Atmospheric and Polar Science (NCAS)
The National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) is a world leader in atmospheric science
With an annual budget of £9M we carry out research programmes on:
- The science of climate change, including modelling and predictions
- Atmospheric composition, including air quality
- Weather, including hazardous weather
- Technologies for observing and modelling the atmosphere
Additionally, we provide scientific facilities for researchers right across the UK to enable excellent atmospheric science on a national scale. These include a world-leading research aircraft, a ground-based instrumentation pool, access to computer models and facilities for storing and accessing data. In a nutshell, we provide the UK academic community and the Natural Environment Research Council with national capability in atmospheric science.
We communicate our findings and knowledge for the benefit of policy-makers, other scientists and the general public.
| Website | https://www.ncas.ac.uk |
| Contact | NCAS Computational Modelling Services |
| Consortium Head | Dr Grenville Lister |
| ARCHER CSE Consortium Contact | Dr Andy Turner |
Software Development
Below are a list of eCSE projects (ongoing and completed) involving consortium members, or codes which are used by the consortium:
- eCSE05-12 PI: Dr Paul Connolly Enabling large-scale microphysics and optimising solver performance in MONC (8 months)
- eCSE05-14 PI: Dr Zheng-Tong Xie Large-Eddy Simulation Code for City Scale Environments (12 months)
- eCSE09-08 PI: Dr Grenville M. S. Lister Implementation of XIOS in the Atmospheric Component of the Unified Model (19 months)
- eCSE12-10 PI: Prof David Dritschel FRSE University of St Andrews A fully Lagrangian dynamical core for the Met Office NERC Cloud Model (9 months)
