Bjerknes CPU involvement in related research projects
*Last updated: Dec. 2024*
Project | Period | Main funding agency; total budget (MNOK); Leader | Relevance to BCPU and main contact person at BCPU |
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4SICE | 2022-2025 | RCN China-Norway; 9,9; NERSC (NO) | We lead this project and will further improve NorCPM for sea ice prediction. Wang. |
COMBINED | 2022-2026 | RCN China-Norway; 10; UiB (NO) | The COMBINED project sets out to better understand interactions between the rapid warming of the Arctic and Tibetan Plateau, as well as other remote and regional feedback processes. We lead this project and contribute with NorCPM, using refined initialisation methods of the Arctic and Tibetan Plateau cryosphere. Li. |
PARCIM | 2022-2026 | Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research; 8; NERSC (NO) | We lead this project and will develop assimilation of paleoproxy data so as to produce a long millenium reanalysis that can help us to better understand mutli-decadal variability. Counillon. |
DYNASOR | 2022-2025 | Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research; 8; UiB and HI (NO) | Dynasor will further develop our mechanistic understanding of Arctic-Atlantic climate variability and predictability, namely, clarifying how currents and other features of the North Atlantic Ocean interact. Sandø. |
CoRea | 2020-2023 | RCN; 9,7; NERSC (NO) | We lead this project, and will contribute advanced data assimilation methods and reanalysis dataset for improving climate prediction skill. Wang. |
ARMOC | 2023-2025 |
NFR scientific renewal; 11; UiB
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Will deepen understanding of Arctic overturning circulation and how it will change under global warming, and this important for predicting regional climate change in our region. Årthun. |
SuperIce | 2023-2024 | European Space Agency; 2,8; NERSC (NO) |
We lead the project to improve satellite observation of the Arctic sea ice thickness through artificial intelligence, for enhanced seasonal sea ice prediction skill of NorCPM. Brajard.
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PRIMA | 2023-2026 |
NERSC basic funding; 4,2; NERSC (NO)
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BCPU leads this project, in collaboration with Climate Futures. In PRIMA, we assess the ability of NorCPM to predict marine heatwaves in the Arctic Mediterranean and assess their consequences. Langehaug.
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2024-2025 |
EU MSCA PF; 2,4; UiB
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BCPU contributes with NorCPM and model expertise for making skillful forecasts for tuna catch and price fluctuations over the next decade. Noleto, Keenlyside.
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NorHAB-ML
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2024-2026 | Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research; 4; NERSC (NO) |
We lead this project that aims to develop a machine learning model and monitoring tools for aquaculture and fisheries in the Norwegian shelf. Silva.
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2024-2025 |
EU MSCA PF; 2,2; NERSC (NO)
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BCPU contributes with capability to provide climate reconstruction of the past 400 years with proxy archive, to better understand climate variability. Dalaiden, Counillon.
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Schevenhoven-FTI2024
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2025-2026 | Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research FTI; 0,5; UiB |
Hybrid machine learning dynamical prediction. Schevenhoven.
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PhD (Marianne Williams-Kerslake)
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2023-2025 |
NFR Stipemdiastilling; 4,5; NERSC (NO)
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Analysing the predictability and the impact of Marine heat waves in polar regions. Williams-Kerslake, Langehaug.
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BCPU participating | |||
Climate Futures | 2020-2028 | RCN Centre for research-based innovation; 96; NORCE (NO) | BCPU contributes as node leaders on Renewable Energy and Aquaculture (Svendsen and Langehaug). Improving and using NorCPM predictions is a cross-cutting activity. Climate Futures is co-developing predictions for better handling of future climate risks. Svendsen. |
MAPARC | 2022-2025 | RCN China-Norway; 19,9; UiB | |
NextGEMS | 2021-2025 | Horizon 2020; 110; MPI-M(DE) | We lead a work package on evaluation and use of high-resolution models, which can feed into BCPU model developments. Koseki. |
Impetus4Change | 2022-2026 | Horizon Europe; 100; NORCE (NO) | BCPU co-leads a work package on developing innovative super-modelling and super-resolution approaches for climate prediction, and AI approaches for regional downscaling. This will feed into BCPU prediction system developments. Keenlyside, Barthélémy. |
SeaPR | 2022-2025 | Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research; 10; NERSC (NO) | We contribute to modelling and predicting regional sea level rise. Bethke. |
UDI AOOS
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2023-2024 |
Utenriksdepartementet; 3,7; NERSC (NO)
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BCPU will assess the potential of network cable crossing the Arctic ocean to reduce errors in climate models. Counillon.
