NOC Marine Systems Modelling
Lead Research Organisation:
NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Organisations
- NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE (Lead Research Organisation)
- National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- Mercator Océan (Collaboration)
- Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Jason Holt (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Marsh R
(2010)
Short-term impacts of enhanced Greenland freshwater fluxes in an eddy-permitting ocean model
in Ocean Science
Marsh R
(2015)
NEMO-ICB (v1.0): interactive icebergs in the NEMO ocean model globally configured at eddy-permitting resolution
in Geoscientific Model Development
Martin A
(2010)
Dedication to Dr. Martin Angel and Prof. Mike Fasham FRS
in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Martin A
(2020)
The oceans' twilight zone must be studied now, before it is too late.
in Nature
Martin A
(2024)
When to add a new process to a model - and when not: A marine biogeochemical perspective
in Ecological Modelling
MartÃnez-Asensio A
(2015)
Response of the North Atlantic wave climate to atmospheric modes of variability
in International Journal of Climatology
MartÃnez-Asensio A
(2014)
Impact of the atmospheric climate modes on Mediterranean sea level variability
in Global and Planetary Change
Marzocchi A
(2015)
The North Atlantic subpolar circulation in an eddy-resolving global ocean model
in Journal of Marine Systems
Marzocchi A
(2019)
Precessional Drivers of Late Miocene Mediterranean Sedimentary Sequences: African Summer Monsoon and Atlantic Winter Storm Tracks
in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Marzocchi A
(2021)
Surface atmospheric forcing as the driver of long-term pathways and timescales of ocean ventilation
in Ocean Science
MarÃn-Moreno H
(2015)
Estimates of future warming-induced methane emissions from hydrate offshore west S valbard for a range of climate models
in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
MarÃn-Moreno H
(2013)
The response of methane hydrate beneath the seabed offshore Svalbard to ocean warming during the next three centuries
in Geophysical Research Letters
Masson S
(2011)
Impact of intra-daily SST variability on ENSO characteristics in a coupled model
in Climate Dynamics
Matsoukis C
(2022)
Numerical Investigation of River Discharge and Tidal Variation Impact on Salinity Intrusion in a Generic River Delta Through Idealized Modelling
in Estuaries and Coasts
Matsoukis C
(2023)
Investigating how river flow regimes impact on river delta salinization through idealized modeling
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Matsoukis C
(2021)
Investigation of Spatial and Temporal Salinity Distribution in a River Dominated Delta through Idealized Numerical Modelling
in Estuaries and Coasts
Mayor D
(2011)
Absorption efficiencies and basal turnover of C, N and fatty acids in a marine Calanoid copepod Essential substrate kinetics in Calanus spp.
in Functional Ecology
Mayor D
(2020)
Marine Copepods, The Wildebeest of the Ocean
in Frontiers for Young Minds
Mayor DJ
(2020)
Ocean carbon sequestration: Particle fragmentation by copepods as a significant unrecognised factor?: Explicitly representing the role of copepods in biogeochemical models may fundamentally improve understanding of future ocean carbon storage.
in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology
Mayor DJ
(2014)
Microbial gardening in the ocean's twilight zone: detritivorous metazoans benefit from fragmenting, rather than ingesting, sinking detritus: fragmentation of refractory detritus by zooplankton beneath the euphotic zone stimulates the harvestable production of labile and nutritious microbial biomass.
in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology
Mayorga-Adame C
(2022)
Spatiotemporal scales of larval dispersal and connectivity among oil and gas structures in the North Sea
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Mayorga-Adame C
(2017)
Modeling Larval Connectivity of Coral Reef Organisms in the Kenya-Tanzania Region
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Mazwane S
(2022)
Spatial and temporal variability of Net Primary Production on the Agulhas Bank, 1998-2018
in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
McCarthy G
(2018)
Gulf Stream Variability in the Context of Quasi-Decadal and Multidecadal Atlantic Climate Variability
in Geophysical Research Letters
McCarthy G
(2012)
On the sub-decadal variability of South Atlantic Antarctic Intermediate Water
in Geophysical Research Letters
McCarthy GD
(2015)
Ocean impact on decadal Atlantic climate variability revealed by sea-level observations.
