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Chemistry-Climate Model Validation Activity and supporting the WMO/UNEP Scientific Assessments of Ozone Depletion. Contribute to the European project COMBINE for including new components in Earth system models. Inclusion of stratospheric chemistry into the Hadley Centre Earth system model through the UKCA

Areas of expertise  Ocean and sea-ice modelling  NEMO ocean model  CICE sea ice model  Ocean and sea ice forecast validation  Scientific software development  Operational transitions Publications by Ed Current activities Ed is manager of the Polar Climate Group within the Met Office Hadley Centre

Areas of expertise Collaboration management Climate modelling Monsoon research Current activities Charline contributes to facilitate effective collaboration aimed at developing the Unified Model with scientists from operational centres and universities around the world. Collaborations currently

Demonstrating the socio-economic benefits of CIS to policy makers through a combination of modelling, research and advocacy Support to African Regional Climate Centres Identifying needs and gaps, sharing lessons, developing best practices and promoting standards among African Regional Climate Centres (RCCs

Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika Indonesia The Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration       UK academic partners include the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University College London, University of East Anglia, University of Leeds and the University of Reading. UK research

with intermediaries in Nairobi (Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI)) and Dar es Salaam (Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI)) to build their expertise and the range of tools available to them. Together they created a framework and toolkit to underpin a new communication system for the creation, flow

What is a hurricane? A hurricane is a storm system which has a large low pressure centre. They produce heavy rain and have strong winds. To be classed as a hurricane the mean (as opposed to gust speeds) wind speeds must be in excess of 74mph. The table below shows the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale

the polar stratosphere tilts away from the Sun during the winter, the air above the pole becomes extremely cold becoming as low as minus 80 Celsius by December. Circulating around this cold pool is the stratospheric polar vortex with an area of low pressure at its centre. The vortex appears each

Hazard Partnership (NHP) and the Natural Hazard Centre (NHC). The Board noted that the NHP was a very successful partnership supported by the Civil Contingency Secretariat. � The Board were given an informational presentation about the development of the Space Weather service as part of the Hazard

for the protection of life and property. The Met Office has been at the forefront of global weather and climate science for over 160 years www.metoffice.gov.uk About ICIMOD The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional knowledge development and learning centre serving