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Annual report 2020
The Bjerknes Centre's annual report for 2020 is digital this year. Click on the image below to open the report.
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Cancelled science and fun days 26th-27th of May
Dear all, due to covid 19-regulations and the need to see as few persons as possible, we have come to the conclusion that we have to cancel our planned Science & Fun days 26th-27th of May. We hope that our annual meeting from 27th-29th of September at Grand conference location, will be a good opportunity to meet and catch up after this rather long period in more or less isolation.
In the meantime, take care and stay safe.
Best Ragnhild
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The portrait
Name: Elaine McDonagh
Position: Research Scientist in NORCE Klima
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How long have you been at BCCR? Nearly 2 years, since August 2019
Education: Undergraduate degree in Environmental Sciences (1994) and PhD in Observational Physical Oceanography (1997), both at The University of East Anglia, UK.
Background: Following my PhD I worked in the Marine Physics and Ocean Climate Group at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton in the UK until moving to Norway in 2019.
What is it you do exactly at work? I work on the oceans role in the climate system particularly physical oceanography (circulation, heat and freshwater uptake) and links to changing biogeochemistry and ecosystems. While my expertise is in observations I work with theoreticians and modellers to improve projections. I am also involved in global ocean observing, I co-chair the global observing network, GO-SHIP, that makes global repeat hydrographic observations for climate; I am on the Steering committee of GOOS (Global Ocean observing system); and a member of Clivar’s Indian Ocean Research panel (IORP).
Why climate research? I most enjoy studying the ocean at large (basin) scales and interannual and longer timescales. Understanding these scales in the ocean are really important for understanding the earth’s climate.
What extracurricular activities do you have? I enjoy exploring Bergen and have just bought a new canoe to explore the surrounding area from the water.
Do you have a favourite song, band or artist? Ooh that is a tough one – today my favourite band is The Jam.
Your favourite food? Asparagus.
The best and worst about Bergen? Best thing about Bergen is a sunny day. The worst – well I don’t mind the rain (I come from the UK) but I am less keen on the days when the rain is horizontal!
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New publications
Elsheikh B. A., Skjelvan,I., Omar, A.M., Olsen,A., de Lange, T.E., Johannessen, T., Elageed, S. (2021): Sea surface pCO2 variability and air-sea CO2 exchange in the coastal Sudanese Red Sea, Regional Studies in Marine Science, 44,101796, ISSN 2352-4855, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101796.
Edwards, T., et al including Goelzer, H. (2021): Projected land ice contributions to 21st century sea level rise. Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03302-y,
Bakke, J., Paasche, Ø., Schaefer, J. et al. (2021) Long-term demise of sub-Antarctic glaciers modulated by the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies. Sci Rep 11, 8361 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87317-5
Berends, C. J., Goelzer, H., and van de Wal, R. S. W (2021).: The Utrecht Finite Volume Ice-Sheet Model: UFEMISM (version 1.0), Geosci. Model Dev., 2021, 1-32, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-2443-2021
Dunn‐Sigouin, E., Li, C., & Kushner, P. J. (2021). Limited influence of localized tropical sea‐surface temperatures on moisture transport into the Arctic. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091540. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091540
Jones, C. D., Hickman, J. E., Rumbold, S. T., Walton, J., Lamboll, R. D., Skeie, R. B., et al. including Tjiputra, J. (2021). The climate response to emissions reductions due to COVID‐19: Initial results from CovidMIP. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091883. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091883
H. Lee, Muri H., Ekici A., Tjiputra J., Schwinger J (2021): The response of terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycling under different aerosol-based radiation management geoengineering. Earth Syst. Dynam., 12, 313–326, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-313-2021
Mooney P.A. , Li. L. (2021): Near future changes to rain-on-snow events in Norway, Environ. Res. Lett. in press. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abfdebhttps://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abfdeb
Nogué, S. et al including Birks, J.B. and Felde, V. (2021): The human dimension of biodiversity changes on islands, Science, 372, 6541,488-491, DOI: 10.1126/science.abd6706http://DOI: 10.1126/science.abd6706
Payne, A. J. et al including Goelzer, H. (2021): Future sea level change under CMIP5 and CMIP6 scenarios from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, Geophys. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091741
Tangunan, D. et al. including Simon, M.H (2021): Strong glacial-interglacial variability in upper ocean hydrodynamics, biogeochemistry, and productivity in the southern Indian Ocean. Commun Earth Environ 2, 80, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00148-0
Zika, J. D., Gregory, J. M., McDonagh, E. L., Marzocchi, A., & Clément, L. (2021). Recent Water Mass Changes Reveal Mechanisms of Ocean Warming, Journal of Climate, 34(9), 3461-3479. Retrieved May 5, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0355.1 http://doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0355.1
Send us information about new publications: publications@bjerknes.uib.no
Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto
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The Bjerknes PhD Forum is open for all PhDs affiliated with the Bjerknes Centre.
The Forum intends to create a community for international and Norwegian PhD students from different research areas during their time in Bergen.
Our aim is to facilitate exchange among new and advanced PhD students as well as to distribute and preserve knowledge about “the way things work”.
We meet about once a month to network and discuss different aspects of the academic career and/or life in Bergen. Visiting PhD students and interns are welcome to join our activities.
The current PhD Forum Board members are:
Sonja Wahl (leader) – Sonja.wahl@uib.no
Maaike Zwier (co-leader) - maaike.zwier@uib.no
Elina Efstathiou (contact person for new PhDs) - Evangelia.Efstathiou@uib.no
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Upcoming events
The 52nd International Liège colloquium on Ocean Dynamics
17 - 21 May 2021 Liège, Belgium
BCCR webinar: How do we value the Arctic?
26 May (14:30-16:00 CEST) online
BCCR Science & Fun day - CANCELLED
26-27 May 2021, Bergen
International workshop for mid-latitude air-sea interaction
June 8-9 online, June 12-14 online and in-face, Sapporo, Japan
Virtual Workshop on the New Global Ocean Biogeochemistry (GO-BGC) Array - Building a Community of Biogeochemical Float Data Users
June 28-30, 2021
6th Conference on Modelling Hydrology, Climate and Land Surface Processes
September 14–16, 2021, Lillehammer, Norway.
WCRP workshop on attribution of multi-annual to decadal changes in the climate system
22-24 September 2021, Online
Workshop: Multi-annual to Decadal Climate Predictability in the North Atlantic-Arctic
Sector
20 – 22 September 2021 Event in Bergen or Copenhagen tbc
Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022
27 February– 4 March 2022 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Bjerknes Annual Meeting 2021
SOLAS Open Science Conference 2022
25 - 30 September 2022, Cape Town, South Africa
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