A flight campaign aims to uncover why some extratropical cyclones develop into storms
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04.03.26
Stormtracks Group Meeting
We’ll have our Stormtracks group meeting this Wednesday (04.03) from 14:00 to 15:00 at Skybar (BCCR 3180). This week Sigrid Galtvik will give a talk on Frontogenesis of stationary and propagating vortices. The meeting will be hybrid and you can join remotely via Zoom: https://uib.zoom.us/j/62886269543?pwd=ajWbi97zr0hbniaoQdZkUtD2EUSSri.1 Meeting ID: 628 8626 9543 | Password: qSKTfKU3 The meeting schedule for this semester is in the following google doc and there are still open spots! Any ongoing results are also very welcomed and encouraged just add your name directly to the schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F9hy45DSeS9qrXl-3l4cNzCPSE9OuBBVqdCu3VY240U/edit?usp=sharing See you all there! :) Cheers, Birgit and Yangfan
10.03.26
Polar group meeting
Topic: Polar observations - what do we have and what are we missing?
11.03.26
Klimafestivalen Varmere Våtere Villere
Vårens viktigste festival med over 100 ulike aktiviteter Debatter • Foredrag • Filmvisninger • Konserter • Forfattere • Humorshow • Live podcaster • Workshops • Mat & drikke • Utstillinger • Opplevelser • Sosiale møteplasser • Skoleprogram • Juniorprogram. Finn mer informasjon her: Varmere Våtere Villere
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16.02.26
Riding the storm
A large-scale flight campaign on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean aims to uncover why some extratropical cyclones develop into storms, while others fizzle out.
12.02.26
An evening in honor of Prof. Eystein Jansen
"In the spirit of Eystein, it will be a gathering that emphasizes relationships, intellectual exchange, and the path forward, and is intended as a celebration of a vibrant research community", Director Kikki Kleiven introduced the festive seminar in honor of Eystein Jansen..
10.02.26
Multi-model isotope simulations reveal a unified picture of Earth’s water cycle
An international research team has completed the first fully standardized comparison of isotope-enabled climate models, demonstrating that a multi-model ensemble provides the most accurate representation of the present-day global water cycle.