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As we know, most scientists have multiple talents. Martin King is no exception – he is very good at drawing. After the refurbishing of our new home in the West Wing of the Geophysical building, he drew a picture of it which he has kindly given as a gift to BCCR. Here it is being handed over to Tore Furevik. The framed drawing will soon be mounted on the wall in our nice Bjerknes meeting room where everyone can see it. Thank you, Martin, for your artwork! Photo: Gudrun Sylte.
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New faces
We are happy to introduce our readers to some new people at the Bjerknes Centre, see photo below. From top left; Lise Bagne Apelthun, Violeth Swai, Johanne Skrefsrud and Julien Paul.
Lise and Julien have both started to work as data managers at the Bjerknes Climate Data Centre. Lise holds a permanent position and Julien is filling a temporary vacancy due to a parental leave. Two new Ph.D students have started: Violeth will be working with Jostein Bakke at GEO on paleoclimatology in the SOUTHSPHERE project.and Johanne is employed at GFI in the field of physical oceanography and climate dynamics connected to The Nansen Legacy. Her supervisors are Tor Eldevik and Marius Årthun.
We have several other new members, and we will share their names in the next issues of the Bjerknes Times.
Welcome, newcomers!
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NEWS
The BCCR is the new host of the International Project Office (IPO) of the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project of WCRP
The Climate and Cryosohere (CliC) project serves as the focal point for climate science related to the cryosphere, its variability and change, and interactions with the broader climate system. A number of Bjerknes scientists are well acquainted with CliC as they are or have participated in their activities, e.g. Lars Henrik Smedsrud is member of the Scientific Steering Committee, Stefan Sobolowski is involved in Polar CORDEX while Heiko Goelzer is member of the steering committee of ISMIP6.
The CliC IPO is now hosted by BCCR until December 2022. Beatriz Balino is the head of Office and has the support of BCCR experts in finances and communications. The CliC IPO will cooperate with the CORA office, also hosted by BCCR, to facilitate synergies among the polar and climate research communities in Norway and the international community. The office is co-sponsored by the Research Council of Norway.
The purpose of hosting the CliC IPO at BCCR is to serve as the primary point of contact for those wishing to participate in, contribute to, and/or learn more about CliC, as well as to create synergies between CliC and BCCR. If you are interested, please contact info@climate-cryosphere.org. You can also follow CliC på twitter (@CliC_WCRP) and Facebook Climate and Cryosphere.
In preparation for the online WMO Data Conference: Exchange of Earth System Data in the 21st Century, 16-19 November, an online workshop on "Research data and WMO Data Policy" will be held online 21 October 2020, 2-4 pm CET. The purpose of this workshop is to have an initial discussion on data policies that are being used in different scientific/ research communities and to examine their differing perspectives on the WMO Data Policy.
Visit the conference´s website. Conference flyer
For registration & abstract submission please contact: DataConference@wmo.int
Beatriz Balino
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Vacant positions
Postdoctoral Research Fellow position within marine biogeochemistry
Geophysical institute, UiB
Deadline: 18 October 2020
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New publications
Belonenko T. et al. including Raj, R.P (2020), Evaluation of Heat and Salt Transports by Mesoscale Eddies in the Lofoten Basin, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 20, doi:10.2205/2020ES000720.
