1. UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF A CHANGING ARCTIC ON NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WEATHER AND CLIMATE
General Assembly
18-19 January 2018
CNR - Centro Congressi
Bologna
Italy

2. An Arctic H2020 (BG10) Blue Growth R&I Action 2016-2020 Coordination
Steffen M. Olsen
DMI
Daniela Matei
MPI
42 Partners
Science, industry,
organizations
Non-EU:
USA, Canada,
Russia, China,
Korea

3. Mission
To actively improve our ability to describe, model, and predict Arctic climate change and its impact on Northern Hemisphere climate.
To develop new methods to characterise climate conditions where hazardous weather system forms across the Northern Hemisphere and establish their link to Arctic climate change.
To enable robust and reliable forecasting and deliver better predictions at sub-seasonal to decadal scales.

4. By synthesising observations and assessing model performance
How?
By synthesising observations and assessing model performance
By designing and performing coordinated multi-model sensitivity experiments
By developing innovative bias reduction and initialization strategies.
Model improvements target the representation of leads in the arctic sea-ice cover, the stable arctic planetary boundary layer and the oceanic exchanges with the Arctic

5. Specific Outputs and Outcomes
Co-design a series of case studies with organisations and industries that rely on accurate weather and climate forecasting
To apply new modelling techniques to cutting-edge climate services
Embed scientific developments and improved model capacity within international programmes including Copernicus C3S, IPCC AR6 and PPP-YOPP

6. Project Structure WP1 Johanna Baehr Jens H. Christensen UNIRES/NBI/DMI
UHAM
Jens H. Christensen UNIRES/NBI/DMI
WP2
Karin M. H. Larsen
HAV
Gerard McCarthey NERC/NOC
WP3
Yongqi Gao
NERSC
Guillaume Gastineau CNRS
WP4
Daniela Matei
MPI
Noel Keenlyside
UiB
WP5
Mark Payne
DTU-Aqua
Kathrin Keil
IASS
Project Structure

7. Infrastructure Projects
The ‘new Arctic Cluster’
Implementing EU’s Polar Research Strategy
Supporting EU´s Arctic Policy
Coordination Action
EU-PolarNet
AWI, Nicole Biebow
Prediction/linkages
APPLICATE
AWI, Thomas Jung
Observing systems
INTAROS
NERSC, Stein Sandven
Prediction/linkages
Blue-Action
DMI, Steffen Olsen
Arctic Change
ICE-ARC
BAS, Jeremy Wilkinson
Icebreaker access
ARICE
AWI, Nicole Biebow
Arctic Permafrost
NUNATARYUK
AWI, Hugues Lantuit
Infrastructure Projects
ENVRI, INTERACT, ACTRIS,
ICOS, SIOS ++

8. Advisors and Guests
Andrea Tilche (European Commission, DG RTD) !Remote
Alberto Zocchi (European Commission, EASME)
Agniewska Beszczynska-Möller (IOPAN): INTAROS
Kirstin Werner (AWI): YOPP/PPP
Luisa Cristini (AWI): APPLICATE !Remote
Valerie Livina (Center for Carbon Measurement): Expert
Laura Meller (Greenpeace): SEG
Axel Schweiger (Applied Physics Laboratory): RIAG
Lola Kotova (GERICS): RIAG
Nicole Biebow (EU-PolarNet/AWI): RIAG
SEG: Societal Engagement Group
RIAG: Research and Innovation Advisory Group

9. Agenda/Moorning

10. Agenda/Afternoon

11. www.blue-action.eu @BG10BlueAction
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The Blue-Action project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No