Atlantic Subpolar region calculated using objectively mapped Argo profiling float data. This calculation of ocean heat content used potential enthalpy (from TEOS10) instead of potential temperature, which removes the need for a fixed specific heat capacity. Density was from in situ density rather than a fixed value. This was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under the Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) project (NE/N018044/1). |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | used as an Atlantic Climate Indicator by the NERC ACSIS Programme |
URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/d23c26bc-6e6c-5bbf-e053-6c86abc... |
Title | Subpolar North Atlantic ocean heat content (surface to 1000m) using the EN4.2.2 temperature data set. |
Description | Monthly ocean heat content (surface to 1000m) in the North Atlantic Subpolar region, from 1950 to 2020, calculated using the EN4.2.2 temperature data set. This calculation of ocean heat content used potential enthalpy (from TEOS10) instead of potential temperature, which removes the need for a fixed specific heat capacity. Density was from insitu density rather than a fixed value. This was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under the Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) project (NE/N018044/1). |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | used as an Atlantic Climate Indicator by the ACSIS programme |
URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/d09552c1-5e31-55e1-e053-6c86abc... |
Description | GreenBlock |
Organisation | University of Lincoln |
Department | School of Geography |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | providing high resolution coupled model output and advice on how to use it |
Collaborator Contribution | expertise in atmospheric processes related to Greenland Blocking and implications for regional weather and climate |
Impact | The collaboration has only just started so output and outcomes will occur int he next 2-3 years. The collaboration involves two disciplines: oceanography and meteorology |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | NCAS has joined together with the other NERC Centres and the Met Office to form a new partnership - the UK National Climate Science Partnership - focused on climate science for solutions. A letter of intent has been signed by all the parties and a Vision Statement agreed. Announcement of the partnership was made by the BEIS CSA Paul Monks at COP26 in Glasgow. NCAS played a leading role in bringing about these developments, working particularly closely with NOC, UKCEH and the Met Office. |
Collaborator Contribution | The UKNCSP Vision Statement was developed by NCAS, NOC and UKCEH working with the Met Office. All the NERC Centres and the Met Office have signed the letter of intent and supported the announcement at COP26. The partners are currently working together to agree plans to develop the partnership and maximise its benefits to the UK. |
Impact | Announcement at COP26: https://www.ukri.org/news/uk-researchers-join-forces-to-advance-scientific-climate-solutions/ The founding partners span the full range of environmental science. An important goal of the partnership is to build wider multi-disciplinary partnership to enable climate solutions. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
Organisation | British Geological Survey |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | NCAS has joined together with the other NERC Centres and the Met Office to form a new partnership - the UK National Climate Science Partnership - focused on climate science for solutions. A letter of intent has been signed by all the parties and a Vision Statement agreed. Announcement of the partnership was made by the BEIS CSA Paul Monks at COP26 in Glasgow. NCAS played a leading role in bringing about these developments, working particularly closely with NOC, UKCEH and the Met Office. |
Collaborator Contribution | The UKNCSP Vision Statement was developed by NCAS, NOC and UKCEH working with the Met Office. All the NERC Centres and the Met Office have signed the letter of intent and supported the announcement at COP26. The partners are currently working together to agree plans to develop the partnership and maximise its benefits to the UK. |
Impact | Announcement at COP26: https://www.ukri.org/news/uk-researchers-join-forces-to-advance-scientific-climate-solutions/ The founding partners span the full range of environmental science. An important goal of the partnership is to build wider multi-disciplinary partnership to enable climate solutions. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | NCAS has joined together with the other NERC Centres and the Met Office to form a new partnership - the UK National Climate Science Partnership - focused on climate science for solutions. A letter of intent has been signed by all the parties and a Vision Statement agreed. Announcement of the partnership was made by the BEIS CSA Paul Monks at COP26 in Glasgow. NCAS played a leading role in bringing about these developments, working particularly closely with NOC, UKCEH and the Met Office. |
Collaborator Contribution | The UKNCSP Vision Statement was developed by NCAS, NOC and UKCEH working with the Met Office. All the NERC Centres and the Met Office have signed the letter of intent and supported the announcement at COP26. The partners are currently working together to agree plans to develop the partnership and maximise its benefits to the UK. |
Impact | Announcement at COP26: https://www.ukri.org/news/uk-researchers-join-forces-to-advance-scientific-climate-solutions/ The founding partners span the full range of environmental science. An important goal of the partnership is to build wider multi-disciplinary partnership to enable climate solutions. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
Organisation | National Centre for Earth Observation |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | NCAS has joined together with the other NERC Centres and the Met Office to form a new partnership - the UK National Climate Science Partnership - focused on climate science for solutions. A letter of intent has been signed by all the parties and a Vision Statement agreed. Announcement of the partnership was made by the BEIS CSA Paul Monks at COP26 in Glasgow. NCAS played a leading role in bringing about these developments, working particularly closely with NOC, UKCEH and the Met Office. |