in Nature
McQuaid K
(2023)
Broad-scale benthic habitat classification of the South Atlantic
in Progress in Oceanography
McQuatters-Gollop A
(2024)
The silent majority: Pico- and nanoplankton as ecosystem health indicators for marine policy
in Ecological Indicators
Mecking J
(2023)
The decrease in ocean heat transport in response to global warming
in Nature Climate Change
Mecking J
(2021)
Ocean Heat Transport’s Response to Future Climate Projections
Megann A
(2024)
Quantifying numerical mixing in a tidally forced global eddy-permitting ocean model
in Ocean Modelling
Megann A
(2022)
Assessment of the z ~ Time-Filtered Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Coordinate in a Global Eddy-Permitting Ocean Model
in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Megann A
(2014)
GO5.0: the joint NERC-Met Office NEMO global ocean model for use in coupled and forced applications
in Geoscientific Model Development
Megann A
(2018)
Estimating the numerical diapycnal mixing in an eddy-permitting ocean model
in Ocean Modelling
Megann A
(2010)
The Sensitivity of a Coupled Climate Model to Its Ocean Component
in Journal of Climate
Megann A
(2021)
Mechanisms for Late 20th and Early 21st Century Decadal AMOC Variability
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Megann A
(2021)
Exploring Viscosity Space in an Eddy-Permitting Global Ocean Model: Is Viscosity a Useful Control for Numerical Mixing?
in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Meier R
(2015)
Consistent foraging areas and commuting corridors of the critically endangered Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus in the northwestern Mediterranean
in Biological Conservation
Meijers AJS
(2023)
Finale: impact of the ORCHESTRA/ENCORE programmes on Southern Ocean heat and carbon understanding.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Meng S
(2024)
Diverse Responses of Upper Ocean Temperatures to Chlorophyll-Induced Solar Absorption Across Different Coastal Upwelling Regions
in Geophysical Research Letters
Merckelbach L
(2010)
Vertical Water Velocities from Underwater Gliders
in Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Merino G
(2012)
Can marine fisheries and aquaculture meet fish demand from a growing human population in a changing climate?
in Global Environmental Change
Merino N
(2016)
Antarctic icebergs melt over the Southern Ocean: Climatology and impact on sea ice
in Ocean Modelling
Merryfield W
(2020)
Current and Emerging Developments in Subseasonal to Decadal Prediction
in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Mignot J
(2013)
On the evolution of the oceanic component of the IPSL climate models from CMIP3 to CMIP5: A mean state comparison
in Ocean Modelling
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
| Description | The mission of the Marine Systems Modelling group is to advance our understanding of the marine environment and improve our ability to predict the Earth System on timescales of days to centuries. We work at national, regional and global scales from the coasts to the open ocean and specifically consider the dynamic links between these scales. We achieve this mission through the development, application, assessment and analysis of world-leading ocean models. We aim to exploit this understanding and capability to address societally relevant issues and deliver clear and traceable impacts. |
| Exploitation Route | a wide range of scientific, innovation and policy relevant application involving ocean models. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Agriculture Food and Drink Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Environment Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Transport |
| URL | http://noc.ac.uk/science/research-areas/marine-systems-modelling |
| Description | The findings of this award have been used as follows:- • Climate change impacts Man-made climate change has been estimated to cost the UK economy 5-20% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)1 amounting to £80-320 billion for 2011 GDP2. The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is providing impartial, independent, world-leading expertise in developing the international scientific consensus that informs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) series of Assessment Reports3. NOC provides authoritative oceanographic scientific evidence to underpin the assessments, necessary as climate change has enormous economic and societal implications. NOC research is a significant contributor to the international delivery of evidence on ocean circulation, global temperature, sea level and climate. In response to research evidence presented by the IPCC the UK parliament passed the world's first long-term legally binding framework to tackle the dangers of climate change (The Climate Change Act 20086). The act requires Government to set carbon budgets, which are limits on greenhouse gas emissions in the UK for consecutive five-year periods. In addition to IPCC assessments, NOC data and expertise, including sea-level from PSMSL (Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level), inform studies of impacts of climate change on both national and international levels [e.g. UK Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP), UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP), UK Foresight Flood and Coastal Defence Review, Charting Progress and Charting Progress 2 • Sustainability and health of UK National seas NOC was pivotal in providing advice and evidence feeding into UK assessments on "clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas". These underpin legislation aimed at achieving this vision, specifically the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. In the UK this took the form of the report: "Charting Progress 2 (CP2): The State of UK Seas", and the on-going Evidence Groups. Alongside this, the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) and UKCP09 (UK Climate Projections 09) provide assessments of potential future conditions and substantially contributing to the on-going UKCP18 assessment. NOC is the leading UK organisation for providing this evidence, advice, information and future projections for physical oceanography. Its scientists were lead / co-authors for CP2 "Ocean Processes" chapter, most MCCIP science reviews, and the UKCP09 Marine Section. • Improved seasonal forecasting Improved seasonal forecasting of UK winter weather conditions months in advance is key to our ability to manage our environment and resources responsibly, and to be resilient to hazards. For instance, environmental change will affect our infrastructure (through storms, flooding and coastal erosion - particularly damaging for the South-west coastline and the