NERSC News Archive

New study: Weakening of North Atlantic current can be prevented by reducing carbon emissions

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 13. December 2016 - 17:17

Nansen Center CEO Sebastian Mernild participates in an international study incorporating a comprehensive assessment of Greenland Ice Sheet melting suggesting that the freshwater influx could weaken the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) over the next three centuries.

Young Research Talent grant at the Nansen Center

Submitted by Pierre Rampal on 11. December 2016 - 23:20

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Doktordisputas: Temperaturinversjon og luftkvalitet i Bergen

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 9. December 2016 - 11:18

Klar vinterdag med inversjon over Bergen.Dr. Tobias Wolf-Grosse har disputert for PhD. graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen An Integrated Approach for Local Air Quality Assessment under Present and Future Climate Scenarios.

A new method for constraining the ocean in coupled system model for long reanalysis and climate predictions

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 8. December 2016 - 11:04

Nansen and Bjerknes scientists have for the first time demonstrated the capability - thanks to an advanced data assimilation method - to constrain ocean variability in key regions (e.g. North Atlantic, Equatorial and North Pacific) of a fully coupled Earth system model just using sea surface temperatures. This result opens new possibilities for a long fully coupled reanalysis dating back to 1850 and test thoroughly the skills of decadal predictions by the Norwegian Climate Prediction model. The research team lead by Dr.

Summer School: “Crash Course on Data Assimilation - Theoretical foundations and advanced applications with focus on ensemble methods”

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 6. December 2016 - 10:27

The Nordic Centre of Excellence Ensemble-based data assimilation for environmental monitoring and prediction - EmblA coordinated by the Nansen Center organises a 4-days summer school for PhD-level students and early stage scientists with beginner or no notions of data assimilation.

Relations between the summer rainfall in India and the weather in the Atlantic

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 5. December 2016 - 12:28

Lead by Dr. Syam Sankar scientists at the Nansen Centers in Cochin, India and in Bergen have published a joint paper on The relationship between Indian summer monsoon rainfall and Atlantic multidecadal variability over the last 500 years.

New director at the Nansen Center

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 2. December 2016 - 15:12

All
new CEO

Director Dr. Sebastian H. Mernild.Dr Sebastian H. Mernild (43) started to day as the Managing director (CEO) of the Nansen Center. Dr. Mernild is a full professor in Climate Change and Glaciology. He defended his PhD and doctor scientiarum degrees in glaciology at University of Copenhagen. He has during resent years held positions as senior scientist and research leader in USA and Chile. In 2016 he was appointed full professor at University College in Sogndal. The Board has appointed Dr.

Scientists take ‘blue-action’ to help society cope with the impacts of dramatic Arctic climate changes

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 2. December 2016 - 14:12

To thrive in the rapidly changing Arctic environment people - like polar bears - have to adapt swiftly. The new Blue-Action project will help empower Arctic communities and businesses to make informed choices through better forecast systems. (Photo copyright: Dirk Notz, Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology).New Horizon2002 projet Blue-Action: Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate has started focusing on the Arctic Ocean with particpation from the Nansen Center.

The Nansen Polar Bear Award for 2016 to the French scientist Prof. Anny Cazenave

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 23. November 2016 - 9:27

Nansen Polar Bear Award 2016.Prof. Anny Cazenave receives the Nansen Polar Bear Award for 2016 from director Johnny A. Johannessen during the 30 years anniversary seminar.The Nansen Polar Bear Award for 2016 is given to Prof. Anny Cazenave for her outstanding contribution to the understanding of sea level change and global warming.

Nansensenteret: 30-årsjubilant med vilje, kunnskap og pågangsmot for naturvitenskapelig forskning

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 23. November 2016 - 8:53

av Fungerende direktør Johnny A. Johannessen

Først publisert som kronikk i Bergens tidende (BT) 23.11.2016

Nansen Center´s 30 years anniversary seminar, including PRESENTATIONS

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 22. November 2016 - 9:54

UPPDATED with presentations given during the seminar in the Agenda below.

The Nansen Tutu Center Joint Venture Agreement signed during the South Africa and Norway Science week

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 15. November 2016 - 16:51

The signatory parties of the Nansen-Tutu Centre joint venture behind the Norwegian Ambassador to South Africa HE Trine Skymoen (left) and the South African Ambassador to Norway HE Queen Ann.The Nansen-Tutu Center for Marine Environmental Research (NTC) was established as a joint venture between institutional partners from South Africa, Norway and USA in 2010.

Larch forest in West Siberia getting “greener”

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 10. November 2016 - 15:26

Nansen Center scientists Drs. Victoria Miles and Igor Esau have published the paper Spatial heterogeneity of greening and browning between and within bioclimatic zones in northern West Siberia in Environmental Research Letters.

Arctic climatic temperature amplification in the addressed in two resent papers in Tellus

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 10. November 2016 - 15:10

Nansen Center scientists in Bergen and St. Petersburg have in two resent papers in the Tellus addressed the climatic temperature amplification in the Arctic, analysing respectively surface air temperature records and atmospheric modelling simulations results.

EGU Session NP5.1 - Inverse Problems and Data Assimilation

Submitted by Alberto Carrassi on 8. November 2016 - 10:45

We would like to draw your attention to the session 'Inverse Problems and Data Assimilation' (session NP5.1, Programme Group 'Nonli

The 7th NZC research school on Climate teleconnections and predictions in WuHan

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 31. October 2016 - 14:02

The Seventh Summer Research School of Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre (NZC) took place during October 10-14^th at China University of Geosciences in WuHan, China. Particpants of the 7th Nansen-Zhu Centre summer school on Climate Teleconnectections and Predictions.The main theme of the summer school is the ‘Climate Teleconnections and Predictions’.

One week Indo-Norwegian research school opened in Hyderabad

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 17. October 2016 - 19:23

The student and faculty participants of the PhD and Post-doc wither school in operational oceanography and ocean modelling at INCOIS in Hyderabad.The Indo-Norwegian winter school Operational Oceanography: Indian Ocean circulation and sea level variation was to day opened at Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) in Hyderabad.

Data assimilation package in Python for experimental research (DAPPER)

Submitted by anonymous (not verified) on 14. October 2016 - 17:26

DAPPER is released.

DAPPER diagnostics illustration

DAPPER is a set of templates for benchmarking the performance of data assimilation (DA) methods. The tests provide experimental support and guidance for new developments in DA.

Sjøisutbredelsen i Arktis er den nest minste siden starten med satellittobservasjoner i 1979

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 12. September 2016 - 16:02

Figur 1: Utbredelse og konsentrasjon av sjøisen i Arktis den 10. september 2016. Tilsvarende er utbredelsen av sjøisen i september 2015 (sort kurve) og i 2012 (rød kurve) markert. Kilde: A. Vines, NERSC og www.arctic-roos.org.

Professor Sebastian H. Mernild appointed as Managing director

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 19. August 2016 - 12:06

The Board of the Nansen Center has after an open application and thorough evaluation process appointed Dr Sebastian H. Mernild (43) as the Managing director. Dr. Sebastian H. Mernild.: Source: http://www.mernild.com Dr. Sebastian H. Mernild.: Source: http://www.mernild.comIn agreement with Dr. Mernild he will start as the new Director of the Center from 1^st December 2016.

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