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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Final steps to UKESM1
by Colin Jones and the UKESM core group.
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Progress towards interactive Ice Sheets in UKESM1
by Robin Smith.
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Starting the CMIP6 simulations with HadGEM3 GC3.1
by Till Kuhlbrodt and Colin Jones.
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Reflections on UKESM at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition and Results from the visitors’ survey
by Alice Booth and Alberto Muñoz.
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RECENT PAST EVENTS
16 November 2017 – Earth System science at COP23 – Bonn, Germany:Colin Jones, head of the UKESM project, together with Jason Lowe (Met Office and University of Leeds) and Matthew Gidden (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis), presented at a side event, organised by the Met office, at the UK Pavilion in COP23. The event, entitled: ‘From science to policy: applying Earth system models’, showcased the policy relevance of Earth system models and addressed some of the high profile questions, such as: How can information from these models inform and support policy making in the areas of mitigation and adaptation to global change?; How the next generation of Earth system models will contribute to the next IPCC 6th Assessment Report; or What future human emission of greenhouse gases is compatible with realizing the Paris Accord? |
11-14 November 2017 – Representing UKESM at CERN:The CERN alumni network invited UKESM core group member Lee de Mora, to participate in a panel discussion at their annual careers event this November. The target audience for the event was current PhD students and early career scientists at CERN, who for whatever reason are considering moving to work in a different discipline. The goal of the event was to put these people in contact with CERN alumni working in other fields and to demonstrate that life is indeed possible for physicists outside the world of high energy physics. Read more about this report… |
21-22 November 2017 – UKESM core group annual meeting and retreat in Bristol:The UKESM core group recently met for a day at the annual team retreat in Bristol. The group analysed, reviewed and discussed the following topics: UKESM1 status, plans for the 1st set of CMIP6simulations, diagnostics and data for CMIP6 and a range of outstanding model development tasks for 2018. During their time in Bristol, the group also embarked on a team-building afternoon in the form a graffiti workshop where the artistic flair of some of the core group members finally came to the fore. |
TEAM NEWS
Recent additions to the UKESM Core Group:
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JOB OFFERS
Can Natural Marine Emissions Help Explain Southern Ocean Climate?,- Geography– MPhil/PhD (Funded) Ref: 3009, The University of Exeter’s College of Life and Environmental Sciences, in partnership with The Met Office is inviting applications for a fully-funded PhD studentship to commence in September 2018. This NERC funded 4 year project is looking to appoint a talented, enthusiastic and numerically minded PhD student to work between the University of Exeter and Met Office (CASE partner) from September 2018, to help improve our understanding of Southern Ocean climate. Application deadline: 9th February 2018.
For further particulars and to how apply follow: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=3009 |