Birks, H.J.B. (2020): Reflections on the Use of Ecological Attributes and Traits in Quaternary Botany. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8:166. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00166
Hallerstig, M, Magnusson, L, Kolstad, E.W., Mayer, S. (2020):. How grid‐spacing and convection representation affected the wind speed forecasts of four polar lows. QJR Meteorol Soc. 2020; 1– 16. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3911
Dietze, H., Löptien, U., Hordoir, R., Heinemann, M., Huiskamp, W., Schneider, B. (2020): Silicon Isotopes in an EMIC's Ocean: Sensitivity to Runoff, Iron Supply, and Climate, Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology, ISSN: 2572-4517 , 2572-4525; DOI: 10.1029/2020PA003960
Rückamp, M., Goelzer, H., and Humbert, A.(2020): Sensitivity of Greenland ice sheet projections to spatial resolution in higher-order simulations: the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) contribution to ISMIP6 Greenland using the Ice-sheet and Sea-level System Model (ISSM), The Cryosphere, 14, 3309–3327, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3309-2020
Raj, R.P., Andersen, O.B., Johannessen, J.A, Gutknecht, B.D., Chatterjee, S., Rose, S.K., Bonaduce, A., Horwath, M., Ranndal, H., Richter, K., Palanisamy, H., Ludwigsen, C.A., Bertino, L., Ø. Nilsen, J.E., Knudsen, P., Hogg, A., Cazenave, A., Benveniste, J.(2020): Arctic Sea Level Budget Assessment during the GRACE/Argo Time Period. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 2837. Doi: 10.3390/rs12172837
Raj, R. P., Halo, I., Chatterjee, S., Belonenko, T., Bakhoday‐Paskyabi, M., Bashmachnikov, I., Fedorov, A., Xie, J (2020): Interaction Between Mesoscale Eddies and the Gyre Circulation in the Lofoten Basin, Journal of geophysical research, ISSN: 2169-9275 , 2169-9291; DOI: 10.1029/2020JC016102
Rutledal, S., Haflidason, H., Berben, S.M.P., Griem, L. and Jansen, E. (2020): A continuous tephrostratigraphic record from the Labrador Sea spanning the last 65 ka. J. Quaternary Sci, 35: 855-868. doi:10.1002/jqs.3241
Simon M.H, Muschitiello, F., Tisserand, A.A., Olsen A, Moros, M, Perner, K., Bårdsnes, S.T., Dokken,T., Jansen, E. (2020): A multi-decadal record of oceanographic changes of the past ~165 years (1850-2015 AD) from Northwest of Iceland. PLOS ONE. 2020;15(9):e0239373. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239373
Send us information about new publications: publications@bjerknes.uib.no
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Bjerknes in the news
Sjøisen i Arktis kan ha sparka i gang den vesle istida i Europa
ABC Nyheter 15.10.2020 Martin Miles, Camille Li, Andreas Born
Openheit som våpen
Forskningsetikk 13.10.2020 Benjamin Pfeil
Slik har jordens klima endret seg gjennom tidene
Forskersonen 10.10.2020 Eystein Jansen
Kva skjer med Folgefonna i eit varmare klima?
Hordaland Folkeblad 06.10.2020 Jostein Bakke
Silje (26) kjemper for morgendagen - lar seg ikke stoppe av korona
TV2 04.10.2020 Tor Eldevik
Stormfullt polhav smelter raskere
Norsk Polarinstitutt 29.09.2020 Lars Henrik Smedsrud
Vår tids kamp: Menneskelig natur mot Moder jord
Bodøposten 27.09.2020 Tore Furevik
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Upcoming events
Workshop ‘Isotopes and Evaporation’,
20 October, Geophysical Institute.
Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Geophysical Society:
21-22 October 2020 in Bergen
EC ESA EO for Polar Science Workshop
28- 30 October, Online
CHESS: eScience Tools in Climate Science: Linking Observations with Modelling
4-13 November, Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory, Sweden
CHESS: State of the Art Weather and Climate modeling
16-19 November, Geophysical Institute, UiB
Bjerknes Christmas Party
20 November, Bergen
AGU Fall meeting
7-11 December, 2020, Online everywhere
The 52nd International Liège colloquium on Ocean Dynamics
17 - 21 May 2021 Liège, Belgium
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Bjerknes Times is our internal bi-weekly newsletter. Send an email for all registering of lectures, publications, meetings, and other tips to post@bjerknes.uib.no
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 e-mail to gudrun.sylte@uib.no or ellen.viste@uib.no if you would like to contribute.
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