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ObsSea4CLIM | 2024-2027 |
EU HE RIA; 63,9; DMI (DK)
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BCPU contributes with reducing model error in sea ice by calibration model parameter with NorCPM and enhancing sea ice prediction. Counillon.
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2024-2026 |
EU HE RIA; 52,5; HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH (DE)
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This project will improve and advance the coastal dimension of the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS). BCPU contributes by providing expertise to monitor risk of harmful algal blooms in the Nordic regions. Silva.
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EO4SA
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2025-2026 |
European Space Agency; 5,4; NERSC (NO)
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We lead WP 3 and 4 on Earth Observations for Sustainable Aquaculture using machine learning methods. Silva.
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ClimateNeutral
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2025-2027 |
NFR UTFORSK; 2,9; UiB
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Norwegian-Chinese partnership in exchanging student to reach climate neutral and renewable energy. He.
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INES2 | 2025-2029 |
NFR infra; 110; NORCE(NO)
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NorESM4CMIP7 | 2025-2027 |
NFR; 31; Met.no
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SEACLIM
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2025-2027 |
EU HE RIA; 4,5; MOI(FR)
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We lead a work package on regional Ocean Decadal Predictions, where we aims to downscale our climate predictions model with high resolutions models. Fransner.
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Completed projects | |||
INES | 2018-2021 | RCN; 70; NORCE (NO) | NorESM is being further developed with the INES infrastructure project. BCPU contributes through provision of NorCPM as part this modelling infrastructure. Bethke. |
Blue-Action | 2016-2021 | EU H2020; 75; DMI (DK) | We contribute to the mechanisms and climate prediction activities for the Arctic-Atlantic focus of the project, including the development of advanced data assimilation approaches to initialise predictions. Langehaug. |
Pathway | 2017-2020 | RCN; 7,7; UiB (NO) | Investigates mechanisms connecting predictability in the North Atlantic, Nordic Seas, and Arctic. Årthun. |
ARCPATH | 2016-2020 | NordForsk NCoE; 28; NERSC (NO) | We contribute to ARCPATH’s prediction activities for the Arctic region, contributing improved methods to initialise sea ice. Keenlyside. |
InterDec | 2016-2020 | JPI Climate-Belmont Forum; 23; MPI-M (DE) | Our focus here is on improving understanding of low-high latitude teleconnections. Keenlyside. |
STERCP | 2015-2021 | EU (ERC CoG); 20; UiB (NO) | Development of the super-model approach to reduce systematic errors in climate model and thereby improve predictions and projections of climate. Keenlyside. |
ROADMAP | 2020-2024 | JPIs Ocean and Climate; 27; MPI-Met (DE) | We co-lead this project, and contribute dynamical analysis and novel experiments to understand roles of ocean-atmosphere interaction and teleconnections in the climate of our region. Omrani. |
TRIATLAS | 2019-2023 | EU H2020; 110; UiB | We contribute to TRIATLAS’ key aim to develop climate-based ecosystem predictions for the tropical and south Atlantic. Keenlyside. |
EUREC4A-OA | 2020-2024 | JPIs Ocean and Climate; 20; ENS-LMD (FR) | We contribute numerical experiments and analysis of ocean-atmosphere interactions associated with mesoscale oceanic eddies in the tropical Atlantic. Koseki, Shunya. |
RACE | 2020-2023 | Belmont Forum; 8,8; IGE (FR) | In this highly interdisciplinary project, we contribute to the provision of climate model information for assessing impacts of climate change on Arctic infrastructure and society (See video: RACE). Omrani. |
Nansen Legacy | 2017-2023 | RCN; 360; UiT (NO) | We contribute to the prediction of climate and biogeochemistry in Barents Sea. Within the project we adeveloped a higher resolution version of NorCPM and biogeochemistry predictions. Årthun. |
PhD (Edson Silva) | 2020-2022 | NFR Stipendiatstilling; 4,1; NERSC (NO) | Development of machine learning capability to predict harmull algae bloom critrical for aquaculture in Norway. Silva, Counillon. |
BENGUP, H2020-MSCA-IF-2020 | 2021-2022 | EU MSCA PF; 2,1; UiB | The evaluation of simulation and predictability of tropical Atlantic variability and development of AI predictions contribute to BCPU prediction system developments. Bachéléry, Keenlyside. |
TOSCP | 2023-2024 | EU (ERC PoC); 1,4; UiB | A follow-up of STERCP, we further test the performance of the novel supermodel for seasonal predictions. Schevenhoven, Keenlyside. |
Boljka-FTI2023 | 2023 | Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research FTI; 0,5; UiB | Focus on developing atmospheric nudging approaches, which can benefit initialisation of climate predictions. Boljka. |