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NEWS
Noel Keenlyside co-leads CLIVAR´s new research foci: “Tropical Basin Interactions”
 Last year´s open call for proposals for new Research Foci landed 5 outstanding applications covering a wide range of topics, all relevant to WCRP science in general and CLIVAR in particular. After careful evaluation the Scientific Steering Group decided to support (TBI).
The main goal of TBI is to elucidate the complex two-way interaction between the tropical basins and to quantify the benefit to climate prediction. TBI will initiate and facilitate research activities on seasonal to multi-annual variability and predictability, thus complementing the on-going CLIVAR Decadal climate Variability (DCV) Research Foci.
The TBI group is chaired by Ingo Richter (JAMSTEC) and Noel Keenlyside (Geophysical Institute, UiB & Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research). It brings together scientists with different competences, at various stages of their careers, and from diverse backgrounds. The areas of expertise include basin interaction (Ping Chang, Fan Jia, Fred Kucharski, Xichen Li, Yuko Okumura, Regina Rodrigues, Malte Stuecker, Andrea Taschetto), observational analysis (Michael McPhaden, Hiroki Tokinaga), proxy data (Steffen Hetzinger, Miriam Pfeiffer, Y. Okumura), seasonal to decadal climate prediction (Susan Bates, P. Chang, N. Keenlyside, I. Richter), climate change (Roxy Koll, H. Tokinaga), and climate model biases (P. Chang, N. Keenlyside, I. Richter). The members of the RF are currently preparing the full proposal and it is expected that they will start their activities early next year.
The TBI will bring important research findings for climate prediction in the North Atlantic Sector and thus fits well to the objectives of the Bjeknes Climate Prediction Unit. Ingo Richter's visit to BCCR last year contributed to the development of the proposal.
CLIVAR is a core project of the WRCP. For more news on CLIVAR visit their homepage http://www.clivar.org/
Beatriz Balino
Coordination Office for WCRP Regional Activities
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BCCR social lunch
Welcome to join our weekly BCCR social lunch on Wednesdays from 12 at Albatross!
This is a nice opportunity to communicate with people working in BCCR. It would also help new BCCR people to find friends and know environments through the communication.
Fumiaki Ogawa
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 The portrait
Name: Zoé Koenig
Position: PostDoc within the framework of the Nansen Legacy project with Ilker Fer and Arild Sundfjord (NPI).
How long have you been at BCCR? A little over a year
Education: I did all my studies in Paris, and I have a PhD in physical oceanography.
Background: I did my PhD on the Atlantic Water circulation and properties North of Svalbard, based on data from autonomous drifting buoys and model outputs. After my PhD, I did a one-year postdoc in France looking at the cooling of the West Spitsbergen Current from glider data.
What is it you do exactly at work? With this PostDoc, I am still looking at the region North of Svalbard but at smaller scale as I am know interested in small-scale processes, turbulence and mixing.
Why climate research? I have always been passionate by the ocean, spending all my holidays as a kid on a sailing boat or by the Ocean. I guess ending up studying it is just a normal continuity.
What extracurricular activities do you have? I like sailing, climbing and skiing during winter.
Do you have a favourite song, band or artist? I think my favorite song is the soundtrack of Footloose
Your favourite food? Cheese! Raclette and fondue, I am waiting for the winter season to start eating that again.
The best and worst about Bergen? The best is probably the proximity of the mountains and of the sea. I thought when I arrived that the worse will be the rain, but I actually got used to it!
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BCCR/GFI Seminars
For more information see http://www.bjerknes.uib.no/en/events or http://www.uib.no/en/gfi/calendar.
If you know about a guest visiting, have a suggestion about an external speaker you think would interest the Bjerknes community or want to present something yourself, please contact us through our email: bccr-seminar@uib.no.
The seminars are scheduled for Monday afternoons at 14:15 in the west-wing auditorium (BCCR undervisningsrom 4020).
Best regards,
the seminar committee
Next upcoming seminar:
November 11 at 14.15 Christoph Heinze: Climate feedbacks in the Earth system and their evaluation
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NERSC Seminars
A list of upcoming seminars can be found here:
https://seminars.nersc.no/seminars/upcoming
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Publications
van der Bilt, W.G., Lane, C.S., (2019): Lake sediments with Azorean tephra reveal ice-free conditions on coastal northwest Spitsbergen during the Last Glacial Maximum. Science Advances 5, eaaw5980,DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw5980
Omar, A.M., Thomas, H., Olsen, A., Becker, M., Skjelvan, I., Reverdin, G. (2019): Trends of Ocean Acidification and pCO2 in the Northern North Sea, 2003–2015, JGR Biosciences, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004992
Send us information about new publications: publications@bjerknes.uib.no
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Bjerknes in the news
Bakteppet for klimasøksmålet: Mer alvorlige og raskere klimaendringer
Energi og Klima 07.11.2019, Eystein Jansen
Ekspertintervjuet: Dette styrer klimaet
Energi og Klima 06.11.2019, Asgeir Sorteberg
Å leita etter olje og gass - i strid med Grunnlova?
