Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/X009270/1
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:
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- Atmospheric chemistry
- Land - Atmosphere Interactions
- Stratospheric ozone
- Radiative Processes & Effects
- Aerosols
- Tropospheric Processes
- Climate & Climate Change
- Climate modelling
- HPC Software
- High Performance Computing
- Abstract:
- The United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols (UKCA) model is a community atmospheric composition model that is currently used within the Met Office Unified Model as a core component of the joint NERC - Met Office UK Earth System Model (UKESM). UKCA contains state-of-the-art schemes for whole-atmosphere chemistry together with the GLOMAP aerosol microphysics scheme. The SPF ExCALIBUR project has changed how UKCA operates within the UM. UKCA now has standalone box model configurations and will move to an open-source codebase where it will be used within the UM, the NAME model for air quality forecasts, and the next-generation LFRic model, developed to be used on exascale computing systems. This workshop will involve lectures from members of the UKCA, NAME, and LFRic development teams and an extensive series of practical sessions where users learn to use both the standalone UKCA model and how UKCA couples to a larger parent model such as the UM. We will also teach the students how to interact with UKCA data using Python. Once the course is completed, the students will be confident to use and adapt UKCA for their planned research and will also be aware of the possibilities offered by the various host models. The course will run for 5 full days in Cambridge in December 2022. Experience from running training events organised before and during the pandemic highlights that students benefit from in-person teaching due to the networking opportunities and the ability to work in groups as these are much harder to do over video conferencing. Feedback from courses run in the last two years has also shown that students want to return to in-person teaching. While this training workshop will be a stand-alone introduction to the UKCA model, it will be useful to Earth system and atmospheric composition modellers who use or plan to use the UKESM model. As well as being useful for students and researchers who have not yet used UKCA, existing UKCA users would also benefit due to the structural changes in how the UKCA code is now organised and can be used. Developers of other modelling systems would also learn how to couple UKCA into their own models.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/X009270/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Doctoral Training
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Advanced Training
This training grant award has a total value of £31,841
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Other Costs |
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| £31,841 |
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