Prosjekt
Proxy assimilation for reconstructing climate and improving model (PARCIM)
The main objective of PARCIM is to create the first online millennium-long paleo-climate reanalysis, using modern data assimilation, model, and wealth of paleo-proxy archives.
Read more about this climate reconstruction here.
Status
Active
Duration
2022-2025
Owner
Bjerknessenteret
Project lead
François Counillon
Seashells to hold the reins of climate models
Since 1900 the North-Atlantic has oscillated between warm and cool periods of a few decades. The century long record is too short to show why. Climate models and old seashells will extend the series to the Viking age.
During the last 120 years the surface temperature of the North Atlantic Ocean has oscillated up and down for a few decades at a time. The sea was warmer in 1930–1965 and after 1995, cooler in 1900–1930 and 1965–1995. Corresponding shifts can be traced in the weather in countries surrounding the Atlantic.
That temperatures have gone up and down several times, suggests that natural mechanisms make the Atlantic oscillate. But, this is a rocking cradle of the slow type.
Researchers from Bjerknessenteret
François Counillon
Forsker / Senior Researcher - Global, Nansensenteret
Other projects
Climate Futures
Climate Futures is a Centre for Research-based Innovation (abbreviated SFI in Norwegian), funded by the Research Council of Norway. Climate Futures will co-develop better methods and practices for climate risk management by working with nearly 40 partners in a consortium.
The work in Climate Futures is organized in user-driven projects, ranging from short pilots lasting a few weeks or months to long-term strategic programmes over several years.
Infrastructure for Norwegian Earth System Modelling phase 2
NorESM is the Norwegian Earth System Model and is an essential tool for researchers to be able to simulate the climate in the past, present and future. The infrastructure project INES2 will upgrade NorESM with new and updated functionality by incorporating research-driven development in a nationally coordinated manner.