Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center - NERSC

NorwayResearch institute

The Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center was formally established on November 28th, 1986 as a non-profit research foundation.

The Nansen Center – NERSC – is conducting research within earth science systems in the High North and the Arctic, where we use broad interdisciplinary expertise to investigate and map marine, cryospheric and atmospheric conditions. This is done by using satellite measurement, in-situ measurements, and numerical modeling of sea and sea ice, data assimilation, polar acoustic measurements, climate dynamics and predictions,as well as scientific data dissemination. We both practice and disseminate socially relevant research, and annually produce a large number of scientific articles and national and international reports.

Today, the Nansen Center consists of approximately 70 employees. Our research has an international perspective, which also applies to the workforce, and we have researchers from 28 countries. Our workplace is in the Jahnebakken 3, centrally located in Bergen.

https://www.nersc.no/
Bergen, Norway

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center & JPI Climate

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MEDLEY

MixED Layer hEterogeneitY

Climate science

InterDec

The potential of seasonal-to-decadal-scale inter-regional linkages to advance climate predictions

Climate science

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Programmes

Call 2015

Call for Climate Services Collaborative Research action on Climate Predictability and Inter-regional Linkages

Climate Services aim at providing more reliable climate information for the near future (months to decades) relevant for local and regional users. Within this broad context, variability of polar and tropical systems affects a large proportion of the world population. This call with the Belmont Forum aimed to contribute to the overall challenge of developing climate services with a focus on inter-regional linkages role in climate variability and predictability. Eight multi-national projects have been selected for funding through this call.

Climate science for oceans

JPI Climate & JPI Oceans Joint Transnational Call on the Next Generation Climate Science in Europe for Oceans

Oceans play a key role in the climate system and are also affected by climate change. As confirmed by the IPCC special report on ocean and cryosphere, ocean dynamics are a major modulator of weather and climate including future trends and extremes. However, there are still uncertainties in the understanding and quantification of key climate-ocean interactions and the ocean’s buffering capacities for absorbing heat and CO2. This joint call aims to address these uncertainties.