date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:34:05 +0100
from: Clare Goodess <C.Goodess@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Fwd: Re: ARCC
to: t.osborn@uea.ac.uk,d.maraun@uea.ac.uk

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>Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 10:29:15 +0100
>To: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>, "Jim Hall" <jim.hall@newcastle.ac.uk>
>From: Clare Goodess <C.Goodess@uea.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re: ARCC
>Cc: "C G Kilsby" <c.g.kilsby@newcastle.ac.uk>, "Richard Dawson" 
><richard.dawson@newcastle.ac.uk>, <a.watkinson@uea.ac.uk>
>
>Hi Jim
>
>Many thanks for this. It looks a strong proposal with a good 
>stakeholder team already on board. So yes, as Phil has already said 
>we would like to be involved.
>
>I have one general question for Chris and Phil - which is relevant 
>to any work we might do on the weather generator as part of ARCC, 
>and is - are there any issues that we need to consider in relation 
>to UKCIP08, particularly if the intention is to develop a 
>publicly-available revision of what is available in the user 
>interface. Maybe we need to have some informal discussion with 
>UKCIP, BADC and DEFRA on this issue.
>
>Task 1, refers to temperature and rainfall,  but presumably there is 
>also interest in the other wgen variables such as radiation?
>
>In Task 2, will it be possible to look at joint probability climate events?
>
>In Task 5 - would it be possible to make use of UEA Tyndall's 
>visualisation facilities?
>
>Given Phil's comments below, your second point in Task 1 
>'Uncertainty/sensitivity analysis of extremes and persistence' could 
>be rephrased to something like 'Uncertainty/sensitivity analysis of 
>extremes and improved simulation of persistence'.
>
>I assume the UEA RA time would primarily be for Colin Harpham, and 
>the FEC days would be for Phil. If possible,  I would like to have 
>some named involvement in this proposal (though would anticipate a 
>larger role in the critical infrastructure proposal) - so would be 
>good to have a little salary for me as well (e.g., a month at most).
>
>Are the Hadley Centre happy to be involved as a stakeholder, i.e., 
>with no funding?!
>
>Best wishes, Clare
>
>At 16:53 20/05/2008, Phil Jones wrote:
>
>>  Jim,
>>     I had a brief phone conversation with Chris yesterday. Some of 
>> the thoughts there on
>>  adapting the WG to better simulate hot dry spells would fit in 
>> here. These spells
>>  would clearly be more felt in urban environments as opposed to 
>> the countryside, as
>>  they are already that little bit warmer. Chris and I talked about 
>> getting the drier spells
>>  to warm up more quickly - as happens in reality sometimes.  It 
>> isn't just the mean temperatures.
>>  Here's a few examples of the UHIs for London based on max and min 
>> temps for DJF
>>  and JJA.
>>     An interesting aspect of this work which was for the GLA is 
>> that a) there isn't
>>  much of a trend in the differences over time (so the UHI isn't 
>> getting worse) and b)
>>  for max temps the outer London site at LHR has higher temps than LWC.
>>     Getting the spells better in the WG is crucial, as it is the 
>> spells that have the impacts.
>>
>>     So yes to being involved if the study could incorporate this aspect.
>>
>>  Cheers
>>  Phil
>>
>>  PS The joint CRU/Tyndall garden at Chelsea won an award
>>
>>  http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/media/news/latest_news.shtml
>>
>>
>>At 12:41 20/05/2008, Jim Hall wrote:
>>
>>>Dear Clare
>>>
>>>In Sheffield we discussed potential joint bids to ARCC. Attached is a
>>>draft outline and spreadsheet work plan for the first of two we
>>>discussed. This one deals with integrated assessment of climate change
>>>in cities, building strongly on the Tyndall Cities work, so is submitted
>>>as a Tyndall Centre bid. The next, which I will get to you by the end of
>>>this week, will deal with national-scale analysis of critical
>>>infrastructure and will be based on a smaller consortium.
>>>
>>>Please can you/Phil:
>>>1. let me know whether you are interested in being involved in this
>>>proposal
>>>2. let me have any comments on the outline, especially your potential
>>>role in it. I recognise that the attached is twice as long as permitted
>>>- I will edit and compress when we are ready to submit.
>>>3. take a look at the outline resource allocation. Even though this is
>>>only an outline proposal we need to generate reasonably accurate costs.
>>>
>>>If you would like to give me a call to discuss, please ring me this
>>>week, as I will be on holiday next week. Otherwise, can you send your
>>>comments to me by Friday 30 May. I will then get going with the Jes
>>>outline proposal form and will require costing inputs from UEA for that.
>>>
>>>
>>>Best wishes
>>>
>>>Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>-------------------------------------------
>>>Professor of Earth Systems Engineering
>>>Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
>>>School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
>>>Room 3.19 Cassie Building
>>>Newcastle University
>>>NE1 7RU
>>>UK
>>>
>>>Phone: +44 191 222 3660 (Direct)
>>>        +44 191 222 6319 (Secretary)
>>>Fax:   +44 191 222 6669
>>>Email: Jim.Hall@ncl.ac.uk
>>>http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/profiles2/njh57
>>>
>>>MSc in Flood Risk Management:
>>>http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cegs.cpd/flexiblelearning/frm.php
>>>
>>>Journal of Flood Risk Management:
>>>http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/jfrm_enhanced/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Prof. Phil Jones
>>Climatic Research Unit        Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090
>>School of Environmental Sciences    Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784
>>University of East Anglia
>>Norwich                          Email    p.jones@uea.ac.uk
>>NR4 7TJ
>>UK 
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>>
>>
>Dr Clare Goodess
>Climatic Research Unit
>School of Environmental Sciences
>University of East Anglia
>Norwich
>NR4 7TJ
>UK
>
>Tel: +44 -1603 592875
>Fax: +44 -1603 507784
>Web: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/
>          http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~clareg/clare.htm
>

Dr Clare Goodess
Climatic Research Unit
School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
UK

Tel: +44 -1603 592875
Fax: +44 -1603 507784
Web: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/
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