Os & Fusaposten 05.11.2019, Tore Furevik
- Vi må rekne med meir intens nedbør
Fjordingen 03.11.2019, Atle Nesje
Fana kommer ut av istidens grep
Fanaposten 01.11.2019, Jan Mangerud
Yrket mitt: Petra (38) er klimaforskar
Framtida 31.10.2019, Petra Langebroek
For varmt for Arktis
Klassekampen 1 30.10.2019, Tor Eldevik
Forskerforum - brot eller kontinuitet?
Forskerforum 29.10.2019, Helge Drange
Forskar Petra Langebroek lagar teikneserie om klimaforsking
Framtida 28.10.2019, Petra Langebroek
Lego-ninja på forskningtur til Grønland
Framtidajunior.no 28.10.2019, Petra Langebroek
Klimaendringene overgår skrekkscenario: Flere havner i faresonen
Bergensavisen Pluss 26.10.2019, Asgeir Sorteberg
Havet stiger - flere nasjoner er i ferd med å forsvinne
TV2 26.10.2019, Kerim Nisancioglu
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Unsure of who should be sent what?
Send an email for all registering of lectures, posters, final publications, meetings, and other tips to post@bjerknes.uib.no . These will find their way to the right person
Join the Bjerknes Outreach Group!
Would you like to be involved in outreach activities? Join the Bjerknes outreach group, and you’ll get the opportunity to discuss your ideas with other enthusiastic outreachers. Whether you have plans for big or small projects, large or small audiences, traditional or innovative formats – or so far no specific plans at all – you’re very welcome.
Please, send an e-mail to gudrun.sylte@uib.no or ellen.viste@uib.no if you would like to have more information about the group.
BCCR on Flickr for photo sharing
We have many good photographers here at the Bjerknes Centre.We have a Flickr account for sharing good photos and possibly also illustrations. This can be useful when you need an illustrative photo. Check out our photostream
Send an email to ellen.viste@uib.no or gudrun.sylte@uib.no if you would like to contribute!
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Upcoming events
PhD Defense: Silje Smith-Johnsen: Dynamics of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream: the role of geothermal heat and subglacial hydrology
15 November, Auditorium 5, Realfagbygget
Bjerknes Christmas Party
22 November, Nansen Centre
Big Data, Data Assimilation and Uncertainty quantification
12-15 November, 2019, IHP, Paris
AGU Fall Meeting 2019
9 – 13 December 2019, San Francisco, USA
Summer School on Predictability of Marine Ecosystems, from physical oceanography to fisheries
31-21 January, Cape Town, South Africa
Bjerknes Getaway 2020
6 - 8 January 2020, Geilo, Norway
Nordic Geological Winter Meeting
8-10 January 2020, Oslo
Quaternary Research Association ADM
8-10th January 2020, Leeds. UK
Summer School on Predictability of Marine Ecosystems, from physical oceanography to fisheries
13-21 January, Cape Town, South Africa
ARCTOS PhD Workshop 2020
January 26th to February 4th 2020, Tromsø
Third National SDG Conference: Action/InAction – Technologies and Partnerships
5–7 February 2020, Bergen
The Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020
16-21 February 2020 , San Diego, Calif., USA
The Sixt International Symposium on Arctic Research
2 - 6 March 2020, Tokyo, Japan
CHESS Annual Meeting
20 – 24 March 2020 at Hurtigruten
15th Polar Low Working Group meeting
13-15 May 2020, Moscow, Russia
25th IAHR Ice Symposium
14-18 June 2020, Trondheim Norway
19th Swiss Climate Summer School
Extreme weather and climate: from atmospheric processes to impacts on ecosystems and society
23–28 August 2020, Grindelwald, Switzerland
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Funding opportunities
Continuous submissions:
RCN support to strenghten participation in Horizon 2020
More information
Call for Project establishment support (PES and positioning support (POS) to prepare EU Projects
More information
NFR: Kommunikasjon og formidling av klimaforskning
More information
Personal overseas research grant FRINATEK
More information
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NordForsk,Interdisciplinary research project
Deadline:13 November (preproposal)
NFR: Support for Travel for Doctoral and Post-doctoral Fellows Participating in Emerging Leaders 2020
Deadline: 20 November 2019
Svalbard Science Forum, Fieldwork support
Deadline: 20 November
German-Norwegian Study Centre (DNSZ)
Seed money – academic collaboration with GEOMAR and Kiel University
Deadline: 6 December 2019
Åsgard program for research exchange with France
Deadline: 15 December
NordForsk, Interdisciplinary research project
Deadline: (prepoposal) 13 November
Svalbard Science Forum
Svalbard Strategic Grant-seed money for network projects and workshops
Deadline: 16 December
Peder Sather Grant, research collaboration
Deadline: 1 April 2020
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