NERC: Pre-announcement: TEAMxUK: Quantifying atmospheric processes in mountainous regions

28/12/2023

30/10/2024

This is a pre-announcement for the “TEAMxUK: Quantifying atmospheric processes in mountainous regions” funding opportunity. The funding opportunity aims to improve the understanding and model representations of orographic processes across scales to: improve weather and climate prediction enhance the UK’s management of vulnerability, risk, and resilience to associated environmental hazards and change. The total fund for this funding opportunity will be £2.5 million. Up to four projects will be funded, to begin in October 2024.

Scope This investment will combine new observational data and process modelling of the atmosphere with theoretical developments to improve model representations of orographic processes, and their influence, across scales. It will focus on an end output of developing and improving Momentum, the new Unified Earth Environment Prediction Framework and replacement to the Unified Model, currently being developed by the Met Office and partners under the Next Generation Modelling Systems (NGMS) programme. Climatology; Cold, Arctic & Antarctic Regions; Natural Hazards & Disasters.

Eligibility Note This funding opportunity is open to research groups and individuals. We: encourage collaborative research with other UK organisations encourage applications from diverse groups of researchers welcome applications from individuals at any career stage, subject to NERC eligibility criteria.