The project is dedicated to the Arctic and the Northern Hemisphere to describe, model and predict the weather and climate of the regions and their teleconnections on seasonal to decadal time scales. This information will allow communities and businesses in Eurasia and North America to develop and plan their activities better.
51 months from 01/12/2016 to 28/02/2021
http://www.blue-action.eu
General aims
To actively improve our ability to describe, model, and predict Arctic climate change and its impact on Northern Hemisphere climate, weather and their extremes, and to deliver valuated climate services of societal benefit.
CMCC Role
CMCC will contribute to the activities in WP1, WP3 and WP4 in terms of analysis, coordinated experiments, production of deliverables and related scientific publications. CMCC is also involved in WP6 for clustering research communities focusing on Blue Growth/Arctic impacts and to define best practices for the use of seasonal predictions.
Expected results
Improved representation of processes specific for the Arctic; advancement in the knowledge of the role of the Arctic in the global climate system and in the generation of extreme weather events; improved capacity to predict weather and climate events in the northern Hemisphere; better and more innovative services and products for stakeholders
Activity
WP1: characterization and analysis, including predictive skill, of weather extremes (i.e. polar lows) in models and observations;
WP3: analysis of teleconnection (atmospheric and oceanic pathways) of Arctic sea-ice changes on Northern Hemisphere climate and extremes;
WP4: evaluation to improve predictive skill and predictability of Northern Hemisphere high-latitudes weather and climate
Partners
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- DMI - Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
- DTU - Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
- MERCATOR OCEAN
- NCAR – National Center for Atmospheric Research
- NERC - Natural Environment Research Council
- UHAM - Universitaet Hamburg
- Uni Research - UNI Research AS
- UiB - Universitetet i Bergen (UiB)
- Uread - University Of Reading
- Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung e.V.
- Meopar Incorporated
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- GEOMAR - Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
- MPI-M - Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
- CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
- IC3 - The Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences
- Ac UoL - Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland (Finland)
- ALM - City Council of Almada
- CTL - Climate Theory Lab/Department of Atmospheric Sciences at Yonsei University
- DNV GL
- DPPO - Danish Pelagic Producers Organisation
- FI - Foresight Intelligence GbR
- HAV - Faroe Marine Research Institute
- IAP/NZC - Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- IAP/RAS - A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences
- IMEMO - Institute of World Economy and International Relations
- MRI - Marine Research Institute
- MSS - Marine Scotland Science
- NERSC - Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
- NLesc - Netherlands eScience Center
- NIOZ - Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
- PFA - Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association
- RUKA - Rukakeskus Ltd
- SAMS - Scottish Association for Marine Science
- SIO
- SRLS - SAMS Research Services Ltd
- UoS - University of Southampton
- UoW - University of Washington
- IASS - Institute For Advanced Sustainability Studies