Warning level (in swedish) 1, SwedenResearch activities at the Rossby Centre focus on increasing knowledge of the future climate, covering meteorological, oceanographic and hydrological aspects. Work is conducted both on model development and evaluation of data, as well as modelling applications for process studies and climate change research in support of impact and adaptation studies.
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New issue of the Rossby Centre newsletter
The October issue of the Rossby Newsletter contains information on the progress of coupling RCA4 to the widely used ocean model NEMO, and two articles with CMIP5 and EC-EARTH as a common theme. We also have a guest contribution on the atmospheric impact on sea-ice reduction in the Arctic.
Rossby Centre newsletter, October 2011
NordForsk LANDCLIM workshop on climate modeling, 22-24 February 2011
The research network NordForsk LANDCLIM gathers researchers from Northern Europe dealing with issues related to the link between climate and vegetation on long time scales.
Material from the workshop
Weighting of climate models
Results are now presented of the European Ensembles project, which designed and tested a weighting system for aggregated regional climate models.
Climate Research
Science on climate models
Regional climate models have become important tools in providing detailed scenarios regarding climate change. There is now a comprehensive scientific description of SMHI’s models and how they can be used.
Combined science on climate models
More extreme weather in the future
New climate projections show that extreme weather will be more common in Europe, heavy rain and heat waves will be more frequent and more intense than at present.
More extreme weather in the future
Development of climate models
The Rossby Centre develops three-dimensional climate models that mathematically describe the climate system and interactions between its components. To serve as a national planning instrument with sufficient spatial detail, global climate models must be down-scaled to regional and local level.
Development and evaluation of models
How can climate information be of use?
Methods are developed in order to refine climate scenario information and make the climate data easier to understand and use. Some development areas deal with more detailed future scenarios, climate indices and quantification of uncertainty.
Analysing climate scenario data
