
ROADMAP
The Role of ocean dynamics and Ocean-Atmosphere
ROADMAP investigates the influence of North Atlantic and North Pacific ocean surface variability on the extratropical atmospheric circulation, with a focus on high-impact weather and climate extremes under present-day and future climate conditions.
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ROADMAP conducts dedicated experiments employing cutting-edge numerical techniquesbased on data assimilation and interactive ensemble modelling. Analyses will be based on advanced dynamical and statistical methods as well as novel machine learning techniques designed to infer complex, non-linear relationships.
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ROADMAP applies a multi-model approach,crucial for assessing uncertainties.
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ROADMAP exploits the wealth of model simulationsrecently produced in other international (EU and worldwide) research activities.

About
ROADMAP addresses:
• impacts of a changing ocean circulation on sea surface temperature (SST)
• future of western boundary currents and their extensions, such as the Gulfstream
• extratropical ocean-atmosphere interactions controlling jet streams, cyclones, blocking and their links to weather and climate extremes
• impacts of tropical SST anomalies (e.g. El Nino) on the extratropical atmospheric circulation
• role of the SST and Arctic sea ice for driving impact-relevant atmospheric extremes such as heat waves including compound weather extremes
• intensity and frequency of Mediterranean mesoscale cyclones (Medicanes)
• interactions between oceanic and atmospheric modes of variability
Results will be disseminated to the scientific, stakeholder and climate service community as well the general public.
Project consortium
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
The Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium
The Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
University of Bergen
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory
Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie
Maynooth University
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
Association for the Research and Development of Sciences
The consortium encompasses leading climate research institutions from seven European countries, including universities as well as institutions providing (national) meteorological and climate services. ROADMAP will continue a long-standing history of successful international collaboration between its partners.
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Parent programme
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.
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