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21.05.25
Keeping an eye on the fjord
The water at the bottom of many fjords in Western Norway may remain stagnant for years, to be replaced within a few weeks. Masfjorden is one of these fjords.
15.05.25
What's stirring deep down in the fjords?
Norway has more than 1700 named fjords. Tourists come from all over the world to see them, and the fjords are important for fisheries and aquaculture. But what goes on under the surface?
09.05.25
Four new years for Kikki Kleiven
Kleiven leiven continues as director of the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research. "I am humbled, but at the same time very happy and proud to be trusted to lead the center for another four years", says Kleiven.
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20.05.25
Bjerknes Hackaton
Hi all! We're excited to announce that we will be holding the Bjerknes hackathon over two half-days, on May 20th and May 21st! This is an opportunity to build your skills working with earth systems datasets, and will cover retrieving, analysing and visualising data. The theme of the hackathon will be Air-ice-sea interactions in the Arctic and North Atlantic. In addition to skills development, we expect some really interesting results to emerge from bringing together the diverse expertise of Bjerknes members to tackle this task. In addition to exploring this central focus, we will be providing a crash course on Earth systems data, which should have something for everyone whether you count yourself as a novice or expert data analyst. The event will run from 9am-12am on May 20th, and 9am-2pm on May 21st. There will be plentiful bolle, coffee and lunch provided for attendees. If you're interested in attending then register at the link below by next Friday, April 11th : https://forms.gle/rJJaK6uc6ghkFYLCA Look forward to seeing many of you there! Josh Dorrington and Stephen Outten
21.05.25
Stormtracks group meeting
Hi everyone, Next Wednesday (May 21), we’ll be having our regular Storm Tracks group meeting from 14:00 to 15:00 in room U105 (near the canteen). Qidi will give us a talk about Impact of diabatic heating on cyclone forecast biases. The meeting will be hybrid and here is the zoom link for those who want to join remotely. https://uib.zoom.us/j/62886269543?pwd=ajWbi97zr0hbniaoQdZkUtD2EUSSri.1 Meeting ID: 628 8626 9543; Password: qSKTfKU3 The meeting schedule of this semester is in following google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17fjgrGX7AJzYHleHM7ns6h6Bw_tKJjRrMPOZ_8PQt5Q/edit?usp=sharing See you all there!:) Cheers, ~Hari and Yangfan
22.05.25