Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/N019091/1
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 over 65 people attending the three UKCA training courses over the last 2.5 years. There are also a large number of PhD and NERC funded projects using UKCA at several UK Universities (e.g. Cambridge, Leeds, Oxford, Exeter, Reading, Edinburgh, UEA). 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 practical sessions where users learn to use the model on the national HPC resource (ARCHER). In addition to these components the course will also cover experiment design, with a focus on experiments with UKCA pertinent to the Earth System. 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, with a provisional date for the course being January 2017 (although this is subject to change). The combination of lectures, hands on practical sessions and experiment design will mean that after completing the course the students will be confident to use and adapt UKCA for their planned research. UKCA is also a core component of UKESM1, the joint NERC - Met Office Earth system model (ESM) that is currently being developed. While this training workshop will be a stand-alone introduction to the UKCA model, we will also liaise with the organisers of other NERC ATSC-funded courses which cover the other ESM components to ensure that potential users of UKESM1 will be able to attend all the courses that they require to give them the most complete training possible.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/N019091/1
- 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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