Climate

Climate

The NCAS Climate Directorate consists of the following units:

NCAS-Climate provides a core programme of fundamental science, technical support and training to address the following key challenges:

To understand and simulate the highly non-linear dynamics and feedbacks of the global climate system through the development of a modular approach to earth system modelling

To exploit the revolution in seasonal to interannual prediction as a test bed of climate models and as a vehicle for fostering integrated applications;

To capitalise on and develop NERC expertise in earth system science; and

To harness the expected increases in computer power and the opportunities provided by e-science.

Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit (ACMSU)

The Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit (ACMSU) carry out world-class scientific research on problems related to atmospheric chemistry in NERC core science areas and provide scientific support, state-of-the-art chemistry models and modelling support to the UK NERC community. Our key research and support areas are:

chemistry-climate interactions,

oxidising capacity of the troposphere,

interpretation of satellite data,

development of global chemistry models, support for field campaigns.