Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/P020275/1
Role of the Ocean in Weather and Climate - 2017 (OiWC17)
Training Grant Award
- Lead Supervisor:
- Professor R Marsh, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Grant held at:
- University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Climate & Climate Change
- Ocean - Atmosphere Interact.
- Ocean Circulation
- Abstract:
- We propose a 5-day residential course at the UK Met Office (UKMO), comprising lectures and computing practical activities, addressing the role of the oceans in weather and climate. Our overall aim is to provide students with a deeper and broader knowledge of seamless forecasting systems at UKMO, addressing timescales from short (coupled Numerical Weather Prediction), through medium (monthly/seasonal) to long (decadal to multi-centennial), with a focus on the ocean throughout. Anticipating that participants will have a reasonable prior knowledge of ocean modelling and observations, through the course, we have planned activities around two learning outcomes: (1) Develop knowledge of the ocean observations, ocean-modelling and coupled processes that underpin weather and climate modelling and prediction; (2) Develop knowledge of a seamless ocean and climate forecasting system. We can teach up to ~40 (room capacity) mid/late stage post-graduate or early-career researchers, of whom 24 will be NERC-funded PhD students, with the other participants from UKMO. This course (OiWC17) will follow an inaugural ATSC in 2015 (OiWC15), and grows out of the Joint Ocean Modelling Programme (JOMP), of the NERC Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme, initiated in response to the need for combined efforts of the Met Office and NERC to ensure that the UK continues to be at the forefront of development and application of global ocean modelling using NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean), a state-of-the-art modeling framework for oceanographic research, operational oceanography seasonal forecast and climate studies. The proposed training will provide the next generation of ocean/climate scientists with knowledge and experience of: ocean climate processes and their representation in models, and associated contribution to forecast errors; analysis of NEMO output data; expert use of real-time ocean observations; synthesizing model predictions and observations. NERC PhD students will also gain a basic understanding of the vital work of the Met Office. Each year, we estimate that NERC funds around 20 students to undertake PhD projects that address the role of the oceans in the climate system. In our experience, individual supervisors and university departments struggle to train these students in the analyses/use of both ocean and climate model systems, and in handling and interpreting large observational datasets. The OiWC courses provide a unique national focus for such training, helping to network students with ocean modelling/data experts at the Met Office in particular. We also note that a substantial number of PhD students are interested in careers with climate research centres such as the UK Met Office (others include ECMWF and overseas equivalents), and we anticipate that the proposed course would help to inform students of such career pathways.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/P020275/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Doctoral Training
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Advanced Training
This training grant award has a total value of £30,429
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Other Costs |
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| £30,429 |
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