Collaborator Contribution | The UKNCSP Vision Statement was developed by NCAS, NOC and UKCEH working with the Met Office. All the NERC Centres and the Met Office have signed the letter of intent and supported the announcement at COP26. The partners are currently working together to agree plans to develop the partnership and maximise its benefits to the UK. |
Impact | Announcement at COP26: https://www.ukri.org/news/uk-researchers-join-forces-to-advance-scientific-climate-solutions/ The founding partners span the full range of environmental science. An important goal of the partnership is to build wider multi-disciplinary partnership to enable climate solutions. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
Organisation | National Oceanography Centre |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | NCAS has joined together with the other NERC Centres and the Met Office to form a new partnership - the UK National Climate Science Partnership - focused on climate science for solutions. A letter of intent has been signed by all the parties and a Vision Statement agreed. Announcement of the partnership was made by the BEIS CSA Paul Monks at COP26 in Glasgow. NCAS played a leading role in bringing about these developments, working particularly closely with NOC, UKCEH and the Met Office. |
Collaborator Contribution | The UKNCSP Vision Statement was developed by NCAS, NOC and UKCEH working with the Met Office. All the NERC Centres and the Met Office have signed the letter of intent and supported the announcement at COP26. The partners are currently working together to agree plans to develop the partnership and maximise its benefits to the UK. |
Impact | Announcement at COP26: https://www.ukri.org/news/uk-researchers-join-forces-to-advance-scientific-climate-solutions/ The founding partners span the full range of environmental science. An important goal of the partnership is to build wider multi-disciplinary partnership to enable climate solutions. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
Organisation | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | NCAS has joined together with the other NERC Centres and the Met Office to form a new partnership - the UK National Climate Science Partnership - focused on climate science for solutions. A letter of intent has been signed by all the parties and a Vision Statement agreed. Announcement of the partnership was made by the BEIS CSA Paul Monks at COP26 in Glasgow. NCAS played a leading role in bringing about these developments, working particularly closely with NOC, UKCEH and the Met Office. |
Collaborator Contribution | The UKNCSP Vision Statement was developed by NCAS, NOC and UKCEH working with the Met Office. All the NERC Centres and the Met Office have signed the letter of intent and supported the announcement at COP26. The partners are currently working together to agree plans to develop the partnership and maximise its benefits to the UK. |
Impact | Announcement at COP26: https://www.ukri.org/news/uk-researchers-join-forces-to-advance-scientific-climate-solutions/ The founding partners span the full range of environmental science. An important goal of the partnership is to build wider multi-disciplinary partnership to enable climate solutions. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | UK National Climate Science Partnership |
Organisation | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | NCAS has joined together with the other NERC Centres and the Met Office to form a new partnership - the UK National Climate Science Partnership - focused on climate science for solutions. A letter of intent has been signed by all the parties and a Vision Statement agreed. Announcement of the partnership was made by the BEIS CSA Paul Monks at COP26 in Glasgow. NCAS played a leading role in bringing about these developments, working particularly closely with NOC, UKCEH and the Met Office. |
Collaborator Contribution | The UKNCSP Vision Statement was developed by NCAS, NOC and UKCEH working with the Met Office. All the NERC Centres and the Met Office have signed the letter of intent and supported the announcement at COP26. The partners are currently working together to agree plans to develop the partnership and maximise its benefits to the UK. |
Impact | Announcement at COP26: https://www.ukri.org/news/uk-researchers-join-forces-to-advance-scientific-climate-solutions/ The founding partners span the full range of environmental science. An important goal of the partnership is to build wider multi-disciplinary partnership to enable climate solutions. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Title | Fast, Parallel intermediate complexity climate model (FORTE 2.0) |
Description | This is a climate model with relatively low resolution (2.8 degrees in the atmosphere and 2 degrees in the ocean), but optimised for MP and open MP parallel processing so that it is fast enough to multicentennial and millennial climate simulations. It is easily configurable so that different continental and orographic/ocean bathymetry configurations can be explored. The model can be run with our without a stratosphere. There are basic thermodynamic sea ice and land soi/vegetation models |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | As this has only just been released, we are expecting impacts to build up over time. A paper has been published describing the model: FORTE 2.0: a fast, parallel and flexible coupled climate model. Blaker, A., Joshi, M., Sinha, B., Stevens, D., Smith, R. & Hirschi, J., 19 Jan 2021, In : Geoscientific Model Development. 14, 1, p. 275-293 19 p. |
URL | http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3632569 |
Description | Appointed to Transdisciplinary Advisory Board for European Joint Programming Initiative "Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe" (JPI Climate) |
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 Transdisciplinary Advisory Board (TAB) consists of national and international members from academia and from relevant stakeholder groups. It advises the Governing Board on specific issues upon request. This overall Advisory Board is an important instrument to involve relevant stakeholder groups. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://jpi-climate.eu/governance/#transdisciplinary-advisory-board |
Description | Cambridge Science Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Panel discussion hosted between the audience and climate-relevant scientists |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Chair, Met Office Hadley Centre Science Review Group |
