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Uni Bjerknes Centre

Uni Bjerknes Centre. Brazil delegation visiting Bergen. Trond Dokken. Uni Bjerknes Centre Profile. Topical unit of Uni Research AS, a not-for-profit research company. Fully owned by the University of Bergen Annual turnower: ~ 50 mNOK. ~ 62 employees, incl. 13 adjunct (20% positions)

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Uni Bjerknes Centre

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  1. UniBjerknes Centre Brazil delegation visiting Bergen Trond Dokken

  2. Uni Bjerknes Centre Profile • Topical unit of Uni Research AS, a not-for-profit research company. Fully owned by the University of Bergen • Annual turnower: ~ 50 mNOK. • ~ 62 employees, incl. 13 adjunct (20% positions) • 4 Research Groups • Partnership with Univ. of Bergen (jointly located) • Comprises 40% of science activity and output from the Bjerknes Centre (CoE 2003-2012)

  3. International evaluation of Earth Sciences in Norway • BCCR ranked at the top nationally • The Evaluation Committee has an extremely positive overall impression of the centre • BCCR can be considered to be amongst the leading international organizations in the field of Climate Change research • High impact: papers cited 2x more often than national average

  4. Science, 2007 … T. Dokken,.. E.Jansen.., U. Ninnemann Nature geoscience 2009 MARGO-members, ……., T. Dokken, … Nature geoscience 2009 …, Ø. Lie, …, T. Dokken, … Science, 2008 H. Kleiven, …., U. Ninnemann Science, 2010 A. Olsen, U. Ninnemann Nature geoscience 2010 …., T. Dokken, ….. Nature geoscience 2010 O. H. Otterå et al.

  5. Development and drift of Earth system modelling Atmospheric chemistry CAM CLM CICE River routing MICOM HAMOCC NorESM framework and model components • 600+ model years of pre-industrial spinup completed. The integration is being analysed for model quality and drift • Production runs started early Feb 2011 • The production period will last 3-4 months • 2200+ model years will be produced • Total storage requirement is estimated to 150TB Components in blue communicate trough a coupling component. Components inred are subroutines of blue components.

  6. External forcing and Atlantic variability Otterå et al. (2010), Nature Geoscience A recent study indicate that volcanic eruptions can have a proufound impact on climate not only short term climate variability, but also for variability on longer time scales

  7. Forstå dekadavariasjoner fra modeller og paleo-data Simulated NAO (500 hPa) vs Ormen reconstruction Atlantic ocean core locations Remarkable similarities between model and data on multidecadal time scales => link to gyre circulation? Otterå, Dokken et al., in prog.

  8. Ocean acidification in Arktis pH reduction 1995-2070 Using a coupling between observations and modelling The first to show the exceptional sensitivity of the Arctic to ocean acidification Bellerby et al., 2005; 2010

  9. Process studies of ecosystem response Climate change response to and enhanced biological carbon pump in a high CO2 ocean? Riebesell U., Schulz K. G., Bellerby R.G.J., Botros M., Fritsche P., Meyerhöfer M. Neill C., Nondal G., Oschlies A. and Wohlers J. 2007. Nature 2007;450:545-549. Bellerby R. G. J. , Schulz K. G. , Riebesell U. , Neill C. , Nondal G. , Heegaard E. , Johannessen T. , and Brown K. R., 2008. Biogeosciences, 5, 1517-1527

  10. Monetoring ocean CO2 uptake • Measurements from Voluntary Observing Ships • Showed large interannual variability of the North Atlantic carbon dioxide sink Watson et al., Science, 2009

  11. Regional downscaling European domain – Heikkilä et al. (2010) Tropical channel domain – simulation example prepared by Lunde and Mesquita

  12. Internasjonalepartnerskap • USA: NCAR, Univ Washington, Columbia University • UK: Univ. East Anglia, Cambridge Univ. & Univ. Reading • Germany: MPI-Hamburg, Alfred Wegener Inst, Univ. Bremen • Denmark: Niels Bohr Inst. Univ. København, Centre for Regional change in the Earth System (CRES)-DMI • Sweden: Bert Bolin Centre Univ. Stockholm • France: LSCE-Paris, Meteo-France • China: Nansen-Zhu Centre/IAP Chinese Academy of Sciences • India: TERI, Indian Inst. of Tropical Meteorology • Vietnam: IMHEN (starter i 2012) • Bangladesh: BCAS • South Africa: ACCESS (Applied Centre for Earth System Science) (avventer finansiering) • Cuba: INSMET • Brasil/Argentina: UFF, U Sao Paulo, SIMA

  13. Uni Bjerknes Brazil cooperation

  14. Uni/UIB Bjerknes Brasil cooperation • Cooperation agreement with the Universidade Federal de Fluminense (UFF), Earth Ocean system Science, in Rio de Janeiro • Dr. David Mendes (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal) • Dr. Humberto Barbosa (Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió). • Dr. Christiano Chiessi, Centre for Earth System Science, National Inst. For Space Research, Sao Paulo • Plans for a project together with Brazil, India and Norway, to look at climate variability in the Atlantic Ocean and impact on tropical climate • To be submitted, proposal for ERC-ITN (Training network) with European and Brazilian partners

  15. Uni/UIB Bjerknes Brazil cooperation • European Science Foundation (ESF) – • Euromarc programme (Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Brazil) • RETRO (Reconstructing tropical Atlantic thermocline variability) • Two research cruises on the northern Brazilian margin (2008, 2009). Fortaleza • Norwegian research vessel: G.O. Sars (IMR/UIB) • Frence Research vessel: Marion Dufresne

  16. Uni/UIB Bjerknes Brazil cooperation • European Science Foundation (ESF) – • Euromarc programme (Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Brazil) • RETRO (Reconstructing tropical Atlantic thermocline variability) • Two research cruises on the northern Brazilian margin (2008, 2009). Fortaleza • Norwegian research vessel: G.O. Sars (IMR/UIB) • Frence Research vessel: Marion Dufresne

  17. Uni/UIB Bjerknes Brazil cooperation • Natal-RN, Brazil, May 27 – June 1, 2012Climate Change, Imapact and Vulnerabilities in BrazilPreparing the Brazilian Northeast for the future • XIII Congress of ABEQUA, 2011, Armação dos Buzios, Brazil • Norwegian delegation (Minister of Education and Research) visiting Rio de Janairo and Brasilia, 2008

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