Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/M006220/1
UKCA Theory and Practice: Workshop on Atmospheric Composition Modelling using the UKCA Model
Training Grant Award
- Lead Supervisor:
- Dr NL Abraham, University of Cambridge, Chemistry
- Grant held at:
- University of Cambridge, Chemistry
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Atmospheric
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- Land - Atmosphere Interactions
- Radiative Processes & Effects
- Stratospheric Processes
- Tropospheric Processes
- Gas & Solution Phase Reactions
- Abstract:
- The United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols (UKCA) model is a community composition-climate model within the Met Office Unified Model, and is a core component of the joint NERC - Met Office UK Earth System Model (UKESM1), currently in development. UKCA contains state-of-the-art schemes for tropospheric, stratospheric, and whole-atmosphere chemistry together with the GLOMAP aerosol microphysics scheme. Usage of UKCA is growing year-on-year with a large number of PhD and NERC funded projects using UKCA at several UK Universities (e.g. Cambridge, Leeds, Oxford, Exeter, Reading, Edinburgh). UKCA is now well established as the research tool of choice for composition-climate studies in UK Universities. The training offered by this proposal will ensure that the future users of UKCA will have a firm foundation in both the theory behind UKCA, and experience in both using the standard chemistry and aerosol options and expanding the model schemes for their own research purposes. The UKCA Theory and Practice workshop will involve lectures from members of the UKCA development team and a series of practicals where users learn to use the model on the national HPC resource (ARCHER). The course will ensure that users have a good understanding of the modelling approaches used in each of the key components of UKCA. The course will run for 5 full days, and is currently planned to take place either on the 15th - 19th December 2014, the 5th - 9th January 2015, or the 16th - 20th March 2015. After the course, the students will be confident to use and adapt UKCA for their planned research.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/M006220/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Doctoral Training
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Advanced Training
This training grant award has a total value of £25,000
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Other Costs |
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| £25,000 |
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