Somerset levels during the winter of 2013/14), food, water and energy resources (changes to rainfall and wind) and the health of our population (the incidence of influenza is related to winter temperatures). Improved seasonal forecasting is therefore of immense societal importance for the UK population, and to our Government for planning and policy development. Many sectors of the UK economy (transport, agriculture, health, etc) need accurate forecasts of weather conditions many months in advance (seasonal forecasts) for planning purposes. These forecasts are provided to UK Government by operational systems run at the Met Office. Through a major strategic partnership, the Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme, a coordinated programme of effort has been established between NOC and the Met Office to provide the best possible ocean models to Met Office forecasting systems. New higher resolution ocean models have in this way been included in the latest seasonal forecasting systems and have led to a dramatic improvement in the skill of winter forecasts for the UK, with widespread benefits to the UK. NOC also works with Met Office in the UK Environmental Prediction Project to develop a national scale land-sea-wave-atmosphere couple system with the aim of improving forecasting of environmental hazards such as coastal flooding and extreme rain fall events. NOC plays a pivotal role in the development and assessment of marine forecasts and reanalysing products delivered by the Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. These provide key environmental information for a range of downstream industrial, operational and policy stakeholders. |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | Climate Change Impacts |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Man-made climate change has been estimated to cost the UK economy 5-20% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)1 amounting to £80-320 billion for 2011 GDP2. The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is providing impartial, independent, world-leading expertise in developing the international scientific consensus that informs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) series of Assessment Reports3. NOC provides authoritative oceanographic scientific evidence to underpin the assessments, necessary as climate change has enormous economic and societal implications. NOC research is a significant contributor to the international delivery of evidence on ocean circulation, global temperature, sea level and climate. In response to research evidence presented by the IPCC the UK parliament passed the world's first long-term legally binding framework to tackle the dangers of climate change (The Climate Change Act 20086). The act requires Government to set carbon budgets, which are limits on greenhouse gas emissions in the UK for consecutive five-year periods. In addition to IPCC assessments, NOC data and expertise, including sea-level from PSMSL (Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level), inform studies of impacts of climate change on both national and international levels [e.g. UK Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP), UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP), UK Foresight Flood and Coastal Defence Review, Charting Progress and Charting Progress 2. |
| Description | Improved Seasonal Forecasting |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Improved seasonal forecasting of UK winter weather conditions months in advance is key to our ability to manage our environment and resources responsibly, and to be resilient to hazards. For instance, environmental change will affect our infrastructure (through storms, flooding and coastal erosion - particularly damaging for the South-west coastline and the Somerset levels during the winter of 2013/14), food, water and energy resources (changes to rainfall and wind) and the health of our population (the incidence of influenza is related to winter temperatures). Improved seasonal forecasting is therefore of immense societal importance for the UK population, and to our Government for planning and policy development. Many sectors of the UK economy (transport, agriculture, health, etc) need accurate forecasts of weather conditions many months in advance (seasonal forecasts) for planning purposes. These forecasts are provided to UK Government by operational systems run at the Met Office. Through a major strategic partnership, the Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme, a coordinated programme of effort has been established between NOC and the Met Office to provide the best possible ocean models to Met Office forecasting systems. New higher resolution ocean models have in this way been included in the latest seasonal forecasting systems and have led to a dramatic improvement in the skill of winter forecasts for the UK, with widespread benefits to the UK. |
| Description | Sustainability and health of UK national seas |
| Geographic Reach | Asia |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | NOC was pivotal in providing advice and evidence feeding into UK assessments on "clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas". These underpin legislation aimed at achieving this vision, specifically the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. In the UK this took the form of the report: "Charting Progress 2 (CP2): The State of UK Seas", and the on-going Evidence Groups. Alongside this, the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) and UKCP09 (UK Climate Projections 09) provide assessments of potential future conditions. NOC is the leading UK organisation for providing this evidence, advice, information and future projections for physical oceanography. Its scientists were lead / co-authors for CP2 "Ocean Processes" chapter, most MCCIP science reviews, and the UKCP09 Marine Section. |
| Description | Sources, impacts and solutions for plastics in South East Asia coastal environments |
| Amount | £53,772 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/V009591/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2020 |
| End | 11/2024 |
| Description | NEMO Consortium |
| Organisation | Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Impact | The consortium provides regular model code updates (currently V4). These form the basis for most model based operational, climate and research oceanography in Europe, including the UK, Frence and italian contributions the CMIP process informing the IPCC Assessment and Special Reports, and also the Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | NEMO Consortium |
