From leonard.barrie at geo.su.se Mon Jul 13 10:38:15 2015 From: leonard.barrie at geo.su.se (Leonard Barrie) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:38:15 +0200 Subject: [Bolincentret-at-su.se] AGU Session A012: Arctic Tropospheric Composition: Message-ID: I’m writing to invite abstract submissions to the following session at the AGU Fall Meeting: A012: Arctic Tropospheric Composition: Natural and Anthropogenic Emissions, Transport, Processing, and Fate of Trace Gases and Aerosols Session Description: Recent studies have demonstrated the need to improve knowledge of the processes that govern trace gas and aerosol budgets in the Arctic region. Atmospheric processes determine the concentrations of short-lived climate forcers, which have contributed to the rapid warming of the Arctic over recent decades. Understanding the lifecycle of trace gases and aerosols in the Arctic is also important because they influence air quality, leading to negative impacts on human health and vulnerable ecosystems, and contribute to important chemistry-climate interactions. The multiple time and spatial scales of emissions, transport, chemical and physical processing, and deposition processes requires the use of long term observations, focused observational data, laboratory studies, and modeling at multiple scales. This session invites research on natural and anthropogenic sources and cycling of trace gases and aerosols in the Arctic region. Contributions from a wide variety of research perspectives are encouraged. Deadline: August 5, 2015 Sponsor: Atmosphere Conveners: Jennie L Thomas, LATMOS/CNRS, Paris, France Steve Arnold, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Jennifer G Murphy, University of Toronto, Canada This is in addition to the AICI session organized by Markus Frey at the meeting. As the co-chairs of AICI I wanted to also make you aware of the Arctic focused session that I am organizing with colleagues in the UK and Canada. I hope we will see you there! Cheers, Jennie ____________________________ Jennie L. Thomas CNRS Researcher Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux et Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) *Email: * jennie.thomas at latmos.ipsl.fr *Phone:* +33 1 44 27 52 82 *Website: *http://thomas.page.latmos.ipsl.fr *Office location: *Université Pierre et Marie Curie Couloir (hallway) 45-46 3rd floor, office Number 317 Leonard Barrie Research Director, Bolin Centre for Climate Research Professor for Climate and Atmospheric Science Department of Geological Sciences Stockholm University 106 91 Stockholm Sweden leonard.barrie at geo.su.se mobile +46761418800 work IGV +46 8164868 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leonard.barrie at geo.su.se Mon Jul 13 11:24:08 2015 From: leonard.barrie at geo.su.se (Leonard Barrie) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:24:08 +0200 Subject: [Bolincentret-at-su.se] =?utf-8?q?Invitation_to_Apply_Polar_Predi?= =?utf-8?q?ction_School_=C3=85bisko_Sweden_5-15_April_2016?= Message-ID: Dear Bolin Centre PhD and early career post-doctoral scientists Note this invitation to what will be an exciting research school ___________________________________________________________ We would like to call your attention to the Polar Prediction School organized and sponsored by the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP)/ the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research. It will be held at the Åbisko Field Station in Arctic Sweden from 5-15 April 2016 . The school is part of the WWRP Polar Prediction Project and the WCRP Polar Climate Predictability Initiative. This course on Polar Prediction will provide training for 30 PhD and early career post-doctoral polar scientists, focusing on topics such as: polar mesoscale atmospheric processes; sea ice prediction, near term ensemble prediction, and seasonal-to-decadal climate variability and prediction in the polar regions. The program will combine lectures on key areas relevant for polar prediction and a number of field observation and modelling exercises to foster an interactive learning environment. If you would like to apply for a place on the school, but did not fill out the Expression of Interest (EOI) after the 1st call in May, then please do so. *Candidates for a full application will be selected from these EOI's*. We are asking for people wishing to apply to this school to fill out the Expression of Interest form by 20th July. You can find the form here: http://www.climate- cryosphere.org/wcrp/pcpi/ meetings/abisko-pp-2016/ expression-of-interest Limited travel support may be available, particularly for participants from developing countries. For more information on the school, visit http://www.climate- cryosphere.org/wcrp/pcpi/ meetings/abisko-pp-2016 . For any questions, contact Jonny Day . On behalf of the organizing committee, Dr Jonathan Day Department of Meteorology University of Reading Earley Gate, PO Box 243 Reading, RG6 6BB UK _____________________________________ Leonard Barrie Research Director, Bolin Centre for Climate Research Professor for Climate and Atmospheric Science Department of Geological Sciences Stockholm University 106 91 Stockholm Sweden leonard.barrie at geo.su.se mobile +46761418800 work IGV +46 8164868 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leonard.barrie at geo.su.se Mon Jul 13 13:15:03 2015 From: leonard.barrie at geo.su.se (Leonard Barrie) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:15:03 +0200 Subject: [Bolincentret-at-su.se] WMO GAW electronic newsletter, June 2015 Message-ID: Dear All FYI This electronic newsletter introduces nicely the breadth and depth of the