Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/C515820/1
Grid for coupled ensemble prediction studies (GCEPS).
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor K Haines, University of Reading, Meteorology
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr KI Hodges, University of Reading, Meteorology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor RT Sutton, University of Reading, National Centre for Atmospheric Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr W Connolley, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr J Blower, National Oceanography Centre, Science and Technology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor B Lawrence, University of Reading, National Centre for Atmospheric Science
- Grant held at:
- University of Reading, Meteorology
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Atmospheric
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Environmental Informatics
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The project is designed to investigate how to predict weather and climate changes for periods of a few months up to 10 years ahead. The project involves running computer models of the climate system made up of the atmosphere, oceans, ice and land surface many times, and examining the statistics of the 'ensemble' of results to detect which elements can be predicted. In such experiments it is the oceans and possibly the ice and the land conditions at the beginning of the computer runs that are most important in determining the results. Therefore many experiments using different methods to determine these 'initial conditions' based on observations of the real world will be carried out. This project will complement other work in the UK Hadley Centre which is trying to determine changes in climate on timescales of 10 years and longer due to increased levels of Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Since this project will involve many computer runs of a smaller climate model instead of a single run of a very large climate model it is possible to carry out this research within the University research community. The project will use clusters of fast PCs located in at least 4 different institutes in order to provide sufficient computing resources. New 'grid methods will be used to run the different computer clusters as if they were all part of a single large computer network..
- NERC Reference:
- NE/C515820/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- E-Science
This grant award has a total value of £723,317
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £411,347 | £23,579 | £12,410 | £70,200 | £205,781 |
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