| Organisation | Mercator Océan |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Impact | The consortium provides regular model code updates (currently V4). These form the basis for most model based operational, climate and research oceanography in Europe, including the UK, Frence and italian contributions the CMIP process informing the IPCC Assessment and Special Reports, and also the Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | NEMO Consortium |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Impact | The consortium provides regular model code updates (currently V4). These form the basis for most model based operational, climate and research oceanography in Europe, including the UK, Frence and italian contributions the CMIP process informing the IPCC Assessment and Special Reports, and also the Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | NEMO Consortium |
| Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NEMO consortium mainains and developes the NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) ocean model. This is a state-of-the-art modelling framework for research activities and forecasting services in ocean and climate sciences, developed in a sustainable way by a European consortium. |
| Impact | The consortium provides regular model code updates (currently V4). These form the basis for most model based operational, climate and research oceanography in Europe, including the UK, Frence and italian contributions the CMIP process informing the IPCC Assessment and Special Reports, and also the Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | NOC and Met Office Collaboration |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Under the Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme (JWCRP) between NERC and the Met Office, we have forged a strong strategic partnership with the Met Office. This takes the form of the Joint Marine Modelling Project (JMMP; formerly JOMP; the Joint Ocean Modelling Programme and JCOMP; the Joint Coastal Ocean Modelling Programme). JMMP comprises staff from both NOC (from the Marine Systems Modelling group) and the Met Office and enables the best possible versions of the NEMO global and coastal-ocean models to be taken up into predictive systems at the Met Office (for ocean forecasting, coupled weather forecasting, seasonal prediction, decadal prediction, and climate and earth system modelling). Successive versions of NEMO are developed internationally on a regular cycle and have a number of new options. The benefit of these options are assessed both individually and in various combinations through undertaking decadal timescale simulations on MONSooN, a supercomputer facility shared between NERC and the Met Office, and identical in architecture to the main Met Office supercomputer. Once the optimal combination of options has been ascertained, the NEMO model can then be rapidly and easily taken up into the predictive systems at the Met Office. The cycle is repeated approximately every 1-2 years. The shelf seas activities, specifically support the models run operationally in the shelf sea forecasting and reanalysis system at the Met Office and delivered by the European Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. Alongside JMMP, the National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (formally known as the National Centre for Ocean Forecasting) aims to develop and promote the application of world-leading marine products and services to stakeholders, with a focus on national and public benefit. This is achieved firstly through the integration of models, observations and scientific understanding to produce the best information and advice about the marine environment, with rigorous quality assurance and traceability; and secondly through engaging with stakeholders to understand their requirements and to maximise the beneficial use of marine products and services. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Under the Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme (JWCRP) between NERC and the Met Office, we have forged a strong strategic partnership with the Met Office. This takes the form of the Joint Marine Modelling Project (JMMP; formerly JOMP; the Joint Ocean Modelling Programme and JCOMP; the Joint Coastal Ocean Modelling Programme). JMMP comprises staff from both NOC (from the Marine Systems Modelling group) and the Met Office and enables the best possible versions of the NEMO global and coastal-ocean models to be taken up into predictive systems at the Met Office (for ocean forecasting, coupled weather forecasting, seasonal prediction, decadal prediction, and climate and earth system modelling). Successive versions of NEMO are developed internationally on a regular cycle and have a number of new options. The benefit of these options are assessed both individually and in various combinations through undertaking decadal timescale simulations on MONSooN, a supercomputer facility shared between NERC and the Met Office, and identical in architecture to the main Met Office supercomputer. Once the optimal combination of options has been ascertained, the NEMO model can then be rapidly and easily taken up into the predictive systems at the Met Office. The cycle is repeated approximately every 1-2 years. The shelf seas activities, specifically support the models run operationally in the shelf sea forecasting and reanalysis system at the Met Office and delivered by the European Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service. Alongside JMMP, the National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (formally known as the National Centre for Ocean Forecasting) aims to develop and promote the application of world-leading marine products and services to stakeholders, with a focus on national and public benefit. This is achieved firstly through the integration of models, observations and scientific understanding to produce the best information and advice about the marine environment, with rigorous quality assurance and traceability; and secondly through engaging with stakeholders to understand their requirements and to maximise the beneficial use of marine products and services. |
| Impact | NEMO model configurations. NW European Shelf Operational Copernicus service. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Title | The Marine Model Optimization Testbed (MarMOT) 1.1 software http://noc.ac.uk/project/marmot/marmot-11-software |
| Description | Overview document available at: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/504004/ Types of beneficiary include: Research Council/Institute;Public Research Organisation |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| URL | http://noc.ac.uk/project/marmot/marmot-11-software |
| Title | Vertical Discretization In NEMO |
| Description | |
| Type Of Technology | Software |