Global Atmosphere Watch(GAW) Programme coordinated since 1989 through the Research Department of the World Meteorological Organization with headquarters in Geneva. WMO has been a separate operating UN science organization since just after WWII. It is funded directly by about 160 countries. As Research Department Director I was responsible for GAW and other programmes for 9 years ending 2010. Oksana Tarasova now Heads the GAW team of Geir Braathen, Alexander Baklanov and Silvina Carou in the Research Department co-directed by Deon Terblanche (my successor) and David Carlson. The other programmes are World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). Regards Leonard Barrie Research Director, Bolin Centre for Climate Research Professor for Climate and Atmospheric Science Department of Geological Sciences Stockholm University 106 91 Stockholm Sweden leonard.barrie at geo.su.se mobile +46761418800 work IGV +46 8164868 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Geir Braathen Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 2:54 PM Subject: GAW e-zine, June 2015 To: Geir Braathen Dear GAW Partner, The first GAW electronic newsletter has been published. You find it here: http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=34c664c1c564215e58ce16db5&id=f16eacb01b&e=6f511e03da Feedback is welcome. Cheers, Geir -- *----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Dr. Geir O. 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URL: From rodrigo at misu.su.se Tue Jul 14 11:36:36 2015 From: rodrigo at misu.su.se (Rodrigo Caballero) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 11:36:36 +0200 Subject: [Bolincentret-at-su.se] Fwd: Postdoctoral position modeling climate change & its economic impacts -- Rutgers Earth System Science & Policy lab References: Message-ID: Postdoctoral researcher modeling climate change and its economic impacts The Rutgers University Earth System Science & Policy lab is seeking a climate scientist who wants to become engaged at the cutting-edge interface of global climate modeling and economic analysis. The postdoctoral researcher will join a transdisciplinary, multi-institutional public/private initiative assessing the global economic risks of climate change. The initiative is led by the same team that wrote Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus (climateprospectus.org), which provided the technical basis for the Risky Business Project (riskybusiness.org). The fellow will develop probabilistic temperature, precipitation, humidity and heat stress projections and collaborate with the project team to link them to state-of-the-art economic models. Familiarity with climate change scenarios and the climate impacts literature is essential, as are strong writing skills and the ability to conduct statistical analyses in Python, R or similar environments. The ideal candidate will have previously worked with the global climate models that contributed to CMIP5 and be familiar with statistical downscaling and with metrics that combine temperature and humidity to assess heat stress. Candidates should be available to start during fall 2015. Outstanding predoctoral candidates will also be considered. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, contact information for three references, a writing sample, and a C.V. to Professor Robert Kopp at robert.kopp at rutgers.edu. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nilsson at misu.su.se Fri Jul 31 00:35:00 2015 From: nilsson at misu.su.se (Johan Nilsson) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:35:00 +0200 Subject: [Bolincentret-at-su.se] Workshop: The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a Global Perspective; 8-10 September Message-ID: <00F5497F-69CE-4202-B0F8-64D822433A36@misu.su.se> Dear all, this is pre-announcment of an upcoming workshop: ''The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a Global Perspective’’ that will be held at Stockholm University from 13:00 September 8 to 15:00 September 10. The workshop is an initiative of the Bolin Centre Research Area 1 in collaboration with David Battisti at the University of Washington. The workshop focuses primarily on the aspects of the meridional overturning circulation directly related to physical aspects of the climate. e.g., heat transport and sea-ice distribution. A key motivation of the workshop is to critically review and discuss the current flora of mechanisms/features that have been proposed to elevate the salinity of the Atlantic Basin, and thereby localizing the Northern Hemisphere deep sinking. One topic to be considered is if it is possible to quantify and rank these mechanisms/features and also whether new data and modeling make it possible to dismiss some of the hypothesized mechanisms — a question of relevance for the role of the Atlantic Ocean circulation in past and future climates. The workshop will cover some paleo-climate perspectives connected to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. The workshop will be held on Frescati Campus (likely in the Geoscience Building) and we will soon announce a detailed schedule of the event, which includes in addition to local speakers a relevantly assembled list of invited international speakers: David Battisti, University of Washington Paula Cessi, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Arnaud Czaja, Imperial College Henk Dijkstra, Utrecht University David Ferriera, University of Reading Joe LaCasce, Oslo University David Marshall, University of Oxford Jerry MacManus, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Tapio Schneider, ETH Best regards, Johan Nilsson, Rodrigo Caballero, and David Battisti