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EU funding (€226,751): Synoptic Precursors for deveLoping Improved Constraints on Extreme Rainfall Hor 18 Apr 2024 EU Research and Innovation programme "Horizon"
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Synoptic Precursors for deveLoping Improved Constraints on Extreme Rainfall
Understanding the impact of climate change on extreme rainfall is vital for informed mitigation and adaptation plans. However, climate models struggle to produce realistic rainfall. SPLICER will provide unique insight into the origin of European rainfall errors in climate models and help improve future projections of extreme rainfall. Our approach recognises that localised rainfall extremes are part of a multiscale process, starting with the global mean climate and mediated by synoptic weather precursors. We exploit two main novelties: 1) A ‘tiered model’ approach, considering global earth system models, regional models and novel km-scale models (also known as convection-permitting or storm-resolving) in a holistic framework. 2) A physically-based decomposition of rainfall drivers, into global, synoptic and local terms. The analysis is supported by the adaptation of tools from the weather forecasting field, which will enable systematic identification and quantification of rainfall precursors in large multi-model datasets. This interdisciplinary proposal will advance a new mindset linking weather, regional climate, and global climate modelling communities together, and build international research links between the networks of the fellow and the host institution. Novel insights into changing local rainfall extremes will be directly communicated to stakeholders and the public, as well as scientific peers, ensuring societal impact. The training goals of SPLICER are intrinsically integrated with research objectives, ensuring the fellow will develop transferable skills and competences (in particular; numerical modeling and stakeholder engagement), promising to improve academic and non-academic employability. The fellow will expand the host institution’s research capacity in understanding synoptic drivers of extreme events, and will contribute research-led teaching via provision of courses and workshops for graduate students, PhD and postdoctoral researchers.
Funded Companies:
| Company name | Funding amount |
| Norce Research AS | ? |
| Universitetet I Bergen | €226,751 |
Source: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101151904
The filing refers to a past date, and does not necessarily reflect the current state. The latest known state is available on the following page: Norce Research AS, Bergen, Norway.