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 Met Office Hadley Centre (MOHC) Science Review Group (SRG) brings together leading scientists from UK and international academia to carry out an independent review of the climate research carried out by the Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme (MOHCCP) to advise its government customers on the quality, robustness and relevance of our science outputs. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
URL | https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/how-met-office-science-is-reviewed |
Description | Climate Scientists podcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interviews with climate scientists to spark questions and discussion, and raise awareness of the different research activities taking place to better understand and tackle climate change. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
URL | https://anchor.fm/climate-scientists |
Description | Climate podcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | "Climate Scientists" podcast, hosted here: https://anchor.fm/climate-scientists |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
URL | https://anchor.fm/climate-scientists |
Description | Conference presentations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Two conference presentations: 1. EGU General Assembly 2020 online presentation. Title: "Observed and simulated (CMIP5 and CMIP6) early- to late-winter evolution of North Atlantic atmospheric variability and links to the ocean". 2. ACSIS Summer Science Meeting 2020. Title: "Observed and simulated (CMIP5/CMIP6) winter evolution of North Atlantic atmosphere-ocean linkages". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Development of Science Plan for World Climate Research Programme Lighthouse Activity on Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change |
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 | As Co-chair of the World Climate Research Programme Lighthouse Activity on Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change I co-led the development of the international Science Plan |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.wcrp-climate.org/epesc |
Description | Member of Editorial Board for 10 New Insights in Climate Science 2022, presented at COP27 |
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 10 New Insights in Climate Science series is an annual synthesis highlighting essential advances in climate change research, from natural and social sciences, with high policy relevance. The report has been launched every year since 2017 at the climate COP, with participation of the UNFCCC Executive Secretary. This joint initiative of Future Earth, The Earth League, and The World Climate Research Programme, is a collective effort to support the diffusion of the most relevant and up-to-date climate change science to policymakers, negotiators, and the general public. See: https://10insightsclimate.science/ |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://10insightsclimate.science/ |
Description | Panel member at COP26 session on the future of climate modelling |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The session on the future of climate modelling was held in the Science Pavillion in COP26 in Glasgow and also live streamed worldwide. I contributed my perspective and contributed to the Q&A. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate/cop/science-pavilion |
Description | Public lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | IOP public lecture on the likelihood of rapid climate change in the North Atlantic in the future to the Keele Physics Centre in Sept 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Radio interview on air pollution following the governments announcement of the Clean Air strategy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | I was invited to join the evening drive time show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire to talk about the Government Clean Air strategy. During the interview I was also asked about the wider work we are doing and we discussed the aircraft observations we make in ACSIS and how they are important. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Science Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Annual events at the Cambridge Science Festival. These events are well attended (70+ people, usually) and consist mostly of a panel discussion between the audience and a panel of climate-relevant scientists. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
Description | Session for City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College about North Atlantic Climate Change and careers in climate science to year 12 students |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | A talk was given by Laura Wilcox to City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College, about North Atlantic Climate Change and careers in climate science to year 12 students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Talk about detection and attribution of climate change (and climate careers) to years 11-13 at Worksop College |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Laura Wilcox gave a talk about detection and attribution of climate change (and climate careers) to years 11-13 at Worksop College in November 2020. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | policy briefing for MEPs |
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 | Policy briefing on Extreme Events & Tipping Points to MEPs. Intended to raise awareness of these issues in European Parliament. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://blue-action.eu/policy-feed/extreme-events-tipping-points |
Description | • Co-organizer (with UK Climate Change Committee and UK Climate Resilience Programme champions) of the major multi-disciplinary conference "Is the UK on track to adapt to climate change?", October 2020 (see https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/learn-more/conference-is-the-uk-on-track-to-adapt-to-climate-change/) |
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 | This was a major online conference with excellent participation (approx 500 registered) from science and policy communities interested in adaptation and resilience. See https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/learn-more/conference-is-the-uk-on-track-to-adapt-to-climate-change/ |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/learn-more/conference-is-the-uk-on-track-to-adapt-to-climate-change/ |