Regionalisation of ocean climate indicators

ABOUT THE TRAINING

Duration: 60 minutes

Contents:

Why do we need regionalisation for indicators?

How to test multi-product skills, uncertainties and method sensitivity to enable regionalisation of ocean indicators.

Audience: Early career researchers and scientists working in oceanography, ocean observing, climate prediction, ESM climate modelling, data management, and the wider climate science scientific community.

Your trainer

Samantha Hallam completed her PhD in Ocean Climate Science at the National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton. Her research topic was the impact of Atlantic Ocean variability on tropical cyclones and the northern hemisphere jet stream. Part of the findings show ocean drivers of recent active Atlantic hurricane seasons are found to take two forms: late winter changes in the ocean circulation related to a reduced Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and late spring/early summer changes in the air-sea heat flux. In the subtropical Atlantic the prediction of TC potential intensity is also found to be closer to actual intensity using the average temperature through the top 50m layer (𝑇50𝑚̅) as opposed to SST. 

In February 2021, Samantha joined the Irish Climate Analysis Research Units at Maynooth University working on the ROADMAP project investigating the impact of ocean circulation variability on atmospheric and climate dynamics, including the reconstruction of western boundary currents and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

The Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS) as part of the Department of Geography at Maynooth University is a national leader in the area of climate change providing integrated climate system research, solutions, data and advice to the scientific community, policy makers and for the benefit of society both nationally and internationally.

Research undertaken at ICARUS aims to advance fundamental understanding of past, present and future climate variability and change, and to provide cutting edge analysis of future impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation in line with strategic national and international priorities.

In delivering these aims core research strands in ICARUS are focused on the analysis of change in atmospheric, terrestrial and marine environments, palaeoclimatolgy, regional climate modelling, catchment hydrology and water management and the assessment of environmental and socio-economic impacts and adaptation. ICARUS hosts both taught and research postgraduate students.

Repository of the training materials

• YouTube channel of ObsSea4Clim for the videos. The videos will cover the presentations but not the Q&A sessions.

• Zenodo for presentations.

Certificate of attendance

It will be provided to all participants after the event.

Links to MS Teams

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The training is free.

We have a maximum of 50 spots available for the training. First-come, first-served.

Terms of Reference for this event

This training is organised by the Horizon Europe project ObsSea4Clim.

Please ensure you read this document carefully before registering. It contains the terms of reference for this event, the privacy policy for this event and an information sheet explaining what the ObsSea4Clim project is about.

Disclaimer

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.’